101: Chapter 101 Venturing into the Mysterious Ruins, Encountering a Pack of Wolves and Displaying Brilliance

The grey-black fog was as thick as ink, not only obscuring vision but also exerting a powerful suppressive and corrosive effect on Divine Sense.

Ye Qing condensed his Divine Sense into a line, maintaining it within a hundred-zhang radius around him, while simultaneously pushing the effects of the "void concealment pill" to the limit; he moved like a faint shadow, silently weaving through the fog and jagged rocks.

The deeper he went into the basin, the more violent the Star Evil Qi and spatial turbulence permeating the air became.

Huge craters, as if struck by meteorites, began to appear on the ground; the rocks at the edges of the craters were vitrified, bearing traces of high heat and spatial distortion.

Occasionally, one could see fragments of broken Magical Artifacts, dried bloodstains, and the scattered remains of Yao Beasts or humans, silently recounting the peril of this place.

Following the direction where the silver beam of light had erupted just moments ago, Ye Qing traveled for about half an hour.

The fog ahead suddenly thinned, revealing a relatively open area.

It was a massive, half-collapsed ancient altar built from a mixture of some dark silver metal and off-white boulders.

The altar covered an area of a hundred zhang, its surface inscribed with dense, long-faded ancient runes and star charts; it had collapsed in many places and was buried under rubble and dust.

In the center of the altar was a crater several zhang deep, at the bottom of which one could vaguely see complex, broken metal components and remnants of array patterns; wisps of silver starlight were spilling out from those remnants, slowly dissipating.

Clearly, the silver beam of light from before had been produced by some residual Restriction here being accidentally triggered or exhausting its final energy.

Around the altar were scattered many fresh signs of battle, as well as several corpses of Cultivators wearing different attire, their blood not yet fully dried.

"It seems someone has already been here and a conflict has broken out. Was it for something on this altar?"

Ye Qing swept his gaze over the altar and was about to step forward to carefully examine the array pattern remnants in the crater when a sense of alarm suddenly arose in his heart!

The "Void Dao Seed" transmitted a violent fluctuation, carrying a warning of danger!

Without hesitation, his figure flickered, and he instantly shifted dozens of zhang horizontally!

Chi! Chi! Chi!

Three bone spikes, black as ink and radiating cold Star Evil Qi, grazed his afterimage and slammed into the spot where he had originally been standing, corroding three holes in the ground that emitted black smoke!

Immediately after, a low, oppressive hiss filled with bloodthirsty desire came from the surrounding fog.

Pairs of scarlet, fist-sized eyes slowly lit up in the fog, like ghost fires, surrounding Ye Qing and the ruined altar from all directions.

The fog parted, revealing the true form of the attackers.

It was a pack of strange Yao Beasts, nearly a zhang long, covered in jet-black scales, with a row of sharp bone spikes on their backs, shaped like giant wolves but possessing three scorpion-like tails with cold, gleaming tips.

"Three-Tailed Demon Wolves? No, they are mutated 'Star Evil Demon Wolves'! And the number... at least thirty of them!"

Ye Qing's pupils constricted slightly.

These Demon Wolves had fierce auras, generally at the peak of the Second Stage, while the three leading them were larger in size, and their auras had clearly reached the Early Stage of the Third Stage!

They clearly treated this place as a hunting ground and viewed Ye Qing as an intruder prey.

"Awoo——!"

The leading Early Stage Third Stage Demon Wolf leader threw its head back and let out a shrill, long howl.

The dozens of Star Evil Demon Wolves around them launched their attack simultaneously, turning into bolts of black lightning as they pounced on Ye Qing from all directions! Their sharp claws tore through the air, their fangs gleamed with cold light, and their three scorpion-like tails struck at his vitals from tricky angles like vipers!

Ye Qing's expression remained unchanged; he did not even take a half-step back.

He slowly raised his right hand, spread his fingers, and pressed down into the air toward the wolf pack surging toward him like a tide.

"Suppress."

An invisible and intangible, yet mountain-heavy, terrifying pressure that seemed capable of solidifying space descended with a boom!

All the Star Evil Demon Wolves leaping into mid-air froze simultaneously, as if they had hit an invisible wall; the fierce light in their eyes turned to horror, their bodies stiffened, and they could not advance an inch!

