Blue Phoenix Chapter 13 – Poppies

Hearing what Sha Yun said, Hui Yue instantly stopped taking the wolf corpse apart. He placed a hand on the stone floor, merging with the stone to scout the tunnel ahead of them.

It was exactly as Sha Yun had said. A sneer appeared on Hui Yue’s face as he quickly returned to his body.

Thinking quickly, Hui Yue gestured to the others that they should withdraw for now. They should draw back to the location where they had started from, as the tunnel was the smallest there. While facing such a horde of wolves, it would be beneficial to limit the amount they would have to fight at once.

Standing back, Wang Ju Long once more spread her plant seeds on the ground. This time she only used two incantations: the one which created poppies and the other which sprouted a tree trunk with multiple roots underneath the stone floor.

Deng Wu sighed as he swept across one of his storage stones and picked up a large stack of middle-ranked inscriptions.

These inscriptions were all powered by spiritual energy. None of them were as powerful as the ones he had used against the previous wolf. Deng Wu did not have the luxury to keep burning his cultivation base, so instead, he picked up the pre-made inscriptions.

Sha Yun was no longer complacent while seated in the stone chair. She was instead gathering all her energy from her beast core in preparation of unleashing wave after wave of earthen spikes, ready to impale one wolf after another.

Hui Yue was the only one who was not preparing. Within his right hand was his Black Blood dagger. After having sent a small amount of spiritual energy into it, he did nothing more than circulate the spiritual energy and qi within his meridians. He was ready to assist should the others not be able to deal the final blow to the wolves.

Having returned to the entrance, only one wolf could attack at a time. Although this strategy was much safer, it would be important for Hui Yue and the others to save their spiritual energy when facing off against the wolves. Unfortunately, they would be in quite a bit of trou

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