A piercing howl rang out, and where the sword light pointed, a spectral wolf appeared out of thin air. The spectral wolf, whose belly had been slashed open by the cross-shaped sword light, crashed onto the lawn, writhing in agony and leaving chaos in its wake.

With just one exchange, a spectral wolf was gravely wounded. The other spectral wolves, intimidated by Brian Carter's aura, all hesitated in their movements.

Chapter Six: Celestial Wolf Battle Sword

The cross-shaped sword light was precisely the Mountain-Cleaving Slash that Brian Carter had used earlier to break through the door.

But when performed with dual swords, the technique was ten times more complex. Strictly speaking, this sword move should be called: Cross Mountain-Cleaving Slash. It was also one of the forms of the Celestial Wolf Battle Sword.

The Celestial Wolf Battle Sword was a dual-sword technique created by Brian Carter based on the military-grade Edge-Breaking Sword Art, combined with the Empire’s Thunder Sword Technique and the Sanctuary’s Holy Cross Sword.

At that time, the Celestial Wolf Battle Sword was praised by many sword masters as a pinnacle of dual-sword techniques.

Brian Carter was not yet the Celestial Wolf King, but he had inherited the memories of his future self. As those memories continued to merge, Brian Carter naturally executed the Celestial Wolf Battle Sword.

Of course, this was only an application of the form. Its true power was not even one ten-thousandth of the real Celestial Wolf Battle Sword. The truly advanced sword techniques could not yet be performed.

The spectral wolf never expected its visual confusion would fail, nor could it imagine how well this human youth understood them.

As the spectral wolf leapt into the air, Brian Carter had already calculated its position—stepping forward, bending low, raising his swords, and slashing in a cross. With a sudden burst of strength, he opened a massive cross-shaped wound in the wolf’s soft belly, even severing its internal organs.

With a clean and decisive move, he took down a spectral wolf. At the same time, he intimidated the others. Possessing human-like intelligence only made the spectral wolves more cunning and suspicious, losing the wild ferocity of ordinary beasts.

Having succeeded with one move, Brian Carter wasted no time and charged at another spectral wolf ahead. That wolf’s green eyes snapped shut, the ghostly blue glow on its body dimmed, and it seemed to vanish into thin air.

Unwilling to face Brian Carter head-on, the spectral wolf actually chose to go invisible.

Brian Carter sneered inwardly; the spectral wolf’s invisibility was merely a visual trick. Most people would be easily fooled. In reality, the spot where the spectral wolf turned invisible would show a certain distortion and blurring of the light. For the experienced Brian Carter, he could roughly judge the wolf’s movements just by that patch of blurred light.

Of course, if it were in the dim underground, even Brian Carter would not be able to visually track their positions.

While the spectral wolf ahead hid itself, the three behind moved in to surround him. This encirclement and joint attack was also their most common tactic.

He had killed the previous spectral wolf by catching it off guard. Now, with several wolves attacking together, Brian Carter could no longer take them down so easily.

“Burst.” With a single breath, Brian Carter unhesitatingly used the “Burst” secret technique again, pushing his body’s potential to the limit. Unlike the previous instant burst, this was a true, full-power eruption.

Normally, it would be impossible to use “Burst” repeatedly in a short time. But for Brian Carter, consecutive bursts were still a low-level secret technique; his current physical condition could handle it. However, doing so would damage his body and leave hidden injuries.

But none of that mattered—as long as he survived this ordeal, the hidden injuries could be slowly nursed back to health. Only in the burst state could Brian Carter match the spectral wolves in speed and strength.

The surging blood and energy exploded within him, granting Brian Carter tremendous power. With his flawless technique, Brian Carter could unleash his strength to the maximum—ten times his normal power.

Brian Carter had trained diligently since childhood and possessed extraordinary talent in martial arts. Though only seventeen now, his spiritual value had already reached 56, and his overall physical condition was at the level of a third-rank martial artist.

This meant that Brian Carter could throw a punch with a force of a thousand jin at full strength. Of course, that was under ideal conditions. In real combat, there was no time to gather and unleash power so leisurely. The thousand-jin punch could not be fully realized.

It was precisely because of such outstanding physical condition that Brian Carter could easily wield the twenty-one-jin Si Feng Sword.

At this moment, using the secret technique Burst was enough to unleash ten times his strength. In other words, Brian Carter's maximum power reached a terrifying ten thousand jin. Although this was only the highest theoretical value, in the hands of the technically perfect Brian Carter, this power could be fully utilized.

Jason Clark was a level-five mecha pilot. When not using his mecha, his strength was only twice that of Brian Carter. With the mecha’s boost, it was at most six times Brian Carter’s. In other words, even with his mecha, Jason Clark was still far inferior to Brian Carter in absolute strength at this moment.

However, Jason Clark’s gauntlets were weapons themselves, with astonishing destructive power. Jason Clark could also use techniques like “Burst” at the same time. His true combat power was far beyond what Brian Carter could match.

After using Burst, Brian Carter’s improvements were not limited to strength—his speed and reflexes also increased simultaneously.

Brian Carter suddenly exerted force, and the lawn beneath his feet exploded with a bang, sending grass and dust flying. Brian Carter shot forward like an arrow.

His speed was nearly ten times that of an ordinary person—about 100 meters per second. In this high-speed dash, even the air felt thick and viscous. Brian Carter’s clothes were pressed tightly against his body by the air, his short hair streaming backward. Even the muscles on his face were slightly distorted by the pressure.