Second-Tier Gray Wolf Demon, Gravely Injured Eldest Uncle

"The Lang Household?"

Seeing the wolf pack surrounding them, Kong Wenxuan immediately thought of the members of the Gray Wolf Lang Household who had escaped back then. He believed they had returned for revenge.

But he wasn't entirely certain.

After all, among the nearly hundred wolf demons surrounding the wooded hills were not only Gray Wolf Demon Beasts, but also all sorts of other wolf Demon Beasts: green wolves, silver wolves, black wolves, wind wolves, earth wolves, thunder wolves, and so on.

As far as he knew, unless the Gray Wolf Lang Household had acquired some new beast-taming method over the past year or so, they should only have been able to command Gray Wolf Demon Beasts of the same bloodline. They shouldn't have been able to direct the other kinds of wolf Demon Beasts.

Much less bring all these different kinds of wolf demons together to cooperate in surrounding and hunting down Eldest Uncle and the others.

But whether the Lang Household had returned for revenge or not, it no longer mattered. The most important thing now was to rescue Eldest Uncle and the others at once.

He could see that the Blue Peacock looming over the wooded hills had grown very dim and weak. Clearly, the second-tier illusion array Eldest Uncle and the others had set up had expended too much power and probably wouldn't last much longer.

The wolf demons surrounding the woods had also spotted Kong Wenxuan coming to the rescue. More than ten wolf demons of various kinds immediately lunged at him, whining and roaring.

Without the slightest hesitation, Kong Wenxuan summoned all five of the Five Elements Divine Swords and went all out from the start.

Boom! Boom! Rumble...

The fastest of them, the Crimson Fire Divine Sword, was the first to strike, unleashing Sword Qi Thunderclap. By the time the thunderous roar rang out, it had already slain the dozen or so wolf demons charging at him. Like a crimson meteor, it plunged into the pack surrounding the woods, sweeping back and forth and cutting down wolf demons wherever it went.

Close behind, the Azure Wood Divine Sword flashed in the air. Its sword light split into twenty-seven streaks of azure sword light that slashed into the pack, suppressing more than twenty wolf demons on the spot.

The Black Water Divine Sword's sword light surged like a tide, rushing unstoppably into the pack. Wherever it passed, it was like a wave of black water sweeping through, drowning and slaughtering wolf demon after wolf demon.

Yet neither divine sword could match the killing power of the golden thread of sword light formed by the White Metal Divine Sword. As that single line of sword light shot into the pack, it left only sharp hissing sounds and shrill wolf howls in its wake. Wolf demons were swiftly sliced in two, falling dead on the spot in swathes.

As for the last sword, the Yellow Earth Divine Sword, Kong Wenxuan did not send it out to attack. He kept it circling close around him for defense, on guard against enemies attacking him directly.

After all, he still suspected that the wolf pack had appeared because the Gray Wolf Lang Household had returned for revenge. In that case, the attackers might well include more than just these wolf Demon Beasts. Lang Household cultivators could also be hiding nearby, looking for a chance to ambush him.

Even if there were no Lang Household cultivators nearby, his fighting and killing here in the mountains beyond the pass, with night falling, would inevitably attract other Demon Beasts and demon birds.

Leaving the Yellow Earth Divine Sword circling around him for defense was therefore essential.

Even without the Yellow Earth Divine Sword joining the attack, the killing power of the other four divine swords was already more than enough.

In just a few moments, Kong Wenxuan had slain more than half of the nearly hundred wolf demons of various kinds surrounding the woods.

The thirty or forty wolf demons left were so terrified by the slaughter wrought by the four divine swords that their hearts quaked and their courage failed. They had no intention of continuing to besiege the woods or fight, and fled whining in all directions.

Though these wolf demons were only first-tier Demon Beasts without intelligence, as living creatures they still had the instinct to cling to life and fear death. Faced with the great terror of life and death, even these witless wolf demons were frightened into fleeing in disarray.

Even so, Kong Wenxuan showed no sign of relaxing. He even recalled the four divine swords he had sent out to attack, keeping them around him for protection as he watched every direction warily.

In his view, whoever or whatever had organized and commanded nearly a hundred different wolf demons to besiege Eldest Uncle and the others had to be either a cultivator controlling the wolf demons or a stronger wolf king.

Yet neither the wolf-controlling cultivator nor the possible wolf king had shown itself. It was therefore very likely that the other party was hiding nearby, waiting for a chance to strike at him.

He had no choice but to remain on guard.

Unfortunately, he had not yet reached Foundation Establishment or opened his Sea of Consciousness to gain Spiritual Consciousness. Otherwise, a sweep of Spiritual Consciousness would have told him whether any enemies or dangers were lurking nearby.

Screech!

At that moment, the Blue Peacock looming over the woods seemed finally to have exhausted its power. Or perhaps Eldest Uncle and the others in the woods had seen that he had killed and scattered the encircling wolf pack and were drawing back the power of the illusion array.

After letting out a weak, urgent cry, the Blue Peacock in the air broke apart, turning into several wisps of illusory blue light that sank into the woods below.

As the Blue Peacock dispersed, the illusion array covering the woods opened as well, and Kong Wenxuan saw Eldest Uncle and the others sheltering inside.

Almost every one of them was wounded. Eldest Uncle Kong Yushuo was in the worst condition: his face was deathly pale, his body was covered in wounds, and he had even lost an arm.

"Eldest Uncle!"

Kong Wenxuan was shocked. He rushed into the woods to Eldest Uncle and the others, examined his uncle's injuries, and asked urgently:

"What happened? What did you run into? How did you get hurt so badly, Eldest Uncle?"

"It was a second-tier gray wolf demon!" Third Aunt Kong Yuyin, who was also gravely injured, said from beside them, her face pale. "To stop it, Eldest Brother forced himself to use the Bloodline-Inherited Spirit Artifact, the Crimson Plume Feather Fan. He wounded it and drove it back, but it bit off one of his arms."

"A second-tier gray wolf demon?" Kong Wenxuan was startled. He immediately looked around, worried that it might be hiding nearby, waiting for a chance to attack and kill them.

But the surroundings remained quiet. Only the howls of wolves rose and fell in the distance, seemingly passing along a message.

The second-tier gray wolf Demon Beast did not appear, either.

Third Aunt said, "That second-tier gray wolf demon probably isn't here now."

"This afternoon, it led a wolf pack in an attack on us. Although it bit off one of Eldest Brother's arms, he also used the Crimson Plume Feather Fan to severely injure it."

"After that, the second-tier gray wolf demon disappeared, leaving more than a hundred wolf demons of various kinds to besiege us. We don't know whether it went somewhere to hide and heal or had made some other arrangement."

Kong Wenxuan felt a little relieved. He then looked at Third Aunt and the others and asked, "Third Aunt, can you still travel?"

"No problem!" Third Aunt, Fifth Uncle, and the others all nodded at once. "We may look a little battered, covered in wounds, but we took healing pills while protected by the illusion array, and our conditions have mostly stabilized. We've just used up quite a lot of Law Power."

"But as long as we take pills to restore our Law Power and recover as we travel, we'll be fine."

"Good!" Kong Wenxuan nodded. "Then let's leave immediately and hurry back to Demon-Suppressing Pass. If we delay, things may take a turn for the worse."

Third Aunt, Fifth Uncle, and the others nodded in agreement. They packed up the illusion array, and Fifth Uncle hoisted the gravely injured Eldest Uncle onto his back. Then, under Kong Wenxuan's lead, they hurried toward Demon-Suppressing Pass.