34: Chapter 34: Thought it was a wolf, but it turned out to be a dog.

Sang Ji's roar was like a thunderclap on flat ground.

It instantly shattered the somewhat amorous atmosphere between the two.

A-Man's body trembled violently, and she instantly came back to her senses.

She panicked and pushed Chen Shanzhi away, stumbling back two steps.

Her originally fair and delicate Face was now like the sunset glow, with a blush spreading all the way to her ears.

She glared at Chen Shanzhi, both shy and annoyed. This guy actually took the opportunity to touch her hand just now!

And she actually... didn't dodge.

A-Man, what were you doing just now!

She couldn't help but curse herself inwardly.

Suddenly, a violent gust of wind rushed toward her.

Sang Ji's eyes were bloodshot, staring fixedly at Chen Shanzhi as if he wanted to swallow him whole.

He had seen that scene just now clearly; this Great Zhou commander was actually standing so close to A-Man.

And he even took the opportunity to hold A-Man's hand and blow into her ear.

A surge of anger rushed straight to Sang Ji's brain.

"You lecher! How dare you molest A-Man, die!"

He roared, stomped his foot, and the rock beneath him shattered with a boom.

Boom!

A violent aura erupted from his body.

He clenched his right fist and struck out at Chen Shanzhi from a distance.

The Void Realm behind him twisted, and amidst rising flames, a silver-moon greedy wolf several zhang tall condensed!

The greedy wolf had eerie green eyes, chilling fangs, and let out a long howl toward the sky.

It pounced toward Chen Shanzhi with a suffocating aura!

"Life Fire manifestation?"

Chen Shanzhi narrowed his eyes slightly, but showed no sign of panic.

Instead of retreating, he advanced and clenched his right hand in the Void Realm.

Hum!

A point of golden light exploded in his palm, instantly turning into a long spear made of gilded gold, its tip flickering with cold light.

This was the Life Fire he, as this Great Zhou commander, had condensed in this Secret Realm!

"Well come!"

Chen Shanzhi laughed, as he was just worrying about not having a chance to test his current strength as a commander.

Before entering the Secret Realm, Chen Shanzhi was only at the Xuanguan Seven Apertures.

He actually didn't understand the mysteries of the Life Fire Realm at all.

But that didn't stop him from using the Life Fire of this body.

He held the spear with one hand and flicked his wrist.

Swish, swish, swish!

Golden spear flowers bloomed in the air like dots of cold stars.

Facing the giant wolf rushing toward him, Chen Shanzhi gave a low shout and flicked his wrist.

The long spear, like a Dragon emerging from the sea, turned into a bolt of golden lightning and met the white wolf head-on.

A point of cold light arrived first, followed by the spear striking like a Dragon.

Rumble!

The golden spear tip arrived later but reached first, piercing precisely into the center of the greedy wolf's Life Fire.

Two completely different Life Fires collided violently in the air, emitting a deafening explosion.

The air waves rolled, and the surrounding ancient trees were shattered inch by inch, wood chips flying everywhere.

Sang Ji only felt an unrivaled, sharp aura rebounding along his Life Fire.

That feeling was like a red-hot steel needle stabbing deep into his Meridians!

It made his blood and Qi surge, and he retreated several steps.

"How is this possible?" Sang Ji was shocked.

He was the number one expert of the younger generation of the Wu tribe, with the cultivation of the Peak of the Life Fire Realm.

Coupled with the unique Body Refining Cultivation Technique of the Wu tribe, he considered himself unmatched among his peers.

But the person in front of him clearly looked weak and frail.

And his method of using Life Fire was so crude.

Yet this casual spear strike could actually make his blood and Qi surge?

"Come again!"

Sang Ji refused to believe it; he roared, his arm muscles bulging.

The greedy wolf behind him had a fierce glint in its eyes, opening its bloody maw to try and bite the golden spear.

Chen Shanzhi curled his lips in disdain.

From the previous clash, he could see that his stats were definitely above Sang Ji's.

And the reason he chose to clash head-on was that it could minimize the gap in their understanding of the Life Fire Realm.

After all, when it came down to it, Chen Shanzhi was only in the Profound Gate Realm.

And directly clashing with Life Fire had another advantage.

That was being able to stir up the arrogance of this Successor of the Divine Oracle in front of him.

As long as he fell behind, as a Successor of the Divine Oracle, he would definitely try to regain his standing where he had suffered.

And now, Sang Ji's performance was completely within Chen Shanzhi's plan.

"Hmph, flashy but useless."

Chen Shanzhi snorted coldly, shifted his feet, and the long spear in his hand moved like lightning.

While dodging the wolf's bite in an instant, he also swept the long spear horizontally.

Bang!

The golden spear shaft heavily struck the greedy wolf's waist and abdomen.

Copper head, iron bones, tofu waist—the weaknesses of the wolf tribe were all like this.

