At dawn, Li Heng and Bai Shasha left the gathering point and started heading toward the valley entrance.
By now, not a single lone wild wolf could be seen on the outskirts of the secret realm. The other students had already cleared most of them out days ago.
Some students even started fighting over the resources from the lone wild wolves, and in the end, most of them had no choice but to enter the forest.
However, for these students, the moment they entered the forest, it meant their secret realm exam was over.
Li Heng and Bai Shasha moved through the forest of Wild Wolf Valley as a team. While not completely relaxed, they were full of confidence, their steps no longer as cautious as when they first arrived.
As his bracelet leveled up, its deterrent effect on the wolves grew more pronounced. Li Heng had long since noticed that the wolves in the forest wouldn’t attack him on sight. Once, two of them even turned and fled the moment they saw him.
This time, Li Heng and Bai Shasha’s journey through the Wild Wolf Valley forest was exceptionally smooth and peaceful. They didn’t encounter a single wild wolf, nor did they even hear a single howl.
Not having to fight along the way was a good thing for the two of them, as it allowed them to conserve their stamina well.
The trees in the forest closer to the outskirts were the densest, but the deeper they went, the sparser the trees became.
Huh?
The wind’s picking up?!
After traveling deeper into the forest for about two hours, Li Heng suddenly felt a faint breeze brush across his face. He unconsciously slowed his pace and glanced over at Bai Shasha.
Bai Shasha felt the wind too and, with a silent understanding, looked back at Li Heng.
After exchanging a look, the two of them moved a little closer to each other and continued forward.
The wind blowing against their faces gradually grew less gentle. At the same time, they saw a light appear in the distance.
It was vast!
The steep cliffs on either side were set far apart, with a trapezoid-shaped slope rising between them. The slope wasn’t steep, but it was incredibly high.
Because it was so high, the entire slope stretched out for a great distance.
Wild Wolf Valley!
A valley shrouded in a faint mist!
Seeing such a vast valley, Li Heng was slightly stunned.
On Earth, Li Heng had been to many natural attractions, but none of them had left as deep an impression on him as this valley.
If it were merely the masterful work of nature, Li Heng wouldn’t have been so stunned. Rather, it was because the system suddenly gave him a series of notifications.
[Ding! Wolf King Mountain Dungeon discovered!]
[Blood Wolf King (0/1)]
[Injured Wolf King (0/1)]
’Wolf King Mountain... a Dungeon?!’
’When I was killing wolves in the forest and on the outskirts, the system never said anything about discovering a Dungeon. Besides, everyone knows this is the Wild Wolf Valley secret realm, not some Wolf King Mountain!’
’And what’s this about a Blood Wolf King and an Injured Wolf King?’ The thought gave Li Heng a headache.
"What’s wrong?" Bai Shasha asked, seeing Li Heng suddenly freeze in place. She didn’t know what had happened to him.
Bai Shasha’s words snapped Li Heng out of his daze. He waved his hand and said, "It’s nothing! Let’s be careful!"
Although he told Bai Shasha it was nothing, the three words "Wolf King Mountain" still lingered in Li Heng’s mind.
Wild Wolf: Robust
Level: 8
Tier: Not yet tiered
Strength: 7
Agility: 6
Spirit: 3
Soul Energy: 8
Just as they arrived at Wolf King Mountain, Li Heng and Bai Shasha had only taken a few steps before they saw three wild wolves.
These three wild wolves were larger than the ones they had seen in the forest, and their limbs looked much more powerful.
However, when they saw Li Heng, they didn’t immediately charge and attack. Instead, they instantly adopted an attack stance, the fur on their bodies standing on end.
Even though their stats were higher in every aspect than the wolves in the forest, these three were extremely cautious. Sensing that Li Heng was dangerous and even feeling a faint trace of fear, they merely held their attack stance.
’Since we’ve run into them, I’m not letting them go.’ Besides, when they decided to come to the valley entrance, they’d had no intention of avoiding a fight.
This time, without waiting for Bai Shasha to make a move, Li Heng acted first.
Under the bonus from his bracelet, his Agility, now as high as 10 points, made Li Heng much faster than before.
Just that one dashing motion from Li Heng made Bai Shasha, who was watching from the side, raise an eyebrow. She couldn’t help but think to herself: ’He’s... already reached this level?’
In fact, Bai Shasha had already noticed that as Li Heng fought more and more, his speed and strength had been steadily increasing.
Although Li Heng had said before that he had not yet advanced to Soul Apprentice, Bai Shasha felt that she herself was not far from becoming one, and right now, Li Heng’s speed was not at all inferior to hers!
’That meant... like her, Li Heng was also not far from becoming a Soul Apprentice!’
The more Bai Shasha thought about it, the more shocked she became. Watching Li Heng move among the three robust wild wolves with such an effortless Body Technique and Swordsmanship, her feelings grew even more complicated.
"AWOOO~"
AWOO~
AWOO~
...
Just as Bai Shasha came back to her senses and was watching Li Heng kill the wolves, a series of howls suddenly erupted from the valley!
Even the three wild wolves that were dying at Li Heng’s hands let out a final howl before their death.
The sudden change in the valley caught both Li Heng and Bai Shasha by surprise. For a moment, neither knew what to do. They could only grip their weapons tightly and slowly back away toward the forest.
However, as they retreated, they suddenly stopped. It wasn’t that they no longer wanted to go to the forest—it was that at some point, a pack of wolves had blocked their path!
The wolves blocking their path were not ordinary wild wolves; they were all Level 8, and there were no fewer than twenty of them!
"We can’t fight our way back! We have to charge into the valley!"
For one person to face more than ten Level 8 wild wolves alone and guarantee a safe escape was simply too difficult.
With his escape route blocked, Li Heng steeled his resolve and decided to run straight ahead into the valley.
But before Li Heng could run more than a few steps, a pack of wolves that looked like bad news suddenly appeared right in front of him.
Blood Wolf: Healthy
Level: 10
Tier: Tier One Low-Grade Soul Beast
Strength: 12
Agility: 12
Spirit: 8
Soul Energy: 15
Soul Energy Skills: Blood Bite
GULP~
Li Heng swallowed hard. ’If it were just one Blood Wolf, it wouldn’t be so hopeless, but a whole pack just appeared!’
’There’s not a shred of hope!’
"Li Heng, retreat!"
Li Heng’s heart was pounding, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Just as he was starting to panic, Bai Shasha’s unusually calm and decisive voice suddenly reached his ears.
Hearing the calmness in Bai Shasha’s voice, Li Heng was full of admiration and envy. ’To stay so calm in a situation like this... she really lives up to her name as the ruthless and taciturn Sister Sha.’
’But retreat now? Where could we possibly retreat to?’
’We’re surrounded!’
"Maybe we should just tear our Teleportation Talismans and get out of here, Bai Sha... Sha?"
Li Heng thought for a moment. He concluded that this was a desperate situation and that it was time to teleport out.
But just as Li Heng turned his head to ask Bai Shasha, all he saw... were countless wild wolves and Blood Wolves!
There was no sign of Bai Shasha!
’That flat-chested loli... she probably teleported away the first chance she got...’