pertwk Chapter 80 Killing the Wild Wolf
Chapter 80 Killing the Wild Wolf
Cai Xuan looked at the few children trembling in the cave. The youngest was only three or four years old, huddled in his mother's arms, looking timidly at them, these strangers.
awful!
How miserable!
The word "miserable" hardly does it justice!
To be honest, Cai Xuan had never seen such a destitute tribe or such miserable people. He might have seen similar portrayals in TV shows and movies, but in real life, he had never witnessed such a scene. Even the war-torn countries before his transmigration hadn't reached such a state of utter desolation and poverty.
These people have clearly not had a full meal in a long time.
Cai Xuan took off the basket from his back, took out water and food, and asked Xuan'er to distribute them to the child and the woman who was breastfeeding. The child's mother took the water bag and dry food, tears welling up in her eyes. After thanking her profusely, she carefully fed the food to her child.
After Xuan'er's explanation, Cai Xuan finally understood the whole story.
Whether they were incredibly unlucky or incredibly lucky, they somehow managed to build their tribe on the very edge of the wolf's territory—wasn't that practically handing meat to their mouths? Unfortunately, by the time they realized it, it was already too late.
The tribe was destroyed, and its people were eaten.
But the wolves still wouldn't let them go, constantly harassing them. If the crevice leading to the cave hadn't been so narrow, the entire tribe of wild women would probably have become prey for the beasts long ago.
The savage woman was still comforting her people.
Seeing that there was nothing to do here for the time being, Cai Xuan decided to deal with the pack of wild wolves.
He had Xuan'er ask the female savage for the location of the wolf den, and after carefully observing the surrounding terrain, he led Xi'er and the others toward the wolf den.
According to the female savage, the pack of wolves lived in a cave behind the neighboring mountain. They rested inside during the day and only came out to hunt at dusk. It was currently noon, the time when the sun was at its strongest, so the wolves were most likely still inside the cave.
After crossing a mountain, Xuan'er activated her clairvoyance and quickly located the wolf den.
"Should we wait for them to come out, or go straight in?" Xi'er asked.
"Let's wait for them to come out." Cai Xuan found a secluded high ground not too far from the wolf den and led Xi'er and the others to ambush them. "We'll have a better chance of winning if we deal with them from outside. If we go in, we're not familiar with the terrain and we'll easily suffer losses."
The three animals, one adult and four cubs, found a shady spot to lie down, eat, and patiently wait for the wolf pack to emerge.
The sun slowly moved westward from overhead, its light changing from bright white to golden yellow, and then from golden yellow to orange-red.
A mountain breeze carried the fresh scent of grass and trees. Just when Cai Xuan thought the wild wolf might not come out today, there was finally movement at the cave entrance.
A huge wolf poked its head out of the cave.
This wild wolf was covered in tough gray fur, had sharp claws and teeth, and a powerful physique; an ordinary person would be utterly helpless against it. It cautiously observed the situation for a while before emerging from its den. Then came the second, the third, the fourth…
One after another, gray-black figures emerged from the cave and spread out on the hillside. Some stretched, some yawned, and some sniffed something on the ground.
Finally, a wolf king emerged, more than twice the size of the other wolves.
Its fur was dark red, with a thick mane around its neck, and a pair of eerie green eyes that gleamed with a bloodthirsty light in the twilight. The wolf king stood at the highest point of the cave entrance, head held high, coldly surveying its territory, as if it were the uncrowned king of this mountain forest.
Cai Xuan and his group had killed wild wolves before, so they didn't find them particularly strange, let alone feel afraid.
Seeing more than twenty wild wolves come out, the little guys were incredibly excited.
"The smaller one is yours, the larger one is mine," Xi'er said softly, gripping the long axe.
"Alright." Cai Xuan nodded and said in a low voice, "Let's do it."
As soon as the words were spoken, several figures shot out like arrows released from a bow!
Xi'er was the first to rush down the hillside, her long axe trailing behind her, carving a deep furrow in the ground. Her speed was astonishing; in the blink of an eye, she reached the pack of wolves, and with a flick of her wrist, she swung her long axe upwards.
The axe flashed, a chilling light shooting out from the blade, aiming straight for the wolf king's head.
The wolf king reacted with lightning speed, pushing off the ground with its four paws and narrowly avoiding the axe's edge. The axe swept past it, striking the mountain wall behind it, sending rocks flying and leaving a long, dark axe mark.
The wolf king let out a deep, dark growl, a hint of seriousness flashing in its eerie green eyes.
