Oh no! I, the weakling, have become the villain!

It's fair to say that the hunters' corpses were perfect bait.

Of course, there's no guarantee that the Sword Wolf will actually be attracted.

There is another possibility.

Xu Yao's gaze fell on the remaining footprints and bloodstains.

These hunters had previously said they had let a woman escape, so these footprints and bloodstains must have been left by that woman.

If the woman's bloody smell cannot be controlled, she will inevitably suffer misfortune sooner or later.

In other words, this woman whom Xu Yao had never met before might also encounter Sword Wolf.

Therefore, Xu Yao wanted to try and see if he could find this woman.

After expressing his opinion to Hei Da and the other two.

Black Two and Black Three exchanged a glance and nodded silently.

In their eyes, what Xu Yao said made a lot of sense.

Just to be on the safe side, Hei San went with Xu Yao.

Hei Da stayed behind to watch over things, as for Hei Er...

Hei Da was too lazy to cook for himself, so he let Hei Er do it.

And so, the group split into two groups and began their operation.

As he walked, Xu Yao discovered a cave.

The bloodstains from before disappeared in the vicinity.

According to Xu Yao's thinking, this cave should be the hiding place of the injured woman.

Just as he was about to go inside, Hei San, who was following him, looked in one direction.

Hei San frowned slightly: "There seems to be some movement in that direction."

"Huh?" Xu Yao looked at Hei San with a puzzled expression.

Before Xu Yao could speak, Hei San ran out on his own.

This made Xu Yao shudder.

The cave in front of me was pitch black, and to be honest, I was a little afraid to go in.

It seems that Black Three has discovered some kind of threat, perhaps a monster that Black Three cannot deal with.

If it suddenly lunges at me, wouldn't I be doomed?

With that thought in mind, Xu Yao took a deep breath and walked into the cave.

Never mind, the cave should be safer than outside.

Besides, no matter what, he came to be a hero and save the damsel in distress, so the other party probably won't do anything to him.

After walking along the cave for a while, Xu Yao saw a ray of light.

Sure enough, there was a woman there.

Her left leg was badly injured. Although the wound had been treated, it wasn't properly treated, and blood was still slowly flowing out.

Beside the woman were several dead bear cubs.

Hearing the noise, the woman grabbed a dagger, turned around, and shouted warily, "Who's there!"

Xu Yao immediately raised his hands: "Don't be afraid, I was just passing by."

No sooner had he spoken than the woman rushed toward Xu Yao with lightning speed.

The gleaming dagger landed unexpectedly on Xu Yao's neck.

Xu Yao was terrified by the scene.

"Grandma, spare me! Grandma, spare me!"

"I'm really innocent. Look at my face, doesn't it scream 'harmless'?"

The woman glanced at Xu Yao with disdain: "Pah, it seems you really are a coward."

Xu Yao gave a stiff smile: "Although I don't really want to admit it, what you said is absolutely true."

The woman asked Xu Yao again, "What are you doing here? You're not here to hide too, are you?"

"No, not at all." Xu Yao quickly explained his intentions to the woman.

"I just thought you might attract the Sword Wolf, and since you're injured, I can help you out. That way, it's a win-win situation, like a hero saving a damsel in distress."

"But to be honest, you're just average-looking. Let's forget about the 'beauty falls in love with me' scenario."

The woman nodded in satisfaction upon hearing the first part of the sentence.

However, upon hearing Xu Yao say that she was just an ordinary-looking person, she inexplicably felt a surge of anger.

"You brat, how dare you say I'm ugly?"

"I didn't!" Xu Yao quickly retorted. "I was just telling the truth. Are all ordinary words curses? If so, I'm being wronged."

Upon hearing this, the woman sighed and put the dagger away.

"This is no good place. You should leave immediately. If those hunters catch up, you might be in trouble too."

At that time, Xu Yao had already begun to examine the woman's wounds.

Although the injuries are severe, taking a few pills should make him fine.

But he didn't have a single one on him.

That damned Blood Demon! Although Xu Yao used the Breakthrough Pill to earn himself a huge reward, Blood Demon, citing that he was an alchemist and didn't need pills and could refine them himself, didn't give Xu Yao a single pill.

Right now, he has money but no elixirs.

The only way to help this woman is to re-bandage her wounds.

Xu Yao is quite good at this.

He tore off a piece of his own clothing and used it to re-bandage the woman's wound.

The woman looked at the scene before her with considerable astonishment, somewhat unable to believe her eyes.

"You are this person..."

"What's wrong with me?"

"The bandaged wound looks pretty good."

“That’s not true,” Xu Yao said smugly. “You don’t even know who I am. I’ve been learning all sorts of tricks just to avoid dying.”

The woman gave Xu Yao a disdainful look: "You're such a coward."

"hey-hey."

Xu Yao smiled shamelessly.

Just then, a roar rang out.

The sound, clear and piercing, came from outside the cave; it was unmistakably the roar of a bear.

Upon hearing the shout, Xu Yao's expression changed. "No way, is there a bear here?"

A look of despair appeared on the woman's face: "I told you long ago that this place was not safe to stay. Now look what's happened, you're going to die with me. Didn't you see the corpses of those dead bear cubs next to me?"

"If Big Bear comes back, he will be absolutely furious."

"I don't know if I can kill that big bear in my current state."

Just as the woman was saying this, she suddenly noticed that Xu Yao looked like he was about to cry.

"No, you..."

"Grandma, save me! You have to save me! Please, I don't want to die!"

"..."

Seeing Xu Yao like this, the woman was speechless. Was this guy too afraid of dying?

At that moment, another voice rang out.

"You beast, do you think I can't deal with you just because you've run into a cave? Dream on!"

The voice was clearly coming from Hei San.

Upon hearing Hei San's voice, Xu Yao's previous fear suddenly turned into a calm and composed demeanor.

"Looks like we're not going to die."

"Don't worry, sis," he chuckled at the woman, "my men are already here to deal with this big guy."