“Roar… Howl…”
Just as Longmei Zhenren and Chongxu Daoren were about to set up the dragon-trapping array, a sudden wolf howl echoed.
The howl was earth-shattering, deafening.
“Whoa!”
In the valley, the massive dragon vein stirred, raising its head high, its enormous eyes gleaming with intense light.
“What’s going on?” Ye Qiu asked.
Longmei Zhenren and Chongxu Daoren exchanged glances, both shaking their heads.
Chongxu said, “We didn’t encounter this the past two days here.”
Longmei chuckled, “No matter, even if the dragon vein’s alerted, with so many of us, we can still catch it.”
At that moment.
Ye Qiu noticed specks of green appearing on the surrounding peaks, one, two, three…
Soon, thousands of green dots.
“Those are wolf eyes!” Chongxu’s face shifted slightly. “How did so many wolves show up?”
Ye Qiu looked out, seeing hundreds of grey wolves on the peaks around the valley.
Each grey wolf stood about two metres tall, robust like warhorses.
These wolves stared at the dragon vein in the valley, their eyes cold, showing no fear.
“Something’s off!”
Ye Qiu said gravely, “Ordinary creatures, seeing such a powerful dragon vein, should show fear and unease, why aren’t these wolves afraid?”
Longmei stroked his chin, saying, “It is odd, but it’s fine, they’re just ordinary creatures…”
“Howl…”
Before Longmei could finish, another earth-shaking wolf howl came, this time from far away.
Ye Qiu focused, seeing a white shadow dashing through the snow, soon joining the grey wolves.
The white shadow stopped, revealing its form.
It was a white wolf.
Nearly five metres tall, strong and sturdy, pure white, with eerie red eyes.
As the white wolf appeared, the grey wolves parted, lowering their heads and tails in deference.
Clearly, the white wolf was their leader.
The white wolf strode to the edge of the peak, glanced at the dragon vein, its eyes glinting with greed.
“Howl…”
The white wolf roared at the dragon vein, its terrifying sound waves echoing through the valley, as if to shatter eardrums.
Longmei squinted, saying, “This wolf has strong cultivation, its strength is no less than an ordinary King realm cultivator.”
Ye Qiu was surprised, having heard of Kunlun Mountain’s mysteries, but he hadn’t expected to encounter a demon beast with such cultivation.
Xiao Zhan glanced at Huzi, whose flood dragon on his neck was glaring at the white wolf.
“Swish!”
Suddenly, the white wolf leapt toward the dragon vein.
Longmei shouted, “Damn, that beast’s after the dragon vein!”
Roar!
The dragon vein let out a bellow, its massive claw sweeping out, sending the white wolf flying.
Bang!
The white wolf crashed into a peak, then howled at the red moon, “Awoo…”
The next moment, much of the red moon’s light focused on the white wolf.
Everyone could feel the white wolf’s aura growing wilder.
“Sky Wolf Howling at the Moon!”
Longmei exclaimed, “This wolf is using the moon’s essence to boost its cultivation, we must stop it, or it’ll hinder our capture of the dragon vein.”
But at that moment, the dragon vein coiled upward, let out a dragon cry, then swung its massive body, its huge head crashing into the ground.
“Boom!”
A massive pit appeared in the valley’s floor, and the dragon vein vanished into it.
“The dragon vein’s escaped!”
Longmei was furious, “Damn, it’s all that beast’s fault, I’m going to slaughter it.”
Before Longmei could act, the white wolf howled, leapt into the pit, clearly chasing the dragon vein.
“Swish, swish, swish!”
Hundreds of grey wolves followed, jumping into the pit.
Ye Qiu looked down, seeing the pit’s bottomless depths, and said, “Those grey wolves are just ordinary creatures, jumping like that, many will die.”
“Forget those beasts’ fates, we’re going down too, if that white wolf gets the dragon vein, we’ll lose big,” Longmei said, pulling out a stack of talismans and distributing them.
“These are my wind-riding talismans, they let you ride the wind, just crush them to use.”
Longmei crushed a talisman and jumped into the valley.
Chongxu, Fairy Baihua, and Lüluo followed.
Only Ye Qiu, Xiao Zhan, and Huzi stayed put.
“This old man can even make wind-riding talismans, looks like his talisman skills have improved,” Ye Qiu muttered.
“Boss, are we going down?” Xiao Zhan asked.
“We’re here, so we’ll check it out, be careful,” Ye Qiu said, crushing a talisman and jumping into the valley.
Xiao Zhan and Huzi followed close behind.
“The wind-riding talisman is amazing,” Xiao Zhan felt weightless, wind whistling past, like riding the clouds.
Ye Qiu said, “At the peak of the King realm, you can learn to fly, Huzi, you should study flight techniques when we return.”
“Mm,” Huzi nodded.
Soon, they reached the pit’s bottom.
It was pitch-black, impossible to see, and after three minutes, they landed.
The ground was soft, reeking of blood.
Longmei ignited a flame talisman, lighting up the surroundings.
Looking down, the ground was covered in grey wolf corpses, blood pooling everywhere.
At least half the grey wolves had died.
Ye Qiu activated his heavenly eye, scanning around, noticing stone walls on all sides, except for a large cave in the southeast.
“Old man, there’s a cave ahead,” Ye Qiu said.
Longmei took another flame talisman, holding it between his fingers, and saw the cave when it ignited.
“Let’s check the cave, everyone be cautious,” Longmei warned, leading the way.
The others followed.
The cave was eerily cold, even a master like Ye Qiu felt a bone-chilling cold.
As he walked, Ye Qiu kept scanning the surroundings, staying vigilant for danger.
Suddenly, he stopped, his gaze sharpening.
“Old man, look!”