Even the three Early Stage Third Stage Demon Wolf leaders had their charge abruptly obstructed, their limbs plowing deep furrows into the ground as they let out angry and unwilling low growls.

"Void, Rend."

Ye Qing joined his fingers like a sword and made a light sweeping motion toward the densest area of the wolf pack.

A hair-thin, nearly transparent spatial crack spread silently through the center of the wolf pack.

Wherever the crack passed, those Star Evil Demon Wolves imprisoned by the "Suppress" mantra had their bodies severed as if by an invisible blade, silently breaking into two halves with mirror-smooth cuts; they fell as corpses without even being able to let out a scream.

In one strike, over ten Demon Wolves were killed!

The scent of blood instantly permeated the air.

The remaining Demon Wolves let out terrified whimpers, and fear flashed in the eyes of the three Demon Wolf leaders, but their ferocity did not diminish; instead, they were stimulated by the scent of blood to become even more violent.

The largest leading Demon Wolf roared, its black Demonic Qi surging, and it actually broke free from part of the spatial imprisonment, turning into a black light; opening its blood-stained maw, a point of concentrated Star Evil black light condensed on its fangs as it bit fiercely at Ye Qing's throat!

"Vile beast, seeking death."

Ye Qing's eyes turned slightly cold; he did not dodge or evade, but simply raised his left hand and threw a punch at the pouncing Demon Wolf leader.

It was a simple, plain punch, without any flair.

On the fist, not even the glow of magic power bloomed; there was only a faint, nearly transparent layer of Chaos Qi lingering around it.

However, the moment this punch was thrown, the surrounding space seemed to darken slightly, and all light was swallowed by the fist.

For the first time, absolute terror appeared in the Demon Wolf leader's scarlet pupils.

It wanted to dodge, but found that it seemed to be locked in place by an invisible force, unable to move.

Bang!

A dull sound, like leather tearing.

Ye Qing's fist, arriving later but striking first, hit the Demon Wolf leader's massive head with extreme precision.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no scene of flesh and blood flying everywhere.

The Demon Wolf leader's head, as if disintegrated from within by an invisible force, instantly turned into powder, and along with its Yao Beast core and Divine Soul, were completely annihilated by the true meaning of Chaos contained within that punch.

The headless corpse maintained its pouncing posture as it fell to the ground with a boom, twitched a few times, and then stopped moving.

One punch, and the Early Stage Third Stage Demon Wolf leader was dead.

The remaining Demon Wolves and the other two Demon Wolf leaders were completely intimidated, letting out terrified whimpers as they tucked their tails and turned to flee in all directions.

"Want to leave now? Too late."

Ye Qing joined his fingers like a sword and pointed repeatedly into the air at the fleeing wolf pack.

"Void Star Finger, Star Rain."

From his fingertips, countless finger-forces, as fine as ox hair and shimmering with Chaos starlight, shot out like a rain of pear blossoms, accurately catching up with every fleeing Demon Wolf.

Chi, chi, chi, chi——!

After the dense, light sounds, all the Demon Wolves that had fled beyond a hundred zhang froze simultaneously; a tiny blood spot appeared on their foreheads or the backs of their heads, the light in their eyes rapidly dissipated, and they fell to the ground with a thud, their breath completely gone.

The last two Early Stage Third Stage Demon Wolf leaders did not escape either; they were caught up by several Star Rain finger-forces, which pierced through their sturdy scales and protective Demonic Qi, causing them to die on the spot.

From the appearance of the wolf pack to the total annihilation of the thirty-plus Star Evil Demon Wolves, it took only a few short breaths.

Around the altar, wolf corpses lay everywhere, and the scent of blood soared to the sky.

Ye Qing's expression was calm, as if he had just casually swatted a group of mosquitoes or flies.

He waved his hand, sweeping all the Demon Wolf corpses, Yao Beast cores, and valuable Materials (claws, fangs, scorpion-tail hooks, scales, etc.) into the waste area of the Cave Heaven World, leaving them for the Cave Heaven to digest.

Then, he slowly walked onto the dilapidated altar, arrived before the central crater, and carefully examined the broken metal components and remnants of the array patterns.