Chapter 13

"Let's go!" Shi Zi swept his gaze over the Lei Team, his body retreated decisively, and Luan Ya and Man Gui did the same, retreating rapidly.

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, looking at the Lei Team's figure walking toward the wolf pack, watching his whole body's spiritual energy erupt, forming a deterrent to the wolf pack.

His steps didn't move, the iron sign in his hand was raised slightly, and a cold glint flashed across the tip of the sign.

"Kid, do you know why the Lei Team is the captain." Shi Zi, who was leaping away in the distance, sent a voice from afar.

"It's not just because the Lei Team's cultivation of the sixth layer of Qi Condensation far exceeds ours; more of it is his responsibility and judgment as a captain when facing a crisis."

At the same time as Shi Zi's voice came, a rumbling sound echoed where he was.

That was a large tree two hundred zhang away, which was snapped by the bow in Shi Zi's hand and fell to the ground with a bang.

Man Gui was the same, Luan Ya had the same action, one large tree after another fell, forming a barrier to block, and after leaving a gap as an exit, Shi Zi and Luan Ya didn't pause and galloped again.

The only one with a shield in one hand and a mace in the other, Man Gui, stayed in place, leaning against a large tree, like a mountain, guarding there.

At the same time, the Lei Team's side also erupted suddenly, his hands shining with dazzling light, and he rushed into the wolf pack.

Wherever he passed, any wolf that touched him would inevitably have its flesh and blood collapse and die miserably.

It was just that there were too many wolves, and soon the Lei Team's figure was submerged within.

Only rumbling and wolf howls continued to come out; in the distance, Shi Zi also let out a low roar at this moment.

"Kid, come and gather with us, there will be a time for you to strike!"

Xu Qing judged in his heart that this was the Lei Ting Team's combat plan, so he didn't hesitate anymore and headed straight for Man Gui.

Man Gui grinned, pointed to the gap exit behind him; Xu Qing looked at him, passed through the gap, and chased toward Shi Zi and Luan Ya in the distance.

Soon, he saw Luan Ya, who had cleared an area and blocked the surroundings with trees, busy there.

She took out many powders from her body, spread them around, and even bit her finger, drawing patterns on the ground with fresh blood that outsiders couldn't understand.

After sensing Xu Qing, she didn't have time to speak, and her eyes signaled Xu Qing to leave quickly.

Xu Qing swept his gaze over, didn't hesitate, and swept past at high speed, until two hundred zhang behind Luan Ya, he saw Shi Zi crouching on a large tree.

This tree was extremely tall, as if it were a high point that could overlook the battlefield; Shi Zi, who was crouching there, looked at Xu Qing, who was galloping closer, and sent a low voice.

"In the direction behind me, two hundred zhang away, you are responsible!"

Xu Qing nodded heavily; he was already clear about the Lei Ting Team's combat plan.

He leaped away, and when he reached the range of two hundred zhang, he immediately swept over the surroundings, didn't change any environment, but hid in the mud under a shrub.

Just like hunting in the ruined city, he was motionless.

The moment he hid, more intense rumbling sounds came faintly from afar.

The trees blocked, Xu Qing couldn't see the scene eight hundred zhang away, but he could feel the intensity of the battle there.

It was indeed so; at this moment, eight hundred zhang away, the Lei Team's figure rushed out from the wolf pack; even though he was at the sixth layer of Qi Condensation, it was hard to avoid looking disheveled under the condition of not being able to consume too much.

Fortunately, he was very keen on controlling his own spiritual energy, retained half of his state, and retreated toward Man Gui while being chased by the Black-Scaled Wolves.

Man Gui grinned hideously, the mace in his hand raised violently, and the moment the Lei Team leaped past his side, he smashed it fiercely toward the chasing Black-Scaled Wolves.

At the high position, Shi Zi's eyes also focused at this moment, and he pulled the string of his strong bow suddenly.

One arrow after another transformed from spiritual energy carried a sharp whistling sound, drew one wind trace after another, and fell toward the wolf pack, assisting Man Gui.

When the miserable shrieks echoed again, the Lei Team had already left the place where Man Gui was and approached Luan Ya; behind him, Man Gui was alone, like a mountain facing the earth, blocking everything.

Just like this, the first returnee Xu Qing saw from the mud was the Lei Team, who whistled past Luan Ya and Shi Zi.

The Lei Team galloped past Xu Qing's side, swept his gaze over his hiding place, didn't have time to speak, just nodded, and immediately went two hundred zhang away, sat cross-legged, swallowed a Bai Dan, and while resting, also prepared for the next round of strikes.

This was the Lei Ting Team's retreat plan.

The Lei Team, as the strongest, blocked first; Man Gui was the second wave of interception; when he was about to exhaust his strength, he would retreat, and the task of blocking the wolf pack would be continued by Luan Ya, and then Shi Zi.

