Swallowed Star: Lord of the Wolf

"Oh? Easily imprisoning space? Able to withstand eternal pressure?" Helian Xiao's hoarse voice, like sandpaper being rubbed, rang out, filled with intense interest and a hint of doubt. "Three Void True Gods, one of whom is a little girl who just broke through, dare to parade around with such a treasure? Interesting..."

The red, gleaming eyes swept over Yan Feng, and the invisible pressure made Yan Feng almost suffocate.

"I dare not conceal anything! If there is even the slightest falsehood, I am willing to suffer the torment of being devoured by a blood blade!" Yan Feng hurriedly swore an oath.

"Hmm..." Helian Xiao nodded slowly, his fat fingers tapping lightly on the armrest of the bone chair, making a dull sound. "Investigate! Use all your informants to keep an eye on those three unfamiliar faces! Especially that wolf leader, find their hideout!"

"Yes!" came several replies from the shadows.

Helian Xiao's eyes gleamed with greedy red light: "An eternal-level spatial treasure... Heh heh, it's a complete waste to leave it in the hands of a few minor Void True Gods! In Blackstone City... Killing a few Void True Gods and stealing a few items is just adding a few more entries to the 'cleanup fee' book for the City Lord's Mansion!"

His massive body leaned slightly forward, like a mountain of flesh and blood about to collapse, and he said coldly to his subordinates in the shadows, "Once we find the person, I will personally go and 'take' him!"

……

The name "Luan Shi Ku" (乱石窟) Inn is quite fitting.

It is located in the northwest corner of Blackrock City in a messy area formed by huge black boulders piled up and carved out. It is dark, damp, chaotic, and the air is always filled with the smell of cheap liquor, sweat and some kind of mold.

This is one of the gathering places for rogue cultivators and outlaws at the bottom of Blackrock City. It's a mixed bag, which also means it's relatively cheap and... "safe"—at least provided you can afford the room, the innkeeper will symbolically guarantee that guests won't be arbitrarily trespassed and killed on his territory.

Cangya and his two companions chose to settle here because of its inconspicuousness and chaos.

Inside the narrow stone house, there was only a simple stone bed and table. Cang Ya sat cross-legged on the only stone bed, closing his eyes to regulate his breathing. He appeared calm, but the divine power within his body remained highly vigilant at all times.

Meng Cha stood by the window, her emerald green snake tail coiled around her, her mind like the most sensitive antennae, silently sensing every energy fluctuation and life force in the inn and even the surrounding streets. Yu Ji, on the other hand, paced back and forth in the small space with some restlessness. Her Firefly Armor was dim and lacked luster, and her beautiful face showed a trace of anxiety at first sight and a strong longing for her father.

"The environment here is really bad. It's a pity we don't have the currency of the Origin Continent, and all the treasures we have are needed, so we can't sell them for money." Yu Ji wasn't a pampered young lady, but the environment here was indeed the worst she had ever lived in.

Cangya opened his wolf eyes, his voice low and deep: "Junior sister, please calm down. Blackstone City is no safe place. We just need to follow Master's instructions and wait quietly for Uncle Guji to come and fetch us. Mistress, what's the situation outside?"

Meng Cha frowned slightly and withdrew her senses: "There are at least seven groups of probing auras from different sources inside and outside the inn, ranging in strength from True God to Void True God. Two of them... carry a bloodthirsty aura and are the most frequently targeting our stone house, coming from the direction of the 'Bone-Eating Tavern' across the street. They are very cautious and do not approach."

“It’s my fault…” A cold glint flashed in Cangya’s eyes.

When he let Yan Feng go, he had anticipated the possibility of trouble, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly. In almost half a day, someone came looking for him.

The words have not yet been spoken!

boom--! ! !
A deafening roar suddenly exploded overhead, and the roof of the stone house where the three of them were located, along with the several layers of thick black rock above it, was instantly torn apart and annihilated as if made of paper by a violent and incomparable torrent of dark red energy carrying a strong bloody aura.

The gravel and dust poured down like a torrential rain.

The terrifying, eternal pressure, like a tangible sea of ​​blood, instantly filled the small space, locking Cangya and the other two firmly in place. The air became viscous like blood, carrying a nauseating, sweet-smelling stench.

"You little bugs who stole my treasure, you've been hiding pretty well!" A hoarse voice, like sandpaper rubbing against bones, filled with cruel mockery, echoed over the ruins.

Amidst the billowing smoke and dust, three figures hovered in mid-air.

The leader was none other than Helian Xiao, the vice president of the Blood Blade Society, also known as "Blood Butcher"!

His massive body was still wrapped in a wide blood-red robe, revealing only his eyes that gleamed with a cruel and greedy red light. In his hand he held a huge bone blade with a ferocious shape and wrapped in dark red blood energy—the Blood Slaughter Blade. Behind him, two trusted subordinates at the peak of the Void True God level, like vicious wolves ready to devour their prey, blocked all possible escape routes for Cangya and his companions from the left and right.

