Fighting Their Way Out and Fleeing Back to Demon-Suppressing Pass

Awooo!

As Kong Wenxuan led his eldest uncle, Third Aunt, and the others away under cover of night, a loud, majestic, furious wolf howl suddenly rang out in the distance behind them.

Kong Wenxuan couldn't help looking back, but beneath the starlit night, he saw only the dark silhouettes of the mountains. There was no sign of the wolf demon that had howled.

Third Aunt and the others close beside him all shuddered, their expressions changing abruptly. "That howl came from the Second Tier gray wolf demon!"

"It must have realized we're escaping and called the wolf pack to chase us down!"

Hearing this, Kong Wenxuan said, "Keep going. Don't worry about the wolves attacking us. I'll deal with them."

As he spoke, he activated the five Five Elements Divine Swords circling him, sending them out to surround and protect the entire group.

Awoo! Howl! Roar...

At that moment, the various First Tier wolf-type Demon Beasts that Kong Wenxuan had scattered came charging out of the darkness from every direction, evidently driven there by the Second Tier gray wolf demon.

Without the slightest hesitation, Kong Wenxuan immediately unleashed the five Five Elements Divine Swords to their fullest. As before, the Crimson Fire Divine Sword, White Metal Divine Sword, Azure Wood Divine Sword, and Black Water Divine Sword took the offensive, sweeping through the wolf Demon Beasts attacking from all sides.

The Yellow Earth Divine Sword remained above the group to guard them.

With the four divine swords attacking at full force, not a single wolf demon could threaten Kong Wenxuan and the others. They couldn't even do much to hinder or slow their advance.

Wolf demon after wolf demon, pack after pack, fell in droves beneath the four divine swords, leaving a chorus of miserable howls and whimpers behind the Kong Household members, along with blood and bones strewn across the ground.

At the sight, even Kong Yuyin, Kong Yuluo, and the other members of the Kong Household couldn't help swallowing, deeply shaken.

They had always known how deadly the Five Elements Divine Swords Kong Wenxuan had refined were, but until now, he hadn't finished refining all five. Though their combat power and killing power were formidable, they had still barely been within the bounds of what the others could accept.

After all, before this, only the Crimson Fire Divine Sword's Sword Qi Thunderclap, with its terrifying attack speed, had made them wary and left them feeling unable to defend against it.

The Azure Wood Divine Sword's Sword Light Differentiation, the Black Water Divine Sword's Sword Momentum Like the Tide, and the Yellow Earth Divine Sword's edgeless heavy blade and Great Skill Appears Unrefined were all powerful too, but there were still ways to withstand them.

Even the Crimson Fire Divine Sword's Sword Qi Thunderclap, in their view, might not have been impossible to block if they prepared their defenses in advance.

But now Kong Wenxuan had refined the last sword, the White Metal Divine Sword, completing the link in the Five Elements Divine Swords best suited to slaughter, destruction, and breaking through defenses. The golden thread of sword light appeared and vanished like a ghost in the night, slicing through packs and swathes of wolf demons with utter ease wherever it passed, without so much as slowing down!

That ultimate sharpness, that ultimate killing power, the slaughter that silently severed everything in its path-even the Kong Household members watching felt their hearts tremble and their hair stand on end.

They even doubted that, despite making every possible preparation and activating every defensive measure and Law Artifact they had, they could withstand one effortless slash from that terrifying golden thread of sword light.

If the time and place hadn't been wrong, they would have seized Kong Wenxuan for a thorough questioning and a good look at the terrifying White Metal Divine Sword.

For now, however, they retreated toward Demon-Suppressing Pass under the protection of the terrifying White Metal Divine Sword's golden thread of sword light. No matter how many wolf demons sprang from the darkness around them to attack, none could withstand a strike from the Five Elements Divine Swords, and that undoubtedly gave them a strong sense of security.

They could already see that, with Kong Wenxuan's Five Elements Divine Swords protecting them and clearing the way, no number of First Tier Demon Beasts should be able to pose much of a threat to them, or even block their retreat.

