44: Chapter 44 The Old Wolf Seeks Revenge, Eliminating All Traps

As Basic Tracking Technique was activated, a golden light seemed to flash within Lin Ye's eyes.

His gaze swept past the cliffs covered in dwarf pines and shrubs, quickly locking onto a figure standing on a hill a kilometer away.

It was a wolf—more precisely, a Silver Wolf.

Its size was much larger than the Silver Wolf King he had previously slain, standing proudly atop the mountain like a massive silver sculpture.

Its fur was long, flowing backward in the wind, adding a touch of nobility to its appearance.

However, the most striking feature was its eyes.

A pair of silver vertical pupils, dotted with golden flecks around the edges, looking incredibly eerie.

At this moment, the Silver Wolf was quietly watching the distant caravan.

There was no anger or killing intent in its eyes, only a cold, indifferent scrutiny, like a butcher eyeing meat on a chopping block.

The moment Lin Ye saw this Silver Wolf, the memory of the giant paw prints he had seen deep in Heifeng Mountain automatically surfaced in his mind.

Clearly, this Silver Wolf was the owner of those footprints.

Looking closer at its appearance, besides being a size larger than the previous Wolf King, it was about ninety percent similar in every other way.

Especially that arrogant gaze it used on its prey—it was practically carved from the same mold as the previous Wolf King.

He wouldn't believe it even if he were beaten to death if these two Silver Wolves weren't related; this fellow might very well be its parent or even ancestor.

What was this?

The exotic beast version of "beat the young, and the old comes out"?

Though he felt somewhat speechless, Lin Ye still braced himself with full alertness.

Although they were too far apart to sense the other's strength through their aura for now.

Just judging by its size, even if it were weaker than the evolved Wild Boar King, it wouldn't be by much.

Furthermore, since it was a speed-type exotic beast, if they really fought, it would be much more troublesome than the Wild Boar King, which only knew how to charge blindly.

While Lin Ye was sizing up the Silver Wolf, it was also watching him.

More accurately, it was looking at the dark silver wolf king leather armor on Lin Ye.

Noticing the Silver Wolf's gaze, Lin Ye instantly understood how it had tracked them here.

It turned out his wolf king leather armor had given him away.

Where was he supposed to go to find justice for this?

He could only say that these exotic beasts really had a knack for tracking scents.

Without hesitation, Lin Ye grabbed his refined iron staff and jumped down from the wagon.

"Brother Tiezhu, you guys go ahead. I have something to take care of; I'll be right back."

Wang Tiezhu froze for a moment upon hearing this. He turned to look at him and was about to ask, but seeing Lin Ye subtly shake his head, he decisively chose to keep his mouth shut.

Although he couldn't see a target from over a thousand meters away like Lin Ye, he still had basic vigilance.

He knew Lin Ye must have discovered something.

To avoid holding Lin Ye back, he immediately urged the caravan to speed up and leave the valley.

The Silver Wolf showed no reaction to Wang Tiezhu and the others leaving; clearly, its only target was Lin Ye!

Once Wang Tiezhu and the others were far away, Lin Ye took his refined iron bow off his back and pulled a wolf-tooth arrow from his quiver.

Turning around, he faced the Silver Wolf.

Man and wolf stared at each other across the thousand-meter valley, the mountain wind whistling between them, making the leaves rustle loudly.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Ye used the newly learned Hundred-Step Piercing Yang!

[Hundred-Step Piercing Yang] (Green)

Quality: Advanced

Realm: initial insight (8/2000)

Effect: Increases shooting distance by 40%, increases arrow penetration by 40%, and moderately increases accuracy when used.

He channeled the Qi within his body into the bowstring, nocked an arrow, and drew the bow.

This time, he drew it into a full moon.

Only because just last night, he had undergone a physical body transformation, and his Essence attribute had increased by another point.

Whoosh!!

The wolf-tooth arrow tore through the air with a sharp whistle.

Normally, even if Hundred-Step Piercing Yang increased the shooting distance by 40%, it would be difficult to extend the range of the refined iron bow to a thousand meters.

But if the proficient-level Basic Archery was also factored in, that was a different story.

[Basic Archery] (White)

Quality: Common

Realm: proficient (1028/10000)

Effect: Increases shooting speed by 30%, increases shooting distance by 30%, and slightly increases accuracy when used.

Basic Cultivation Techniques might be weak, but they had one characteristic that no high-level Cultivation Technique could match: they could provide a boost to their superior techniques.

With the 30% distance bonus, the two stacking together increased the range of Lin Ye's shot by a full 52%.

Combined with the 40% penetration provided by Hundred-Step Piercing Yang, Lin Ye was confident he could injure the opponent even from a thousand meters away.

The thousand-meter distance passed in a flash.

The Silver Wolf also seemed not to have expected Lin Ye to attack it from such a distance.

If it could speak, it would have surely mocked him a bit right now.

However, when the arrow flew right in front of it, it realized the human opposite was not overestimating himself!

This arrow could actually hurt it!

It quickly shifted sideways, but it was already too late to dodge.

The arrow plunged into its left front leg, sinking three inches under the skin.

The Silver Wolf lowered its head, bit the arrow shaft, and pulled the arrow out of its flesh.

Blood seeped from the wound, staining a small patch of its silver-white fur dark red.

Glancing at the wolf-tooth arrowhead at the tip of the shaft, a trace of human-like anger flashed in its originally indifferent vertical pupils.

That was its offspring's tooth.

The Silver Wolf looked up, staring fixedly at Lin Ye.

Despite the rising fire of anger in its heart, it had no intention of charging down the mountain.

From that shot just now, it knew this human before it was not to be trifled with.

It had survived until now in the exotic beast-infested Heifeng Mountain by relying on two words: steady and cautious!

If it hadn't sensed that its Bloodline descendants had been completely slaughtered, it wouldn't have stepped out of Heifeng Mountain at all.

Even so, being cautious by nature, it still planned to secretly observe the enemy's strength before deciding whether or not to avenge its offspring.

After all, if offspring were gone, more could be sired; but if its life was gone, it was truly gone.

The only thing it hadn't expected was that the human's perception was so strong that he could still discover it even from a thousand meters away.

The Silver Wolf gave Lin Ye a deep look, as if to carve his appearance into its mind, then turned around and vanished from the mountaintop in a few leaps.

Lin Ye, who was just about to fire another arrow, was also a bit stunned to see this.

He hadn't expected this Silver Wolf to be so cowardly, retreating immediately after taking just one arrow to the leg.

This was just too damn decisive; it just left like that.

Where's your dignity as an exotic beast?

But complaints aside, Lin Ye had no intention of letting the tiger return to the mountain.

Wolves were vengeful creatures; this matter would definitely not end like this.

If the other party vented its anger on the villagers of Wang Family Village, the captain—without Mo Yuan by his side—would really struggle to block this Silver Wolf.

Even if he won in the end, it would likely be a pyrrhic victory!

As the saying goes, one must pull up the weeds by the roots!

Knowing there was a suspected Rank 8 exotic beast wandering near Wang Family Village and choosing to just walk away would be pure idiocy.

Lin Ye didn't want to come back one day only to see a scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Some dangers that clearly could be avoided in advance should be nipped in the bud!

Without hesitation, Lin Ye slung the bow over his back and fully deployed his Basic Qinggong. With one step, he covered seven or eight zhang.

Thus, one man and one wolf raced through the mountain forests at high speeds.