If it weren't for Blue Snow, Qin Feiyang would never have dared to conceive such a wild idea. The Black Demon Stronghold had two martial masters. Martial masters had already mastered True Qi, and even a one-star martial master could unleash tens of thousands of pounds of force with a casual wave of their hand. With his and the Wolf King's current strength, it would be courting death! But the sharpness Blue Snow had shown earlier gave him ample confidence. As long as they attacked without warning, catching their enemy off guard, killing martial masters wouldn't just be a fantasy.
The Wolf King, however, looked at him in shock. Seeing the firmness in Qin Feiyang's eyes, it hesitated for a moment before giving a heavy nod. If they were going to be crazy, they might as well be utterly mad!
Qin Feiyang turned his head to the jungle behind him. A mountain range stretched endlessly in the distance, likely several kilometers long. A sparkle flashed in his eyes as he pulled out the trap map and studied it intently.
Qin Feiyang murmured, Within a five-hundred-meter radius of the Black Demon Stronghold, there are traps everywhere... If we fight a guerrilla war here, it seems our movements will be restricted... It looks like we have to draw them into that mountain range and take them down one by one... Black Demon Stronghold, even if I can't annihilate all of you tonight, I'll make sure you suffer a heavy blow!
A cold light flashed in Qin Feiyang's eyes. He turned to the Wolf King and said, "Howl and lure them over."
AWOO!
The Wolf King let out a high, resonant howl.
"It's a wolf!"
"The sound came from behind the stronghold!"
"That wolf is challenging us!"
The group fleeing the fire suddenly stopped, turned, and looked behind the stronghold, their faces grim and filled with murderous intent!
"Don't stop! Get out first!" the old man in black shouted. With a wave of his aged hand, True Qi surged like a dragon, parting the sea of fire before them, and he led a group of people to escape quickly. However, more than a dozen still perished in the flames.
"Fan out to the left and right! I want them alive, or bring me their corpses!" the old man in black yelled.
Those who managed to escape alive numbered more than fifty. Upon hearing the old man in black's command, they immediately split into two teams, bypassed the sea of fire, and ran murderously toward the area behind the stronghold.
"Retreat!" Qin Feiyang gave a low command, and he and the Wolf King effortlessly bypassed one trap after another, dashing toward the mountain range.
"They're over there! After them, quickly!" The men from the Black Demon Stronghold each took out a trap map and chased after Qin Feiyang and the Wolf King.
Standing on a hillock, the old man in black stared at Qin Feiyang's retreating back, his brow furrowed. Why does he look familiar? he mused.
BOOM!
The burly man parted the sea of fire, quickly joining the old man in black. Looking towards Qin Feiyang and the Wolf King, he asked, "Is it them?"
"Yes, it seems they're still challenging us," the old man in black sneered.
"Challenging us? They're suicidal! No, how did they know the locations of the traps?" the burly man frowned. Each time they neared a trap, the man and the wolf would deftly avoid it, as if they knew the layout like the back of their hands.
"If I'm not mistaken, those two lookouts have likely been killed by them, and the trap map must have fallen into their hands. But that's not important anymore," the old man in black sneered coldly. He then asked, "Stronghold Leader, were any treasures lost?"
"They're all here. Good thing I got there in time; otherwise, everything would have been burned!" The burly man patted the Qiankun Bag tied to his waist.
The old man in black glanced at the Qiankun Bag and sneered, "Since they've issued a challenge, let's give them what they want. Let's go!"
The two stepped forward, filled with intense killing intent, and chased after Qin Feiyang and the Wolf King.
Qin Feiyang and the Wolf King had already exited the trapped area. They turned to look at their pursuers.
Qin Feiyang smirked. "If you have the guts, keep chasing."
"AWOO!" The Wolf King also howled, its challenge clear.
"Stop running if you dare!" a short, middle-aged man shouted angrily.
"Hurry up, don't keep me waiting," Qin Feiyang responded with a playful smile, turning and dashing toward the mountain range with the Wolf King.
Including the Black Demon Stronghold's Leader and the old man in black, that's a total of fifty-three people, Qin Feiyang calculated. "White-Eyed Wolf, it looks like we're going on a killing spree tonight!"
