Chapter 86

Chapter 86: Whimpering, It's the Wolves

Just as Mo Lingwei's eyes filled with murderous intent, the bushes were parted by someone.

The guard who had fallen earlier emerged, limping.

Shen Ningning noticed in the moonlight that half of his face was covered in blood, though it was unclear where he was injured.

His voice was hoarse, probably from scraping his neck when he fell.

"Crown Prince~ Crown Prince... are you nearby?" He had followed the scent of smoke.

Shen Ningning breathed a sigh of relief: "It's Guard Brother!"

Mo Lingwei, holding her hand, prepared to go out.

Upon seeing them, the guard also showed a relieved smile.

"Your Highness, it's great that you're unharmed... Ah!" His words were barely out when suddenly, a massive dark shadow pounced from behind him, pinning the guard under its claws!

A scream of agony erupted from the guard.

Shen Ningning's face turned pale instantly.

She cried out urgently, "It's a tiger!"

Under the moonlight, the emaciated tiger, skin stretched over its bones, ferociously attacked the guard, its roars echoing through the wilderness.

The strike was precise and deadly, likely following the guard for a while, attracted by the scent of blood.

Despite the guard's desperate resistance, he was bitten on the arm.

His screams grew even more agonizing.

Mo Lingwei turned back, his voice urgent and cold: "Go back to the cave and wait, don't come out."

Shen Ningning quickly retreated, watching as Mo Lingwei, with a dagger in hand, engaged in a fight with the tiger.

His thrown dagger was meant to strike the tiger's neck from behind.

However, the tiger unexpectedly turned around, dodging the attack, and the dagger only grazed its forelimb!

"Roar!" The tiger's roar, filled with anger, frightened Shen Ningning into covering her ears with her hands.

The tiger's eyes seemed almost to emit a green light from hunger.

Already injured, it was driven to desperation.

It lunged at Mo Lingwei.

Though emaciated, its massive body leaping into the air still weighed hundreds of pounds!

Mo Lingwei, agile in his movements, leaped aside, drawing the tiger away.

Shen Ningning hurried forward to check on the guard's safety.

She saw that half of the guard's arm was mangled and bloody!

The little one, despite trembling at the sight of so much blood, remained rational and poured the spiritual spring water from her water pouch onto the wound.

Otherwise, if more blood was lost, the guard's life would be in jeopardy!

Suddenly!

A harsh shout from Mo Lingwei came from behind her: "Shen Ningning, get out of the way!"

The little one didn’t turn around, but she could smell the blood in the air.

And the sound of a beast snarling and baring its teeth behind her.

The guard, his eyes wide, lips trembling, gasped: "Two... two tigers..."

Shen Ningning quickly rolled away, narrowly avoiding the ferocious bite of a tiger!

Once she steadied herself, she turned to look.

Just as she feared!

There was another tiger, even larger than the first!

Its paw, if it struck down, could smash her head into pieces.

Mo Lingwei was nearby, entangled with the recently matured tiger.

Facing the massive beast, Shen Ningning's voice quivered with fear: "Don’t... don't eat me... I’ll give you lots and lots of chicken and big bones!"

Of course, the giant tiger couldn’t understand her words.

The scent of blood from the guard stirred the predatory instincts of the beast.

"Miss Shen, run, quickly..." The guard, intending to use all his strength to stand and fight the giant tiger to the death.

He was willing to sacrifice his life for Shen Ningning's, even though the situation seemed utterly hopeless.

The little one swallowed nervously.

She glanced at the guard brother, with the giant tiger slowly approaching him, constantly sniffing the scent of blood.

The giant tiger was clearly interested in the bleeding, immobile person.

Shen Ningning clenched her teeth.

She bent down, suddenly picked up a stone from the ground, and hurled it at the giant tiger.

"Big tiger, come chase me!" she shouted, and then turned to run.

The stone hit the tiger's head, provoking a roar of pain, and it immediately started chasing after her.

Mo Lingwei, catching sight of this from the corner of his eye, cried out hoarsely, "Shen Ningning!"

He abandoned the fight with the skinny tiger to go and help.

But unexpectedly, this gave the skinny tiger a chance to pounce on him from behind.

Meanwhile, Shen Ningning ran recklessly, as if her life depended on it.

Her plan was to buy time; if she ran far enough, she could escape into the fairyland.

This way, her brother could also finish off the skinny tiger and rescue the guard.

However, as she reached the bottom of a hill, she suddenly tripped over a stone.

As she stood up, supporting herself with her small arms, she heard a ferocious roar behind her.

The giant tiger caught up!

Shen Ningning turned back to see the giant tiger pouncing towards her, its jaws wide open, aiming for her head.

In a flash, a massive black shadow leaped fiercely from behind her.

It knocked the giant tiger aside.

Both ferocious animals rolled on the ground together.

Shen Ningning, still in shock, exclaimed, "Wolf Wolf!"

The Black Wolf King quickly stood up, ferociously attacking the tiger again.

The sound of their fierce battle echoed through the valley.

Under the moonlight, the Black Wolf King's massive size made it appear even more formidable.

But the giant tiger was not to be underestimated, its size clearly larger than the wolf's.

Several times the tiger pinned the Black Wolf King to the ground, but the agile wolf fought back fiercely, biting hard. The tiger, in pain, tried to retreat.

The Black Wolf King seized the opportunity, biting the tiger's throat!

Not stopping there, it shook its head violently, tearing it open.

Blood spurted, the tiger howled in pain and struggled, but soon, it lay motionless.

Once everything calmed down, the Black Wolf King released its grip.

It ran towards Shen Ningning, who also opened her arms and ran towards it.

"Wolf Wolf, sob sob..." Shen Ningning embraced it as if finding solace in a father's arms.

The scent of fresh blood on the Black Wolf King didn't scare Shen Ningning; instead, it gave her a sense of security.

Its body was covered with numerous twigs and branches, showing the difficult journey it had undertaken to find Shen Ningning from such a distance.

The Black Wolf King lowered its head, continually licking the little one's hair, howling mournfully.

Only then did Shen Ningning realize.

It was the group of monkeys they had encountered earlier that had helped.

After parting with her, they had run to Wolf Mountain to give the news.

The monkeys on Wolf Mountain jumped and chattered incessantly, but the Black Wolf King couldn't understand them.

It was only after the monkeys performed a lively show that the Black Wolf King vaguely grasped the situation.

Their little Ningning was trapped in the deep mountains!

So, led by the monkeys, the wolf, with half its pack, raced frantically.

Without resting for even a moment, they ran for three hours straight to follow her scent and find this place.

However, due to its blazing speed, the rest of the wolves had fallen behind.

If it hadn't been so exhausted, it wouldn't have let the giant tiger snatch a tuft of its fur.

Hearing the Black Wolf King's disdainful scoff at the giant tiger, Shen Ningning, who was crying, burst into laughter despite herself, blowing a snot bubble.

Suddenly.

Her expression changed: "Wait, brother is still over there, fighting the other tiger!"

The Black Wolf King grabbed her collar, tossed Shen Ningning onto its back, and ran towards Mo Lingwei.

Just in time.

Mo Lingwei, covered in blood, ran over.

When he saw the Black Wolf King, he was initially startled, then he noticed Shen Ningning on its back.

The young man let out a sigh of relief: "Good, you're unharmed."

He clutched his profusely bleeding arm, gasping for breath.

Shen Ningning quickly jumped off the wolf's back: "Brother, you're injured!"