Volume 2 Embarking on the Journey Chapter 43 Two Mighty Warriors

Meanwhile.

At the corner of the dilapidated first floor, Wang Jue was calmly peering outside through a crack.

When he saw that Luo Lei and the elderly man surnamed Li—the only two who posed a threat to his life—had turned tail and fled, while the Flame Squad's female member, Xiaoshuai, Dashan, and the square-faced man were still struggling desperately to charge outward, a smile involuntarily appeared on Wang Jue's face.

"A golden opportunity. This is it!"

A black dagger instantly shot out from the gap, piercing straight through the dense gaps among the swarming Gale Wolves toward the square-faced man and Dashan.

A premeditated strike against the unprepared!

Had they been fighting openly, the square-faced man and Dashan, both possessing the cultivation of the Seven-Star Red realm, could have put up some resistance. But facing such a stealthy assassination...

"Puff! Puff..."

The heads of the square-faced man and Dashan were pierced by the dagger one after the other, exploding like smashed watermelons with a dull pop.

Immediately following, under the control of Wang Jue's psychic power, the dagger transformed once more into a streak of pitch-black light, instantly piercing through the head of Xiaoshuai the gunman—who was frantically firing his machine gun—and then through the head of the Flame Squad's sole female member, who was continuously slashing at the surrounding Gale Wolves with her longsword!

At the moment of their deaths, the four members of the Flame Squad were filled only with terror, incomprehension, confusion, and lingering resentment...

They didn't even know what had killed them.

"Rumble..."

The four human corpses were instantly swamped by a horde of Gale Wolves, which eagerly tore apart the flesh and blood of the human bodies on the ground.

At this moment.

Through the crack at the corner of the first floor, Wang Jue calmly watched the scene in the distance where the Gale Wolf King was frantically hunting down the elderly man surnamed Li and Luo Lei.

"Now, six of the seven members of the Flame Squad are dead."

Wang Jue was quite satisfied with everything he had orchestrated: "Fortunately, everything went according to my plan. Although I was the one who struck, they still have no idea who actually killed them."

To be honest, deep down, Wang Jue had no wish to offend that young man; anyone with half a brain could tell that this young master possessed immense backing.

Therefore, the only target left was Jiang Dawei, the leader of the Flame Squad. When Jiang Dawei was together with that young master, Wang Jue wouldn't dare make a move!

Because of the charge of the wolf pack, the entire eight-member team had been split into three groups.

First were the young man and Jiang Dawei fleeing at the very front; second were the elderly man surnamed Li and the middle-aged man Luo Lei, who were entangled by two Level 4 star beasts, the Gale Wolf Kings; and last were the remaining four members of the Flame Squad!

Wang Jue had made his move precisely because Jiang Dawei, the young man, the elderly man surnamed Li, and the middle-aged man Luo Lei had already run far ahead.

They were completely unable to see the plight of the four Flame Squad members who were still trying to break out of the wolf pack behind them, which is why Wang Jue dared to strike!

"Although I failed to wipe out Jiang Dawei in one fell swoop, now that he is separated from the two powerhouses, protected only by Jiang Dawei at the Eight-Star Red realm, one can easily imagine that this young master is probably in deep trouble now," Wang Jue thought to himself.

In his view, even if Jiang Dawei and the young man managed to escape the encirclement of the wolf pack, they had still drawn away a small contingent of roughly a hundred Gale Wolves.

They wouldn't have had an easy time of it even at their peak condition, let alone now, when their stellar energy was heavily depleted after fighting their way out of the pack. Whether they could truly escape alive remained an unknown variable.

Actually, Wang Jue was thoroughly looking forward to seeing the enemy eliminated without him having to lift another finger.

Suddenly.

The battlefield underwent a drastic change!

A blurred human figure appeared within Wang Jue's line of sight.

This blurred human figure was wielding a weapon resembling a club, and with a mere flicker, crossed a distance of hundreds of meters, charging directly into the midst of the Gale Wolf pack.

"Bang!"

With a single strike!

The hundred-odd Gale Wolves surrounding Jiang Dawei and the young man were instantly pulverized into a bloody paste.

"Rumble..."

Only then did the successive sonic booms, generated by the terrifying speed far exceeding the speed of sound, finally ring out.

Following that, the human figure moved again, appearing directly in front of the two Gale Wolf Kings.

"Awooo..."

The two Gale Wolf Kings immediately let out terrified howls and abruptly leaped into the air, attempting to flee!

"Bang!"

The club-like weapon lashed out like lightning, fiercely slamming into one of the Gale Wolf Kings. The entirely azure-colored beast was sent flying a full twenty meters into the air, its scales completely shattering as bright red blood sprayed across the high altitude.

Just as this Gale Wolf King was hurled twenty meters high into the sky,

"Bang!"

The figure caught up to the second Gale Wolf King and delivered another ferocious smash!

This Gale Wolf King was hurled like a bowling ball, crashing into the massive number of Gale Wolves behind it.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang..."

Instantly, the Gale Wolves closest to the impact were shaken to death on the spot, while a large number of wolves slightly further away were sent tumbling backward.

The Gale Wolf King rolled over several times on the ground before finally coming to a stop, completely motionless, with blood pouring continuously from its mouth, nose, and ears.

At the same time,

"Boom!"

The first wolf king that had been hurled high into the sky crashed heavily down onto the ground, also lying completely motionless.

In an instant!

Two Level 4 star beasts were slain!

"Awooo..."

