Chapter 177: Chapter 173: Encounter

Winter has truly arrived.

This is the first time since his transmigration that Wang Wu has viscerally felt the power of the Great Snow Mountain.

Even though in early spring this year, the human race detonated three Spirit Energy Air Bursts that decimated a five-thousand-mile radius in the north, west, and south of the Great Snow Mountain into scorched earth, it still didn’t hinder the ancient Cold Vein that has accumulated for millions of years within the Great Snow Mountain from wreaking havoc.

Overnight, the snowfall descended.

Lead clouds hung low for ten thousand miles, all mountains turned silent.

Even at a distance of twenty thousand miles from the Great Snow Mountain, one can still feel that bone-chilling coldness.

“I guess the Great Ape King has endured for half a year, and now finally the moment to launch a counterattack has arrived.”

In a mountain hollow, where Wang Wu’s two monster squads gathered to rest, rather than rushing around all day, they would run five hundred miles and rest for a while, ensuring daily travel of two thousand miles.

Tiger Vanguard faced the cold wind outside, feeling an overwhelming sense of heroism, “It’s a pity that I can’t take to the battlefield and kill enemies, I can only watch the great timing and sigh with regret!”

“Brother Hu, do not worry. The cold surge from the Great Snow Mountain is as powerful as the Armageddon. At this moment, even the Celestial Realm Great Cultivator Lu Wuchen from the human side cannot defeat the Great Ape King augmented with endless cold surge. I presume the counterattack has already begun.”

Xiong Shiliu smiled and said.

“That’s right, the immediate priority is to do our part well and infiltrate the Black Forest as the harsh winter arrives. Nowadays, more and more human cultivators view the Black Forest as a place for trials. We must outpace them in growth and cunning.”

Yuan Bupu nodded as well.

“Speaking of which, once we cross this ridge and move forward, it practically means entering the boundary of the Black Forest. Baiyu, you need to be cautious next—you haven’t fully mastered your Eagle Vision Divine Techniques. Human cultivators are cunning; they may already have countermeasures.”

“Yes, we should also slow down and ensure our status to handle any unforeseen situations.”

Xiong Shiliu and Tiger Vanguard quickly reached a consensus.

After resting for another hour, the monster squad set off again. This time, the Little Wild Boar was called down, leaving Wang Wu hidden on Yuan Bupu’s shoulder, entering a dormant state.

This is mainly because his Companion Demon Vine is incredibly powerful and, combined with Yuan Bupu, will have an unexpected effect.

The Little Wild Boar and Old Niu became the logistical healing team.

Niu Xiaocao simply became the cannon fodder Minotaur Warrior; on the battlefield, there is no room for sentiments—all demons must fight for their lives.

But just as the monster squad left the mountain hollow, Wolf Bu’er, who was in charge of lookout on the mountain ridge, suddenly let out a sharp scream. Then, his wolf eyes emitted golden light straight into the sky at this moment, a peculiar paper crane appeared in the previously empty sky, and upon being struck by the golden light, it immediately ignited into ashes.

“It’s the Mountain Patrol Paper Crane of the human cultivators!”

“There’s a hunting squad of human cultivators nearby; they’re also on the move! They can’t be more than twenty miles away! We are unavoidable! We must face them head-on!”

“Enter battle status!”

Tiger Vanguard roared, following it with a thunderous tiger howl, transforming into a hundred-meter-long golden-maned giant tiger, leaping up and stirring a gust of wind as he dashed to the highest peak a dozen miles away.

Xiong Shiliu, however, disappeared at this moment.

Xiong Da and Wang Wu also disappeared simultaneously.

Or rather, they were always in a state of disappearance.

Wang Wu’s tactical aptitude as the big nephew isn’t lacking.

Following closely, Ying Baiyu rapidly flew into the sky, with his eagle eyes electric, continually sweeping the area.

Leopard Big Head and Wolf Bu’er formed a team, heading to another hill, evidently to execute a flanking attack.

Hu Zhenbai then leaped onto Niu Xiaocao’s back, directing Old Niu and the jittery Little Wild Boar to follow Yuan Bupu and rush towards the most open position straight ahead.

In just a short span, the battlefield range for these two monster squads expanded to over ten miles.

And almost simultaneously, a massive fireball with a diameter of at least ten meters suddenly appeared in the sky a thousand meters high, akin to a falling meteor, violently hurling down toward Tiger Vanguard on the mountain peak.

Right after, a mysterious yet splendidly beautiful palace lantern ascended in the sky, and at that instant, Wang Wu felt as if he was about to be seen through.

Indeed, his Level 15 Passive Concealment was nearly seen through, and this with the advantage provided by the Hundred-Change Ruyi Demon Leaf, strengthened thrice.

Hence, at that instant, he suddenly realized Xiong Da was discovered.

And Xiong Da’s lurking position was highly likely where Xiong Shiliu was hidden; if the human cultivators on the opposing side smartly linked it all together.

Tiger Vanguard served as the primary bait, Yuan Bupu as the secondary bait, and even Leopard Big Head and Wolf Bu’er were tertiary bait.

The true killing move was Xiong Shiliu!

But their killing move might very likely be exposed due to Xiong Da’s exposure, leading to a concentrated attack!

“Old Ape, go back to save Xiong Da!”

Wang Wu swiftly whispered urgently.

Yuan Bupu was evidently stunned; in a battlefield of this level, an eighth-grade little demon yet to condense an Acupoint Opening Demon Pill had no place to speak up.

Had it been other demons, it might have warranted a slap across the face.

But Yuan Bupu, being Yuan Bupu, hesitated only for a second, then turned around to head back.

