Of the Updike stories I have ever read, perhaps the most impressive one is Wolves, Maces, And Blood. The story is too good, leaving me with many doubts. Currently, the manga has been translated to Chapter 118 Crisis. Sean was Seriously Wounded. Let's read the author's Wolves, Maces, And Blood Updike story right here.
His speed was amazing, and before he could say it, there was a crisis. Sean felt a huge pressure coming from overhead, like a mountain falling down on him.
“Fuck off!”
Sean used his machete to beat back the Rodriguez clan in Middle and Late Stages in Dark Energy, then swung the Wolf’s Massacre and hit the oncoming old monster!
Battle of the masters. Dark Energies were colliding!
The old monster waited for him, and by diving, he struck with all his might. Even though Sean was strong and threw the knife in a hurry, he was at a disadvantage. His body recoiled five or six meters.
The jaws of his right hand, which was holding the Wolf’s Massacre were numb!
The old monster landed where Sean had been standing and revealed himself!
He had a white beard and white hair. He was seventy years old, dressed in coarse linen and carrying a long iron spear. His eyes were piercing and threatening. As Sean looked at him, he could not help but look at him a few times and nod, “You’re so young and sophisticated, you took a blow from me, and you get away with it…”
“Rare, really rare!”
There seemed to be some appreciation in his words for Sean. Then, in a change of tone, he added, “General Wolf of the North! Give me all your strength and fight me!”
“In ten moves, if you’re still alive, today, I will spare your life!”
He said these words with great pride!
It was as if he thought it was an honor for Sean to survive his ten moves. He respected the talent and he could spare Sean’s life!
“No, don’t!”
Shawn Rodriguez in front of the main building was anxious. He wanted Sean’s life! The more potential Sean had, the more danger he was in. If Sean didn’t die today, maybe the entire Rodriguez family would be ruined!
“Sir, you promised you’d take his fucking life, and you must keep your word.”
If it weren’t for the old monster, Shawn Rodriguez would swear.
The old monster ignored him.
“Who are you?”
Sean stared at the old monster five meters away with his eyes like hawks’, and the same waves of shock swept through his heart. The old monster knew he was General Wolf of the North!
Because, even in the army, it was top secret!
It was impossible for the average person to know!
The old monster shook his head and said, “Don’t worry, for all the good you’ve done, I’ll make sure I’ll let you know before I kill you.”
“But not now.”
Nearby, Zackary Campbell also heard “General Wolf of the North”. Looking at Sean’s reaction, he knew right away that this was serious. However, this was the first time he had heard the name, so he did not know what the secret behind it was.
“Really?”
Sean put the Wolf’s Massacre across his chest and said, “If you want to kill me, you probably can’t do it with your ability!”
“In ten moves, if you do not become the ghost of my sword, I can let you go!”
Ten moves!
Sean gave them back for what the old monster said!
“Well.”
Hearing this, the old monster suddenly laughed. In this acrimonious atmosphere, it seemed out of place. He shook his head and sighed, “In that case... All right.”
“Let me see where your confidence comes from!”
Swoosh!
After he said that, he lifted his spear.
His whole being became a shadow again. His spear was in his hand, like an ageless god of war in high spirits. Wherever he passed, the wind blew the bodies off the ground and swept the battlefield free.
Sean snorted and confronted him with a knife!
In an instant, two Masters of Complete Stage in Dark Energy were fighting together. The shadows floated to and fro like ghosts. Cold awn flickered, and Dark Energy erupted. The Wolf’s Massacre and the spear collided, and sparks flied!
The cacophony of voices, like the wind and rain, made people shudder. Shawn Rodriguez, a Master of Middle Stage in Dark Energy, couldn’t even see Sean and the old monster’s movements.
One! Two! Three!
Shawn Rodriguez counted silently in his heart. With each move, his heart gave a terrible shiver. His face, once confident, would become a little gloomier.
Ten moves!
Sean’s deal with the old monster was ten moves!
Shawn Rodriguez certainly didn’t believe Sean could kill the old monster in 10 moves. He was afraid the old monster wouldn’t be able to kill Sean in ten moves, and he would be in big trouble!
So, as Sean and the old monster battled to the sixth move, but the score was still too close to call, Shawn Rodriguez turned pale and couldn’t wait any longer. He waved at the remaining seven Masters of Dark Energy and said, “All three of you, kill him!”
“Lend old Mister a hand and kill Sean!”
In this critical moment, there was a flash of sword and it sounded like thunder. The next moment, the three Rodriguez Masters of Middle Stage in Dark Energy suddenly stopped moving, and their momentum suddenly waned!
Their steel knives dropped and landed on the floor at their feet!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
And then all three of their heads fell from their necks like steel knives, like three bloody red balls of leather. After they hit the ground, they rolled for a few meters!
Until the moment of death, the three of them could not react, and they did not know why they would die!
Even Mr. Brain and Owen Sanchez stood stunned.
Until the voice from the other side came from the old monster, surprised and slightly contemptuous, “Boy, you’re a dead meat!”
Mr. Brain and Owen Sanchez immediately turned to look at the battle between Sean and the old monster.
The old monster’s spear went into Sean’s left shoulder. At Sean’s feet lied three Rodriguez family’s Masters of Late Stage in Dark Energy. By this time, the three men had become corpses!
Sean’s the Wolf’s Massacre is gone!
His hands were empty!
“Mr. Mason, you…”
Mr. Brain reacted immediately. He looked back and saw the Wolf’s Massacre ten meters away, on top of a bush in the green belt. How could he not understand that Sean just saved his life!
Sean defeated the three Masters of Late Stage in Dark Energy, one against four. Then he threw his own the Wolf’s Massacre and cut off the heads of the three Masters of Middle Stage in Dark Energy at a distance of nearly 20 meters!
He saved Mr. Brain and Owen Sanchez!
At the cost of Sean exposing himself to the old monster!
When a good player was fighting, he won by a hair’s breadth. How could the old monster miss such a rare opportunity?
So, he pierced Sean’s left shoulder with his spear!
The spear went in front of him, out behind him, and the point was about five centimeters. The blood was dripping!
“It’s the eighth move.”
The old monster had a spear in his hand and he was murderous. He respected Sean for his ability, but he had no intention of letting Sean win. In ten moves, if he could kill Sean, he wouldn’t let up. He snorted, “Originally, you did have the ability to survive my ten moves, you could live!”
“And now you’re throwing away your chance to live!”
With that, a wisp of Dark Energy went into the spear. He whipped up and tried to kill Sean right there and then!
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