"AWOO! AWOO!"
The man and the wolf exchanged glances and quickly disappeared into the mountain range.
Several dozen breaths later, the men from the Black Demon Stronghold also entered the mountain range. Standing on high ground, they scanned the dense forest ahead.
"Where are they?" the burly man asked as he and the old man in black arrived, frowning.
"They're gone."
"They must be hiding, planning to wage guerrilla warfare against us."
"Boss, why do I get the feeling that young man looks somewhat familiar?"
"I remember now! He's that Qin Feiyang, the one Elder Ma from the Elixir Palace specifically ordered us to kill!"
"Didn't we send men after him?"
"Could they have failed?"
The group was filled with doubt.
The old man in black said, "They must have failed. Otherwise, he wouldn't be here. It seems he's come for revenge."
"Hmph! Since he dared to come, he won't be leaving alive! Go find them! I want them rooted out, even if you have to turn this entire mountain range upside down!" the burly man commanded coldly, his killing intent overwhelming.
"Go!"
The fifty-one men spread out like a pack of famished wolves descending a mountain, forming pairs and small groups to begin their sweep of the dense forest.
「A few hundred breaths later.」
Two middle-aged men entered a small grove to search. They chatted as they searched.
"What on earth gives that Qin Feiyang the audacity to come and burn our Black Demon Stronghold?"
"I'm puzzled too. Doesn't he know that every member of our Black Demon Stronghold is a dreaded assassin, feared by all?"
Suddenly, Qin Feiyang leaped down from a tree, the sharp edge of Blue Snow in his hand plunging directly into the top of one man's head!
"AAAH!" With a shriek, the man died instantly!
The companion beside him, startled, turned to see Qin Feiyang grinning ominously at him.
"Qin Feiyang is here!" he shouted, simultaneously throwing a punch toward Qin Feiyang.
SWISH!
The withered leaves and branches beside them were suddenly sent flying. The Wolf King lunged out, its ferocity unbridled! It bit the man's ankle and yanked hard. Caught off guard, the man screamed and immediately fell over.
Qin Feiyang gripped Blue Snow tightly, plunging it into the back of the man's head! Without a doubt, that man also died instantly, his blood splattering the ground.
"Good teamwork," Qin Feiyang said, wiping the blood from his face as he grinned at the Wolf King.
"AWOO! AWOO!" The Wolf King responded with excited low growls.
"Let's go!" After retrieving Blue Snow, the man and wolf quickly vanished.
「A dozen breaths later.」
THUD... THUD... Accompanied by hurried footsteps, three fearsome-looking men rushed over. Their faces turned grim upon seeing the two corpses on the ground!
"AAAH!!" Just then, more agonizing cries echoed from nearby.
The three men exchanged glances and immediately bolted toward the sound, only to find two more corpses. As for Qin Feiyang and the Wolf King, they were nowhere in sight.
"They were Seven-Star and Eight-Star Martial Artists!"
"Elder Ma said Qin Feiyang was a wastrel who couldn't cultivate, and that the white wolf was only as strong as a Six-Star Martial Artist. How did they manage this?"
"Look, there's a neat wound on their heads and chests, like it was caused by a dagger."
"It seems Qin Feiyang has a terrifying weapon in his hands!"
The three men surveyed their surroundings, greed gleaming in their eyes.
However, they didn't notice the dried leaves beneath the two corpses stirring. A hand clutching a dagger shot out from beneath the corpses, lightning-fast, severing the Achilles tendons of all three men!
THUD! THUD! THUD!
"AAAH!!!" The three men collapsed, screaming in agony as blood gushed from their wounds like geysers.
THUMP! THUMP!
WHOOSH!
The corpses were flung aside by a great force as Qin Feiyang and the Wolf King leaped out from beneath the leaves, lunging at the three men!
The Wolf King bit through one man's throat. Qin Feiyang simultaneously slit another's throat!
"Spare me…" the third man pleaded, so terrified his soul almost fled his body.
But Qin Feiyang showed no mercy, swinging Blue Snow and swiftly slitting the man's throat.
To think you fools dared to covet Blue Snow, how ridiculous! Qin Feiyang sneered inwardly, then quickly departed with the Wolf King to find their next prey.