"Things aren't looking too good..." Chu Tiannan couldn't help exclaiming at the sight.
Roar!
The three demon wolves clearly weren't going to underestimate the girl in yellow. They planned to attack from three directions at once.
Facing the demon wolves' frenzied assault, the girl in yellow remained cold-faced and swung her greatsword again.
"As expected of someone from a powerful background. Even I couldn't stay so composed against three demon wolves."
Even in danger, the girl remained calm, making Chu Tiannan nod inwardly in approval.
Splat!
Blood sprayed as the greatsword swept across!
The girl in yellow singled out one demon wolf and cut it down. Its body severed in two, the wolf howled pitifully for several seconds before dying in agony.
She had dispatched one demon wolf cleanly, but that didn't mean the danger was over.
Roar!
Seeing their second companion die horribly beneath the girl's sword as well, the other two demon wolves let out heart-shaking roars.
They lunged viciously at her, ramming and biting.
"Crack, crack..." The girl in yellow held her greatsword protectively before her. One demon wolf bit down recklessly on the blade, producing a grating noise.
Meanwhile, the other demon wolf exploited the opening left by the girl's inability to dodge in time and slammed into her.
"Not good. That girl can't hold on!" Chu Tiannan frowned slightly at the sight. He could faintly sense powerful Demon Beasts in the distance following the scent of blood.
Chu Tiannan really didn't want to get involved in this mess. He knew time was short and had to make a choice.
When Chu Tiannan looked down at the wounded girl, she was still gritting her teeth and holding on, a trickle of blood running from the corner of her mouth.
Seeing the two demon wolves pounce excitedly at her again, the girl tried to resist, only to discover that she couldn't swing the greatsword in her hands at all.
A trace of despair and unwillingness flashed through her crystal-clear eyes.
Splat! Splat!
At that critical moment, the girl in yellow had even prepared herself for death. Yet after closing her eyes, she opened them again in confusion.
What greeted her wasn't a savage Demon Beast, but a slender figure in black.
The tall, slender figure in black held a dark-gold longsword, and beside him lay two demon wolves, their eyes still open in death.
Ah... I'm too softhearted! Seeing the two demon wolves killed by his surprise attack, Chu Tiannan couldn't help sighing inwardly.
Just moments earlier, he had agonized over the decision for a long time. Saving her could mean encountering many Demon Beasts, perhaps even stronger ones, and might even cost him his life.
Yet what Chu Tiannan found hardest to bear was the pitiful look and unwillingness in the yellow-clad girl's eyes. In the end, he chose to rescue her.
After devouring the two demon wolves and feeling his strength successfully advance to Advanced Martial Artist, the young man's lips curved slightly.
"Cough, cough!"
Severely wounded by a Demon Beast, the girl in yellow coughed violently. With the danger past, her taut nerves relaxed a little, and her body grew heavy.
"Relax. Demon Beasts are coming. I'll take you away from here!"
Not daring to delay, Chu Tiannan quickly approached the girl and scooped her up, startling her into struggling fiercely.
"Stay still! A pack of Demon Beasts is coming. If you keep making trouble, we'll both die!" Chu Tiannan snapped at the sight.
"Hmph!"
His sharp words really did cow the girl. A cold glint flashed through her bright eyes, but she settled down and stopped struggling.
She knew he was telling the truth. No fewer than ten dots of light were already moving rapidly toward them on her detector.
If they waited any longer, they would probably run into them!
Chu Tiannan had no attention to spare for the warm, soft beauty in his arms. His gaze swept across their surroundings like a sword's edge, and he settled on a direction.
He swiftly disappeared!
Five minutes after the two left, a pack of no fewer than ten demon wolves with powerful auras appeared.
Roar! Roar!
Seeing their kin slaughtered but discovering that the killer had long since left, the demon wolves howled in grief and fury, frightening the occasional solitary Demon Beast nearby into trembling.
Evening came, and night gradually approached. Once again, darkness slowly swallowed and shrouded the land.
Creak!
Pushing open the door to a temple, Chu Tiannan carefully laid the girl in yellow flat on a wooden bed.
He then scattered some high-level Demon Beast dung around the temple. He had obtained it from the Martial Artist who had died earlier.
The purpose was to drive away low-level Demon Beasts.
Once everything was done, Chu Tiannan returned to the room, lit a campfire, and began to rest.
"We really were lucky today. Any later, and we'd probably have been in serious trouble."
Chu Tiannan sighed, glanced at the girl lying on the wooden bed, then quickly left the room and returned shortly afterward.
This time, however, he held a plump rabbit.
"Looks like even among Demon Beasts, some can't even truss a chicken."
Chu Tiannan gave the red-eyed rabbit a quick cleaning. It was a premium ingredient, a luxury only the wealthy could enjoy in restaurants.
Sizzle! Sizzle!
The red-eyed rabbit turned golden as he kept rotating it over the campfire. Fragrant fat dripped onto the flames with a sizzling aroma.
While roasting the red-eyed rabbit, Chu Tiannan didn't forget to glance at the girl on the wooden bed, only to be startled.
None of the yellow-clad girl's earlier coldness remained. All that was left was a faintly expectant look in her eyes as she stared fixedly at the roast meat in Chu Tiannan's hands.
She's still a child...
Chu Tiannan shook his head with a smile. As an old monster whose soul had lived for who knew how long, even he hadn't expected to go softhearted.
In the past, he wouldn't have called himself a good Samaritan...
Seeing that the meat was nearly ready, Chu Tiannan tore off a large piece of rabbit leg meat and offered it to the girl in yellow with a smile.
"Here. Hungry, aren't you? Have some!"