Slay the wolf pack and practice swordsmanship
Lin Heng seized the opportunity and thrust his spear toward the forehead of the White Wolf Yao Beast.
The White Wolf Yao Beast, exasperated and disregarding its own life, plunged a claw into Lin Xue's abdomen.
"Bang!" Lin Xue was sent flying backward, crashing heavily onto the ground. With a "wa," she spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Lin Xue!" Lin Heng was terrified and rushed to support her.
"Cough, cough, Brother, I'm fine, just a minor injury." Lin Xue knitted her brows, trying to appear nonchalant so as not to worry her brother too much.
Lin Heng flicked his right hand, produced a Rejuvenation Pill, and quickly stuffed it into Lin Xue's mouth.
On a tree trunk behind them, Chen Yuan's expression tightened. "It's a wolf pack!"
"Awoo—" In an instant, a low wolf howl echoed, and a chill rose up behind Lin Heng.
Lin Heng turned around abruptly and saw a Dark Gold Wolf King staring fixedly at him from a ravine a hundred meters away.
This was because the dead White Wolf Yao Beast beneath Lin Heng was its mate.
The wolf king stood half a human's height, its dark golden fur resembling a suit of armor, and the crescent-shaped white fur on its forehead was the mark of the wolf king.
"Awoo~" Suddenly, the earth trembled, and earth-shattering wolf howls erupted from all directions simultaneously.
"Damn it, it's a wolf pack!" Beads of sweat instantly covered Lin Heng's forehead. A glance revealed at least a hundred of them.
Among them were a couple of Early Nascent Soul Stage wolf demons.
He carried Lin Xue on his back, his feet moving as if treading on clouds, and fled toward the dense forest behind him.
Chen Yuan's lips curled, for Lin Heng was currently fleeing toward his position.
Behind them, the Dark Gold Wolf King leapt like a cannonball, arriving at the forefront of the wolf army in an instant.
Looking at the corpse of the female wolf king, it let out a sorrowful cry and ordered the pack to pursue them into the dense forest.
Chen Yuan leaped down, the heavenly feather zither floating before him, waiting quietly for the wolf pack to arrive.
Eliminating them all should be enough to help his little Baixi get into the top ten.
Lin Heng flew toward Chen Yuan, and seeing a fellow sect member there, he quickly shouted a warning: "Junior Brother, run quickly, there is a wolf pack behind!"
Chen Yuan turned a deaf ear, sat cross-legged on the ground, and brushed his fingertips across the strings. A melodious and graceful tune resonated through the silent mountain forest.
Seeing this, Lin Heng's expression changed, and he quickly shouted to stop him: "Junior Brother, stop! You will attract the wolf pack like this."
Chen Yuan did not stop his hand movements. "You have the scent of the White Wolf Yao Beast on you. Even without my ancient zither, that Dark Gold Wolf King would still hunt you down."
Lin Heng's expression shifted again. "Then why are you not fleeing, Junior Brother?"
Chen Yuan's expression remained calm as an ancient well. "Why flee? It is merely a wolf pack; I shall simply slaughter them."
On Lin Heng's back, Lin Xue's eyes locked onto Chen Yuan's deep, ink-black pupils, which shocked her heart.
The young man's words just now were extremely flat, as if he were describing something mundane.
"Arrogant!" Lin Heng sneered disdainfully. In his eyes, this posturing by Chen Yuan was no different from a clown.
"Then suit yourself, Junior Brother!" After leaving these words, Lin Heng ignored Chen Yuan and fled toward the rear.
Because he sensed that the wolf demon army was already closing in behind him.
A moment later, Chen Yuan finished his song. When he raised his eyes, he happened to lock gazes with the wolf demon army.
The Dark Gold Wolf King stared fixedly at Chen Yuan, wanting to know what confidence this human had to be so composed in front of their pack.
The atmosphere fell into an eerie silence.
The wolves bared their sharp teeth, emitting low growls from their throats, waiting only for the Wolf King's command to immediately rush forward and tear this human to pieces.
Chen Yuan moved. He gathered Spiritual Qi at his fingertips and swept them across the strings. As the heavenly feather zither vibrated, three thousand Spiritual Qi sword blades, like a rain of swords, instantly slaughtered the wolf pack ahead.
