Chapter 167
Wang Jin's expression was grave as he said, "Not even ten percent."
His beast-taming ability had weakened significantly. He couldn't control large ferocious beasts at all.
Cheng Bai's face paled slightly. He gritted his teeth and said, "Then find a chance to escape later. Don't return to Ning'an City. Go to a nearby tribe first and wait for news."
"?" Wang Jin was puzzled. "What's wrong with Ning'an City?"
Cheng Bai shook his head. "I'm not sure, but that place is definitely not safe."
"I'll hold them off. Little delicate one, remember to head west through this jungle, and you'll see a tribe."
With that, he transformed into his beast form and joined the fight.
Cheng Bai had experienced a beast horde with Wang Jin before. Wang Jin still had some understanding of Cheng Bai's combat strength. He knew this man could handle three or four beastmen chasing them, but there were over ten here, which was very difficult.
However, as Cheng Bai stepped forward, it became clear he was at a disadvantage even against two beastmen. Wang Jin frowned, only then remembering that Cheng Bai had been frozen for too long, his limbs were still numb, and he hadn't eaten much after that either.
Wang Jin gritted his teeth, his mind racing. He bent his knuckles and felt a cold object worn on his hand.
He lifted his long sleeve. Tied to his wrist was a small wrist-crossbow. Yuan Heng had made it for him when he was making claws for Xi Ning. The man had tied it to his hand ever since they met at sea.
Although it was for him, Wang Jin had never actually used it.
In his past life, one of his advisers was very skilled at archery, but he himself was just a merchant; he never handled swords or spears... He wore this wrist-crossbow originally just to reassure the man. Wang Jin never thought there would be a day he'd need to use it.
Unexpectedly, it could come in handy this quickly.
Wang Jin pressed his lips together, raised his arm, and aimed at a beastman not far from him...
A whoosh sound cut through the air. Before anyone could react to what happened, a beastman fell.
Everyone was stunned, their eyes fixed on Wang Jin with his raised arm. Wang Jin seized the chance to fire a second bolt.
The distance between them wasn’t great, so his aim held true. In moments, another beastman fell.
The remaining beastmen panicked, backing together in a tight huddle as they stared warily at Wang Jin.
A few of them spotted the weapon on his arm. Ignoring Cheng Bai and the rampaging beasts, they lunged straight for Wang Jin.
The fox's serrated teeth were bared, bringing with it the stench of saliva. As it came rushing at his face, Wang Jin looked up to see the large fox opening its maw wide to bite him.
Cheng Bai was horrified. It was already too late for him to break free and help. Wang Jin gritted his teeth, took two hurried steps back, and forced his beast-taming ability to the surface. It surged forth in a violent wave. In an instant, a massive ferocious beast threw itself in front of him, locking jaws with the attacking beastman.
Cheng Bai hurriedly shook off the person he was fighting and came to Wang Jin's front, only to see that person's face deathly pale, steps unsteady, swaying twice before going limp and collapsing. Cheng Bai was startled and quickly stepped forward to catch his falling body.
For a huge white fox, catching a small ger should have been easy. But the moment the white fox caught the ger, its legs gave way, and it actually fell to the ground along with him.
Fortunately, he was large, so the ger didn't hit the ground, but fell weakly onto him instead.
Cheng Bai moved his powerless body to let him lean more comfortably. Seeing this, Wang Jin chuckled softly.
The comfortable fur carried warmth. That warmth seemed to transfer from Cheng Bai's lush white fur to his own body, driving away the cold in his limbs.
He looked ahead. Because of the earlier commotion, the number of ferocious beasts that had arrived had doubled. Some large ferocious beasts had also come over. The beastmen who had been fighting Cheng Bai for so long were already somewhat fatigued, and the wrist-crossbow had frightened them further, so their focus wasn't as sharp as before. Now, with the ferocious beasts attacking fiercely, their counterattacks weren't as swift.
Wang Jin weakly raised the wrist-crossbow, occasionally firing a bolt at those people. The beastmen not only had to dodge the ferocious beasts' attacks but also guard against his sneak attacks. Before long, their formation fell into complete disarray, appearing very disorganized.
Just as victory seemed within reach, Wang Jin began to feel his strength failing. The sense of physical weakness grew stronger and stronger. He could feel the beast-taming power weakening...
If the beast-taming power weakened, these ferocious beasts might very well turn on him and Cheng Bai.
Wang Jin moved his body and asked Cheng Bai, "Cheng Bai, can you still run?"
Cheng Bai was originally resting and had recovered some strength. He quickly nodded. Wang Jin then struggled to climb onto Cheng Bai's back and said, "Run. These ferocious beasts might go out of control. Head back to the city."
Even if the city was dangerous, Yuan Heng and his brother were there...
He absolutely would not run away alone.
Cheng Bai hesitated. Wang Jin said, "The two of us leaving Ning'an City in this state will only be more dangerous."
Hearing this, Cheng Bai no longer hesitated and turned to run towards Ning'an City.
They hadn't run far when they saw from a distance a group of beastmen rushing over. The leader was also a white fox, its entire coat even more beautiful than Cheng Bai's.
Seeing that beastman, Cheng Bai's face lit up with joy, and he quickened his pace: "Elder Brother."
Wang Jin was startled. He looked at the white fox, larger than Cheng Bai, and blinked his eyes.
Is this white fox... Cheng Li?
Cheng Li saw Wang Jin looking at him and quickly transformed into human form: "Young master, are you alright?"
Hearing this, Wang Jin got down from Cheng Bai's back. Cheng Bai also transformed into human form, looking at Wang Jin with concern. Wang Jin shook his head and said, "I'm okay, just a bit exhausted. What about you, Cheng Bai?"
He looked at the man beside him. That person's face was even paler than his own.
Cheng Li also noticed. He watched silently, his eyes also carrying inquiry as he looked at Cheng Bai.
Cheng Bai weakly shook his head.
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