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Chapter 81: The Dragon Beast's Advancement
Chapter 81: The Dragon Beast's Advancement
"Uncle An Rui..."
Lin Sai, who was being carried on An Rui's shoulder, wanted to speak.
But when he saw that An Rui's left arm had started to fester and seemed about to fall off his shoulder, he instinctively closed his mouth.
The venom of that black spider was terrifying! It was dissolving the muscles and flesh of An Rui's left hand, just like how a common spider would inject venom into its prey before dissolving its body into a digestible liquid.
The poison that An Rui was affected by was even faster and more potent than that of an ordinary spider.
It was only because An Rui was a Fifth Stage Awakened with a powerful physique and the protection of Life Essence that he did not die instantly.
Instead, he relied on his robust physique to try and counteract the venom.
However, this process was extremely challenging, and An Rui could only temporarily contain the injury to his left hand, preventing it from spreading to his torso. As the Essence gradually depleted, the Life Essence's restorative mechanism was diminishing.
It felt like he was watching his life gradually coming to an end!
An Rui was unwilling to sit and wait for death.
The situation was so critical that if the two of them continued to fight in the forest against the spiders, they would likely end up being overwhelmed by the spider army.
So, in the moment they repelled the black spider,
He decided to take Lin Sai and leave, at least getting his student out of danger. Driven by his intense desire,
An Rui's movements became even wilder than when they were rushing through the Hidden Frontier.
He didn't run through the forest but took a swift stride towards the nearby pine tree, immediately reaching its canopy.
Then, with a powerful leap, An Rui began to jump from tree to tree.
With his extraordinary combat skills, he could sense the condition of every branch beneath his feet, any bending or swaying, and he would delicately leap to the next canopy.
Using the trees' resilience, An Rui's speed was even faster than on the ground! Often, a single leap covered over ten meters.
With this hopping-like advancement strategy, the two of them quickly escaped the forest.
But this didn't mean they were safe.
Lin Sai, carried on An Rui's shoulder, looked back, and the distant forest appeared calm, with even the white sticky spider webs on the green foliage gone, as if the crisis had passed.
But at that moment, he opened the Map.
Although it was just a fleeting glance and the image was blurry, the continuous red still told Lin Sai that the spiders were relentlessly chasing from behind!
"Uncle An Rui, the spiders are still behind us!"
"They've already burst out of the forest, and there's no sign of them returning!"
"..."
An Rui couldn't even open his mouth to respond to Lin Sai.
He merely nodded, letting Lin Sai, whose body was pressed against his, understand that he was aware, and then he continued to focus on their escape.
After the mountain forest, they reached the area where the trees and hills met.
As they covered about half of this hilly area, An Rui's stamina visibly decreased, and his speed through the trees slowed down.
Then, another stretch of the journey ended.
An Rui stumbled, accidentally stepping on a branch that broke, and he fell to the ground.
Bang—
"Uncle An Rui!"
Lin Sai fell to the ground, with no time to check himself, he immediately rushed to An Rui's side.
This Fifth Stage Awakened, lying on the ground, was panting heavily without saying a word.
Lin Sai wanted to help him up, but after seeing his left arm swollen and putrid, he had to go around the injury and support An Rui from another direction.
An Rui wasn't unconscious.
He breathed heavily, his eyes filled with confusion and astonishment as he stared at his legs.
As if the fall just now was a dream.
"..."
At this moment, no words were needed.
Lin Sai immediately supported An Rui's right shoulder, and the two continued to run forward.
Both of them were Awakened with Essence in their bodies.
But with An Rui's body affected by the venom, their speed was not much different from ordinary people.
Lin Sai took advantage of this brief opportunity to escape and quickly retrieved some herbs from his bag.
"Uncle An Rui, I've prepared some herbs..."
An Rui, panting, waved his hand in a flustered manner, "No, I've tried it, it's useless."
"That spider, like me, is a Fifth Stage existence. Its poison contains Origin Essence, which ordinary herbs simply won't be effective against."
Ordinary herbs were ineffective against Origin Essence...
Upon hearing this description, Lin Sai suddenly had an idea.
He took out some herbs from his bag again, but instead of applying them directly to An Rui, he switched modules and used the resource conversion ability of the 【Survival Construction】 module to modify them. Only then did he tear open An Rui's sleeve.
"Uncle An Rui, the medicine I've prepared is rather special, it might have some effect."
An Rui's gaze wavered between trust and doubt.
But in the end, he chose to trust Lin Sai and allowed him to apply the herbs to the wound on his left arm.
At this moment, where the spider had bitten and injected its poison, An Rui's arm had already turned into two clumps of rotten flesh. Lin Sai carefully applied the herbs, feeling as if he wasn't treating a human arm but sticking a bandage onto a soft, watery balloon.
Gudong—
Although it was a medicinal ointment, the herbs still made a strange sound before immediately disappearing.
"Ssss!"
The next moment, An Rui's face paled, and he sucked in a breath of cold air.
His left arm, which he had already considered lost, suddenly felt pain again! Lin Sai's skill-infused herbs indeed had the effect of removing poison.
Unfortunately, the extreme poison from the Fifth Stage Origin Essence was not something Lin Sai, a Second Stage Awakened, could completely remove. An Rui could only barely feel his bones being gradually dissolved by this terrifying poison.
"..."
Pa! Suddenly, An Rui extended his right hand and pressed it onto his left shoulder.
Then, with a burst of strength, he pulled his soft, rotten arm, tearing it off and throwing it to the ground.
"Uncle An Rui?"
Lin Sai's eyes widened in shock.
The rotten arm, now nothing more than bones with pus and poison oozing out, lay on the ground, immediately corroding the earth, which began to smoke and turn into a pockmarked mess.
With only one arm left, An Rui stumbled.
Lin Sai quickly supported him, but what he saw in An Rui's eyes was a look of resolute determination.
At this moment, the warrior endured all the mental and physical torment.
He spoke with unwavering clarity, "Lin Sai, you go back to town with the message first!"
"The changes in the Black Mountain World are directly related to that Dragon Beast."
"It didn't follow the conventional pattern of monster evolution, slowly strengthening its power and nurturing Origin Essence. Instead, it impatiently absorbed and plundered the world's Origin Essence to enhance itself, aiming to advance to the Eighth Stage."
"Once it succeeds, there's no way the Hidden Frontier can maintain its secrecy!"
After delivering these instructions, An Rui turned around and faced the forest alone.
The area remained peaceful, with even oblivious animals roaming the woods, accompanied by the gentle autumn breeze, creating a harmonious natural scene.
But both men knew that the army of spiders chasing them was right behind.
That was the symbol of death!
"Huff—"
An Rui took a deep breath.
Although he had severed his arm, the residual poison was still seeping into his body. If given a suitable environment, he could gradually resist this corrosion.
But right now, the most challenging part was buying time for Lin Sai, who was behind him, and for his student...
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, An Rui felt himself being lifted.
He turned around in surprise and saw that Lin Sai had ignored his instructions and was carrying him as they continued running towards the border of the world.
At this moment, Lin Sai looked at the attribute panel beneath him and said, "Uncle An Rui, listen to me now."
"I can bring both of us back alive!"
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