101 Hei Gou (1/2)

Xue Wei vanished like a shadow, merging with the wind. The black dog could no longer see him. It could not help but question itself whether this was because of its injuries making its mind muddled or if Xue Wei's movement technique was that much superior.

”Look, it's still here!” one of the people who walked through the thicket located the black dog, and his eyes were filled with excitement.

He was the strongest in the group, a fifth layer Earth Warrior, and he felt incredibly fortunate at the moment.

”I knew we would benefit from following that massive group of cultivators,” the expert continued. ”The dog used the last of its energy to get rid of them, and now we can just step in and take the loot with that group from earlier being none the wiser!”

Just as he spoke and took a step forward, a light flashed, and a swishing sound could be heard.

The expert who had been speaking never even noticed what had happened, his face filled with confusion, when his head started toppling over and fell to the floor.

The cut had been so fast and so sudden that his headless body took an extra step before it too slumped to the ground.

The remaining four experts stopped in their tracks, their faces filled with fear and disbelief.

The attack had been so smooth and perfect, launched right when their senior brother was busy chatting and showing off, and it had ended his life easily.

Xue Wei smirked while merged with the shadows, but he did not waste time.

While they were all filled with shock and dread, before they had time to channel the Qi in their meridians and block any potential attacks, Xue Wei appeared on the left of one of the others. With a swish of his hand, this person too lost his head.

The remaining three experts were so frightened that tears appeared in their eyes. With the overwhelming killing intent that was bearing down on them, their legs trembled, and although they had summoned a Qi guard around their bodies, they knew fairly well that this expert was beyond their strength.

Xue Wei knew that if he were not fast, then one or two of them would run away. He did not wish to create future trouble for himself, so he was moving swiftly, cutting one head after another until only one remained.

”Monster!” the final person called out. ”You are going against your own kind to assist a beast! You will be hunted down and slaughtered like the beast you are trying so eagerly to protect!”

”Well then, come and try me,” Xue Wei's voice drifted out from the wind right next to the speaking expert, who felt his heart jump in fear. Moments after, his head had been severed from the head.

Xue Wei released his breath after the last person died, and rushed back to the black dog that lay there while looking at him with disbelief and a little bit of hope in its eyes.

”You just killed humans,” the dog stated. Xue Wei shrugged his shoulders. ”If they knew who I am, they would have done all in their power to kill me first,” he said in a matter-of-fact way.

”Have you betrayed your own kind for the sake of becoming the slave of us beasts?” there was a bit of contempt in the voice of the black dog, and Xue Wei just glared at him.

”Beasts or humans, it does not matter to me,” he replied straightforwardly. ”Beasts want to kill me; humans want to kill me. I don't even know what I am, where I am from or what to do in the future. If someone shows me respect, I will respect them a hundredfold; if someone wants to harm me or my dear ones, then I will gain my vengeance times thousand.”

The black dog looked at him with astonishment, and suddenly its body shrunk. It transformed from a massive magical beast to become a wounded and battered human.

This human seemed stoic; the face was serious, and the eyes were solemn. It looked at Xue Wei with a pair of eyes that showed a mix of emotions. They contained hatred, disbelief, shock, interest, but also gratitude.

”You are weird,” The human-form Celestial Dog said with a strange deep voice. Its human form, although battered, was incredibly handsome. His raven black hair was messy and seemed to be stiff from dried blood, but even so it could not mask the handsome features of this beast in its human form.

”I am Hei Gou,” the dog introduced himself. ”I am a Celestial Dog.”

Xue Wei pondered for some time as he looked at this dog turned human, before he shook his head. ”Great to meet you,” he said after a bit of hesitation, ”but we need to get going now. If we stay here, we are likely to become the target of others who will return to capture you.”

”You can go ahead and leave me, I don't think I am in any position to move right now,” Hei Gou sighed, his voice containing bitterness and hopelessness, but Xue Wei just shrugged his shoulders and went over to the tall human-form dog.

He then grabbed the arm of the black haired man and dragged him to his feet, slung his arm over his shoulders and neck, and supported him as he slowly began to move away from the location.

”Your abilities are quite astonishing,” Xue Wei said after a bit of time, and Hei Gou snorted in response as if to say that it was obvious.