Chapter 143: Corpse of an Outsider (1/2)

On the cold, hard surface of the meteor, there lay a corpse that had decayed for god knows how many years.

It had dark-green skin and was clearly not of the human race.

It even had a meter-long tail. The flesh on the tail had long since rotted away, and all that was left were pale-white bones.

The end of the tail bones were similar to a sharp fork, which pierced into the ground. Even after it had wasted away for countless years, it was still flickering with a faint green light, and there seemed to still be energy contained in it.

“Is this…” Nie Tian observed it for a long time and frowned as he said, “the body of an outsider race?”

Zheng Bin nodded and softly said, “I’ve lived in the Realm of Flame Heaven my whole life and so I’ve never seen an outsider before. However, this is clearly not a human, and he’s been dead for god knows how many years, but that tail of his still has strong energy fluctuating within.”

Nie Tian was puzzled. “Why were you so excited to show it to me?”

“The energy contained in that tail carries a strong life force, and that life force is very much beyond ordinary.” Zheng Bin quietly scanned his surroundings again as he spoke, as if he was worried that they would be discovered. “I want to cut the tail off, but I’m a bit scared…”

“Scared?” Nie Tian asked. “It must have been dead for a long time, what’s there to be afraid of?”

Zheng Bin bitterly laughed. “I’ve already tried…

“I can’t sever that tail with my spiritual tool. Even though there is nothing but bones left in that tail, it’s still terrifyingly tough.

“You aren’t asking me to do that for you, are you?” Nie Tian shook his head and continued, “I don’t have anything that’s sharp enough, either.”

Zheng Bin looked at him with a longing expression in his eyes. “You’re Wu Ji’s disciple. Don’t tell me that your master didn’t give you a high ranked spiritual tool.”

Without any hesitation, Nie Tian shook his head again. “No.”

Before he had stepped into the Heaven Gate, Wu Ji had indeed given him many life-saving magical items, but none of them were sharp.

Wu Ji told him that since he already possessed the Spirit Channeling grade Flame Dragon Armor, all he needed to do was to be patient and take his time to establish a deep relationship with the Flame Dragon Armor’s soul. In the future, the Flame Dragon Armor would help him obtain everything that he ever wanted.

With the Flame Dragon Armor in his possession, he wouldn’t need another spiritual tool.

“Oh, if you really don’t have any, then fine.” Zheng Bin had a face full of disappointment.

In his eyes, Nie Tian was simply reluctant to help him, and that was all.

He also was perfectly aware that he and Nie Tian weren’t exactly friends, and he had even abandoned Nie Tian more than one time in the past.

In return, when he and Han Xin were trapped in the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range, Nie Tian and the others hadn’t stopped the Thunder Beast for him on their way out of there.

Therefore, he found it quite natural that Nie Tian had adopted such an attitude.

Zheng Bin didn’t say anything more. Instead, he squatted beside the tail of the outsider’s corpse, and took out a sharp sword.

Unwilling to give up, he swung the sword at the tail.

CLANK!

Sparks of white and green splashed out from the tail as soon as his sword made contact with it.

Nie Tian looked closely when Zheng Bin made the attempt, and found that when his sword landed on one of the bones, the faint green light that had been flickering on the tail suddenly brightened.

A surge of mysterious energy that was filled with a vigorous life force suddenly rushed out from that bone, as if it strengthened that bone.

The slash didn’t even leave a mark on the bone. Instead, Zheng Bin slightly staggered, trying his best to hold on to his sword.

He still didn’t want to give up. Since he couldn’t break that particular bone, he raised his sword once more and went for the other bones of the tail.

CLANK! CLANK! CLANK! CLANK!

However, every time his sword fell, those bones shone with a green light.

Every time, the green light offset the attacking momentum and the slash of Zheng Bin’s sword.

By the time his sword made contact with the tail bones, the spiritual power within his sword had already worn out, and the blade seemed to have lost its edge.

“Well, that’s interesting…” Intrigued, Nie Tian narrowed his eyes as he closely examined the tail bones, pondering what method he should use to break the resistance of the strong life force of that joint.

He secretly sent a strand of psychic awareness into his bracelet of holding, with the intention to find a piece of equipment that could break the self-defense of that bone.

Unfortunately, besides the Flame Dragon Armor, he didn’t find any other spiritual tool that he could use.

And the Flame Dragon Armor was currently in a dormant mode, refining the energy it had obtained from the Earthflame Crystal Strings and healing its damages.

He wouldn’t possibly awaken it from its sleep just to try to break off the tail with it.