As expected, when Xia Shuiyun entered the depths and saw that besides the Wolf King, there were also four Wuzong-level fierce beasts, she immediately realized the situation was dire.
She wanted to retreat.
But as soon as the thought arose, she was already surrounded.
“Even one Wolf King alone wouldn’t be easy to deal with, let alone with four helpers.” Su Xiaomo thought: “This woman is in big trouble.”
Should he save her or not?
Forget it, just observe the situation.
Su Xiaomo withdrew his spiritual sense and continued dragging several hundred wolf beasts through the forest in circles.
For the sake of the act.
He abandoned his dignity as a Wuwang.
He’d rather appear very weak, rather be chased all over the mountains by a bunch of garbage fierce beasts comparable to Wutu.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
The sound of battle came from deep in the mountain forest, with cold aura and freezing air spreading forth.
Xia Shuiyun had begun fighting with several powerful spirit beasts, but because there were too many and their strength wasn’t overwhelming, she quickly fell into a passive position.
This was within Su Xiaomo’s expectations.
In the current situation, let alone her alone—even if several more disciples came, it would be very troublesome.
“I was careless!”
“I need to find a way to quickly retreat.”
While Xia Shuiyun fought with the fierce beasts, she thought about how to escape.
However, the Shadowwind Wolf King had already perceived her thoughts. It raised its head and howled, and two of its subordinates blocked the escape route.
“Damn it!”
Xia Shuiyun could only fight them passively.
“Slash!”
After fighting for a while, her arm was slashed by the Shadowwind Wolf King’s claws.
Su Xiaomo, who was luring the wolves outside, kept paying attention to what was happening inside. Seeing that woman get injured, he thought: “If I don’t save her, she’ll definitely die here.”
How to save her?
That was a big problem.
“Slash! Slash!”
Blood sprayed and spilled on the ground.
Xia Shuiyun’s back was slashed several times by the Shadowwind Wolf King. The current situation was extremely unfavorable for her!
“Sigh.”
Su Xiaomo stopped, and spiritual energy began gathering in his palm.
Xia Shuiyun was Elder Xia’s granddaughter. Making a good relationship with her would help with future promotions. He couldn’t let her die here, but he also couldn’t directly save her openly, so he had to do it secretly.
“Sigh.”
“Troublesome woman.”
Su Xiaomo waved one hand, and spiritual energy gathered into a needle shape.
With his Wuwang strength, he could silently take the Shadowwind Wolf King’s head from several hundred zhang away.
However, just as Su Xiaomo was about to act, Xia Shuiyun, who had been in critical danger, suddenly had her bright eyes flash with determination. A stream of cold current erupted from her entire body, rapidly spreading in all directions!
“Ice Seal for a Thousand Li!”
“Whoosh whoosh—”
The cold air swept with the wind. Wherever it passed, vegetation froze with layers of ice.
“Crack crack crack!”
“Crack crack crack—”
The attacking Shadowwind Wolf King and the four wolf beasts also couldn’t escape. They were immediately frozen by the cold attribute, transforming into five lifelike ice sculptures.
“Tsk tsk.”
Su Xiaomo dispersed the spiritual energy and said in surprise: “So this woman was hiding a trump card.”
“However.”
“The execution seemed a bit forced. Right now, she’s probably already…”
“Pff!”
Xia Shuiyun spat out blood, her entire face becoming extremely pale, as if suffering a heavy blow.
The ice seal time was limited, leaving her no time to catch her breath. Suppressing her body that was suffering backlash, she hurriedly headed toward the outer area.
“I’m dying, I’m dying, I’m dying…”
As soon as she came out, she saw Su Xiaomo sticking out his tongue and running frantically, shouting as he went.
“Go!”
Xia Shuiyun shouted.
With that, she took the lead heading toward the outer area, but after just two steps, due to her injuries, she nearly fell to the ground.
“Senior Sister Xia!”
Su Xiaomo, covered in sweat, ran over and said: “You’re injured!”
As soon as the words fell, he directly picked up Xia Shuiyun and ran toward the outside shouting loudly.
…
“Huff… huff huff…”
On the ancient road outside Yinshan Ridge, Su Xiaomo stopped, breathing rapidly and urgently, his legs already trembling violently from exhaustion.
