Stronger from Earth-Chapter 52: Epilogue

"Clean the battlefield." Captain Yan Hua’s Primordial Qi depletion was considerable. At this moment, his body emitted a steaming heat, releasing sealed energy and expelling sweat to cool down.

Wang Xuan descended from the treetop, only to see Leng Feng returning with someone’s head, which he casually threw to the ground — it was precisely the person named Scorpion from Dark Hunting.

Qin Hu didn’t want to move at all. His body was riddled with internal injuries and narrowly avoided being slain by that Martial Arts Master. He said, "Does anyone have a potion? Give me a bottle, or I’ll die without treatment!"

Leng Feng casually tossed him a potion, Qin Hu gulped it down, collapsing afterward. His body trembled continuously, his organs operated, and his nearly broken body’s circulatory system revived, expelling the clotted blood within.

"Wang Xuan, if it weren’t for you killing a Bone Marrow Refining Cultivator earlier, our situation upfront would’ve been uncertain. Thank you," Yan Hua said.

Under remote sniping, Wang Xuan’s shot blew one person’s head off, severely injured a sniper and another Bone Marrow Refining cultivator. His deterrence restricted the power of Dark Hunting’s captain and others.

Such a sniper truly plays a significant role.

Wang Xuan chuckled, "That’s how it should be."

Yan Hua looked at the corpse of Golden Wolf, greatly surprised, "Elder Chen, you’re not senile with age, are you? To kill Golden Wolf during a battle with a Blood Exchange Realm opponent is quite impressive."

Clearly, he believed Elder Chen turned the tide. The Martial Arts Masters Thousand Shadows and Blood Hand came to attack, while the rear already struggled. With Golden Wolf leading the Three Wolves, Qin Hu and Zhou Minglun should have faced defeat.

However, the fight ended here first. The Three Wolves were dead and Thousand Shadows got injured, ultimately leading to Dark Hunting’s retreat.

Elder Chen hurriedly waved his hand; he felt embarrassed to claim credit, "Oh, I’m old and lack such skill. I was even injured by the two Blood Exchange Cultivators earlier; how could I slay the Three Wolves?

It was Wang Xuan; this youngster shot and killed the Grey Wolf and White Wolf among the Three Wolves, then injured Golden Wolf with another shot, finally splitting Golden Wolf in two with a saber.

And if Wang Xuan hadn’t fired and injured Thousand Shadows, Zhou Minglun and the others wouldn’t have held on."

The previous battle was so intense, leaving no energy to care for others. It was only now they realized Wang Xuan turned the situation around!

Otherwise, the three Blood Exchange Realm and two Bone Marrow Refining cultivators could have obliterated the rear, ultimately supporting Dark Hunting’s captain; it was Greedy Wolf’s failure then.

"You killed Golden Wolf?" Yan Hua was startled, almost disbelieving that Wang Xuan struck down Golden Wolf with a saber. How was this possible!

Wang Xuan, who had been missing for a month, progressed rapidly in cultivation, but not to this terrifying degree? To actually slay a Blood Exchange Cultivator!

Wang Xuan responded, embarrassed, "Golden Wolf was careless, underestimating my strength. Coupled with being shot by my sniper rifle, his combat power weakened, allowing me to kill him."

"No matter what, it’s your accomplishment!" Yan Hua said solemnly. "If counted, you seem to have killed seven people and wounded two or three — more than any of us combined!"

"Impressive!" Leng Feng gave a thumbs-up.

"I truly admire you." Qin Hu lay on the ground, raising one leg.

Greedy Wolf’s members gathered and dragged Dark Hunting’s corpses together, burying them after scavenging, to prevent human bodies from being devoured by wild beasts.

"Where’s Liu Hong?" Wang Xuan inquired casually.

On the battlefield earlier, he hadn’t seen that woman and wondered where she went.

The group was shocked; seemingly, no one had seen Liu Hong earlier. They hurried to search.

Moments later, they found her corpse behind a tree a hundred meters away. The large tree had been pierced by bullets, entering Liu Hong’s neck, leaving her decapitated.

The face of this beautiful lady was full of unwillingness and disbelief, seemingly not expecting to be shot dead before she died.