Repeating the cycle, in this way, they could each have time to rest.

This was the most suitable team collaborative combat method in the forbidden zone where exotic quality was rich.

And among them, the most tired ones were the Lei Team and Shi Zi.

The former blocked for the longest time and killed the most wolves, winning a large amount of time for the teammates behind him.

As for the latter, besides being a link in blocking the wolf pack himself, he also had to ensure the safety of his teammates when they retreated from the high point.

It could be said that everyone's arrangement was very important, and the most important thing was their mutual tacit understanding and trust!

"So this is a scavenger team..."

Xu Qing's eyes revealed firmness, hiding motionless; as time passed, soon he saw Man Gui's figure approaching panting.

And a moment later, he saw Luan Ya clutching her chest, her complexion pale.

The last one to gallop past him was Shi Zi.

He looked cold and stern, seemingly normal, but Xu Qing still felt the fluctuation of his spiritual energy near exhaustion; behind him, the wolf pack was densely howling and chasing.

When passing by Xu Qing here, Shi Zi seemed somewhat hesitant.

"I can." Xu Qing saw the meaning of the other party's unspoken words and spoke in a deep voice.

Shi Zi didn't speak, flickered and left; in an instant, the wolf pack whistled over.

The wind set off blew past Xu Qing's face, carrying a fishy smell, especially the ten or so at the very front, all pitch-black with red eyes, emitting cruelty and madness all over.

Clearly, the Lei Ting Team's first round of combat arrangements caused them no small amount of death and injury; under the stimulation of blood, these Black-Scaled Wolves became incomparably violent.

At this moment, they didn't seem to notice Xu Qing, who was hiding, and were chasing Shi Zi.

But the moment they arrived, a dagger flew out suddenly, with a 'whoosh' sound, it arrived and pierced directly into the forehead of the Black-Scaled Wolf at the very front.

The force was so great that it pierced through in an instant.

This Black-Scaled Wolf let out a miserable sound and died suddenly; as the corpse fell to the ground with inertia, Xu Qing's figure turned into residual traces and rushed out like a thunderbolt.

The black iron sign in his hand shone with a cold glint, pierced violently into the eye of a Black-Scaled Wolf, and after piercing through the head, his body flickered, his left hand clenched into a fist, and he slammed it forcefully toward the third wolf that was pouncing from behind to sneak attack.

The wolf's head shattered suddenly, and blood splashed all over Xu Qing.

Killing three wolves in an instant, Xu Qing's figure flickered again.

His speed was perfectly revealed at this moment.

His whole person was incomparably flexible, like a killing Rakshasa, wandering and weaving through the wolf pack, his gaze cold, his strikes decisive.

With the sharpness of the black iron sign, the miserable shrieks of one Black-Scaled Wolf after another before death echoed in all directions.

There was more and more wolf blood on his body, and his hands were stained bright red; although sticky, the iron sign he was holding was still firm, and the color of the iron sign had also turned red at this moment.

It was just that the wolf pack was distributed, and eventually, some leaped past him.

There were also some claws and teeth that left wounds on his body.

But under Xu Qing's speed, the former was barely blocked by him, and the latter... his purple crystal's terrifying recovery power played a miraculous effect in this battle.

All skin wounds healed rapidly in a few breaths, and even heavier wounds stopped bleeding.

This scene, because his whole body was permeated with wolf blood, was not clear to outsiders.

And compared to the healing of wounds, his physical strength recovery was even more terrifying; the continuous combat power of his whole person obtained an astonishing continuation.

Thus, gradually, wolf corpses were everywhere around him, the sharpness in his eyes became colder and colder, and the time he persisted exceeded everyone, making the wolf pack around him actually appear somewhat deterred by him.

Looking from afar, the sunlight penetrated the dense tree leaves and fell scattered on his body; the light refracted in his whole body permeated with blood, as if transforming him into a streak of blood light.

And this scene was also seen by the Lei Team, who was two hundred zhang behind him, and Shi Zi at the high point further away.

Both of them had fluctuations in their hearts and minds, clearly shaken by Xu Qing's ruthlessness and tenacity.

"Kid, retreat!" The Lei Team spoke suddenly.

Xu Qing still had remaining strength, but he also sensed the severe consumption of spiritual energy.

Although the purple crystal could restore physical strength and wounds, the consumption of spiritual energy could not be made up for.

Fortunately, he was Body Tempering, unlike Luan Ya, who couldn't strike without spiritual energy.

But eventually, there was still some influence, forcing him to absorb the spiritual energy containing rich exotic quality from all directions, and the stinging sensation of the alienation points on his arm became more intense.

