Three days after the fifth restart.
"Y-you... what is your name?"
His battle armor shattered, beads of blood clinging to his fur, and a blade wound across his chest deep enough to expose bone, Heavenly Wolf King Guyue stared at Xu Taiping across the Single-Plank Bridge, his eyes filled with unwillingness to accept defeat.
Xu Taiping stuffed two Qi-Gathering Pills into his mouth, took a swig of Dragon Gall Wine, then wiped his mouth and said:
"Xu Taiping."
In his eyes, the Heavenly Wolf King across the river deserved to hear his name.
After all, without him, Xu Taiping might not have been able to unleash a slash at the ultimate realm as he had just done, even after another ten or twenty years.
With that slash behind him, Xu Taiping believed that, given time, he could bring the Demon-Slaying Blade's other forms to the ultimate realm as well.
"I've memorized your aura!"
The Heavenly Wolf King gave Xu Taiping a long, penetrating look, then rushed toward the woodland the monks had yet to occupy, surrounded by a group of Werewolf Demons.
Just like last time.
Not long after Xu Taiping defeated the Heavenly Wolf King with a single slash, reinforcements from the major temples arrived. They almost completely encircled the forests around Vairocana Temple, killing large numbers of Werewolf Demons.
"The timing was so convenient. I imagine they've been watching what was happening here from the shadows all along. If you hadn't defeated the Heavenly Wolf King, Taiping, they might still be watching and waiting."
Fairy Lingyue's voice suddenly rang out.
Xu Taiping nodded. His thoughts were much the same as Fairy Lingyue's.
"Fiend, you won't escape!"
Just then, a young monk wreathed in golden light caught up with the Heavenly Wolf King's group and struck a palm at