Four or five tall, saber-wielding black-clad figures, despite the long journey, advanced with unbroken discipline. The leading one had bright eyes, a wound on his forehead, and carried a sack on his back, from which the occasional cries of children could be heard.
Arriving by the stream, they continuously looked back.
"Captain, the wolf and the woman are hot on our heels."
"Damn, they’ve been tailing us for over a dozen miles. We need to dispose of this child quickly. Let’s take the water route. There’s a dense forest ahead; we’ll shake her off by going upstream."
The group waded through the water towards the head of the stream.
A glint of clarity flashed through Feng Bailing’s eyes as she was about to
Another scene appeared before her.
When this scene appeared, the moon still shone in the sky, indicating it was from an earlier time, not tonight.
A slender black-clad woman accompanied by several soldiers came into view.
The woman pulled out a bone whistle – a whistle familiar to Feng Bailing.
It belonged to Xiao Junci.
Feng Bailing looked again at the woman; her mouth and nose were covered, but her seductive figure was as tantalizing as a ripe melon – it was none other than Lady Nan Feng.
The whistle blew, and suddenly over a hundred wolves sprang out of the dense forest.
The wolves, with greyish-blue fur and green, glowing eyes, were not as formidable in stature as Hei Dian but were still much larger than ordinary wild wolves, clearly not originating from Great Chu.
The Regent King of Beiqi, Xiao Junci, had an invincible Greedy Wolf Army.
They were a scourge on the battlefield, the bane of many nations’ armies.
Led by Lady Nan Feng, the wolf pack followed the stream upstream, concealing their tracks. Judging by their behavior, they were heading to the headwaters of the stream as well.
The chilling stream water flowing over Feng Bailing’s fingertips snapped her back to reality.
"Is this a stroke of luck?"
Feng Bailing pondered; tonight, she hadn’t even borrowed Dugu Wu’s Emperor’s aura before stumbling upon Xiao Junci’s secret Greedy Wolf Army hidden within Great Chu.
That man not only brought the Ghost Locusts into Great Chu but also smuggled a small contingent of the Greedy Wolf Army here.
If the wolves, which mostly paired in mates, were to breed in these mountains, in two or three years, their numbers could become a disaster.
This place was only a dozen miles from Chu City and in the desolate mountains, where nobody would notice the situation in the mountains – if in a few years the wolf pack attacked Chu City... Feng Bailing broke out in a cold sweat.
What a frightening ambition Regent King Xiao Junci has.
"A hundred wolves. Even if Hei Dian is the Wolf King, I doubt he could handle them."
Feng Bailing estimated her own and Hei Dian’s combat strength.
Mm, thoroughly outmatched.
As Feng Bailing was deep in troubled thoughts, she sensed movement behind her.
On alert, she turned around.
Not far away, several half-human-tall monkeys leaped down from the trees.
The monkeys were covered in golden fur, a mix of old and young, with one of them carrying a baby monkey that had just been born.
When the monkey troop saw Feng Bailing the intruder, they bared their teeth and threatened her; Hei Dian responded with an angry roar and pounced forward.
Though not as large as Hei Dian, the monkeys were extremely agile. They climbed onto branches, throwing sharp-edged stones at Hei Dian.
The force of the stones was not small; a direct hit would certainly result in bloody wounds.
Even if Hei Dian avoided the stones, as soon as they touched the ground near its feet, they would explode into sparks with a bang.
The plentiful vegetation on the mountains caught fire from the sparks.
These monkeys were the intelligent Dacang Monkeys from Dacang Mountain; they knew how to use the mountain’s "weapons" to attack their enemy.
Hei Dian wasn’t a pushover either; dodging the flaming debris, it leaped at the slowest adult female monkey within the group, eliciting a wretched scream from her.
Immediately, the monkeys became enraged and sent out calls into the jungle behind them.
A wise wolf doesn’t fight a losing battle; Hei Dian had already grabbed the baby monkey and turned to flee.