Zhou Minglun was totally dumbfounded. That delicate, fair-skinned, beautiful Liu Hong just died like that? How could this be! How could it happen!

The step of the Iron-Scaled Tiger previously spared Liu Hong’s life, yet she died here unexpectedly, leaving deep regret.

Liu Hong’s death cast a shadow over Greedy Wolf’s major victory; the three snipers of Dark Hunting evidently weren’t just freeloaders.

"Condolences," Wang Xuan consoled.

Greedy Wolf’s group returned to Hunting City for recuperation while Wang Xuan remained in Siberia’s primeval forest, explaining, "I’ll be cultivating here for a while and won’t return temporarily."

Liu Hong’s corpse was taken back, and Zhou Minglun presided over her funeral. Since they weren’t able to become a couple, let those beautiful memories remain in the heart.

Greedy Wolf defeated Dark Hunting, leaving only three members including the leader, severely drained of Primordial Qi, and harming their foundation. Whether they could rise again was unknown.

In Hunting City, Dark Hunting’s leader and Thousand Shadows Blood Hand exchanged glances, their thorough defeat in a supposedly good battle seemed unimaginable.

Dark Hunting’s leader was unwilling, angry, feeling the group he painstakingly built was now nominally extinguished. Without key members, left only with two auxiliary staff, what use is there?

"Damn it! It’s all because of you!"

In his mind, he cursed Wang Xuan, believing Dark Hunting’s demise entirely due to this sniper. Without Wang Xuan, they would’ve certainly won!

"Life, so fragile."

Wang Xuan lay on a tree branch, reminiscing about the previous battle; he indeed performed well but also had strokes of luck.

For instance, killing Golden Wolf was entirely because of carelessness; otherwise, he couldn’t kill a Blood Exchange Cultivator, only relying on Lightweight Technique to fight and retreat.

Also, he was unprepared for Dark Hunting having three snipers with one nearly shooting his head during the battle with Golden Wolf.

"Yingyingying."

The little fox jumped up and down, signaling it was hungry again. Wang Xuan felt helpless, "You’ve already eaten several pounds of jerky today; it’s all Fierce Beast meat, be careful not to overeat.

How come your belly doesn’t show despite eating so much?"

Wang Xuan reached out to grab the little fox, and felt its belly soft, with no sign of bloating; truly unusual.

The Cyan Fox anxiously bit him, but was easily subdued.

Leaping down, Wang Xuan headed east carrying his sniper rifle upon hearing a roar; it looked like there’d be tiger meat to eat tonight.

A Fierce Beast Peak striped tiger stood on a hilltop, roaring, declaring its sovereignty and driving away other Fierce Beasts.

Unfortunately, its roaring drew Wang Xuan.

Using Wind-Chasing Leg, he leapt ten meters away, his figure swift, and as he neared, Wang Xuan tiptoed on branches, approaching quietly without a sound.

The seven to eight hundred pound old tiger, tired of roaring, lay down to rest, unaware of Wang Xuan closing in to within ten meters.

The striped tiger’s fur stood on end, shocked that other creatures invaded— a provocation and a crisis.

But Wang Xuan stepped forward, his figure ghostly fast.

A palm, directly struck on the tiger’s head, exerting several tons of force, Primordial Qi pouring into its brain. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

With a bang, the old tiger stared with amber eyes, collapsed, its body bleeding from seven orifices, dying without a single wound.

"Alright, now stay here and guard the prey; I’ll go find some firewood. Tonight we’ll eat tiger meat, which is highly nourishing." Wang Xuan said to the little fox.

He left, noticing a dead tree he intended to drag back to roast the tiger.

The little fox’s eyes darted around, walking circles around the tiger’s corpse.

"I’m back."

Minutes later, Wang Xuan returned carrying a three to four meter-long dead tree, tossing it aside with a shoulder shrug.

But to his surprise, the striped tiger’s corpse he had just killed was now only a complete fur, its flesh and bones missing altogether, with only the tiger skin flatly spread on the ground.

Meanwhile, the little fox’s belly was swollen round, its entire body turned into a ball, absurdly fat.

"Yingyingying." It waved two small paws, with innocent eyes looking at Wang Xuan.