Chapter 1159: Chapter 1158: In a Tight Spot but Resolute

"You guys think, why have the numbers of Demon Beasts outside the city reduced so much recently? Could this be a sign of impending trouble?" Lu Yang asked.

"If we knew why, would the City Lord have sent us to investigate?" another team member responded.

A seven-person scouting team made their way through a world of ice and snow. Each of them was a battle-hardened Cultivator with experience in defeating Demon Beasts of their level. They had been dispatched by the City Lord to investigate the reason behind the changing numbers of the beasts.

They glided close to the ground, dressed in white robes, with a High-level Concealing Talisman affixed inside their clothing. Magic artifacts hung at their waists, and their compasses spun in their hands.

As they moved further away from Muxue City, they finally encountered a higher number of Demon Beasts.

Their Concealing Skill was excellent; they flew past the Demon Beasts without getting noticed, even those beasts that were a whole Realm higher in Cultivation Level.

Suddenly, everything before them went dark, and a mountainous silhouette appeared, exhaling a frosty breath. One Cultivator failed to react in time and got touched by the cold air, instantly freezing into an ice sculpture.

The team leader looked up and made eye contact with the mountainous figure, finally recognizing its identity. "It’s the Frost Elephant Demon King, run!"

Upon seeing the Frost Elephant Demon King, fear engulfed the others. Their rich experience living on the icy plains and fighting Demon Beasts suddenly became useless!

The shout from their leader finally snapped them out of their fear. They didn’t care about concealing their presence anymore and started to flee immediately.

Suddenly, a snake’s tongue appeared and swept another one of their companions away.

The White Snake hid within the ice and snow, almost invisible. They hadn’t noticed its presence all along.

"It’s the White Snake Demon King!"

One after another, creatures from the legends of the icy plains appeared, all of them Great Demon Kings. The people completely lost their ability to think, their gazes blank.

...

"Stick close together, don’t fall behind." Teacher Lu Doudou waved a small red flag, organizing a class outing.

"That’s odd, aren’t those Tiger Roar Martial Arts Hall members? Why have they left the city?" two guards from Muxue City discussed quietly.

"No idea."

Shortly after the martial arts hall students left, the heavily injured team leader of the scouting team staggered back and collapsed at the city gate with a thud, startling the two guards who quickly went to check on him.

The team leader, lying in the arms of a guard, shakily raised his hand, pointing in the direction he came from.

"Quickly inform the City Lord, a beast tide is coming..."

"What, a beast tide?" The guards trembled. Everyone said beast tides were terrifying, but they had never heard of Muxue City encountering one in their lifetimes.

"Wait, didn’t the Tiger Roar Martial Arts Hall members go in the direction of the beast tide?"

Outside Muxue City, Lu Yang led thirty-plus students, all bundled up in thick coats like little snowmen, except for Lu Yang, who wore a long jacket emblazoned with the Tiger Roar insignia, standing out from the rest.

"Teacher Lu, isn’t real-life training a bit too dangerous?" A student asked, shivering as he raised his hand. They had come enthusiastically for class, only to be told by Teacher Lu to go kill Demon Beasts in the wild?

These were Demon Beasts! Even their parents would run upon seeing one, how could they possibly stand a chance?

"You’ve trained in Tiger Roar Fist for so long, it’s time to test your Cultivation achievements. Don’t worry, I won’t pick too strong opponents for you."

The students groaned, although there was the powerful Teacher Lu watching over them, what if something uncontrollable happened?

Teacher Lu didn’t care much about what the students were thinking; he continued walking ahead with the flag, and the students had no choice but to follow.

"We have wolf tracks here; it should be this direction!" Lu Yang crouched and confidently pointed at the blank snowfield, like a seasoned hunter.

"Teacher, there are no footprints here?"

"The footprints have been covered by the heavy snow, You’re still young, you can’t see them, but the teacher can see the footprints beneath the snow."

The students looked up to Lu Yang with admiration.

Lu Yang was pleased with the students’ reactions and led them in the direction of the Wolf Demon his Spiritual Sense had detected.

After walking an unknown distance, Lu Yang raised his hand in a fist to signal everyone to stop.

He pointed behind a huge rock nearby and said, "See that big rock? There’s a Wolf Demon behind it. According to my experience, it’s a second-level Qi Refinement Wolf Demon, one-eyed and lame on the left leg, abandoned by its pack."

Fang Zhige looked bewildered, Can experience really tell all that?

"Gong Che and Shi Yi, you two command the students to encircle and suppress this Wolf Demon."

"Yes!"

Gong Che and Shi Yi shouted simultaneously, a mix of fear and excitement.

Among everyone, only Fang Zhige was composed; being at Great Perfection of Qi Refinement, dealing with these Qi Cultivation Stage Demon Beasts was a piece of cake.

"Little Fang, come here," Lu Yang gestured, calling Fang Zhige under a pine tree.

"You don’t have to fight with them, I’ll find you a Demon Beast from the Foundation Establishment Stage to deal with."

Fang Zhige took a few steps back in disbelief, staring at Lu Yang, who looked indifferent.

How could this be, how could Teacher Lu see through his true Cultivation Level, even the Golden Core Stage Master Murong couldn’t!

Could it be that Master Luo hadn’t been troubling him because Teacher Lu had dealt with Master Luo?

Thinking of this, Fang Zhige lowered his voice and sternly warned, "Teacher Lu, you shouldn’t stir this muddy water. Perhaps Master Luo isn’t a threat to you, but behind him is the endless bounty of the Ghost Killing Alliance, and above that is the Nine Ghosts Alliance. You’ll be facing relentless pursuit!"

Thinking that such a good teacher as Lu Doudou might face a life-threatening situation because of him made Fang Zhige extremely remorseful.

"Alright kid, don’t worry about it too much, go and fight your Demon Beast."

It was then that Fang Zhige suddenly realized his greatest problem, he was only at Great Perfection of Qi Refinement and had never fought a Demon Beast from the Foundation Establishment Stage.

His learned assassination techniques were useless against Demon Beasts.

"Walk north for about a mile, there you’ll find a snow fox at the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, go fight it."

Lu Yang patted Fang Zhige on the back, urging him to hurry.

After Fang Zhige left, Lu Yang touched his chin and said, "Speaking of which, is the environment around Muxue City really that good? It took us so long to find a Demon Beast, and their realms aren’t even high."

"How do you see it, Fairy..."

"Awoo, awoo— I am currently a wolf, awoo—"

In the Spiritual Space, huge snowflakes fell like goose feathers, burying the Imperial Palace of the Great Bean Dynasty. The roof of the palace was indistinguishable, and it was snowing inside the palace too, covering everything from the ground to the throne.

Immortal Fairy, wearing a white wolf skin, leapt up and down in the snow, howling and waving its wolf claws. As soon as Lu Yang turned to ask a question, she pounced on him.

"What are you doing, Fairy?"

After Lu Yang staggered to his feet, he realized Immortal Fairy had draped him in an unknown Demon Beast’s fur while he wasn’t looking.

"This is Bei Skin."

"Isn’t there a proverb ’a collusion between wolves,’ which describes a very close relationship? Now, I am the wolf, and you are the Bei; our relationship is unbreakable!"