"Second Soul Skill-Vast Eagle Eye"
Cheng Hao returned before long and reported to Ling Yunxiao.
"Captain, a wolf pack is surrounding Old Black and the others. They've suffered heavy casualties, and there are no Soul Masters!"
"Brother Wu is facing the wolf pack leader. He's in some danger!"
Elsewhere, Chen Wu stood on a Seven Kill Sword, circling another, more imposing Hurricane Demon Wolf Leader and constantly dodging the enormous dark azure Wind Blades flying at him.
Not far away lay another Hurricane Demon Wolf. It looked like it was barely breathing, on the verge of death.
Chen Wu had just arrived and used the Sword Step "Sword-Speed Sky Trace" and a Legacy Soul Skill to launch a sneak attack, leaving it gravely wounded and near death.
A few minutes earlier, when Chen Wu arrived, Old Black had already been in grave danger. After all, three Hurricane Demon Wolves had been attacking him, and one pair of fists could hardly fight off four hands.
On top of that, the Demon Wolf Leader was directing the whole battle, watching like a tiger waiting to pounce.
There was no time to lose!
"Ten steps to kill a man, a thousand li without leaving a trace! Sword Aura-Hundred-Step Flying Sword!"
When members of the Chen Clan unleashed their ultimate moves, they chanted not to show off, but because their ancestors had modeled them on Soul Masters' Soul Incantations.
The chanting put their bodies into a state of synchronized resonance with their ultimate move.
This boosted their attributes in areas such as speed and power. It was an advanced application of "Sword Shadow Form."
In an instant, Chen Wu activated "Sword Shadow Form," and Sword Light shot into the sky.
While the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts looked on in shock, he used the Sword Step "Sword-Speed Sky Trace." His figure cut through the sky, Sword Shadows streaking across the firmament as a burst of immense power erupted with a deafening boom.
"Sword-Speed Sky Trace" was an intermediate Sword Step technique.
Standing on the Seven Kill Sword and using it to move at high speed was the same move Chen Xin would later use to break the Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo's Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
Of course, Chen Wu wasn't as fast as Chen Xin. Chen Xin was a Super Douluo, and he also had the Soul Skill "Sword Wings Like Flight" and the speed boost from Ning Fengzhi.
"Sword Aura-Vertical and Horizontal Convergence" was an ultimate move of the Sword-Controlling Art, with "Hundred-Step Flying Sword" as one of its branch techniques.
It focused on attacking with momentum, and its incredible speed made it hard to guard against. It was known as "one blade to sever the throat, a flying sword from a hundred steps away."
Chen Wu was an Agility Attack Type Soul Master. He placed great emphasis on speed and explosive power, while the attack power of "Hundred-Step Flying Sword" was even more astonishing.
Chen Wu gathered Soul Power in his arm, forming Sword Aura, and hurled the sword. The Sword Aura converged at the tip, giving it tremendous penetrating power. Even a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's powerful body couldn't defend against it.
The force unleashed by that sword was as domineering as a dragon's roar and a tiger's growl. The Hurricane Demon Wolf, whose body was as big as a calf's, was sent flying and crashed straight through several trees as thick as a person's waist.
"Whimper... whimper..." The Demon Wolf couldn't get back to its feet.
"Awooo!" A hundred meters away, the Demon Wolf Leader was furious that it hadn't made it in time to help.
An enormous dark azure tornado swept toward Chen Wu. Like a huge, savage cutting blade, it ruthlessly shredded everything on the ground, its invisible force tearing a deep fissure across the earth.
"Seventh Soul Skill-Martial Soul Avatar!"
Seeing the Demon Wolf Leader's ferocious expression, a trace of coldness also flashed through Chen Wu's eyes.
The Seven Kill Sword suddenly enlarged into an energy Sword Shadow twenty to thirty meters long and slammed into the tornado.
A terrifying shockwave of energy rippled outward. The Gale Wolves and Black Moon Wolves nearby burst into countless fragments, and Chen Wu grunted as he was sent flying backward.
Dust and shattered stone mingled with bright red blood and chunks of flesh, swept into the powerful currents. Carrying a sharp, bloody stench, the tornado continued to bear down on Chen Wu.
"True King tier!" Chen Wu exclaimed inwardly.
He immediately pulled out a Signal Flare and seized an opening to fire it.
The tornado was closing in without pause.
"Spring River Tide Meets the Sea, Moon Rising over the Sea with the Tide, Sword Momentum-Blue Sea, Bright Moon!"
As Chen Wu swept his hands through the air, the Sword Qi that had just scattered surged back like fledgling birds returning to their nest. It rolled upward like surging river waves, and a full moon quickly took shape, blocking the tornado.
In an instant, the space within a hundred meters twisted, and explosions of friction rang out in all directions.
Stone shards and dust filled the air to a height of more than a dozen meters. Like a black cloud, they instantly blanketed everything.
Immediately afterward, an enormous dark azure Sword Blade shot through the dust, as if it were a streak of lightning.
"Fifth Soul Skill-Rainbow Soaring Beyond the Heavens!"
