Chapter 564 - Chapter 564: 556 (1/2)

Chapter 564: 556

From a distance, the black shadow looked very much like a person.

Qin Niu didn’t dare to approach rashly, he cautiously advanced with his blade in hand.

The black shadow was still moving, entwined with several branches. This time, he saw clearly. It was indeed a person.

Unfortunately, he was a step too late; the person had already been killed by the branches.

The flesh had been rapidly drained of blood, leaving nothing but white bones and skin, as well as the clothes on the body.

Qin Niu forcefully used flames to drive away those branches and the unfortunate victim’s body collapsed powerlessly to the ground. It was no longer possible to distinguish the person’s features; only dry, wrinkled skin wrapped around the skeletal frame remained.

The person’s identity could vaguely be discerned from the clothes on his body.

He remembered he was a large and imposing middle-aged man with the cultivation power of an Immortal Master, and he had not expected such an unfortunate demise here.

After driving away the murderous branches, Qin Niu began to search the body for spoils of war.

He reached for the person’s clothes, where the treasures were sure to be hidden.

If he could get another Storage Bag, that would be great.

What Qin Niu currently lacked the most were advanced Elixirs and defensive gear. If he could get another Storage Bag, he could use one openly and keep the other concealed, specifically for storing important belongings.

Like silver notes, for instance.

“Ouch!”

He never expected to be bitten by something when he reached into the corpse’s embrace to search for treasure.

He quickly withdrew his hand and hastened to create distance.

Two blood holes appeared at the site of the bite, and the blood swiftly turned black. The skin around the wound was also rapidly darkening.

Clearly, it was highly poisonous.

Fortunately, he had a Black Spider Gu in his body, which could absorb almost all poisons. Moreover, the stronger the poison it absorbed, the quicker the Black Spider Gu’s strength increased.

The venom in his right hand was quickly devoured by the Black Spider Gu, and Qin Niu’s hand returned to normal.

The numb sensation had disappeared.

The blood flowing from the wound also turned back to its normal bright red color.

He circulated his Everlasting Spring Technique to heal the injury, and the two small blood holes soon healed as if nothing had happened.

Having taken such a loss, Qin Niu naturally would not let go of the poison hidden within the corpse.

This time, he used his Ink Blade to directly pry open the clothes on the corpse, and a small, completely black snake with a pair of horns on its head escaped in panic.

It was the one that had bitten him.

“You won’t get away!”

Qin Niu was quick to act, chopping down with his blade.

However, the little snake was quite formidable; it managed to dodge with a spring in its body.

Just as he was about to deal another blow, the Red-eyed Golden Toad in his basket made a move. Its long snake-like tongue shot out like lightning, pulling the little snake straight into its mouth, and then swallowed it whole.

“Wart Toad, well done!”

Qin Niu praised.

However, he soon noticed that the Red-eyed Golden Toad seemed to have been bitten; its body was quickly covered in a layer of black qi, a sign of poisoning.

“I’ll help you clear the poison!”

Qin Niu prepared to use the Black Spider Gu to help the Red-eyed Golden Toad detoxify.

But the Red-eyed Golden Toad refused.

It was naturally immune to most poisons, and being bitten by this unknown dual-horned little snake should not be fatal.

“Alright then, if you can’t hold out, I’ll help you detox later.”

Qin Niu didn’t worry about it further.

He hastened to loot the corpse for spoils of war.

He didn’t find a Storage Bag, but he did find two bottles of Elixirs, more than ten thousand taels of silver notes, and a small shield with ridged edges.

This shield was only the size of a palm, its body dark brown, not appearing to be made of metal.

What exactly the material was, he could not tell.

But he noticed faint, barely visible runes within the shield, and he felt secretly thrilled. Now that he possessed some high-level equipment, he had gained a bit of discernment.