Beautifully done, Chen Guan, An Changqing praised. His longsword never stopped moving, forcing the alpha wolf that was trying to direct the pack into a continuous retreat. The wolf pack's tactics are in disarray. Let's push our advantage and find the Wolf King. To catch the bandits, first catch the ringleader.
Understood, Chen Guan replied. He stopped his passive defense and took a proactive step forward. Wielding his scythe in coordination with the heavy coffin, he acted as a mobile fortress, beginning to press back against the pack.
Although his technique still couldn't be called exquisite, working alongside An Changqing's sharp, precise swordplay and Su Yuehe's perfectly timed sonic support, the trio gradually reversed the disadvantage of being besieged and began to push back.
More and more cries of pain and whimpers began to mix into the roars of the pack. Shadow Wolves were continuously slashed by An Changqing's sword light, struck by Chen Guan's scythe, or sent flying by the coffin. More and more wolf corpses and bloodstains began to appear on the ground of the shadow stone forest.
However, the Wolf King still did not reveal itself.
It's waiting. Waiting for us to show fatigue, An Changqing said in a deep voice. Fine beads of sweat were seeping from his forehead. This time, he wasn't faking it; the continuous, high-intensity combat was taking a significant toll, even on him.
Chen Guan also felt his stamina dropping rapidly. His resilience allowed him to endure more than an ordinary person, but the cold, eroding wounds and constant bursts of energy still brought a considerable burden.
Glancing at his status panel, the series of maneuvers just now had increased his popularity points quite a bit. Gritting his teeth, he directly allocated points, raising his Strength to 10 and his Stamina to 7.
Although his points were wiped out, taking him back to square one, the surging power within his body was completely genuine.
Right at that moment, Su Yuehe suddenly stopped playing. Her expression changed as she pointed deep into the stone forest. Over there. There is a strong concentration of spiritual energy. It's summoning.
Before her voice faded, an aura far more powerful and sinister than that of ordinary Shadow Wolves erupted from that direction.
Accompanied by a long, drawn-out howl, a massive black silhouette slowly stepped out from the darkness.
It was nearly twice the size of a normal Shadow Wolf, with fur as pitch-black as ink, save for a single tuft of silver hair right in the center of its forehead.
Its eyes were not crimson, but a distinct dark gold, making it look completely unlike a common mob.
That was a Tier 3 Shadow Wolf King, and by the looks of it, not an ordinary Tier 3. Its aura was faintly touching the threshold of Tier 4.
Behind it, from the seething shadows, four slightly smaller elites slowly emerged. Their auras far surpassed those of ordinary Shadow Wolves, and they flanked the Wolf King on both sides.
The Wolf King's dark golden eyes swept coldly over Chen Guan and the other two.
Their gazes met for a brief instant before parting.
Humans... die.
The Wolf King actually spoke human language, possessing the ability to communicate.
Careful! It's very strong!
An Changqing's expression grew incredibly solemn. He held his longsword horizontally across his chest as golden light flared up once again, more intensely than ever before. This was not a Rank C mission at all; it was a Rank B mission meant for second-year students.
The piccolo in Su Yuehe's hands had disappeared, replaced by a staff Chen Guan had never seen before. The staff was pure white with a touch of gold at the tip, exuding a noble elegance.
With just one glance, Chen Guan could tell that these two were no longer holding back; they were ready to unleash their true strength.
He always knew An Changqing was holding back, because An Changqing's scores in every subject were always just a tiny bit higher than Long Ao's—an obvious case of controlling his grades.
However, he hadn't expected Su Yuehe to even switch weapons. He had thought she was a support class, but it turned out she was actually a noble mage... or maybe a healing mage?
Chen Guan took a deep breath, stopping his wandering thoughts. He gripped his scythe tightly and firmly planted the coffin in front of him.
The Wolf King let out a low growl, wasting no more words. Its figure suddenly vanished from its spot.
Like a bolt of black lightning, it lunged straight at An Changqing. It had clearly recognized him as the greatest threat of the three.
The four elite guards moved at the same time. Two pounced toward Chen Guan, while the other two bypassed the frontline, aiming straight for Su Yuehe in the rear. Their division of labor was clear, and their tactics were ruthless.
Yuehe!
An Changqing shouted sharply, wanting to fall back and help her, but the Wolf King was already upon him. Its biting jaws and sharp claws, carrying a foul wind, forced him to respond with all his might. Golden sword light and black energy collided violently, erupting with astonishing energy fluctuations.
Chen Guan was also tied down by the two elite Shadow Wolves. These two guards were vastly superior to ordinary Shadow Wolves in speed, strength, and coordination. Attacking from the left and right, their assault was endless, and the corrosive effect attached to their claws was even more severe.
Chen Guan struggled to fend them off. Although his coordination with the scythe and coffin had improved, facing such a synchronized siege, he was still in constant peril, and several new wounds quickly appeared on his body.
The situation on Su Yuehe's side, however, was much better. She lightly raised her staff, and words slipped from her red lips: Split open, ground.
Like the law following her words, the ground suddenly split open without warning. The two Shadow Wolves fell in, caught completely off guard. Afterward, the ground returned to normal, as if the split had never happened.
This was her supernatural ability, Spirit Speech.
After unleashing this attack, Su Yuehe's aura rapidly declined, and the golden light on her staff dimmed.
She barely supported her body, clearly lacking the strength to fight any further. As a Tier 2, wielding a top-tier ability like Spirit Speech consumed far too much mana. Her already depleted spiritual energy was almost completely drained after that single strike.
But this strike also brought a turning point to the battlefield.
The two elite Shadow Wolves besieging Chen Guan were intimidated by the sight of their companions being instantly annihilated, causing their offensive to involuntarily slow down.
Chen Guan seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. A fierce light flashed in his eyes as he abandoned his defense and brazenly launched a counterattack.
His left hand shot out, grabbing the incoming claw of the right-side Shadow Wolf with absolute precision, momentarily making it impossible for the beast to break free. At the same time, his right hand swung the scythe with a piercing whistle. No longer seeking finesse, he used the simplest, most violent method, infusing it with all his strength, slashing upward toward the relatively fragile chest and abdomen of the left-side Shadow Wolf.
The left-side Shadow Wolf was greatly alarmed and hastily twisted its body to dodge. But Chen Guan's upward slash was too fast and too powerful; the sharp scythe blade still sliced across its ribs, bringing with it a spray of blood and shattered bone.
Awoo! The left-side Shadow Wolf howled miserably as it retreated.
Meanwhile, using the forward momentum of the right-side Shadow Wolf whose claw he had grabbed, Chen Guan ruthlessly yanked it toward himself. At the same time, he used his shoulder and back muscles to viciously thrust the Black Iron Coffin he carried on his back to the right, followed by a violent spin.
The incredibly heavy corner of the coffin, like a hundred-ton behemoth, slammed solidly into the waist and abdomen of this Shadow Wolf.
Bang!
A muffled crash, louder than any previous impact, erupted.
Under the impact of the Black Iron Coffin, the body of that elite Shadow Wolf deformed instantly, like a ragdoll struck head-on by a heavy battering ram. The sound of its internal organs rupturing and all its bones shattering rang out like popping beans.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
