Chapter 48

After being defeated by Jiang Wei, Rabbit King's status within the clan plummeted. He then left the rabbit clan and came to Qiu Dao Mountain to practice and seek the Dao.

In Qiu Dao Mountain, Rabbit King's strength was negligible. However, Rabbit King was fast and had excellent escape skills. Whenever he encountered someone stronger than himself, he would run as fast as a rabbit without a second thought. After a month of mixing in, Rabbit King had gained some reputation, and his soul strength reached fifteen times higher.

At this moment, Rabbit King was stealthily and cautiously moving through the forest, patiently searching for prey. However, just as he was fully focused, he suddenly felt something touch his ears, followed by a sinister laugh, which almost scared him to death.

Rabbit King slowly turned around in extreme shock, and what he saw was Jiang Wei's contemptuous smile — "Old friend, long time no see!"

"Damn, a ghost!" Rabbit King was directly scared out of his wits, "You... you appeared behind me when?"

Despite his eyes and ears being alert, Rabbit King's attention was always on the front, but his ears were always listening for any movement behind him. However, the secret technique "Light Breeze" was indeed very powerful, not only extremely fast but also as gentle as a light breeze. Rabbit King didn't notice at all, and Jiang Wei was already behind him.

Jiang Wei smiled, "Just arrived!" Jiang Wei wasn't afraid that Rabbit King could run away; with the secret technique "Light Breeze," Jiang Wei was not only fast when escaping but also very effective when pursuing.

Rabbit King immediately showed a pained and ugly smile, "Big brother, spare me..." In fact, the moment he turned around, Rabbit King realized that Jiang Wei's soul concentration was actually lower than his, only ten times. However, Rabbit King knew that Jiang Wei's attacks were bizarre, and he knew he wouldn't be his match.

"Spare you?" Jiang Wei laughed mockingly.

At this moment, Rabbit King suddenly burst into action; he kicked with both legs and fled at lightning speed. Rabbit King's courage was as small as that of an ordinary rabbit. Feeling that he was no match for Jiang Wei, he didn't even dare to ambush and just ran for his life.

"Damn, you dare to run!?" Jiang Wei had already considered Rabbit King as his meal. Seeing that this meal dared to run away, he couldn't help but get angry.

Whoosh ——

Jiang Wei used the secret technique "Light Breeze," transforming into a light breeze and instantly catching up to the rapidly fleeing Rabbit King.

"Let you run!" Jiang Wei grabbed the butt of his spear and swung it like a club, striking Rabbit King.

"Bang!"

The hopping Rabbit King was directly hit to the ground by the club.

"Run again!" Jiang Wei thrust his spear into the ground in front of Rabbit King, threatening him with disdain.

This time, Rabbit King was so scared that he didn't even dare to run, only begging for mercy, "Big brother, big brother! We are old friends, spare my life! Big brother..."

"Spare your life?" Jiang Wei sneered, "If I spare your life, what will I eat?" Rabbit King's soul strength had reached fifteen times, which Jiang Wei considered a rare delicacy. After eating it, his strength would take another step forward. "Considering our old friendship, I'll let you reincarnate; if you struggle, I'll scatter your soul!" Jiang Wei threatened.

Reincarnation... Rabbit King didn't want to give up his long life, so he pleaded, "Big brother, spare my life, I can help you find food! I promise, it will be more than my meat!"

Rabbit King tried his best to find a way to save his life.

"Help me find food?" Jiang Wei's eyes lit up; this was a good suggestion.

In recent days, Jiang Wei's hunting efficiency had sharply declined. Many weak ghost cultivators would run away as soon as they saw him from a distance. Although Jiang Wei was fast, the distance and the winding mountain paths made it easy for the weak ghost cultivators to escape.

So, Jiang Wei was considering changing his hunting strategy, such as setting up ambushes. Now, hearing Rabbit King's suggestion, Jiang Wei's heart was moved — if he could develop Rabbit King as his "underling," he could both lie in wait and wait for Rabbit King to bring him souls. This would greatly improve his hunting efficiency.

"This method is feasible!" Jiang Wei thought for a moment and said.

Rabbit King's eyes immediately welled up with tears — his life was finally saved!

"Then, big brother, I'll go find food for you!" Rabbit King asked while already thinking about escaping.

"Are you preparing to leave now?" Jiang Wei wasn't a fool; he wouldn't let Rabbit King leave easily. "If you don't come back, who will I cry to?" Qiu Dao Mountain was much larger than Original Sin City. If Rabbit King left, Jiang Wei couldn't expect him to return.

"Um..." Rabbit King's movements paused. He thought he had escaped, but he forgot that humans were much smarter than rabbits. Rabbit King flattered, "Big brother, you can trust me. I, 'Rabbit Little Knife,' am a trustworthy rabbit and won't run away!"

"Is that so?" Jiang Wei smiled ambiguously; if he let a rabbit trick him, how could he survive in the ghost world?

"Yes, yes!" Rabbit King nodded repeatedly, but he had a bad feeling.

"But I'm still not reassured..." Jiang Wei pondered, his gaze gradually moving from Rabbit King's face to his ghost horns.

Rabbit King was startled and covered his ghost horns with both paws, pleading, "Big brother, big brother..."

"Hehe!" Jiang Wei laughed, "Little Knife, it's not that I don't trust your credibility, but if I have some 'collateral,' I'll feel more reassured — you understand, right?"

Rabbit King shook his head in fear.

Jiang Wei, without sympathy for Rabbit King's fear, used his spear to push aside Rabbit King's paws and then grabbed one of his ghost horns with one hand.

Rabbit King struggled to resist, but he was far inferior to Jiang Wei in both strength and realm, so how could he resist?

"Hisss!"

Jiang Wei raised his hand and pulled, directly uprooting one of the ghost horns.

"Ahh —" Rabbit King screamed in pain; pulling out a ghost horn from the soul was like forcefully pulling out a good front tooth, and the pain was unimaginable.

Jiang Wei, however, seemed heartless, "I'll keep this ghost horn for now; when you catch enough souls for me, I'll return it to you!"

The path of ghost cultivation was one of stepping on other ghosts to climb higher. It wasn't that Jiang Wei was cold-blooded, but that was how the ghost world worked. In fact, Jiang Wei was already quite merciful; many ruthless ghost cultivators wouldn't even give their prey the chance to reincarnate.

PS: I was so tired from writing last night that it feels like I was writing in a dream. I slept until 3 PM today to recover my energy. No more talk, back to writing, and I hope for your support and recommendations!