Chapter 183: Wolf Pack Annihilated, Chasing the Wolf King!
Lin Ye discovered that the gray wolves were actually a little slower than him.
He then slowed down and waited for the gray wolves.
The beast-eared girls were all waiting by the edge of the forest, fully prepared for battle.
However, as time passed, the beast-eared girls grew increasingly anxious.
Until they heard a loud wolf howl coming from the forest.
Upon hearing the howl, the beast-eared girls raised their crossbows.
The wild horses beneath them, however, became restless.
But just as the commotion began, the unicorn let out a low growl, bringing the wild horses under control.
The beast-eared girls waited for a while, holding their crossbows.
Finally, Lin Ye appeared within their sight.
Lin Ye also saw the beast-eared girls and immediately quickened his pace, running at full speed.
This time, Lin Ye reached the beast-eared girls in one go. “Get ready. There are about thirty adult gray wolves!”
As soon as Lin Ye reached the beast-eared girls, he warned them.
While speaking, he took two arrows from the quiver made of beast hide on the unicorn and loaded them into the magazine of the Zhuge Liang crossbow.
Hearing Lin Ye’s words, the beast-eared girls focused their attention on the forest ahead.
Soon, one by one, large gray wolves burst out.
Upon seeing them, the beast-eared girls first gasped, and then immediately began to aim.
The wild horses beneath the beast-eared girls, upon seeing the gray wolves,
felt fear well up from within their bones.
But as soon as this situation arose, Lin Ye suppressed the horses’ fear through Beast Taming Technique.
After controlling the agitated wild horses, Lin Ye also looked towards the wolf pack charging towards them.
The gray wolves that had been chasing Lin Ye had all gone mad.
Seeing a row of wild horses standing ahead of them with a person on each,
their eyes flickered with confusion for a brief moment, but it was immediately swallowed by their bloodlust.
The wolf pack’s speed did not decrease, charging directly at the beast-eared girls.
By the time the Wolf King appeared and realized something was wrong, it was already too late.
The gray wolves at the front had entered the firing range of the foot-pedal crossbows.
“Aim, fire!”
Lin Ye roared.
The sound of bowstrings vibrating filled the air.
Following that, seven or eight gray wolves at the front were hit by arrows
and were knocked to the ground by the powerful kinetic energy of the projectiles.
After tumbling several times on the ground, they lay still.
Seeing this scene, Lin Ye immediately understood that he had overestimated the defensive capabilities of the gray wolves’ fur.
He immediately shouted to the beast-eared girls.
“Switch to regular arrows, they can’t withstand the foot-pedal crossbows!!!” “Keep the Zhuge Liang crossbows steady!”
The power of the Zhuge Liang crossbow was far inferior to the foot-pedal crossbow, so these poisoned arrows were needed to increase their lethality.
Hearing this, the beast-eared girls immediately drew regular arrows from another quiver.
After all, they wouldn’t come out without bringing more than ten arrows.
However, switching arrows took several seconds.
The gray wolves were already closing in.
The Wolf King watched from behind as its eight pack members were killed in an instant.
Its eyes turned blood red.
Although it was the Wolf King of this pack and sounded impressive,
in the eyes of Lin Ye and the beast-eared girls, it was just a bit larger than the other gray wolves.
So, no one had noticed it until now.
The Wolf King circled a few times on the spot.
Then it raised its head and let out a piercing howl towards the sky. “Awoooo–!”
With this sound, the wolf pack lunged even more fiercely towards Lin Ye and the beast-eared girls.
However, this time, Lin Ye also noticed the Wolf King.
He saw it not charging forward but lurking behind, with a few gray wolves seemingly acting as bodyguards.
But with its howl, the wolves surrounding it also charged forward.
At this moment, the beast-eared girls had reloaded their arrows.
The gray wolves had already closed to within a hundred meters.
Lin Ye and the other five Zhuge Liang crossbows were also raised.
Ready to shoot any gray wolves that got too close.
But with the second volley from the other beast-eared girls,
six more gray wolves at the front fell to the ground.
This time, Lin Ye truly saw what happened when the foot-pedal crossbow’s arrows hit a gray wolf.
Lin Ye had just watched an arrow strike the skull of a gray wolf.
Because the wooden arrow’s hardness was insufficient, and the gray wolf’s skull was very hard,
the arrow shattered upon impact.
However, even though the arrow couldn’t penetrate the wolf’s skull, the powerful impact completely ruptured the wolf’s eyes, causing them to bleed.
It was unknown if the shattered arrow had directly crushed its brain through the skull.
