Chapter 1433: The Frenzied Ram Boss and the Handsome Giant Wolf's Counterattack

After soaking in a medicinal bath in the first-floor bathroom of Territory Three for ten minutes, Ram Boss was in so much pain he couldn't stand it. Ignoring the intimidation of the lead wolf, he howled and slammed against the steel wire mesh latched onto the tub, trying to leap out.

With that one crash, Ram Boss walked right into the trap. His great spiral horns were caught by the wire mesh, and he couldn't break free, letting out helpless wails.

Ram Boss's horns getting caught was no coincidence. This steel tub with its wire mesh lid was specially commissioned by Xia Qing from Lord Huo Lei to be made, so she could get through tonight smoothly. It was designed to stop Ram Boss from going mad from the pain of the medicinal bath and refusing to soak.

Little Feimao was scared. She poked her head out of the luxurious wooden nest on the wall, burrowed into Xia Qing's bedding, searched around but couldn't find the pouch on Xia Qing's body, so she had to climb back out, curl up against her neck, and burrow into Xia Qing's fur to hide herself.

Does Daigua was also very scared. Hugging Ergua, who had one leg pinned in place, she crawled out of the tree nest and curled up on Xia Qing's other shoulder.

"Baa— baa— baa…"

He had only howled twice before a net bag was pulled up over Ram Boss's mouth, muffling him.

With his horns hooked and his mouth covered, Ram Boss was already in a state of pain-induced frenzy, kicking his hooves hard. The tub thudded from the kicks, but the steel tub wasn't knocked over, because the lead wolf and the Broken-Waist Wolf were standing on the wire mesh lid, holding it down.

The three half-grown wolves bathing together endured the pain while also dodging Ram Boss's hooves. Little Wolf Sister got angry and opened her mouth to bite Ram Boss's neck.

"Wooo!!!"

The lead wolf standing on the wire mesh above the tub let out an intimidating growl.

Little Wolf Sister, scolded into feeling wronged, let out soft "aww-woos."

Once Little Wolf Sister started, Little Wolf Brother and Little Four-Eyes couldn't hold back and joined in with their own "aww-woos." They had soaked in medicinal baths several times before and knew it hurt terribly but made you stronger afterward—but this time it really hurt too much.

Wolf Lao Er quickly slipped his paw through the wire mesh holes, gently patting the wet heads of the pups and Ram Boss one by one, letting out soft "aww-woos" to soothe them.

The soundproofing cotton on the first-floor bathroom walls, door, and windows blocked out most of the noise, but faint wails and clanging still leaked out.

On the overgrown ruins, the Old Wolf and the Missing-Ear Wolf both looked very serious. The Handsome Giant Wolf, lying on the grass mat, raised a paw to press down his ears.

Hearing that the ram in Territory Three had finally stopped bleating, Wang Man let out a huge sigh of relief.

The Black Wolf and the Scarred Wolf, responsible for defense, stood on the roof. The Black Wolf kept a close watch on Yang Jin in the northern buffer forest, while the Scarred Wolf let out a low growl toward the direction of Territory Four.

Hearing his companion's warning, the Handsome Giant Wolf, who had been covering his ears, immediately stood up and bounded onto the roof. The Giant Wolf Big Guy stayed where he was to protect his pups, the Three Guys.

After leaping onto the roof, the Handsome Giant Wolf quickly determined the direction of the threat, let out a low growl telling the two wolves to hold their position, then dropped soundlessly onto the snow on the east side of Xia Qing's house and headed toward the eastern wire-mesh wall of Territory Three.

Seeing the Handsome Giant Wolf begin to move, Yang Jin immediately pressed his walkie-talkie and sent out a warning: "Dead Man Jie, Watching Huo Zhun, get away from the eastern wire-mesh wall of Territory Three, now!"

Wang Man, who was already retreating, replied, "Copy that."

Although she didn't possess any evolution ability for detection, years of combat experience had made Wang Man sense the danger too. So even before receiving Yang Jin's warning, she had already begun pulling back.

Watching Huo Zhun, who was patrolling the northern buffer forest of Territory Four, looked toward Territory Three. His line of sight was blocked by the dense trees, so he couldn't visually scout the situation inside Territory Three. Just to be safe, he suggested swapping positions with Wang Man: "Dead Man Jie, shall we swap places?"

