Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World

Chapter 1437: Chapter 741: No Obligation (Part 2)

“If you don’t want to die, run, or your life will be in danger.”

“Nonsense!”

Angry, Meng Xiao laughed instead.

“I want to see…”

“Roar——!!!”

A deafening roar came from behind, and the ground shook violently.

In the distance, trees fell in rows, startling countless birds. Meng Xiao’s face changed drastically, and Liu Qingyun screamed as she lunged toward him.

“Young Master Meng, save me!”

“Protect the young master!”

The guards quickly formed a circle.

The captain had just drawn his sword when his face suddenly turned pale.

“This—this is the aura of the Earth Martial Realm! Young Master, quickly…”

A flash of blood light passed, and a large blood hole appeared in the guard captain’s chest.

He looked down at his chest, bright from front to back, and let out a scream unlike a human, then collapsed heavily.

“Blood Moon Wolf King.”

Gu Sheng’s voice was eerily calm.

“Earth Martial Realm peak, there’s still time to run now.”

The crowd was thrown into chaos.

Xie Qingxuan subconsciously moved closer to Gu Sheng, discovering an unnatural calmness within three feet of him, even dust was suspended.

“Playing tricks!”

Meng Xiao was sweating on his forehead yet forced a cold smile.

“It’s just a beast…”

Before the words were finished, a ten-zhang tall blood-colored giant wolf leaped from the trees.

Its body was entirely crimson, its fangs as long as an adult’s arm, and its eyes gleamed with a soul-stirring light.

The Wolf King sniffed the captain’s corpse and displayed a human-like expression of disdain.

Under the blood moon, the thick forest of the Spirit Flame Mountain Range was filled with a heavy scent of blood.

“Roar——”

A deafening howl tore through the night sky, and the Blood Moon Wolf King at Earth Martial Realm peak stepped out of the shadows, its scarlet eyes glinting with bloodthirst under the moonlight.

It was as tall as two people, silver-white fur stained with dark red blood, and every step caused the ground to tremble slightly.

“We’re… doomed…”

Meng Xiao’s subordinates felt their legs go weak, and the longsword in their hand trembled uncontrollably.

Even the most skilled in the group, Meng Xiao, was only at the Fifth Level Xuanwu Realm, and his face turned pale, perspiration bead-like formed on his forehead.

The veins in his hand holding the sword bulged, yet even the tip of the sword was slightly shaking.

Gu Sheng stood at the edge of the group, his gaze calmly observing the approaching Wolf King.

He slightly leaned over and whispered to Xie Qingxuan beside him.

“When the Wolf King attacks Meng Xiao’s group, immediately run east and don’t look back.”

Xie Qingxuan’s beautiful eyes revealed surprise.

“What about you?”

“I have my own way.”

Gu Sheng’s lips curled with an indiscernible smile.

“Gu Sheng! What are you mumbling about!”

Meng Xiao suddenly turned to shout angrily.

“If we weren’t dragging you along, we would have already—”

Before the words were finished, the Blood Moon Wolf King lunged, its claws tearing the air with a piercing screech.

“Run!”

Meng Xiao’s angry shout instantly turned into a scream; he was the first to turn and flee, completely disregarding his companions behind him.

“Young Master! Wait for us!”

Several subordinates hurriedly followed, Liu Qingyun’s face turned pale, lifting her skirt to frantically chase after.

In an instant, only Gu Sheng, Xie Qingxuan, and Xie He, who trembled yet remained in front of Xie Qingxuan, were left in the field.

“Mi… Miss… go quickly…”

Xie He’s teeth chattered, yet he gripped the short blade tightly without taking a step back.

Gu Sheng’s eyes showed admiration, then his gaze sharpened as an inner Qi flickered fleetingly within him.

The Blood Moon Wolf King, about to pounce, suddenly halted its steps, its beast eyes filled with astonishment.

It growled low and unexpectedly abandoned the three close-by, turning to chase after Meng Xiao’s fleeing direction.

“What… what happened?”

Xie Qingxuan looked incredulously at the distant back of the Wolf King.

Gu Sheng shrugged.

“Maybe my gaze was too fierce and scared it away.”

Xie He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

“No… no, it’s certainly that Meng Xiao’s group’s aura attracted the Wolf King more…”

A piercing scream echoed from afar, followed by the muffled sound of flesh being torn. Under the moonlight, a faint silhouette could be seen being sliced into several parts by wolf claws, blood splattering on the surrounding tree trunks.

“Don’t just stand there, while the Wolf King is chasing them, let’s go quickly.”

Gu Sheng urged.

“Once it kills those people, it will soon return.”

Xie Qingxuan’s face was pale, but she forced herself to nod calmly.