Sang Ji let out a muffled groan, and he, along with the greedy wolf behind him, was sent flying backward by this spear strike, retreating seven or eight steps before barely stabilizing his figure, each step leaving a deep footprint on the ground.

The strength of the two was judged in just two moves!

Sang Ji clutched his chest, his Face full of disbelief.

He was actually suppressed?

And looking at the other party's relaxed manner, it seemed he hadn't even used his full strength?

A sense of shame instantly flooded his brain, and Sang Ji felt his mind go blank.

Only one thought remained: he could not lose in front of A-Man.

He roared, and his eyes suddenly radiated a rich white light.

The greedy wolf in the air behind him also howled wildly, turning into a dazzling white light that poured straight into Sang Ji's body.

Sang Ji's body size instantly grew several times larger, his mouth and fangs became prominent, and he actually turned into a werewolf.

With a flash, his speed was nearly 50% faster than before.

The wolf claws in his hands poured down toward Chen Shanzhi like a torrential rain.

Chen Shanzhi held the spear with one hand, his figure standing firm and motionless.

The long spear in his hand danced, and the sky full of spear shadows turned into a golden barrier.

Ding, ding, ding, ding!

A dense sound of collisions rang out.

Every spear strike was precisely aimed at the weak points of Sang Ji's offensive.

Every time Sang Ji wanted to get close, he was pushed back by the sharp spear Qi.

The more Sang Ji fought, the more shocked and stifled he felt.

The opponent's golden spear seemed to have the force of a thousand jun, and every collision made his tiger's mouth numb and his Life Fire sway.

"This... how is this possible?"

Sang Ji was horrified; he had clearly used the Wolf Soul Possession Divine Ability of the Wu tribe's Divine Shaman.

Why was he still being firmly suppressed, with only the ability to parry and no power to fight back?

This was just a commander of Great Zhou, and his age looked to be about the same as his own.

How could he be able to suppress and beat him, the number one young expert of the Wu tribe?

Was the gap between the Wu tribe and Great Zhou really that big?

Seeing that during the fight, Sang Ji suddenly looked dazed for some reason.

Chen Shanzhi took the opportunity to flick away his wolf claw with a spear strike, the tip pointing directly at his throat.

The sharp aura on the spear tip cut a shallow bloodstain on Sang Ji's neck from a distance.

"Enough! Stop fighting!" A delicate shout suddenly rang out.

A-Man finally regained her senses and flashed to block between the two.

Chen Shanzhi paused the spear tip, retracted the spear extremely smoothly, and stood back half a step, still looking calm and composed.

While Sang Ji was in a sorry state, his hair disheveled and his chest heaving violently.

"Sang Ji, have you gone mad?"

A-Man's willow-leaf eyebrows stood up, and she sternly scolded Sang Ji:

"Commander Chen is the special envoy of Great Zhou. You attacked him just now—do you want to incite a war between Great Zhou and the Wu tribe?

If a war is truly incited, can you bear the consequences?"

Sang Ji was still in a fit of rage. Seeing A-Man, whom he secretly loved, actually shielding that Great Zhou commander, Sang Ji felt his heart was about to break.

"A-Man, you... you are actually protecting him?"

Sang Ji pointed at Chen Shanzhi, his finger trembling, his eyes full of anger:

"A-Man, your personality is simple, you don't know the wickedness of human hearts, don't be deceived by this lecher!"

"Just now, that Supervising Officer who came with him told me personally."

"He said that the reason he asked me to take him for a stroll elsewhere was all under the instructions of this lecher.

He deliberately sent me away so that this person could make a move on you!"

"He also said that this person is a notorious playboy in Great Zhou.

I don't know how many good women he has ruined."

"His approaching you is completely ill-intentioned, purely to toy with you!"

"That is pure nonsense!"

Hearing this, A-Man's Face instantly turned cold, as if covered with a layer of frost.

She looked at Sang Ji coldly, without a trace of warmth in her voice:

"Whatever he tells you, you believe it?"

Sang Ji paused and hurriedly explained:

"No... no, but he said it very decisively at the time.

And... and when I came over just now, I also saw him taking advantage of you when you weren't paying attention!

At that time, to an outsider, you two looked very..."

"Shut up!"

A-Man was so angry that her chest heaved violently.

She glared fiercely at Sang Ji and said loudly:

"What we were doing just now was discussing confidential matters of the alliance!

To prevent others from hearing it here.

That's why we stood closer to talk!"

"Sang Ji, you are at least a candidate for the next Successor of the Divine Oracle, can you use your brain?"

"You believe a piece of sowing discord that someone made up off the cuff."

"With you like this, acting so impulsively without considering the consequences.

How can you assume the position of Divine Shaman in the future? How can you protect the Wu tribe?"

A-Man's words were righteous and awe-inspiring.

This series of questions directly scolded Sang Ji until he was drenched in dog's blood.

