The Emperor is Above

Chapter 45 Blood Wolf Beastmaster
"Is anyone injured?"

"I'm fine, I'm fine—"

"A lot of the bonfires we used for lighting the perimeter just now have gone out, so hurry up and light them up again!"

"If you are injured, come here quickly. There is medicine to stop the bleeding."

After the wolves retreated, there was a commotion on the top of the hill. Dozens of people were busy and organized, and soon the defenses were restored and strengthened a lot.

"Chief, are you okay?"

Chai Yong was so busy that he was sweating profusely. He hurried to Qing Yi with a big animal bone knife in his hand. He led everyone to repel the sneak attack of more than a dozen wild wolves and had no time to help Qing Yi at all.

"Uncle Chai, I'm fine. How many of us were injured? I didn't expect these beasts to be so cunning. They actually used a trick to attack the caravan near the pavilion to divert our attention. They almost succeeded!"

Qing Yi secretly thanked his lucky stars that he had brought the little fox with him when he set out. He wiped the sword clean and put it back, then took out a ten-stone strong bow and focused on observing the wolf pack roaming around in the night.

"Ouch——"

The wild wolves were howling incessantly in all directions, but because the two leading ninth-grade wild wolves were injured one after another, there was no sign of them continuing their attack for the time being.

"Fortunately, the little fox gave us an early warning, otherwise tonight would have been a bit mysterious. No one died just now, but Xizi's second uncle was scratched and has been given medicine. However, several servants of Tushigu were so scared that they wet their pants."

Chai Yong looked very fortunate. Facing two ninth-grade wild wolves and a night attack by more than a dozen wild wolves, only one person was injured. He would not have dared to imagine this last year.

"Brother, you are really wronged!"

Qing Yi heard the shouting of Tun Shigu behind him. He saw that his three layers of armor looked like a ball, and he was still holding a longbow tightly in his hand, but the quiver on his waist was still full of arrows.

In the battle just now, the performance of the Tuan family servants was too much for even a thick-skinned man like him to bear, but when he heard Chai Yong's ridicule, he couldn't help but defend himself:

"Everyone please be a little more understanding. These guys are fine as craftsmen doing odd jobs, but don't expect them to fight in battle."

"Brother Shi Gu also deserves credit. If it weren't for your thirty sets of armor so that everyone could have two sets, I'm afraid there would have been many more people injured just now."

After Qing Yi consoled Master Tu Gu for a few words, he stared at the darkness in the distance of the hill and said slowly, "Except for the wild wolves that were killed, there are at least thirty-six wild wolves around, two of which are ninth-grade exotic beasts—no, there are three!"

"Ouch——"

As if in response to his words, an extremely powerful wolf howl was heard in the darkness. Even though the wolf had not been seen yet, the sound alone was enough to give people a strong sense of oppression.

"Eighth-rank Wild Wolf? It really is an eighth-rank Wild Wolf!"

Chai Yong and Tu Shigu cried out at almost the same time. Tu Shigu's legs became weak and his eyes widened. He kept muttering, "This place is only ninety miles away from the capital. How could there be an eighth-grade wild wolf?"

"Even the king was attacked by a fourth-grade giant bear in the suburbs of the capital during winter hunting. Why is it so strange that an eighth-grade wild wolf appeared here?"

Qing Yi couldn't help but glance at Tun Shigu, staring at the direction where the wolf howl came from. An extremely strong and tall wild wolf slowly walked out of the darkness.

This wild wolf was seven feet tall and almost six feet long. Its black-grey fur was dotted with blood-red hairs. Its four fangs were two and a half feet long, and its blood-red eyes made it look extremely ferocious and brutal.

However, Qing Yi's attention was fixed on a thin figure on the wolf's back. Obviously, this figure was the beastmaster of the Blood Wolf Tribe.

In the darkness, one could only make out that he was wearing a blood-red cloak, but could not clearly see the beastmaster's appearance. There were a dozen figures following the eighth-grade wild wolf a few feet behind. They were probably the dozen or so wild bandits from the Blood Wolf tribe who had escaped earlier.

