LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 71
Chapter 71: Bai Wushang’s Heart Ached!
The sky was blue and the clouds were drifting. It was supposed to be a beautiful time.
Bai Wushang was completely unaware of it.
He stumbled and was about to rush forward.
Unexpectedly, the ground in front of him suddenly cracked open and a huge centipede nearly two meters long crawled out.
It had a silver back and a black abdomen. It had multiple pairs of legs and a pair of whiskers.
Its head had a pair of ferocious mouthparts that kept opening and closing. Its bright silver tentacles swayed back and forth. No matter how one looked at it, it did not look like it was to be trifled with.
Using the Eye of Perception, the attribute panel swept past —
[Name]: Silver-backed Centipede (contract)
[Race]: Demon Beast Realm – Arthropod Type – Silver-backed Centipede Race
[Life Level]: Middle stage youth form
[Bloodline Quality]: Mortal Bone level 5-stars
[Status]: Prey
[Intelligence]: Extremely low
[Characteristics]: Insect Poison/Hard Shell
[Skills]: Bite, Whipping Tail, Digging Hole, Strangle to Death, Sacrifice Oneself
[Gourmet Cell]: 10
“Hehe, you want to leave?” The man with the earring took the wooden stick and ran over. “Silver-backed Centipede, bite his lower body!”
“Zi Zi Zi Zi ~ ~ ~”
The Silver-backed Centipede suddenly straightened its upper body, and the pair of curved hook mouthparts pounced on Bai Wushang’s thigh.
“Get out of my way! Get out of my way!”
Bai Wushang took off the long spear on his back and used all his strength to sweep it out.
The handle of this long spear was made of hard iron shank wood and the tip of the spear was made from the horn of the Sharp Blade Beetle after slicing it. It not only had the thick and heavy feeling of a rod-type weapon, but it also did not lose the sharpness of a knife, spear, sword or halberd. It felt very good in the hand.
With such a sharp weapon in hand, Bai Wushang should have been at an absolute advantage.
After all, he was a man who could take on the Thunderhorn Bull with his bare hands!
A mere Silver-backed Centipede in the middle stage youth form with Mortal Bone Level 5-stars had a lower overall physical fitness than him. Another major characteristic of the centipede, “Insect Poison”, was also coincidentally countered by him.
However, it was a pity that Bai Wushang was not in a good condition at the moment.
Although the dizziness in his head had eased, it had not subsided. This greatly affected the performance of his strength.
Because of this, Bai Wushang and the Silver-backed Centipede fought back and forth, resulting in a five-to-five situation.
The man with the earring was arrogant at first as he felt that victory was his.
However, after observing for a few rounds, his face tensed up and he hurriedly took two steps back.
“Good heavens, the autonomous awakener is something. His physical fitness surpasses ours by too much! He is simply a human-type pet beast!”
The man with the earring originally planned to take on Bai Wushang by himself. When the time came, he could take credit for it and perhaps get some more of the spoils of war.
After personally confirming Bai Wushang’s physical combat strength, he gave up on this unrealistic idea.
“Hmm… I’d better not force myself. I will just hold him down steadily and firmly. As long as nothing goes wrong with Brother Luo, we’ll win for sure…”
Before he could finish his thought, he heard the roar of a beast beside his ear.
— Roar!!!!
That voice contained 30% of wildness and 70% of pain. It was like the sound of thunder striking one’s heart, causing one’s scalp to go numb.
“What’s going on…”
The man with the earring subconsciously turned his head back.
He saw a black Demon Ape that was like a small mountain. It was standing barefooted and roaring at the sky.
The silver leaves fell from the sky one after another.
In a split second, the Demon Ape’s eyes turned from pitch-black to scarlet red
Its originally tall and sturdy body grew taller inch by inch
Its large muscles that were like steel bulged out one by one
A faint blood-colored mist rose from the surface of its body, reflecting the blood on its face. It looked extremely ferocious!
This shocking change shocked everyone around.
Even the Silver-backed Centipede, which was quite a distance away, also trembled instinctively.
Seeing this scene, Bai Wushang knew that this was a rare opportunity and he could not miss it.
He gripped the spear, swung his arm and thrust with great might!
The sharp spear pierced directly into the centipede’s mouth!
“Whoosh –”
The spear tip was pulled out, and silver-white drops of blood dripped down.
The Silver-backed Centipede screamed crazily. Its dozen or so long legs were like a dragon boat that had gone out of control. They swayed back and forth before finally curling into a ball.
[Hunt Success, Gourmet Cell +10]
“Little Centipede!”
The man with the earring suddenly realized something and he was scared stiff.
Then, he felt a splitting headache, and he couldn’t help but wail and howl.
…
After taking down the Silver-backed Centipede, Bai Wushang didn’t care about the man with the earring and directly ran toward the Demon Ape.
“Forcefully activating ‘Burning Blood’… just how much pain did Ah Zhou endure, and just how much willpower did it have…”
Bai Wushang clenched his teeth and sighed inwardly. His emotions were unreadable.
Based on all the information gathered, Luo Bing’s Sacrificial Duck was most likely a rare transcendent creature that possessed spiritual attack skills.
Perhaps its level of life wasn’t high enough, but that medicinal pill had coincidentally solved this problem.
One had to know that as a peak Spiritualist Master, Bai Wushang’s soul power was comparable to a Soul Servant in terms of quantity. It was just that he had been shaken by the aftershock of the invisible airwave and his head still felt a faint pain.
It was hard to imagine what kind of blows the Demon Ape and Cat Demon, who were closest at that time, suffered.
“Under normal circumstances, when Ah Zhou activates ‘Burning Blood’, there won’t be any risk of backlash, but… but if its spirit has already suffered a serious injury if it wants to activate this skill again, the difficulty will be the same as ‘Second Burning Blood’. It will definitely suffer inhuman pain. The slightest bit of carelessness will cause its soul to collapse…”
“Facing the king of the Swift Wind Sword Wolves, Ah Zhou is trying to save its clansmen. I can understand its hatred and grief.”
“So now, what kind of mood does it have? What is the core driving force that supports it to persevere?”
“Could it be… for me?”
Bai Wushang couldn’t help but think of this. He felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife.
In his eyes, Ah Zhou’s was wrapped in blood mist and it went completely berserk.
After successfully activating ‘Burning Blood’, its various attributes increased once again.
The pain that was similar to continuously hitting its skull with a hammer or as if thousands of insects were crawling in its brain, was slightly alleviated.
The Demon Ape was gasping for breath. The mixture of blood and sweat kept dripping down from its forehead. It stared at the people and beasts around it ferociously.
On the other side, Luo Bing and the others had ugly expressions on their faces.
“Brother Luo, are… are we going to fight such a monster?” The short-haired girl in the team swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
“…” Luo Bing was silent for two to three seconds. Once again, his instincts warned him, and he cursed in his heart.
“Damn it, why is this Demon Ape like a cockroach? Even the strengthened ‘Storm of Pain’ couldn’t kill it? Why?!”
“We were so close. The Bloodline Fruit is right in front of us. As long as we kill the Demon Ape, as long as we kill the Demon Ape…”
Luo Bing narrowed his eyes, which were filled with murderous intent, “I don’t believe it. According to Plan No. 3, attack!”
Everyone secretly looked at Luo Bing’s twisted face. Although they had something to say, they were forcibly restrained.
They exchanged helpless looks and then shouted at their pet beasts:
“Silk Spider, use the web to shoot!”
“Big-tailed raccoon, left, tail whip!”
“Fire Hat Turtle, centre, rotate the shell!”