The group followed the sound and soon discovered the screaming person behind a dense forest.

The man was dressed as a ninja, clearly a member of the Cangyu clan.

He could no longer scream because a giant wolf had bitten off his head.

The giant wolf was about four meters long and over two meters tall, with its fur standing on end like hard steel needles.

It swallowed the Cangyu ninja's head whole, chewing it with loud smacking noises.

It was obvious that this giant wolf was a ferocious beast!

Seeing this scene, Chu Qingluan immediately became nervous. She quickly covered Xiao Hongchan's eyes and mouth, worried that the sight would traumatize her.

She was even more afraid that Xiao Hongchan would cry out and attract the beast's attention.

"Awoo..."

Chu Qingluan was so busy covering Xiao Hongchan's mouth that she forgot about Da Hui.

As soon as Da Hui saw the ferocious beast, it immediately prostrated on the ground, whimpering in submission.

Wolves are pack animals, and their packs have strict hierarchies.

Da Hui's reaction was simply out of instinct.

But its cry attracted the attention of the ferocious beast.

"Roar—"

The beast let out a low growl, baring its fangs and scanning the group with fierce eyes!

Its canine teeth were twenty centimeters long, extremely sharp, and gleamed with a chilling white light in the sunlight!

As soon as the beast spotted the humans, it charged towards them!

Chu Qingluan's heart tightened. She wanted to turn and run, but she suddenly remembered what Chen Xiao had said.

Man proposes, God disposes. How would she know if she could win without trying?

With that thought, she mobilized the jingqi (internal energy) within her body, preparing to fight the beast.

However, after trying for a long time, she couldn't mobilize her jingqi at all… It felt like her arm was numb and wouldn't obey her commands.

At that moment, the beast had already leaped high into the air, its massive shadow engulfing them all.

"It's over, it's over, it's over…"

Only this thought remained in Chu Qingluan's mind. She couldn't muster her jingqi, and she definitely wasn't a match for the beast with just her physical strength!

But just then, Chen Xiao, holding the Yitian Sword, slashed diagonally at the beast, and a sword qi (sword energy) flew out with a whoosh!

Pfft—

With a muffled sound, the giant wolf beast was split in two by the sword qi!

Chu Qingluan was instantly dumbfounded.

"This, this, this…"

She couldn't understand how Chen Xiao could use such a powerful move when his strength was clearly so suppressed.

Chen Xiao frowned. Although he had easily killed a ferocious beast with this one strike,

if there were ten, fifty, or a hundred beasts… even he would be in for a tough fight.

The feeling of having his strength restricted made him very unhappy, like dancing in shackles.

He just wanted to see Chu Changqing as soon as possible, ask his questions, and leave this damn place immediately.

The killed ninja was obviously alone, which meant that the Cangyu clan's ninjas were likely nearby.

Chen Xiao held his breath and focused his mind. Sure enough, he heard fighting sounds not far away.

He looked in that direction and said, "Let's go take a look. The main force of the Cangyu clan is likely there."

Chen Xiao was right. In a mountain depression a thousand meters away, a group of ninjas in black were locked in a fierce battle with a group of giant wolf beasts.

The mountain depression was a river of blood, littered with corpses.

Under the desperate fighting of the Chunin (middle-level ninja) and Genin (low-level ninja), five beasts had already fallen. Four beasts were still fighting.

And there were even more human corpses in the mountain depression, as many as fifty or sixty.

On average, more than ten lives were lost for every beast killed.

So far, fewer than forty ninjas were still alive.

On the hillside behind the mountain depression, a tall, sturdy ninja stood with his arms crossed, observing the situation on the battlefield.

Behind the hillside was an abyss.

They had no way out and could only kill all the beasts to leave this place alive.

This tall ninja's attire was very different from that of the other ninjas, making it clear that he held a very high position.

This person was none other than the leader of this operation, the Kage (Shadow) ninja of the Cangyu clan, Cangyu Shinichi.

In addition to him, three Jonin (high-level ninja) were also standing on the hillside. All the other Chunin and Genin were participating in the battle.

"Cangyu-sama, why not open the scroll and exterminate those beasts as soon as possible! If we continue to wear them down like this, even if we eventually eliminate them, all the Chunin and Genin will be wiped out!"

One of the Jonin couldn't help but say as he watched his fellow ninjas fall one after another.

Although his face was hidden behind a black mask, making it impossible to see his expression, one could hear how anxious he was from his voice.

"Yamamoto Jonin, they are just cannon fodder. Even if they are all wiped out, it won't affect the grand plan,"

Cangyu Shinichi said indifferently. He didn't care about the lives of these Chunin and Genin at all.

"Cangyu-sama, please reconsider. The lives of the Genin are also lives!"

Yamamoto Jonin persisted, pleading earnestly.

"Baka yarou (idiot), Yamamoto Jonin, are you questioning my decision?"

Cangyu Shinichi cursed angrily.

"I wouldn't dare, I just…"

Yamamoto Jonin wanted to explain, but Cangyu Shinichi suddenly kicked him, sending him tumbling into the mountain depression.

"Since Yamamoto Jonin cares so much about his subordinates, then fight alongside them!"

Cangyu Shinichi said impatiently.

Yamamoto Jonin glanced at the mountain depression, then resolutely drew the two swords on his back and fearlessly charged into the battlefield.

Because of the limitations of this space, he couldn't use any of his ninjutsu and could only use the most basic taijutsu (martial arts) and swordsmanship to fight the beasts.

His addition had a significant impact on the battle.

Mainly because the Genin and Chunin were invigorated to see a Jonin join the fight, and they charged at the beasts even more recklessly!

"Baka yarou! I will kill all of you beasts!"

Perhaps stimulated by the bloody atmosphere on the battlefield, Yamamoto Jonin also became reckless, using all his skills and charging among the beasts!

After half an hour of bitter fighting, finally, all the beasts fell into pools of blood.

Yamamoto Jonin was so exhausted that he could barely stand, needing to lean on his katana to avoid collapsing.

His body was covered in countless wounds, and his black ninja uniform had been dyed red.

He looked around. No one else was able to stand on the battlefield except for him.

All the Chunin and Genin had been wiped out.

Cangyu Shinichi walked down from the hillside with the two Jonin, and only said indifferently as he passed Yamamoto's side, "Let's go."

As for the dead Chunin and Genin, he didn't even glance at them, as if they were unrelated to him.

"Baka yarou!"

Yamamoto could no longer tolerate it. With an angry roar, he swung his katana and slashed at him…