Who in the World?
Murong Qing said, "Although I feel you're deliberately changing the subject, you're right, the spiritual Primal Qi here is very strange; at least I can't absorb it."
He Qichang a deep breath and said, "It's Yao Qi energy! All the spiritual Primal Qi here is of demonic nature!"
Just as Si Ming was about to speak, he suddenly felt the earth tremble violently. Then he saw a huge creature burst out of the ground in the distance. It was a giant sandworm with a body hundreds of feet long, fat and thick. Its mouth, full of sharp teeth, was biting a strange beast that looked like a pegasus. It gnawed the beast into a pulp and swallowed it.
That's not unusual, everyone has seen huge Demon Beast before, but this giant sandworm's body is actually half made of steel machinery!
Chapter 514 Who is this amazing person?
A flustered and hurried footsteps rushed across the overgrown field, the low grass flying backwards as a boy and a girl fled in panic. The boy held a large, disproportionately large saber and his steps were erratic. The girl held a longsword and was agile, clearly having received professional training. She deliberately slowed her pace so as not to fall behind her companion.
"We can't run anymore. We need to find a place to hide and avoid being tracked. We won't shake that guy off by just running away," the girl said.
The boy nodded in agreement, then pointed ahead. "Just hide behind the wall up there!"
The two leaped forward simultaneously, swiftly clearing a two-meter-high cliff before plummeting downwards. The boy casually swung his sword, slicing off a small portion of the wall, causing it to collapse in a triangular shape, trapping the two inside.
Hold your breath.
The girl gave a reminder, then pressed one hand against her rapidly heaving chest and covered her mouth and nose with the other, and the boy did the same.
Seconds later, a dark shadow leaped over his head. It was a wolf-like creature, but its four legs and head were made of steel. Its steel limbs made a clattering sound as they stepped on the ground, and its eyes emitted a red glow.
A moment later, after confirming that the cyborg wolf had run far away, the two released their hands and began to breathe heavily.
"Damn it, we've been tricked! This isn't a two-star difficulty Spirit Domain at all. Even the monsters we usually encounter are three-star, and the domain lord is probably six-star. It's no way a bunch of newbies like us can handle this." The boy angrily slammed his fist on the ground.
The girl remained silent, took out a cloth, and wiped the bloodstains off the sword, her eyes revealing an unwavering determination.
After resting for a while, the boy said to his companion, "Jinyu, I know you have a Realm-Breaking Stone on you. Don't worry about me, just leave quickly. I'll think of another way."
The girl shook her head and said, "We came together, we'll leave together. The people of the Phoenix Clan never abandon their companions."
"I saved your life, and you saved mine. We're even; neither of us owes the other anything," the boy paused, then made a firm decision. "From now on, you go your way, and I'll go mine. We're no longer companions."
The girl remained unmoved, stubbornly replying, "I disagree."
"You have no choice but to agree, and besides, this matter didn't even require your consent. In short, I'm heading south, you're heading north, and we'll go our separate ways."
The boy pushed aside the half-blocked stone wall and got up to leave, only to find that the girl also got up and was staring intently at his back, clearly intending to follow him.
"And what is this all about...?"
The boy gave a wry smile, about to offer some advice, when suddenly his expression changed. He and the girl rolled to the side, and with a loud crash, the wall that was covering them was smashed open, and a humanoid monster with an octopus head emerged, carrying a bunch of chains.
The octopus monster had as many chains as its soft tentacles, which it dragged along the ground. Four of them hung down like fishing rods, with four bloody human heads hanging from the ends. These heads still had the terrified expressions of their deaths, which was quite gruesome.
"The Four-Star Spirit Stone Dweller!"
The boy's face turned extremely ugly. He recognized the owners of the four heads; they were all his teammates who had entered the Spirit Domain with him. One of them, Di Xin, although he had a foul mouth, was a genuine expert with the eighth-rank Martial Form "Crouching Fox Lion," yet even he couldn't escape it.
The boy quickly made a decision, saying, "I'll hold it off; you go as far away as you can."
"If we're going to leave, we'll leave together. The people of the Phoenix Clan are not cowards who fear death," the girl resolutely refused. "If anyone should stay, it should be me. You staying is just sending yourself to your death."
"Jinyu, listen to me! I have no family left, and even if I die here, no one will be sad. But it's different for you. You still have your clan and your sister. If you die here, who will take care of your sister?"
The girl paused for a moment, a look of hesitation on her face.
The Stone Dweller had no intention of obediently waiting on the sidelines and letting his prey chat leisurely. He pulled out a chain and lashed it out with a whip, the air crackling as the whip struck.
The boy and girl worked in perfect unison, striking each other with a palm strike at the same time. They then used the force of the blow to retreat, avoiding the whip. A clear whip mark was left on the ground, as if someone had dug it up with a hoe.
The boy yelled at the girl, "Go! What are you still standing here for? There's only one Realm-Breaking Stone. I couldn't get out anyway, so you don't need to stay here with me. Besides, only if you get out will there be any hope of rescuing me. If you're also trapped in the Spirit Domain, how are you going to rescue me?"
The girl gritted her teeth and quickly made a decision, saying, "You have to hold on. I'll find someone to rescue you soon. Until then, whatever you do, don't die!"
The young man laughed and said, "Don't worry, I still have a great grudge to avenge, how can I die here so easily?"
With no other choice but to trust the other party, the girl held her sword to her chest, three fire crows appeared behind her, and she channeled her Demon Power to unleash a fiery Sword Qi at the Stone Dweller before turning and running away—this was the only thing she could do to help her companion.
The Stone Dweller wielded its dense, net-like chains, scattering the fiery Sword Qi that slashed at it. However, a few residual forces still struck its head, igniting many of the octopus tentacles and causing it to frantically try to extinguish the flames.
This undoubtedly enraged the Stone Dweller, who pulled out a chain and threw it at the girl's back. The chain, like a living snake, nimbly chased after her through the air.
Clang!
The boy slashed at the chains with his sword, sparks flying. Although he was also thrown back by the impact, he successfully stopped the chains. In that moment of delay, the girl disappeared without a trace.
"Ugly freak, your opponent is me. If you dare to get distracted, I'll cut off all your tentacles and shave your head bald... Well, you're bald to begin with."
The Stone Dweller clearly understood the boy's words, and immediately revealed an angry expression. The octopus head turned completely red, as if it had been boiled, and at the same time let out Anomalies roar that no one could understand.
The boy smiled, adopted a fighting stance he'd learned from a veteran, and said, "That's right! Come on, let's have a good fight!"
Despite the boy's boastful tone and assurance to the girl that he wouldn't die, he collapsed ten minutes later, covered in wounds, without having inflicted any damage on his opponent.
In fact, it was already remarkable that he could last for ten minutes. The difference in strength between them was like that between a rabbit and a tiger. In the same situation, anyone else would have been devoured in a minute, let alone ten. The boy used the terrain to implement various evasion techniques, such as throwing weapons, traps, and rolling, and kept fighting with the enemy, which is why he has lasted until now.
But that seems to be his limit.
"Cough cough cough... Am I really going to collapse here?"
The boy coughed up blood due to internal injuries. Leaning against the wall to keep himself from collapsing to the ground, he reached out and touched his heart. There was a strange dark mark there. If there was any hope of him escaping in the current situation, it was probably this thing.
"No, this is something that guy left me. If I use it, what right do I have to seek revenge? Even if I die, I don't want to owe him the slightest favor!"