It was not night outside, but even so, the rainforest was still dark. Muffled roars came from the distance, mixed with the roars of birds and beasts. It was as if something shocking had happened in the rainforest.
Su Ming stood by the entrance of the cave and watched with a calm expression.
Time passed by slowly. The roars continued and seemed to be getting closer. They became clearer, as if someone was rapidly closing in on him from the distance.
Su Ming clenched his right fist and a chilling glare appeared in his eyes, but he did not move. He stood by the entrance of the cave as if he had turned into a statue.
After a long while, when the roars were not too far away from him, they slowly calmed down. Yet this calmness only lasted for a moment before a loud bang that was louder than the previous one rang out. Su Ming looked through the gaps between the leaves in the rainforest and saw a person rising from the ground in the sky outside.
That person was not close to where Su Ming was. He could only see it vaguely.
That person let out a low growl towards the sky. That growl was filled with an indescribable anger. He turned into a long arc and charged into the distance, soon disappearing without a trace.
That person was Xuan Lun.
Only when the person left did Su Ming relax. The chilling glare in his eyes disappeared. He chose to stay in the rainforest because he had doubts about his judgment. Yet when he thought about it, even if the rainforest was the most dangerous place, it was also the most easily overlooked place.
This place was also too big. Even if it was a powerful Transcended Berserker, it would not be easy to search through the entire place. There was even a possibility that they would not be able to do so.
As he watched Xuan Lun leave, Su Ming did not act rashly. Instead, he returned to the cave quietly. He had already made up his mind. Unless he was completely certain that he was safe, he would not go out.
Su Ming sat down in silence and looked at the unconscious He Feng with a complicated expression. After what happened to He Feng, Su Ming had gained a deeper understanding of the evil of the human heart.
He rubbed the center of his brows. Fatigue appeared on Su Ming's face in the silent and dark mountain cave. That fatigue did not come from his body, but his heart.
After a while, Su Ming perked up and picked up the beast skin that he had found after observing it. He sniffed it once again, and the stench of blood wafted into his nose.
"The beast skin itself has a slight stench of blood, but as time passes by, the stench will become fainter until it disappears. This beast skin has clearly been around for a long time. It's impossible for such a thick stench of blood to appear on it." Su Ming's eyes flashed as he looked at the beast skin in his hands and mumbled.
'Unless the person who obtained this beast skin often sprinkled some blood on it, that's why this stench has existed for so long. 'If it's an item used to remember the tribe, then it shouldn't have done this …' Su Ming lifted his head and looked at He Feng with a contemplative look in his eyes.
"Perhaps I'm wrong. But if I'm right, then this item isn't as simple as it looks! Su Ming stood up and brought the beast skin to He Feng's side. He hesitated for a moment, but soon, he made up his mind. He tapped He Feng's arm with a finger and cut open a wound, squeezing out what little blood he had left in his body. After a moment of hesitation, he did not use all of his blood. Instead, he only took out a little and smeared it on the beast skin. Then he took a few steps back and observed it with rapt attention.
The moment He Feng's blood was smeared on the beast skin, it was immediately absorbed. When Su Ming took a step back and looked, the beast skin had already absorbed all of He Feng's blood. Bubbles appeared on the surface of the beast skin, and wisps of black mist spread out. The entire beast skin looked as if it was covered in bubbles, and soon, the bubbles spread to every part of the beast skin. The black mist also increased.
Su Ming immediately let go and threw the beast skin on the ground. His eyes shone brightly. In his eyes, the black mist reached an incredibly thick state after a moment and enveloped the entire beast skin.
Su Ming circulated the Qi in his body and remained vigilant. Yet as time passed by, the black mist seemed to have lost its power to continue growing. It gradually dispersed and shrank until it eventually disappeared, revealing the beast skin on the ground that had not changed at all.
Su Ming frowned and swept his gaze across the beast skin. With just one glance, he saw that the drop of blood he had smeared on the beast skin had already disappeared.
'Is there not enough blood..?' Su Ming looked at the unconscious He Feng, and the sight of the black mist on the beast skin appeared in his mind. This time, he did not hesitate. He bit the tip of his tongue and coughed out a mouthful of his blood on the beast skin.
The moment his blood landed on the beast skin, a large amount of bubbles appeared on it. Compared to before, the time it took for the black mist to cover the beast skin had been reduced by more than half. It was clear that it had enough blood as its source of power.
In an instant, the black mist that enveloped the beast skin spread outwards and turned into a ring of black ripples. Once it spread to a distance of 100 feet, it disappeared into the walls of the mountain cave.
At the same time, Su Ming's breathing quickened. Due to the mist dispersing, the beast skin was revealed before him. Yet there was not a single word on the beast skin. There was only a complicated picture on it. He could not tell what the picture was. It was as if there were many parts missing from it, but it was completely red.
