This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable

Everyone understood this principle and nodded in agreement.

The road ahead was still long, and no one knew what might happen.

Therefore, they not only tried to avoid meaningless battles but also made efforts to conserve their Spiritual Power as much as possible, ensuring there were no accidents.

Su Shu formed her Dharma Seal with a light gesture, swiftly bestowing two Spirit Arts upon Xu Hao and Lu Qingshan, while the others did not receive this privilege.

Among the six cultivators, Body Cultivation who were responsible for close combat and attracting attacks, and Sword Cultivation who were the main offensive force, were always the primary targets for the Spiritual Cultivator’s Supportive Spiritual Art.

With Spirit Arts preemptively bestowed upon them, Tiger Squad continued to move forward, slightly rounding a corner.

As they walked on, they saw a pack of Demon Wolves in the center of the street, six of them in total, each with a massive frame, feasting on the corpse of a child.

The scene was drenched in blood and unspeakably horrifying.

"How come... there are only six?" Xiao Zhi furrowed his brows, his gaze scanning the wide, flagstone-paved street, "Little Green clearly said there were seven beasts in this pack..."

A sense of dread flickered in Lu Qingshan’s heart.

This is bad!

"Hiss!"

From the ruins of a collapsed tavern beside them, a figure with black, sharp fur suddenly sprang out.

Lu Qingshan’s pupils constricted, an image rapidly enlarging in his sight.

It was a colossal head with a pair of green eyes filled with ferocity, his gaping jaws slightly open, four intimidating fangs glinting coldly, and a blood-tainted tongue dripping with blood, evidently from the feeding earlier.

This was the alpha of the Blood-pupiled Demon Wolves, the Green Scaled Wolf!

A terrifying creature that only appeared in Demon Wolf packs of thirty or more!

The Green Scaled Wolf’s sharp fangs gleamed with a green light as it lunged towards Lu Qingshan’s neck.

If it clamped down, Lu Qingshan would undoubtedly be killed on the spot.

The Green Scaled Wolf, with intelligence of its own, not only understood the tactics of stealth and ambush but also knew to target the most dangerous Sword Cultivator first.

This scene unfolded so suddenly, and the Green Scaled Wolf’s speed was shockingly fast!

None of the cultivators present could react in time.

Except for Lu Qingshan himself!

The moment Xiao Zhi mentioned a missing Demon Wolf, Lu Qingshan had realized something was amiss.

Years of gaming experience, coupled with a measure of caution, saved Lu Qingshan’s life.

At the instant of the sudden change, his body also simultaneously emitted a sudden burst of quiet blue light.

Eight Gates Shield Armor activated!

Clang, clang, clang!

The sound of metal colliding rang out, as the ferocious attack of the Green Scaled Wolf was blocked by the Eight Gates Shield Armor.

Sparks flew in all directions.

The Green Scaled Wolf’s onrushing form violently collided with the Water Cloud Shield.

Under the force of the impact, Lu Qingshan staggered, his form wavering as he stumbled several steps backward.

The Green Scaled Wolf fared no better, having bitten down on the extremely hard Water Cloud Shield and suffering pain even with its sturdy fangs.

Its body was flung aside.

But in midair, the Green Scaled Wolf immediately regained its poise, adjusted, and landed firmly on the ground.

The Green Scaled Wolf’s eerie green eyes were fixed intently on the Tiger Squad cultivators.

Its body bristled with murderous intent, its gaze piercing like darts, akin to an unsheathed treasured sword, and its massive form took up a high-and-mighty stance as if an arrow nocked on a bowstring.

Ao——

Seeing its sneak attack fail to achieve success, the Green Scaled Wolf let out a dissatisfied howl.

The six Demon Wolves that had pretentiously been busy eating on the street, meant to bewilder the Tiger Squad, received their alpha’s command and immediately pounced into action.

Instead of gaining an advantage by striking first, the Tiger Squad found themselves in a rather awkward predicament.

But after all, the Tiger Squad was composed of cultivators who were adept at battling.

Facing such peril, everyone reacted without delay.

"I’ll hold off the alpha wolf. You guys quickly take out the remaining six Demon Wolves, then we’ll join forces to deal with this alpha wolf!"

Xu Hao laid out the strategy, his body swiftly covered in a layer of Golden Scale Armor as he entangled himself with the Green Scaled Wolf.

"Ice Sculpture Technique!" Li Zu uttered lightly, and a cascade of ice-blue spiritual light shot out from his hands!

Zhong Ming, on the other hand, transformed into a wisp of black smoke and vanished on the spot.

Crack!

Li Zu’s technique struck a Blood-pupiled Demon Wolf that was lunging straight for him. Enjoy new tales from empire

A thin layer of frost instantly formed on the entire body of the Blood-pupiled Demon Wolf.

The moment the frost appeared, the wolf’s figure hesitated, awkwardly pausing in place.

Zhong Ming, now converted into black smoke, had silently appeared beside the Demon Wolf.

A ghostly claw, condensed from the black mist, instantly tore through the wolf’s abdomen, which was covered by soft fur.

Blood sprayed out.

With that strike, the Blood-pupiled Demon Wolf stood no chance of survival.

Through seamless cooperation, the two who swiftly killed a Second-Grade magical beast were ready to address the other Demon Wolves.

Glancing over, they noticed two more Demon Wolves had already fallen to the ground.

The mastermind behind this carnage was none other than Lu Qingshan.

After leveling up the Returning Ruins Scripture to Lv3, thanks to the substantial enhancement from the Taoist-level "Returning Ruins Scripture," his Spiritual Power had become nearly indistinguishable from that of a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, thus his combat power had also climbed a notch.

While a Demon Wolf was temporarily held at bay by Su Shu’s controlling Spirit Art, with the additional power from the Hardness-Breaking Spiritual Technique, a simple Heart Piercing Sword from him was enough to dispatch one wolf.

Then, utilizing the Soul Shock effect of the Crying Soul Sword, he controlled another Demon Wolf that had drawn close and swiftly eliminated it with a slash across the throat.

Xiao Zhi’s summoned Green Scaled Leopard was busily engaging the remaining wolves.

After Lu Qingshan, Li Zu, and Zhong Ming swiftly dispatched three Demon Wolves, dealing with the remaining three proved to be not much of a challenge.

Moments later,

The corpses of the six Blood-pupiled Demon Wolves lay sprawled across the ground.

Four out of the six had been finished off by Lu Qingshan.

In just this short time, Lu Qingshan had gained close to four thousand Experience Points.

In his previous life during the Corpse Puppet Chaos in Zhenjiang City, the players virtually went through a round of mass death.

An incident that was not player-friendly did not lead to their protest, but why?

That was because, at that time, Zhenjiang City was teeming with beasts of all levels.

As long as the players were diligent and formed parties to hunt beasts amidst the chaos in the city, they could reap a bountiful harvest of Experience Points. Even death did not dampen their spirits.

To the NPCs, this scenario was a terrifying ordeal, a living hell on earth.

But for the players, as long as they didn’t empathize too deeply, it was simply a typical instance for farming Experience Points.

This time, however, Lu Qingshan was no longer a player.

Even though his identity had changed, the abundance of Experience Points provided by the monsters during the great turmoil remained the same.

Looking at the steadily increasing balance of Experience Points, Lu Qingshan chose not to hoard them—now was not the time to save Experience Points.

Lu Qingshan invested all the freshly acquired Experience Points into his Flying Sword Technique, bringing it up to Lv7.

At Lv7, the Flying Sword Technique reached a level of proficiency that sword cultivators would typically achieve only after decades of dedication.