Chapter 352: Fierce Battle (Conclusion)
Zhang Yuan steadied himself in the water and spit out a mouthful of blood.
The desperate counterattack of the human-headed serpent fish not only broke his "Water Tornado," but also snapped two of his ribs, causing minor internal organ injuries.
Such injuries were far from fatal, but were extremely rare since Zhang Yuan had become accomplished in martial arts.
Most of the time, he could rely on the Divine Nest Host Power to crush his opponents.
And even eliminate powerful enemies without a scratch.
Compared to his opponents, Zhang Yuan’s situation was much better.
After launching its strongest attack, the huge human-headed serpent fish completely lost the ability to continue fighting.
It had no strength to pursue Zhang Yuan, and blood continuously spouted from the wound opened by the Taowu Saber.
Along with fragments of its internal organs.
No matter how strong the life force of the human-headed serpent fish was, it couldn’t withstand such rapid and massive loss.
The most deadly issue was the presence of Blood Evil Qi both inside and outside its wounds, like a layer of burning flame.
This Evil Qi continuously eroded the flesh of the human-headed serpent fish, preventing it from healing.
Therefore, after just a few breaths, the mutated human-headed serpent fish ceased its struggle.
Black scales quickly peeled off its body, and its long torso curled up and withered, shockingly reverting to human form in the blink of an eye.
But it was lifeless, nothing more than a corpse.
At this moment, Zhang Yuan’s attention wasn’t on the human-headed serpent fish at all.
Because the sinister blood light was pursuing him like a maggot clinging to the bone, getting closer and closer!
Yet Zhang Yuan did not engage with the blood light.
He adjusted his posture and shot upward towards the water’s surface again.
Primordial Celestial Spirit True Essence was pushed to its limits, and the boost of fifteen times agility put tremendous pressure on Zhang Yuan’s newly injured body.
Blood trickled from his nose and mouth, and the grinding of his broken ribs caused further damage.
However, Zhang Yuan was oblivious to it.
Upwards, upwards!
He left the sinister blood light behind, rushing all the way to the surface.
Bursting out of the water in an instant!
With a loud splash!
With strong momentum, Zhang Yuan leapt four or five zhang into the air, scattering sparkling droplets.
He surfaced directly in front of the merchant ship.
In mid-air, Zhang Yuan looked down at the black-robed wizard standing at the ship’s bow.
The bald, tattoo-faced, black-robed elder was taken aback.
He never expected Zhang Yuan to break through his arranged death trap so quickly.
And even confront him directly.
But as a powerful wizard, the black-robed elder was startled but not flustered, immediately pointing the snake staff in his hand at Zhang Yuan.
Muttering incantations, a sinister aura erupted.
At the same time, the previously incredibly strange blood light also chased Zhang Yuan out of the water.
Entwining towards him!
If you zoom in to observe carefully, you can see that this blood light is actually composed of countless red flying insects.
The speed at which they fly, whether in water or air, is astonishing, and they can change direction flexibly with ease.
They act as one unit.
And these flying insects are precisely the Flying Corpse Blood Gu raised by the black-robed wizard.
One of his trump cards!
Though a single Flying Corpse Blood Gu is minute, tens of thousands combined can easily tear through heavy metal armor, and even the True Qi or True Essence of martial artists can’t withstand them.
Once it breaks through defenses and enters the body, devouring flesh and releasing poison, even a Tier Six expert can’t endure it!
But such a formidable Poisonous Gu requires control to unleash its combat power.
Zhang Yuan did not tangle with the Flying Corpse Blood Gu; targeting the black-robed wizard controlling the Gu was the correct choice.
"Ha!"
At the moment when he started descending, he spat out a crimson light.
The Red Blood Saber appears!
Zhang Yuan knew clearly that he only had one chance!
After the previous underwater battle, though he had slain all enemies,
his Qi and Blood Value had dropped significantly, and he was injured.
Therefore, if he did not quickly eliminate the black-robed wizard orchestrating this confrontation, he would face another extremely perilous situation—he had no way of knowing how many tricks or spells the enemy hadn’t revealed.
At the most critical moment, the only thing Zhang Yuan could truly rely on was the Divine Soldier long nurtured within him!
The Red Blood Saber moved like a meteor, instantly spanning twenty to thirty paces.
It first struck the snake staff of the black-robed wizard, suddenly cutting off the snake head of the staff.
"No!"
The black-robed wizard only realized at this point, and his originally gloomy and sinister eyes suddenly revealed an expression of extreme horror.
As he opened his mouth to roar, the Red Blood Saber Divine Soldiers had already pierced his forehead.
Mercilessly penetrating this powerful wizard’s skull.
The black-robed wizard’s body trembled, and his Life Aura vanished simultaneously, his head drooping in a rigid posture.
Bang!
Below Zhang Yuan, countless Flying Corpse Blood Gu exploded.
Lost without the black-robed wizard’s control, these Poisonous Gu instantly fell into a frenzy.
However, they did not attack the nearby Zhang Yuan, but instead swarmed towards the black-robed wizard standing at the bow of the ship.
In an instant, covered him with a dense layer.
A horrifying crunching sound suddenly rang out.
In a matter of moments, the corpse was consumed and eroded by Gu insects beyond recognition.
Soon, only skeletal remains were exposed!
Meanwhile, from the black-robed wizard’s clothing and body itself, an abundance of various Gu insects emerged.
Some resembling beetles, others resembling centipedes, of varying lengths and colorful patterns, enough to make one nauseous!
These Gu insects engaged in a fierce conflict with the Flying Corpse Blood Gu, desperately attacking, biting, and devouring each other...
They had turned the black-robed wizard’s body into a battleground.
When Zhang Yuan leapt into the air from the water again, and cautiously landed on the merchant ship.
He witnessed this horrifying scene with his own eyes.
In the end, the black-robed wizard’s corpse had no bones left.
And all the Gu insects killed each other until only a single black-purple centipede with a thousand legs remained!
It shrieked and screeched its victory, seemingly declaring its victory.
But in the next moment, the Red Blood Saber descended from the sky.
The sudden explosive aura of the sword shattered this Gu King into a pulp!
Only then did Zhang Yuan’s tightly wound nerves relax.
He retrieved the Red Blood Divine Soldiers, surveyed his surroundings, and saw no enemies.
It was over.
This trap set for Zhang Yuan was the greatest life-and-death crisis he had ever faced.
Zhang Yuan could be said to have used all his means, exhausting every card, to achieve this final victory.
However, his current condition was quite dire.
If another powerful enemy appeared at this time, it would be extremely troublesome.
Therefore, Zhang Yuan merely conducted a simple search of this merchant ship, without collecting the ears of the Barbarians floating on the water, lastly taking the head of the Tier Five Martial Artist.
He returned to Golden Sand Island.