In Yan Tie’s view, the chief of the Wood Wolf Tribe, Yao Tai should have been able to slaughter a few Void Dao cultivators with ease, even if one of them had reached the final minor realm of Harmony Dao.
Hearing the rebuke, Yao Tai’s face turned ugly. Failing to kill mere Void Dao humans was indeed humiliating.
“Those two had far too many tricks! Give me a little more time and I would definitely have finished them!” Yao Tai snarled viciously.
“Hmph. How much time did you need? Normally you could wipe them out in an instant. If that had happened, not one of them would have escaped today,” Yan Tie said with displeasure.
Indeed, according to their original plan, with two orc chieftains joining forces, the operation should have been foolproof.
“What do we do now? We have no idea which direction they fled in,” Yao Tai said.
Yao Tai felt deeply wronged. The defensive strength of Lin Yun and Zou Dongsheng was simply not on the level of ordinary Void Dao humans. Right now he was seething with anger and had nowhere to vent it.
Yan Tie gave a cold snort. “Hmph. The best chance is gone. What else can we do?”
…
On the other side.
Atop a small hill in orc territory.
Lin Yun, the other three, and Mu Li suddenly appeared.
“Brother Beichen!” Dong Jian and Hong Yuan immediately rushed to support Lin Yun.
At this moment, half of Lin Yun’s face was a mangled mess of blood and flesh, his chest was caved in, and his internal injuries were extremely severe. His organs had shattered.
“I… I’m all right. My physical body is strong. Although the injuries are serious, since he didn’t manage to kill me, I can recover,” Lin Yun said in a weak voice, his face as pale as snow.
Although Zou Dongsheng was also badly wounded, his condition was still better than Lin Yun’s.
Both of them possessed exceptionally powerful physiques.
If they had been ordinary Harmony Dao or Transformation Dao cultivators with average bodies, Yao Tai would have beaten them to death long ago.
Even with their strong physiques, they had barely escaped with their lives.
“Brother Beichen, you were already injured that badly. Why did you still risk your life rushing forward to block him? If we had been just one breath later, you would have died!” Hong Yuan exclaimed.
Lin Yun had stood directly in front of him at that moment, so Hong Yuan knew exactly how dangerous it had been.
“If I hadn’t blocked, that attack would have been fatal to you, Senior Hong Yuan. Before we came to the orc lands, I said I would protect Master Hong Yuan. Even if it cost my life, I would die before you did. I meant every word,” Lin Yun replied.
These words struck Hong Yuan deeply.
When Lin Yun had first paid his respects to Master Hong Yuan, he had indeed said something like this.
Anyone can speak fine words.
Yet when true mortal danger arrived, very few could actually follow through.
“Brother Beichen, I have to admit, you are a real man. You are someone worth befriending, worth trusting, worth entrusting one’s life to! This friend, Hong Yuan has definitely made!” Hong Yuan said with deep feeling.
“Let Brother Beichen and Brother Zou Dongsheng heal first. Their injuries are not light,” Dong Jian said.
Hong Yuan nodded. “Yes, both of you hurry and heal. We can talk about everything else later.”
Lin Yun and Zou Dongsheng sat cross-legged on the ground and began to treat their wounds.
Lin Yun’s internal injuries were extremely grave. Once he started healing, he discovered that, apart from his body’s natural recovery ability, the life-force energy released by the Tree of Origin actually accelerated the process.
In less than half an hour, his internal organs were completely restored, and the external wounds had fully healed as well.
“Phew…” Lin Yun exhaled, stood up again.
At this moment, Lin Yun was once more brimming with energy, his whole body filled with power.
Seeing Lin Yun’s injuries healed, Hong Yuan and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
“To think he recovered so quickly. Thank goodness Brother Beichen has such a strong physique. If his body had been on the weaker side, wounds like those would probably have been fatal,” Hong Yuan marvelled.
“If the physique had been weaker, forget recovering from injury. He wouldn’t even have survived the orc’s attacks in the first place,” Dong Jian added.
Hong Yuan nodded. “That’s true.”
Looking back, Lin Yun realised just how close it had been this time.
Even with his powerful physique and protective golden armour, he had repeatedly brushed against death. If the Ziwei Bracelet hadn’t activated that one time earlier, he might have perished then.
The gap in strength had simply been too great. He had used every means and exhausted every trump card, yet he had still nearly died. If they had escaped even a moment later, he really might not have survived.
