Mushroom Lord in the Underground City-Chapter 367 - 359: Alpha Wolf Challenge

The tenth floor of the Underground City, in the open space in the center of the werewolf settlement.

At this moment, regardless of those werewolves who chose to leave or those who stayed, apart from Valen, all have gathered here.

As for Valen, compared to the future of her people, she cares more about how to defeat Norris.

The atmosphere in the open space is tense, with the Old Wolf, who has all white hair yet remains tall, at the forefront, confronting Xiao Lan and the half-mushroom wolves who had chosen to leave but returned now to the tenth floor.

The Old Wolf pack leader steps forward, claws digging deep into the ground, seemingly ready to attack at any moment: "You exiled traitors... you dare come back to die?"

Xiao Lan wasn’t frightened at all, instead he said, "Do you know? Werewolves turn human when they sunbathe, in the Far North just fur isn’t enough for warmth, delicious mushroom stew with meat is really super tasty..."

"What exactly are you trying to say?" The Old Wolf interrupted his chatter.

"What I mean is, look around here, there’s nothing!" Xiao Lan stretches his body and then takes a step forward, facing the Old Wolf, "I, Wolfgang Shadow Howl Violet Hammond, by the rules, challenge you as the chief wolf! I want to take everyone out!"

As soon as Xiao Lan finished speaking, the place was filled with discussion, even the Old Wolf himself did not expect a chief wolf challenge.

After all, the current situation is already advantageous for Xiao Lan’s side.

The number of werewolves seems similar on both sides, and the Old Wolf’s side even has many werewolves who have reached the Level 50 tier limit, with a higher Level.

But aging results in a decline in functionality.

And among the young werewolves on his side, many are actually internally conflicted, bound by his authority and long-term tribal regulations.

Although he spoke harshly, as if he wanted to bite them all to death, he knew in his heart that he dared not act rashly, it was him himself!

In either loss or win, the tribe would be gone.

Yet Xiao Lan has proposed a chief wolf challenge, giving up his greatest advantage to duel him?!

Deep down this is actually against tribal rules since Xiao Lan and his party have been exiled, they are no longer members of the tribe, thus unqualified to initiate a challenge.

But rules are dead, the Old Wolf is alive, there’s no reason to give up an option more favorable to him.

He knows Xiao Lan’s skills, decent among the younger generation, but still far from him!

And looking at Xiao Lan, except for the unknown material white shorts he’s wearing, there’s nothing else on him.

Without equipment to make up the difference, it’s unlikely that months have passed and he truly transformed, right?

Though Xiao Lan’s proposal does benefit the Old Wolf, he was still infuriated by this challenge.

Valen at that time just wanted to claim her personal freedom, while Xiao Lan now wants to take everything!

How could the Old Wolf not be angry?

"Good! Good! Good!" The Old Wolf laughed furiously, murderous intent spreading like substance, "Since you, this mushroom-smelling brat, are seeking death, I’ll use your blood to show all the tribe members the fate of traitors!"

As soon as the words fell, the Old Wolf’s body exploded with terrifying speed, claws reaching straight for Xiao Lan’s heart!

Facing the Old Wolf’s sudden lack of fair play, Xiao Lan indeed didn’t react in time, he was half a step too late in his jump back, getting stabbed in the chest by the Old Wolf’s claw.

But it only pierced half a finger deep before Xiao Lan pulled away.

So hard!

Like wearing armor!

"Old fool! You attacked sneakily!" Feeling himself nearly screwed, Xiao Lan cursed immediately.

"Less nonsense, the fight began when you said ’chief wolf challenge’!"

Afterward, the two figures collided, separated fiercely at astonishing speed, claws tearing the air with sharp whistling.

The Old Wolf’s every attack was cunning and cruel, carrying pure murderous intent accumulated over years of battles, targeting vital points, showing no mercy.

Its Level and experience clearly suppress Xiao Lan.

While Xiao Lan’s offense seemed somewhat restrained, facing the Old Wolf’s storm-like attacks, he mostly focused on Block and Evasion, even when fighting back he subconsciously avoided fatal places, seemingly not resolved to harm the Old Wolf decisively.

This seemed to be an uneven match.

However, oddly enough, no matter how fierce the Old Wolf’s attacks, no matter how many wounds the wolf’s claws tore on Xiao Lan’s body, he couldn’t inflict real heavy damage, even towards the end, initial injuries like the chest wound had already stopped bleeding and started healing!

The Old Wolf’s breaths grew heavier, eyes showed disbelief and astonished rage for the first time.

In the surrounding audience, the werewolf tribe started to stir, some sharper werewolves have already noticed something amiss, this battle initially expected to end swiftly with thunderous momentum was now showing signs of developing into a war of attrition.

Regarding this situation, Lin Jun wasn’t surprised at all, even slightly disdainful of Xiao Lan’s performance.

After all, for this "chief wolf challenge," Lin Jun has invested quite a lot in Xiao Lan!

[Physical Resistance Level 10], [Regeneration Level 6], [Fungal Filament Reassembly Level 8], [Sharpness Level 10].

Seemingly naked, yet truly armed to the teeth!

Because of this, Lin Jun was quite dissatisfied with Xiao Lan’s restrained performance, constantly whispering in his mind, conducting "battlefield psychological counseling":

"Hesitation leads to defeat! Soft-hearted will lead you to death! Stab his eyes! Kick his lower body! Do not hold back! Just now his claw was intended to gut you! Are you a werewolf or not? Where’s your ferocity?!"

Under Lin Jun’s incitation whispering, coupled with the Old Wolf’s relentless lethal pressure, Xiao Lan’s last hesitation finally got replaced by ferocity.

His attacks were no longer reserved, his movements increasingly wild and deadly, the claw’s whistling through the air becoming sharper.

Seeing this, Lin Jun was finally satisfied, time’s about right.

Just as the Old Wolf once again swiftly pounced, claws and Xiao Lan’s blocking forearm collided, bringing out blood and wolf fur, several inconspicuous mushrooms silently and swiftly grew from the Old Wolf’s landing point!

Squish!

The Old Wolf stomped the mushrooms to pulp, a slippery feeling running from his foot!

The Old Wolf’s center of gravity instantly became unstable, his left foot slipped sharply, his whole body uncontrollably tilted to one side, revealing a fatal flaw!

For this, Xiao Lan didn’t think, purely driven by combat instinct, his claws enhanced with [Sharpness Level 10], easily pierced through the Old Wolf’s chest!

The Old Wolf’s forward momentum suddenly halted, it looked down in disbelief at the claw completely embedded in its chest, piercing out from the back.

The intense pain hadn’t fully reached the brain, Life Force rapidly drained as the heart shattered.

Xiao Lan also froze, he hadn’t expected the battle to end so abruptly.

The Old Wolf opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to say something, but only a gush of blood flowed out.

Eventually, its massive body fell heavily forward, kicking up dust, entirely devoid of life.

The entire werewolf settlement fell into a deathly silence.

After a brief pause, Xiao Lan’s few followers among the young werewolves burst into frantic cheers!

"We won!"

According to tribal tradition, the challenger who kills the old leader in a fair battle becomes the rightful new king of the tribe!

Xiao Lan took quite a while to recover from the daze, then issued his first command as the newly crowned Wolf King:

The entire tribe shall migrate out of the tenth floor, those who choose to stay will be considered exiled!

This time, aside from a few, most of the werewolves followed behind Xiao Lan.