Chapter 486: Chapter 165: Assassination, Stolen Fire, Peace, Wolf Mother, Invasion

There’s actually something here!!

Li Yuan felt a chill rush straight to the top of his head, a dangerous feeling he hadn’t experienced in a long time.

His right hand swiftly reached for his waist, quietly feeling out the White Snake Blade.

He’s always carried this blade, but the Cyan Snake Blade was too conspicuous, so he left it in the Black Market Ghost Realm.

Just then, a sudden ripple appeared in the air.

This ripple was almost impossible to notice in the wind and snow.

But who was Li Yuan?

This is a monster who can hear the blacksmith’s slip-up from miles away while sitting in a secret room.

This is a monster who can sense falling leaves underwater while sitting under a waterfall.

This kind of ripple in his ears was like thunder.

And the ripple’s endpoint was clearly his head; he felt a pinprick-like sensation attacking him.

"It’s an arrow!"

His hand moved with his heart, and the blade in his hand swung out like lightning.

The frozen hair slapped the side of his head, ice dust shattered and flew off.

Clang!

The ripple was struck and deflected.

Li Yuan couldn’t see the arrow nor know if it was poisoned, so he naturally wouldn’t catch it, letting it fall instead.

The running Zhenyan Xue heard the commotion at this point, she was startled and quickly turned around, scanning uncertainly and exclaimed, "An ice arrow! How can there be an ice arrow? Who is ambushing us?"

She slowed down, seemingly wanting to find the ambusher, her face flushing with an unknown fear turning her pale, her mind was in chaos, and she had no idea.

"Don’t stop!" Li Yuan growled quietly, "Sweetheart, concentrate on running."

Zhenyan Xue was called as such, immediately feeling reassured, and continued to run with Li Yuan on her back.

Whoosh!

Another killing arrow shot out from the darkness.

Clang!

Li Yuan calmly swung the blade, slicing the arrow.

Zhenyan Xue, obediently, then started running rapidly with long legs, carrying her man. But maybe due to worry and fear being amplified by simple thoughts, her speed became slower.

Li Yuan got anxious, directly whispered in her ear, "Sweetheart, think of something that makes you angry, then accelerate."

Zhenyan Xue followed the command, immediately began to think.

It’s unclear what she thought of, suddenly, she shouted, her long legs moving swiftly, getting close to matching the previous Ice and Snow Giant Wolf.

And Li Yuan was fully focused, staring into the darkness, his ears listening for anomalies in the wind and snow.

On the way, he swung his blade, cutting down seven arrows in total.

Every strike made the Shadow Blood within him rapidly cool down.

By the seventh arrow, he already felt tingling in his palm and slight fissures appearing...

If he continued, his realm would thoroughly drop to the Eighth Grade; whether he could catch incoming arrows would be uncertain.

But...

Who shot this arrow?

Who wants to kill them?

Is it someone from the Zhenyan Clan?

Or someone else?

Why did the wolf run into the labyrinth?

A labyrinth that confounds demons...

A forsaken place by Divine Spirits...

Countless mysteries surged in his mind.

But they were fleeting.

He held onto the blade tightly, feeling uncomfortable with this crisis.

Time passed...

Li Yuan’s limbs were almost entirely frozen stiff, the Shadow Blood within him rapidly becoming dormant, while only Zhenyan Xue’s body radiated slight warmth helping him barely resist the external cold, it felt like he was "riding an electric scooter in snowfall before he crossed over."

The cold snow slapped his face randomly, numbing it, losing sensation.

And his realm finally fell to the Eighth Grade.

Li Yuan didn’t hesitate, biting the tip of his tongue, drawing blood, and the sudden pain stimulated his Shadow Blood to become slightly active, barely returning from Eighth Grade to Seventh Grade.

His eyes resembled a leopard’s, deadlocked on the darkness, observing the surrounding disturbances, the White Snake Blade in his hand frozen nearly fused to his palm.

All of this continued until a bean-sized light reappeared, marking the end of it.

Zhenyan Xue rushed into the Zhenyan Clan’s camp with Li Yuan on her back, bringing them both to the fire.

Li Yuan spun and landed, sitting cross-legged.

Zhenyan Xue fell next to him, her entire body encased in ice...

But before the fire, her body started becoming soft again.

The nearly dormant Shadow Blood within Li Yuan also began to stir, his realm swiftly returning from Eighth Grade to Seventh Grade, and moving towards Sixth Grade, Fifth Grade.

Only then did the fissures in his palm turn into blood, but quickly heal.

"I’m alive." Zhenyan Xue panted, "Who wants to kill..."

Li Yuan reached out to cover her mouth, whispering close to her, "Don’t say anything."

After this, he twisted his neck, stood up, and looked through the passage between the tents towards the entrance.

The entrance was empty, but there would be Diggers and Inspectors returning.

Li Yuan quietly waited while warming himself by the fire.

Indeed, someone returned from outside, but none of them had "625~635" data.

Li Yuan was patient, just observing like this.

By the fire, he was Fifth Grade.

"625~635" data to him was utterly insignificant.

Soon, Zhenyan Xue went to the Wolf Stable to report on the "disappearance of the Ice and Snow Giant Wolf," but she didn’t mention "the cold arrows shot from the darkness," nor did she mention "the Ice Giant Wolf was lost before the labyrinth deep within the Immortal Tomb," only saying it got lost in the wilderness.

Afterwards, someone delivered grilled meat.

After eating, Zhenyan Xue called out, "Darling, let’s return to the tent..."

Li Yuan laughed, "I’ll stay by the fire a little longer."

"Then I’ll accompany you." Zhenyan Xue yawned; she had been a "mount" all the way, quite tired indeed.

Li Yuan hugged her shoulders, saying "Thank you for your hard work," then asked, "What did you just think of that made you angry?"