The Red-Haired Man

Watching the numerous Erosion Beasts pour out, the red-haired man showed no fear.

Instead, excitement appeared on his face. "Hahaha!! Perfect timing!! This Young Master was just worried there wouldn't be enough Earth Vein Qi!!"

As he spoke, his body turned into a streak of light and charged at the two Erosion Beasts.

In the blink of an eye, they were locked in battle, leaving Lu Nan, perched atop a branch, utterly astonished.

Every strike from the red-haired man, even if it could not harm the two Armored Dragon-like Erosion Beasts,

could still take down the Erosion Beasts at their sides. In the blink of an eye, clumps of Earth Vein Qi appeared.

"Damn it!!" After attacking for a while, the red-haired man suddenly retreated.

Standing not far from the two beasts, he stared at his hands with an uncertain expression.

Following the sound, Lu Nan looked over and saw that the red-haired man's originally fair hands had been stained with quite a bit of purple.

The red-haired man did not dare delay. He hurriedly took out a medicinal pill and swallowed it.

As the pill entered his stomach, the purple on his hands rapidly faded away.

"Whoa! What kind of pill is that? It worked that fast?" Lu Nan, hiding in the branches, could not help but marvel.

At the same time, he made up his mind to get one for himself if he ever had the chance.

After purging the poison, the red-haired man did not attack again right away.

Instead, with a wave of his hand, he summoned two crimson figures.

Hm? Were those corpses?? Looking at the two motionless figures beside the red-haired man,

Lu Nan raised a brow. Could this be his trump card??

"Go! Tear every one of those things in front of you to pieces!!"

At the red-haired man's command, the two blood-red figures let out a roar.

They became two streaks of bloody light and charged fiercely at the two Erosion Beasts, instantly tangling in battle.

This time, the two Erosion Beasts were no longer as composed as before.

Every attack from the two blood-red figures left a wound on them, imbued with blood-red energy.

"Roar..." Just as Lu Nan was about to observe more closely, the two Erosion Beasts suddenly began shrieking in agony.

Then, beneath his stunned gaze, they turned into two clusters of pale blue Earth Vein Qi.

"They died just like that??"

Seeing that he had won, the red-haired man in the clearing

quickly removed the Skull Pouch from his waist, rushed forward, and absorbed all the floating Earth Vein Qi.

Sixty percent. Just short of seventy percent.

Looking at the liquid in the Skull Pouch, which was nearly full, the red-haired man was overjoyed.

Then he turned to look at the two Blood Shadows standing to one side, and a pained expression surfaced on his face.

The two Blood Shadows were no longer as they had been before. One had lost an arm, while the other was missing half its head.

Their bodies were riddled with pits and holes, and their auras had weakened considerably.

Not daring to linger, he hurriedly put the two Blood Shadows away.

"Are you dead or not??? If you're not dead, make a sound." Without turning his head, he shouted loudly.

The moment his words fell, a weak voice answered, "Not dead! Not dead!!"

Then, a figure shakily crawled up from the bushes not far away.

Seeing this, the red-haired man nodded. "Inform the others to temporarily stop luring the Erosion Beasts.

Wait until this Young Master has recovered before continuing!!"

"Yes, Young Master!!!" Upon hearing this, Skinny quickly walked to one side to contact the others.

Meanwhile, the red-haired man summoned another Blood Shadow, though its aura was far inferior to those of the previous two.

"Keep watch on the surroundings!!" After giving the command, he sat cross-legged on the spot to recover.

Seeing this, Lu Nan's eyes lit up. He looked at Skinny, who was walking away,

then at the Blood Shadow beside the red-haired man, and an idea immediately came to him.

Suppressing his entire aura, he carefully flew down from the tree.

With the speed of thunder, before one could cover their ears, he charged toward the red-haired man.

The instant the Blood Shadow reacted, he swung at the red-haired man's head with a vicious blow.

"You..." The red-haired man only had time to spit out one word before he cleanly passed out.

Lu Nan did not stop. He directly drew his Longsword and split the Blood Shadow in two with a single strike.

Seeing the plants wither wherever the Blood Shadow fell, Lu Nan's heart skipped a beat.

"What a poisonous thing!!"

He then looked at the red-haired man lying on the ground. Without hesitation, he crouched down and began looting him.

He directly removed the Skull Pouch from his waist, then searched him all over.

Yet he found nothing else, causing Lu Nan to frown.

"Could he be a poor bastard too???" Suddenly, his peripheral vision caught sight of the red-haired man's right hand.

A Ring was on the index finger of his right hand.

"A Storage Ring? I knew it. How could he possibly be a poor bastard??" Grinning, Lu Nan took it off without hesitation.

Using his powerful Divine Sense, he directly broke through the imprint on it.

"Pfft..." The destruction of the imprint caused the unconscious red-haired man to suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood.

He groggily opened his eyes, but before he could make sense of the situation,

he heard a surprised voice. "You woke up already??"

Then his head hurt, and he gloriously passed out again.

After knocking the red-haired man unconscious once more, Lu Nan happily slipped the Ring onto his middle finger.

Looking at the two Rings on his right hand, Lu Nan found them more and more pleasing to the eye.

He had intended to slip away, but after looking at the red-haired man on the ground, with a huge bump on his head,

he thought for a moment, then crouched down again and arranged him into a comfortable position.

After all, the man had contributed so much, hadn't he???

"You... What are you doing??" Just as Lu Nan was admiring his handiwork, he suddenly heard a startled voice.

Skinny had returned.

"Oh! You're back???"

As his voice fell, Lu Nan flashed and appeared behind him.

"In the end, I am the one in the wrong, so I won't take your lives!!"

After skillfully looting him, Lu Nan flashed away into the distance.

Only two unconscious figures remained behind.

After fleeing one or two hundred li at full speed, Lu Nan stopped within a Strange Rock Forest.

"Those guys shouldn't be able to catch up, right???" Looking back over his shoulder, Lu Nan surveyed his surroundings.

He chose a relatively hidden spot and carved out a Cave large enough for one person.

After slipping inside and leaving behind a warning barrier,

he entered the Mysterious Space and took a deep breath of the rich spiritual qi.

Only then did Lu Nan let out a heavy sigh of relief and sit down to inspect the spoils from this trip.

First was the Earth Vein Qi. He poured all the Earth Vein Qi from the Skull Pouch into the Little Gourd.

"Seventy percent. Just thirty percent more until it's full!" Looking at the nearly filled gourd, Lu Nan nodded in satisfaction.

He casually hung it at his waist and continued inspecting the red-haired man's Storage Ring.

"Whoa? An Alchemy Furnace?? That guy was an alchemist too??

I happened to be lacking a Cauldron. Didn't this come at just the right time??"

"Hmm? Is this the recipe for the Beast Luring Pill?? Not bad!!!"

A short while later, Lu Nan sorted through his gains. Everything useless was tossed into the red-haired man's Ring

to be thrown away after he left, while everything useful was transferred into his own Ring.

"What a haul! What a haul!!"

After marveling for a moment, Lu Nan took out the Cauldron again.

"Now that I have a Cauldron, I'll try Alchemy.

I happen to need Beast Luring Pills... First, let's see what materials are needed."

"Mm... Qi Condensing Grass, Beast Luring Fruit, Earth Vein Qi??

Soul Guiding Flower?... I happen to have all the materials!!"

He got up and walked to the medicinal field, picking two Qi Condensing Grass plants that were more than one hundred and fifty years old.

Lu Nan returned to his spot and laid out the required materials on the ground one by one.