“Head deeper into the mountain range, the terrain is more complex there, making it easier to hide.”

The three quickly set off, and Xie He couldn’t help but glance back as he ran.

“Young Master Gu, did you really… scare the Wolf King away just with your gaze?”

Gu Sheng smiled but did not answer, his eyes carrying a profound gleam.

In the depths of the sea of consciousness, two virtual shadows suspended within chaos.

“Master, you could have instantly killed that little wolf, why go through such trouble?”

The virtual shadow in the form of a child created by the Innate Spirit Embryo asked, puzzled.

Gu Sheng’s primordial spirit sat cross-legged in the void, speaking calmly.

“There are so many people in the world needing rescue, I am not a saint. Besides, Meng Xiao harbors deep hostility towards me, wouldn’t it be killing two birds with one stone by letting the Wolf King deal with him?”

“Brilliant!”

Another virtual shadow, dressed as a craftsman, Yue Shen Gong applauded.

“In the cultivation world, it’s survival of the fittest. Being merciful to your enemy is being cruel to yourself. Little Spirit Embryo, though your intelligence is ancient, you still need to learn this way of the world.”

The Spirit Embryo child pouted.

“But that Miss Xie and her guard are innocent, why would Master save them?”

“Xie Qingxuan…”

Gu Sheng’s eyes were complicated.

“She has clues I need. As for Xie He, he is loyal to his master and worth saving.”

Yue Shen Gong stroked his beard and smiled.

“Whatever the master does, he always plans and then acts. You think he’s on the first level, but he’s actually on the fifth.”

The Spirit Embryo child nodded as if understanding, but after being lectured by the other two, he had to obediently close his mouth.

On the other end of the dense forest, the Blood Moon Wolf King’s slaughter was nearing its end.

Meng Xiao and Liu Qingyun were curled up in a rock crevice, covered in blood. Outside, the last subordinate’s scream abruptly stopped, followed by the Wolf King’s satisfied growl and chewing sounds.

“Brother Xiao… what do we do…”

Liu Qingyun’s face was covered with tears, her voice as tiny as a mosquito’s.

Meng Xiao’s eyes were filled with malice.

“Why did that beast bypass Gu Sheng and chase us instead?”

Liu Qingyun suddenly remembered something.

“I… I seem to have seen, the Wolf King was initially about to pounce on Xie Qingxuan and them, but it suddenly turned…”

“You mean…”

Meng Xiao’s pupils shrank.

“Gu Sheng can control demon beasts?”

“I heard my father say, some secret techniques of the beast control sect can…”

Liu Qingyun whispered.

Meng Xiao’s fists clenched, cracking sounds echoed.

“No wonder that waste dared to enter the Spirit Flame Mountain Range! Turns out he’s disguised as a beast control sect member!”

He carefully took out a jade scroll from his bosom and infused it with a weak spiritual power.

“I will send a message to the family to dispatch a Heavenly Martial Realm enforcer! Daring to plot against my Meng Family, I want him to wish he were dead!”

Meanwhile, on the road, Gu Sheng encountered several demon beasts.

A shrill beast howl echoed, and Xie He gripped his long knife tightly, the blade already notched.

His robe was torn into strips, and the exposed skin was covered in claw marks, blood dripping from his arm onto the ground.

“Damn it!”

Xie He gritted his teeth and growled, veins bulging on his forehead. The Spirit Cat Demon Beast in front of him was only in the early stage of the Xuanwu Realm, yet with its agile movement technique, it gave him a lot of trouble.

Ten steps away, Gu Sheng stood with one foot on the head of a lifeless Iron Armor Rhinoceros, a mid-stage Xuanwu Realm demon beast whose skull had caved in, evidently killed with a single blow.

He casually flicked the blood beads off his sword, turning to look at Xie He’s battle.

“Qin, Xie He…”

Xie Qingxuan stood by Gu Sheng’s side, her eyes full of worry.

After spending a day together, she had already started calling the deeply mysterious “Young Master Qin” more intimately as “Qin.”

Gu Sheng slightly raised the corner of his lips.

“He asked to fight alone, I have no obligation to save him.”

Xie Qingxuan bit her lower lip. Indeed, every time they encountered a demon beast before, Gu Sheng could always kill it swiftly before danger showed.

But this time, Xie He, determined to prove himself no less than Gu Sheng, insisted on fighting separately.

“Ah!”

Another painful cry, as the Spirit Cat Demon Beast’s sharp claws slashed across Xie He’s back, bringing up a spray of blood.

Xie He staggered a few steps, his face pale from blood loss.

“Qin, please!”

Xie Qingxuan grabbed the sleeve of Gu Sheng.