“Yuan Bupu, what are you doing!”

Behind, Hu Zhenbai shouted sternly.

But as soon as his words fell, the mysterious palace lantern in the sky emitted a magnificent flash of light, directly shining on a particular spot.

Almost simultaneously, three splendid sword lights, like sound barrier-breaking missiles, roared skyward from a mountain hollow over ten miles away.

Rained down fiercely on the position where Xiong Da was hiding.

No!

It’s much more serious than that.

The mountain ravine spanning several hundred meters was directly leveled!

Xiong Da wanted to escape, but under the dazzling and terrifying, sword light ocean-like crosshatching of sword qi, didn’t even leave a last word, and was ground into dust!

The only thing it did right was, at the moment it was illuminated by the mysterious palace lantern, it fled in the opposite direction, providing Xiong Shiliu with the most basic safety distance for escape.

“It’s a temporary sword array! Their sword array is deployed over there! Destroy it!”

“Ying Baiyu, destroy that lantern!”

Hu Zhenbai screamed sharply, seemingly having a super strong deducing ability, shot a strange whistling arrow into the air, the direction pointed by the arrow was exactly the direction of the temporary sword array of the human race cultivators.

At this very moment, high in the sky, Ying Baiyu swooped down like lightning, with a spread of its wings, six huge wind blades, front and back, up and down, instantly destroyed the mysterious palace lantern.

At the same time, Tiger Vanguard also crossed paths with the big fireball, directly charging towards the valley where the temporary sword array was located.

“Boom!”

The fireball exploded on the mountain top, directly leveling the peak by four to five meters deep.

Yuan Bupo then turned back again, unable to save Xiong Da, had to seize the opportunity to break through the temporary sword array of the human race cultivators.

“Roar!”

With a loud roar, it transformed into its full form, a giant more than a hundred meters tall, charging forward with speed reaching around three to four hundred kilometers per hour.

But it was fast, yet Tiger Vanguard was even faster!

Directly charging like a gust of wind into the mountain ravine, a paw swatted down, hurling earth and stones of half of the ravine several hundred meters long into the air, but then it somersaulted out, clearly with more than a dozen wounds on its body, blood flying everywhere.

However, the injuries shouldn’t be too serious, not life-threatening.

At the critical moment, Yuan Bupo charged forward, with a loud roar, surrounded by golden light, demonstrating its bloodline divine technique, Unbreakable Golden Body!

Simultaneously, three splendid flying swords came from underground, targeting Yuan Bupo!

Each flying sword’s power was not inferior to the one Wang Wu faced before, which meant, at the very least, these were all sixth-grade lifebound sword weapons.

But Wang Wu made a bold move at this moment, dispelling Passive Concealment, instantly leaping up, activating Copper Head Iron Bone, volunteering to take on one of the lifebound sword weapons, sharing one-third of the damage meant for Yuan Bupo.

This was because he understood Yuan Bupo’s vitality and had simulated its body stats.

So he was sure, its Unbreakable Golden Body could withstand one lifebound sword weapon, and its basic physical defense and vitality could withstand the second lifebound sword weapon.

But definitely not the third.

It would be instantly killed!

This was a demon that Wang Wu admired, and their relationship was rather good, it couldn’t just die like that. Moreover, if Yuan Bupo died at this moment, with allied units not having caught up yet, it wouldn’t be a good result for him either.

In that split second, Wang Wu felt an enormous threat.

Time seemed to pause, as if he was forgotten in an endless wilderness.

A brief moment of blankness occurred.

Then that lifebound sword weapon pierced through his body.

He didn’t even see how his Level 3 Copper Head Iron Bone was broken through, or how his body got pierced.

Everything was already over.

However, it was certain that he didn’t die.

A stream of information rapidly flashed before his eyes.

“You have been attacked by an unnamed human cultivator’s Sword Control Technique, suffering 6000 points of lifebound sword weapon piercing armor damage, and 2500 points of sword qi cutting damage, while enduring a subsequent 50 points of bleeding damage per second.”

“Due to your Level 3 Secret Technique Copper Head Iron Bone, you have exempted 2700 points of piercing armor damage, and passively exempted 2000 points of sword qi cutting damage.”

“Due to your basic defense, you exempted 207 points of damage.”

“Due to your Companion Demon Vine, you shifted 2999 points of damage.”

“You ultimately suffered 594 points of damage.”

“Your Level 12 Self-Healing is activated, currently in Rapid Mode…”

——

“Boom!”

Yuan Bupo’s Unbreakable Golden Body’s golden light burst apart, a lifebound sword weapon was forcibly bounced off, but the second lifebound sword weapon went straight for its left chest, the massive impact and penetration force bore no buffer, and even with its robust body, a two-meter diameter cavern was instantly sliced out by the sword qi!

Indeed, sword qi cutting was the most lethal.

Without sword qi cutting, only the sword weapon penetration wound left, which was rather manageable.

Wang Wu just shielded most of the sword qi cutting damage with Copper Head Iron Bone, leaving only the piercing armor damage, otherwise, even with Companion Demon Vine, it wouldn’t work.

So, just this single strike almost took eight-tenths of Yuan Bupo’s life.

Conversely, the third sword weapon that pierced through Wang Wu’s body, though also pierced into its chest, the damage was like drizzle.

At that moment, Wang Wu immediately turned around, grabbed this third sword weapon, and forcibly pressed it into Yuan Bupo’s chest, not to kill Yuan Bupo, but to disarm the enemy of its weapon.

It was also to save Yuan Bupo.

Otherwise, once these three sword weapons returned, they would immediately whistle back with no chance of survival for both him and Yuan Bupo!

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