The Return of the Demon

Night fell.

Ning Chen stopped by a stream.

He jumped off his horse, his thighs trembling and his legs shaking.

He didn't know how to ride a horse, and the inner thighs were rubbed by the raging.

Ning Chen estimated that he should be about a hundred miles away from the imperial city.

In fact, he could take the official road on his warhorse, which would be faster... but he was afraid of being caught up.

So he walked along the trail all the way.

When he got here, he was exhausted.

He stopped to let the horse eat some water grass, but Ning Chen himself was miserable. He walked too fast and didn't bring any food or water.

He observed the river for a while, but the river was too shallow and he didn't find any fish.

Helplessly, he could only set up a simple trap in the nearby forest, hoping to catch rabbits and wild birds?

Fortunately, he brought a fire starter with him.

He built a bonfire, wrapped his cloak tightly, and fell asleep against a tree.

Who knows? After sleeping for a while, the horse neighed anxiously.

Ning Chen was awakened and turned his head to see that the warhorse was restless, breathing heavily and constantly digging the ground with its hooves.

Before Ning Chen could understand what was happening, a wolf howled, which made him tense up.

Grass... From the sound, the wolf was not far away from him.

Ning Chen rushed over, untied the reins, and patted the horse's butt, "Run!"

The old horse knew the way, and he believed that this horse could go back by itself.

This was a warhorse, and Ning Chen didn't want it to be buried in the wolf's belly... and this horse was too conspicuous and could be easily recognized, so he originally planned to let it go back.

The warhorse galloped away.

Ning Chen added some firewood to the fire, because wolves were afraid of fire.

Then he quickly climbed up the big tree behind him.

After a while, there was a movement in the grass in the distance, and the weeds shook.

The wolf is coming!

Although there was a fire under the tree and he was hiding in the tree, Ning Chen was still a little nervous.

Wolves are cunning, very smart, and have strong team combat capabilities.

The weeds swayed, and several wild wolves poked their heads out of the grass.

They were afraid of fire and dared not approach. They vigilantly observed the surroundings and looked for prey.

Ning Chen hid in the tree and could clearly see the ferocious eyes emitting a creepy green light, and mucus dripping between the sharp teeth.

Wolves are very patient.

Sometimes they can track for several days in a row to hunt down prey.

Ning Chen held his breath and didn't want to provoke the wolf pack.

He only had a dagger now. If he was targeted by the wolf pack, it would be difficult to escape.

It would be better if he had a gun.

If he could survive this time, he must find a way to build a gun... As long as it is a carbon-based creature, there is nothing that cannot be killed.

Suddenly, Ning Chen slipped and almost fell from the tree, which scared him into a cold sweat.

But the noise also made the wolves discover him.

A low roar sounded.

Ning Chen smiled bitterly, it was really a double whammy.

But the tree was safe, and the wolves couldn't get up.

There were more than a dozen wolves in the pack, circling around the fire, making dull roars and staring at Ning Chen on the tree.

In this way, Ning Chen waited until dawn.

Ning Chen was tired and hungry, exhausted.

Just bear with it, it will be fine when dawn comes.

But at this moment, a sound of horse hooves sounded, coming towards this side.

Ning Chen's whole body tensed up, standing on the tree trunk and looking out.

I saw several people riding horses towards this side.

When he got closer, Ning Chen finally saw clearly... He squatted down hurriedly and hid behind the tree trunk quietly.

There were five people in total, wearing fish scale clothes and long swords on their waists.

These were the people of the Supervisory Department.

Ning Chen knew that the Supervisory Department only listened to Emperor Xuan.

He injured the fifth prince, and the Supervisory Department must have been sent by Emperor Xuan to arrest him.

Ning Chen smiled bitterly in his heart. He had been here for too long. The people from the Supervision Department should have found this place by following the horse hoof prints.

"Boss, there are ashes here."

One of them said, jumped off the horse and walked to the ashes, stretched out his hand to try, "There is still residual heat, the person should not have gone far."

Ning Chen prayed silently in his heart, don't look up, don't look up... the other party will find him as soon as he looks up.

If the other party looks up, then he can only pounce on him to get rid of him... but what about the remaining four people?

The Supervisory Department is full of top-notch masters. He has been exercising these days and his physical fitness has improved a lot... But there is no possibility of winning against four masters from the Supervisory Department at the same time.

Suddenly, Ning Chen discovered something. The wolves disappeared.

He looked at the bushes in the distance. From a high position, he could just see the wolves hiding in the bushes.

These beasts are really cunning.

It seems that they have set their sights on these five people from the Supervision Department.

The man who checked the ashes squatted on the ground with his back to the wolves.

Sure enough, a wild wolf seized the opportunity, jumped out of the bushes, opened its bloody mouth, and bit the neck of the person who was checking the ashes.

The person who was checking the ashes was very skilled. He heard the sound and identified the position. He subconsciously rolled on the ground to avoid the attack of the wild wolf, and stood up with a sharp long knife out of the sheath.

The wild wolf failed to attack and did not attack again. It arched its back and let out a dull roar in its throat.

"Everyone be careful, there are wolves!"

The leading man roared, pulled the restless horse, pulled out the long knife with one hand, and took the crossbow from the horse's back with the other hand.

With a wolf howl.

More than a dozen wild wolves rushed out of the bushes.

The horses were restless and neighed, almost throwing the people on the horses off.

"Everyone get off the horse."

The leading man gave the order.

The people from the Supervisory Department turned over and dismounted, and immediately gathered together, back to back, and stared at the surrounding wolves vigilantly.

A wild wolf jumped high and pounced on several people.

The leading man raised his hand and shot an arrow.

Whoosh! ! !

The arrow shot directly into the head of the wild wolf with a sound of breaking through the air, killing it in one shot.

Smelling the blood, the wolves became more ferocious.

One by one, the wild wolves pounced on several people.

The sound of arrows breaking through the air sounded.

These people's archery skills were very good, and three wild wolves were shot dead immediately.

But the biggest flaw of the crossbow is that it can only fire one arrow at a time... It takes time to reload arrows.

But the wild wolves will not give them time.

The people from the Supervisory Department can only abandon arrows and fight with knives.

These wild wolves are very ferocious, and it often takes several knives to kill one.

However, the people from the Supervisory Department are very skilled and know how to cooperate in combat, so no one was injured.

Ning Chen had been looking for a chance to escape.

But at this moment, a scream rang out.

Ning Chen looked down and saw that the man who was checking the ashes was bitten on the arm by a wild wolf, and another wild wolf bit his leg and was tearing it apart.

This man was fighting alone and was surrounded by four wild wolves.

He was very skilled. He killed one with one arrow and killed one with two swords... But the remaining two attacked him from the front and back, making him exhausted and he was accidentally knocked down.

The wild wolves bit his arm desperately, making him unable to even hold the knife.

Others from the Supervisory Department wanted to come to rescue, but they were surrounded by other wild wolves.

Ning Chen's eyes flickered. The people from the Supervisory Department were all very skilled. The wolves could not do anything to them. It was only a matter of time before they were killed.

If he didn't escape now, when would he?

Ning Chen slid down the tree trunk and prepared to sneak away quietly.