"Sure."

Wang Man also guessed that her position was too far forward and had been judged a provocation by the evolved wolves inside Territory Three. Relatively speaking, Huo Zhun was more familiar with the wolf pack, so having him guard this side was safer.

When Huo Zhun arrived, Wang Man used the hand signals exclusive to the Flood Dragon Special Operations Team to make this hammerhead understand that Xia Qing was soaking in the medicinal bath numbered 41-6 to repair skin and bone damage, and told him to be on his highest guard.

Huo Zhun suddenly understood and nodded hard.

He had soaked in this kind of medicinal bath back in Territory Seven too, and knew just how agonizingly lethal the pain was. No wonder Xia Qing needed Yang Jin and the wolf pack to guard her territory together.

After Wang Man left, Huo Zhun took off his protective mask and, facing the biting cold of over twenty degrees below zero, greeted softly toward Territory Three: "Queen, my lord, Broken-Back Bro, Second Sis, Fourth Bro, Cui Sis, Giant Wolf Bro, Leg Bro, Leg Sis, Black Wolf Bro, Big Guy Bro, Second Guy Bro, Little Wolf Bro, Little Wolf Sis, Broken-Face Bro, Little Black Sis…"

After calling out to every wolf he thought might be inside Territory Three, Huo Zhun finally began his self-introduction: "I'm the human Huo Zhun, Sister Qing's most trusted human companion. I've taken over the guard duty for Territory Four, so you can rest assured leaving this place to me; Queen, my lord, Broken-Back Bro…"

The Handsome Giant Wolf, who had already approached the eastern wire-mesh wall of Territory Three, recognized Huo Zhun by his voice and stopped crawling forward.

Seeing a silver-gray giant wolf leap high and land in Xia Qing's courtyard, the evolved wolf on the roof facing east lay back down. Yang Jin pressed his walkie-talkie button and announced in a low voice, "Eastern wire-mesh wall threat cleared, do not approach the eastern wire-mesh wall anymore."

Hearing Yang Jin's voice, Huo Zhun stopped his rambling, pressed his walkie-talkie button, and replied, "Copy that."

Zhao Ze immediately asked, "Huo Bro, there's a lot of static on your end. Is your mask leaking or is there a problem with the walkie-talkie? Should I go inside and get you a new one?"

Huo Zhun clipped the protective mask he was holding onto his head properly, pressed the walkie-talkie button again, and answered clearly, "No need. I just felt a bit stuffy, so I took off the mask to get some air."

Zhao Ze replied cheerfully, "Huo Bro, your resistance is really something."

Taking off a protective mask to get some air in over twenty-below-zero weather—only high-level evolvers would dare do that.

Wang Man said slowly, "Thick-skinned and tough, cold-resistant and durable, with a solid head—that's why his codename is Iron Hammer."

Zhao Ze……

Yang Jin, standing in the northern buffer forest of Territory Three, looked at the pair of green wolf eyes on the roof of Xia Qing's house that had been staring at him the whole time, and laughed too. "Huo Bro, do you need one-on-one coaching from a master?"

"It's been one hour, Ram Boss and Queen are done with their medicinal bath, time to come out; Broken-Back, Lao Er, open the lid and pull Queen and Boss out; it's been one hour now…"

Xia Qing's cheerful voice came from the alarm clock in the first-floor bathroom of Territory Three. The Broken-Waist Wolf, who had been studying how to fix the mirror, raised a paw to turn off the alarm. Together with the lead wolf, he opened the wire mesh lid on the tub and began pulling out, by the scruff of their necks, the one ram and three wolves who had finished their medicinal bath.

The Handsome Giant Wolf under the eaves stood up, shook his thick fur, pushed open Xia Qing's front door to enter the house, walked straight through the living room without looking sideways, entered the bathroom, ignored the one ram and three wolves passed out on the floor, stepped into the tub, and lay down in the medicinal liquid.

"Where's Does Daigua who wants the green-light honey? Come over and put the wooden shackles on Giant Wolf Bro; who wants…"

Hearing Xia Qing's voice coming from the bathroom, Does Daigua immediately stuffed Ergua into Xia Qing's bedding and ran into the bathroom.