Near noon, the Silvermoon Wolf King yawned. It was already thinking about what to eat for lunch. As for feeling threatened, sorry, but in its mind, that was no longer necessary.
At first, it had only been an ordinary Silver Wolf. Its only dream back then had been to grow into a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast as quickly as possible and awaken another element. During that period, it ate anything.
Animals, plants, rocks, dirt, even grass. As long as something contained Spirit Power and could help it grow, it would eat it no matter how disgusting it was.
Until one day, it ate a strange blade of grass.
The grass looked extremely ordinary. If not for the fact that no other plant grew around it, the wolf would never have noticed it.
Faced with that odd scene, the beast did not think too deeply. It only sensed that the grass contained an energy that exerted a powerful attraction on it. Unable to resist, it swallowed it.
The changes began from that moment.
Within just a few days, its Spirit Power increased by several hundred years. The wolf successfully advanced from thousand-year to ten-thousand-year. But after reaching ten-thousand-year, it did not awaken a new element. Instead, it awakened a form of energy.
With that new energy, it easily defeated the cats and vines that had once stood on equal footing with it.
Afterward, three Golden Wolf Kings sensed its presence and successively attached themselves to its side.
With the Golden Wolf Kings helping it, the wolf no longer had any worries. It effortlessly killed the ten-thousand-year Earthrock Tortoise.
After eating the Earthrock Tortoise and several other multi-element Soul Beasts, its own level skyrocketed. In a little over a year, its cultivation age increased by nearly three thousand years, making it the undisputed king of this region.
So now, this region was its backyard. Whenever it wanted to eat something, it could just go and eat it. Such a lazy life could truly make a wolf degenerate.
Today, it had sensed that several beings with meager Spirit Power had entered its territory. Since it could not decide what to eat, it followed the logic of eating whatever came to the door and lazily stood up.
As the grass rustled, four figures wrapped in tight black clothing appeared before it.
It had eaten humans before, but creatures dressed like this, with such faint Spirit Power, actually appearing here? That surprised it.
After Soul Beasts reached ten-thousand-year, their souls matured and their intelligence was no longer low. The Silvermoon Wolf King was also a high-grade Soul Beast with excellent spiritual power. Combined with its own special nature, its intelligence had nearly reached that of an eight or nine-year-old child.
With its brilliant brain, it realized that these four must have someone stronger behind them.
But so what? Long years of being undefeated had forged its invincible heart.
"Awooo!" Feel honored. To become food for the future king of Soul Beasts is the glory of your lives!
Just as the Silvermoon Wolf King was about to eat the four before they could flee, the four fools charged at it instead.
"Awoo?" What is this? Have they been overwhelmed by my kingly aura and come to offer themselves?
Because the four people carried extremely faint Spirit Power, the wolves paid them no attention despite their speed. The instincts they relied on for survival did not warn them of danger.
And so, the four figures ran toward the four wolves, one for each. The wolves waited like hungry children for food to deliver itself to their mouths.
As the four drew closer, a strange scent caught the wolves' attention.
"Awoo! Awoo!" This smell. It is not exactly the same, but it really is similar to that miraculous grass! You three, get away from them. They are mine!
The other three Golden Wolf Kings also smelled it. They did not know what it was, but when they felt their own Spirit Power tremble, they immediately knew it had to be something good.
As for the Silvermoon Wolf King's order, please. They had only attached themselves to it because they hoped it could help them sense special minerals. They were not incapable of surviving without it. Since the humans before them could replace those minerals, why should they obey?
Seeing that the three did not follow its order, the Silvermoon Wolf King immediately wanted to unleash a powerful attack. But when it considered that it was not confident it could kill all three at once, and that failing would draw a joint attack from them, it had no choice but to endure. Then it used all its strength to rush toward the four figures.
Under Wu Ling's control, the four clones and four wolves ran toward each other perfectly. Each wolf swallowed one clone in a single bite.
When he saw them devour the clones successfully, Wu Ling smiled.
"See? Victory only requires complete preparation and smooth execution.
"Still, since it is going to become my Spirit Ring, I should at least let it die knowing why."
Despite saying that, Wu Ling did not rush. After waiting about a minute, he saw the three Golden Wolf Kings swaying and foaming at the mouth. Only then did he calmly walk out.
"I had the clone already skilled with poison study the poison knowledge of Snake Spear Elder and Grandpa Yue. Then I borrowed poison herbs from the two of them, added Porcupinefish Elder's toxin, and synthesized a poison I named One-Minute Drop.
"This poison is powerful. It also has an unusual fragrance similar to tea, which makes it extremely difficult to detect. Ordinary Soul Beasts below fifty-thousand-year and Spirit Masters below Spirit Emperor will die within one minute if they eat it.
"Even Spirit Emperors and Soul Beasts above fifty-thousand-year will suffer varying effects because of different factors."
As Wu Ling finished speaking, the three Golden Wolf Kings collapsed one after another, raising clouds of dust and scattering away their own lives.
Using the dust as cover, the Silvermoon Wolf King shook its head and began charging at Wu Ling.
Looking at the Silvermoon Wolf King, whose strength had been heavily weakened but which still ran toward him, Wu Ling drew his sword and prepared to end its life personally. During this, he still had one question.
"I deliberately controlled the dosage, but it should have had three minutes at most. Half that time has already passed. How is it still alive and running?"
Very soon, the Silvermoon Wolf King answered him with reality.
When it was less than five meters away from Wu Ling, he had already prepared the stance for Swallow Reversal. But at that moment, a ball of white light suddenly condensed on the wolf king's forehead.
Wu Ling's eyes widened. He could not sense the Spirit Power element inside that white light at all.
A sense of danger surged through him, but it was already too late.
The white light expanded violently, forming a semicircle ten meters in diameter around the Silvermoon Wolf King. Wu Ling happened to be within that range.
In that instant, Wu Ling lost control over every trace of Spirit Power in his body. Even the one-and-a-half-meter sword was forcibly pressed back into him.
Feeling the condition inside his body, Wu Ling's pupils constricted. His current state was no different from being stripped naked. Worse, the Silvermoon Wolf King had already entered within three meters of him.