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.

a breath of relief

We can take them out." Lin Mu

to hunt there past two days but unfortunately, they had not encountered even a single spirit beast. They had come across some normal beasts, but most of them directly ran away upon seeing their

the taste, but since they had brought enough supplies with them,

help you out." Hei Yingjie

to Lin Mu wanting to battle. He did not know that he was actually hunting them because he wanted to eat

were currently grouped together in a small area and seemed to be resting. This had just

scent, but this was exactly what they wanted. This way the pack would not run away and stay there until they reached there. Lin Mu withdrew his short sword and got

of other people, he just decided to rely on his own strength. The pack of steel back wolves was

less than that of a proper

much different than that. This was the second time Lin Mu was seeing a steel back wolf that was at the qi refining realm and had become a spirit beast. The last time he had seen one was five

beast like that, but now here he was, about to hunt one himself. Lin Mu took a

~Grrrrrr~

Lin Mu and bared its teeth at 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 his spirit sense extended, thus could perceive every movement of the wolf

legs and arms with spirit qi as he focused on the approaching wolf. Just as the wolf was about to leap at him, Lin Mu lunged ahead and leaned

~Whine~

heard as blood spilled from the body of the steel back wolf. Lin Mu had lunged and successfully slashed its belly apart. The wolf let out a few more sounds and struggled to

was easy." Lin Mu muttered to himself as he

team. They were casually standing and had already killed four of the steel back wolves. The remainder of the pack had evidently decided to run away to save their

towards Lin Mu. For them, killing a bunch

fresh meat for lunch today." Hei Yingjie spoke

and spoke, "Prepare the carcasses,

sir." They all

also picked up the wolf that he had killed and started skinning it right then and there. Hei Yingjie saw this and was about to stop him, but then he noticed the look on Lin Mu's face. It was a look of