Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Chapter 36 Slaughtering Wolves

In fact, Yang Ping'an had other purposes for entering the Star Dou Great Forest this time, namely the four golden-backed wolves he had encountered last time.

Last time, due to insufficient strength, I had to leave the Star Dou Great Forest. Now, I have come to the Star Dou Great Forest again in order to help the four golden-backed wolves break through to level 29.

After searching for half a day in the Star Dou Great Forest, they finally found the place where the four golden-backed wolves had been last time.

The four remaining golden-backed wolves are all thousand-year-old soul beasts, with the oldest wolf king reaching four thousand years old. Especially as social animals, their combat capabilities and intelligence are extremely strong, and even ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts dare not provoke them easily.

This golden-backed wolf has excellent strength and speed, and an extremely keen sense of smell, making it a very troublesome soul beast.

Yang Ping'an stared intently at the golden-backed wolves, plotting to kill them all. The longing look in the eyes of the purple-gold mastiff further solidified Yang Ping'an's resolve.

This time, the Golden Tiger was much more vigilant than the last time. One of the wolves was specifically guarding the newborn cubs, while the other three would go out to hunt regularly, and they would hunt together. They could easily kill even a thousand-year-old spotted tiger.

Yang Ping'an observed the golden-backed wolves in secret for a full week before deciding to take action.

Since the golden-backed wolves have a keen sense of smell, traps are obviously not an option. So, we can only use steel mesh, crossbows, or other hidden weapons.

With the power of an iron crossbow, it is possible to kill a thousand-year-old soul beast, but it must hit a vital point. Otherwise, once the opponent reacts, it can perfectly dodge, or it can only suffer minor injuries.

After making some arrangements, Yang Ping'an began the operation.

This time, Yang Ping'an pretended to have accidentally entered the territory of the Golden-backed Wolf. When the wolf king saw Yang Ping'an, it let out several howls, as if they were enemies meeting and were extremely hostile.

Yang Ping'an, as if startled, fled immediately, while the three golden-backed wolves relentlessly pursued him, wanting to tear the human who had killed their offspring to pieces.

Just as they passed a relatively narrow section, Yang Ping'an walked steadily across, but as the Golden-Backed Wolf quickly crossed, an extremely thin steel wire suddenly appeared in the middle of the road. Both ends of the steel wire were tightly tied to trees, and even an ordinary person could not see it unless they looked closely. Especially during the rush, the steel wire was like a sharp blade.

Yang Ping'an quickly crossed the area, but the three golden-backed wolves did not leap up like Yang Ping'an. The steel wire cut straight down like a sharp blade, leaving deep wounds on the lead wolf's forelimbs.

At the same time, the golden-backed wolves seemed to have triggered a mechanism, and a large net descended from the sky. Within a few meters on both sides of the road, multiple arrows shot out from the bushes. At this distance and with the speed of the arrows, it was impossible for anyone to dodge them, and they even went straight for the heads of the three golden-backed wolves.

The three golden-backed wolves had already suffered severe injuries to their forelimbs. The massive net swarmed over them, and arrows were aimed directly at their heads. One of the golden-backed wolves had its eyeball pierced, and the arrows even pierced through its entire head.

The other two reacted even faster and were relatively far behind. Even though they avoided the arrows at close range, they were still struck by arrows and were obviously seriously injured.

The overwhelming steel mesh seemed even more troublesome, completely obscuring the two golden-backed wolves behind them.

Just as the two golden-backed wolves were trying to escape the steel net, a purple-gold light shot out from Yang Ping'an's body. It was Yang Ping'an's second soul skill: Purple-Gold Ray.

The amethyst ray had a very clear target: the eyes of the two golden-backed wolves. With a cutting sound, one of the golden-backed wolves was blinded, while the other golden-backed wolf had a huge wound on its head from the amethyst ray, but it barely managed to avoid the attack on its eyes.

The golden-backed wolves clearly knew they had fallen into a trap; the humans here probably wanted to hunt them down. The two heavily wounded wolves howled loudly and rolled around incessantly, trying to escape the steel net's restraints.

Yang Ping'an gritted his teeth, held the sword in his right hand and thrust it directly into the eyes of the only remaining blind golden-backed wolf, while his left hand took out the last iron crossbow.

In preparation for hunting the Golden-backed Wolf, Yang Ping'an had prepared a number of crossbows. He had already laid many crossbows on the road ahead, and only had one left in hand to deal with any unforeseen circumstances.

With Yang Ping'an's continuous attacks and the power of the iron bow, the last golden wolf was finally shot through in the eyes and could only roll and struggle on the ground.

Yang Ping'an himself was panting heavily beside him; hunting down three thousand-year-old golden-backed wolves was indeed quite difficult.

Even when facing the injured Golden-backed Wolf, Yang Ping'an dared not be careless, after all, these were thousand-year-old soul beasts.

At this moment, Yang Ping'an gritted his teeth and took out a crossbow cart from his storage ring. This was the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow, which Yang Ping'an had carefully crafted. It was made based on the ancient repeating crossbow. Although it was large in size, its attack power was still very strong, and it could be considered a trump card.

As Yang Ping'an repeatedly pulled the trigger, countless crossbow bolts shot out from the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow, and in no time the three heavily wounded Golden-backed Wolves were killed.

Yang Ping'an breathed a sigh of relief at this moment, at least he had achieved something this time.

Just after Yang Ping'an put the corpses of the three golden-backed wolves into his soul tool, the air seemed to freeze, and there were no cries of birds or beasts around, as if everything had fallen into silence.

Yang Ping'an swallowed hard, knowing that an extremely ferocious soul beast was probably coming. He raised his eyes slightly and saw a huge golden-backed wolf with its fur standing on end. This was their wolf king, a powerful soul beast that had been around for four thousand years.

Yang Ping'an had fought this wolf king before, and its strength was extremely formidable. Its speed was even faster than his own, and its powerful metal attribute was probably enough to defeat some ordinary ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts.

Moreover, this wolf king is exceptionally cunning and highly intelligent. Many traps were ineffective against it last time, which was the biggest reason why Yang Ping'an was in such a difficult situation last time.

The wolf king moved like a golden lightning bolt, its claws swiftly reaching for Yang Ping'an, not to mention its powerful teeth, which snapped at Yang Ping'an's head. Clearly, it was enraged by the death of its companion and was unleashing its full power.

At that instant, Yang Ping'an also used his first soul skill: Xuanjin Protective Shield. A Xuanjin protective shield appeared in front of Yang Ping'an, trying to block the wolf king's desperate attack.

But with just one strike, the Xuanjin protective shield was torn apart, and Yang Ping'an was even sent flying more than ten meters away. His right hand, which was used to defend, had three deep wounds that exposed the bone. His whole body seemed to have been smashed apart, and blood was flowing from the corner of his mouth.

Clearly, Yang Ping'an was already seriously injured by just one attack from the wolf king.

(End of this chapter)