Chapter 3: Chapter 3 Are They Transformed from Fierce Beasts?
"Sister, didn't dad say that the Imperial City is in Central State?"
"Right, dad also mentioned that our Big Stone Village is in Lanzhou, and Central State is south of Lanzhou, so it should be to the south of Big Stone Village too."
"Sister, do you know which direction south is?"
High in the sky, the siblings were flying as they talked.
But at the last question, Chu Xin suddenly came to a halt in mid-air.
Chu Chen, caught off guard, almost crashed into her. Fortunately, his technique of flying with the Sky-breaking Saber was very adept; he sidestepped by Chu Xin on his Sky-breaking Saber and stopped several tens of meters ahead, complaining, "Sister, why did you suddenly stop? I almost ran into you."
Chu Xin didn't respond, but stretched out her snow-white finger and pointed around her, her pretty little eyebrows almost knitting together.
Clearly, she didn't know which direction south was either.
Chu Chen flew back to her, looked down at the mountains below that were the size of ants, then surveyed around again before asking, "Sister, shall we go back and ask the village elder?"
Slap!
Chu Xin lightly tapped Chu Chen's head with her snow-white hand and rolled her eyes, saying, "You dummy, we finally managed to sneak out, do you think the village elder would let us out again if we go back now?"
Even though she could beat the village elder, she wouldn't dare hit him.
While their dad was usually mild-tempered, if she ever dared to hit any of the village's grandpas, grandmas, uncles, aunties, brothers, sisters, younger brothers, or younger sisters, her dad would truly spank her until her butt blossomed.
"So what do we do?" Chu Chen rubbed his small head and asked.
"Never mind that, let's just go. We'll find someone and ask for directions."
Chu Xin waved her hand and the siblings continued to fly forward.
Not knowing how long they had flown, they finally saw a group of people moving below like ants.
"There are people down there, let's go ask."
With a cheer, Chu Xin made a hand gesture, and the Heavenly Slash Sword descended from the clouds, swooping down.
"Sister, wait for me."
Chu Chen hastily followed.
The siblings, one after the other, plummeted like shooting stars and hovered mid-air looking down at the ground.
They saw a pack of blue wolves, each a zhang tall, attacking a group of women.
The blue wolves spewed Wind Blades, destroying trees wherever they passed, with tremendous destructive power.
However, the women's movement techniques and swordplay were very exquisite, evading and counter-attacking simultaneously.
It's just that there were too many blue wolves, teeming like an endless plague.
"Sister, wow, so many big dogs. How long would they take to roast?"
Chu Chen's eyes sparkled as he gazed at the pack of blue wolves, excited beyond measure.
Apart from practicing his swordplay, his greatest hobby was roasting meat.
If it wasn't a human, he wanted to roast everything he saw.
"So many big dogs, how long would it take to eat them all?"
Chu Xin's eyes also gleamed while she extended her tongue to lick her lips, swallowing her saliva voraciously.
Besides practicing swordplay, her greatest hobby was eating the meat her brother roasted.
"Little brother, get the tools ready. I'll go first."
She was too ravenous and leaped right off the Heavenly Slash Sword, which transformed into a streak of light and entered her body.
Dad had said that unless absolutely necessary, she shouldn't use that sword to fight; it could be stolen by bad people.
Boom! The ground shook with a thunderous noise, and dust flew up.
The sudden commotion startled both the group of women and the blue wolves, who all turned to look in its direction.
Unfortunately, where their eyes landed, aside from blue wolves, there were no blue wolves, nothing out of the ordinary.
The next moment, a howl of pain from a blue wolf was heard, and then they saw a blue wolf that was a zhang tall soar into the air, hurtling towards the location of the women.
"Protect the State Governor!"
Thinking they were under attack by another blue wolf, the group of women quickly shielded a woman wearing a big straw hat in their midst.
Thud!
The blue wolf fell to the ground with a crash and struggled a few times before going still.
"Dead?"
The group of women looked startled.
Before they could make sense of the situation, corpses of green wolves began flying towards them at an even faster speed, leaving the women utterly confused.
Fortunately, the wolves attacking them seemed equally bewildered and did not take the opportunity to launch another attack.
"State Governor, could it be that an even stronger Demon Beast has arrived?"
Suddenly, a woman swallowed nervously and spoke with a trembling voice.
Upon hearing this, everyone became more vigilant once again.
Stronger than the green wolves?
Wouldn't that mean a Fifth Rank, or even a Sixth Rank Demon Beast?
Each of these green wolves was a Fourth Rank Demon Beast, comparable to a Martial Emperor; they could barely hold their ground against them.
But if they were to face a Fifth Rank Demon Beast comparable to a Martial Arts Sect, or even a Sixth Rank Demon Beast comparable to a Martial Venerate, they might all be doomed.
The woman with the conical peasant hat frowned slightly, a trace of worry in her eyes. If the person behind the scenes can command a Fifth Rank Demon Beast, just how terrifying is their strength? Can I safely make it to Lanzhou State Mansion?
At that moment, the sound of a flute arose, its origin indeterminable.
The green wolves, previously dazed, now had a red glow flickering in their eyes as they turned once again and launched an even fiercer attack on the group of women.
The women fought back desperately, but there were too many wolves, and the circle was closing in, leaving them with less and less room to maneuver.
Boom!
Right then, a dark shadow descended from the sky and landed in front of the women. The ground shook violently, and nearby wolves were sent flying.
As the dust settled and they could see who had fallen before them, the women were dumbstruck.
"A child?"
"He looks no more than three years old."
"Did he fall from the sky?"
"Is that a big pot he's holding? And a strange-looking rack?"
The women couldn't believe their eyes. How could a three-year-old child cause such a commotion?
What was even more unbelievable to them was that the child was holding a pot bigger than three of him and a strange-looking black rack in his other hand.
"This child..."
Upon seeing Chu Chen, the State Governor felt an inexplicable sense of kinship and curiosity in her eyes.
"Auntie, please take care of the big pot and the barbecue rack for me."
Chu Chen tossed the big pot and barbecue rack in front of the women and then dashed into the bewildered pack of green wolves.
"Be careful, these green wolves are Fourth Rank Demon Beasts."
The State Governor was startled; such a tiny tot was not even enough to get stuck between the wolves' teeth.
But before she could finish her words, she saw Chu Chen leap onto a green wolf, swinging his chubby little fists, and he struck the wolf on the head with a punch.
There was a crack, and the green wolf howled miserably, falling to the ground before convulsing twice and laying still.
"This..."
Everyone was astonished.
That was a Fourth Rank Demon Beast, on par with a Martial Emperor, and it had just been killed by a punch from that three-year-old child?
As everyone watched with their mouths agape, Chu Chen soared into the air again, landing among the wolves. One after another, the green wolves were sent flying, convulsing twice before dying upon hitting the ground.
And in another direction, the same scene was unfolding.
Now they could see clearly that it was an exquisitely beautiful three-year-old little girl.
Wielding a pair of snow-white little hands, she dispatched each green wolf with a punch.
Even attacks such as the wolves' Wind Blades were shattered by her punches.
The pack of wolves, which had previously cornered the women, now lay piled up like mountains of corpses in an instant.
What was key is that they didn't sense any vibrations of True Qi from either child, indicating they were relying on their pure physical strength and defense.
"Too terrifying, could they be some kind of Fierce Beasts in disguise?"
The women swallowed hard, their faces filled with horror.