349: Chapter 343 Blood Soul Source Bead

The vast, boundless lake was like a giant sapphire embedded in the earth, its surface calm, reflecting the eerie, colorful nebulae in the sky.

This tranquility, however, was suddenly shattered.

Boom!

A golden streak of light skimmed across the lake's surface at the speed of light, kicking up a hundred-meter-high tidal wave.

Within the light was a handsome man with a pair of magnificent golden wings on his back; every flap of his wings brought forth dazzling specks of light.

But his current appearance was wretched; his golden armor was covered in cracks, blood hung from the corner of his mouth, and his aura was withered to the extreme.

"Wingman brat, stop running!"

"Hand over the 'blood soul origin orb,' and we can give you a swift death!"

Behind him, three figures were in hot pursuit.

They were burly in stature with dark purple skin, and most terrifyingly, each of them had four thick, muscular arms.

"In your dreams!"

The golden-winged man roared, "You slaughtered my home planet and killed my clansmen; this hatred is irreconcilable! This blood soul origin orb is my clan's last hope. Even if I destroy it, I will never hand it over to you butchers!"

He suddenly spun around and swung his blade back in a slash.

A thousand-meter-long golden blade beam traversed the horizon, as if it were about to slice the sky in half.

The lake water was instantly evaporated, and a massive mushroom cloud of steam rose up.

"A cornered beast's struggle."

The leading Four-Armed Race expert sneered, striking forward with all four hands simultaneously.

A giant black shield appeared out of thin air, violently colliding with the golden blade beam.

"Rumble—!"

A deafening explosion echoed through the clouds, and a violent shockwave of energy spread in all directions, whipping the lake water below into ten-thousand-foot-high waves.

The golden blade beam shattered inch by inch.

Meanwhile, the giant black shield had only dimmed slightly.

The disparity in strength was clear at a glance.

"Big brother, stop wasting words with him, lest delays bring trouble!"

Another Four-Armed tribesman grinned hideously, spreading his four arms as a pink shadow that blotted out the sun emerged behind him.

It was a massive Plant Lifeform.

Countless pink flowers appeared, covering the sky and earth, blocking all of the golden-winged man's paths of retreat.

These vines emitted an eerie fragrance; everywhere they passed, even light was devoured, forming an absolute dead zone.

A flash of resolve crossed the golden-winged man's eyes.

He knew he had nowhere left to run.

"Hahaha... You want to take my clan's supreme treasure? Then use your lives to be buried with it!"

He laughed maniacally as the energy throughout his body began to flow in reverse. His golden wings burned with the flames of destruction, and web-like cracks surfaced on his body.

He was going to self-detonate!

"Not good!"

"He wants to perish together with the treasure!"

The expressions of the three Four-Armed tribesmen changed drastically.

The self-detonation of a Cosmic Level Expert was powerful enough to level this entire area, and that blood soul origin orb would surely be torn to pieces by the violent energy.

"Stop him!"

The leading expert bellowed, all four arms striking out as the large black shield flew toward the man at high speed.

The other two also attacked simultaneously, attempting to intercept him.

However, it was already too late.

The golden-winged man gave a tragic smile and pulled a fist-sized red orb from his robes.

The orb was like a beating heart, with billions of blood-colored runes flowing inside, emitting a heart-palpitating, majestic life energy.

It was precisely the blood soul origin orb!

He held up the orb, and his body completely detonated.

"No—!"

The Four-Armed Race expert let out an unwilling roar.

At this critical juncture, just an instant before the explosion's shockwave could spread, one of the Four-Armed tribesmen lashed out with a pitch-black whip.

The whip was like a venomous dragon emerging from its hole, accurately wrapping around the blood soul origin orb that was about to be swallowed by the explosion, and pulled it back violently!

Boom—!!!

The golden-winged man's body exploded, a golden mushroom cloud soared into the sky, and a destructive energy storm swept across the entire lake.

The lake water was instantly evaporated completely, revealing the parched and cracked lakebed below.

The group was shaken back repeatedly by this force, looking quite disheveled.

Yet that Four-Armed demon who had lashed out with the whip used the explosion's thrust to fly backward with the orb, perfectly avoiding the core of the explosion.

"Third Brother, you!"

The leading Four-Armed Race expert was both shocked and enraged.

"Big Brother, sorry, but for a supreme treasure like this, whoever grabs it, keeps it!"

The expert called "Third Brother" laughed wildly, reaching out to snatch the retrieved blood soul origin orb into his hand.

His face was full of the wild joy and greed of being about to succeed.

However, his smile completely froze in the next instant.

An extremely brilliant golden beam of light, without any warning, shot down vertically from the sky.

It was silent and soundless, yet fast beyond the limits of thought.

It pierced through the thick clouds, pierced through the residual energy from the explosion, and hit his body with unerring precision.

This Cosmic Level Second-Stage Four-Armed demon expert didn't even have time to let out a scream before his entire head burst like a watermelon.

The wild joy on his face was frozen forever.

His massive headless corpse, carrying immense momentum, plunged headfirst into the parched lakebed below, smashing out a deep pit.

This sudden scene left the brains of the remaining two Four-Armed Race experts completely blank.

What happened?

What was that golden light?

Who attacked?

They hadn't even felt the enemy's aura!

Before they could react from their horror...

Another anomaly occurred!

Dozens of blood-red vines, like the tentacles of a demon god growing out of the void, silently descended from high in the sky.

Their speed was as fast as a phantom; at the moment the blood soul origin orb was about to fall, they lightly wrapped around it.

Then, under the shocked and furious gazes of the two Four-Armed Race experts, they coiled back and instantly disappeared into the depths of the clouds.

It was as if they had never appeared.

Fast!

Too fast!

From the golden light's kill to the vines' treasure-snatching, the entire process was as smooth as flowing water, completed in one go, fast enough to make one suffocate!

"Aaaaah—!"

"Who is it!!"

"Get out here!!"

After the leading Four-Armed Race expert reacted, he let out a roar of extreme rage.

The cooked duck in his hand had just flown away!

And he had even lost a brother!

"Chase!"

The two exchanged a glance and chased in the direction where the blood vine had disappeared!