Chapter 8: Golden Skin and Jade Bones, Green Qi of the Second Wood
A thick, black-green branch-like tentacle suddenly pierced through the huge gap, making a whistling sound as it tore through the air. With a "crack" sound of breaking bones, fresh blood spurted from its mouth, and Wenyu's small body flew out over ten meters away, instantly knocked unconscious.
The blood-patterned mask of heaven also disappeared without a trace!
The mountain ogre is born with a cruel and ferocious nature, able to tear tigers and leopards apart in the mountains. The power of its single strike is immense, as can be imagined.
Although the cleverly aimed strike on Wenyu's chest, which was hanging with a strange crystal mask, reduced a large part of the impact force, the remaining brute force still surged fiercely into Wenyu's body.
Blood splattered, bones shattered, and crimson overflowed the entire chest. The crystal ghost mask, about the size of a normal person's thumb, was actually smashed into Wen Ya's thoracic cavity, submerged in flesh and blood.
The ugly big mouth of the mountain ogre opened wide, and it let out a pleased 'heh heh' as it stretched out another long, thorn-covered tentacle from its dark green body, wrapping it around Wen Ya's ankle and slowly pulling his body over.
As Wenya's body approached the mountain demon, the bright red mouth moved violently, revealing a row of sharp teeth like knives. The whip-like tentacles pulled Wenya towards its mouth!
Just then, the thick cloud sea broke open, and a reddish-brown bright light flashed across the horizon.
Hongmang's speed was incredibly fast, "whoosh" in an instant, like a thunderbolt on a clear day, it flashed by and sped towards this direction!
"Huh?" A surprised voice rang out in mid-air, and in an instant, the reddish-brown light had landed in the mountain forest where Wen Ya and the others were.
After the light dissipated, what suddenly appeared before his eyes was a centipede that was nearly ten meters long.
This centipede is all over red, flat body shape, composed of many identical ring-shaped structures, as if cast in red copper!
Enormous, nearly round head, front end narrower and protruding, with a faint black-red color, coconut-sized huge eyeballs, crimson like blood, constantly emitting an icy, unparalleled fierce light, hundreds of thousands of pairs of reddish-brown insect legs, sharp as knives!
On top of its head, two long, crimson whiskers, without wind, automatically, as if two twisted long snakes, shook back and forth by themselves.
And the two gigantic, hook-like fangs were as long as half a meter, with black and red spots all over their surface, obviously extremely venomous!
But what came stepping on the poisonous centipede was a man wearing a black long gown, with a high crown on his head, an ancient and clumsy face, about fifty years old, with a somewhat rigid taste.
He is not tall in stature, but gives people a strong and solid feeling, he looks like someone who has been in a high position for a long time!
"Squeak, squeak~~~"
Seeing this mysterious middle-aged man suddenly appearing in front of him, the mountain imp, who was originally laughing triumphantly, instantly felt a huge threat.
Although the middle-aged man didn't make any moves, just staring at it coldly, that strong sense of threat was already more intense than the ten-meter-long terrifying centipede under his feet. There was a kind of chilling pressure that made its heart tremble!
The mountain ogre's huge mouth was stretched wide, revealing a row of sharp teeth like knives, and its mouth emitted waves of menacing screams. However, its body continued to drag Wen Ya's body greedily, slowly retreating backwards!
"Hmph, a beast is always a beast, no matter how you change, the innate greed can't be changed." The middle-aged man on the centipede's body completely ignored the mountain goblin's movements, and as he spoke, a faint silver glint flashed in his eyes!
As he spoke, his right foot suddenly stomped violently on the ground.
A loud rumble, the ground where he stepped on it immediately shook violently! The spider web-like cracks opened up in a mess of vertical and horizontal fissures, shaking violently like an earthquake!
The earth was suddenly trampled by him with one foot and forcibly torn into two pieces!
In the intense shaking and rolling, many originally wet and soft grounds suddenly collapsed and sank, with surrounding trees toppling to the east and west, and leaves flying everywhere!
The dark green figure let out a sudden, inexplicable stiff shriek, its body and soul seemingly pierced by countless needles in an instant. With a "hiss" of pain, the entire body transformed into a dark green flash of lightning, speeding rapidly towards the dense forest, leaving behind even the words on the ground.
Its body was twisted into a ball, wriggling like maggots, looking unspeakably ferocious and terrifying!
He snorted, "You don't know life or death." The middle-aged man's face didn't change at all, but his single palm suddenly opened, and he lightly spat out a few words.
"Take this! Blade slash!"
A strange wave shook open, a huge arc-shaped pale purple blade aura, "Pīng" sound, instantly rushed to the sky, and then the whole world fell silent.
