Chapter 87: Eighty-Seventh Chapter: Blood-Colored Humanoid (Seeking collections

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Nuo had already spent three days in the Trial Land of the Four Sects. During these three days, he had avoided conflict with the disciples of the Four Sects on the Tianjiang Plain as much as possible.

However, because he carried the "Nine Dragon Sword Case" on his back, those cultivators were basically unable to detect the Spirit Power fluctuations on his body, which also saved him a lot of trouble. During his few days of travel, Zhang Nuo had even gathered two stalks of Spiritual Medicine over a hundred years old; this was an unexpected harvest.

Yet, along the way, he had seen quite a few corpses of demonic beasts, and among them, there were even the corpses of two Four-tier demonic beasts.

Looking at the scene of the demonic beasts' deaths, it did not seem like a single cultivator had killed them independently, but rather at least two cultivators working together. This left Zhang Nuo feeling uncertain; if he encountered one cultivator, even if the other party's cultivation was at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, he was confident he could escape, but if it were two late-stage cultivators, it would not be so simple!

Thinking as he walked, Zhang Nuo became one hundred and twenty percent cautious, his Divine Sense constantly sweeping over everything around him. As long as he discovered two late-stage cultivators present at the same time, he would turn and flee; now was not the time to care about face.

Just like this, Zhang Nuo walked forward aimlessly. Two days later, a flat area appeared before his eyes. This flat area was only a few dozen zhang in size, and in the center of the flat area grew a stalk of Spiritual Medicine. Even though he was far away, Zhang Nuo could still smell the waves of faint fragrance coming from the Spiritual Medicine.

Faint Spirit Power fluctuations scattered in all directions as the Spiritual Medicine swayed. Zhang Nuo was stunned for a moment, only coming back to his senses a short while later!

Although he did not know the name of this Spiritual Medicine, judging from its appearance, it had grown for at least two or three hundred years! Just as he was about to step forward to pick it, Zhang Nuo's heart suddenly stirred. This Spiritual Medicine had been here for so long, how could no one have discovered it? Could there be some trap in this?

Alertly, he released his Divine Sense to check everything around him. Finding nothing unusual, Zhang Nuo then carefully walked toward that stalk of Spiritual Medicine!

A two or three-hundred-year-old Spiritual Medicine, if taken to the outside world to be sold, would be worth at least twenty thousand Spirit Stones. If the medicinal properties of this Spiritual Medicine were useful for his own cultivation, finding an alchemist to refine it into a Pill would make its value even higher.

However, Zhang Nuo was not blinded by the Spiritual Medicine before him. He was constantly on guard against his surroundings; if there was the slightest disturbance, he would immediately withdraw from this area! Spiritual Medicine was good, but his life was the most important thing!

Walking toward the Spiritual Medicine step by step, fortunately, nothing happened. Zhang Nuo breathed a slight sigh of relief. Just as his fingers were about to touch the Spiritual Medicine, in a hidden spot a hundred zhang away, a cultivator suddenly opened their tightly closed eyes, a cold sneer appearing at the corner of their mouth.

"The fourth one!"

After the cultivator squeezed these three words through their teeth, their hands quickly formed several hand seals, and at the same time, they let out a low shout! Just as the cultivator let out the shout, the ground behind Zhang Nuo suddenly shook. With a loud "Boom—", a monster crawled out from underground.

This monster looked the same as a human, only its entire body was incredibly blood-red, as if its skin were transparent; one could almost see bright red blood flowing incessantly within its body with the naked eye.

As soon as it crawled out from the ground, the blood-red humanoid raised a large hand and struck directly at Zhang Nuo's back! This caught Zhang Nuo by surprise. Too late to pick the Spiritual Medicine on the ground, his figure lunged forward violently. From the "Nine Dragon Sword Case" on his back, two Flying Swords flew out rapidly, aiming straight for the chest of the blood-red humanoid behind him.

With a soft "Swish—" sound, the blood-red humanoid saw that its strike had missed and its body flashed rapidly, dodging the Flying Swords' attack. Zhang Nuo flashed more than ten zhang away before steadying his figure. He turned his head to look at the monster that had attacked him, and his heart sank immediately!

This was no monster at all; it was clearly a person! Only this person was a bit strange: there was not a single hair on their entire body, even their eyebrows were bald. They were bare-chested, but wore a pair of pants that looked like metal on their lower body.

The leg openings and waist of the pants were tightly cinched, as if they had grown onto their body, and inside the metal pants, it seemed as if something was wriggling!

Seeing that its strike had missed, the blood-red humanoid did not give Zhang Nuo a chance to catch his breath at all. Its figure rose into the air, and as it extended its five fingers, five Bone Spikes more than three feet long grew rapidly from the tips! These Bone Spikes shimmered with a faint blue light, as if they were coated in potent poison!

Even now, Zhang Nuo was a bit confused. Was this a human or a monster? How could it be so strange! However, the current situation did not allow him to think too much. With a movement of his Divine Sense, the previous two Flying Swords turned their blades and aimed at the blood-red humanoid pouncing toward him.

"Clang! Clang!"

After two collisions, Zhang Nuo's Flying Swords were actually knocked away by the Bone Spikes in the blood-red humanoid's hands. His expression changed slightly, and Zhang Nuo could not help but gasp. He knew the sharpness of these two Flying Swords all too well, yet they could not sever the blood-red humanoid's Bone Spikes.

It seemed these ten Bone Spikes were not so simple! Flashing toward the left, Zhang Nuo avoided the blood-red humanoid's mid-air attack. His eyes narrowed slightly, and he began to calculate a plan in his mind.

In just an instant, Zhang Nuo's eyes snapped open. He cast two incantations from his hands, each sinking into a Flying Sword. After the two Flying Swords flashed with white light, their forms transformed to a size of about a zhang. The two swords drew together, slashing toward the blood-red humanoid in a cross shape.

Yet the blood-red humanoid did not put the two giant Flying Swords in its eyes at all. Its figure lunged forward, meeting the Flying Swords head-on! The Bone Spikes on its ten fingers collided, emitting a harsh, grating sound, and sparks even bloomed upon them.

Up to this moment, Zhang Nuo could be completely certain that the Bone Spikes on the blood-red humanoid's hands were not bones at all, but were deliberately made to look like bones to paralyze the opponent!

"Boom!"

The ten Bone Spikes collided with the two giant swords. Despite the blood-red humanoid's build not appearing very robust, its strength was astonishingly great. The two Flying Swords were forcefully knocked dozens of zhang away by it, but the Flying Swords also left two deep wounds on its body.

The skin, which had been transparent to begin with, had blood immediately flow out the moment it was sliced open, but the bizarre thing that happened the next moment left Zhang Nuo dumbfounded.