It never expected that this girl, who looked no more than ten years old, would possess such terrifying power.
Yun'er, Xuan'er, and Ling'er followed closely behind, like three sharp knives piercing into the wolf pack.
Yun'er thrust her spear forward, lightning flashing, and a wild wolf was instantly pierced through the throat, collapsing and convulsing. Xuan'er, cunning as ever, circled behind another wild wolf and plunged her spear into the hole. The wolf's limbs stiffened, and it fell straight to the ground, eyes wide open—dead. Ling'er waved the Netherworld Life and Death Flag, its invisible nether power silently spreading, captivating souls. The three wild wolves that approached her instantly stiffened, falling straight to the ground, lifeless.
Cai Xuan was a step behind them.
Upon arriving, he leaped into the air, spear in hand, and plunged it fiercely into the neck of a wild wolf. Blood gushed forth, and its mournful howl echoed through the mountains. Cai Xuan showed no mercy, pulling out the spear and thrusting it down again, instantly killing the wolf.
The large and four small wolves advanced like a ruthless killing machine, one after another, with wild wolves falling one after another.
Seeing this, the wolf king's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and it opened its blood-red maw to pounce on Xi'er. It wanted to deal with this troublesome little one first, and then deal with Cai Xuan and the others.
Xi'er's fighting spirit surged, and instead of retreating, she advanced, wielding her axe with both hands and slashing horizontally, clashing head-on with the wolf king's claws.
"Clang—!"
The clang of metal clashed, sparks flew. The wolf king's claws left four claw marks on the long axe, but Xi'er remained unmoved, as if the enormous impact was nothing more than a breeze to her.
"Ha, is that all the strength you've got?"
Xi'er smiled disdainfully, and swung her long axe again, unleashing boundless divine power that shone with a cold, gleaming axe blade. The wolf king seemed to sense the deadly danger and turned to flee.
"Can you escape?"
In an instant, the axe light surged forth, like a waterfall cascading down upon him.
"Awooo—"
The wolf king let out a miserable howl, its massive body crashing to the ground. It struggled to get up, but couldn't. On its back, a long, narrow axe wound stretched from its head to the tip of its tail, blood gushing out.
Xi'er walked over, glanced at the pair of dark green eyes that were gradually losing their luster, and continued to wield her axe to kill the remaining wild wolves.
With the wolf king dead, the remaining wild wolves lost their leader, lost all will to fight, and scattered and fled.
Yun'er and the others chased after them for a while, killed a few more, and then stopped.
On the hillside, the carcasses of more than a dozen wolves lay scattered about. Streams of blood flowed from the wolf carcasses, forming trickles that flowed down the hillside.
"Xuan'er, are there any wild wolves around here?" Cai Xuan asked.
"Brother, there aren't any left." Xuan'er scanned the surroundings with her clairvoyance and shook her head.
Cai Xuan turned to look at the cave where the wild wolves had taken refuge, still feeling a little uneasy. To be on the safe side, he made a simple torch for light and led Xi'er and the others into the cave. There were no wild wolves inside, not even a single wolf cub, and he had no idea why.
If not, forget it.
The wolf carcasses on the ground should not be wasted.
Immediately, Cai Xuan skinned the wolf carcass, took the meat, built a fire to dry it, and packed it into a basket. He didn't discard the bones and internal organs either; he found a stream, carefully washed them clean, and prepared to take them back to the female savage tribe to eat.
In the valley, the savage woman and her people waited anxiously.
When Cai Xuan, along with Xi'er and the others, appeared at the valley entrance dragging a pile of wolf skins, bones, meat, and entrails, the savage woman and her tribe all wore expressions of disbelief. After Xuan'er told them that all the wild wolves had been killed, a deafening cheer erupted in the valley.
Those who were poorly clothed and emaciated huddled together, crying and laughing, creating a chaotic scene.
The savage woman rushed over and knelt down before Cai Xuan with a thud, weeping and kowtowing. Her tribesmen also knelt down, bowing repeatedly to Cai Xuan and the little girls.
"Get up, get up, don't kneel." Cai Xuan quickly told Xuan'er to help them up.
After Xuan'er and his repeated persuasion, the wild woman led her people to stand up.
Cai Xuan washed the wolf bones and entrails he had brought back and put them in a pot to make a large pot of hot soup, which he then distributed to them. Those who held the hot soup were moved to tears and knelt down to kowtow again.
Cai Xuan was also helpless; why did these people love kowtowing so much?