36: War Moon Shadow Wolf

Silence and the jungle were paradoxically paired, especially in such a hot and humid environment.

After walking for several miles, Zhang Sheng finally sensed a trace of turbid spiritual energy fluctuations.

Is it finally coming?

Zhang Sheng focused his attention completely.

A faint wisp of spiritual energy drifted out from a low hill, but Zhang Sheng only discovered the anomaly after getting closer.

A sealed cave entrance.

The spiritual energy emitted was outrageously low; if Zhang Sheng's Spiritual Eye Technique hadn't been Cultivated to the Perfected State, he would never have found this hidden entrance.

He figured the Yao Beast inside wouldn't be anything powerful, likely a very weak existence even within the Refining Essence into Qi stage.

A black flying dagger flew out from Zhang Sheng's leg strap.

In an instant, it smashed the cave entrance to pieces.

Dust swirled inside the cave, but as it began to settle, over a dozen pairs of emerald green eyes peered through the haze.

In Zhang Sheng's eyes, the things inside the cave were no longer lambs for the slaughter; the thick, turbid spiritual energy was almost tangible!

Zhang Sheng quickly retreated, summoning the remaining four spirit tool flying daggers to his side. Under the control of the Object Manipulation Art, the five spirit tool flying daggers spun at high speed around him.

Qi Sea Realm!

Definitely Qi Sea Realm Yao Beasts, and more than one!

It wasn't until these Yao Beasts emerged from the cave that Zhang Sheng realized he was in big trouble.

Emerald green eyes, dark gray fur all over, Yao Beasts with bodies comparable to American gray wolves.

—Moon Shadow Demon Wolf. Ranked 324th among Qi Sea Realm Yao Beasts in the Yao Beast Compendium.

One of the Moon Shadow Demonic Wolves was significantly larger than the others, with silver-white fur growing at its brow like a third eye; it was likely the Wolf King of this small pack.

There were eleven demonic wolves in total, three of which were at the Qi Sea Realm. The Wolf King was the strongest, and the rest were very close to the Qi Sea Realm, if not already there.

Zhang Sheng was just very puzzled: why would these demonic wolves hide in such a cramped cave and even restrain their spiritual energy fluctuations?

It felt to Zhang Sheng as if they were hiding from some enemy.

There was no time to think.

The Wolf King's fierce gaze locked onto Zhang Sheng as if he were prey, making the hair on his arms stand on end.

After the Wolf King signaled to its sides, the other two Qi Sea Realm demonic wolves led their teams to surround Zhang Sheng from both left and right.

Zhang Sheng now realized that Qi Sea Realm Yao Beasts possessed significant intelligence; it would be extremely difficult to use something like grenades to effectively harm them during a Secret Realm subjugation.

A yellow Talisman flew out from Zhang Sheng's backpack, turning into two beams of light that attached to his legs.

"divine speed talisman!"

Zhang Sheng moved like an Incarnation of a swimming Dragon through the forest. Even the three Qi Sea Realm Yao Beasts, who were a whole Realm higher than him, couldn't immediately complete their encirclement.

"Take out the small ones first!"

Several flying daggers struck out together, attacking the Refining Essence into Qi demonic wolves at the rear left. As if anticipating Zhang Sheng's plan, the Qi Sea Realm demonic wolf leading the group on the left actually spat out a black water jet, knocking down his flying daggers.

However, Zhang Sheng had long known that Qi Sea Realm Yao Beasts usually used Spells. The Moon Shadow Demon Wolf's black water had been recorded in the compendium long ago; how could he not be prepared?

The five fallen flying daggers split into three paths and attacked the demonic wolves again.

One path of three daggers aimed for the Qi Sea Realm demonic wolf's front legs, while the other two daggers dealt with the smaller demonic wolves.

In an instant, two small demonic wolves were decapitated.

"Awoo!"

A powerful wolf howl rang out; it was the Wolf King directly behind him.

Hearing this howl, the other demonic wolves immediately responded with their own howls.

The aura of all the demonic wolves, except for the Wolf King, increased by ten percent.

Trouble!

This was the Wolf King's exclusive ability—Resonance.

The consumption of spiritual energy was intensifying.

Zhang Sheng fixed his gaze on the demonic wolves at the rear right, and the five spirit tool flying daggers shot out once more.

This time, the Qi Sea Realm demonic wolf on the right was clearly prepared. It blocked the smaller wolves with its body, not releasing a black water jet but instead preparing to pounce and knock down Zhang Sheng's flying daggers with its body.

But it miscalculated.

