As soon as he landed, he concentrated all his energy on his feet and retreated as far as possible. He then stared at the wolves, which were slowly approaching him. Magical beasts had some intelligence. They could tell that they were no match for him individually, so they decided to come after him as a whole. Only the alpha, along with two other wolves that stood by his side, were left behind.
'why do those two seem like bodyguards?' he thought as he got ready to fight again.
He needed to dispatch them as quickly as possible.
First of all, he wanted to catch the alpha off guard. He didn't want to waste time with the other wolves. He was also wary about being ambushed by other magical beasts. The commotion caused by the attack was sure to attract other beasts.
Since he didn't want to be stuck here, he decided to go all out. He leaped at the remaining wolves and started slashing. Since they were all at the first rank, he didn't need to be too careful. Each slash took a life as he demonstrated the prowess of his sword art. He was done with all the wolves in an incense stick's worth of time.
He then stepped over the corpses as he approached the alpha and its two guards.
Their ranks were also not low. They were rank 2 beasts in the initial stage, So Adrian had to take them seriously. Instead of mindlessly charging at him like the rest of the pack, the three wolves tried to encircle him.
They were obviously smarter than the rest and had learned from their mistake.
However, Adrian didn't care. His main focus was on the alpha who stood in front of him while the other two moved to his sides. Even if he was wary of them, he wouldn't run away from a few wolves.
Without waiting for them to take the initiative, he charges towards the alpha. This was his full speed so he arrived in front of it in an instant. He thrust his sword to pierce its skull. He wanted to end it in one move.
However, the alpha moved its head at the last second and avoided being pierced. The sword landed on its front limb and caused a long gash that reached its back.
The alpha howled in pain and tried to swipe Adrian away with its paw. He blocked it with his sword but was flung away by the power behind it.
The two wolves didn't want to give him a chance and pounced on him straight away. He slashed at them furiously while trying to stabilize himself. One of them blocked his attack with its body while the other tried to bite his head off. His sword pierced into the body of the wolf but didn't hit any vital organs. He sidestepped to avoid the wolf trying to bite off his head while retrieving his sword.
He then brought down his sword upon the neck of the injured wolf before it could recover its bearings, effectively ending its life.
'Only two left.' Adrian thought as stared at the two remaining beasts. The two remaining wolves were already starting to feel fear towards the small creature in front of them.
They had even started to think about escaping. However, the anger they felt towards the one who killed their pack surpassed their fear which caused them to ultimately abandon that train of thought as they both lunged at him again.
Adrian took a deep breath as he held his sword with both hands. He waited for the wolves to come near him before swinging his sword horizontally while shouting in his mind 'Flaming slash'.
Flames made up of qi spread out from his sword and attacked the two wolves who were too close to dodge. The remaining wolf guard was ahead of the alpha, so it took the brunt of the flames. By the time it reached the alpha, it had lost most of its power but it was still able to severely injure it.
The charred body of the wolf guard fell while the alpha crashed into a boulder. It has lost one of its legs and there were still flames burning in its body.
Adrian heaved a sigh of relief after viewing the damage that he had caused. His face was a bit pale and his breathing was ragged. It was clear that that last attack took a toll on him.
The 'flaming slash' had depleted about a third of his qi which is why he was tired.
However, he controlled himself as he went towards the alpha.
It's breathing was already weak and it was losing a lot blood. It was evident that it wouldn't survive.
Adrian arrived next to it and swiftly dispatched of it to put it out of its misery.