The Legend of the Princess' Counterattack

Chapter 184: Crisis is coming, join hands to fight the enemy

As they went deeper into the misty forest, every step seemed to be on the edge of the unknown. The fog that filled the surroundings was like thick cotton wool, cutting Yun Yao and Chu Mochen's vision into pieces. They moved forward cautiously, alert to the danger that might burst out of the mist at any time.

Suddenly, a sharp cold wind whistled past, mixed with a pungent fishy smell. Yun Yao's heart tightened, she knew that a powerful monster was approaching. Chu Mochen also clenched the sword in his hand, his eyes became colder, like a cheetah ready to attack.

Just as they were on full alert, a huge phantom wolf emerged from the mist. It was the size of an ox, silver-white, with hair standing up like steel needles, flashing cold light in the mist. Its eyes were like two balls of dark green flames, burning with bloodthirsty desire. A strange aura emanated from it, as if it was a demon from the depths of hell. The phantom wolf was incredibly fast, and it shuttled through the mist, leaving behind a trail of illusory afterimages, making it difficult to distinguish its true form.

As soon as the phantom wolf appeared, it launched an attack. It opened its bloody mouth, revealing its sharp fangs, and pounced towards Chu Mochen. It was so fast that Chu Mochen had almost no time to react. He only had time to hold the sword across his body, trying to resist the phantom wolf's attack. With a loud "clang!", the phantom wolf's power was so great that it directly knocked Chu Mochen away. He slid on the ground for several meters before he stabilized his body.

Before Chu Mochen could catch his breath, the phantom wolf launched a new round of attacks. This time it used the phantom skill, and countless wolf shadows rushed towards Chu Mochen from all directions. Chu Mochen frowned, and he quickly swung his sword, and the sword shadow formed a silver light curtain around him. Those wolf shadows collided with the light curtain, making bursts of sharp collisions and splashing a series of sparks.

Yun Yao was extremely anxious, she knew that Chu Mochen would not be able to hold on for long. She tried to calm herself down and recalled the information about the Phantom Wolf that the system had prompted. According to the system, although the Phantom Wolf's phantom seemed to be difficult to distinguish between true and false, its true body would always have a slight fluctuation of breath at the moment of attack.

Chu Mochen gradually found it difficult to fight against the Phantom Wolf. Although his swordsmanship was sharp, the Phantom Wolf's attacks were too frequent. In one attack, the Phantom Wolf broke through Chu Mochen's defense and left a deep wound on his arm. The blood instantly dyed his sleeves red.

"Chu Mochen!" Yun Yao couldn't help but shout out. She concentrated her attention and tried her best to sense the breath of the Phantom Wolf. When the Phantom Wolf attacked again, Yun Yao finally caught a faint breath fluctuation. "On your left!" Yun Yao shouted loudly.

Chu Mochen heard Yun Yao's cry, and without any hesitation, he suddenly turned to the left and swung a strong sword energy in that direction. The sword energy was like a long rainbow piercing the sun, slashing straight at the real body of the Phantom Wolf. The Phantom Wolf seemed to have sensed the danger, and it tried to dodge, but was still scratched on its hind legs by the sword energy.

After the phantom wolf was injured, it became even more violent. It gave up attacking Chu Mochen and rushed towards Yun Yao instead. Yun Yao was well prepared. She quickly took out a few talismans from her storage bag and threw them at the phantom wolf. The talismans burned in mid-air, turning into flames that burned towards the phantom wolf. The phantom wolf nimbly avoided the flames, but it also paused for a moment.

At this moment, Chu Mochen launched another attack. He endured the pain in his arm and rushed towards the Phantom Wolf as fast as lightning. He used his strongest swordsmanship, and the light on the sword was as bright as a blazing sun. "Scorching Sun Slash!" Chu Mochen shouted, and the sword slashed fiercely at the Phantom Wolf.

The Phantom Wolf sensed the power of this attack, and it concentrated its strength to resist. But Yun Yao would not let it succeed. She found its weakness again while the Phantom Wolf was resisting Chu Mochen's attack. "Now!" Yun Yao used the special skill given to her by the system, and a light arrow condensed by spiritual power shot towards the vital point of the Phantom Wolf.