Too fast!
The gap between the two sides is too big!
In an instant, the pale purple light that shot up into the sky illuminated the entire dark forest, and the ugly body of the mountain goblin was cut in half. Although there were still threads of green slime connecting the two halves, it seemed to be bound by some invisible force and couldn't heal no matter what!
At that moment, in the midst of a sudden stillness, no one noticed, neither the mountain spirit nor the middle-aged man, that the thumb-sized crystal mask which had been deeply embedded in Wenyue's body suddenly underwent a strange transformation.
Innumerable, barely visible, strange and mysterious symbols and incantations swirled around the mask, constantly flashing with an eerie, soundless color. In an instant, they transformed into a flowing, illusory aura that completely dissolved into Wen Ya's body.
At this time, the middle-aged man finally took a step forward and came to Wen Ya's body lying on the ground.
"Hmm......!" The man let out a soft cry of surprise, and his gaze at this moment was fixed tightly on Wen Ya's body, with an expression of utter incredulity.
"Crack!"
"Crack!"
That man grabbed Wenya's shoulder and turned it with a flick of his wrist, the entire body was light as a feather in his hand, spinning in mid-air. At the same time, his other large hand carefully searched Wenya's whole body up and down.
His bone-picking technique seemed a bit special. Every time he touched a place, the bones in that place would make a strange cracking sound.
What's even more astonishing is that the middle-aged man, with a special rhythmic vibration, tapped Wenya's joints such as hands, elbows and legs, and with a "ding ding" sound, Wenya's body emitted a clear and crisp sound like a sword being drawn.
"The sound is like the collision of gold and stone, the skeleton is like jade, the muscles are like silk...". The middle-aged man with a rustic complexion looked at the child's body in his hand, and his face showed a shocked expression: "Probably around 8 or 9 years old, a talent that can be found only once in ten thousand miles..., a physique of golden muscles and jade bones that is rarely seen in the world!"
"Haha", he burst out with a thunderous laughter that was utterly inconsistent with his ancient and dignified appearance and status!
Looking at Wen Ya's still face in his arms, which was already pale and lifeless, and the shocking crimson bloodstain on his chest, suddenly, a strange color appeared on the middle-aged man's face!
He thought for a moment, and the man raised his hand without hesitation. The distant forest, where the mountain goblin's still squirming green corpse was, let out a "whoosh" as it was sucked into his hand.
A thread of silver-white essence flashed in his eyes.
Suddenly, a sharp red light burst out from his hand, and strands of pure, almost transparent flames wrapped around the dark green body of the mountain goblin, cutting it in two, as they blazed up fiercely!
Fire can overcome wood, the purple flames released from the palm of a middle-aged man are not ordinary worldly fire that can be compared to, but rather the essence of the earth's pulse magma fire taken from the Red Sun Mountain, nurtured in the body for a hundred years to form a dazzling purple true flame, with enormous power and terrifying!
A shrill, mournful cry burst forth from the vermilion mouth of the mountain ogre, as it was scorched by the intense, purple flames. The unbearable agony pierced its brain, causing it to let out a hoarse, anguished howl before it finally succumbed to death.
A mysterious power transformed into strands of invisible silk, completely binding the mountain goblin's body, making it impossible for it to escape or hide!
The ear-piercing howl grew more mournful, but the middle-aged man was completely unmoved. As time slowly moved backwards, the mountain ogre's originally loud howl became weaker and more desperate, its voice growing smaller and smaller.
Half a moment later, the mournful howl finally dissipated into nothingness. The middle-aged man still had a calm expression on his face. In the palm of his right hand, a wisp of faintly floating and sinking pale blue smoke appeared, resembling a miniature version of the Mountain Fiend's true form, except that its expression was dull and motionless.
"Consider yourself lucky!" The middle-aged man with a rustic face suddenly shouted, his finger lightly pointing to the center of Wenhua's eyebrows. Then, a burst of green light emerged and spread out like ripples, "Transcend one way, attach to the soul, hurry!"
Something strange happened, the wisp of blue smoke that was floating in mid-air, condensed from the soul and essence of the mountain demon, suddenly flowed along the middle-aged man's fingers and surged into Wen Ya's brow!
Feeling Wen Ya's body becoming more and more stable with powerful breathing and heartbeat, the middle-aged man nodded slightly, knowing that this young man's life was saved!
The mountain monster, born from the condensation of the eastern wood element's green energy, can gather and nourish itself with the essence of plants and trees since birth. It can be used as medicine to transform and combine with the original fetus, strengthening the body and solidifying the physical form. For ordinary people, it is no different from a life-saving elixir!
