Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!-Chapter 146: Fierce Battle and Game of Wits

"Clan Leader Grandpa, I’m scared, they’re wolves, not some random cats and dogs!" Er Laizi patted his chest, looking guilty and frightened.

The two hooligan followers nodded repeatedly.

Yeah, yeah!

With their skinny arms and legs, they can’t possibly take on the ferocious big gray wolves.

"Everyone’s scared! Look at any man who acts as cowardly as you." The Clan Leader was furious.

"You can’t say that, they’ve got weapons from Xiao, and we don’t, what do we use to fight?"

"Not everyone got weapons, didn’t you see someone holding a kitchen knife, and someone holding a hoe?"

"Oh dear! My kitchen knife is blunt, can’t cut." Er Laizi said shamelessly.

The two followers chimed in, "I don’t have any land, no hoe."

"You guys, you guys, you’re driving me mad."

"Clan Leader Grandpa, let us hide, next time we won’t beat your grandson."

Hearing this, Cheng Yongxiao stumbled and almost fell out from behind the Zeng Family.

However, this commotion immediately exposed his position.

"No way! Clan Leader Grandpa hides his own grandson behind him and won’t let us in to hide, what kind of logic is this!"

The Clan Leader glared fiercely at the Zeng Family, making her feel the chill on her scalp.

"Father, Father, Xiao-er hasn’t trained with them, he’s a scholar, he’s going to be a top graduate, he absolutely cannot get hurt!"

"You ignorant woman."

Facing his daughter-in-law’s baffling confidence, the Clan Leader was beside himself with anger.

With that pathetic performance, hasn’t even passed the child student exam, and dreams of being a top graduate, what a daydream!

"Father, Xiao-er truly can’t go, if anyone should go, it should be me!" The Zeng Family gritted her teeth, pretending to make a dash outside.

The Clan Leader knew well that this daughter-in-law always played tricks like this, and his son kept believing her every time.

Look how she’s raised his grandson to be equally unpresentable.

"Go, everyone out, anyone who stays will be expelled from the clan tomorrow." The Clan Leader was also furious.

The system watched the drama with relish.

"That old stubborn is about to sacrifice family for justice!"

Alas! How did such a strong and domineering person as the Clan Leader end up with descendants weaker by the generation, Cheng Tianhong is no skillful, at least he’s filial, but those two grandsons are truly hopeless.

Cheng Xiaoxiao stopped complaining, "They’re coming!"

Everyone quickly stood at attention, even the Zeng Family, who was about to cause a fuss, fell silent.

They looked uniformly towards the outside of the pitch-black woods at the red dots bobbing up and down, they knew the wolf pack was slowly approaching.

The women feared but didn’t forget to keep their children’s mouths tightly shut, afraid any sound would draw the wolves’ attention. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Due to sparse trees in the woods, with hardly any leaves to shield, the silhouettes gradually approaching exposed their forms, and truly one by one, they were excited, hungry wolves, drooling with greedy and fierce eyes on the delicious prey before them.

"Good gracious, at least fifty or sixty of them!"

Cheng Jinzhao’s forehead instantly broke out in cold sweat, swallowing nervously, he gripped his firewood knife tightly.

Cheng Jingo: "Fourth brother, I told you to train seriously, but you were too lazy, now, are you afraid?"

Compared to Cheng Jinzhao’s nervous fear, Cheng Jingo was eager to fight.

"Third brother, I can’t compare to you, you loved playing with swords and sticks since young, your strength is extraordinary."

Cheng Jinzhao admitted defeat readily, knowing since he was young, he and his third brother were on different paths.

He was a scholarly person.

At this moment, Dongfang Xu leisurely pointed to the large wolf atop the distant boulder for Cheng Xiaoxiao to see, "That’s the Wolf King!"

Dongfang Xu felt quite pleased, the young girl finally paid him some attention.

Earlier she had asked him not to act, just to watch from the side, and save if any villager’s life was in danger.

Thinking about how the path had been littered with bones in the past two or three days, Cheng Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but guess, could they have stepped into wolf territory!

And everyone who passed this path had ended up in a wolf’s belly.

Just imagining that scene was spine-chilling.

Despite the wolves’ hunger, rampant with impatience, they didn’t launch an attack, only surrounded them.

They were likely waiting for the Wolf King’s command.

Cheng Xiaoxiao whispered a few words to Mr. Cheng, who immediately arranged it.

Soon, torch made from old clothes was freshly made.

Everyone followed suit, tearing their clothes to light torches, this move agitated the wolf pack even more, showing their fangs to the crowd with threatening growls, they could hardly restrain themselves.

Cheng Beiniu shouted loudly, "Three people in a group, don’t let the wolf pack break through the defense line."

At this tense moment, finally, a long howl was heard in the distance from the Wolf King ordering the attack, the fierce wolves rushed forward, starving beyond patience, baring their bloody mouths, pouncing on the food ahead.

The men on the outer perimeter each set their own formation, launching a counterattack against the wolves.

Cheng Xiaoxiao, seizing the moment, positioned herself on the outside, dealing with the approaching starved wolves alongside the men.

This was a perfect opportunity for practice.

A gray wolf with a mouthful of sharp teeth and stinking saliva lunged at her, she evaded the wolf’s attack with a swift dodge, turned around wanting to stab the gray wolf, the wolf in mid-air adjusted its stance, swiftly dodging Cheng Xiaoxiao’s blade.

In the first round, human and wolf were probing each other’s strength, it seemed these wolves didn’t lack intelligence.

The scene burst into chaos, cries of battle, wolf howls, screams shattered the peaceful night, everyone banded together to slaughter the wolf pack, while the wolves fiercely tore into food.

Both sides suffered losses, this was where martial training showed its benefits.

Otherwise, regular villagers wouldn’t stand a chance against the ravenous wolves.

Some struggled quickly, then Leng Qi intervened, with a swift movement, ending a gray wolf’s life with one sword.

The gray wolf whimpered twice, twitched a few times, and fell unwillingly into a pool of blood.

At this moment, the Wolf King in the distance fixated its reddish-green eyes on Leng Qi, emitting a chilling glow.

It sensed the danger, yet didn’t retreat, as though contemplating whether to eliminate this bothersome human.

With everyone’s fierce fight and Leng Qi’s help, the wolf pack didn’t gain any advantage, instead losing several of their wolves.

The wolf pack, now scarred and restless, began to howl to the skies as if calling for the Wolf King.

Or perhaps they were roaring in frustration, the tempting food was too cunning, they hadn’t tasted it yet.

The enraged wolf pack began another frenzied attack.

A gray wolf viciously lunged at Cheng Sicheng’s back, while the wolf in front hadn’t been dealt with, in the nick of time, Cheng Xiaoxiao gathered all her strength to throw her dagger, blocking the gray wolf’s sharp claws.

She quickly rushed to Cheng Sicheng, kicked away the gray wolf that tried to attack again, and stood back-to-back with Cheng Sicheng.

"You little brat, be sharp! If you die, I’m not taking care of your mom." Cheng Xiaoxiao said coldly.

Cheng Sicheng’s mouth slightly curved, obediently responding, "Got it, Xiaoxiao!"