Chapter 12: Grinding

The afternoon sun shines through the shade of the trees, casting golden spots over the valley.

Wei Tao leaned behind the somewhat hot rocks, carefully observing and listening to the movements around him.

Suddenly, a pair of dark green eyes appeared in the bushes more than ten meters away.

Then came the second pair, the third pair, and finally a dozen red-capped gray wolves came nearby.

Wei Tao suddenly tensed his spirit, grabbed a few sharp stones found on the road, and hid his body deeper.

"Luckily, all these days of hard work have not been in vain, and I finally found their nest nearby."

"But luck is also a little bad, the last time I saw them, there were only three or four wolves, and today there are more than ten at once."

The wolves that live in the Cangmang Mountains are generally the size of a few, and the number can reach double digits, which can definitely be regarded as a large group.

Like Wei Tao had seen in miscellaneous books before, hundreds or thousands of wolves could not exist in the vast mountains.

After all, the more wolves there are, the more food they consume every day, putting great pressure on their survival, and eventually they will fall back into a state of equilibrium.

The wolves cowered in the bushes and did not move, and he also hid behind the rocks and did not move.

It wasn't until a quarter of an hour later that a gray shadow burst out of the bushes, and in an instant it was already under the tree of the upside-down deer, and jumped high and bit it.

Wei Tao frowned, and did not take this opportunity to throw stones.

He waited quietly until the red-capped gray wolf tore the deer off and dragged it back into the bushes, without making a rash move.

There were so many wolves that he didn't expect.

So I can only give up this hunting opportunity and wait for the next time when I am more fully prepared before returning to this place.

The wolves quickly disappeared into the depths of the bushes.

Wei Tao waited for a while before moving his body a little and slowly leaving.

Suddenly, a chill ran down his back.

A fishy wind blows in your face.

Without any hesitation, Wei Tao turned around and slashed out.

Swish!

A gray shadow had swooped closer, and could even smell the stench emanating from its mouth.

Its claws were less than a foot away from Wei Tao's body, and then it was slashed by the Mountain Pioneer, and a dazzling spark suddenly splashed between the blade and the claw.

The knife was flicked high and swirled into the trunk of the tree on one side.

However, the huge impact also swept away the gray shadow that rushed in, smashed it to the ground and rolled around a few times before standing up.

A low whimper spilled from deep down the red-capped gray wolf's throat, and it kept digging the ground, brewing for the next attack.

Wei Tao confronted it a few meters away, did not attack first, and did not even use the throwing method of You Shiquan to throw out the stone in his hand.

Because in just two or three breaths, two more adult red-capped gray wolves burst out of the bushes and surrounded him from different directions.

He regretted a little that he shouldn't have come to hunt alone.

Because it was only then that he discovered that the red-capped gray wolf here was very different from the gray wolf on the earth.

They are larger and stronger, and the last time they saw them from a distance, they didn't think they were anything.

Now that I look closer, each one is about to catch up with the size of a calf.

The terrible wolf howls came and went.

A golden symbol appears in front of you, and the status bar just appears, then disappears.

"My heart is a little messy, I actually want to improve my cultivation progress under the watchful eye of wolves, it's like looking for death by myself."

"You have to fight hard, at least you have to go down the mountain alive first......"

Wei Tao suppressed the tension and anxiety in his heart, let out a long breath of turbidity, and his hands swelled and became larger, like blood red.

Fishy wind is rising.

Two red-capped gray wolves, one on the left and one on the right, flew over from both sides.

He didn't have time to think about it, his body had already followed his instinct and reacted first.

The red line boxing practiced day and night was under pressure.

Stepping, twisting the waist, bowing, punching.

Wei Tao desperately let the red-capped gray wolf on the left groom rub his waist with one paw, and smashed a heavy fist on the wolf's waist coming from the right.

Click!

A crisp sound came from the red-capped gray wolf's body.

At the same time, there was a stab.

A gap was cut in the clothes around Wei Tao's waist.

Fortunately, he added two more layers of thick burlap to protect his body, so that he did not leave a wound under the wolf's claws.

The red-capped gray wolf on the right let out a miserable howl and fell to the ground, struggling desperately but unable to stand up straight.

With a copper head and an iron tail, Wei Tao's powerful punch immediately made it lose its combat effectiveness.

But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, two more red-capped gray wolves pounced.