Following the deaths of the two wolf kings, the remaining Level 3 Gale Wolves within the entire pack were utterly terrified. Howling in panic, the entire pack immediately collapsed and began scattering in all directions.

About three seconds later.

The human figure finally solidified into clarity.

Only then did Wang Jue get a clear look at the person: a giant standing at least two meters and twenty or thirty centimeters tall, with facial features as sharp as if carved by a knife. He wore gray combat gear and gripped a massive spiked club in his hands.

The terrifying spikes lining the club were especially hair-raising to look at!

"Holy crap, this is way too monstrous."

Wang Jue looked at the two lifeless carcasses of the Gale Wolf Kings, utterly dumbfounded and too terrified to even breathe heavily: "Such strength... If I'm guessing correctly, this person is definitely a powerhouse of the Green Star realm! No, absolutely! It seems I still need to be careful. If he discovers I'm here and drags me out, I'll be in massive trouble..."

Wang Jue had originally intended to retrieve his projected dagger, but with the arrival of this powerhouse, he could only leave the dagger lying in the grass, not daring to entertain even the slightest thought of calling it back.

"Uncle Lin!" The young man ran over, speaking with fervent gratitude.

"Mr. Lin."

The elderly man surnamed Li and the middle-aged man Luo Lei both bowed respectfully.

The giant smiled and glanced at the young man: "Zhengming, the moment your father received your distress signal and located your coordinates—finding that only Jiang Ge and I were the Green Star realm experts nearby—he notified me immediately. Fortunately, I wasn't far away and managed to arrive in time."

"Uncle Lin, you're saying Uncle Jiang is here too?" Wen Zhengming's eyes lit up.

Just as his voice fell,

Like a gust of wind blowing past, a blurred figure materialized nearby and then solidified into shape.

The newcomer was dressed in black combat uniforms, with handsome features, at first glance looking like a young man in his twenties or thirties.

Seeing the newcomer, the young man shouted happily, "Uncle Jiang."

"Look at this pathetic state you're in," the man addressed as 'Uncle Jiang' said with a faint smile.

Nearby, the middle-aged man Luo Lei and the elderly man surnamed Li did not dare to utter a sound.

Meanwhile, Jiang Dawei, the leader of the Flame Squad, kept scanning the surroundings. When his eyes caught sight of the familiar combat gear, machine guns, and corpse remains scattered not far away, his eyes instantly turned red.

"No... Impossible..."

Unable to help himself, Jiang Dawei rushed toward the location of the combat gear and remains. Staring at the bloody, mangled remains on the ground, he clenched his fists in agony: "I... I don't believe it..."

"Dawei,"

The elderly man surnamed Li barked in a low voice, "The people are already dead now. What's the use of grieving?"

"Oh, what's going on here?" The man surnamed Jiang asked, looking over with a faint smile.

The young man nearby immediately explained with a smile, "Uncle Jiang, it's like this. This time my father sent me out for practical combat training, having Old Li and Luo Lei protect me, and also hiring a team of Star-realm warriors in case our manpower fell short. But this squad had a total of seven members, and now six of them are dead, leaving only him."

"Six out of seven dead?"

A deep voice rumbled from the throat of the giant surnamed Lin: "This squad is weak to the point of being pathetic!"

"Mr. Lin,"

The elderly man surnamed Li said respectfully, "It's not really that the Flame Squad is weak. In fact, a few days prior, while we were out conducting practical combat training for the young master, the two members left behind to guard the stronghold were attacked by star beasts and killed on the spot!"

"And this time, while we were resting on the twelfth floor, we inexplicably came under attack by this massive horde of Gale Wolves. Because those four members possessed inferior strength, they perished in the wolf pack's encirclement."

"Hmm?" The man surnamed Jiang frowned slightly.

The giant surnamed Lin also voiced his doubt, "That feels a bit strange!"

Under normal circumstances, beast packs rarely attack strongholds where human warriors are hiding.

For such an incident to happen twice in succession made it appear all the more bizarre!

Anyone with a brain could easily deduce that someone was plotting against them.

"You don't even have to guess; someone is scheming against you behind your backs."

The man surnamed Jiang said indifferently, "If nothing else, it's likely someone who holds a grudge against the Flame Squad!"

With the arrival of the two powerhouses,

Wang Jue, currently hiding in the first-floor corner not far away, had reduced his breathing to the absolute minimum, not daring to make the slightest sound.

"Hiss..."

When he clearly heard the words of the man surnamed Jiang in the distance, he couldn't help but be greatly startled: "I never expected this guy to guess so accurately!"

On the other side.

Jiang Dawei walked over with bloodshot eyes: "Senior means to say that the people plotting against us behind our backs twice have a grudge against our Flame Squad?"

"Uncle Jiang?" The young man also looked doubtfully toward the man surnamed Jiang.

"Just think about it: although your father has some enemies, those people are either Green Star realm or Blue Star realm! Cultivators of their caliber wouldn't stoop to hunting down a child like you; if they did, your father would surely go mad and wipe out their entire family."

The man surnamed Jiang smiled faintly: "Besides, if a powerhouse like that truly wanted to kill you, the moment you stepped away from the frontline, you'd already be dead. You'd never have survived until now."

"I see." The young man nodded in sudden enlightenment.

He wasn't an idiot; after Uncle Jiang pointed it out, he truly understood the situation now.

If it were genuinely his father's enemies, they would never bother with such roundabout methods. If they struck directly, not a single one of them would have survived.

Using beast packs to ambush them twice in a row—just as Uncle Jiang said—shouldn't be the work of his father's enemies, but rather someone with a vendetta against the Flame Squad!