Facing a Qi Sea Realm demonic wolf with such high intelligence, how could Zhang Sheng use the same trick twice?

Under Zhang Sheng's control, the five flying daggers lined up in a straight row.

And each flying dagger maintained a high-speed rotation, like a drill bit.

The first rotating spirit tool flying dagger pierced through the demonic wolf's front paw, and then, in a relay of five daggers, they bored through the wolf's hard skull.

The Qi Sea Realm demonic wolf was dead!

With the Qi Sea Realm demonic wolf gone, the other two small demonic wolves at the rear right were also instantly harvested.

However, using the spirit tool flying daggers in such a way was quite taxing for Zhang Sheng.

Seeing this, the remaining wolves quickly drew together. With four small demonic wolves and two Qi Sea Realm demonic wolves left, the situation remained critical.

Thinking that such powerful demonic wolves were hiding in a cave to avoid danger, Zhang Sheng felt a surge of trepidation.

He had to end this quickly!

As another yellow Talisman flew out, an invisible circular barrier formed around Zhang Sheng.

At the same time, Zhang Sheng drew a black spirit tool Tang Sword from his back.

Come, let me feel the power of the Qi Sea Realm!

As the blood energy within his body circulated, a blade aura emerged on the black Tang Sword, like a brilliant red flame.

Seeing Zhang Sheng stop, the two Qi Sea Realm demonic wolves instantly closed in, one in front and one behind, while the four small demonic wolves slowly backed away.

Just as the Qi Sea Realm demonic wolves pounced on Zhang Sheng, he sacrificed another vajra talisman.

At the same time, the four flying daggers shot toward the four small demonic wolves.

By the time the two Qi Sea Realm demonic wolves realized what Zhang Sheng was doing, it was already too late.

They couldn't understand why the ant-like human before them didn't choose to defend when faced with a pincer attack. Was he not afraid of death?

Until their sharp teeth struck an invisible barrier.

A First-Order Low Grade vajra talisman, which was equivalent to a Qi Sea Realm Low Grade vajra talisman.

Even though Zhang Sheng's skill in this area had reached the Transcendent stage and the Talisman he drew was the best among First-Order Low Grade ones, it still couldn't withstand a pincer attack from two Qi Sea Realm Yao Beasts.

Furthermore, the Wolf King among them was already close to the second level of the Qi Sea Realm.

The vajra talisman shattered with a crack.

But fortunately, Zhang Sheng had anticipated this. A second vajra talisman had already been activated, creating another shield that blocked the Wolf King's attack.

Meanwhile, the four small demonic wolves nearby had already been decapitated by the flying daggers.

Seeing the second vajra talisman about to break, Zhang Sheng retreated while sacrificing another divine speed talisman.

The original divine speed talisman had already worn off.

Now, Zhang Sheng could only circulate his blood energy to use blade aura to fight the two demonic wolves, while simultaneously using the Object Manipulation Art to control the flying daggers in a frantic attack, searching for an opening.

However, Zhang Sheng had always Cultivated the Heavenly Circulation Method and rarely Cultivated Primordial Chaos Qi Refining, resulting in his Qi Sea Dantian being like uncultivated wasteland. It could hold very little Spiritual Qi, and it was now nearly empty.

He could no longer support the use of the drill-bit flying dagger technique.

Zhang Sheng could only continue to sacrifice vajra talismans while consuming blood energy to swing his sword.

The red blade aura continuously wounded the two demonic wolves, and the Continuous Overlapping Wave Blade was also steadily building up its momentum.

Layer upon layer, the accumulated force was unstoppable!

The black Tang Sword accumulated power in wave after wave of attacks, waiting for the final moment of eruption!

A dark red blade aura shot from the Tang Sword, slicing the bodies of the two demonic wolves in half!

However, at this moment, not only was Zhang Sheng's spiritual energy depleted, but his blood energy was also exhausted.

Holding the sword with one hand, he thrust it into the ground to support his body. He took out a handful of top-quality essence food pills from his backpack and quickly swallowed them.

The Gluttonous Eating Method at the Perfected State operated on its own, restoring his body's blood energy, while he took out a spirit pearl to rapidly absorb spiritual energy.

At the same time, Zhang Sheng hurriedly reported the battle to the operation command on his Smart Terminal, uploading his location and the video of the Yao Beasts he had filmed.

This way, a military helicopter would soon arrive to transport the corpses back to the country.

Upon his return, if Zhang Sheng wanted these spoils of war, he would have to pay the transport fees; if he didn't want to pay, he could sell them directly to the Huaxia authorities.