Chapter 233 231: A Shocking News



As the wolves retreated rapidly, Val's eyes flashed with cold disdain.

The wolves thought they could just mess with him and run when the situation turned unfavorable for them, but how could there be such a good deal in the world?

In his world, once you crossed the devil, the only outcome was death.

He thought it was laughable that the wolves thought otherwise.

"Did I allow you to leave?" Val spoke in a voice that was ice-cold.

At the sound of it, the wolves shivered, suddenly filled with a sense of foreboding. They couldn't explain why, but a feeling of immense danger engulfed them as if the ominous scythe of the grim reaper was hanging above their neck.

They glanced back and saw that Val hadn't moved an inch from his spot.

A considerable distance separated them now.

Immediately, they felt a bit relieved.

There was no way he could attack them from so far away, right?

Thinking so, they reassured themselves and continued on their way.

Unfortunately for them, reality often proved to be more disappointing and dreadful than any expectation.

Val spoke the incantation, "Shadow Bind," in a low and thick voice.

The moment the words left his lips, something extraordinary happened.

Inside his arcane heart, a rune designed specifically for this spell, a rune etched directly onto his core of darkness, came to life, and a powerful suction force erupted from the rune, pulling in the shadow elemental soul power that had been lying dormant in Val's arcane heart, pooled beside his soul power.

The dark energy flowed like a rushing river, directed straight into the activated rune. And just like that, the rune was supercharged, pulsing with an intense, dark light.

What happened next was almost like a miracle.

The rune's power reached out like invisible hands and grasped the shadows of trees, bushes, rocks, and all the others scattered throughout Val's immediate surroundings, binding them to his will.

These shadows were now under Val's direct control.

The only limitation was that he couldn't make the shadows do anything complicated. Their sole purpose, under the command of the Shadow Bind Rune, was to immobilize.

The good news was that this forest was almost submerged in darkness with barely any light.

Thus, it was the perfect terrain a wizard with the Shadow Bing rune could ask for.

With so much darkness around, Val could really show off the true potential of the rune. To explain it with an example, it was like a predator that had just found the perfect hunting ground.

With just a simple thought, Val decided it was time to bring those retreating wolves to a screeching halt.

Following his will, shadows began to rise from the ground, almost like they were animated, and started stretching their dark tendrils toward the fleeing wolves.

They moved quickly, resembling poisonous snakes hunting their prey.

One of the wolves didn't even see it coming. Before it knew what hit it, shadows had enveloped it completely, yanking it up off the ground and leaving it hanging in mid-air. The suddenness of this attack scared it so much its heart nearly burst.

Awo! Awo! Awo!

It cried pitifully, so scared it pissed itself, its piss pooling on the ground beneath it.

The other two wolves were far more experienced. They weren't caught off guard as they had been continuously looking behind with the corner of their eyes.

They saw the shadows slithering toward them and made a swift leap to avoid getting caught.

But Val had already anticipated this. He knew it wouldn't be possible to catch all three thunder wolves with one move, so he had already prepared beforehand.

The moment the two thunder wolves landed near some trees, the shadows from those very trees sprung to life and lunged at them.

At first, they managed to dodge a couple, leaping and twisting in the air. But there were just too many shadows, and they couldn't dodge them all.

One by one, the shadows caught up with them, wrapping around their torso and legs until they too were held tight, just like the first one.

All three wolves found themselves completely immobilized, their desperate escape plan thwarted. And it was all thanks to Val and his masterful use of the Shadow Bind Rune.

Val started walking towards the immobilized wolves with a stoic expression and stable steps, not a hint of mercy to be seen on his face.

Badump! Badump! Badump!

The fear in the wolves' hearts grew exponentially as he closed the gap, their hearts beating more wildly and frantically than ever.n.(0Velb1n

When he reached the first wolf, he paused briefly, raising his sword with a smooth, deliberate motion. In a flash, he swung it down, cleanly severing the thunder wolf's head from the rest of its body.

The wolf's life ended in that instant, without even a whimper.

With a quick leap, he closed the distance to the remaining two horrified wolves.

He adjusted his grip on the sword, took a brief moment to aim, and then swung it with calculated force.

Whoosh!

The blade whizzed through the air, taking both of their heads off in one fell swoop. The heads landed on the ground with a dull thud, eyes still wide open in disbelief.

As soon as the deed was done, Val willed the Shadow Bind rune to deactivate, not wanting to fuel it any longer with his elemental soil power.

Consequently, the shadows that had held the wolves in their deadly grip slowly retreated back to their source. Now free, the lifeless bodies of the wolves also thumped to the ground like their heads did earlier.

After he dealt with them, a system notification popped up in front of Val, bringing with it both good and bad news.

[Ding! You've killed 5 level 36-38 Thunder Wolves. Gained 1725 EXP and a few dozen points increase in your Soul Power reserve.]

Reading the system notification, Val squinted.

He took care of the Thunder Wolves easily because he had become really strong. Thus, he hadn't realized what level they were before reading the system notificatiom, but now that he did, he was taken aback.

Why were the mobs of a level 2 dungeon stronger than level 35?!!!