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Chapter 169 Alone?
Due to Er Wei's swift departure, Jiang Xiao didn't dare linger here. The area was littered with White Ghoul corpses, which would inevitably attract various hunters.
Jiang Xiao had once eagerly anticipated the arrival of the White Ghouls, as it would give him a chance to stretch his stiff limbs.
But now...
Jiang Xiao quickly ate a few bites of roasted meat, refilled his water bottle, packed his bags, and set off swiftly.
Once again, Jiang Xiao longed for a spatial storage item. The giant blade and military backpack weren't very convenient to carry.
Then again, spatial-type Star Techniques weren't something you could buy just with money. Once certain Star Beads reached a specific level, they became priceless.
Across all of Hua Xia, only a handful of Other Dimensions produced spatial Star Techniques. Without a doubt, every Other Dimension that produced spatial-type Star Beads was garrisoned and tightly controlled by the national military.
Lost in thought, Jiang Xiao suddenly stopped. He faintly heard the roars of White Ghouls.
That sound...
Were White Ghoul packs fighting each other?
Jiang Xiao hesitated. Logically, he should detour, head straight out of the snow plains, and return to Earth.
However, Jiang Xiao was no longer just a support-type. His Xia Family Knife Techniques were now formidable, and his strength had undergone a qualitative leap.
Suddenly, Jiang Xiao heard an old, weathered roar – a White Ghoul Shaman!?
Jiang Xiao's heart stirred. He followed the direction of the sound.
As the sounds of fighting and roaring grew closer, Jiang Xiao put down his military backpack, slung the giant blade on his back, and quietly approached.
This was...
A White Ghoul Shaman leading a White Ghoul team attacking another group of White Ghouls?
What was going on?
White Ghoul Shamans held an absolute advantage in terms of race, capable of turning any White Ghoul into a subordinate.
The only explanation was that this White Ghoul Shaman wanted to feed.
That was why the White Ghouls were resisting and fighting amongst themselves.
Jiang Xiao crouched behind a tree, watching the White Ghoul Shaman lead 14 White Ghouls in besieging 4 White Ghouls.
Perhaps these 4 prey were once members of the White Ghoul Shaman's group. Jiang Xiao clicked his tongue. This race was truly cruel, turning on its own kind, and even cannibalizing...
Couldn't it hold back?
It would always encounter lone White Ghouls along the way, or even White Ghouls outside the hunting team.
Jiang Xiao's mind was torn. Should he do this?
He was just a support-type...
But this was a White Ghoul pack led by a White Ghoul Shaman!
Did he remember how he was once ravaged by White Ghouls?
However, they were fighting among themselves...
"Jiang Xiao, you're getting cocky," Jiang Xiao muttered to himself, having clearly made up his mind. He went prone on all fours, cautiously crawling away.
For 200,000...
Uh,
No,
For the White Ghoul Shaman Star Bead, for strength, Jiang Xiao had to work hard!
He had to seize every opportunity. White Ghoul Shamans weren't something you could see whenever you wanted.
While eating snow, Jiang Xiao circled around as quickly as possible. Three White Ghouls surrounded the White Ghoul Shaman, acting as guards, watching their brothers kill each other, seemingly accustomed to the scene.
In the snowy field, Jiang Xiao quietly half-knelt, using the large tree in front of him as cover. He took a deep breath and drew the dagger from his thigh.
The dozen or so White Ghouls were besieging four White Ghouls, and the White Ghoul Shaman and its three White Ghoul guards were focused on the battle.
This was clearly a godsend.
Jiang Xiao crouched, focused his mind, held his breath, and quietly crept forward.
This was too exhilarating!
He had to make the most of the stealth skills Er Wei had taught him!
If you can't even learn stealth, how will you ever learn... stalking?
Although Jiang Xiao was crouching, his speed was fast. The three White Ghoul guards obviously couldn't stand as upright as human bodyguards. They were constantly pacing back and forth, emitting low groans, their attention fixed on the distant battlefield.
The noisy, chaotic battlefield and gusts of wind and snow helped Jiang Xiao complete this heart-stopping stealth mission.
Jiang Xiao's feet crunched on the white snow, making squeaking sounds with every step, filling him with apprehension.
Closer, closer...