He opened his mouth, his Face flushed red, but he didn't know how to refute, so he had to stammer:

"I... I was just afraid that you would be deceived..."

Seeing that the timing was about right, Chen Shanzhi timely retracted his long spear.

He stepped forward, putting on a magnanimous appearance:

"Alright, Miss A-Man."

"Young Master Sang Ji was just acting out of concern, worried about your safety. Although he acted a bit recklessly, it is understandable."

"For your sake, I will not pursue his offense just now."

A-Man snorted coldly, her pretty Face slightly cold, and stopped scolding Sang Ji.

Sang Ji looked at Chen Shanzhi, held it in for a long time, and finally said: "Th... thank you, Commander Chen."

Seeing A-Man's expression improve, Sang Ji secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

How sharp Chen Shanzhi's mind was; seeing Sang Ji's behavior...

he secretly mocked him in his heart: thought he was a wolf, but it turns out he's a dog.

Without continuing to think about this, Chen Shanzhi changed the subject and asked seemingly casually:

"By the way, Young Master Sang Ji, you just said... it was our Supervising Officer who told you these things?"

Sang Ji, now feeling guilty after being scolded by A-Man, dared not talk back and nodded sullenly:

"Ye... yes, he said it."

"Why did he want to tell you these things?"

Sang Ji was speechless for a moment; he couldn't very well tell him about the matter of the Valley of Ten Thousand Snakes.

So he had to stammer, unable to say anything.

After hearing this, A-Man didn't notice Sang Ji's abnormality.

Instead, through her previous conversation with Chen Shanzhi, she instantly realized something was wrong.

Wang Yuanhua's doing this was clearly intending to deliberately send Sang Ji away.

Thinking of this, she looked up and found that Chen Shanzhi happened to be looking over too; both saw worry in each other's eyes.

This Wang Yuanhua, sending Sang Ji away, what was his purpose?

A-Man looked at Sang Ji and hurriedly asked: "Sang Ji, where did you take that Supervising Officer? Take us there quickly!"

Sang Ji thought the two were worried about the Supervising Officer.

Thinking of what he had just done to the Supervising Officer, he lowered his head and muttered in a low voice:

"I didn't do anything to him, just... just took him to the Valley of Ten Thousand Snakes to scare him a little."

After hearing this, A-Man thought of the Valley of Ten Thousand Snakes, and her pretty Face turned stern:

"Sang Ji, as the next Successor of the Divine Oracle, you actually treated the Great Zhou envoy like this.

I will report today's matter truthfully to my father and the Divine Shaman!"

Sang Ji lowered his head, his Face dim, but he dared not refute.

"Alright, lead the way!"

Chen Shanzhi grabbed A-Man, who was about to say something more, and said in a deep voice:

"Be careful, delays may cause changes!"

Sang Ji looked up and happened to see Chen Shanzhi's natural action of pulling A-Man.

The most critical thing was... A-Man actually didn't shake him off!

Was this kind of intimate behavior really something that could happen upon the first meeting?

He had known A-Man for so many years and had never touched her hand.

"So... A-Man, were you lying to me just now?"

What kind of love potion did that pretty boy feed you?

Sang Ji's fists under his sleeves were clenched tightly, his nails digging deep into his flesh, and a trace of undetectable gloom flashed in his eyes.

But he didn't say anything, just followed behind the two.

The three, each with their own thoughts, used their movement techniques and rushed toward the Valley of Ten Thousand Snakes at full speed.

Soon, the three arrived at the entrance of the Valley of Ten Thousand Snakes.

Several Wu tribe guards responsible for guarding saw A-Man and the others and hurriedly saluted.

"Has the person I brought in earlier come out on his own?" Sang Ji asked.

The guards shook their heads, showing schadenfreude in their eyes: "Not yet, maybe he was scared out of his wits inside."

Hearing this, A-Man breathed a sigh of relief:

"It's good that he hasn't come out. Besides Gu insects and poisonous snakes, there is nothing else in the Valley of Ten Thousand Snakes."

But Chen Shanzhi's heart sank suddenly.

Not come out?

This was the biggest abnormality!

With Wang Yuanhua's cowardly personality, being thrown into a place full of poisonous snakes alone, he would surely have been crawling out crying for his father and mother long ago.

How could there be no movement for so long?

Could it be that his original purpose was this Valley of Ten Thousand Snakes?

"It feels wrong, let's go in and check quickly." Chen Shanzhi whispered in A-Man's ear.

His figure turned into an afterimage, and he rushed directly into the valley. Seeing this, A-Man and Sang Ji hurriedly followed.

Soon, they arrived at the place where Sang Ji had scared Wang Yuanhua earlier.

"Look, right there, that coward is probably still..."

Sang Ji pointed to a large bluestone in front, but before he could finish his sentence, his voice came to an abrupt stop.