Chapter 734 - 730: Two-Winged Blood Skeleton

Chapter 734: Chapter 730: Two-Winged Blood Skeleton

Just as Xu Zihao stood there stunned, the space above Lin Hao’s head suddenly tore open. A blood-red claw shot out, snatching for his skull.

The attack was completely silent, making it impossible to defend against.

Even more terrifying, Xu Zihao sensed the power of a domain.

The moment the blood-red claw appeared, it locked down the surrounding space!

This single claw was leagues more terrifying than the blood-red Devil Wolf and blood lion from before.

He wanted to intervene, but it was already too late.

Bai Yu, however, seemed prepared. A divine radiance flared as his Divine Soul stirred into action.

He recognized this claw.

Just a few days earlier, when they had passed through this area, the same claw had launched a sneak attack.

That very attack had cost Tang Fang’s team a Martial Artist at the Fourth Layer of Spirit Transformation Realm.

A Spirit Transformation Realm Martial Artist from the Blood Demon Sect was ambushing Lin Hao, intending to kill him.

"I’ll handle it."

Lin Hao spoke the three words without even turning his head.

As the words left his lips, Lin Hao struck.

Although the sudden appearance of the blood-red claw carried a restrictive power, it had no effect whatsoever on Lin Hao. He threw a punch that was just as swift and fierce as ever.

He didn’t even use both fists, throwing only a single punch.

The next moment, fist and claw collided.

Shattered rocks flew out, instantly pulverizing into dust.

Like the rocks, the ambushing claw shattered, exploding in mid-air.

The tear in space then sealed shut, and fresh blood rained down from where it had been.

Both Xu Zihao and Bai Yu heard a muffled groan.

Clearly, the Martial Artist who had ambushed Lin Hao was severely injured.

HUMPH!

Just then, a cold snort boomed through the air.

Then, the sky was instantly shrouded in blood.

The next moment, one blood-red Devil Beast after another materialized in the air, charging toward Lin Hao and his two companions.

Multiple Martial Artists from the Blood Demon Sect had attacked simultaneously.

Xu Zihao was about to make a move but was stopped by Bai Yu.

"The Blood Demon Sect’s true masters are still hiding in the shadows. These Martial Artists are only at the Soul Gathering Realm. Lin Hao can handle them. We should observe for now and keep an eye on our surroundings."

Bai Yu relayed to Xu Zihao via voice transmission.

At a time like this, Xu Zihao didn’t argue with Bai Yu, tacitly accepting his point.

Even so, Xu Zihao continued to watch Lin Hao closely.

Even though these Martial Artists were only at the Soul Gathering Realm, he could sense a terrifying power emanating from them.

By nourishing their souls with blood, each of these Martial Artists possessed the combat strength of at least the Spirit Transformation Realm First Layer. An attack from so many of them at once was equivalent to an assault by multiple First Layer experts, and he was deeply worried for Lin Hao.

But Xu Zihao soon discovered his worries were entirely unnecessary.

Lin Hao’s fists were unbelievably fast, filling the sky with afterimages. Not only were the blood souls in the air unable to get close, but his opponents began to fall one after another.

Even without his cultivation, he still carried the air of an invincible champion.

Suddenly, Xu Zihao felt his heart slam violently in his chest.

When he regained his senses, he saw that the blood souls in the air had suddenly merged into one, writhing ceaselessly as an incredibly terrifying aura began to build.

Not only that, but a series of strange, soul-chilling sounds emanated from within it.

Xu Zihao’s heart began to pound violently, as if it would burst from his chest.

He also felt the qi and blood in his own body surging, threatening to reverse their flow.

Bai Yu’s expression changed as well.

Even his bloodline was reacting strangely.

A beam of divine light shot across the sky, slashing toward the writhing mass of blood.

He had no choice but to act, because something terrifying was gestating inside it.

That thing could feed on a person’s vital essence and blood.

