Chapter 97: Snowy Plains of Blood

  For five consecutive days, he had been traveling through the majestic mountains and vast snowy seas. Guo Fei did not ride his Golden Fur Lion, but instead transformed into a ninja and walked on foot to temper his body. The tempering of his body required daily accumulation, and he dared not slack off in the slightest. Last time when he was promoted to 5th rank Sword Guard, his meridians were faintly sore, indicating that taking one Small Yuan Pellet had strengthened his body, but it would not allow him to rise too high in level, so he must strengthen his training.

  Jīn Máo Hǒu was also released outside, not being absorbed into the Bīng Fú space. Guō Fēi discovered that even if he didn't transform into an axe-riding soldier, his beast shadow energy could still be injected into his body. This actually allowed him to separate from his ride and fight independently.

  Along the way, they finally met a living creature, a group of white wolves. This kind of wolf is thin and long-legged, good at running in the snow, and different from the ordinary wolf. Guo Fei recognized it as the most ferocious beast in winter - the Snow Wolf. It's said that this kind of wolf comes from the far north where there are no ghostly auras, and when winter arrives and food is scarce, they come to the vicinity of Blackstone County in packs.

  Due to the heavy snowstorm, this pack of wolves had not found food for a long time. They caught wind of Guo Fei and his companions' scent from afar and gathered around, howling incessantly, attracting over a hundred of their kind to join in the attack.

  However, what made Guo Fei depressed was that these wolves came to attack, and he didn't even get a chance to take action. The Giant Spirit Team, led by the captain, rushed out instantly, chasing after the wolf pack and killing them, and the hundred wolves were quickly slaughtered.

  What surprised Guo Fei was that Da Jie Zhi Jun was very strict, inheriting his rough and generous personality before his death, with a lot of prestige, and his subordinates listened to him.

  They had only practiced the Six Ding Six Jia Phantom Kill Formation for a short time, but their positioning was already extremely accurate. From afar, the twelve figures blended into the wind and snow, gradually producing an illusory crisscrossing light shadow that seemed like hundreds of people moving about. Moreover, the killing intent between them was like the morning mist refracting sunlight, making it seem elusive and unpredictable. The wolf pack had not even touched the corpses before they were slaughtered clean.

  Jinmao Hou also killed a few, and picked up several wolf corpses to eat. Hu Xiaoyue was a bit reserved, so she didn't kill any wolves at all, and stood on the side with a huff.

  "Halt!" Guo Fei watched as the Giant Spirit Squad was about to kill the last wolf, and immediately called for a stop. These wolves were all starving, and letting one go might just lure more in. This way, the journey wouldn't be boring, and his own troops could quickly level up through battle.

  It turned out that Guo Fei's guess was correct. After releasing the wolf, less than five hours later, hundreds of wolves swarmed in from the surrounding mountains, their formation suggesting they belonged to four different packs. However, it was clear that they had cooperated for food.

  "Hehe, Xiaoyue, it's your turn to take action this time!" Guo Fei smiled faintly and put away the Xuantie sword, taking out the Xuanyue curved knife instead. He was ready to transform into a ninja for battle. After upgrading his swordsmanship, Guo Fei had even higher expectations for the skills that came with upgrading his troop type. According to the game's ninja abilities, after transforming into a stealthy ninja, he should be able to turn invisible, which was a skill Guo Fei was extremely looking forward to.

  The wolf pack launched a surprise attack after gathering, which was a cruel and bloody fight face to face. The wolf pack was trying to fill their stomachs, while Guo Fei's side was trying to level up. Each took what they needed, the corpse soldiers, Hu Xiaoyue and Jīn Máo Hǒu all had red eyes, as if they wanted to kill a few more, rushing forward in a frenzy.

  Hu Xiaoyue was no longer reserved this time, and after refining the water attribute demon pill and beast soul given to her by Guo Fei, her demon pill had taken shape. She successfully moved it into the eyebrow wheel where the beast soul was located to nourish the beast soul.

