Chapter 40.1 (2/2)
This voice sounded like celestial music to Lu Heng. He leaped up and galloped towards the direction of the call for help.
A young man could be seen stumbling in the woods, flustered, and from time to time uttering a few cries for help. In this forest, the terrain was complex, and this beautiful city-bred young man, before he could run far, tripped and fell into the ground. The ground was covered with humus, so falling down did not cause much harm.
The danger came from behind him, a tangled mess of flesh and muscle, ugly face, already its original features unrecognizable, the demonized beast immediately pounced. Claws several inches long assaulted the youth’s back, and if successful, one feared that the whole back would be ripped open.
In the crucial moment, a person appeared from behind the tree on the right side and kicked the nearly two-person-long beast away several meters with one foot. The young man’s legs went soft and he had no other option other than to foolishly sit on the ground and marvel at the person with God-like strength. The man was very fast. Before the beast could stand up, the wooden sword in his hand pierced straight through the skull, and it could not be any deader.
“Very strong.” The young man uttered two words foolishly. One should know, the skin of this mutated beast was so hard that even bullets could barely make a little scratch. Unless it was a high-level offensive ability, it’s a fool’s dream to think about harming such beasts.
The man in front of him had just used a wooden sword to penetrate the skull of the beast like tofu.
Lu Heng pulled out the di chen sword, and a pool of stinking pus blood came out of the incision. Fortunately, di chen’s material was special, dirty objects could not stain its body, and sword body was still clean as before.
Putting away di chen, Lu Heng went to that still paralyzed youth sitting on the ground like before and started watching him quietly.
Only then did the youth calm down from the extreme fear and shock, and he noticed that the neat youth was unexpectedly young. That person was staring at him without saying a word, which made the youth feel a little nervous. But the young man was good at deciphering people’s expressions from their eyes. He saw that the eyes of the person in front of him seem to be brimming with the big words: Hurry up and talk to me.
“Thank you for saving me. My name is Pan Rongxi.” Pan Rongxi stood up awkwardly and bowed to the Lu Heng.
“Yunlan.” Lu Heng saw that the person in front of him seemed quite tactful and interesting, which made him feel at ease. This body originally had some social phobia, and unless it was necessary, would never take the initiative to talk to strangers.
Pan Rongxi saw that Lu Heng seemed to be alone. He knew that he could never walk out of the mountain forest on his own. He gave it a bit of thought and said, “My friend and I were separated by accident. Could you please take me out to meet up with him? You can tell me if you have any requests.”
Pan Rongxi saw that Lu Heng’s face remained unchanged. He bit his teeth and pulled out a third-grade crystal nucleus from his pocket. “This is the reward for saving my life. If you can take me out, I have a higher-grade crystal nucleus.”
Image result for crystal sphere Probably something like this? Higher grades should be clearer/whiter
Lu Heng looked at the glittering and translucent crystal in Pan Rongxi’s palm and found that there was a faint spiritual power on it: “What is this?”
This man did not even know the crystal nucleus. Wasn’t he an ability user? How could he have such a strong fighting power without any abilities? Pan Rongxi thought, anyway, this was a well-known thing, there was nothing to hide, it was better to tell the truth, along with selling his goodwill to this powerhouse.
“This is the crystalline nucleus condensed from the brain of a zombie or a mutated animal, which can help the ability users to upgrade their powers. But I’m not an ability user. It’s not clear to me how to absorb it. Pan Rongxi thought for a moment and added, “My friend is an ability user. You can meet him with me. I’ll vouch for you and let him tell you the absorption method without reservation.”
Lu Heng nodded, signaling Pan Rongxi to follow and turned around to leave.
“Wait a minute, the nucleus in the brain of that mutated animal hasn’t been taken yet.” Pan Rongxi had always been tactful, took the crystal nucleus, wiped it clean and sent it to Lu Heng hands.
Lu Heng did not say anything polite. This was his trophy. He took it into his arms and turned around and left.
“That, the way out of the forest is…” Pan Rongxi hesitated for a moment and voiced it aloud.