The black-clothed woman and the scarred man obviously did not take Jiang Yuebai, a little girl at the third level of Qi training, seriously. They did not know that her magic was so fast, accurate and ruthless that she could destroy one of the wolf's eyes with just one move.
The scarred man stared at Jiang Yuebai with hatred, his eyes bloodshot, as if he wanted to cut her into pieces.
While his concentration was distracted, Tao Fengnian drew back the sickle and an eighth-grade talisman flew out.
Yellow sand sank into the ground, and the sickle rushed forward.
The scarred man fell to the side, the woman in black jumped up, one of them was swallowed by quicksand, and the other was cut off from trees under her feet.
Tao Fengnian fought two men alone and was still strong despite his old age.
Ouch—
The demon wolf jumped up in anger and pounced on Jiang Yuebai.
A golden light array appeared, and the wolf's sharp claws created flying sparks. Jiang Yuebai stepped back in fear and pulled out his hatchet.
"return!"
The scarred man shouted, and the wolf bared its teeth in intimidation, then turned around to help.
There was the sound of chains and the explosion of spells. Tao Fengnian was pounced upon by the wolf. He dodged left and right, and his sickle flew up and down, shining with silver light.
The pressure on the woman in black was relieved, and she immediately threw thorn seeds. The vines began to dance, wrapping around the scarred man's arm and pulling him out of the quicksand.
"You deal with the old ones, and I'll take care of the young ones!"
The scarred man wielded a big knife with great momentum, and he and the wolf surrounded and killed Tao Fengnian.
Jiang Yuebai could not hide his anxiety. Suddenly faced with this life-and-death crisis, he didn't know how to help Tao Fengnian.
Bang bang bang!
Several vines emerged from the ground and lashed at the golden light array barrier frantically. The violent sound made Jiang Yuebai's spiritual energy restless and his heart panicked.
Hmm!
With a muffled groan, Jiang Yuebai saw Tao Fengnian kneeling on one knee, his sickle barely blocking the scarred man's sword, which chopped into his shoulder, blood flowing everywhere.
The evil wolf attacked from behind, and Tao Fengnian rolled to the ground in a panic.
"Hmph, let's see how long you can hold on in this tortoise shell. Once I break this formation, I will dig out your eyes and heart, pull out your tendons, peel off your skin, and roast it to feed the wolves!"
The woman in black shouted loudly, and the vines began to riot, wrapping around the golden light array and tightening.
The great formation could not bear the pressure, the barrier was shaking, and the golden light was about to collapse.
The situation was critical. Jiang Yuebai looked up and around, like a turtle in a jar, with nowhere to retreat.
She bit her lips tightly, and the five elements cyclone in her dantian ran at full speed. She forced herself to calm down and think of a countermeasure.
The opponent was at the seventh level of Qi training, so she was no match for him in a head-on fight.
But she is not completely helpless!
The hatchet my grandpa gave me already has ninety-nine sharp edges, which can be used to cut people in the late stage of Qi training.
After the Ice Beetle King's ritual is completed, it can be activated once with full strength.
And her wood-chopping skills...
[Chopping Wood Knife Technique (Minor Achievement: 997/1000)]
There is still a chance, as long as we plan properly!
With the idea in mind, Jiang Yuebai was no longer panicking. He picked up his storage bag and quickly took out a few talismans to activate them.
The ninth-grade Gale Talisman that increases body speed was slapped on the leg, the ninth-grade Vajra Talisman that could be passively activated three times to increase defense was slapped on the chest, and the ninth-grade Thousand-Jun Talisman that adds a thousand-jin force was slapped on the right arm.
Holding a hatchet in his right hand and a glass bottle in his left hand, Jiang Yuebai's eyes became serious and he swung the hatchet to attack!
A silver light suddenly appeared and tore a hole in the vines. Jiang Yuebai rushed out at a speed three times faster than usual. She was unable to control herself for a moment, staring in horror, and crashed straight into the vines that were pulled down in front of her.
Bang!
Jiang Yuebai was knocked to the ground, and a golden light flashed on her body, offsetting most of the damage, but her back was still torn and her face turned pale with pain.
"Girl, go back!"
Tao Fengnian was so anxious that he was knocked to the ground by the wolf without paying attention.
Tao Fengnian chopped down with the big knife, and exploded the thunder and fire beads at close range, forcing back the wolf demon and the scarred man. Most of his body was charred and bleeding profusely.
Seeing this, the woman in black narrowed her eyes.
"Old man, just wait and see how I kill your little granddaughter little by little."
Jiang Yuebai's eyes turned red, and he gritted his teeth and shouted, "Grandpa, I'm not a waste!"
Tao Fengnian trembled all over. The situation was critical and he was in danger of death. If he died, she would not be able to survive. In this case, he believed her.
