Chapter 801

Huo Shengnan seeing the scene before her also felt it unbearable in her heart; Hu Xiaotian, using voice transmission, said to her: "This matter always feels somewhat strange; you stay here and cover for me, I'll go over and have a look."

Huo Shengnan nodded, concerned: "Be careful!"

Hu Xiaotian smiled, drew the great sword Hidden Edge Sword from behind his back, pushed aside the bushes and walked out slowly; before he could approach the child, a Blue Wolf suddenly leapt out from behind the tomb, the Blue Wolf opened its bloody maw, revealing fangs and sharp teeth, and sprang into the air to pounce on the child.

Hu Xiaotian silently thought "not good"; he was simply too far from the child, beyond reach; moreover, his outward sword qi had never reached the point of being at his command; he swung Hidden Edge Sword hard, making an empty slash, the force was enough but no sword qi was emitted at all.

At the critical moment, Huo Shengnan drew her bow and nocked an arrow, shot it; the arrowhead, swift as wind and lightning, flew toward the Blue Wolf, entered its maw, pierced its throat; the Blue Wolf collapsed to the ground and died instantly.

Hu Xiaotian secretly let out a breath of relief and raised his thumb toward Huo Shengnan's direction.

The child, looking at the Blue Wolf on the ground, seemed frightened stupid; he stood there rigid, trembling and shaking.

At this moment, two more Blue Wolves circled around the tomb and slowly approached the child; Hu Xiaotian roared: "Quick! Come to me!" He strode toward the child.

Huo Shengnan fired two arrows in succession, killing the two Blue Wolves on the spot; just then, five or six more Blue Wolves emerged from behind the tomb; Huo Shengnan loudly warned Hu Xiaotian: "Not good! We've run into a wolf pack!"

Hu Xiaotian saw the child still standing dazed there, took long strides to his face and reached out to grab his shoulder; the child turned his face, his whole face streaked with tears, obviously frightened stiff; six Blue Wolves formed an encirclement and closed in on Hu Xiaotian and them.

Hu Xiaotian with one sword split the Blue Wolf lunging at him in half; Huo Shengnan shot an arrow killing the Blue Wolf that wanted to sneak attack the child from behind; Hu Xiaotian turned his back and shouted: "Get on my back, I'll carry you out to fight!"

The child, trembling, crawled onto Hu Xiaotian's back and clung to his neck; just then, two more Blue Wolves approached Hu Xiaotian's side; Hu Xiaotian held his great sword level and swung a rotating slash; unexpectedly this time he actually managed to emit sword qi; with a puff, puff sound, this slash cut down four Blue Wolves.

The child said: "My father… my mother…"

Hu Xiaotian saw a Blue Wolf biting the dead man's right foot and dragging it; he immediately lifted his leg and kicked the wolf's abdomen; his right leg, gathered with full strength, could split stone and crack steles; the Blue Wolf was kicked sideways by Hu Xiaotian, flew out and struck the tomb's broken stele, its brains bursting; it died.

Huo Shengnan continuously shot and killed several Blue Wolves, shouting loudly: "Xiaotian, come back!"

After rescuing the child, the first thing Hu Xiaotian thought of was retreat; unfortunately, his outward sword qi was sometimes effective, sometimes not, with a consistently low success rate; after several consecutive failures to emit sword qi, nearly ten Blue Wolves surrounded him again.

Huo Shengnan kept observing the situation; at this moment her beautiful pupils suddenly dilated, and she saw an extremely horrifying scene: it was the child on Hu Xiaotian's back. Suddenly he raised his hand, and with a dagger flashing dark blue light he fiercely stabbed into Hu Xiaotian's carotid artery. By the time Huo Shengnan tried to rescue, it was already too late.