Looking at the tall White Ghoul Shaman ahead, Jiang Xiao's heart was in his throat.
Let's take this small pack as a graduation test after a month of hard training.
Jiang Xiao tensed his thighs, lunged forward, and aimed the sharp dagger at the back of the White Ghoul Shaman's head.
His eyes were only on the White Ghoul Shaman!
Without a commander, without a backbone, this White Ghoul pack would fall apart.
Fast! Accurate! Ruthless!
White Ghoul: ???
"Roar!"
"Ah ah ah!"
The three White Ghouls were instantly thrown into chaos!
A figure had suddenly sprung out of nowhere, directly tackling their leader to the ground, even gleefully rolling around in the snow?
The sharp dagger pierced the back of the White Ghoul Shaman's head.
Jiang Xiao quickly pulled the dagger from the White Ghoul Shaman's brain, causing a large amount of flesh and blood to spurt out. He followed up with another stab, piercing the White Ghoul Shaman's neck.
This series of movements was completed in one tackling motion.
When Jiang Xiao stood up, the dagger was already sheathed, and he had drawn the giant blade from his back.
To Jiang Xiao's relief, when he drew his blade and stood, the three White Ghoul guards didn't seem to have regained their senses.
In the distance, the White Ghouls that were besieging their companions were also somewhat panicked. Having lost their leader, they didn't know what to do and looked at Jiang Xiao with confusion.
The few White Ghouls that had been besieged, however, were in a frenzy, disregarding the blood still flowing from their bodies, and continued to attack the enemies in front of them.
The battlefield was completely chaotic.
White Ghouls weren't naturally social creatures. They were only forced to gather together because of the White Ghoul Shaman. Now that they had lost their leader and guidance, their nature could no longer be suppressed and exploded.
Yes, in this snow plain, the White Ghoul's prey was its own kind – White Ghouls!
Jiang Xiao licked his lips. He had no time to pay attention to the pack of brutal beasts tearing each other apart in the distance, because the three White Ghoul guards in front of him had already charged.
Bang!
The two White Ghouls were sent flying. The remaining White Ghoul was directly slammed to the ground with a blade, sending up snow.
Jiang Xiao didn't slow down. He activated the Fond Remembrance Halo and cast Dawn on himself. The giant blade, imbued with dense cyan light and a hint of purple, pierced through the White Ghoul's body, replenishing Jiang Xiao's life force and Star Power.
The White Ghouls, entangled and fighting, died one by one. Their IQ wasn't high, and their nature was ferocious. They couldn't break free from the chaotic battle, and their eyes were only focused on the enemy in front of them.
Jiang Xiao wielded the giant blade,
Gradually cutting his way into the battlefield. The giant blade was both offensive and defensive, sometimes piercing the White Ghoul's body, sometimes pushing back the White Ghouls to create distance.
The dagger on his thigh was used frequently. The coordination of the long blade and short dagger seemed to have found a delicate balance in the past month.
In a few dozen seconds, the air was filled with a strong smell of blood. The once-white snow was now covered in blood and minced meat, with bodies lying crisscrossed.
Ring ring ring...
Suddenly, a crisp and melodious bell sound rang out. A medical light, flickering with a faint glow, weaved through the snowy forest, landing directly on the corpse of a White Ghoul.
Without a doubt, the medical light jumped to another White Ghoul, then turned directly, automatically searching for bodies with signs of life.
The jumping medical light skipped over the corpses lying on the ground a few times. It seemed some of the White Ghouls weren't completely dead.
Jiang Xiao's face froze. Someone was coming!?
And it was a medical-type Awakened, and a flashy one at that, using a "bell" to scout.
Clearly, Jiang Xiao's position had been detected!
Jiang Xiao's heart tightened.
Either leave, or protect his spoils.
The White Ghouls were nothing. What mattered was the White Ghoul Shaman's corpse lying over there. A Star Bead worth 200,000 yuan.
Several figures emerged from the distance, facing Jiang Xiao's direction, and began to walk into the battlefield.
On the battlefield, the two White Ghouls were still fighting, locked in a desperate struggle, completely oblivious to the others.
At the same time, a young man's voice came from the opposite direction, loud and full of energy: "One person?"
Two girls' voices almost overlapped as they replied, "Yes."