Below, a dozen elite members of the Blood Blade Society, clad in blood-red leather armor, had completely surrounded the entire Chaotic Stone Cave Inn area, exuding a murderous aura.

Helian Xiao didn't give Cangya and the others any chance to react or speak.

Greedy eyes instantly locked onto Cangya, as if piercing through his divine body to see the dormant treasure!

"Return my pagoda and I'll leave you with your whole corpses!" Helian Xiao sneered, casually swinging his Blood Slaughter Blade forward.

Tsk-!
A dark red blade of light, condensed to its extreme and seemingly capable of slicing through the void, slashed toward Cangya's head with a shrill shriek.

Even a casual strike from the Eternal True God would be far beyond what the Void True God could withstand. He intended to kill the strongest wolf leader with lightning speed, intimidate the other two, and then calmly seize the pagoda.

"Senior brother!" Yu Ji exclaimed in shock, her Flowing Firefly Armor instinctively about to unleash its starlight.

"careful!"

Cangya's pupils suddenly contracted into dangerous needle-like points. Facing this sure-kill strike, he did not hesitate at all and let out a wolf howl that could pierce through metal and split rocks!
"Roar--!!!"

A fierce aura originating from the depths of his bloodline suddenly erupted, instantly activating the dormant Star Tower within his body.

hum! ! !
A golden tower shadow, incredibly condensed and radiating an aura of eternal immortality, suddenly burst forth from the top of Cangya's head. The tower shadow was only about ten feet tall, yet it contained a pressure even stronger than that of Helian Xiao!

The tower was ancient and desolate, with countless star runes flowing around it, and it instantly met the dark red blade of light.

Clang—!!
A deafening roar erupted in this chaotic corner of Blackrock City, and a violent energy shockwave swept in all directions like a tsunami. The already messy buildings in the chaotic cave area collapsed and crumbled in large sections, like sandcastles swept by a gale.

Smoke and dust rise into the sky!

Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump...

Cangya's body trembled violently, and he staggered back more than ten steps. Each step left spiderweb-like cracks in the hard black ground. His face turned pale instantly, and a trace of pale golden divine blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

The golden tower shadow shook violently, its light dimming considerably, but it ultimately managed to steadily block Helian Xiao's strike, which contained the essence of eternity.

"What?!" Helian Xiao's bloodshot eyes instantly erupted with unprecedented greed and ecstasy. "What a treasure! It really is a treasure!!! Hahahaha!!"

How could a mere Void God withstand his full-force attack with the help of this tower?
This is absolutely a top-tier treasure that surpasses ordinary eternal-level treasures!
The two Void God subordinates behind him were also stunned by this scene.

"Senior Brother!" Yu Ji seized the opportunity to rush to Cang Ya's side, channeling the treasure that restored his divine body into him to help stabilize his injuries. Meng Cha had already transformed into a streak of emerald light, her snake tail swaying as she protected the three of them. At the same time, her lips parted slightly, and a piercing shriek, accompanied by emerald green sonic ripples, suddenly spread out—a secret technique of willpower attack!
hum!
The sound wave swept over the two peak Void True Gods behind Helian Xiao. Caught off guard, their souls were struck as if by a heavy hammer. They groaned, their movements slowed instantly, and pain appeared in their eyes.

"A mere trick!" Although Helian Xiao was surprised that this little Void True God actually cultivated a secret technique of will, as the vice president of the dark forces, he naturally had his own way of cultivating it.

He let out a cold snort, his blood-red robe billowing, and his will, at the level of an eternal true god, easily crushed the soul's sonic waves. He stared greedily at the dim yet still supremely majestic golden tower shadow above Cangya's head, his killing intent surging.

"Blood Blade Society internal affairs, all irrelevant people, get out of here!" Helian Xiao roared, stopping the city guards who were rushing over from afar, and also telling the other residents affected to get away.

The Blood Slaughter Blade in his hand erupted with a monstrous crimson light, and a bloody domain, several times more terrifying than before, suddenly descended. Within the domain, the space was as viscous as a pool of blood, and countless twisted, wailing, crimson vengeful spirits appeared, frantically tearing at the divine power, will, and life force of Cang Ya and the other two.

"A sea of ​​blood sinks into the abyss!"

Two Bloodblade Society Void True Gods at the peak, who had just escaped the soul impact, also pounced with savage smiles, each unleashing their killing moves to attack Yu Ji and Meng Cha.

"Master's wife! Junior sister! Form the formation!" Cangya's eyes were bloodshot as he suppressed his surging blood and qi, frantically burning his divine power to inject into the star tower shadow above his head. The tower shadow shone with golden light again, trying its best to resist the terrifying blood sea domain's erosion, while also diverting a portion of its power to protect Yuji and Mengcha.