The moment Su Ming's gaze fell on the totem beast skin, the beast skin immediately expanded in a bizarre manner. With a speed that could be seen with the naked eye, it spread outwards. In an instant, it spread past He Feng's body and also under Su Ming's feet, covering an area of 100 feet around him, causing that area of 100 feet to turn into a red world.
Su Ming did not dodge. He stood within the red area of 100 feet. At that moment, his vision blurred and a strange scene appeared in his head.
In that scene, he seemed to have arrived in a strange world. He saw a plain, and on that plain stood an indistinct man. He wore a long robe and had a black mask on his face. He had his hands behind his back and looked as if he was looking at the sky.
There were hundreds of long arcs charging towards him from the sky. Each of those long arcs exuded a presence that was not weaker than that of Transcendence. Some of them were even stronger than those in the Transcendence Realm.
Most of the hundreds of long arcs caused the sky to be filled with five different colors the moment they got closer. Rays of light from Arts appeared in the sky and turned into a large wave that descended on the man underneath. That scene would make anyone's heart tremble.
Su Ming's heart trembled as he looked at everything in a daze. Yet immediately, he saw the man with the familiar black mask on the plain lift his right hand, and a gigantic beast skin appeared in his hand. He held it in one hand and spread it out horizontally, then pressed it down on the ground as it fluttered in the wind.
The moment the beast skin fell on the ground, the entire land rumbled and trembled. The beast skin rapidly swelled up and spread outwards. In the blink of an eye, a circular area of 100 lis was covered by the beast skin.
That area of 100 lis was no longer a plain, but had turned into a blood-red color. It was as if there were red plants growing all over it, causing the area within 100 lis to look completely different.
A ghastly presence came crashing into his face.
The hundreds of rays of light from Arts closed in, but before they could even get close to the masked man, they seemed to have landed on an invisible barrier above him and disappeared one by one.
At the same time, the masked man made a grabbing motion with his right hand. Immediately, an eerie beast fang that was seven feet long appeared. He held it in his hand and ruthlessly stabbed it into the red grass beside him.
The moment the gigantic tooth pierced the ground, it immediately turned red. A three-headed blood dragon manifested from the tooth and roared as it charged towards the hundreds of long arcs in the sky.
Soon after, the masked man brought out another sharp tooth and stabbed it into the red meadow on the other side. That tooth instantly turned red, and a shadow manifested on it. That shadow exuded a sinister presence, and it was somewhat similar to the Fallen Berserker Su Ming had seen Bi Tu summon in the past.
That shadow took a step forward and charged towards the hundreds of long arcs in the sky.
Su Ming opened his eyes swiftly. Sweat broke out on his forehead and his breathing quickened. His eyes gradually regained clarity, and he looked around himself. He was still in the mountain cave, but a red meadow had appeared under his feet in an area of 100 feet.
Besides the difference in size, the red meadow was exactly the same as the scene he saw in his daze.
Su Ming's heart pounded against his chest. After a long while, he calmed down. He looked at the red meadow under his feet, and a bright light gradually appeared in his eyes. He moved forward and crossed the 100 feet to the entrance of the cave. When he turned his head back to look, there was not a single hint of red in the cave. It was as if everything was just an illusion. Even He Feng had disappeared from the cave. The cave was empty.
Su Ming took a few more steps back. Once he entered the 100 feet area that was previously covered by the red meadow, everything returned to normal. He Feng was still lying unconscious on the ground.
'No wonder He Feng managed to survive until now after his tribe was destroyed and escape from Xuan Lun's pursuit so many times. He may be a cunning man, but if it wasn't for this treasure, it would have been difficult for him to survive until now!
'This item might really be as powerful as I saw it in my illusion just now, but it's clearly broken now. Even so, its ability to hide itself is still shocking.
'This He Feng … is full of treasures!' Su Ming took a deep breath. This was the first time he obtained so many valuable items in his life, and all of them originally belonged to He Feng.
'I just don't know why he didn't hide this treasure when Xuan Lun chased after him this time.' Su Ming looked at the red meadow within the 100 feet area and walked out once again, leaving the mountain cave. Before long, he charged back. Behind him was a centipede that was dozens of feet long. It was moving ferociously as it chased after him. When Su Ming stepped into the red meadow, the centipede also chased after him.
Su Ming's eyes flashed. He took a few steps back and stared at the centipede that was lured to him. Once the centipede entered the 100 feet area, it immediately circled around him as if it could not see Su Ming.
After a while, the centipede hissed anxiously. Excitement appeared on Su Ming's face. He was already certain that the beast skin's ability to hide itself was incredibly powerful. He lifted his right hand and pointed at the centipede. Immediately, the centipede's head exploded with a bang. Its body twisted, and it died.
Yet at the instant he died, a brilliant light suddenly shone in Su Ming's eyes, and surprise appeared on his face.
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