yasinovel Chapter 45 Wolf Demon 3
Chapter 45 Wolf Demon 3
Cao Dahuang estimated that it was about time.
He thought about it.
Before I rushed out, I should have drawn the wolf leader's attention away from Liu Sheng.
On a sudden impulse, he took the sword in his hand, grabbed a hat that someone had dropped nearby, and using the tip of the sword to prop it up, slowly extended it out from the edge of the cart.
"call out--!"
The hat was pinned to the ground by a new arrow.
The others understood immediately and followed suit, successfully deceiving the others several more times.
At the top of the dune, the werewolf leader had just released the bowstring.
"These people are truly cunning."
It also realized that the other party was using the hat to trick it into throwing arrows. But it didn't care and continued to play around, after all, it still had three full quivers of arrows beside it that it hadn't used yet.
Its advantage remains!
Just as it was feeling triumphant, a sudden change occurred.
The sand behind the werewolf leader suddenly exploded!
"puff!"
A figure, like a dragon emerging from the abyss, carrying a handful of yellow sand, soared into the sky!
It was Liu Sheng!
His body was covered in two layers of skin, which shimmered with a dark golden luster in the setting sun. He gripped the end of the spear tightly with both hands, and with the momentum of his charge, he channeled all his strength into the spear tip.
A spear thrust into the werewolf leader's unprotected back of the head!
The werewolf leader, after all, was a veteran of many battles.
In life-or-death situations, wild animals act on their own instincts.
It made it react to the limit—
Incredibly, at the critical moment, it forcefully twisted its body; at the same time, it pushed off the sand, leaped backward, drew its claws like a bow and arrow, and shot out an arrow!
This happened very quickly.
Almost instinctively, it launched a counterattack, the arrow whistling as it aimed straight for Liu Sheng's chest!
however--
"Ding!"
It was accompanied by a crisp sound.
The arrowhead struck Liu Sheng precisely in the chest.
First, it punctures the surface membrane.
Then, when it penetrates the inner membrane, its momentum has weakened slightly.
Finally, at the moment of contact with the muscles.
The Golden Bell Cover Technique's barrier has appeared!
The arrow tip continued to pierce, but it only caused the muscle to slightly indent inward.
Immediately, a recoil force emanated, causing the blood-stained arrow tip to bounce off, and the shaft to snap in two with a "crack"!
The werewolf leader's eerie green pupils shrank to the size of pinpoints in fright.
His eyes were filled with disbelief and astonishment.
How could his arrow, fired at close range, fail to even pierce the opponent's flesh?
"How...how is this possible?!"
Boundless despair.
It overwhelmed his last will to live at that moment.
Seeing that the werewolf leader could actually leap backward and try to fight back against his spear, Liu Sheng saw that the werewolf leader was actually facing his spear.
With gritted teeth, he used the horse stance elbow strike footwork from Bajiquan, taking a sliding step to propel himself forward, raising his spear and advancing towards the werewolf leader who had not yet landed!
"Pfft!"
The spear thrust forward like a rainbow, piercing through the wolf's claws that were raised in front of its head, ready to strike the bow.
The hard bow broke free of its claws.
"Awooo—!"
The werewolf leader let out a mournful howl.
The cold glint of the spear tip magnified rapidly in the wolf chieftain's eerie green pupils, reflecting a chilling white light.
In the halo of light, time suddenly slowed down, and snow-capped mountains, grasslands, and campfires appeared. The elders of the tribe patted its shoulder, and the young wolf cubs jumped around it, vying to stroke its hard bow.
It even heard the desolate, distant howls of wolves echoing through the desert...
"Pfft—!"
Liu Sheng's strength remained undiminished.
The spear tip pierced through the wolf's claws and precisely entered its eye socket, the dull thud of bones breaking echoing from the back of its head!
The spear was so powerful that it not only pierced its paws and tore through its tough fur, but also went through its skull!
The wolf leader died on the spot!
Liu Sheng landed on the ground after his successful strike.
Standing atop the highest point of the dune, he raised his spear, along with the wolf's head carcass, high into the air and roared down at the crowd below:
"The wolf leader has been killed—!!"
This roar, like a thunderclap from a clear sky, instantly resounded throughout the battlefield!
Below, the caravan members, who were huddled behind the vehicle, their palms sweating with nervousness, were all startled by the sound, almost unable to believe their ears.
Yan Sanye suddenly poked his head out, and Cao Dahuang's eyes widened even more.
They all saw it.
As the sun sets, it casts a golden silhouette of Liu Sheng holding his spear high, the tip of which pierces the wolf clan leader.
Finally, the immense joy and awe instantly dispelled all the fear and despair of the entire caravan!
Looking at the wolf soldiers so close yet now scattered and panicked due to their leader's death, he saw them in disarray.
Despite the pain in his legs, Master Yan raised his arm and shouted, "Ranked martial artists in front, shield-wielding martial artists behind, charge with me!"
His voice was so excited that it was even a little hoarse.
"kill!"
Yan Zhan, Wang Zheng, Li Ying, and others rushed out in response.
Cao Dahuang rushed ahead of them.
The martial artists and masters, who were originally terrified, were now in high spirits and jumped out from behind the carriage.
They raised their swords and shields, and followed the two eighth-rank experts, charging in the opposite direction towards the wolf soldiers who were panicked by the death of their leader!
At first, even though the leader was dead, Scarface still tried to command and form a defensive formation.
They discovered that even with their weapons striking with all their might, they couldn't even pierce Cao Dahuang's skin, and could only watch helplessly as this fat man rampaged through the formation.
Their scattered formation was quickly broken.
With morale shattered, the battle turned into a relentless pursuit.
Finally, seeing the situation was dire, the dozen or so wolf demons, including Scarface, threw away their weapons, crouched down, and desperately fled into the depths of the desert using all four claws.
The other half were all annihilated.
Master Yan ordered a halt to the pursuit.
The battlefield gradually quieted down, leaving only the groans of the wounded and heavy breathing.
The setting sun cast its last rays across the sandy ground, illuminating the devastated battlefield, the scattered wolf carcasses, and... the caravan members, survivors with complex expressions.
The joy of victory was quickly overshadowed by the heavy casualties. A tally revealed that more than ten people in the caravan had been killed or wounded, a considerable loss.
Master Yan's face was gloomy.
Yan Zhan stared blankly at the scene before him.
This was the first time he had ever personally experienced such a bloody battle. His comrades, who were alive and well that morning, were now cold corpses. The enormous shock made him pale.
Especially since he knew that this was the best possible outcome, achieved only after Liu Sheng risked his life to eliminate the wolf clan leader and cause their morale to collapse...
When he arrived, he didn't understand his father's lack of resistance, because he felt that all he needed was a death toll to win the victory, and he didn't have to suffer any humiliation.
Only now does he realize that anyone could be one of those numbers, including himself.
Yan Zhan's previous arrogance vanished completely, replaced by endless heaviness and lingering fear.
"Third Master, what should we do with the corpses of these wolf demons?" A martial arts instructor came to ask Third Master Yan for instructions.
Everyone knows that this is under the rule of the demon race.
Humans cannot openly and honestly bring these corpses back to the city.
Especially since these are border troops of the imperial court, their personal belongings, even furs, would be a source of trouble if brought back.
Liu Sheng remembered Lu's earlier reminder.
He strode up to Master Yan and said in a deep voice:
"Third Master, these demons who plundered merchants deserved to die. I want to cut off their heads and pile them up in front of the statue of Martial Saint Guo to appease his spirit in heaven!"