Hu Xiaotian had just slain a Blue Wolf when he felt a sudden whoosh of wind above his head; his senses had become extremely keen; although he couldn't see clearly what was behind him, he already felt a dagger stabbing at his vital spot; Hu Xiaotian had no time to think, he twisted his tiger-like body hard, turning his head as far left as possible; the child's dagger veered off, sinking deep into the trapezius muscle at the back of Hu Xiaotian's neck, all the way to the hilt. Hu Xiaotian flung his body with all his might, generating tremendous centrifugal force; the child's slight body used that force to break free from Hu Xiaotian's body, flying out, and in midair executed a light flip like a falling leaf, landing gently on the top of the tomb.

This child was none other than the Black-hearted Child Xiejuehou; he feigned the appearance of a child who had tragically lost his parents, and secretly used beast language to drive the wolf pack, thereby influencing Hu Xiaotian and Huo Shengnan's judgments; after Xiejuehou stabbed, he immediately fled to avoid provoking Hu Xiaotian's furious retaliation.

Huo Shengnan let out a mournful angry shout, drew three feathered arrows and fired them in rapid succession like a string of cannon shots at Xiejuehou; Xiejuehou blocked one arrow with his dagger, and his small stature quickly vanished behind the tomb.

Hu Xiaotian's shoulder spurted blood wildly, instantly dyeing the right half of his lapel red.

The dead man and woman on the ground suddenly moved; the man, who had been lying on the ground feigning a corpse, felt nothing at first, but when he stood up and lunged at Hu Xiaotian, it became apparent that his height exceeded Hu Xiaotian's by a head—he was none other than the one-eyed giant Zhao Jueding.

Taking advantage of Hu Xiaotian not yet recovered from his wounds, he attacked unprepared, delivering a fierce punch to Hu Xiaotian's back; Hu Xiaotian was struck so that his body bent forward and he stepped forward; two Blue Wolves howled and lunged at his face.

Huo Shengnan hurriedly came to aid, shooting an arrow that killed one of the Blue Wolves; just as she was preparing to shoot again, a sudden movement came from above; she looked up and saw a huge net spreading across the sky descending upon her; Huo Shengnan, overly concerned with Hu Xiaotian's safety, neglected her surroundings, and the drizzling wind also impaired her perception; her body was lifted by the net and in an instant was hoisted to a height of three zhang.

Hu Xiaotian was struck by Zhao Jueding's heavy, powerful punch, causing severe pain in his back and a sweet taste in his throat; he spat out a mouthful of blood with a puff; that blood sprayed onto the Blue Wolf opposite him, covering its head and face; the wolf instinctively closed its eyes, and before it could open them again, Hu Xiaotian swung Hidden Edge Sword horizontally, smashing its skull, bursting its brains and killing it on the spot.

The one-eyed giant Zhao Jueding succeeded in his sneak attack, giving Hu Xiaotian no chance to breathe; he threw another punch at Hu Xiaotian's lumbar vertebrae; just as the fist was about to hit Hu Xiaotian's body, a flicker of illusion appeared before his eyes—it was Hu Xiaotian dodging the iron fist at the last moment, employing Dog-Dodging Eighteen Steps to charge into the wolf pack.

At this moment nearly thirty Blue Wolves had gathered on the field, each howling ferociously, attacking Hu Xiaotian in a frenzy; although Hu Xiaotian's body bore multiple wounds, he did not feel his strength greatly diminished, wandering among the wolves; thus the Blue Wolves became obstacles between him and Zhao Jueding, constantly blocking Zhao Jueding's path, yet these wolves paid no heed to Zhao Jueding, having no intention to attack him.

Huo Shengnan was hoisted high, her hands and feet bound by the rope net, naturally unable to shoot arrows; she wanted to draw her dagger to cut the net, but heard a sinister chuckle; following the sound, she saw in the treetops about a zhang away a hideous man with big ears and a camel's back—it was Flying Camel Yang Juedi; Yang Juedi looked at Huo Shengnan, his face wearing a lecherous smile: "General Huo! Hehehe, I heard game is hard to find for you, but today I will gladly taste your flavor."

