Chapter 247: Cannibalism Among Others

Boom!

A violent surge of resonant power erupted somewhere in the withered forest, snapping nearby trees in half, while Li Luo's figure was sent flying back in a disheveled state by the shockwave.

A shadow flashed behind Li Luo; Xin Fu slapped a palm against Li Luo's back, helping him neutralize the impact, and the two landed on the ground.

Haa.

Li Luo let out a heavy breath and looked toward the center of the battlefield. There, a withered tree was gradually disintegrating. The tree was extremely bizarre; despite being a tree, two giant human hands were growing out of its trunk.

Clearly, this was also an Other.

This Other was incredibly cunning. It had stood there silently, appearing exactly like a normal withered tree. Although the three of them had used phantoms to lead the way, it had endured, only erupting and launching an attack when their true bodies passed by.

This had brought great danger to the three of them.

In just a few short breaths, all three had sustained injuries.

Fortunately, this withered tree Other seemed to have a limited attack range, which allowed the three of them to catch their breath and begin formulating a battle plan to slowly grind it to death.

Bai Mengmeng carefully collected the remaining fragments of evil thoughts from the tree-demon Other, then frowned at the slender arm where a black scar was visible.

An inexplicable force surged from the scar into her heart, making her feel restless.

Li Luo walked over quickly, grabbed Bai Mengmeng's fair wrist, and condensed resonant power at his fingertips, which finally turned into a drop of energy liquid containing healing properties and dripped onto Bai Mengmeng's scar.

Sizzle!

Faint black smoke rose up, and a harsh, shrill sound seemed to echo faintly. Afterward, the scar on Bai Mengmeng's arm began to heal gradually, and a moment later, it was restored to its original state.

Bai Mengmeng was overjoyed, touched her still smooth and delicate skin, and then gave Li Luo a sweet smile: "Thank you, Captain!"

For a girl, having smooth and perfect skin is a very important matter; Li Luo's healing technique was truly very pleasing.

"Captain, give me some of that too."

A somewhat dark arm reached over; Xin Fu looked at Li Luo with expectant eyes from the side.

The bright smile originally on Li Luo's face stiffened slightly, and he then said earnestly: "Xin Fu, scars are a man's medals, and this little bit of pain is a tempering of our souls. If you can't even endure this, what are we doing playing around in the Dark Cave?"

Xin Fu was left deep in thought by this piece of wisdom. Although it felt a bit off, he could only nod in the end and say: "Captain, what you say also has some truth to it."

Li Luo looked gratified while secretly letting out a sigh of relief. My healing energy consumes a lot of resonant power. Bai Mengmeng is a girl after all, so it's only right to take care of her a little. If we two men need treatment for such minor injuries, that would be too extravagant. After all, the Purification Tower hasn't even been activated yet; how could we waste it like this!

"Ahem, we've cleared four White-Erosion level Others on this path, right?" Li Luo changed the subject.

Xin Fu and Bai Mengmeng nodded.

"Judging by the direction and the distance traveled, there might only be one last area left now," Bai Mengmeng estimated, pointing to the right.

Li Luo looked in that direction, his expression tightening slightly. That was the place he had been avoiding, because the black fog there was much denser, and he sensed a dangerous aura there.

Clearly, the most powerful Other in this withered forest should be over there.

The four Others they had encountered previously were all considered White-Erosion level, but strictly speaking, they could only be considered to have average strength for that level.

Yet even an average White-Erosion level Other had strength comparable to the second pattern of the Life-Pattern Stage.

If the Other over there was stronger than this level, that would be the third or even fourth pattern... that would be quite troublesome.

Xin Fu and Bai Mengmeng didn't speak, but their expressions became much more solemn. Clearly, they both understood that the Other in that direction would be the greatest obstacle to activating the Purification Tower.

"Let's go over and take a look first."

After a brief moment of contemplation, Li Luo no longer hesitated and said decisively.

If possible, he wanted to probe the Other's background and intelligence first.

Xin Fu and Bai Mengmeng had no objections, and the trio carefully approached that direction, with three phantoms acting as bait in front.

They passed through the black fog, but to the trio's surprise and suspicion, they didn't encounter any Others at all.

The Others in this area seemed to have vanished completely.

"Something's not right. The previous places at least had some low-level Others, but this place is so clean it's as if it's been purified," Li Luo said in a low voice.

Xin Fu and Bai Mengmeng also frowned.

Bang!

Just as the three were puzzled, a violent surge of evil thoughts suddenly erupted in the distant black fog, as if something was colliding.

The three of them exchanged glances, their resonant power rising to protect their bodies, and they approached the area with vigilance.

As they drew closer, the black fog before them gradually dissipated.

The three of them saw the situation unfolding ahead and their pupils constricted slightly.

In the clearing in the forest, the ground was a mess, as if a great battle had taken place.

At this moment, a flesh monster was roaring in the field, its body covered in exposed, bright red flesh that writhed to form ugly tentacles.

However, gray-white chains were wrapped around the flesh Other's body, binding it tightly; no matter how it roared and struggled, it could not break free.

The three of them watched this scene in shock. That flesh Other was stronger than any they had encountered before; it must have reached the strength of the third pattern of the Life-Pattern Stage.

It was just that its current situation seemed a bit dire?

"What's going on?" Bai Mengmeng asked in a low voice.

Li Luo stared fixedly at a patch of violently surging black fog and said: "It's a fight between Others."

Xin Fu and Bai Mengmeng were surprised; so these Others would also fight and kill each other.

While they were surprised, the black fog in the clearing grew denser, and finally, the three of them watched in horror as a sheet of white human skin slowly drifted out from the fog.

The skin was deathly pale, and two eyes were constantly roaming across it.

Gray-white energy surged from the skin Other, and its strength should be on par with that flesh Other.

It was unknown what method it had used to trap the flesh Other.

The three of them didn't dare to breathe, and under their gaze, the pale skin Other drifted over, with a strange, muffled hissing sound faintly audible.

Immediately, the skin Other swooped down, expanding continuously as if turning into a sheet of skin-paper, and instantly wrapped the flesh Other within it.

Boom boom!

Beneath the pale skin, vibrations and shrieks erupted continuously, and lumps of flesh bulged beneath the skin, but they never managed to burst through.

Clearly, the skin Other wanted to devour the flesh Other.

The three of them watched this cannibalism between Others in horror; the bizarre and terrifying sight was hair-raising.

However, in the struggle between the two, the skin Other had the upper hand. The resistance inside the skin was gradually weakening, and pale tentacles were slowly growing out from the skin Other.

Faintly, wisps of crimson energy appeared on the skin Other.

"Its strength is gradually increasing; it might eventually reach the level of the fourth or even fifth pattern of the Life-Pattern Stage," Xin Fu's voice became heavy.

"Should we take this opportunity to ambush it?" Bai Mengmeng suggested.

Li Luo pondered for a few breaths and ultimately did not agree to this proposal, because he felt that if they launched a surprise attack now, although it would cause some trouble for the skin Other, they might not necessarily gain much of an advantage.

"No rush. This skin Other needs time to absorb the flesh Other..."

"We should take this time to go activate the Purification Tower. If it can't come to stop us because it's absorbing the flesh Other, that would be best. Once the tower is activated, it will be directly suppressed."

"If it still comes..."

Li Luo narrowed his eyes, his gaze sharp.

"Then we will have had time to prepare in advance."