That thing smiled, revealing sharp teeth.
Li Zhengyang pressed his Blood Qi into the spear shaft, waiting for the moment to deliver a killing blow.
The thing across from him did not move.
It crouched in a depression, merely tilting its head as it examined him.
The two sides remained locked in place for about three seconds.
Then the thing spoke.
"Human?"
Its voice was hoarse.
Li Zhengyang lowered his spear tip by an inch.
"What are you?"
The thing stood up.
It was half a head taller than an ordinary person, and the row of bony spikes along its back became even more conspicuous when it straightened.
There were obvious keratinous growths around its limb joints, and its nails were black and long.
"It's been a long time... since I've seen... a living human."
Li Zhengyang's senses remained firmly locked onto it.
Its aura fluctuated chaotically. The dominant presence was that of a Sixth-Rank Peak Demonic Beast, but beneath it truly was a trace of Human Race Martial Warrior Blood Qi.
Faint, but real.
What the hell was this thing?
"I'll ask one last time." Li Zhengyang did not loosen his grip on the spear. "Are you human or beast?"
The thing tilted its head, as though considering the question.
Then it smiled.
The smile was strange.
"Both."
The instant it spoke those two words, it moved.
There was no warning whatsoever.
In an instant, it went from stillness to a full-speed charge. The force of its legs kicking off the ground shattered the rock beneath its feet.
It was far faster than those Darkrock Beasts.
Its Sixth-Rank Peak aura erupted at full force, its movements mixed with the agility of that trace of Human Race Blood Qi.
Its attack came with anticipation.
Li Zhengyang's pupils contracted slightly.
He