The four-foot flying sword became a giant sword several meters long in moments. Beneath the bright moonlight, that stroke traced a concentrated jade-green rainbow. Bearing an unstoppable, surging force, it smashed the dark azure Sword Blade apart.
But who could have expected that the shattered giant Sword Blade would turn into a multitude of smaller blades that continued to assail Chen Wu, striking a second time like a Blade Storm.
"Third Soul Skill-Plum Blossoms Ninefold!"
Chen Wu flicked the Seven Kill Sword in his hand. In the blink of an eye, nine swords flashed; each sword moved nine times, and each movement produced nine blossoms. The Sword Flowers, wreathed in Sword Qi, drifted down like a vast shower of plum blossoms, colliding with the smaller blades until they vanished piece by piece.
The Demon Wolf Leader opened its bloody maw and quickly spat out several enormous dark azure Sword Blades, sending them surging toward Chen Wu again.
Chen Wu leaped backward in midair. An energy Seven Kill Sword quickly solidified beneath his feet. Using "Sword-Speed Sky Trace," he twisted and maneuvered through the air, constantly riding his sword to evade the dark azure Sword Blades.
In truth, he no longer dared to block the Demon Wolf Leader's dark azure Sword Blades head-on. Even if he blocked them, their second strike was too troublesome.
Though Chen Wu was a Soul Saint, he had fallen onto the back foot in a one-on-one fight against the Hurricane Demon Wolf Leader, a True King-tier Soul Beast.
A Soul Beast that broke through ten thousand years could be called a Beast King, but once it broke through fifty thousand years, its strength would skyrocket.
Its combat power was equivalent to that of three or four forty-thousand-year Soul Beasts. In the Soul Master World, it was commonly known as a True King-tier Soul Beast.
In a one-on-one fight, only a Soul Douluo could match one. Even a Soul Saint with a Seven Kill Sword couldn't do it.
That was only because Chen Wu was an Agility Attack Type Soul Master. Any other Soul Master would have been in trouble.
Moreover, Chen Wu had an extremely deep mastery of "Sword-Speed Sky Trace." His speed was no slower than the Hurricane Demon Wolf Leader's, so even if he couldn't win, he could dodge.
Under the Demon Wolf Leader's storm of dark azure Sword Blades, the area around it had been cleared.
The Gale Wolves and Black Moon Wolves didn't dare approach, but they were still occasionally struck and killed by stray Wind Blades.
"Awooo..." The Black Moon Wolf Queen let out a mournful cry. The Demon Wolf Leader had seen that it couldn't take Chen Wu down for now, so it had used its dark azure Sword Blades to launch a sneak attack on the Wolf Queen amid the chaos.
Including itself, their pack had brought five Hurricane Demon Wolves, an Azure Wind Gray Wolf King, three hundred Gale Wolves, and Azure Wind Cang Wolves.
Originally, they had held an overwhelming advantage against Old Black and the others.
But then Chen Wu had launched a surprise attack. One of its offspring was now on the verge of death, and the battle had turned completely around.
Earlier, Chen Wu had kept it tied up, while Old Black had been suppressing two Hurricane Demon Wolves.
The Wolf Queen had fallen onto the back foot against a Hurricane Demon Wolf and an Azure Wind Gray Wolf King, but it could still hold out.
The rest of the wolf pack was also being firmly held back by the Black Moon Wolf Pack, leaving the battle at a stalemate for the moment.
Given the circumstances, the highly intelligent Demon Wolf Leader wouldn't let the battle remain at a stalemate. Chen Wu was as slippery as an eel, and Old Black was slightly weaker than it in combat. So it chose the Wolf Queen as the point to break through.
Once the two Hurricane Demon Wolves and the Azure Wind Gray Wolf King killed the Black Moon Wolf Queen, they could turn their strength elsewhere and change the entire battle.
Now, it could focus on Chen Wu.
The Sword Blades kept multiplying, and it was becoming increasingly difficult for Chen Wu to dodge them.
"Second Soul Skill-Sword Falls, Lone Wild Goose!"
Chen Wu swept the Seven Kill Sword in his right hand through a ten-meter semicircle, half stabbing and half slashing as he covered the smaller blades relentlessly pursuing him.
"Awooo!" The Demon Wolf Leader let out a shrill howl, tinged with despair, that formed a massive sound wave and swept over them.
At the instant it rang out, Chen Wu felt an unbearable, heart-rending sorrow.
His ears also rang, leaving him dazed for a moment. In that brief lapse, several dark azure Sword Blades shot toward him.
"Sixth Soul Skill-Wind and Rain Adrift!"
Gusts of wind mixed with icy rain collided with the dark azure Sword Blades, unleashing a huge shockwave before slowly dissipating. The ground was covered in shattered ice.
Ling Yunxiao arrived and used his Martial Soul, the Wind and Cloud Fan, to block the attack for Chen Wu, but a surge of Qi-Blood rose in him. He asked Chen Wu, "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine, Uncle. This wolf has reached True King-tier strength. Be careful," Chen Wu reminded him from nearby.
"Got it. I'll take the lead and attack it head-on. Wait for your chance, then hit it hard."
"All right!"