Battle Axe Squad

"Damn it, how come this kid is so lucky!" Chen Ze followed behind Chen Fu and the others, cursing incessantly. "He met a mid-level mage friend before, and I was planning to teach him a lesson when I had the chance to meet him again. I didn't expect him to join the Skyfire Squad now."

Chen Ze was so angry he wanted to bite his teeth.

"Aze, the young man standing behind Liu Lin just now is the kid who stole our Three-Eyed Demon Wolf's corpse last time," Chen Fu, who was walking at the front, suddenly stopped and asked.

"That's right, it's him." A fierce glint flashed in Gao Gu's eyes as he spoke first, "Aze, we ran into this kid again today. We wanted to use my power to make him hand over our stuff, but unexpectedly, the Skyfire Squad showed up to back him up and even mocked us."

As Gao Gu spoke, the image of Liu Lin calling him a lifelong bachelor came to mind again, and his lips twitched involuntarily, his anger rising even higher.

When Chen Ze found him, he was full of confidence and made all the promises, but the result was simply unbearable to look at.

In terms of strength, Gao Gu is inferior to Liu Lin, but Liu Lin stood up for Lin Chen, which made Gao Gu hold all the hatred for Liu Lin's insults against him against Lin Chen.

"Boss, the Skyfire Squad is really disrespecting our Battle Axe Squad. They won't even hand over a kid we've only known for a short time." Chen Ze quickened his pace and walked up to Chen Fu, saying.

"Face?" Chen Fu smiled. "If the Skyfire Squad would give us face, then they wouldn't have tried to take that three-eyed demon wolf from us before."

"However, this kid has quite a connection with the Skyfire Squad, both because of the Three-Eyed Demon Wolf that made us enemies." Chen Fu shook his head, a cold smile appearing on his lips. "I don't have time to deal with them now. When I have the chance, I'll let the Skyfire Squad see that my reputation as Chen Fu is not just based on the high-level mage behind me."

"Boss, how long are you going to rest before heading out into the wild?" Chen Ze asked.

"Once Hu Yun and Hu Feng have collected the necessary supplies, we will immediately leave the Snow Mountain Post Station and head to Bowang Mountain," Chen Fu said, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes.

"But, boss, you're still injured. Isn't it too impulsive to go to Bowang Mountain again so soon?" Gao Gu asked, somewhat puzzled.

"This minor injury is nothing to worry about. Opportunities don't just sit there waiting for us," Chen Fu said with a faint smile. "Besides, this time not only will all the mid-level mages in our team be going to Bowang Mountain, but you and Zhang Qiang will also be going together."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ze and Zhang Qiang were pleasantly surprised, never expecting to be able to participate in this operation.

Chen Ze nodded emphatically, then glanced in the direction of Bowang Mountain, muttering, "Hopefully we'll run into that kid on this mission. The depths of Bowang Mountain are so dangerous; it's reasonable for one or two people to die!"

"Aze, I didn't expect you to hold such a grudge against that kid. But this time, our main objective in entering Bowang Mountain is to achieve our goal. Once we've accomplished it, it's not impossible," Chen Fu said with a smile, patting Chen Ze on the shoulder.

……

Deep in the Bowang Mountains, at the top of a large tree.

A man dressed in black was crouching low, silently lurking among the dense foliage, cautiously peering downwards.

About a hundred meters away from the tree where the man in black was, a giant wolf, nearly ten meters tall and twenty meters long, lay there. This giant wolf had a body as solid as steel, sharp ridges and bone spikes, and three eyes.

It was none other than the Three-Eyed Demon Wolf, a demon of the Warrior General level.

Even from a distance of 100 meters, the man in black could still feel the menacing aura emanating from the ferocious wolf.

"This three-eyed wolf is so badly injured, how can it still be so scary? I'm really afraid it will find me." The man in black hid among the leaves, not daring to breathe.

"Aww!"

The three-eyed wolf let out a howl, stood up, looked around and, finding nothing amiss, strolled off in one direction.

Watching the three-eyed wolf disappear from sight, the man in black immediately climbed down from the tree, left a mark near the tree, and then disappeared into the shadows to chase after the three-eyed wolf.

An hour later, as the man in black was following behind the three-eyed demon wolf, an unusually strong fragrance wafted over from the side.

"It smells so good, could it be some kind of rare and precious herb?"

The man in black was startled. He knew that outside the safety barrier, there were many treasures. These treasures could enhance the strength of demons and humans to varying degrees. Many hunters who made a living in the wild had made a fortune by finding some rare and precious materials.

However, most of these rare and precious materials are guarded by demons, and to obtain them, one must first defeat the demons guarding them.

"Could it be that this three-eyed demon wolf knows there are treasures nearby and has come here specifically to heal its injuries?" The man in black felt uneasy. If the three-eyed demon wolf were to recover, not only would they not be able to kill it, but all their previous efforts would be in vain.

Soon, the man in black felt relieved. He realized that the direction the three-eyed wolf was heading was different from the direction the scent was coming from; they were not from the same direction.

After following the three-eyed demon wolf for a while, as the rich fragrance receded into the distance, the man in black became increasingly anxious. After all, a rare and precious treasure that was likely unclaimed was still a considerable gain.

A few moments later, the man in black followed the three-eyed wolf to a stream.

The three-eyed wolf first raised its head and looked around. After confirming that there was no danger, it lowered its head, drank a few sips of water, and then lay down to rest. Soon, the sound of the three-eyed wolf fast asleep could be heard.

The man in black gazed at the sleeping three-eyed demon wolf, his mind replaying the strange fragrance he had just smelled.

After struggling for a long time, the man in black confirmed that the three-eyed wolf was asleep and would not wake up for a while, so he quickly rushed to the place where he had smelled the fragrance earlier.

Following the marks left earlier, the man in black arrived at the previous location and quickly moved forward, following the direction from which the fragrance wafted.

Before long, a small tree, more than half a meter tall, appeared in front of the man in black. The tree had large, lush green leaves, and nine round, purple fruits hung among the leaves.

Smelling the fragrance emanating from the sapling and observing its fruit, the man in black fell into deep thought.

After a while, a look of surprise appeared on the face of the man in black.

The fruit growing on the small tree in front of them was none other than the Nebula Fruit, one of the few types of demons outside the safety barrier that disliked eating, but which had good effects on humans. Its function was to help novice mages transform Stardust into Nebula.

The man in black has already reached the third-level bottleneck stage in his second magic system, Shadow Magic.

At this moment, the man in black didn't bother taking the Nebula Fruit with him to continue tracking the Three-Eyed Demon Wolf. Instead, he picked a fruit from the small tree, sat cross-legged, and began his formal breakthrough towards becoming a mid-level mage of the second element.

Just as the man in black broke through, the Three-Eyed Demon Wolf finished resting, stood up, and randomly chose a direction to continue forward. If it continued to follow this direction, the Three-Eyed Demon Wolf would eventually encounter the Skyfire Squad.