The only thing that worried them now, the one thing they couldn't be sure of, was whether the Second Tier gray wolf Demon Beast would attack them personally.

Kong Wenxuan's Five Elements Divine Swords were extremely powerful and terrifyingly deadly, but in their view, they probably couldn't overcome the difference in tiers to hold off, much less kill, a Second Tier wolf demon.

To deal with the Second Tier gray wolf demon, they would probably still need the Bloodline-Inherited Spirit Artifact, the Crimson Plume Feather Fan.

Their gazes turned involuntarily to Fourteenth Brother, Kong Yuyan, at the rear of the group. Aside from Eldest Brother Kong Yushuo and Kong Wenxuan, he was the only one among them who had awakened the crimson Peacock Feather bloodline. He too could refine and use the Bloodline-Inherited Spirit Artifact, the Crimson Plume Feather Fan, and it was now in his hands.

Though Fourteenth Brother Kong Yuyan certainly couldn't wield the Bloodline-Inherited Spirit Artifact as well as Eldest Brother Kong Yushuo, he was still enough to deter the Second Tier gray wolf demon, which had also been gravely injured.

At least for now, the Second Tier gray wolf demon had only driven large numbers of First Tier wolf demons to attack, showing no intention of intervening personally.

They fought and ran like this for more than two hours. By then, the eastern horizon had begun to pale like a fish's belly, the first faint light of morning was showing, and the sun was about to rise. The night would soon be over.

After all, Kong Wenxuan had already spent most of the night finding his eldest uncle and the others. After joining them, he had fought and retreated for another two hours and more. Dawn was nearly upon them!

Awooo...

The Second Tier gray wolf demon, which had been following them all along, let out another piercing howl.

The Kong Household members' hearts tightened. They watched their surroundings warily, worried that the Second Tier gray wolf demon had some new trick in store.

But all they saw were the various wolf demons prowling around them, attacking again and again only to meet their deaths. Upon hearing the piercing howl, the wolves let out low, whimpering growls, then turned and fled.

"The wolf pack is retreating..."

"We survived!"

"We made it!"

At the sight, even Third Aunt, Fifth Uncle, and Fourteenth Uncle, who had spent years operating around Demon-Suppressing Pass and were accustomed to death, slaughter, and parting, couldn't help crying out in delight and surprise.

It showed just how deeply last night's life-and-death crisis and their escape from death had affected them.

"Don't stop. Keep moving! The danger hasn't completely passed yet."

At that moment, Eldest Uncle Kong Yushuo, whom Fifth Uncle had been carrying on his back, finally recovered enough to speak. His voice was hoarse.

"Big Brother, are you better?"

"Eldest Brother, how do you feel?"

Hearing Eldest Uncle Kong Yushuo speak, everyone was even more delighted and hurried to check on him.

"I won't die. Pick up the pace and keep moving."

Eldest Uncle Kong Yushuo spoke hoarsely once more.

They all agreed and continued on their way, picking up speed.

The sun was gradually rising, and the world was just beginning to brighten. The Demon Beasts attacking them and blocking their path grew fewer, allowing them to travel faster still.

They headed straight for Demon-Suppressing Pass. Even when they passed several outposts they had set up beforehand, where the Kong Household members had left medicinal pills, talismans, and other supplies, they had no intention of stopping to retrieve them.

With Demon Beasts rioting throughout the southern mountains, even those outposts might not be safe. It was safer to flee back to Demon-Suppressing Pass as soon as possible.

After they had fled for nearly another four hours and the sun had risen high in the sky, they suddenly spotted a Feather Boat flying toward them in the distance. When it drew closer, they saw that it was the Feather Boat piloted by the clan head, Kong Changgeng, with Eldest Brother Kong Wenzhang and Fourth Tier Kong Wenjun aboard, coming to look for them.

Overjoyed, they immediately boarded the Feather Boat and flew straight back to Demon-Suppressing Pass.