At the foot of the mountain, on its slopes, were wild wolves.
Even though they knew there was no escape at the summit, Feng Si and Chu Qianli could only retreat towards it for the time being.
However, no matter how good their Qinggong was, it couldn't match the sheer number of wolves.
Even the wolves on this peak were drawn by the wolf king's howl.
Soon, wolves caught up to them.
Chu Qianli noticed that Feng Si, who had been retreating with her, had let go of her hand at some point and was now walking behind her.
Behind them, wolf howls continued. Feng Si's palm wind swept out, easily knocking back the pursuing wolves.
They were temporarily safe, but the problem was the overwhelming number of wolves!
It was as if someone had lured all the wolf packs from the surrounding mountains to this spot, waiting to attack them.
"Hero, hurry!" His Qinggong was far superior to hers, yet he always stayed behind her.
Chu Qianli disliked this kind of protection. Perhaps it wasn't dislike, but a sense of guilt.
They were not related in any way, and there was no need for this!
"Hero... you!"
Before she could finish speaking, the man behind her casually pushed her forward with a palm strike.
Chu Qianli had no choice but to use his palm force to leap forward, and in an instant, she was far away.
Hero Feng Si...
Looking back, he was still fighting a pack of wolves!
The number of wolves this time was truly beyond imagination.
"Go to the summit," Feng Si's deep voice carried from afar. "Use the flying object you have and descend from the cliff!"
Chu Qianli's heart jolted. She then remembered that she had a hot air balloon in the space of her Qiankun Chain!
That's right, with the hot air balloon, they could fly down the cliff, and the wolves wouldn't be able to catch them!
"Hero, I'll go inflate the hot air balloon. Hurry up and get on, we'll go down together!"
Chu Qianli quickened her pace towards the summit. But after only a few steps, her heart suddenly trembled again.
How did he know she had a "flying object"? And how did he know she could carry things with her so easily?
It was as if he had always known she carried space with her.
Who was the person who had flown with her using this flying object?
Chu Qianli's head suddenly throbbed with pain!
Images flickered in her mind—
She was controlling the hot air balloon, and behind her, a severely injured man was leaning on her back.
Blood continuously seeped from his body, dyeing her clothes a deep crimson.
Yet, he still told her in the most nonchalant voice: "I'm fine, go up quickly."
Up, as long as they went up, they would be safe.
But after going up, she found that the man behind her had already lost consciousness, and the pool of blood had stained the basket of the hot air balloon crimson...
"Ugh—" Her heart ached intensely. Chu Qianli, who had been gliding through the treetops, suddenly saw black and fell straight from the tree.
She hit the ground with a thud, a truly hard fall this time!
She was dizzy, and the sharp pain in her heart had subsided, but the fall had left her head spinning.
Not far away, a wild wolf seized the opportunity, let out a howl, and lunged at her.
Chu Qianli's strength hadn't fully returned. The wolf's claws were aimed at her face.
Helplessly, she could only raise her arm to block it.
With a hiss, the scent of blood in the air intensified.
But she didn't feel any pain.
Her waist tightened, and then, she felt herself lifted weightlessly into the air.
Feng Si, carrying her, leaped up, returned to the treetops in an instant, and then, at the fastest speed, swept towards the summit.
"Hero..."
"What are you doing?" Feng Si's voice was deep and clearly displeased.
At a moment of life and death, she had made such an unbelievable mistake!
"I didn't... do it on purpose."
Chu Qianli's breathing was erratic now, and she didn't know why herself.
It felt as if a knife was pressing against her heart; whenever she had a certain thought, that knife would stab her fiercely.
It wouldn't kill her, but it would cause her excruciating pain, making her unable to summon her inner strength, and even her limbs became disobedient.
Feng Si's back was injured.
It was a wound from the wolf's claws just now.
One, deep and long.
Chu Qianli's heart tightened again.
"Hero, your back..."
"Shut up!" Feng Si lifted her waist and held her high above his head.
Only then did Chu Qianli clearly see that below, wolves had actually caught up!
The wolves were too fast. How much time had she lost with that fall?
The distance they had managed to create earlier was gone.
It was all her fault!
Chu Qianli took a deep breath and struck down with all her might.
Her inner strength had returned!
"Hero, I'll go to the summit first. I need to ignite the hot air balloon. You hold them off, and I'll be as quick as possible!"
A flicker of light returned to Feng Si's eyes.
"Alright!" He nodded and pushed her out with another palm strike. "This time, don't fall again!"
"I know!"
Chu Qianli no longer dared to be careless or to overthink.
Gathering her breath, she rushed towards the summit at the fastest speed.
Feng Si could no longer create much distance for her and could only follow behind, protecting her all the way.
On the open space at the summit, Feng Si stood guard at the front alone.
Chu Qianli stood at the edge of the cliff and took out the hot air balloon.
Only when she took out the hot air balloon this time did Chu Qianli realize that the space within the Qiankun Chain was limited.
Her senior brother had sent her many things before, and now the space was becoming a bit crowded.
If this hot air balloon wasn't deflated, she wouldn't be able to fit many more things.
After using it this time, she had to deflate it quickly, otherwise, even if her senior brother could send the equipment, the space might not be enough.
Chu Qianli didn't dare to think further and immediately used the hydrogen cylinder to fill the hot air balloon with all the excess air.
The hot air balloon was about to fly.
She used her inner strength to pull the hot air balloon firmly.
With such great buoyancy, it should be able to carry two people this time.
She looked back.
Unexpectedly, with this glance back, she saw Feng Si sweep away two wolves, and then a wolf leaped onto his arm.
"Be careful!" Chu Qianli urged.
But even with her warning, it was too late for Feng Si to swat the wolf away.
With a hiss, another wound, so deep it was almost bone-deep, appeared on his arm.
The blood stained Chu Qianli's eyes a deep crimson.
She cried out, "Hero, the hot air balloon is ready, come quickly."
She couldn't go up now. Once she went up, she wouldn't be able to stabilize the hot air balloon with her inner strength.
If this inner strength was released, the hot air balloon would fly away!
Feng Si looked back, swept away a palm, and then leaped up.
He grabbed Chu Qianli's clothes at the waist, pulling her onto the wicker basket with him.
The hot air balloon immediately took flight.
But what they never expected was that as soon as the hot air balloon took off, a wolf leaped up and landed on it!