So upon hearing the Lei Team's words, Xu Qing didn't hesitate and retreated immediately.

But the moment he retreated, in the wolf pack, a Black-Scaled Wolf whose eyes were not all red, but had one black eye, leaped up and pounced toward Xu Qing.

Xu Qing's eyes shone with cold glints, the iron sign in his hand turned into a blood streak, and in an instant, it pierced through its head; his body was just about to continue retreating, but just at this moment...

Under the mottled sunlight, he didn't know if it was an illusion, but the shadow of this falling Black-Scaled Wolf corpse seemed to twist.

It actually spread rapidly on the ground toward Xu Qing here.

And the sunlight here was only scattered, not rich, so all this made him unable to confirm it at the first moment; the next instant, that shadow touched his body.

Xu Qing's body shook violently.

An indescribable evil intent was about to invade his whole body in an instant.

But just at this moment, the purple crystal that had been buried in his chest and had had no movement from beginning to end except for recovery power.

Actually shook suddenly at this moment, and a cold current erupted from within.

With the eruption, the feeling of being invaded by evil disappeared in an instant.

And this cold current came fast and disappeared just as fast; in the blink of an eye, it was gone without a trace, and the purple crystal also returned to normal, motionless as before.

Xu Qing was stunned, but there was no time to think too much at this moment; after his body recovered, he galloped and retreated; and the scene just now also happened in an instant, so neither the Lei Team nor Shi Zi in the distance discovered anything at all.

At this moment, as Xu Qing retreated, the Lei Team stepped forward to meet him, with residual shock in his eyes.

"You did very well, go to the back and rest."

"Black-Scaled Wolves living in the depths of the forbidden zone like places where exotic quality is rich, while the outer area has much less exotic quality than the depths, so no matter why they appeared, they don't like it here; as long as they can't take it down for a long time, they will inevitably leave on their own."

After speaking, the Lei Team's whole body spiritual energy erupted, and he walked with large strides, charging toward the Black-Scaled Wolves chasing behind Xu Qing.

Man Gui's figure also arrived at high speed; clearly, he had waited for a long time behind, and his heart was also anxious because of the long time; at this moment, after seeing Xu Qing's whole body of blood and the countless wolf corpses not far away, he also took a breath, stepped forward, and was about to support Xu Qing.

"No need." Xu Qing didn't let the other party support him, turned his head to look at the Lei Team, and finally, under Man Gui's respectful gaze, walked away quickly.

Passing by Luan Ya, she seemed to have received the news; after seeing Xu Qing, her expression carried shock; after thinking for a while, she took out a leather bag from her body and threw it to him.

Xu Qing took it, felt the shape of the pills inside, and knew what it was in his heart, so he thanked Luan Ya, and in Luan Ya's gaze, he flew away, until he saw Shi Zi.

Shi Zi was silent on the tree crown, nodded toward Xu Qing, and the approval in his eyes was very obvious.

Xu Qing didn't speak either, nodded slightly to signal, and when he reached the very back, he found a position to sit down, spat out a mouthful of turbid air, and took out three White Pills and swallowed them.

With the melting of the pills, he began to absorb the spiritual energy from all directions to recover.

Time passed; half an hour later, Xu Qing opened his eyes, the fatigue of his spirit had been buffered, but a trace of confusion appeared in his eyes; he discovered that the exotic quality in his body seemed... not to be very much.

So he rolled up his left sleeve to look, and the confusion in his eyes turned into shock in an instant.

The alienation point on his arm actually... had one less!

But his cultivation was clearly still at the second layer of Body Tempering, and after experiencing the previous slaughter, not only did it not weaken, but as he recovered at this moment, it seemed even more advanced than before.

Especially he remembered very clearly that when he was slaughtering before, because he was passively absorbing spiritual energy, both alienation points on his arm had intense stinging sensations.

As for the White Pills, it wasn't that Xu Qing hadn't eaten them before; the effect wouldn't be so astonishing, but at this time, it seemed there was no other explanation.

Except... the matter of the purple crystal's cold current erupting instantly.

"Shadow, evil intent, crystal erupting cold current..."

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, recalling the strange scene before.

He was certain that the shadow touching him that he saw was definitely not an illusion, and even less was it a mistake of the sunlight scattering.

So he carefully recalled the scene of the crystal erupting cold current; it seemed that at that moment, the evil intent invading him was swept away by the cold current and sucked into the crystal.

"Ate it?" Xu Qing guessed with some shock.

Haven't logged in for a long time, felt very strange, didn't know how to operate, saw you talking about character cards, talking about volume names, so I tinkered for a long time before I figured it out... added the volume name.

Volume One, Liu Jingzhe.

Liu Jingzhe reflects the phenomenon of natural organisms being affected by rhythmic changes and appearing to sprout and grow.