10 Demon Plains. (2/2)
After the group spent a few hours wandering along the outskirts of the Demon Plains, Liang Zhou's eyes lit up. A short distance away from them, there was a small lake filled with clear water. At the edge of the lake stood a small wolf, a little less than one meter in length. It looked like a small wolf, but there were roods and vines coiling around its body, making it clear that it was not a normal wolf.
”That is a Vine Wolf. It is a Demonic beast that has the plant element, it is perfect for Little Sister Xinyi. It does not seem to have reached the same level of strength as a Demonic beast that has opened its dantian, so we should be able to handle it. You retreat into the forest first, I will lure it over.”
Liang Zhou explained the properties of the small wolf, before sending Li Yang and Liang Xinyi back into the forest. Since they had walked in a circle around the outskirts of the Demon Plains, the forest was still right behind them.
Li Yang, Liang Xinyi, and Xiao Wei retreated back into the forest, waiting for Liang Zhou to lure over the Vine Wolf. After making sure that the others had retreated into the forest, Liang Zhou moved closer to the Vine Wolf, removing his Demon Concealing Vine as he did so.
The moment he removed his Demon Concealing Vine, the Vine Wolf immediately noticed him. It turned it's head toward him, letting out a low growl as a sign of warning. Seeing that Liang Zhou did not stop approaching it, the Vine wolf slightly bent it's body, baring its claws and fangs.
Liang Zhou took another step forward, and the Vine Wolf immediately attacked, dashing directly towards him. Seeing the Vine Wolf charge at him, Liang Zhou retreated with all his might, moving into the forest. The Vine Wolf did not stop chasing him, after all, as a Demonic beast with the plant element, the forest was it's home.
”Now!”
The moment the Vine Wolf entered the forest, Liang Zhou called out. Xiao Wei dashed out from it's hiding spot, taking up position next to Liang Zhou. Li Yang did not leave his hiding place, instead choosing to silently move through the forest, circling the Vine Wolf. Liang Xinyi strung her bow, preparing an arrow.
The Vine Wolf quickly realized that it had been tricked, and moved to leave the forest. Liang Xinyi shot the arrow she had strung, causing it to fly towards the Vine Wolf. The Vine wolf managed to dodge the arrow, but it was forced to dodge towards Liang Zhou and Xiao Wei, who both moved to attack him.
Despite both Liang Zhou and Xiao Wei moving to attack the Vine Wolf, the Vine Wolf clearly had the advantage in speed. It kicked off with its legs, dodging Liang Zhou's bone hammer and Xiao Wei's jaws.
Another arrow came flying towards the Vine Wolf, forcing it to once more change its direction. It had just dodged the arrow when it suddenly felt a strong sense of danger coming from its side. It moved away on instinct, narrowly dodging a sword strike that flashed out from the forest.
After dodging the sword strike, the Vine Wolf realized that these people would not allow it to leave the forest. In that case, the only option it had was to take them all down, if it did not, it would die. The first person it set its eyes on was Liang Xinyi.
Her ranged support could easily cause it to fall into a disadvantage if it was not careful, and she also seemed to be the weakest. After making up its mind, the Vine Wolf immediately charged at Liang Xinyi. Li Yang tried to catch up since he was slightly closer to Liang Xinyi than Liang Zhou, but he was too slow to immediately catch up.
Seeing the Vine Wolf charge at her, Liang Xinyi quickly paled, her limbs turning stiff as her body froze. Attacking it from a distance was one thing, seeing it up close like this was completely different. The vine Wolf sent its body crashing into Liang Xinyi's abdomen, sending her body backward and causing blood to spew out of her mouth. A slight crunching sound rang out as two of her ribs broke.
The wolf raised it's paw, slamming its claws down towards her head to finish the job. But it was at this time that Li Yang managed to catch up, reaching Liang Xinyi's side. He threw his body down, grabbing onto Liang Xinyi and rolling to the side of the attack.
Him rolling to the side forced the Vine Wolf to alter the direction of its attack, weakening it significantly. But the attack still landed on Li Yang, its claws creating three bloody marks that went from the middle of his forehead, down over his right eye and down to his cheek.
Li Yang finished rolling to the side, quickly standing up and pushing Liang Xinyi towards Liang Zhou. The three bloody marks on his face burned with pain, blood running down his face. It made for quite a gruesome sight, and it would probably leave a scar.
But Li Yang did not care. All he felt right now was excitement. His heart was beating like a drum, his face alight with searing pain, his blood was rushing through his body like a tidal wave, he felt like every inch of his body was filled with strength. He had never felt this much excitement in his life, it was like his entire body was screaming in joy and excitement.
With his sword in his right hand, he locked eyes with the wolf, licking some blood from his lips as he did so. Seeing the mad glint of excitement in the eyes of Li Yang, the Vine Wolf could not help but slightly falter. It had never seen such an expression before, it could not help but feel a slight amount of fear.