Chapter 37

Facing eleven silver-winged demon wolves, Qin Lie stood at the front of the formation, raising the wooden carving high.

"Should they stop now..."

Qin Lie silently repeated, calmly waiting for the silver-winged demon wolves to halt on their own.

According to his grandfather, the silver-winged demon wolves would recognize the wooden carving. As long as he showed it, he could escape their attack.

He had no reason to doubt his grandfather, so he was confident that the silver-winged demon wolves would stop their assault once they saw the wooden carving.

"What is he doing? Feeding himself to the wolves? Does he think that after the silver-winged demon wolves tear him apart, they will spare us?" The Gao family martial artist who had wanted to slit his own throat looked at Qin Lie's actions with great confusion and muttered.

"Qin Lie! What are you doing? Come back!" Ling Yushi, alarmed and uneasy, urgently called out, disregarding the defensive formation and moving toward him with her spiritual artifact, the Twin Heart Rings.

"That wooden carving... should be a powerful spiritual artifact. I think it must be." Liu Yan's expression was stunned, but he quickly recovered and said confidently, "Qin Lie must have some reliance. Let's see what kind of surprise he can bring us."

Since he had met Qin Lie, he had found him to be full of mystery, so he naturally assumed that the wooden carving he held high should be an extremely powerful spiritual artifact that could help everyone resist the silver-winged demon wolves' attack.

"Isn't the carving of Grandpa Qin Shan?" Ling Feng was full of surprise. "How can this be? A wooden carving can't stop the silver-winged demon wolves, right?"

Many members of the Ling family had the same strange look in their eyes, finding Qin Lie's actions somewhat ridiculous.

"Uh... Why haven't they stopped?" A few seconds later, seeing that the speed of the silver-winged demon wolves had not slowed at all, Qin Lie was also stunned. "No way! It's not having the effect Grandpa said it would! This is bad!"

Earlier, the silver-winged demon wolves were still far away, but after this short sprint, they were now right in front of them!

The lead demon wolf charged straight at Qin Lie, its eyes filled with ferocity, howling as it pounced.

An extremely fierce aura emanated from the demon wolf's body. The silver wings of the silver-winged demon wolf shimmered with a silvery light, giving a sharp and cutting sensation.

"Qin Lie! Don't just stand there!"

Ling Yushi screamed, throwing both Twin Heart Rings at the fastest demon wolf, forming a light barrier to help Qin Lie block the attack.

"Roar!"

The silver-winged demon wolf let out a fierce howl, its claws striking the Twin Heart Rings with great force.

The Twin Heart Rings collided, emitting a metallic sound, and were immediately knocked flying into the sky. The light barrier formed by the spiritual energy also dissipated instantly.

Ling Yushi's face turned pale. Without thinking, she stepped in front of Qin Lie, her hands gathering spiritual energy to resist the enraged silver-winged demon wolf.

She was determined to block the fatal attack for Qin Lie!

The eyes of the silver-winged demon wolf glowed with a terrifying light, mocking Ling Yushi as if it had a spirit. With a flap of its broad wings, its powerful body soared high into the air, diving toward Ling Yushi.

It seemed that the tender flesh of a young woman was more appealing to it, so it abandoned Qin Lie as its prey.

"Quick, get out of here!" Ling Yushi shouted urgently.

The wooden carving did not work as expected, leaving Qin Lie feeling defeated and momentarily stunned.

When he finally reacted, he saw Ling Yushi acting decisively, rushing in front of him to block the silver-winged demon wolf's attack with her life.

Ling Yushi was only at the Eighth Heaven of Body Tempering, while the silver-winged demon wolf was a second-stage creature, equivalent to an Open Heaven Realm martial artist. She had no chance of resisting the silver-winged demon wolf, as evidenced by the Twin Heart Rings being knocked away.

Seeing Ling Yushi about to be killed by the silver-winged demon wolf, Qin Lie, having no time to retrieve the Green Wing Axe, swung the wooden carving at the demon wolf.

The Heavenly Thunder Punishment technique activated, infusing the wooden carving with lightning and thunder power.

"Boom!"

An unbelievable and fierce force suddenly erupted from the wooden carving!

From the head of the wooden carving, dozens of finger-thick green lightning bolts shot out, forming a fierce electrical grid that covered at least four meters in front of him!

"Crack! Boom!"

The lightning bolts shot out, and the thunder roared. The electrical grid that erupted from the wooden carving released a fierce and terrifying aura!

"Bang!"

The silver-winged demon wolf, eyes filled with fear, could not stop its momentum and crashed into the electrical grid.

"Aaah!"

A piercing howl came from the silver-winged demon wolf. Its silver fur immediately turned black and stood on end, as if struck by lightning. Its body curled up and fell from the sky.