When the two injured ninth-grade wild wolves saw the human figure on the wolf's back, they were like wronged children seeing their parents. They crouched forward and whimpered continuously as if complaining.

The other thirty or so ordinary wild wolves wanted to get closer, but they stopped ten feet away in fear and knelt down to worship the eighth-grade wild wolf.

"Thank you for your hard work, my dear children!"

The beastmaster of the Blood Wolf Tribe jumped down from the wolf's back and gently stroked the heads of the two ninth-grade wild wolves. His voice sounded old and sinister.

He first took out something from his body and fed it to the two ninth-grade wild wolves, so that the injured and panicked ninth-grade wild wolves could get some comfort. Then he said in an angry voice,
"Lang Sheng was an idiot. He didn't know how to distinguish the truth from the falsehood when he received the news from outsiders. He rushed forward rashly and was killed. Not only did he lose his life, but he also lost so many men.

If this reckless man had a little bit of brains and waited until I finished my work before taking action, there wouldn't be so many casualties even if we stormed there."

"Don't blame me, Old Man Kuxue. The leader has always been impatient. As soon as he got the news, he was eager to avenge your tamed beast."

A bald and strong wild man said in a loud voice, "I just didn't expect that the other party concealed the information they gave us. The leader was shot dead on the spot by the wolf tooth rune arrow, and the brothers also suffered heavy casualties and had to flee.

Fortunately, you, Kuxue Weng, finished your work ahead of time and rushed back. Now with your eighth-grade tamed wolf, we will surely kill them all and avenge our leader and brothers."

"Of course we must kill them all!" the Blood Wolf Beastmaster said in an annoyed tone.
"Years ago, one of my children was killed, but this boy picked him up and presented him to the Lord of Xing as an annual tribute. I want to take out all their hearts and use them as a sacrifice to my dead child."

After that, he said to the eighth-rank wild wolf beside him: "Big wolf boy, the second and third wolves failed in their sneak attack and were injured. I will have to trouble you to take charge for now."

"Ouch——"

There was a gleam of wisdom in the eyes of the eighth-grade wild wolf. He nodded to the beastmaster, as if to say, "Don't worry about me."

As it continued to growl, more than ten of the thirty-six wild wolves continued to surround the caravan camp. Their ferocious eyes made everyone in the caravan feel scared.

Another twenty or so wild wolves rushed towards the hill again, but they did not charge forward. Instead, they made everyone in Huaiqiu mentally tired.

B held a ten-stone strong bow and loaded an arrow, intending to use the wolf-fang rune arrow to shoot the eighth-grade wild wolf, but because the distance was too far, he was not sure of killing it with one shot.

They turned their attention to the ordinary wild wolves that were harassing the hillock. There were as many as twenty wild wolves. Even if it was just a simple tactic to tire out the enemy, Chai Yong and others were in a panic.

After shooting and wounding two wild wolves, they became smarter and specifically avoided Qing Yi's location. He could not take care of them all by himself, which made everyone on the hill more tired.

"Ah wu——"

The little white fox called out to Qing Yi in a cute way, but seeing that Qing Yi had no time to pay attention to it, it simply jumped off the carriage and ran to a horizontal beam at the outermost edge of the camp.

The originally crystal clear eyes now emitted a brilliant light, which was particularly conspicuous in the dark night. It was obvious that the little creature intended to use its magic power of illusion to interfere with or even control the wild wolf pack.

There were seven or eight wild wolves that were close and were caught off guard. Their movements gradually became stiff. The next moment, the eighth-rank wild wolf howled towards the sky and immediately broke the little fox's illusion.

"Huh? The kids come back first!"

The Blood Wolf Tribe beastmaster first made a surprised sound, then carefully observed the little white fox's eyes that were emitting five-colored light, and couldn't help but laugh in surprise, "It's really the Black Wind God's blessing, my opportunity for Dry Blood has finally come."

(End of this chapter)