The resplendent divine light sliced the writhing ball of blood open.

A sinister cackle echoed from within.

It was bone-chilling.

A pair of enormous, blood-red wings emerged. The creature gestating within the blood had appeared before them ahead of schedule.

Beneath the wings was a skull with a savage expression.

Then its entire body followed.

It appeared to have a skeletal body, but it was three times larger than an ordinary skeleton. A pair of fleshy wings blotted out the sun, dyeing the sky crimson.

"This is the product of combining the corpses of Martial Artists who used blood to nourish their souls, which were then gestated inside the bodies of other Martial Artists. It’s different from the blood souls before. This is a physical entity. Its body is terrifyingly powerful, and it retains some of the combat strength it had in life."

Bai Yu’s expression was grave.

Lin Hao nodded.

Lin Hao had just witnessed the power of Bai Yu’s divine light. Not only had the blast failed to cleave the creature’s body, but it didn’t even seem to be injured. It was utterly terrifying.

Even a day ago, Lin Hao would have had absolutely no chance of victory against such a creature, but now, he believed he had a fighting chance.

As soon as the Winged Blood Skeleton appeared, a monstrously baleful aura erupted from it as it lunged at Lin Hao.

With a flap of its wings, a terrifying gale tore chunks from the surrounding mountainside and instantly ground them to powder.

Between its wings, a restrictive domain began to form, growing more and more powerful.

Its two claws were incomparably sharp, like a pair of deadly hook swords.

The talons on its feet were long and slender, like blood-red longswords fresh from a kill.

This Winged Blood Skeleton was neither human nor beast, and its presence was terrifying.

As it swiped its claw downward, a suffocating pressure spread out, carrying with it an aura of absolute annihilation.

Faced with this attack, even Lin Hao didn’t dare meet it head-on until he could gauge its true strength.

Lin Hao sidestepped, dodging the Winged Blood Skeleton’s attack.

The spot it struck instantly collapsed, leaving a bottomless pit.

The Winged Blood Skeleton’s combat power was despairingly strong.

It let out another bone-chilling, sinister cackle, as if to say, "See that? That’s what will happen to you."

Lin Hao was unmoved.

Although he had dodged the attack, he had been able to roughly gauge the power behind it.

If the Winged Blood Skeleton were to attack again, Lin Hao was confident he could withstand the blow.

His theory was immediately put to the test.

The Winged Blood Skeleton attacked again.

It was the same attack, striking directly at Lin Hao.

With a sharp cry, Lin Hao stopped dodging and met the attack head-on.

As they collided, Lin Hao was forced backward, the mountainside crumbling under his feet.

He felt blood rise in his throat.

The blow had severely damaged his internal organs and meridians.

But for the current Lin Hao, the effect was negligible.

This was because Lin Hao hadn’t used True Essence, but rather a physical art powered by his own qi and blood.

The Winged Blood Skeleton, however, did not know this.

Seeing that Lin Hao was injured, it cackled sinisterly and attacked again.

By now, a large portion of the mountain behind Lin Hao had crumbled away. If this next attack landed, he would be sent plummeting into the chasm below.

The color drained from Xu Zihao and Bai Yu’s faces, and they moved to support Lin Hao.

Lin Hao had no cultivation. No matter how astonishing his physical arts were, a fall from that cliff would be certain death.

But the Winged Blood Skeleton’s body suddenly swelled in size as it slashed out with both feet.

The blood-red blades on its feet tore through the air, unleashing a pressure that threatened to annihilate everything.

Xu Zihao and Bai Yu’s attacks were simultaneously blocked.

At the same time, more blood-red Devil Beasts materialized in the air.

Two of the blood-red Devil Beasts engaged Xu Zihao and Bai Yu directly, robbing them of the chance to support Lin Hao.

BOOM!

Lin Hao threw a punch, colliding with the Winged Blood Skeleton’s claw.