Tao Fengnian quickly swallowed a healing pill. After all, he had been practicing for nearly forty years. Although he had failed to build a foundation twice, his cultivation was not comparable to that of an ordinary person who had completed Qi training.
There is only one man and one wolf, what is there to be afraid of!
The demon wolf roared and the sword was fierce. Tao Fengnian turned his back to Jiang Yuebai and no longer paid attention to him. He attacked with his sickle and the war started again.
"I want to see if you really won't be distracted!"
Jiang Yuebai was surrounded. She took the Star-Chasing Step and wielded an axe. Golden light flickered on her body. She slapped three Vajra Talismans in a row, leaving blood marks on her body.
Despite being injured, Jiang Yuebai gradually adapted to the speed and strength at the time, and switched from passive defense to active attack.
[… Woodchopping skill proficiency +1]
[… Woodchopping skill proficiency +1]
When the effect of the last Vajra Talisman was exhausted, she broke out of the encirclement, her speed suddenly increased to the extreme, and she rushed straight to the face of the woman in black.
The woman in black looked down on him and was caught off guard. When she saw Jiang Yuebai swinging his sword, she only had time to dodge sideways, but she was still a step too slow.
The blade brushed past the black-clad woman's shoulder. She stared in horror, but did not feel any flesh being torn.
She looked down and couldn't help but sneer. The broken hatchet didn't even tear her vestments.
Bang!
The woman in black ran up and kicked, Jiang Yuebai spurted out blood, and was thrown out like a cannonball, hitting the tree heavily and falling to the ground.
Jiang Yuebai didn't know how many ribs were broken. The blood in his throat kept rising up and he couldn't suppress it. He almost passed out from the pain.
"A mayfly trying to shake a tree! You don't know whether to live or die!"
The woman in black walked slowly towards them, with vines wrapping around her arms and turning into hard thorns that flashed a metallic luster.
Jiang Yuebai gasped heavily, gripped the hatchet tightly, and propped up half of his body.
"I've had enough fun, I'm going to send you on your way!"
As soon as the words fell, the hard spikes on the black-clothed woman's hands shot out like lightning.
Jiang Yuebai's eyes were fierce, his mind was highly concentrated under the pressure of life and death, and he felt that everything around him slowed down, and thousands of figures practicing swords flashed through his mind.
Ten thousand shadows become one, swing your arms and cut with force!
bite!
The hard thorns collapsed!
[Congratulations, your wood-chopping skills have reached the great perfection level]
Right now!
With energy filling his whole body, Jiang Yuebai smashed the glass bottle in his left hand, and stood up from the ground with blood in his mouth.
The black-clad woman's eyes narrowed. Faced with the unknown glass bottle and the girl with a knife, she made a decision in a flash and chopped at the glass bottle.
Bang!
The glass bottle exploded and the Ice Beetle King flapped its wings. The strong cold fog was like the mouth of a giant beast, instantly swallowing up the woman in black and the surrounding vines.
Her blood froze and her body was covered with frost, making it difficult for her to move. She could only stare with wide eyes as Jiang Yuebai's knife swept towards her neck.
Using all her strength, the woman in black leaned back, the dazzling golden light just passed by her neck without touching her.
Jiang Yuebai fell to the ground, and the runes on the hatchet in his hand dimmed.
“It’s just a trifle…!!”
Warm liquid spurted out from the black-clad woman's neck.
Bang!
A head fell to the ground with its two eyes wide open in horror.
Jiang Yuebai's momentum was lost and he trembled with fear.
The woman in black thought that her knife could not hurt her, but she didn't know that the powerful energy generated by the Dacheng sword technique, coupled with the ninety-nine Gengjin edges, made it easy to chop off her head.
From the moment she rushed out of the golden light formation, every step she took was calculated. She didn't use her full strength when she slashed her with the first blow, and she didn't use ice armor to defend herself even though she knew she would counterattack, all in order to make her underestimate the enemy.
For the right moment, for the fatal blow!
With a whimper, Tao Fengnian's half body was covered in blood. The sickle was pulled out from the back of the wolf's neck, and the huge wolf body fell to the ground with a bang.
The scarred man was dumbfounded. He couldn't believe that Jiang Yuebai could actually kill the woman in black. When the demon wolf was killed during his distraction, he was furious.
"I want you to die miserably!!"
The scarred man roared in anger, grabbed a medicine bottle from his arms and smashed it to the ground angrily.
The medicine bottle broke into pieces, and the green smoke brought bursts of fragrance that drifted away with the wind, and the quiet forest suddenly became restless.
Ouch—
Wolves howl, lions roar, and all beasts roar.
Tao Fengnian's whole body was shaking, his voice trembling, "This is... the beast-attracting incense!"
(End of this chapter)