Chapter 27 – The Moment Between Life and Death (2) (1/2)

Chapter 27 – The Moment Between Life and Death (2)

“Fight! Fight with that dragon!”

Qinghan murmured with a muffled voice, as he was on high alert, while jumping among the trees.

-Whoosh! Whoosh! -

Suddenly, several fire red shadows appeared nearby. As he saw them, Qinghan quickly leaned against a thick branch, holding his breath. He didn’t make any movements, until the wolves had all ran far past him him. Letting out a sigh of relieve, Qinghan realized that cold perspiration was spilling on the surface of his forehead.

Turning around, it seemed that a fight was imminent. Roars and howls erupted in an endless stream.

“Damn it! Again?”

Qinghan hurriedly lay prostrate to avoid the attention of the approaching fire wolves. As soon as the fire wolves had passed, he began to twist his body carefully and jumped to another tree.

On his way, Qinghan moved stealthily at the speed of ten kilometers per hour. However, the further he went, the more fire wolves he encountered. Plus, the infuriated roaring became even fiercer, while the loud thuds of falling trees as well as the heavy footsteps of the giant thorn dragon were also becoming more and more frequent.

“Great! They’re finally fighting with each other! Wait… Why do I have the feeling that that bastard dragon is still closely following me?” Occasionally, Qinghan would look over his shoulders to observe what was happening to the dragon and the wolves. Right now, he was confident that the fight was actually going on, as the green smoke, which represented the remnant of the fireballs spit by the fire wolves, was rising in great amounts. Nevertheless… Why were the booming footsteps getting closer and closer?

“Does it mean that the fire wolves failed to besiege the dragon?”

Qinghan couldn’t imagine what would happen to him, if his hypothesis was correct. As far as safety was concerned, he had to speed up and run away as fast as possible. Of course, he had to do this quietly and make sure that he wouldn’t be spotted by the fire wolves.

In the rear part of Fire Wolf Hill, as Qinghan had predicted, the giant horn dragon escaped from the attacks from the roughly thirty fire wolves, which attempted to block the dragon from entering their territory. As a tyrant within the territory of the inside region of the mountain range, the giant horn dragon was overbearing, who couldn’t be bothered about some fire wolves at all.

Doubts slowly emerged in its giant head, as the dragon sniffed hysterically to find the smell of Little Black, yet he failed. Since it had no idea where Little Black had gone, he was determined to tear up Qinghan instead, to vent its disappointment.

The arrogance of the giant thorn dragon led to an outbreak of fury among the fire wolves, who also had a superiority complex. The dragon ignored the warnings released by the fire wolves at the beginning, therefore, it received an overwhelming amount of fireballs from the fire wolves.

However, despite the countless number of fireballs flying towards it, the dragon didn’t even try the slightest to dodge them. After all, the giant green scales on its back served as a protective armor.

- Boom! Boom! -

The fireballs kept ceaselessly shooting in the direction of the giant thorn dragon and they fell, one after the other, on its green-scaled back. Little sparks of flames scattered everywhere until only green smoke was left, which was the result of the remnants of the fireballs colliding with the damp weeds on the ground.

“Grr…”

Actually, the fireballs didn’t pose much of a threat to the giant thorn dragon, except for the fact that its green scales had turned ashen black. Now, fully provoked by the fire wolves, the dragon went on a rampage and decided to teach these fire wolves a good lesson. By raising its head upward, it howled even more wildly, as its eyes were sparkling with a ferocious red glow.

Soon afterwards, three nearby fire wolves were instantly thrown away by the dragon’s thorny tail, while two others were flattened under the pressure of its front claws. Given the formidable power of the dragon, the fire wolves fled in all directions. However, the giant thorn dragon didn’t show any sign of chasing after them, as it was fully focussed on following in the direction of Qinghan.

The corpses of the fire wolves scattered around the hill and some of them were still oozing blood from their wounds. Despite all the disadvantages of the current situation, the fire wolves wandered around, howling toward the sky to call for their fellow fire wolves as well as their leader to join the battle. Occasionally, they would even shoot out one or two fireballs towards the dragon.

……

“Your Majesty, we’d better stop here!”

On the other side of the Fire Wolf Hill, Niu Jin spoke with a trembling voice, as he heard the ongoing howls of the fire wolves.

“I just want to have one thing confirmed. Is our target on this hill?” Xue Yi replied indifferently.

“Yes, the target is still on the hill, but… There is something terrible going on there…” Niu Jin answered in an unstable tone, as he was looking panic-stricken. As a regular Wild City dweller, he had entered into the mountain range many times, yet he had never been frightened like this. His instincts told him, that Fire Wolf Hill must be an exceptionally perilous place.

“You, stop here! we’ll continue!” Xue Yi ordered Niu Yi, as he seemed absolutely confident.