novelE2F Chapter 223: Hate Me, Loathe Me!
Chapter 223: Hate Me, Loathe Me!
Chapter 223: Hate Me, Loathe Me!
The stone mountain lay in eerie silence.
Beneath an ordinary spirit wood, a faint purple glow revealed a corner of a mineral when observed closely.
Three individuals concealed themselves in various ways, awaiting the moment when the double-headed armadillos inside the stone mountain would fall into the trap set for them.
Lu Xuan hid in the thick foliage, using the early-learned breath-holding technique to conceal his aura due to the presence of Qian Dinghong and the others, refraining from using the more effective third-grade Concealing Spirit Robe.
A rustling sound echoed as a peculiar beast with two heads emerged from the vicinity of the minerals, its gray-white eyes scanning the surroundings.
The beast's body was gray-black, slender, covered in dark scales that extended from its neck to its tail.
Lu Xuan and his companions patiently waited.
Slowly, three more double-headed armadillos emerged from different locations. Two faced left and right as lookouts, while one stayed in place. The first one to surface confirmed its safety, occasionally appearing and disappearing in the soil, slowly approaching the location of the spiritual minerals.
Suddenly, a pair of slender claws emerged from the soil, grabbing the faint purple mineral.
"Attack!" Lu Xuan heard a voice transmission from Deng Yi. The Purple Thunder Sword was unsheathed instantly, causing the scabbard to tremble continuously.
At the location of the spiritual minerals, runic symbols on the ground flickered, and rapidly, a vine cage grew, restraining the double-headed armadillo within. Countless thorns grew on the dark-green vines, deeply piercing its body.
Lu Xuan and Deng Yi targeted one double-headed armadillo each, while the one providing backup from a distance had a gray-yellow spiritual light flashing over its body. Just as it was about to burrow into the soil, a gray light hit it, immobilizing its body until it fell to the ground, taking several breaths to recover.
In Qian Dinghong's hands, he held a hazy gray stone mirror from which the gray light emitted.
With one double-headed armadillo confined in the cage, Lu Xuan and Deng Yi each killed one, while Qian Dinghong controlled the remaining one. If there were signs of it trying to escape, he would use the stone mirror artifact to restrain it immediately.
Due to concerns about the double-headed armadillo escaping, Lu Xuan's flying sword attacked continuously like a persistent drizzle, the offensive unceasing.
Unable to break free from Lu Xuan's sword intent, the double-headed armadillo roared lowly. Hundreds of stone spikes emerged from the ground, rushing towards Lu Xuan.
Sensing the change, Lu Xuan's spiritual awareness adjusted, and the sword intent changed accordingly, becoming violently aggressive. Sword energy crisscrossed, severing all the stone spikes.
The Purple Thunder Sword flashed with a purple light, and a lightning bolt shot out like a venomous snake, landing on the double-headed armadillo's scales, sizzling and emitting a burnt smell.
"It's okay; I never intended to use them for forging artifacts anyway. However, I'll take the bones of these three double-headed armadillos."
Lu Xuan said. Compared to the meager amount of armadillo scales, both the bones and eyes were more valuable to him.
Bones could be used to cultivate Thorny Bones, while eyes could serve as nourishment for the Hundred-Eyed Enigmatic Wood, both being third-grade materials with noticeable effects.
"Well, Brother Lu, these are all yours then."
Both Qian Dinghong and Deng Yi readily agreed, considering the scarcity of the bones and eyes on the double-headed armadillos.
After dividing the spoils, Lu Xuan bid farewell to the two. Although Qian Dinghong and Deng Yi tried to keep him for a few more words, seeing Lu Xuan's insistence, they didn't force it and each went their own way.
Half an hour later, Lu Xuan's figure reappeared in front of the stone mountain, sweeping his spiritual awareness around.
With a single wave of his hand, the injured double-headed armadillo appeared on the ground, firmly bound by a rope artifact, its eyes looking at Lu Xuan with a mixture of fear and resentment.
"How does it feel to witness three companions being dismembered right before your eyes?"
"Going out together to search for treasures, but ending up with three companions killed, scales plucked one by one, flesh cut
into pieces, blood scattered everywhere. Meanwhile, you could only watch helplessly from the side."
Lu Xuan's tone was full of mockery.
The double-headed armadillo, with a high level of intelligence, grew increasingly resentful as it heard Lu Xuan's words.
Seeing this, Lu Xuan's palm displayed six bloody eyeballs, each filled with pain and unwillingness, rolling slowly between his palms.
As the companion's corpse was insulted, a strong gray-yellow light emerged from the double-headed armadillo's body.
"If you want to kill me, hate me, loathe me!"
"Then continue living in your ugly state, escape, escape with your hatred, and let it destroy me!"
Lu Xuan burst into hearty laughter.