Walker Of The Worlds

It was a dull and bleak afternoon. The sun was hidden behind the clouds and a chilly breeze was blowing. The trees in the forest rustled and swayed with the wind. Traces of snow could be seen on the tops of trees and even some on the floor of the forest.

A group of ten people was walking through a path in the Northern forest. These people were none other than Lin Mu, Hei Yingjie, and the other members of his team. It had been two days since they had started their journey.

During these two days nothing significant happened, and they simply traveled. Still, on the second day, the winter had intensified and the temperature had fallen even more. Before, the snow would usually melt in the morning and could not be seen. But now traces of it could still be seen.

Lin Mu knew that this was just the start and it would soon get worse. The first month of winter had just started, and there were three in total. Every month would just mean more hardships and lower temperatures. The final month was the worst and there would not be a single day during it that the snow was less than a foot deep.

They didn't exactly know how long it will take for them to reach the location they were aiming for but knew that it should be within a traveling distance of four days at the maximum. Sure, it would take them more time to actually find it, but it should be within that traveling distance.

~Howl~

The team came to a halt as they heard a faint howl coming from the distance.

"Wait, there's a spirit beast ahead." Hei Yingjie gestured and ordered everyone to stop as his spirit sense detected something.

"I'll scout it out." One of the members offered.

"Alright, but be careful. Retreat at the first sight of danger." Hei Yingjie replied but kept his spirit sense already nonetheless.

The man nodded and then went ahead. He returned five minutes later and seemed to be fine.

"Well, what did you find?" Hei Yingjie questioned.

"There's a small pack of steel back wolves ahead. It seems to have been separated from a bigger pack or is probably a hunting party. It's being led by a steel back wolf that has become a spirit beast." The man answered.

of relief upon

can take them

not encountered even a single spirit beast. They had come across some normal

meat since he was missing the taste, but since they had brought enough supplies with them, he

we'll help you out." Hei

know that he was actually hunting them

This had just made it easier for them to approach. They paid no heed to

was exactly what they wanted. This way the pack would not run away and stay there until

just decided to rely on his own strength. The pack of steel back wolves was now visible to them and seemed to be agitated. They were

the pack. It was definitely much less than that of a proper steel back wolf pack, which usually numbered

the second time Lin Mu was seeing a steel back wolf that was at the qi refining

of hunters could kill a spirit beast like that, but now here

~Grrrrrr~

him. Lin Mu was about ten meters away from the leader, when it couldn't hold back anymore and sprinted towards him. Lin Mu already had

wolf. Just as the wolf was about to leap at him, Lin Mu lunged ahead

~Whine~

the steel back wolf. Lin Mu had lunged and successfully slashed its belly apart. The wolf let out a few

himself as he approached the now dead

and had already killed four

also not stopped them and had only killed the ones that were moving towards Lin Mu. For them,

fresh meat for lunch today."

then looked at his subordinates and spoke, "Prepare the carcasses, we'll take

sir." They

and started skinning it right then and there. Hei Yingjie saw this and was about to stop him, but then he noticed the