Chapter 273 (2/2)

The two seemed to have completely forgotten where they were, fully focused on recovery. Only by recovering would they have more chance at survival. Meanwhile, a few specters were heading toward them from not far away.

These specters all had pet.i.te builds. They resemble humans, yet at the same time, they were completely different. They had large eyes, dark skin, long limbs, and a pair of b.u.t.terfly-like wings. On their wings and faces, odd runes could be seen, causing them to look sinister and terrifying.

It was clear these were the ghostrunes. The ghostrunes were born with a uniquely powerful soul power that granted them telekinetic abilities. Their attacks were extremely hard to defend against, and their ghostrune wings similarly came with some odd abilities as well.

Those were what the ghostrunes had relied on to survive as a race. Naturally, their weakness was quite obvious as well. They were very weak in terms of defense and would almost always lose in close combat.

A short while ago, they had discovered Xiang Shaoyun and Liang Zhuangmin. That was why they were noiselessly approaching the two. This was not the territory of the ghostrunes. Rather, this was the border of the territories of the cannibals, demonic beasts, and ghostrunes.

Here, all three races could appear at any time. Thus, it was nothing weird for a group of ghostrunes to suddenly appear here. In any case, chaos had erupted in the Land of Soul Springs with the invasion of humans and the movement of the three native races.

When the ghostrunes got close, they started talking among themselves as they pointed at Xiang Shaoyun and Liang Zhuangmin. Not long after, one of them used his soul power and lifted two trunks before slamming them toward Xiang Shaoyun and Liang Zhuangmin.

The two trunks arrived before the two instantly. Just as the two were about to be hit, Xiang Shaoyun reacted. He jabbed with his finger, sending forth two finger beams.

Bang! Bang!

The two trunks exploded, and Xiang Shaoyun was able to clearly sense the ghostrunes around him with his Nether Soul Domain. Unfortunately, he still couldn't stand up and fight them as he was still in the midst of circulating his astral energy. If he did that, his injuries would worsen. Thus, he was forced to remain seated and be on the defensive.

The ghostrunes scattered in fear when the attack failed to hit, but when they found that both Xiang Shaoyun and Liang Zhuangmin were still not moving, they regained some of their courage.

Using their soul power, they started lifting numerous objects such as rocks, trunks, and soil and rained them down at Xiang Shaoyun and Liang Zhuangmin. It was obvious the cultivation realm of these ghostrunes were rather low as their attacks were quite weak and posed no threat to Xiang Shaoyun.

Still seated in the same place, Xiang Shaoyun lifted the Purple Lightning Saber with great difficulty before slas.h.i.+ng at all the objects.

Liang Zhuangmin had also awakened, but when he wanted to help, Xiang Shaoyun stopped him, saying, ”At least one of us has to recover his combat prowess.”

Liang Zhuangmin gave Xiang Shaoyun a deep look before he swallowed another stalk of spirit medicine and resumed recovering. Xiang Shaoyun's injuries were worse than Liang Zhuangmin's. Thus, when he forced himself to defend against the attacks, his injuries worsened. Even so, he still persevered.

Just as he was about to fall, a roar suddenly rang out. The ghostrunes s.h.i.+vered when they heard the roar and fled far away. The ghostrunes feared the demonic beasts the most, as their innate talent wasn't too effective when fighting the demonic beasts. However, their soul power was the perfect weapon against the cannibals, whereas the cannibals' brute strength was the perfect weapon against the demonic beasts.

One could say that these three races were akin to a revolving circle countering each other.

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