Chapter 160 - 52: The Approaching Threat (2)
Memories gradually blurred, the girl with the bright smile, slowly fading away.
"Oh, aren’t all women the same?" The soothing noise of the Meat Worm interrupted Qing Pu’s reminiscence.
"She" faced setbacks and might hide to cry. But her, she would lick her wounds, growing stronger with each defeat. Color Worm, your master has gone to train, you cannot slack off either. Let me, a Diamond Level Summoner, properly train you and unleash the true Dark Techniques of your Divine Worm clan," Qing Pu’s laughter, alongside the wails of the Gold-eating Worm, echoed endlessly in the Star Sea.
The Mo Xi Treasure Book was still emitting a faint light.
In the sky, the stars were dim, and the last gleam of light was blocked by dark clouds.
The night air, mixed with a suffocating murderous intent, quietly spread.
"Huff, huff," rapid panting sounds, with wild grass being trampled and clothes being torn by thorns, were especially grating in the desolate night.
"I must tell the group leader, we can’t let the brothers die in vain," a blood-soaked hand grabbed the tree, and the low bushes immediately shortened.
In the night, the man’s ragged clothes and marred body were shockingly evident.
His left arm appeared as if gnawed by some sharp-toothed beast, a large piece of flesh gone, revealing the underlying bone.
Two fingers of his right hand were broken, only able to hold a five-inch Ring Blade with difficulty by pinching it between his thumb and index finger. If one looked closely, one could see a mark of a Mid-level Spiritual Artifact on the blade.
At this moment, this old mercenary at the Dark Earth Peak was utterly cornered.