The Martial Saint Started from Scavenging

Meanwhile, deep within the canyon.

A man dressed in black clothes specially made by the Blood Pact Merchant Guild and with a hideous scar on his face was pacing back and forth in agitation.

He was the person in charge of this operation to capture Ye Sheng—Blood Wolf, a genuine early-stage Bone Forging Realm martial artist.

"What the hell is that damn Hu Ba doing? Is he a tortoise? He still hasn't brought anyone over?"

Blood Wolf spat fiercely and cursed at one of his subordinates beside him.

"Brother Wolf, don't worry. That kid is carrying a sickly burden, so he'll definitely be walking slowly. I reckon they'll be here soon."

A weasel-faced, sharp-mouthed henchman immediately fawned over him.

"Are we almost there?"

Blood Wolf's eyes widened, and he slapped his subordinate across the face, roaring, "Damn it, what time is it?! We've received a death order: we must catch that kid today!"

"Remember, capture that Ye Sheng alive! Five hundred taels of silver for him alive! Three hundred taels for him dead!"

Five hundred taels!

Upon hearing this, the assassins from the nearby chamber of commerce suddenly began to breathe heavily, their eyes gleaming with a greedy green light.

This huge sum of money was enough for them to buy a luxury mansion in Qingyun City and enjoy the rest of their lives in comfort.

"I'm not afraid to tell you, this bounty order was issued directly by the Eastern Region Branch."

Blood Wolf lowered his voice, his tone mysterious and solemn, and said to the crowd, "It's said that the young man possesses something belonging to Lord Silver Mask. Whoever retrieves it will not only receive a reward but also be personally received by the branch leader, with limitless potential for the future!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's blood boiled, and they rubbed their hands together, eager to fight. These people were quite strong, all of them being martial artists in the late stage of the entry-level realm.

Just then, footsteps and voices came from the entrance of the canyon.

"They're here!" one of the assassins on lookout duty whispered.

Blood Wolf's spirits lifted. He gave his men a wink and barked, "Hide yourselves! Once they enter the ambush zone, shoot everyone except Ye Sheng with arrows!"

"Remember, try not to leave any survivors, including those hunters who led the way and that sickly fellow!"

"Yes!" Everyone immediately held their breath and hid behind rocks and bushes, nocking their bows and arrows, the cold arrowheads pointing straight at the entrance of the canyon.

The footsteps drew closer. Soon, five figures came into view—it was Hu Ba and his four henchmen.

"Hmm? Why are there only a few of them? Where are the two target kids?" Blood Wolf frowned and signaled his assassins to hold off on their mission.

As soon as Hu Ba stepped into the encirclement, he immediately raised his voice, beaming, and shouted, "Brother Wolf! Brother Wolf! We've come to report!"

Blood Wolf, his face grim, emerged from behind a boulder and asked coldly, "Hu Ba, where are those two brats?"

Hu Ba hurriedly bowed and scraped as he ran forward, flatteringly saying, "Brother Wolf, don't worry. Those two lads are very cunning. They seem to have sensed something. They entered the canyon on their own before dawn this morning. I guess they're trying to take a shortcut to escape."

"I was just about to go into the valley, capture them, and present them to you, Brother Wolf!"

"What? They've already come in on their own? How come we didn't notice?"

Blood Wolf narrowed his eyes, a bad premonition suddenly welling up in his heart.

Just as he was about to ask more questions, a deafening, violent roar suddenly came from the depths of the canyon.

"roar--!!!"

The roar was filled with boundless rage and fury, causing the entire canyon to tremble violently, with rocks falling from the side walls as if it were about to collapse.

"It's...it's an armored rhinoceros!" Hu Ba's face turned deathly pale as he exclaimed in horror, "Why did it suddenly go berserk? It should be sleeping right now!"

Blood Wolf's face also suddenly darkened.

As a Bone Forging Realm martial artist, he was naturally familiar with the Ironclad Rhinoceros, a level two demonic beast and the absolute overlord of this Black Wind Ridge.

An adult armored rhinoceros is as strong as a martial artist in the early stage of the Bone Forging Realm. It has thick skin and flesh and is incredibly strong. Once it goes berserk, even he has to flee far away and dare not provoke it.

"Everyone, be on guard!" Blood Wolf acted decisively, roaring as he drew a standard-issue longsword from his waist.

"Rumble..."

At this moment, the ground began to shake violently, as if thousands of horses were galloping through the canyon.

In the blink of an eye, from the depths of the canyon, a massive figure, as large as a small mountain, charged forward with a fierce and overwhelming aura.

It was a terrifying behemoth resembling a giant elephant, standing three zhang tall, its entire body covered in thick, iron-gray armor that gleamed with a metallic sheen in the sunlight.

Atop its head was a sharp, single horn over four meters long, resembling a giant siege spike, gleaming coldly; its enormous eyes were blood-red and terrifying, filled with frenzied violence and madness.

Even more terrifying, behind it followed a group of equally alarmed and frenzied monsters: hordes of iron-backed jackals, ferocious shadow-clawed weasels, man-eating mushroom boars, and eerie mist-hidden lizards...

They swarmed together, forming an unstoppable miniature beast tide!

"Damn it! How could this be? What kind of drugs have these beasts taken?"

Blood Wolf cursed loudly, utterly bewildered. How could his carefully laid plan of trapping the turtle in a jar have turned into this?

Little did he know that just moments ago, the pebble Ye Sheng had carefully wrapped with "Bone-Rotting Flower" powder and monster-attracting powder had been silently launched using that simple energy-gathering array, landing precisely in the Ironclad Rhinoceros's nest and exploding directly on the face of that sleeping mountain overlord.

"Quick! Fire arrows! Stop them!" Blood Wolf roared hoarsely.

Upon hearing this, the merchant assassins panicked and began firing arrows at the armored rhinoceros charging at the front.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The arrows rained down, striking the armored rhinoceros's carapace, but only producing a series of crisp "clanging" sounds, leaving not even a white mark, as they were all deflected.

"roar!"

The armored rhinoceros was thoroughly enraged by this attack, which felt like a mosquito bite, and its speed suddenly increased.

"Scatter! Scatter now!" Blood Wolf roared in terror.

However, it was too late. In this narrow canyon, they had nowhere to escape.

The armored rhinoceros's massive body, like a runaway heavy tank, crashed straight into the crowd.

Screams, the sound of bones cracking, blood and gore...

In an instant, the entire canyon transformed into a hellish landscape.

Hu Ba and the other four hunters were the weakest and slowest, and were the first to be swallowed up by the raging beast tide. They were trampled into mincemeat before they could even scream.

The assassins from the Blood Pact Merchant Guild, though each possessed exceptional skills, appeared incredibly fragile and insignificant in the face of this devastating and raging beast tide.

People were constantly being knocked away by armored rhinoceroses, torn apart by shadow-clawed weasels, and devoured by mushroom pigs.

Blood Wolf brandished his longsword, desperately hacking at the armored rhinoceros, while also dealing with the Shadowclaw Sable that would occasionally sneak up on him.

At this moment, his internal energy erupted, and every strike drew blood. Although he had killed dozens of Shadow Claw Sables and Mushroom Boars in succession, when facing the Armored Rhinoceros, he could only leave shallow white marks on its carapace and could not cause fatal damage.

"Retreat! Retreat now!"

Blood Wolf finally felt fear and decided to retreat, turning to flee out of the canyon.

However, just as he turned around, a sharp blade of light, like a streak of fire, suddenly pierced his heart from the shadow of the rock wall behind him.

It's Ye Sheng!

He had been lying in wait here, like the most patient hunter, patiently waiting for the best opportunity to strike!