Because several more arrows then struck the gray wolf.
The charging gray wolf was hit by several arrows, causing its entire body to tumble backward.
After firing their arrows, the beast-eared girls immediately began to cock their bows.
Meanwhile, the gray wolves behind them continued their charge without hesitation.
The death of their companions only made these ferocious beasts more bloodthirsty, not fearful.
It took the beast-eared girls about seven to eight seconds to reload their bows on horseback.
At the gray wolves’ speed, these seven to eight seconds were enough to cover the hundred-meter distance.
So Lin Ye prepared to shoot.
At the same time, he warned the other beast-eared girls with Zhuge Liang crossbows, “Zhuge Liang crossbows ready, the gray wolves are coming!”
Just as Lin Ye finished speaking, the gray wolves had already closed to within seventy meters.
There were no markings on the ground to indicate meters, so Lin Ye had to rely on his sense of distance.
After speaking, Lin Ye immediately moved the mechanism.
An arrow shot from Lin Ye’s Zhuge Liang crossbow towards the leading gray wolf.
This arrow also signaled the start of the firing.
The other five Zhuge Liang crossbows immediately began to fire arrows.
After shooting the first arrow, Lin Ye stopped.
Holding the Zhuge Liang crossbow, he continuously aimed at the gray wolves charging forward.
But soon, one or several arrows would be shot towards that gray wolf.
Lin Ye considered himself a backup.
In case a beast-eared girl missed a gray wolf,
or failed to hit it, Lin Ye would provide a follow-up shot.
However, it seemed that the five Zhuge Liang crossbows were performing very stably.
The moment Lin Ye aimed, an arrow would fly.
When the arrows in the five Zhuge Liang crossbows were almost depleted,
the other beast-eared girls had already finished reloading.
Without any hesitation, the beast-eared girls immediately raised their foot-pedal crossbows and began to aim.
At this moment, the five Zhuge Liang crossbows had just fired all ten arrows from their magazines and began reloading.
By this time, Lin Ye knew the tide of battle had turned.
With all fifty arrows from the Zhuge Liang crossbows expended, very few gray wolves were still alive.
Lin Ye lowered his Zhuge Liang crossbow and looked towards the Wolf King standing in the distance.
It was about three hundred meters away.
The battle had ended too quickly; before it could react,
its pack members were all dead.
The Wolf King stood there, stunned, still processing what had happened.
Seeing this, Lin Ye took a foot-pedal crossbow from Susu behind him and aimed it at the Wolf King.
At this moment, the Wolf King seemed to sense danger approaching.
Its fur bristled.
It snapped out of its daze.
All the gray wolves had been shot dead by the beast-eared girls.
Now, only the Wolf King remained.
But as soon as the Wolf King sensed danger,
it didn’t hesitate and immediately turned to flee.
Lin Ye was still aiming and hadn’t lined up his shot when he saw the Wolf King running for its life.
Lin Ye shouted,
“Quick, chase it! One escaped!” and then took off running himself.
Lin Ye’s speed was even faster than the unicorn’s.
By the time the beast-eared girls reacted and urged their wild horses to pursue,
Lin Ye had already disappeared from sight.
Lin Ye’s speed was slightly affected by carrying the foot-pedal crossbow.
The distance between him and the Wolf King had not significantly decreased.
Lin Ye became a bit anxious and threw away the foot-pedal crossbow he was holding.
He then pursued with all his might.
This time, Lin Ye could clearly feel the distance between himself and the Wolf King beginning to close.
The Wolf King, now desperately fleeing, its once fierce eyes filled with terror.
After running for a while, it glanced back.
To its shock, it saw the intruder from before still chasing it!
With newfound fear, the Wolf King began to run for its life.
It didn’t dare to look back, but it could hear the sounds behind it getting closer and closer.
As the distance continued to shrink, Lin Ye retrieved an axe from his Storage Space.
Lin Ye exerted all his strength, speeding up a bit.
Finally, he ran alongside the fleeing Wolf King.
The Wolf King saw the intruder running beside it.
Then, under the Wolf King’s terrified gaze,
Lin Ye smiled cruelly and struck the Wolf King’s spine with the back of his axe.
The charging Wolf King received this heavy blow and flew into the air.
Its spine was directly broken by Lin Ye, and its hind legs instantly lost control.
The Wolf King tumbled a long distance on the ground after being thrown.
Lin Ye walked over slowly, panting heavily.
Without any hesitation, amidst the Wolf King’s dying moans, Lin Ye ended its life with an axe strike.