He kicked off with both legs, his body climbing the rope net like a spiritual monkey; Huo Shengnan wanted to swing her dagger to stab him, but the rope net suddenly tightened, her hands and feet bound, leaving her unable to move; this situation inevitably reminded her of the earlier scene in the Hongyan Tower secret room where she and Hu Xiaotian were entangled by black corpses.

Flying Camel Yang Juedi stuck out his scarlet long tongue, making a move to lick Huo Shengnan's face; Huo Shengnan felt disgust to the extreme.

At this moment Hu Xiaotian already realized her perilous situation and shouted: "Open up for me!" He waved his great sword, and in his desperation actually managed to emit invisible sword qi, sending the outward sword qi toward the upper part of the rope net; although Flying Camel Yang Juedi did not see the sword qi, he already sensed a chilling killing intent coming from afar, frightened, he released the rope net and jumped down to the ground.

The invisible sword qi swept past above the rope net, with a clang, the rope net was cut from above; Huo Shengnan's body fell from top to bottom; she spun and flipped in midair, before landing she had already freed herself from the rope net, her bow drawn, aiming at Flying Camel Yang Juedi and shooting.

Yang Juedi never imagined that Hu Xiaotian, from such a distance, could still sever the rope net to help Huo Shengnan escape, nor did he expect that Huo Shengnan would break free so quickly and launch an attack; in a panic he twisted his body, using his back to block Huo Shengnan's furious arrow.

The arrowhead struck Yang Juedi's camel back, actually producing a "duo!" sound, as if it had not hit flesh but an iron plate; the tip did not penetrate his camel back at all, so naturally it could not cause him any damage.

Yang Juedi had not yet had time to rejoice over escaping this peril when Huo Shengnan's second arrow was already shot, this time aimed at his nape; Yang Juedi shrank his neck in fright, the arrowhead veered off and shot out from his large right ear; painfully, Yang Juedi cried out, clutching his bleeding right ear as he ran wildly.

Hu Xiaotian weaved through the wolf pack, waiting for the right moment, he circled behind the one-eyed giant Zhao Jueding and swung his sword; sword qi! Damn that paralyzing sword qi! At the crucial moment, why don't you give me some qi?

Zhao Jueding turned around, seeing Hu Xiaotian brandishing his great sword and swinging it twice at him, the corner of his mouth twitched with a sinister smile, putting on a show, bluffing, thinking from such a distance you could cut me down? Although Hu Xiaotian had just used sword qi to successfully cut the rope net, Zhao Jueding hadn't seen the details clearly and still thought it was Huo Shengnan who had freed herself.

Hu Xiaotian shook his head, his expression showing a hint of helplessness.

At this moment the voice of the Black-hearted Child Xiejuehou came from behind the tomb: "Don't worry, he has been poisoned by my Seven Steps Deadly Poison; he will soon succumb to the poison."

Zhao Jueding chuckled: "Poisoned, hahaha, you don't plan on eating meat?"

Hu Xiaotian sneered: "Seven Steps Deadly Poison? I've walked seventy steps and still going!"

Zhao Jueding exclaimed in astonishment: "Yeah! Old Four, your poison doesn't seem all that effective! Or I'll just twist his head off!"

Xiejuehou shouted in a shrill voice: "Bleed him first, otherwise the meat will be sour!"

Hu Xiaotian heard the two assassins utterly regarding him as their delicacy, gave a cold snort, and swung Hidden Edge Sword horizontally.

Extra chapter six is here! Today I've already done eight updates, it's seven o'clock, already over nine hundred copies, Zhangyu still owes three more updates; if those who know the Monthly Ticket rules had changed, Zhangyu wouldn't dare to utter such grand words! Children's Day, keep soaring—I've never properly celebrated Children's Day in my life, folks, however many Monthly Tickets you have left, I'll take them all! (To be continued~^~)