The shadowy wind pouring from the Blood Wolf God Shadow’s mouth was intensely corrosive. Li Heng had no desire to be eroded by it. Even though this was a Dungeon, he didn’t want to suffer a severe injury and be forced to leave at such a critical moment.
After all, Li Heng was only now starting to get a feel for this Divine-level Wolf King Mountain. It would be a real shame to withdraw now.
So, after "recovering," he immediately threw the flying knife in his left hand, teleporting away in retreat. He wasn’t sure if his previous attack had been effective.
After moving more than ten meters away, Li Heng looked toward the Blood Wolf God Shadow and saw that the phantom form was no longer coalescing where he had just attacked its foreleg.
’Looking at it... could it be that my last attack actually worked?’
Li Heng saw that the other parts of the Blood Wolf God Shadow still seemed to be coalescing. He steadied his nerves slightly and then charged forward again using the Wolf Walk Technique.
He kept his Shangxue Flying Knife ready, prepared to either teleport to safety or charge in again.
So far, the only method of attack Li Heng had seen from the Blood Wolf God Shadow was its gusting, corrosive, shadowy wind.
Throwing a flying knife allowed him to teleport and dodge. Seeing that his attacks were effective, he focused his offense entirely on its forelegs.
He maintained this attack pattern: first, he would charge in with the Wolf Walk Technique, and then, after the shadow wolf’s mouth opened to spew its shadowy wind, he would throw a flying knife to retreat.
This continued until Li Heng had used up all his flying knives.
Li Heng lost count of how many times he had gone back and forth. During one exchange, his dodge was a fraction of a second too slow, and the shadowy wind grazed his back.
Li Heng’s back had already been seared by the Blood Wolf Divine Guard’s blood mist. After being grazed by the shadowy wind, a sharp pain shot through it, followed by a sensation like countless ants and insects gnawing at his flesh.
This feeling of being gnawed on by insects lasted for nearly five minutes before it slowly subsided.
During this time, Li Heng took two pain-relieving pills and, for good measure, took a small sip of Qingfeng Drunk.
The sensation of insects gnawing on him faded, but after it was gone, Li Heng couldn’t feel his back at all.
’This shadowy wind... this probably doesn’t even count as a proper attack. If I wait for this Blood Wolf God Shadow to fully solidify, it’ll be far more terrifying...’
Although Li Heng had suffered a serious injury, he had made some gains. After all, from what he could see, the Blood Wolf God Shadow had now only solidified its wolf head, torso, and tail.
Its forelegs were ’in pieces,’ and the phantom of its left hind leg was likewise ’in pieces,’ with only scattered black mist remaining.
Meanwhile, visibility had increased from the original twenty meters to thirty or forty meters, and the black mist had dispersed and thinned considerably.
But the sky remained black, and the Blood Wolf God Shadow was also black. The only contrast was Li Heng in his blood-stained white, ancient-style robes, his sleeves fluttering in the mountain gusts.
Li Heng himself swayed along with the mountain wind.
Blood Wolf God Shadow: Eroded. Damaged
Level: 63
Tier: Tier Six Low-Grade Soul Beast
Strength: 73 (-10)
Agility: 63 (-20)
Spirit: 78 (-5)
Soul Qi: 100,000
Li Heng had little strength left. The constant back-and-forth had left him physically exhausted, and his mental state was poor.
But his half-day’s effort had not been in vain. At least the Blood Wolf God Shadow’s stats, aside from Spirit, had been significantly reduced.
Li Heng felt he was nearing his limit. Looking at the nearly solidified Blood Wolf God Shadow not far away, he thought for a moment and then sat down right where he was.
After all, the Blood Wolf God Shadow’s name was now completely red, which meant it was in a combat state. Leaving a Dungeon during combat incurred a penalty, and dying also incurred a penalty.
It was just a matter of how great the penalty would be. Remembering he still had two uses of his Talisman, Li Heng simply sat on the ground, pulled out a jar of Qingfeng Drunk, and started drinking.
’I’ve had enough pain for one day anyway. Bring on the agony of refining Soul Power! I’m curious to see what kind of tricks this Blood Wolf God Shadow has up its sleeve.’
Li Heng’s thoughts were nonchalant; he had completely let go. Things had already reached this point, so there was no use overthinking it.
AWOOOO~~
While Li Heng sat there drinking, the Blood Wolf God Shadow finished solidifying from its black, misty phantom state. Once fully corporeal, it let out a series of piercing wolf howls.
Li Heng let the wolf howl. The worst that could happen was death. And since he wasn’t afraid of dying, he had nothing left to fear. He just kept staring at the Blood Wolf God Shadow.
But gradually, as Li Heng watched the Blood Wolf God Shadow solidify, he began to feel a little bewildered.
Because the distant Blood Wolf God Shadow, upon fully solidifying, didn’t immediately attack him. Instead, it collapsed straight to the ground.
Seeing this, Li Heng took a large gulp of Hundred-Year-Old Qingfeng Wine. He figured his continuous attacks on the Blood Wolf God Shadow’s forelegs and hind legs must have had a significant effect, causing it to lose the ability to support itself.
AWOOOO~~
The piercing howls were incessant. Li Heng found them grating, but because of the distance between them, they weren’t as close as before, so his ears didn’t hurt as much. Still, they were jarring.
Li Heng watched the fallen Blood Wolf God Shadow, the continuous howling still ringing in his ears. If he could ignore the grating sound, he felt strangely at ease. Drinking the Hundred-Year-Old Qingfeng Wine like this had a certain unique flavor to it.
But being at ease was one thing; the kick from the Hundred-Year-Old Qingfeng Wine was quite strong. After about four gulps, Li Heng was starting to feel it.
The pain surged through him instantly, everywhere except for his back. This time, even his teeth ached.
And so, the situation became rather "bizarre."
On one side of the Divine-level Wolf King Mountain’s summit, the Blood Wolf God Shadow lay on the ground. Its two front legs had been hacked to pieces by Li Heng, and one of its hind legs was also "in pieces" from the lower leg down.
Its howls had basically turned into "wails," the piercing cries now laced with an undertone of agony.
Meanwhile, Li Heng, after drinking the Hundred-Year-Old Qingfeng Wine, had collapsed on his side of the Divine-level Wolf King Mountain. The wine was refining his Soul Power, but it also sent pain coursing through his entire body.
Since he couldn’t feel his back, Li Heng had started by just gritting his teeth and curling into a ball. But after curling up for a good while, he couldn’t bear it any longer and started rolling around on the ground.
At this moment on Divine-level Wolf King Mountain, the black mist had completely dispersed, but on its two opposing ends, there was no substantial movement.
There was only a man and a wolf, both in mortal agony!
[Ding! Your actions have incurred the hatred of the Blood Wolf God Shadow. The clear conditions for Divine-level Wolf King Mountain have changed. Please check for details at your convenience.]