The act was really convincing!
“Have you held me long enough?” Xia Shuiyun said coldly.
“Uh…”
Su Xiaomo hurriedly put her down from his arms, stammering to explain: “Se… Senior Sister Xia, the situation was critical then, I… I…”
“I know, stop talking.” Xia Shuiyun said weakly.
Su Xiaomo quickly shut his mouth.
“Awoo!”
“Awoo!”
Just then, wolf beast roars came from the direction of Yinshan Ridge again, as if they were about to catch up.
Xia Shuiyun’s willow-leaf eyebrows furrowed: “Go!”
“Okay!”
Su Xiaomo took off running, directly leaving her behind.
This guy…
Xia Shuiyun bit her lip, finding it difficult to say: “Come back, take me with you!”
“Oh oh oh!”
Su Xiaomo hurriedly turned back, then grabbed her hand and ran forward. As a result, it aggravated her injuries and she directly spat out blood!
“Ah!”
“Senior Sister Xia, you’re spitting blood!”
“Don’t… don’t talk nonsense, quickly carry me and run!”
“Okay okay okay!”
…
Night fell.
In a slightly damp cave, Su Xiaomo was roasting a wild chicken by the campfire.
Xia Shuiyun sat cross-legged in the distance with her eyes closed, her entire body enveloped by cold ice, as if healing her injuries.
After a long while.
The wild chicken was roasted, and she opened her eyes.
Though her face was still pale, her injuries had been temporarily controlled.
“Sigh.”
Xia Shuiyun sighed and said: “If only I had a Clear Heart Ice Muscle Pill.”
“Here.”
Su Xiaomo handed over an exquisite small bottle.
Xia Shuiyun looked at him, shocked: “You didn’t take it?”
“Such a precious pill—I couldn’t bear to eat it.” Su Xiaomo smiled foolishly.
Xia Shuiyun took the medicine bottle, then took out the pill and swallowed it. She operated her cultivation method again and began recuperating her injuries.
Su Xiaomo sat beside her, propping up his chin as he looked at her, thinking: “Do girls with ice-type constitutions who cultivate ice-type attributes all act so cold?”
“Hmm?”
Suddenly, releasing his spiritual sense, he discovered the Shadowwind Wolf King was leading the wolf pack approaching the cave.
These fleas were really annoying.
“Swish! Swish!”
The Shadowwind Wolf King tracked them following the scent remaining in the air, but when it was still more than ten li from the cave, it suddenly heard a cold shout in its ear: “Scram back to Yinshan Ridge.”
Gasp!
It hurriedly stopped, its eyes flashing with fear. Then it tucked its tail and led its subordinates fleeing back to Yinshan Ridge.
Though it didn’t see anyone, it could tell directly that their strength was definitely very strong!
Can’t provoke them.
Absolutely can’t provoke them!
…
The next day.
Under the recuperation of the Clear Heart Ice Muscle Pill, Xia Shuiyun’s injuries had recovered, though she temporarily couldn’t circulate spiritual energy.
This was also a side effect of executing the ice-type martial technique to seal the wolf beasts.
“Senior Sister Xia.”
Su Xiaomo ran in from outside, handing over a lotus leaf filled with clear water, smiling: “The spring water here is so sweet. Want to try?”
“Not thirsty.” Xia Shuiyun said indifferently.
“Oh.”
Su Xiaomo raised it and drank it himself, thinking: “As expected, just as Master Wei said, with such a woman, you must deliberately maintain distance.”
“Yesterday.”
Xia Shuiyun looked at him, her eyes flashing with a certain light, saying meaningfully: “You ran very fast.”
Su Xiaomo’s heart skipped a beat.
Though he was acting at all times, yesterday’s situation was a bit troublesome. While carrying her fleeing from Yinshan Ridge, his speed had increased quite a bit.
She was heavily injured, yet she could still notice this point.
Indeed.
A woman’s heart was as meticulous as a needle!
Su Xiaomo maintained eye contact with Xia Shuiyun throughout.
A professional undercover agent had to withstand tests in any situation.
After a moment, he scratched his head and said: “I don’t have aptitude or talent. I’ve lived in the mountains since childhood, so I can only run fast.”
Xia Shuiyun kept looking at him, then said in an affirmative tone: “You’re lying.”