"Another ambush?"
Shen Gongbao paused, turned around, and came to a small path.
As soon as he approached the path, a strong stench of blood hit him, causing Shen Gongbao to frown.
He looked closely and saw that the ground was littered with corpses, a gruesome sight.
This wasn't the first time Shen Gongbao had witnessed such a scene in the past few days. As the Investiture of the Gods continued to unfold, various ambushes and assassinations became increasingly frequent.
However, the ambush in front of him quickly caught Shen Gongbao's attention.
Judging from the pervasive smell of blood, the ambush could not have occurred more than an hour ago.
What surprised Shen Gongbao even more was that among these fallen corpses, there were actually dragons!
It should be noted that although the Dragon Clan no longer possesses the illustrious reputation it had during the Three Kingdoms period, it is still considered a major power.
"Who on earth is so bold as to attack the dragon race?"
Shen Gongbao's gaze swept quickly across the corpses scattered on the ground. Judging from the wounds on these corpses, the ones who attacked them must have been the Snow Wolf Clan.
Suddenly, Shen Gongbao opened his eyes.
Beneath a dragon's corpse, he discovered a small array.
The formation wasn't large, which is why it was able to be largely concealed by the dragon's corpse earlier.
However, it is clear that the people who made the move were in a very tight timeframe, otherwise they would never have been so hasty in using only a dragon corpse as a temporary cover.
Shen Gongbao's gaze then fell on the center of the formation.
Shen Gongbao's eyes lit up instantly when he saw the items among them.
"It's actually dragon blood coral!"
Dragon Blood Coral is a specialty of the Four Seas Dragon Clan. It must be planted at the burial site of dragons who died in battle, and it takes a long time to mature.
Once this coral matures, its effects are superb, whether used for body tempering or alchemy.
Now, this rare and precious dragon blood coral has actually appeared before my eyes.
At this moment, Shen Gongbao finally understood why a team guarded by the dragon clan had been attacked.
"Let's do it!"
Shen Gongbao did not hesitate at all.
Although the formation in front of us has been temporarily covered up with dragon corpses, the fact that someone would think of using dragon corpses to cover up this formation means that they must know the value of these dragon blood corals. Even if they are in a hurry to leave, they will not linger for too long, and they will not have much time to break the formation.
What Shen Gongbao didn't know was that the moment he turned over the dragon's corpse, his every move was already in front of the two snow wolf clansmen.
"Someone actually thought that if the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman will benefit. They're trying to steal our dragon blood coral while we're chasing that dragon clan leader. Brother, should we go back and fight them now?"
The leading snow wolf tribesman hesitated for a moment, then said:
"Those damned dragons assumed we didn't understand formations, so before they fled, they deliberately set up formations on those dragon blood corals to distract us from protecting them and prevent us from using all our strength to hunt them down. If we go back now, wouldn't we be falling right into their trap?"
The two snow wolf tribesmen who were speaking were the two leaders of the nearby snow wolf tribe. The leader was named "Frost," whose cultivation had reached the mid-stage of the Golden Immortal realm. The other one, "Tooth," had a slightly lower cultivation level, but he had also reached the early-stage of the Golden Immortal realm.
At this moment, the two were somewhat out of breath, because they had just ambushed a caravan of the Four Seas Treasure Pavilion, which was formed by the Four Seas Dragon Clan.
The Snow Wolf Clan's innate ability—siege—provides a strength boost to all members of the clan in the vicinity as the number of clansmen around increases. It is precisely because of this innate ability that the Snow Wolf Clan, led by Frost and Fang, has been able to roam freely in this area.
Of course, their so-called unbridled behavior was also because Shuang and Ya usually only picked on the weak.
Knowing their own strength, Shuang and Ya usually target weaker rogue cultivators, and occasionally raid small sects and merchant guilds without much background. They would never touch a place like the Four Seas Treasure Pavilion.
The reason they took action against the Sihai Tongbao Pavilion this time was simply because they suddenly received news that the Sihai Tongbao Pavilion caravan passing by was carrying a priceless treasure like the Dragon's Lair Coral.
Once they have enough dragon blood coral, their snow wolf clan can definitely produce a third, or even a fourth, Golden Immortal.
Therefore, fortune favors the bold, and when the Four Seas Treasure Pavilion passed through their territory, they immediately set up an ambush, ultimately killing many of the Four Seas Treasure Pavilion's guards.
However, the Four Seas Treasure Pavilion is indeed powerful; even a small caravan is equipped with a Golden Immortal Realm dragon.
Everyone knows how powerful the dragons are. Although the two wolves made preparations in advance, and with the help of the other wolves, they successfully injured the Golden Immortal dragon. However, thanks to the selfless protection of the other guards of the Four Seas Treasure Pavilion, the Golden Immortal dragon was still able to escape.
What's disgusting is that before the Golden Immortal Realm dragon escaped, it laid out arrays on all the dragon blood corals.
Therefore, if they want to obtain those dragon blood corals, they must break through the formation on them.
But when did the Snow Wolf clan learn about formations?
If we simply rely on brute force to crack it, it would take an unknown amount of time.
The key issue is that with so much time going on, not only will the Golden Immortal Realm dragons have vanished without a trace, but the dragons' rescue forces will also be coming knocking on our door.
This is something Shuang absolutely cannot accept.
Therefore, at the critical moment, Shuang chose to continue hunting down the Golden Immortal Realm dragon.
Shuang believed that as long as they killed that Golden Immortal Realm dragon, they would have enough time to break the formation on the Dragon Blood Coral.
"But brother, that cultivator seems to be breaking the formation on the dragon blood coral!"
Tooth's words made Frost freeze in place.
Without a certain level of sect foundation and talent, ordinary cultivators simply cannot master such advanced techniques as formations.
That's why he dared to say he would continue hunting down the Golden Immortal Realm Dragon Clan.
After all, relying solely on brute force, even with the combined strength of the entire Snow Wolf clan, it would be impossible to break through that formation in a short period of time.
But knowing formations is a different story.
At this moment, Shuang panicked:
"Where did this cultivator come from, and why does he know how to form formations?"
Ya couldn't help but confirm again:
"Big brother, should we still pursue that Golden Immortal Dragon Clan?"
Shuang gritted her teeth:
"Why chase? We're heading back right now. Since that cultivator wants to break the formation, let him try. Once he breaks it, we can take the dragon blood coral. So what if the dragons chase us? After this, our entire Snow Wolf clan will migrate to the far north. Will the Four Seas Dragon Clan still be able to keep chasing us then?"
Upon hearing this, Ya, who was standing to the side, was overjoyed:
"Haha, big brother, then it seems this cultivator was right to come. If he hadn't shown up, we wouldn't know when we would have been able to retrieve those dragon blood corals. It's truly heaven helping our Snow Wolf clan!"
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