"Swish, swish, swish!" "Puchi!"
The rows of wolves closest to Chen Yuan were instantly pierced through their bodies by the three thousand blades and crashed to the ground, devoid of life.
Among the pack, the two Early Nascent Soul Stage wolf demons reacted quickly, leaping in front of the others to block the rain of swords.
The Dark Gold Wolf King recovered and roared, "Damn human!"
Then, it dug its front claws into the ground and lunged forward. Its figure became like an afterimage, arriving above Chen Yuan's head in an instant, its front claws raised high and slammed down!
In an instant, Chen Yuan vanished from his spot, reappearing in front of the wolf pack.
The Dark Gold Wolf King's claws missed, and when it turned, it saw a scene that made its eyes split with rage.
A streak of purple lightning rose from Chen Yuan's palm, his Fist Intent taking form, and the purple lightning roared, instantly engulfing the wolf pack.
Under the sweeping, vast thunderous light, a hundred wolf demons were obliterated into nothingness without even a scream, leaving only charred remains.
Chen Yuan's mouth twitched; he hadn't controlled his strength well, and not a single demon core remained from the hundred wolf demons.
"Human, you are courting death!" A heaven-shaking roar suddenly sounded from behind, mixed with a Divine Soul attack.
However, Chen Yuan treated it as nothing, and the heavenly feather zither suddenly returned to his front.
Holding the ancient zither, he activated Treading Snow Without a Trace under his feet, appearing above the Dark Gold Wolf King in a thought.
The Dark Gold Wolf King was clearly stunned, not expecting the human before it to be able to block its roar.
The muscles on its back bulged like a mountain ridge, and it swiped a claw at the human above.
Grandmist power surged from his palm into the ancient zither, causing the heavenly feather zither to shine brilliantly as he slammed it down.
"Boom!" The heavenly feather zither instantly shattered the Dark Gold Wolf King's claws, then, with undiminished momentum, slammed into its skull.
Blood splattered, the Dark Gold Wolf King's skull exploded instantly, and its body crashed heavily to the ground.
After collecting the Dark Gold Wolf King's Yao Beast demon core, Chen Yuan continued walking forward.
Half an hour later, when Lin Heng and Lin Xue returned, they saw the ground scorched black, and the Dark Gold Wolf King's corpse lying quietly there!
"Brother, could it have been that Junior Brother from earlier?" Lin Xue asked in surprise.
Lin Heng waved his hand. "Absolutely impossible. It seems there are other experts hidden in this Grand Competition."
In the distance, Chen Yuan walked to a lake. Beyond the lake lay a deep, secluded canyon.
"System, check how many Emotion Points I have left."
"Ding, the Host's current Emotion Point balance is: 37,000."
"System, select an Earth Rank sword technique for me." Chen Yuan issued the command to the System.
He currently possessed a Heaven Rank Flying Sword, and using this sword would increase his chances of winning the Grand Competition, especially since the final opponent would be his Senior Sister.
Winning first place in the Grand Competition would reward him with a Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique.
When that time comes, he would choose a sword technique to gift to Ye Baixi. Hehehe, even with a hundredfold drop rate, he could get back an Emperor-Ranked Dharma Technique. (Emperor, Saint, God...)
It was just a pity that the Earth Rank Cultivation Technique for first place in the Newcomer Grand Competition would be distributed only after the Sect Grand Competition concluded; otherwise, he wouldn't have had to waste these Emotion Points to purchase a sword technique.
"Ding, the compatible Earth Rank sword technique "Mysterious Ice Sword Art" has been selected for the Host. Deducting 31,000 Emotion Points. Automatically beginning to master it for the Host."
In an instant, Chen Yuan was pulled into another void space, where a hazy figure flashed and landed before him.
The woman said nothing and began to dance with the sword in her hand.
Chen Yuan did not know how long he had spent learning swordsmanship in the void space. When his consciousness returned to reality, he had already mastered the "Mysterious Ice Sword Art".
His sword Dao Realm had reached the fourth stage, "Domain", commonly known as Sword Domain!
He remembered that his Senior Sister's swordsmanship had only reached the third stage!