Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 196 - 186: Surrounded by Wolves

"I’ll do it!" 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Bai Litu roared, forcefully planting his shield in the ground before him.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The rows of sharp, massive spikes continuously slammed against Bai Litu’s shield.

The successive impacts almost sent Bai Litu flying.

Fortunately, Gu Hongling and Zhang Yin promptly assisted Bai Litu, blocking the tremendous force of the assault.

"Hehe, quick reaction. You three managed to escape disaster. But... do you still dare to chase after me?" Wanyan Su stood not far away, watching them with a cold sneer.

"Wanyan Su, I’ve said that I will kill you today!" Gu Hongling gritted her teeth and said coldly.

"Continue the pursuit, but be cautious!" Gu Hongling then lowered her voice, speaking to Zhang Yin and Bai Litu.

Zhang Yin and Bai Litu nodded in agreement.

Caution was apparent in both of their eyes.

They had almost been careless and fallen into Wanyan Su’s trap.

"Wanyan Su is full of cunning schemes, and since he has been lurking in Tianjue Forest for a long time, he knows the terrain like the back of his hand, not to mention the traps he has set... we must be careful," said Zhang Yin.

About a quarter of an hour later, the three of them continued to track Wanyan Su and arrived at a valley.

"Whoosh, whoosh!"

Outside the valley, the cold wind wasn’t too severe, but the moment they entered the valley, the draft became distinctly noticeable.

The strong wind, mixed with a bit of snow spray, whipped harshly against them, bringing a bone-chilling cold.

At that moment, Wanyan Su suddenly came to a halt ahead of them.

Then, he pulled out a horn from his Spirit Ring.

"Wuwu..."

Wanyan Su blew the horn.

The sound of the horn, mingling with the wind, echoed throughout the valley!

Gu Hongling and her companions were somewhat stunned on the spot. What was Wanyan Su trying to do?

However, in the next moment, all three of their expressions greatly changed.

Within their field of vision, multiple white spots began to appear.

The white spots quickly gathered together, densely packed.

At first, they were inconspicuous, nearly the same color as the snow on the ground, but as they conglomerated, the pairs of crimson eyes made all three feel a chilling fear!

"It’s a pack of Snow Wolves! A pack of Snow Wolves!"

"This damn Wanyan Su, this beast, he actually lured the pack of Snow Wolves here?"

"Isn’t he afraid of being torn to shreds by the Snow Wolves?"

Zhang Yin cursed in a low voice.

Swarms of Snow Wolves instantly occupied almost all of the open ground around them.

Within the valley, on the nearby stone cliffs, atop the raised mounds of earth, any space that could be occupied was now filled with Snow Wolves.

At least a thousand!

"Each adult Snow Wolf has at least the strength of the Soul Refinement Realm. Some of the stronger wolves, with unique bodies and chance occurrences, are even of the Divine Might Realm."

"There’s also the Snow Wolf King!" Gu Hongling’s eyes fixed on a distant stone cliff.

There stood a particularly notable Snow Wolf.

It was one and a half times larger than the other wolves around it, with robust limbs and crimson eyes. Faintly, ripples of blood light seemed to emanate from inside the Snow Wolf King’s body.

This Snow Wolf was obviously the king among them.

The Snow Wolf is a kind of pack-living ferocious beast which elects the strongest among them as the Wolf King.

This Snow Wolf King, judging by its aura, was very likely at the peak of the Divine Might Realm, just one step away from entering the Golden Core Realm.

Ordinarily, the limit for a Snow Wolf is the Divine Might Realm.

Most Snow Wolves spend their entire lives hovering in the Soul Refinement Realm, which is equivalent to being a Second Rank ferocious beast.

A few can break through to the Divine Might Realm, becoming Third Rank ferocious beasts, and a very select few, such as those at the level of the Wolf King, have a slim chance of stepping into the Golden Core Realm.

This is the innate potential of Snow Wolves. After all, they are not considered high-level beasts, and their potential determines that the Golden Core Realm is nearly an impossible peak for them to reach.

"Wanyan Su, you madman, what on earth are you trying to do?" Bai Litu roared.

With so many Snow Wolves rushing over, let alone the three of them who were Divine Might Realm martial artists, even thirty would be torn to pieces.

Wanyan Su stood there, facing the sudden appearance of so many Snow Wolves without any sign of panic.

"Damn it. This Wanyan Su must have prepared in advance; otherwise, he would not have summoned so many Snow Wolves!" Gu Hongling had guessed that Wanyan Su must have left himself a way out.

Sure enough, the next moment, Wanyan Su crouched down, slapped the ground, and a huge stone cover beside him flipped open.

"Haha, you need not worry about me. Instead, you should think about how to avoid being eaten by these Snow Wolves!" Having said that, Wanyan Su jumped into the hole beside him, and then with a bang, the stone cover closed once more.

"This beast, he indeed had a backup plan."

"Damn it, what do we do now?"

Gu Hongling and Bai Litu both looked anxious.

"We gather together, don’t spread out!" Zhang Yin whispered.

The three quickly formed a triangle and stood close to each other.

Meanwhile, the Snow Wolves crowded in around them, densely packed.

From the mouths of each Snow Wolf came low growling sounds.