However, the defense formed by the three people's interconnected auras was like a small boat in a storm, teetering on the brink of collapse under the siege of Helian Xiao's Eternal Domain and a series of powerful figures.

Yu Ji's starlight and Meng Cha's shrieks were constantly torn apart and annihilated by the blood-red light.

The defenses are on the verge of collapse!

"Hehehe... The treasure is mine!" Helian Xiao's eyes flashed with ferocity as he raised his massive bone blade high, gathering a terrifying blood light powerful enough to kill an ordinary Eternal True God.

At this critical moment!
A sudden change occurred!

Wow——!
Like a pebble thrown into a calm lake.

At the heart of the battlefield, less than three feet above Helian Xiao's head, a gentle, water-like ripple suddenly appeared in the void.

The ripples appeared so abruptly and strangely that they instantly attracted the attention of everyone on the battlefield and in the surrounding area.

A plump, fleshy hand covered in dark scales slowly emerged from the center of the ripples, as if trying to scoop the moon from beneath the water.

Then, this seemingly harmless, even somewhat comical hand flicked its finger at the Blood Slaughter Blade below, which contained the full force of Helian Xiao's attack and exuded an aura of world destruction.

Ding~~~~~
A clear, melodious sound, like jade beads falling onto a plate, seemed so eerie and out of place on this violent and bloody battlefield.

however.

It was this seemingly understated and unremarkable shot.

boom--! ! !
An indescribable, terrifying power, seemingly containing the primordial chaos of the universe's beginning, erupted from that fingertip.

The terrifying blood light that Helian Xiao had condensed on the Blood Slaughter Blade, enough to kill an eternal true god, melted and vanished instantly like ice and snow thrown into the scorching sun, without making a sound. The huge bone blade itself, comparable to an eternal divine weapon, let out a mournful cry of unbearable burden.

Click!

Click!
Spiderweb-like cracks instantly covered the blade of the Blood Butcher Blade.

"puff--!"

Helian Xiao's massive body was struck head-on by an invisible giant hammer, crashing heavily into the ruins below. Fragments of shattered bone blades pierced his own flesh, mixing with the gushing golden divine blood, turning him into a pitiful blood gourd!

"who?!!!"

His all-out attack was annihilated by a seemingly harmless hand that suddenly appeared... with a flick of its finger?!

Even his natal divine weapon shattered?!
What terrifying power this is!
hum!hum!hum!
Just as Helian Xiao was shaken to his core and the Blood Blade Society members were horrified, the space around Cangya and the other two rippled like water in eight directions.

Eight towering figures, each shrouded in dark gold heavy armor and possessing a terrifying aura of peak Eternal True God, emerged silently from the void like demon gods stepping out of an ancient battlefield.

The Eight Guardians of Xuanhu!

Arrive!

The moment they appeared, a chilling, murderous, and seemingly time-freezing battle intent instantly enveloped the entire area. The previously rampant sea of ​​blood contracted and twisted violently as if it had encountered its nemesis, emitting a hissing wail.

The entire chaotic battlefield fell into a deathly silence the moment these eight figures appeared.

All that remained were Helian Xiao's heavy breathing and the mournful sound of the Blood Slaughter Blade shattering.

Wow~~~~
Ripples spread across the void.

Immediately afterwards, a round creature, no more than three feet tall, covered in dark scales, and with a pair of huge, clear golden eyes—Guji—slowly strolled out of the ripples as if stepping on invisible stairs.

He hovered in mid-air, patting non-existent dust off his belly. His enormous golden eyes swept with interest over Helian Xiao, who was terrified and looked as if his spine had been ripped out, then over the eight dark gold armored guards who stood like javelins around Cangya and the other two, radiating the terrifying pressure of the peak of the Eternal True God. Finally, his gaze fell on Cangya and the other two, who were connected by their breath in the ruins, covered in wounds but with bright eyes.

“Madam, Miss, Cangya Boy,” Guji grinned, revealing two rows of fine, sharp teeth. His voice was as relaxed as if he were greeting someone in his own backyard, yet it clearly pierced through the frozen silence above the ruins. “Master sent me to take you home.”

Those enormous golden eyes turned to Helian Xiao, who lay sprawled in a pool of blood, his bones mostly shattered, his eyes filled with endless fear and disbelief. His tone still held a hint of mockery, but deep within those golden pupils gleamed a cold indifference, as if he were looking at roadside dust: "As for you, you stupid pig..."

The chubby hand casually beckoned to Helian Xiao, "Dare to touch a single hair on my lady's head? Tsk tsk..."

"Kneel down before me!"

The last two words, Guji's voice suddenly became deep and majestic, no longer a playful sound, but like thunder from the heavens exploding in the depths of the soul.

An indescribable, chaotic pressure, seemingly capable of bearing down the entire universe, descended with a deafening roar! (End of Chapter)