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The four of them practically tumbled and crawled towards Lu Feng.
The leading man, barely able to catch his breath, clasped his hands in a fist salute, his voice trembling:
"Senior! We are disciples of the Green Peak Sword Sect. We beg you to save us!"
Lu Feng glanced at the four people. The highest cultivation level was only at the Late Ming Jin, while the lowest was that of the woman who had just entered Ming Jin.
The four of them combined were indeed no match for a second-tier wolf demon.
Before he could speak, the second-tier wolf demon had already caught up.
It stopped, its wolf eyes scanning the four people before settling on Lu Feng.
Saliva dripped from the corners of his mouth, forming long strands, and a greedy growl escaped his throat.
"Run! Why have you stopped? I'll deal with you all... Huh?"
The wolf demon's gaze fixed on Lu Feng's attire, and its wolf eyes suddenly lit up.
"Demon Slayer! Hahaha! Eating you might just allow me to advance directly to the third rank!"
Lu Feng drew his sword, a flash of cold light.
The wolf demon's excitement froze on his face, his enormous wolf head shot into the sky, and dark red blood sprayed all over the ground.
[Ding! Successfully slayed a Tier 2 wolf demon, gaining 10,000 Demon Points]
A system notification sounded.
Lu Feng took out a jade bottle and put the essence blood of the second-tier wolf demon into it before turning his head to look at the four disciples of the Green Peak Sword Sect.
All four of them froze on the spot, their mouths agape.
The second-tier wolf demons who had nearly wiped them out earlier couldn't even withstand a single strike from this demon slayer.
They didn't even see how Lu Feng drew his sword.
"Thank you so much for saving my life, senior!"
The man at the head of the group was the first to come to his senses and bowed deeply, followed by the three men behind him.
It was nothing.
Lu Feng carefully put away the jade bottle and asked,
"Why did you encounter a second-tier wolf demon here? According to the map, only first-tier demon beasts should be active in this area."
The man in the lead gave a wry smile and briefly recounted his experiences over the past few days.
The four of them had come to the outskirts of Azure Wolf Ridge to collect spiritual herbs on a mission from their sect. They thought that as long as they carefully avoided the territory of the first-tier wolf demons, they would not face too much risk.
Unexpectedly, they were ambushed by a second-tier wolf demon while camping the night before last, and the four of them barely managed to escape after almost exhausting all their life-saving trump cards.
They encountered this one again today; if it weren't for Lu Feng, they would already be dead.
"You encountered more than just this one second-tier wolf demon on the outskirts?"
"Not only!" the man nodded vigorously.
"We've encountered at least four or five of them on the outskirts in the last few days; they all came from the central region."
"The Azure Wolf Ridge wasn't like this before. Second-tier wolf demons would stay obediently in the central area and rarely set foot on the outer perimeter."
"But in the last month or two, the number has increased significantly, and it's spreading further and further outwards."
Lu Feng nodded; the appearance of a second-tier wolf demon on the outskirts was a good thing for him.
Lu Feng casually put the wolf demon's head into his storage bag, then took out four first-tier Healing Pill from his pocket and handed them to the four people before walking inside.
"Thank you so much, senior!"
The four accepted the pills and bowed deeply once again.
By the time they straightened up, Lu Feng had already walked quite a distance.
"This demon slayer is truly a good person."
The female disciple from the Green Peak Sword Sect, watching Lu Feng's retreating figure, couldn't help but say something.
"They saved our lives and even gave us Healing Pill."
The three nodded in unison.
"I'll definitely take the exam next time the Demon-Slaying Bureau recruits." The woman clenched her fist, her tone earnest.
"Don't think that far ahead. It's not safe here yet, let's go."
The leading man patted her on the shoulder, and the four of them turned and quickly left Azure Wolf Ridge.
Lu Feng crossed the deep ditch that stretched between the outer perimeter and the center.
The deep ravine cut straight down the mountainside, as if it had been cleaved out by a single stroke of a peerless expert.
There are significantly fewer people in the central region.
Occasionally, you might encounter a few groups of martial artists, each consisting of at least five or six people, and their cultivation level is at least at the Nei Jin level.
When they saw Lu Feng alone, their eyes were mostly filled with wariness.
Those who dare to venture alone into the central part of Azure Wolf Ridge are either fearless or truly skilled.
Neither of them are easy to mess with.
Lu Feng ignored those gazes and walked straight into the depths.
Not long after entering the central region, he encountered three second-tier wolf demons.
It wasn't until Lu Feng was five steps behind them that one of the wolf demons twitched its ears and suddenly turned around.
The moment he turned around, the blade was already upon him.
The three wolf heads rolled off almost simultaneously.
The three second-tier wolf demons died before they could even see Lu Feng's face clearly.
[Ding! Successfully slayed a Tier 2 wolf demon, gaining 10,000 Demon Points]
[Ding! Successfully slayed a Tier 2 wolf demon, gaining 10,000 Demon Points]
[Ding! Successfully slayed a Tier 2 wolf demon, gaining 10,000 Demon Points]
Lu Feng collected the essence blood one by one, put away the wolf's head, and then continued his search.
The number of second-tier wolf demons in the central area was indeed more than one order of magnitude greater than that in the outer areas.
They move around in groups of three or five, with almost no gaps between their territories.
For other martial artists, once the commotion of battle attracts a pack of wolves from neighboring territories, they will find themselves in a desperate situation of being attacked from both sides.
But for Lu Feng, this was actually a good thing.
He didn't need to bother searching; the monsters just flocked to his door.
In less than an hour.
[Ding! Successfully slayed a Tier 2 wolf demon, gaining 10,000 Demon Points]
[Ding! Successfully slayed a Tier 2 wolf demon, gaining 10,000 Demon Points]
System notification sounds came incessantly.
An hour later, he stopped and glanced at the panel.
The number of second-tier wolf demons killed has exceeded twenty.
Lu Feng continued to advance deeper into the Azure Wolf Ridge.
This time, he traversed the dense forest for a full half hour.
Let alone a second-tier wolf demon, I didn't even see a single wolf hair.
The forest was unusually quiet; the beast droppings and claw marks that had been everywhere before had vanished completely.
The ground was covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves, which felt soft and yielding underfoot; you couldn't even hear the chirping of an insect.
"Strangeness."
He stopped under an ancient tree and unfolded a map to check the directions.
According to the map, there should be at least four or five second-tier wolf demons lurking in his current location.
But now, not only have the wolf demons fled, but even the low-level demonic beasts have all run away.
"Was he killed?"
Lu Feng put away the map and was about to head towards the next marked point.
Suddenly, they sensed a fluctuation of energy ahead.
Lu Feng was overjoyed and strode forward to check.
After rounding a protruding boulder, the view suddenly opened up before us.
A wolf demon was squatting by the stream drinking water.
It was a whole size larger than a second-tier wolf demon, and the mane on its neck was dark silver.
Its front paws rested on the stream stones in a casual posture, pressing down the bushes along the stream.
Tier 3 wolf demon.
Moreover, judging from the degree of refinement of its Yao Qi, it is definitely not the kind that has just broken through.
Lu Feng was overjoyed.
He thought he would have to go deeper into the area before encountering the third level, but he didn't expect to run into it here.