After being reborn, all I want to do is run away.

Chapter 21 Clouds Follow Dragons

Before he even reached the top of the mountain, Shen Xu's eyes met those of a blood wolf. He immediately drew his sword, his nerves on edge. He knew that blood wolves, when uncontrolled, were completely irrational and acted solely on instinct.

Sure enough, upon seeing Shen Xu, the blood wolf pounced on him at incredible speed. Its blood-red fur fluttered in the wind, and its sharp claws gleamed coldly in the sunlight, exuding a suffocating chill that made one's heart tremble.

Because the Blood Wolf was positioned high above, its swooping speed was much faster, forcing him to mobilize all his reflexes to react to the attack.

As the blood wolf drew closer, its form became increasingly clear in Shen Xu's eyes.

Just as the Blood Wolf's claws were about to touch his head, Shen Xu suppressed the urge to draw his sword, summoned all the memories of the Soaring Dragon Body in his mind, and unleashed the first move of the Soaring Dragon Body, "Body Like a Soaring Dragon." His figure instantly became agile and swift, and he dodged the Blood Wolf's claw attack with a sidestep. However, the Blood Wolf's claws still tore his clothes, but they did not cause him any harm.

"Not enough!" His reaction was too slow. He shouldn't have had to go through a process of recalling his memories when the blood wolf pounced on him. Only by making the Swimming Dragon Body an instinct of his body could he truly master the Swimming Dragon Body.

The Blood Wolf, having failed in its attack, crashed heavily onto the red gravel. But it seemed to feel no pain as it slowly rose to its feet, its limbs bent, its body almost prostrate on the ground, its throat emitting low growls, its blood-red eyes fixed on Shen Xu with a ferocious light.

Shen Xu naturally dared not be careless. Although he had just managed to dodge the Blood Wolf's fatal attack by successfully using the Soaring Dragon Body technique, it did not mean that he could succeed every time. Every mistake could result in fatal damage.

So he had to concentrate, and to force himself to stop thinking about drawing his sword, he even threw it aside.

Blood Wolf seemed to be enraged by Shen Xu's action, and a blood-red figure sprang up and pounced towards Shen Xu.

Shen Xu hesitated again when faced with this figure. He was afraid that without his sword, if he failed to dodge and was wounded in a vital spot by the Blood Wolf, he would be met with a storm of attacks from the Blood Wolf, at which point he would have no way to avoid it.

Using the Breeze Step would definitely help him escape this crisis. But if he backs down this time, there's no guarantee he won't back down next time. If he continues to use the Breeze Step, what's the point of him coming here?

So in the end, Shen Xu still firmly chose the Dragon Body technique, which he was not entirely confident in. But what he was worried about still happened. His unfamiliarity with the Dragon Body technique did not help him dodge the Blood Wolf's attack.

A deep bloody gash appeared on his shoulder, and a burning pain shot through him, causing Shen Xu to furrow his brow.

Turning to look at the blood wolf lurking behind him, Shen Xu seemed to be aroused as well, and walked towards the blood wolf. He did not realize that a faint blood aura had already surrounded him, as if he were draped in a red veil.

Blood Wolf lowered his body and growled in a low voice, threatening him not to come closer.

As Shen Xu drew closer, the Blood Wolf could no longer hold back and charged at him, its claws flashing out in rapid succession as it slashed wildly at Shen Xu.

Faced with the Blood Wolf's attack, Shen Xu's body twisted and turned, weaving through the intertwined claws like a dragon, and not a single attack from the Blood Wolf could touch Shen Xu's body.

Seeing that all its attacks had missed, and smelling the faint scent of blood on Shen Xu, the Blood Wolf immediately stopped attacking, knelt down in front of Shen Xu, lowered its head, and let out a soft whimper.

Shen Xu also came to his senses. He seemed to have entered a special state. When he used the Dragon Body, he felt no obscurity. On the contrary, he used it smoothly and effortlessly. All of the Blood Wolf's attacks were under his control. If he had the sword in his hand at that time, he could have killed the Blood Wolf at any time.

He used the Dragon Body technique again, and sure enough, the obscurity in the transitions between various moves had disappeared. He no longer felt that the technique was merely a formality; he had mastered the basics of the Dragon Body technique.

Looking at the blood wolf kneeling in front of him, Shen Xu understood what had just happened. Only those with the power of blood could tame a blood wolf, and a place like Blood Wolf Mountain, full of blood energy, could easily evoke his blood intent.

Shen Xu picked up the sword and drew it with a single stroke. The blood wolf's head flew into the sky, and blood spurted out, landing on the red mountain peak in a strikingly harmonious way.

Looking at the blood wolf whose limbs were still twitching, Shen Xu shook off the blood from his sword. This blood wolf had only one purpose for him: to reveal his bloodlust.

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For the next two days, Shen Xu would go to the Blood Wolves to practice every day, starting with one, then two, and now three.

The three blood wolves surrounded Shen Xu, constantly growling at him and compressing their bodies, ready to launch a fatal attack at any moment.

A gust of wind blew by, raising a cloud of dust. Suddenly, a blood-red figure appeared in the dust and pounced on his head with lightning speed. Immediately afterward, two other figures also aimed at different parts of his body and extended their chilling claws.

Shen Xu simply smiled, braced himself on his toes, leaned back to dodge the first attack from the blood wolf, and after getting up, he shifted his feet slightly and moved to the sides in an instant, dodging the attacks of the remaining two blood wolves like a swimming dragon.

After landing, the three blood wolves realized their ambush had failed, so they slowly approached him together. He understood that the purpose of the three blood wolves approaching him was to reduce his space to maneuver and then use their fangs and claws to fight him in close combat.

In the past, he would have had no choice but to draw his sword and fight head-on in this situation, but the training he had received over the past two days made him believe that he could dodge the close-range attack with his beginner-level Dragon Body.

As the three-headed blood wolf drew closer, Shen Xu's nerves tightened. This was the first time he had ever fought a three-headed blood wolf in close combat. A faint white mist gradually swirled around Shen Xu; it was mist he had gathered from his surroundings using the power of water.

As the saying goes, clouds follow dragons and winds follow tigers. The clouds he created not only concealed his figure, but also made him move much faster when he used his dragon-like movements within them.

Just as the clouds were about to completely obscure Shen Xu, the blood wolf closest to him suddenly leaped high and pounced on him, who was hidden in the clouds. At the same time that blood wolf launched its attack, two other blood wolves also attacked him from behind and the side. All three blood wolves opened their mouths, revealing sharp fangs, determined to tear him to pieces.

But it was too late. With the blessing of the clouds and mist, Shen Xu seemed to have truly transformed into a dragon swimming among the clouds and mist, swaying his body to make tiny instantaneous movements in the small space beneath his feet, constantly dodging the three blood wolves' attacks like a storm. Sometimes his speed was so fast that even afterimages remained in place.

As Shen Xu continued to dodge, his understanding of the Dragon Body deepened, and he began to become more adept at it.