Serpent Ancestor

Chapter 26: Somewhat smart but not much

Chapter 26: Somewhat smart but not muchAt the foot of the cliff, the wolf king, whose tail had been burned off, endured the excruciating pain and struggled to stand up, his eyes filled with sorrow and anger.

The wolf pack was dead, and his tail was severed—all because of that damned human!

He wanted revenge, but he was powerless. The human was too strong, so strong it made him despair.

At that moment, he suddenly remembered the order Xu Hei had given him—

"If you see any sign of humans, report to me immediately!"

The wolf king hadn't taken the order seriously before, but now, it was the only thought in his mind.

"Snake, I need to find the snake!"

The wolf king stood up, quickly gathered the remaining wolves, and issued the order to find Xu Hei.

The wolf pack scattered,

Suddenly, his eyes widened.

Xu Hei turned and fled without hesitation, rushing down the mountain.

"Escaped?"

Mu Lei was stunned. The snake actually escaped?

"Master instructed me not to be impulsive when I see you, to delay for a stick of incense's time, and he would arrive."

Mu Lei's eyes flickered. It was said to be for his safety, to avoid being killed by the snake demon.

But now, this snake was only at the fourth level of the Spirit Communion Stage, two levels below him. How could it kill him when it was fleeing at the sight of him?

As a snake catcher, killing a snake demon of the same realm was a basic skill. If he couldn't even do that, he shouldn't be called a snake catcher.

Not to mention, he was two levels higher.

"Could it be as Junior Brother Zhao said, this snake demon is extremely cunning, possessed by a great power, capable of fighting above its level, deliberately showing weakness to lure the opponent into pursuit, and then counterattacking?"

Mu Lei's contempt turned into a sense of caution.

He took a few steps back, hid behind a tree, activated the communication jade talisman, and silently threw it into the distance.

Then, he returned to his original spot, feigning arrogance, and shouted, "A mere fourth-level Spirit Communion Stage beast, and you need my master? I can kill you myself!"

He chased in the direction Xu Hei had fled.

Mu Lei was certain that the opponent hadn't escaped and was waiting for him somewhere.

His brother, at the peak of the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage, couldn't have been killed by a fourth-level beast. The opponent must have used despicable means!

Today, those despicable means would be useless against him. He would use all his trump cards!

At the same time, he had already informed Chen Daoling. With his master handling it, the snake demon couldn't escape!

"Come out, I found you!"

His divine sense quickly locked onto Xu Hei, who was rapidly moving underground.

Mu Lei's eyes flashed. He took out two talismans and stuck them on his legs, then used the Earth Escape Technique to burrow underground, chasing after Xu Hei.

He seemed to be chasing at full speed, but in reality, he was only using half his speed, keeping the other half in reserve.

Similarly, Xu Hei wasn't fleeing at full speed either, using only a fraction of his speed and not even employing the Earth Escape Technique, deliberately leading the opponent on.

"This person's speed is so slow, not even half of Mu Yun's. He's clearly pretending to be weak!" Xu Hei thought to himself.

This kid looked young but was very cunning, not as easy to fool as Mu Yun.

As for his earlier posturing, saying he didn't need his master and could handle it himself, it was clearly a case of "no silver here."

Most likely, his master would arrive soon.