"What's happening?"
Ye Feng turned his head in confusion, looking towards the source of the sound.
"Holy cow... this?"
Seeing the figures of black wolves constantly running towards them in the distance, Ye Feng was quite surprised.
Wolves are generally lazy during the day and become active at night. For a large pack of black wolves to appear in broad daylight, charging at them menacingly...
"It's the Fangtooth Black Wolf!"
As if sensing Ye Feng's bewilderment, Xiao Xiao explained to him.
"Big brother, don't worry, Sister Lingxi will deal with these Fangtooth Black Wolves~"
"They've come a few times in the last few days, but Sister Lingxi has driven them back every time!"
As soon as Xiao Xiao finished speaking, Lingxi had already charged towards the pack of wolves, holding her Angel's Blade.
Ye Feng frowned slightly and tried to open his spatial storage again, intending to take out his gun. However, he was hit by another wave of pain.
"Ugh... ah..."
After a few attempts, Ye Feng couldn't help but groan again, his face looking a bit pale.
"Big brother, what's wrong?"
Xiao Xiao immediately looked at him with concern.
"I'm fine!!"
Ye Feng gritted his teeth and waved his hand.
"This..."
Looking at the scene before him, Ye Feng couldn't help but be astonished.
Lingxi was charging into a large pack of Fangtooth Black Wolves by herself, the edge of her Angel's Blade flashing continuously.
"Awoo... awoo... awoo..."
One by one, the Fangtooth Black Wolves cried out in pain before falling to the ground...
In a short while, most of the dozens of Fangtooth Black Wolves that had charged over lay on the ground. The rest began to retreat, fleeing...
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Ye Feng felt a sense of alarm, a chill running down his spine.
He quickly turned his head and saw that two Fangtooth Black Wolves had secretly appeared behind him and Xiao Xiao, less than a meter away.
"Ah!"
Xiao Xiao curiously followed Ye Feng's gaze and let out a startled cry.
"Awooo!"
The two Fangtooth Black Wolves howled and leaped forward, opening their massive jaws and pouncing towards Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao.
It was at this moment that Ye Feng truly understood that the "fangs" of the Fangtooth Black Wolves were indeed exceptionally long.
The sharp fangs, crisscrossing in the mouths of the two wolves, extended almost entirely outside their jaws. When they opened their mouths, they looked like the blades of a meat grinder...
Ye Feng's eyes narrowed. He clenched a stone from the ground, intending to use his meager recovered strength to smash it towards the eyes of the Fangtooth Black Wolves.
"Swish!"
Just then, a whistling sound cut through the air.
Immediately after, a flash of white light streaked before Ye Feng's eyes, passing precisely through the heads of the two Fangtooth Black Wolves. It was Lingxi's thrown Angel's Blade.
"Bang! Bang!"
Without even a chance to cry out, the two Fangtooth Black Wolves fell heavily to the ground, lifeless.
"Phew!"
Seeing this, Ye Feng breathed a sigh of relief.
"Are you two alright?"
At this moment, Lingxi, who had driven back the pack of Fangtooth Black Wolves, also jogged over.
"Tha... Thank you... You're amazing!"
Ye Feng looked at Lingxi with genuine admiration.
From a distance, he hadn't noticed. Now that Lingxi was closer, Ye Feng realized that after single-handedly fighting dozens of Fangtooth Black Wolves, she was not only unharmed but hadn't even been splattered with blood.
He admitted that even his former self couldn't have achieved this.
"No need to thank me~"
Lingxi shook her head gently. "Without you, I probably would have died at the hands of Cerberus by now!"
"By the way, have you seen the sword I used to chop that Kobold strongman before?
"That sword is quite important to me!"
He paused, then spoke again.
He had scanned the surroundings but hadn't found the Tang sword.
"Big brother, it's over there, behind the big tree you were leaning against!"
"Sister Lingxi didn't dare to use that sword, and I couldn't wield it, so Sister Angel temporarily left it by that tree!"
Before Lingxi could answer, Xiao Xiao chimed in.
"Lingxi didn't dare to use it? Why?"
Ye Feng was very confused.
He had wanted to lend the Tang sword to Lingxi temporarily, as it was much sharper than the Angel's Blade!
When he saw Lingxi fighting the Fangtooth Black Wolves earlier, she was using techniques like targeting their throats with the Angel's Blade. With the Tang sword, it wouldn't have been so troublesome!
"That sword is very special. It continuously absorbs my angelic power~"
"My angelic power is already scarce. If I kept holding it, I fear I would be drained into a... dried husk..."
Lingxi spread her hands helplessly, seeming a bit awkward when she said "dried husk."
"Is that so?"
After eating, Ye Feng's stamina had recovered somewhat.
He got up, walked behind the tree, and retrieved the Tang sword, examining it with a puzzled expression.
To be honest, Ye Feng was also curious about the situation with this mysterious Tang sword, as it had saved him during two major crises!
The gargoyle he was helpless against before, and the ridiculously powerful Kobold strongman this time...
"Oh right, little one, can I discuss something with you?"
Suddenly, Lingxi's voice rang out again.
"Wh... What is it?"
Being called "little one" by Lingxi made Ye Feng a bit awkward.
She looked about the same age as him, yet she called him "little one"...
"You seem to have a very important task, and it requires considerable mental strength?!"
Although she was asking, Lingxi's tone was quite certain.
"You could say that!"
Ye Feng nodded.
Not only was his system and spatial storage affected, but after his power was absorbed by the Tang sword, Ye Feng felt mentally exhausted. He instinctively didn't want to think, and whenever he tried to think or recall something, he felt incredibly tired and drowsy...
"Then I'll help you restore your mental strength, and you protect me for a while?"
Lingxi's pleasant voice reached Ye Feng's ears again.
"Pro... Protect you?"
Ye Feng rubbed his ears, thinking he was hallucinating.
This Lingxi, who was so strong she seemed inhuman, could fly and teleport, was asking him to protect her?!
"Of course!"
"Take this too!~"
Seeing that Ye Feng hadn't agreed, Lingxi's hand flashed with a white light, and dozens of small objects emitting a faint white glow appeared before Ye Feng.
"Sp... Space Rift Shards?"
Seeing the familiar glow, Ye Feng couldn't believe it.
"Yes, they are indeed Space Rift Shards, 57 of them!"
Lingxi nodded.
"I... I probably can't protect you..."
Although Ye Feng desperately wanted his mental strength to recover so he could try to communicate with the system's spatial storage again, and he was also fond of those 87 Space Rift Shards, he was well aware of his own capabilities.
He simply didn't have the ability...
What if another monster like the Kobold strongman appeared? He'd be struggling to survive, let alone protect someone else...
"Cerberus was just a special accident. You shouldn't encounter anything like that again!~"
Lingxi seemed to have sensed Ye Feng's worries and explained.
"Then... then alright... I... I will do my best to protect you!"
After some thought, Ye Feng agreed. After all, this was a very profitable deal for him.
"Good!~"
Lingxi also nodded. "Sit down, close your eyes. Your mental damage is quite peculiar. I'll use my angelic power to heal it!"
"Mm!~"
Ye Feng did as Lingxi instructed and closed his eyes.
Lingxi's hands glowed white and were placed on Ye Feng's temples.
...