Chapter 227: Junior Disciple, Be Careful

"I don't want to be a pawn," Zhai Qingye's eyes flashed with a faint glow.

Yuan Yao's eyes shone brightly and attractively, her lips curling into a smile: "Then let's join forces to overturn this game and become the ones who hold the pieces."

Zhai Qingye felt a slight heat rise in his chest, as if ignited by a scorching flame.

"Fine."

While the two were talking, over a thousand wolf‑demon soldiers had already swarmed the place like a tide.

The Wolf King and the eagle‑tribe general Cang Ming were both fearsome in power, and with two more wolf‑tribe generals joining the fray, Xiao Zhufeng and his three companions gradually found themselves mired, unable to break free, forced to retreat step by step.

Yuan Yao and Zhai Qingye exchanged a glance, both realizing that without a trump card, Xiao Zhufeng's group would find it hard to escape.

"What do you intend to do?" Zhai Qingye said with a smile.

"Not yet," Yuan Yao looked up at Xiao Zhufeng's party, "they probably still have a hidden trump."

Zhai Qingye followed her gaze and saw Xiao Zhufeng, the blue‑clothed woman, the teal‑armored youth, and the red‑clothed girl—all bearing serious injuries.

The blue‑clothed woman, after taking a pill, recovered astonishingly fast; her cultivation should be in the late Nascent Soul Realm.

The teal‑armored youth wielded a green python short sword, his technique a blend of hardness and softness with tremendous burst; each attack nearly cleaved flesh from his foes. His cultivation should be at the mid‑Nascent Soul Realm.

The red‑clothed girl held a talisman brush, swiftly sketching high‑grade sigils in the air; her combat experience was clearly seasoned, her movements dodged attacks with great speed before flinging the sigils back. Her cultivation should be only in the late Golden Core Realm.

"Those three aren't simple," Zhai Qingye squinted.

At that moment—

The Wolf King began to manifest his true form; a massive gray wolf let out a feral howl, its body exuding an awe‑inspiring, unstoppable aura, its crimson eyes fixed on Xiao Zhufeng's four.

Simultaneously, the previously calm air seemed stirred by an invisible force, forming visible vortexes of airflow.

Within those vortices, a gigantic jet‑black eagle as dark as jade slowly emerged—it was the eagle‑tribe general Cang Ming.

The black eagle's massive, majestic body spread wings ten‑plus meters wide; each feather glimmered with a mysterious sheen, its hooked beak razor‑sharp, as if it could tear steel with ease.

As the black eagle rose, a ferocious, unmatched gale suddenly surged, whipping surrounding sand into a swirling storm.

Boom!

The other two wolf‑tribe generals also manifested their true forms.

They surged to attack Xiao Zhufeng's party.

Xiao Zhufeng's pale face tightened; he brandished the Xuanbing Sword and swiftly unleashed a slash—

"Whirlwind Falling Leaf Slash!"

In an instant, a gale swept over the blade, charging at the Wolf King.

The Wolf King roared; the massive impact shattered the blade, and in a heartbeat it leapt before Xiao Zhufeng, gaping its massive maw to bite him.

Xiao Zhufeng's heart tightened, and he quickly blocked with his sword.

Clang—

The Xuanbing Sword lodged in the Wolf King's attacking fangs.

Man and wolf were locked in a stalemate.

The blue‑clothed woman, wielding the Fengling Sword, leapt upward, swinging; in an instant the blade became a fiery phoenix silhouette, accompanied by a clear phoenix cry, slashing at the massive black eagle aloft.

The black eagle spread its wings, instantly stirring a violent gale that turned into a massive wind sphere, confronting the blue‑clothed woman's Phoenix Slash!

Boom—

A blasting roar shook the entire area.

The teal‑armored youth, gripping his green python short sword, moved with blinding speed; each swing, slash, and chop against one wolf‑tribe general's true form nearly drew blood.

The red‑clothed girl let out a light hum, raised a hand, and five blank sigils materialized in the air.

As the wolf‑demon general lunged, she lifted her talisman brush and, fluidly, traced patterns onto the five sigils.

"Heaven Sword Talisman!"

"Five Thunder Talisman!"

"Fireball Talisman!"

"Water Dragon Talisman!"

"Defense Talisman!"

All five sigils were invoked simultaneously.

The five talismans ignited at once: the Heaven Sword Talisman instantly became a powerful sword aura striking the wolf‑demon general; the Five Thunder Talisman summoned lightning from the heavens; the Fireball Talisman swelled into a massive fireball; the Water Dragon Talisman erupted as a water dragon; the Defense Talisman formed a spiritual shield around the red‑clothed girl.

The sounds of battle rang on without cease.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The fighting was so fierce it nearly turned every building in the area to ruins!

With the Wolf King's roar, the surrounding wolf‑demon soldiers instantly drew weapons and surged toward Xiao Zhufeng's four.

At a glance, over a thousand wolf‑demons densely blocked Xiao Zhufeng's four.

Xiao Zhufeng's four paled instantly and immediately unleashed their trump techniques to defend.

Boom! Boom! Boom—

Explosions kept ringing!

The blue‑clothed woman was caught off guard and severely wounded by the eagle‑tribe general Cang Ming, blood gushing from her mouth.

Just as the many wolf‑demons, weapons in hand, were about to

pierce her, a sudden anomaly erupted!

The dazzling formation light flickered, followed by an unstoppable, terrifying gravity pressure!

A massive "Boom" rang out.

The surrounding wolf‑demon soldiers were caught off guard and crushed to the ground by the gravity pressure!

Yet one wolf‑demon soldier managed to straighten up, lift the gravely wounded blue‑clothed woman, and burst out of the formation barrier.

"It's me." Yuan Yao spoke in her own voice.

Upon hearing, the green-clad woman recognized Yuan Yao.

At that moment, another wolf demon soldier who had suddenly appeared brandished his broadsword, and with a single strike overturned the surrounding wolf demon soldiers.

Seeing this, the Wolf King and the other demons realized that another human spy had slipped in.

The Wolf King instantly flew into a rage and lunged toward Yuan Yao.

In an instant!

The terrifying demonic might closed in instantly!

Yuan Yao's movements began to slow; she immediately set down the green-clad woman, drew her sword, stepped forward, and was about to meet the Wolf King's attack—

Boom!

A booming explosion sounded.

Yuan Yao's pupils contracted slightly; she saw the Wolf King's massive body split in two by a single sword before her, blood spraying and splattering onto her.

"King!" the wolf demon soldiers' pupils trembled.

Yuan Yao instinctively looked up.

A youth stood in midair, his black hair fluttering; his somewhat sickly pale face showed no expression, his brows and eyes gorgeous as a demon's, and the color of his thin lips was extremely faint.

"Junior brother!" the green-clad woman behind Yuan Yao exclaimed with delight, she struggled to her feet, moved past Yuan Yao, and looked up at the youth.

At that moment, the green-clad woman's expression shifted slightly, and she hastily called out, "Junior brother, be careful!"

As soon as her words fell, the youth had already flickered aside to evade the sneak attack of the Eagle Clan's leader Cangming; with a single sword he slew Cangming.

Those present—Xiao Zhufeng, Zhai Qingye, and the pair of siblings—were all startled.

The same question spontaneously arose in all of their minds.

——Just who is this person?

His strength is actually so terrifying!