Chapter Thirty-One: Fierce Battle with the Wolf Pack

  The Black Iron Army, despite their rigorous training, were after all ordinary mortals and could not withstand the attack of the demonic beasts. General Tie Yi gazed at the frontmost of the three blue wolves and made up his mind: he absolutely could not let them get close. He took the golden lacquered iron bow handed over by his deputy, drew two long arrows from the quiver on his side, simultaneously placing them on the bowstring, drawing the bow and firing both arrows at once.

  Two sharp arrows flew towards the leading blue wolf, and the blue wolf felt threatened. With just a slight movement of its body, it had already moved two zhang to the left. Its movements were extremely agile, seemingly even more powerful than those of a martial arts master in the mortal world. Immediately following this, the blue wolf raised its head and let out a loud howl. The pack of wolves behind it heard the blue wolf's cry and took it as a command, each one charging forward with abandon.

  The first sharp arrow whizzed past, the second sharp arrow suddenly changed direction in mid-air and shot towards Qinglang's head. The arrowhead burst into a fierce flame in an instant, and Qinglang had no way to avoid it. He was already hit by the second sharp arrow on his face. With a "whooshing" sound, the flames spread rapidly, and a huge fireball surrounded Qinglang entirely.

  A pungent smell of scorching filled the air, and a wolf-shaped fireball shot forward several zhangs before falling to the ground. General Iron Wing had already drawn his bow again, this time firing two arrows at the two green wolves. As they flew halfway, there was a loud "bang", and a cloud of black smoke suddenly burst out from the arrow shafts, and the arrow shadows vanished into thin air.

  The two green wolves were less than five zhang apart, relatively close. After hearing the first wolf's mournful howl and seeing it turn into a fireball, they were both startled. Seeing the two sharp arrows disappear in mid-air, their eyes flashed with suspicion. Their bodies didn't dodge or evade, but instead let out a low growl each, pouncing forward. The green fur on their bodies stood up like steel thorns, and a faint layer of green light burst forth from their bodies, looking just like the protective armor shields cultivated by monks.

  Two lost arrows reappeared in the air, gathering together in a strange way, intentionally missing one of the cyan wolves. One arrow shot from the front and one from the back towards the left cyan wolf. The tips of both arrows simultaneously burst into flames. The protective cyan glow outside the wolf's body blocked the first arrow, but was torn apart by the second arrow. Blood splattered everywhere as the second arrow heavily pierced the wolf's face, accompanied by a mournful howl and the crackling of flames. In an instant, the second cyan wolf turned into a ball of fire.

  The wolf on the right had already pounced to the front of the Black Iron Army, facing two Black Iron soldiers who were thrusting their long spears at him simultaneously. Without dodging or evading, "clang, clang" two sounds later, the two Black Iron soldiers each felt a numbness in their arms and retreated several steps back, one of them even spitting out fresh blood. The two spears that they had just thrust out with all their might were like stabbing into an iron plate.

  After a gust of wind, the green wolf's shadow had already pounced in front of one of the black iron soldiers. With one bite on his arm holding the gun, it pulled hard and tore off the soldier's arm. The soldier let out a loud cry and fainted from the pain before he even hit the ground. In an instant, the green wolf's paw flashed out and slapped the soldier's face, splashing blood and flesh everywhere. The soldier's head was split in two like a watermelon by the green wolf's single swipe of its paw.

  Faced with the ferocious green wolf, another black iron soldier was so frightened that his pants were wet, his arms went limp, and the long spear in his hand fell to the ground. As the wolf pounced right in front of him, he closed his eyes in despair.

  A gust of wind whistled by, and a silver long spear flew out from the side of this black iron soldier, just like a poisonous snake emerging from its lair, accurately and unerringly piercing the body of the green wolf. It was precisely Iron Wing General arriving in great strides.

  The two arrows just now successfully killed the two green wolves, but consumed six-tenths of General Iron Wing's magic. If he shoots another arrow like that, his magic will surely be consumed by nine-tenths. General Iron Wing had to grab his long spear and rushed over quickly.

  With the Iron Wing General entwining the Green Wolf, the other gray wolves, although ferocious, were no match for the well-trained Black Iron Army. For a time, the sounds of clashing blades, wolf howls, and bowstrings echoed back and forth. The children inside the carriage watched with bated breath.

  The three aquatic people were very interested in the way Iron Wing General infused magic into his arrows, which was more powerful and farther away than using fireball techniques to attack, and also more covert. Although Iron Wing General couldn't break through to the fourth layer of Qi Refining Period, he couldn't urge his magic weapon to attack the enemy, but by using this method to urge the sharp arrow, it seemed that it wasn't much different from a fourth-layer Qi Refining Period cultivator using a magic weapon to attack the enemy.

  When they saw the third wolf killed by General Iron Wing, Shui Sheng and his two companions let out a sigh of relief. In another car, Tie Xin Tang and Xiao Juan's eyes also lit up.

  "Don't let a single evil wolf escape!" General Iron Wing shouted. He inserted the silver gun in his hand into the mud beside him, pulled out a longbow, and shot an arrow at the evil wolves that were fleeing after losing their leader.