  Her figure fluttered like a fairy dancing in the wind, and under the snowstorm's sweep, her body borrowed the thrust of the wind and snow to rise into the air. A blue light fox emerged from between her eyebrows, its small mouth open as it shot out ice arrows that pierced through the snow wolf. The cuffs of her sleeves fluttered out with icy spider silk threads that flashed like soft lightning in the wind and snow, darting back and forth, instantly killing any wolf they touched.

  Guo Fei looked and was very satisfied. He had invested so much, and finally, Hu Xiaoyue had entered the level of a demon general. Through his extensive knowledge, Guo Fei knew that the obvious sign of entering the demon general level was that the beast's soul would condense into a physical entity. Previously, Hu Xiaoyue's beast soul was like an illusory shadow, but now it had condensed into a tangible entity with a blue glow. A small blue fox emitted a devastating blue light.

  The Jūrōjin squad had the highest efficiency, with the captain and vice-captain as vanguards, combining the Gale Gun technique and the Rokudo Roppaku Kizan array to create a storm that swept across the snowy sky, with crisscrossing gray air halos like the eye of the storm, engulfing one snow wolf after another.

  Jin Mao Hou followed Hu Xiao Yue to slaughter the Snow Wolf, it was very cunning, knowing that following behind the Giant Spirit War Team would not bring any benefits.

  Only Guo Fei was the most leisurely, he wasn't in a hurry, wanting to upgrade his ninja skills required a large amount of experience, these low-level spirits had too little experience, Guo Fei just wanted to hone his Xuan Yue curved knife technique. His body was like a residual shadow flashing through the wind and snow, two wolves that pounced over were instantly sliced open, their internal organs spilling out, the blade of the Xuan Yue curved knife was like a thin sharp thorn, extremely sharp.

  "The Axe Cavalry has leveled up to level 3!" Guo Fei inserted his divine sense into the soldier's symbol space, and was overjoyed. The killing spree of Golden Fur had actually also driven the leveling up of the Axe Cavalry, making Guo Fei feel extremely relieved. In other words, he didn't need to personally kill anyone in order to level up the Axe Cavalry.

  Apart from this, two of the first-level undead warriors also upgraded to second-level. However, for Guo Fei, this was no longer a concern, now he only cared about the overall combat power of the Giant Spirit team. Or whether there were undead warriors who could upgrade to the second-level soldier type in the game, develop soldier skills, and become a powerful existence. This was what Guo Fei looked forward to.

  In less than half a time, several hundred wolf corpses were left behind. Hu Xiaoyue was busy asking the Giant Spirit Team to help her peel off the wolf skins and store them in her Qiankun Ring. Since becoming the financial manager, she had started to be meticulous and thrifty, not letting go of anything that was worth a single cent. These wolf skins should be worth some money on the market.

  Guo Fei had the Giant Spirit War Team drag several bloody corpses forward to lure in wild beasts. The intense smell of blood wafted through the wind and snow, but it soon froze into ice blocks. However, Hu Xiaoyue's Qiankun Ring stored a lot of fresh flesh and blood, releasing a piece every now and then.

  However, for the next two days, it seemed that no beasts came to attack, but the Xuan Tie sword in the military space emitted a series of soft hums, which made Guo Fei pay attention. Since there was such an ominous aura following him, it meant that some creature had taken notice of him.

  "Such a clever creature, must not be those beasts that only know how to fill their bellies and disregard everything, could it be that a high-level demon beast has followed?" Guo Fei thought to himself.

  A strange stone mountain stood in front of him, and as the sky was already late, Guo Fei found a snow-free cave on the mountain and walked in, releasing his own iron-forging furnace fire. Hu Xiaoyue took out ingredients to roast wolf meat for Guo Fei to eat. The corpse soldier and Golden Hair Hou stood guard at the entrance of the cave.

  "Hiss!" Just after half a time, the big pile of snow outside the cave came in a rush, like an avalanche pushing towards the entrance, with something clearly hidden in the snow, secretly pushing the snow.

  "After following for so long, you've finally shown up!" Guo Fei thought for a moment, then let out a cold laugh.