"Zzzt!"

The electrical grid formed by the wooden carving released extremely fierce lightning, the green lightning bolts twisting together like snakes, creating a terrifying aura!

"Clang!"

Even when the Twin Heart Rings fell to the ground, Ling Yushi did not pick them up. Seeing Qin Lie standing in front of her, holding the wooden carving that released a terrifying electrical grid, she felt a mix of emotions, having narrowly escaped death.

"I told you, if that kid didn't have confidence, he wouldn't have rushed out of the defensive formation," Liu Yan nodded, looking deeply at Qin Lie. "This guy is indeed full of secrets, not so easy to kill."

"Brother Liu is truly wise!" Ling Xin sincerely praised.

Liu Yan smiled slightly.

"Aaah!"

The silver-winged demon wolf on the ground howled in pain, its body still flickering with fine electrical currents. After standing up, it retreated in fear, not daring to attack again.

The other silver-winged demon wolves, seeing their companion suffer, also stopped, standing behind it, their eyes fixed on the electrical grid, clearly wary.

Qin Lie was also stunned.

He held the statue by its legs, facing the wolf pack with its head. As he infused it with spiritual energy and lightning power, the lifelike hair on the statue's head continued to release astonishing electrical currents and spiritual energy, forming an electrical web in front of him.

"It's actually... a spiritual artifact..."

He had never thought that the statue left by his grandfather might be a spiritual artifact, so he had never tried to infuse it with spiritual energy to sense its properties.

In the critical moment, he had not had time to think, and had simply prepared to strike the silver-winged demon wolf with the statue, naturally gathering all his strength to save Ling Yushi.

But he had not expected the statue to bring him such a huge surprise!

Previously, because he had not thought the wooden carving was a spiritual artifact, he had not infused it with any mental energy or checked its internal structure.

Now, seeing the silver-winged demon wolves stop in surprise, he maintained the infusion of spiritual energy and finally had time to sense the internal structure of the wooden carving with his mental energy.

A thread of mental energy entered, and his face immediately became incredibly expressive. He inwardly exclaimed: What an incredible crafting technique!

The statue contained at least six different spiritual array diagrams!

The basic spirit gathering, amplification, storage, and reinforcement arrays were all present!

However, compared to the four basic arrays in his Soul Suppressing Pearl, the four basic arrays in the statue were much simpler, but still several times more intricate and complex than those in the short spear, Green Wing Axe, and Hexagonal Shield!

The four basic arrays in the statue were detailed, complex, and structurally clear, fitting together perfectly.

In addition to the four basic arrays, there were two more complex arrays embedded, which were likely more advanced and the true core of the statue!

The six different arrays filled the statue, their spiritual lines interwoven and connected, as intricate as the human body's meridians, leaving Qin Lie extremely impressed!

Upon sensing it, he had the illusion that the statue was a living thing, with meridians and flesh like a human!

The flow of spiritual energy through the arrays was like the techniques a martial artist used to gather and release spiritual energy, marvelously intricate!

Qin Lie was not yet a true alchemy master, but with his limited knowledge of alchemy, the arrays in the statue were undoubtedly the work of a master!

This was the most complex and wondrous array he had ever seen!

The simple arrays in the short spear, Green Wing Axe, and Hexagonal Shield were like the works of a child compared to the statue, incomparable.

It was precisely because of the wondrous arrays in the wooden carving that his strength was amplified several times, forming a terrifying power that even the silver-winged demon wolves dared not continue to attack.

"Qin Lie! Retreat first! Don't waste spiritual energy for too long!" Liu Yan suddenly reminded.

"Right, let's retreat. Don't waste our strength anymore."

Ling Yushi also called out, then hurriedly picked up the Twin Heart Rings. Feeling the power of the electrical grid, she was secretly alarmed, knowing that the strength of the grid was far beyond what a Body Tempering Realm martial artist could produce.

"What level of spiritual artifact is this?" she wondered, knowing that the statue had greatly enhanced Qin Lie's strength, amplifying it several times.

Qin Lie came to his senses, nodded, and stopped infusing spiritual energy. After his strength withdrew, the electrical grid did not immediately dissipate but slowly contracted...

"The statue itself stores a large amount of spiritual energy!"

Qin Lie immediately noticed that there was a white-hot substance in the storage array within the wooden carving.

This was the spiritual energy stored earlier. The terrifying power he had released with the wooden carving was likely due to the activation of this stored spiritual energy!

The spiritual energy stored in the wooden carving for many years still had such a fierce effect and had not been completely depleted. This spiritual energy... must have been incredibly pure and refined in the past.

"Could the person who created such a wondrous array and left this astonishing spiritual energy be Grandpa? If it is him, how many things has he hidden from me?" Qin Lie was stunned.

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