Chapter 20: Frost Blossom Slashes Through the Night Sky (3k)
Su Xiao Yu, standing behind the camp, looked at the surrounding scene, a trace of confusion flashing in her eyes. With over twenty Scarlet Flame Wolves, would they be able to survive tonight?
Among the students who had just raised their firewood, some had involuntarily collapsed on the ground.
Whether it was their pathetic display that attracted it, the alpha wolf, nearly five meters long, didn’t attack immediately. Instead, it watched the deplorable scene with interest.
“We have over fifty people! Everyone, don’t be so discouraged. If we can’t beat them one-on-one, what about two-on-one, three-on-one?”
A female voice suddenly broke the silence. Su Xiao Yu looked in its direction.
It was the girl who had awakened the Vermilion Bird – Liu Lin. Her figure, squeezed among the crowd, appeared somewhat ordinary.
Originally, for this picnic, she should have stood out as the only S-class bloodline among Su Xiao Yu’s former classmates. However, she was accustomed to being alone and being ignored.
Su Xiao Yu’s eyes brightened. He recognized this girl. He had added her as a friend before, and heard that her father was a retired soldier from the military. He had lost a leg during the demon war and came to the school to work as a gatekeeper.
She should have learned some martial arts techniques.
Liu Lin’s words were well-received among these students who had never fought demons. All students’ attention was drawn to her, and the fear on their faces seemed to have lessened considerably.
Someone among the students quickly shouted, “Liu Lin is right! We have over fifty people, and we are already awakened warriors. We don’t need to fear these beasts!”
Su Xiao Yu looked at his classmates who were already using their half-baked “Avatar” skills, and a surge of courage inexplicably ignited within him. Perhaps they could really deal with the wolf pack.
He was about to press his forehead to use “Ice Avatar” when his body was suddenly pulled. It was Lin Wu, who had just been fighting the Scarlet Flame Wolves.
She looked at the still wolves and said in a low voice to Lin Liu’er beside her with a solemn expression, “Cousin, and young master of Mayor Su’s family, let’s go quickly!”
“Cousin, let’s go!”
Lin Liu’er’s voice trembled slightly. She didn’t want to die with these classmates. She was aiming to get into the top five universities and become a pillar of the nation.
Hearing this, Lin Wu grabbed their arms and forcefully pulled them in another direction, her face as stiff as ice, her eyelids twitching constantly.
This was no longer a problem that they, mere intermediate warriors, could handle. There was a demon horde here!
“If you don’t want to die, follow me. Don’t talk nonsense.”
Su Xiao Yu glanced at Liu Lin, who was already preparing to fight, and felt a sense of inexplicable shame. But from Lin Wu’s expression, it was clear that what she said was probably the truth.
“Awooo!”
The alpha wolf let out a roar towards the sky. Some of the Scarlet Flame Wolves began to brew flames in their mouths, while others directly pounced on some students. Due to their bloodline awakenings, these students were not immediately killed.
However, in just an instant, lacking combat experience, they were bitten all over and covered in wounds. Fear once again occupied their faces.
Liu Lin, who had already used her Avatar skill, was now covered in red wings and fighting a Scarlet Flame Wolf, unable to care for her classmates.
Seeing that the wolf pack was about to form a encirclement, Lin Wu’s expression turned fierce. She hugged Su Xiao Yu and the other person on her left and right and suddenly broke through the jungle.
Leaves and branches continuously scratched Su Xiao Yu’s face. He kept comforting himself: there was no other way, he couldn’t do anything, he had no weapons, no martial arts skills.
In just over a minute, the three of them arrived at a small mound about a hundred meters away from the wolf pack. Lin Wu stopped and began to regulate her breathing, calling the Lin Family for reinforcements.
“I almost died with those yokels. The Dragon Hunters are bastards for letting demons run rampant. I must have my father condemn them when we get back.”
Su Xiao Yu glanced at Lin Liu’er, who was fiddling with her makeup on the small hillside, then shifted his gaze through the jungle. There, fires were bursting everywhere, the attacks of the Scarlet Flame Wolves…
He heard the cries for help and pleas from his classmates. As Lin Wu had said, staying there would only make them food.
Right… Big Sister gave me a flare.
“Releasing this now will attract the Scarlet Flame Wolves. Do you want to get all three of us killed?”
Su Xiao Yu quickly took out the flare from his pocket, but the next moment, a cold voice entered his ears – it was Lin Wu’s voice.
She held a crimson sword in her hand, looking at Su Xiao Yu with an unfriendly expression, an attitude as if she was about to attack.
“Heh heh… I was just taking it out to look.”