The light arrow was extremely fast, passing by like a meteor. Although the Phantom Wolf sensed the danger, it was too late to dodge. The light arrow accurately hit its left eye, and the Phantom Wolf let out a shrill scream. Chu Mochen's "Scorching Sun Slash" also fell at the same time, leaving a deep wound on the Phantom Wolf's body.

The phantom wolf was badly injured. It knew it was no match for the two and turned to escape. But Yun Yao and Chu Mochen would never let it go. They teamed up to chase it. Chu Mochen once again swung out a few sword energies to block the phantom wolf's retreat. Yun Yao continued to cast spells to attack the phantom wolf.

Under the combined attack of the two, the Phantom Wolf finally fell to the ground, turned into a ray of light and disappeared, leaving behind only an inner elixir emitting a mysterious light.

This fierce battle made Yun Yao and Chu Mochen exhausted. The wound on Chu Mochen's arm was still bleeding, and Yun Yao quickly took out the healing medicine from the storage bag and bandaged his wound. During the bandaging process, the two were very close and could feel each other's breathing.

"Thanks to you this time." Chu Mochen looked at Yun Yao, a hint of gratitude flashing in his eyes.

"We are teammates and should help each other." Yun Yao smiled slightly, and her smile looked particularly warm in the mist.

This crisis brought about a subtle change in their relationship. The previous grudges gradually dissipated in the life-and-death battle, and were replaced by a kind of trust. They knew that in this dangerous world of cultivation, they could rely on each other.

After a short rest, they continued to walk deeper into the misty forest. Their goal was to find the rare herb and complete the task assigned to them by the sect. Although they knew there might be more dangers ahead, after this battle, they became more determined.

As they went deeper, the fog around them became thicker and visibility was extremely low. They could only rely on each other's perception and tacit understanding to move forward. Suddenly, Yun Yao felt that there was something wrong with the ground under his feet, as if there was a weak fluctuation of spiritual power.

"Be careful, there is a trap here!" Yun Yao hurriedly grabbed Chu Mochen.

They carefully observed the surrounding environment and found some faint runes on the ground. These runes exuded a dangerous aura, which could cause a huge disaster once triggered.

"It seems that this misty forest is full of dangers." Chu Mochen frowned.

"We have to find a way to bypass these runes." Yun Yao said.

They began to carefully look for a way around the runes. Yun Yao relied on the ability granted by the system and her keen perception of spiritual power fluctuations to lead Chu Mochen to shuttle between the runes. Sometimes, they had to crawl close to the ground to avoid the influence of the runes.

After bypassing this rune area, they encountered another group of poisonous bees. These poisonous bees were huge, and the stingers on their tails flashed a strange purple light. They flew towards Yun Yao and Chu Mochen in groups, like a black cloud.

"They are poisonous bees, don't get stung by their stingers!" Yun Yao reminded.

Chu Mochen waved his sword, forming a wind wall to try to stop the venomous bees from approaching. But there were too many venomous bees, and some of them still broke through the wind wall. Yun Yao cast a spell to form a spiritual shield around them. The venomous bees hit the shield, making a "buzzing" sound.

"This is not a solution. We have to find the nest of the poisonous bees and destroy it." Chu Mochen said.

They began to look for the nest of the poisonous bees, and after some searching, they found that the nest of the poisonous bees was on a huge old tree. There was a huge hole on the trunk of the old tree, and the poisonous bees kept coming in and out of the hole.

"I'm going to destroy the nest, you cover me here." Chu Mochen said.

"Be careful." Yun Yao nodded.

Chu Mochen rushed towards the ancient tree, and the poisonous bees attacked him frantically. He used his sharp sword skills to kill many poisonous bees. When he approached the ancient tree, he leaped and flew towards the cave entrance. He inserted the sword into the trunk, steadied his body, and then released a powerful spiritual attack towards the inside of the nest.

There was a roar in the nest, and the poisonous bees were immediately thrown into chaos. They stopped attacking Yun Yao and flew back to the nest. Yun Yao took the opportunity to cast a spell to help Chu Mochen eliminate the remaining poisonous bees.