Wei Tao did not dodge or dodge, and met him head-on.

In this kind of encirclement and grappling, especially when speed is not dominant, he can only choose to fight hard, or even exchange injuries for injuries.

Overwhelm the opponent in momentum and smash their will to fight with fists in exchange for a glimmer of life.

The fierce battle lasted less than half a cup of tea before it was over.

The wolves left two seriously injured companions and took the mountain deer with them, not knowing whether they lost or gained.

Wei Tao also paid a big price.

Several places on his body were gushing outward, and the continuous operation of qi and blood erupted into punches, making him almost on the verge of losing his strength.

Sweat soaked through the torn clothes, and the wounds were hot and painful.

He leaned against the tree and gasped, his legs shaking, barely able to support his weight.

"Huh!?"

Wei Tao was about to sit on the ground, but his pupils contracted suddenly.

A red-capped gray wolf slowly stepped out of the bushes with graceful steps.

It was a lap larger than the rest of its kind, and its turquoise eyes shone with a hint of cunning and cruelty, in stark contrast to the other red-capped gray wolves.

Wei Tao was anxious in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.

He even left the tree he was leaning on, and with all his strength he tensed his weak legs, and approached the crouching red-capped gray wolf step by step.

It should be the head wolf of the whole pack, testing his reality.

Then, he must not show the slightest weakness at this time.

You can't even turn around and run away, leaving your back to them.

Wei Tao got closer and closer to it, his arm swelled and grew larger again, and he clenched his fist that was so painful that it almost cracked.

The red-capped gray wolf that appeared at the end lowered its head, whimpered lowly, and began to slowly retreat.

Until it's gone completely.

Wei Tao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

His physical strength was actually about to run out, and he was injured, and he couldn't even exert his previous strength.

If the head wolf really didn't care about culling, the best outcome would be for him to kill it at the cost of serious injuries.

Then he was bitten to death again, or he was incapacitated and lay on the ground waiting to die.

After waiting in place for a moment with a bluff, Wei Tao finally regained some strength.

He first took out the herbs prepared in advance from the back basket and smeared the wound, and then hurried to bleed the red-capped gray wolf and put them all into the wine bag prepared in advance.

Boom!

Knock knock!

Several large mouthfuls of wolf blood mixed with medicinal wine were swallowed into the abdomen.

Wei Tao's eyes widened violently, as if a line of fire was running from his throat into his stomach.

Qi and blood were running slowly, and he felt as if his arm was burning.

It's like going back to the morning when I just apprenticed, and Master Zhou shot like electricity and hit him.

After a while, although the wound was still burning and aching, at least in terms of qi and blood flow, it had recovered to the level of six or seven points.

And the potency of wolf blood is still continuing, waiting to be digested and absorbed by the body, constantly making up for the previous consumption.

Cutting off a branch the thickness of a cup as a flat pole, Wei Tao tied the two red-capped gray wolves with hemp rope, and hurriedly walked along the same road towards the outside of the mountain.

At this time, the sun has begun to set in the west, and the mountain breeze is gradually bringing a little coolness.

Wei Tao quickened his steps, otherwise it would be difficult to return to the city before the key was locked under the city gate.

It wasn't that he was afraid of spending the night in the wild, but he had to send the flesh and blood of the red-capped gray wolf back to the martial arts hall as quickly as possible, once the delay was too long, it would affect the medicinal effect of boiling blood pills.

After this hunting, Wei Tao finally deeply understood what Peng Yue said, how effective it is to go into the mountains to practice and sharpen boxing.

At the same time, he is deeply aware of his own shortcomings.

He overestimated his own strength and neglected the application of various means.

The cultivation of Red Line Fist is the foundation, but there are other ways to kill the enemy, so you can't prepare too much in advance.

Traps, drugs, poisons, hidden weapons, etc.

If he can, he even wants to get some crossbows and armor.

After turning a corner, just walking out of a rare open mountain area, Wei Tao suddenly gathered his thoughts and stopped.

He put down the burden on his shoulders and held the knife behind his back with his backhand.

Several men in shabby animal skins jumped out and blocked his way.

Sou!

Then a feathered arrow flew from the back and sank deep into the trunk of a nearby tree.

The eyes of several people roamed back and forth on the corpse of the red-capped gray wolf, and then looked at Wei Tao, who was in tattered clothes, his expression was uncertain, and his eyes were unpredictable.