Su Xiao Yu swallowed and lowered his head slightly, putting the flare back into his pocket.
He continued to quietly look towards the direction of the camp, swallowed by raging flames. He could vaguely see the figure with fiery wings and the wolf corpses beside her. Liu Lin had actually killed a Scarlet Flame Wolf…
Then, more and more Scarlet Flame Wolves joined in. Liu Lin was already surrounded by three Scarlet Flame Wolves. Su Xiao Yu kept asking himself why she didn’t leave.
Clearly, those with bird bloodline awakenings could truly spread their wings and fly.
The fire was spreading. He took out the flare again, his expression extremely conflicted… The Dragon Hunters might not come, but the wolf pack would definitely find him.
At this moment, a hoarse roar sounded:
“Hurry up and go! Classmate Liu Lin is covering our retreat.”
“Those Lin family people are truly despicable! They actually all ran away!”
These were several injured students, supporting each other, their clothes soaked with blood. They cursed and felt lucky.
Su Xiao Yu fell silent, his fist clenched tightly around the flare tube, and defiantly stood up, taking a step towards the direction of the camp.
Those people from the Lin family actually let a female classmate cover their retreat…
“Stop! Where are you going?” Lin Wu asked with a frown. She didn’t want the young master of the Su family to get into trouble, as she would be held accountable by the Family Head.
“Since I can’t signal for help here, I’ll do it at the camp…” Without looking back, Su Xiao Yu stopped and gently shook his head. The education from the Su family would not allow him to retreat further.
He vaguely recalled the oath he took a few days ago: to resist demons, not to let demons slaughter, not to watch those who shouted for everyone die under the demons.
“Brother Xiao Yu, you…” Lin Liu’er’s face was full of incomprehension, not understanding why the Mayor’s son was acting crazy, going to his death.
“…”
Pushing aside the branches in front, Su Xiao Yu continued to walk towards the camp. Along the way, he encountered students supporting each other, and soon stopped in a place where the leaves were sparse.
It was in a small jungle about ten meters away from the camp.
Taking a deep breath, he took out his phone, opened Su Jiu’s QQ, and typed softly—
[Big Sister, it’s dangerous here. Don’t come if you see the flare.]
Then he casually threw his phone aside, gently pulled the igniter, and a brilliant flare shot across the sky. The flare exploded in the night sky like thunder from the ground.
The eyes of the Scarlet Flame Wolves were quickly attracted by the flare, and the alpha wolf leading them had already started to move this way. Su Xiao Yu lightly touched his forehead. At this moment, as a middle-schooler, he actually managed to activate the “Avatar” skill.
A chill began to emanate from his body, as if he was fighting for the last moment of this body.
Watching the approaching Scarlet Flame Wolves, he clenched his fists tightly, forcing himself not to be afraid. As long as he could delay, the Dragon Hunters would come.
“Was that flare you fired?”
A stumbling figure flashed by. Liu Lin was also attracted by the commotion here. At this moment, there was a huge claw mark on her chest, and the phantom wings behind her were already faintly visible.
She was also almost at her limit. After all, no matter how strong she was, she was just a high school student.
“En.” Su Xiao Yu quietly looked at her dirty face, then turned to look at the surrounding wolf pack.
He could clearly see the cruelty in the alpha wolf’s eyes, and couldn’t help but clench his fists. These beasts!
“Crack!”
The wings behind Liu Lin disappeared. She no longer had the strength to use “Avatar.” Panting heavily, she said, “We’re probably going to die here today. The Dragon Hunters won’t be able to come this quickly… It’s a shame, there are still more than a dozen classmates inside who haven’t left.”
As if to verify, the wolf pack tightly surrounded the two of them. The alpha wolf glared at them with annoyance, this woman had caused the reduction of its food.
A fierce glint flashed in the alpha wolf’s eyes. It signaled a wolf to attack. The signaled wolf leaped towards the two, its figure blocking the moonlight, like a dark angel of death devouring life.
“Be careful!”
Su Xiao Yu quickly shielded Liu Lin behind him. Without learning any martial arts, he could only block with his arms.
Seeing the opponent’s sharp claws less than half a meter away from them, Su Xiao Yu closed his eyes, accepting his fate.
“Whoosh!”
Suddenly, a whistling sound ripped through the air. A blue sword qi, carrying frost, slashed down from the sky. The sword qi instantly cut through the obstructing trees and directly struck the Scarlet Flame Wolf. Upon contact, its body was cut in half like tofu.
“Thump.”
The two halves of the corpse scattered aside, covered in chilling mist, instilling fear.
This sword slash cut through the night sky!
Dispelling the darkness!