After solving the poisonous bee crisis, they continued to move forward. At this time, the sky gradually darkened, and the foggy forest became more dangerous at night. They needed to find a safe place to rest.

They found a cave in a valley. The cave was relatively dry, and there were no obvious signs of danger around. They set up some simple defense formations at the entrance of the cave, and then began to prepare to rest.

Yun Yao took out some dry food from the storage bag and handed it to Chu Mochen. "Eat something first to recover your strength."

Chu Mochen took the dry food and ate it silently. During the rest, neither of them spoke, but the atmosphere was not awkward. They were both thinking about the experience of this mission and the changes in their relationship with each other.

"Today's battle made me understand the power of teamwork." Chu Mochen suddenly broke the silence.

"Yes, only if we trust each other can we survive in this dangerous world." Yun Yao said.

"We will encounter more challenges in the future. I hope we can fight side by side like we did today." Chu Mochen looked at Yun Yao, his eyes full of determination.

"I definitely will." Yun Yao responded with a smile.

After a brief rest, they took turns to keep watch. When the first rays of sunlight penetrated the mist and shone into the cave in the early morning, they set out again to search for rare herbs.

On this day, they encountered a turbulent river. The water in the river was turbulent, and the river water seemed to have some special power that could erode spiritual power. They needed to cross the river to continue moving forward.

"The water in this river is a bit strange. We can't swim directly across it." Yun Yao said as he observed the river.

"Let me try to see if I can use my spiritual power to build a bridge across the river." Chu Mochen said.

He used his spiritual power to try to form an ice bridge on the river surface, but the force of the river water was too strong, and the ice bridge was washed away as soon as it was formed.

"It seems we have to find another way." Yun Yao frowned.

They followed the river in search of a suitable way to cross it. At a narrow spot on the riverbank, they found some vines. These vines were thick and tough, and seemed to be able to be used to build ropes.

They worked together to gather the vines, then fixed one end of the vine to a large tree on the shore and threw the other end to the other side. After several attempts, the vines successfully crossed the river.

"I'll go over and take a look first." Chu Mochen grabbed the vine and swung towards the other side. When he successfully reached the other side, Yun Yao also followed the vine to cross the river.

After crossing the river, they felt that they were getting closer and closer to their goal. The fog around them began to dissipate, and a strange sea of flowers appeared in front of them. Flowers of various colors bloomed in the sea of flowers, exuding a charming fragrance. The rare herbs they were looking for were in this sea of flowers.

However, there are dangers hidden in the sea of flowers. There is a flower called "psychedelic flower" whose fragrance can make people hallucinate. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen felt dizzy as soon as they entered the sea of flowers.

"There's something wrong with the scent of this flower. Hold your breath!" Yun Yao quickly reminded.

They blocked their sense of smell and carefully searched for herbs in the sea of flowers. In the center of the sea of flowers, they finally found the rare herb. The herb was emitting a faint light, and there were some small guardian monsters around it.

Although these guardian beasts were not as powerful as the Phantom Wolves, they were numerous. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen teamed up again to fight the guardian beasts. They used their previous experience and cooperated tacitly, and soon eliminated the guardian beasts.

Yun Yao carefully collected the herbs and put them into the storage bag. "Finally found it." She breathed a sigh of relief.

"This mission is really not easy." Chu Mochen sighed.

"But we also gained a lot." Yun Yao said with a smile.

They took the herbs and started to walk back. On the way back, they encountered some minor setbacks, but they easily resolved them. When they walked out of the misty forest, they all felt like they had survived a disaster.

This mission not only allowed them to complete the mission of the sect, but also made their relationship closer. They saw trust and friendship in each other's eyes and knew that they would become each other's important partners on the road of cultivation in the future.

The author says:

Dear readers, in this chapter, Yun Yao and Chu Mochen go through many tests, and their relationship heats up in the battle. I hope that through these plots, you can feel the danger and excitement of the world of cultivation, as well as the tenacity and wisdom of the protagonists in the face of difficulties. Every battle is a growth, and every crisis is an opportunity, just like in our lives, only by constantly overcoming difficulties can we become stronger. I hope you will like the content of this chapter, and I look forward to continuing to explore this fantasy world of cultivation with you.