Dark clouds filled the sky, casting a shadow over the entire Qing Mao Mountain, giving it an ominous, stormy look.
On a remote mountain slope, over a dozen robust Lightning Wolves bared their fangs and growled low, surrounding Fang Yuan.
These wolves all had intact limbs, no longer the crippled wolves from before.
If any other Rank 2 Gu Master were to fall into such an encirclement alone, they would surely feel despair. But right now, the situation was precisely the opposite.
Fang Yuan stood his ground, calm and composed. The Lightning Wolves surrounding him, however, showed a hint of tension and wariness in their expressions.
The battle had already been going on for a while. On this bloody battlefield, several Lightning Wolves had already fallen, silently testifying to Fang Yuan's recent achievements.
Kill!
Fang Yuan shouted in his heart. As a surrounded person, Section 130: Still, Clansmen are Reliable, he instead took the initiative to attack, stepping forward and lunging at a Lightning Wolf on his left.
This Lightning Wolf was startled and took a half-step back, but then its ferocity was triggered. Its strong and agile limbs sprung as it pounced back at Fang Yuan.
In the air, the Lightning Wolf opened its maw, revealing a mouth full of sharp fangs.
Fang Yuan let out a loud laugh. Without dodging or avoiding, he simply swung his right hand.
Whoosh.
A dark blue Moon Blade shot out horizontally, piercing through the air and landing squarely in the Lightning Wolf's open mouth.
A sizzling sound was heard, and this unfortunate Lightning Wolf was instantly sliced in two from mouth to tail by the Moon Blade.
Hot wolf blood sprayed out, pouring down like a rain of blood.
Bathed in the glow of the White Jade Gu, Fang Yuan charged through the blood rain, rampaging through the wolf pack.
The Lightning Wolves reacted and attacked him from all sides. They tried to bite, but under the defense of the White Jade Gu, they only shattered their own teeth.
Their claws were also rendered useless.
Fang Yuan fought with fists and feet. With the immense strength of two pigs, he kicked the Lightning Wolves far away one by one, or directly shattered their skulls, killing them on the spot. He firmly held the upper hand.
But this didn't last long. The True Essence in his aperture was consumed quickly.
Section 130: Still, Clansmen are Reliable. Fang Yuan only had Grade C talent, and was currently at the middle stage of Rank 2. His maximum True Essence was less than half.
Seeing that his True Essence was about to be depleted while several Lightning Wolves remained, Fang Yuan's mind stirred. Hidden Scale Gu!
Instantly, his figure rippled like the surface of water, gradually fading away. In the blink of an eye, he completely vanished without a trace.
The Lightning Wolves stood around in confusion, letting out angry howls, and began to patrol the slope, but found nothing.
Fang Yuan was not far away, watching the movements of the Lightning Wolves while taking out Primeval Stones to absorb True Essence for replenishment, and continuously maintaining the Hidden Scale Gu.
Lightning Wolves had excellent eyesight, but their sense of smell was very poor. By using the Hidden Scale Gu, Fang Yuan perfectly countered them.
When his True Essence recovered to thirty percent, the pack of Lightning Wolves finally retreated unwillingly.
Fang Yuan didn't have a supplementary movement Gu. If the Lightning Wolves really retreated, he wouldn't be able to keep up with them. So he voluntarily deactivated the Hidden Scale Gu and revealed himself.
Awooo!
When the Lightning Wolves saw Fang Yuan, it was as if they saw their mortal enemy, and they all charged at him together.
Fang Yuan let out a cold snort. As the Lightning Wolf reached him, he abruptly struck out with his right fist.
His right fist was covered in a faint white jade light, extremely hard. The punch heavily struck a Lightning Wolf's waist.
There was a crisp cracking sound, and this unfortunate Lightning Wolf was sent flying far away, its lumbar spine broken.
It landed on the ground, thrashing and howling wildly, but could no longer get up.
Fang Yuan now had ample True Essence and his combat strength was high. Soon, he killed another four Lightning Wolves.
The remaining few Lightning Wolves had completely lost their fighting spirit. They looked at Fang Yuan in fear, let out whimpers, tucked their tails between their legs, and fled.
Fang Yuan stood still and did not pursue.
In terms of speed, he was no match for these Lightning Wolves, so pursuit was useless.
The ground was littered with wolf corpses, all of which were Fang Yuan's spoils. However, Fang Yuan was cautious and didn't busy himself with digging out the Lightning Wolves' eyes just yet.
Earth Listening Flesh Ear Grass!
He half-squatted, supporting himself with his palm on the ground, and pressed his right ear to the earth. The fleshy whiskers on his ear grew out, rooting themselves into the soil.
Instantly, his hearing multiplied several times, and everything within a radius of three hundred steps fell within his detection range.
Countless sounds reached his ears. But there was no sound of a wolf pack running, nor the footsteps of other Gu Masters moving.
"Temporarily safe." Fang Yuan let out a sigh of relief, took out his dagger, and began digging out the Lightning Wolves' eyes.
He only handed over a small portion of these eyes, storing the rest away.
If he handed them all over, such an achievement would inevitably arouse suspicion, even a secret investigation. Fang Yuan naturally tried to avoid such trouble.
After digging out all the eyes of these Lightning Wolves, Fang Yuan immediately left this place.
After killing two more wolf packs, the clouds in the sky had grown thick to the extreme. A strong wind blew, stirring the forest into azure pine waves, the leaves rustling in unison.
Awooo...
From within the wind, the howls of a massive pack of Lightning Wolves could be faintly heard.
Fang Yuan's expression changed slightly. According to his memories of his previous life, today was the day the Wolf Tide truly erupted.