As the pack of Snow Wolves drew near, their growls merged into one, resonating like thunder throughout the entire gorge, and the hearts of Gu Hongling and her two companions fluctuated with the frightening noise.

"Wuu wuu..."

On the distant cliff, the Snow Wolf King suddenly howled to the sky.

The next moment—

All the Snow Wolves suddenly quickened their pace and frantically charged towards Gu Hongling and her companions.

"Huff, huff, huff, huff..."

One after another, the Snow Wolves pounced fiercely, baring their ferocious and sharp fangs, and their claws, gleaming with a cold light, also tore towards the three.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh..."

In Gu Hongling’s hands, the red bow was continuously drawn into a full moon, and arrows made of concentrated spiritual power shot out relentlessly.

In the blink of an eye, she had shot and killed dozens of snow wolves.

At the same time, Zhang Yin waved a short blade continuously, cutting down any snow wolves that approached.

Bai Litu was in charge of defense, having shrunk his defensive shield to about half its size, mainly to protect Gu Hongling.

The three of them formed an incredibly tacit cooperation, which showed that this small team must have been together for a long time, accumulating this level of trust and understanding day by day.

A quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour...

Half an hour, an hour...

Time flew by rapidly.

The snow wolves that died at the hands of the three were too many to count.

But the snow wolves around them continued to approach relentlessly.

Finally, a slight mistake occurred on Bai Litu’s side.

A robust snow wolf, likely a variant, sprang from the side and rear, possessing the cultivation of the Divine Might Realm and struck Bai Litu’s shield with full force.

Caught off guard, Bai Litu staggered back several steps from the impact.

At the same time, on another front, two more Divine Might Realm snow wolves charged towards Gu Hongling.

Of these, one wolf lunged directly at her, but Gu Hongling pulled her spirit bow harshly, and the wolf was flung away.

However, at the same moment, another wolf pounced from the side and bit her wrist.

"Damn beast!"

Upon seeing this, Zhang Yin quickly turned around and sliced the wolf in half with a single blow.

But Gu Hongling’s arm was torn open, leaving a large gash, and the sudden pain almost caused her to faint.

"Stabilize the situation! Don’t panic!"

But Gu Hongling quickly suppressed the pain, knowing that she couldn’t afford any slip-up under these circumstances.

She quickly pulled a bottle of medicinal powder from her spirit ring and poured it directly onto the wound, which soon stabilized and stopped bleeding.

"Hold on!"

"Only by holding on can there be hope!"

Gu Hongling continued to encourage her companions.

The battle persisted!

The recent wave of attack had nearly caused the trio to collapse.

But soon after, the three stabilized the situation once more.

After all, there had been three snow wolves of the Divine Might Realm; fortunately, the strength and cultivation of Gu Hongling and her two comrades were all in the late stage of the Divine Might Realm, with Zhang Yin even at its peak.

Yet what followed was another wave of relentless, tireless assaults from the snow wolves, like a tide.

Although the situation had stabilized for the moment, the spiritual power of the three was being severely depleted.

And the rate of this depletion was such that it probably couldn’t last much longer.

...

Meanwhile.

Wanyan Su, who had hidden himself in the underground cellar, was also observing the situation outside.

"These three actually managed to last this long?"

This surprised Wanyan Su somewhat.

"If that’s the case, then allow me to send you on your way!"

Wanyan Su smirked, a cold glint shining in his eyes, as he quietly pushed open the stone cover.

Hiding in the cellar, he suddenly took a bow out of his spirit ring.

And then—

"Swoosh!"

He took a sneak shot.

Wanyan Su’s arrow was aimed at Gu Hongling.

Gu Hongling was fully preoccupied with fighting the snow wolves and hadn’t noticed Wanyan Su taking aim.

The next instant.

"Thwack!"

The arrow struck Gu Hongling’s leg.

"Uh... Hmm!"

Gu Hongling let out a pained cry, her leg almost giving way and kneeling on the ground.

In that moment, three snow wolves suddenly leapt at her.

"Be careful!"

Bai Litu roared, swinging his shield and knocking two wolves away, then he stepped forward and shielded Gu Hongling behind him.

The three wolves that had originally pounced towards Gu Hongling all threw themselves onto Bai Litu instead, ferociously biting into him.

In just a few breaths, Bai Litu’s body was torn open by the wolves, leaving multiple wounds.

Fortunately, Bai Litu managed to hold on and slaughtered a dozen more wolves.

But in just that short span, the injuries of Gu Hongling, Bai Litu, and Zhang Yin had all worsened considerably.

Zhang Yin’s body also had several more bloody wounds torn by the snow wolves.

Wuu wuu...

At that moment, the Wolf King on a distant cliff began to howl again.

Then, with a mighty leap, it jumped down from the nearly a hundred zhang tall cliff, landing not far from where Gu Hongling and the others were.

It seemed the Wolf King was preparing to lead the attack itself.

The faces of Gu Hongling and her companions darkened completely, their hearts sinking in unison.

It appeared they had reached an impasse.

Was today the day they would die in this place?

"It’s a pity... Little sister, I won’t be able to avenge you with my own hands!" As Gu Hongling gazed at the sky, tears streamed down her face.

Just then, on the other side, in the direction Qin Qing had left, on that side of the cliff, a figure appeared.

Then, this figure burst forth with azure flames all around, rushing towards the valley below...