  There were over 300 wolves in the pack, and with the dense vegetation on both sides of the official road, dozens of ferocious wolves still managed to escape. After a fierce battle, six people from the Black Iron Army were injured, and two died. Fortunately, they had prepared early, and three of the green wolves had been killed by General Tieyi in advance, so there was no greater loss. The children were all safe and sound, and although the army horses were frightened, they did not scatter or run away.

  Looking at the wolves' corpses scattered all over the ground, General Iron Wing furrowed his brow. This place is only over 300 miles away from Yuding Mountain, yet such a large-scale wolf pack has appeared, and even a first-class demon beast is mixed among them. It's really unbelievable. Compared to this group of vicious wolves, the wolf pack that appeared outside Longyang City was simply child's play. If such a large wolf pack and a first-class wolf demon were to appear outside Longyang City, it wouldn't just be ordinary civilians who would suffer heavy casualties, even the Black Iron Army would be severely wounded.

  At this point, Chong Shuxia said: "These wolves are obviously not accidental encounters, but are specifically targeting us. Everyone quickly dispose of these wolf corpses and hurry on the road. After arriving in town, we will make arrangements."

  A group of black iron soldiers concentrated all the wolf corpses together, arranging them in a line on the official road. The small children had already been taken away by the carters. General Iron Wing waited until everyone was far away, then muttered to himself and suddenly threw out three yellow talismans the size of palms. The talismans swelled up in the wind as they flew towards the wolf corpses, growing to a width of several meters. When they reached the wolf corpses, the red characters on the talismans scattered and transformed into balls of flame the size of human heads, which fell to the ground and turned into raging infernos that engulfed all the wolf corpses. Although the flames rose several meters high, they strangely did not spread to the nearby forest or grasslands.

  Wafts of foul-smelling burnt offerings floated through the air, and the children waiting ahead covered their mouths and noses, but couldn't hide the excitement in their eyes. As the smell of burnt offerings slowly dissipated, they began to chatter and discuss among themselves.

  "It turns out that General Iron Wing is actually an immortal, tsk tsk, you saw it, such a big evil wolf was shot dead with just one arrow!"

  "What one arrow, is clearly two arrows."

  "Hmph, I knew it all along that General Iron Wing was an immortal. If not for General Iron Wing leading us, how would we have the qualifications to go to Jade Cauldron Gate to pay respects and cultivate immortality?"

  "Can we learn this fire-setting skill?" "Country bumpkin! What fire-setting skill, this is called Linghuo Fu, a kind of talismanic way." "Since it's a talismanic way, why didn't I hear General Tieyi recite 'Taishang Laojun Jijiling' ? Didn't Master Jing Shan say that when activating the talisman, one must recite the nine-character mantra?" "That's for catching ghosts, not killing wolves. Besides, didn't you see General Tieyi move his mouth just now? That was him reciting an incantation!" The two young boys continued to argue fiercely about this.

  "Xīn Táng sister, Iron General is really too powerful! Isn't he your father? Has he taught you any magic?" a green-shirted little girl asked with blinking eyes.

  "Nothing?" Tie Xin Tang replied with a bad temper, extremely angry that his father had kept it from him. Although he often saw his father practicing martial arts at the Tie Manor, he never thought that his father could also cast spells. If his father had taught him earlier, he would probably be more powerful than Shui Sheng by now.

  The great cow was watching with shining eyes, secretly grasping the dozens of talismans given by Wu Mu Dao Ren before departure.

  Everyone rushed to a small town called "Yushan Town" thirty miles away, where they finally rested and had a meal. For three consecutive days, all the blacksmiths in the town were gathered together, and under the supervision of a school lieutenant, they produced thousands of sharp arrows.

  The bodies of two Hei Tie Jun soldiers were also buried in Yushan Town.

  This place is already under the jurisdiction of Xiangyang County, and according to what the local gentry said, although there have been wolf disasters in these three years, they have never seen hundreds of fierce wolves gathering together at the same time. After hearing this, General Tieyi's mood became even heavier.

  As expected, less than a dozen miles out of town, they encountered another wolf pack. Fortunately, this time the wolves were not as ferocious as before, with only one gray wolf leading them. After a fierce battle, a large number of wolf corpses were left behind. This time, General Iron Wing did not bother to collect the bodies for the wolf pack either. He released a large fireball and turned the lead gray wolf into ashes before leading his men forward. Along the way, three smaller wolf packs appeared one after another, each with several dozen ferocious wolves. The Black Iron Army didn't even need to use their bows and arrows; they simply wielded their swords and guns to annihilate the evil wolves.

  As they approached the village, which was less than two miles away, smoke and houses came into view. However, a large pack of ferocious wolves suddenly emerged on the official road, blocking the path of the Black Iron Army. The dense pack of wolves seemed to number around 500-600, and these wolves were clearly different from those they had encountered before. Each wolf was emaciated, with skin hanging loose over their bones, as if they had traveled a long distance from afar without eating for many days. Upon seeing the crowd, they charged forward in a frenzy.

  In the pack of wolves, there were actually six young wolves mixed in. General Iron Wing couldn't help but feel a pang of anxiety, gritted his teeth and shot two of the young wolves dead, but was surrounded by the other four young wolves in the center. General Iron Wing's silver spear danced horizontally, with flames flying out over a foot long from the tip, burning the four young wolves' skin and flesh, yet they still charged forward crazily. It seemed that both sides understood who was the greatest threat, and each wanted to gain the upper hand at once.

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