Chapter 1261 Rotten Thorn Men


    "Well, Ran didn''t tell me. Or that could also mean that he doesn''t really know how to guide us to him.


    But as far as I know, that is his blood essence, and I can use that to track them down," Ashley


    answered.


    "Let''s get to it. We don''t have much time. I just hope that they can hold on until we arrive," Ricky said in


    a hopeful voice.


    Without dy, Ricky, Hayes, and Mordechai followed Ashley and made their way to the Land of Thorn.


    After travelling nonstop for three days, the team arrived at a wet, dark ce that housed evil spirit.


    They found it haunting as the ce made them feel shivers down their spines.


    As they continued walking into the ce, they felt that they could encounter dangers at any time.


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    To make things worse, they noticed some thick, ck, hard, thorny nts that seemed to have been all


    over the ce.


    With full caution, they moved slowly. It was as if they were the only living creatures in that terrifying


    ce.


    The nts in the area rose high and covered half the sky, with many of them drenched in blood. In


    addition, there was rotten flesh and bones everywhere.


    In general, it was the thorny nts which made the ce such a nightmare.


    "This creepy ce is the Land of Thorn. It''s disgusting, I know," Ricky said in a hushed tone as his


    eyes stared at the moving thorny nts around him. Meanwhile, Mordechai, Hayes, and Ashley also


    observed the nts secretly, with a little bit of fear in their eyes.


    They were all aware of the fact that those nasty thorny nts had psychic intelligence. This meant that


    they could fight like the humanoid evil flowers in the ancestralnd of the human devil tribe that they


    had run into before.


    "Remember, don''t do anything unless these thorny nts attack us. And, of course, do no provoke


    them either," Hayes said to the other threepanions telepathically. "But, don''t worry. They won''t


    really attack us. They only feast on dead and rotten corpses."


    "Okay, got it!" Ricky and the others replied at the same time, in the same manner.


    Since they didn''tunch attacks on them, the ancient thorny nts ignored their presence.


    "He is right. It seems like they''re only interested in rotten corpses," Ricky murmured to himself in a low


    voice.


    "That''s right. Otherwise, the four of you would have been dead and dried up bodies the moment you


    set foot in here," the Dragon Intent Grass chimed in. "But you still need to be careful. Although they


    don''t like living creatures, it doesn''t mean that they will not attack you at all."


    "I know! Thanks," Ricky replied after hearing the warning.


    All that mattered at that time was that apparently, luck was on Ricky and hispanion''s side.


    Up until this point, Ricky''s team had not suffered from any injuries from the thorny nts. The only


    usible reason why these nts had not attacked them yet was that the nts had a steady supply of


    rotten corpses.


    After all, they saw a lot of rotten flesh covered in blood and bones scattered everywhere.


    Meanwhile, using Ran''s blood essence, they had finally arrived at a basin.


    However, upon looking around the ce, they noticed that there were fewer thorn nts in the area. It


    was rtively darker, and the foul smell of the rotten meats became more unbearable for them to smell.


    When they looked at the center of the basin, their eyes were met by a huge area that was covered by


    blood-red light.


    Curious, they went towards the area where the light showed up. Upon arriving, theyid eyes on seven


    figures, who sat cross-legged in mid-air. What was worse was that these people seemed to be in


    distress.


    Ricky took a few nces at the faces of these people. Upon careful scrutiny, he recognized one of


    them to be Ran. But at that moment, Ran had blood stains smeared on his good-looking face. His


    condition was the worst among them by far. In fact, he looked so injured that his white clothes got


    stained by his own blood. It was hard to believe that he was the arrogant, charming holy son who


    exuded the majestic aura.


    At once, Ricky, Hayes, Mordechai, and Ashley could clearly feel that the blood-colored light contained


    immense erosive power. Based on the scenario, it could be that Ran and hispanions were


    fighting against the blood-colored light.


    "What is going on here? Why do they look like that? Why do they have to stay within the blood-colored


    light? Is there something outside the light that they thought would harm them?" Ricky asked. At that


    moment, he and hispanions stood in the distance. Clearly, they had no idea how dangerous the


    situation was.


    "Honestly, I have no clue. But I think that something is up," Mordechai responded as he shook his


    head. "And besides, I sent a message to Ran, but I received no response. Perhaps, the blood-


    colored light is restricting them."


    "Ashley, can you reach Ran through his blood essence?" he continued, looking at Ashley''s


    concerned eyes.


    "I already did, but I got no reply. Maybe you guessed it right. Maybe, the blood-colored light is a


    restriction. It already took Ran so much energy to ask me for help," Ashley answered worriedly.


    "I see. It looks like he doesn''t have the strength to give us more information," Ricky cut in. "I bet that


    suppressive force must be difficult to deal with."


    "I agree. But don''t you think it''s odd that there is no sign of the people from the Luo n?" Hayes


    inquired as he looked around the ce.


    "I noticed that, too. I assume that they must be hiding somewhere else, and that they''re just waiting for


    Ran and the others to die before they do something. But we must act now. We''re running out of


    time. We need to save them first.


    As far as I can see, I don''t think they could hold on any longer," Mordechai urged.


    As soon as he finished his words, he ran as fast as he could towards Ran.


    "Hey! Wait!" Ricky tried to stop him. Luckily, Mordechai listened and stopped in his tracks.


    Not long after, Ricky activated his Golden Spirit Eyes and examined the area around the blood-colored


    light.


    In the blink of an eye, he spotted many figures underground.


    These figures resembled humanoid creatures made of thorny nts, rotten flesh, and bones. Upon


    looking closely, Ricky found that these creatures'' faces looked very frightening and they even smelled


    like rotten corpses.


    Not long after, Ricky immediately reported his findings to hispanions.


    "Could they be zombies?" Ricky asked with knitted eyebrows.


    "No, I don''t think so. We are in the Land of Thorn, and such creatures do not exist in thisnd. What


    you saw must be the so-called Rotten Thorn Men," Hayes corrected them.


    "They must be Rotten Thorn Men. If not, then what else would they be?" Ashley said gravely.


    "What is a Rotten Thorn Man?" both Ricky and Mordechai asked curiously.


    "It is said that these creatures are formed when the oldest thorny nts merge with the fallen powerful


    warriors'' will, rotten flesh and bone. After a long time, this fusion would turn into what you had just


    seen, the Rotten Thorn Man. These Rotten Thorn Men crave living beings for they want to absorb their


    energy and flesh. That is the only way they can reinforce their psychic intelligence and be real


    creatures one day,"


    Hayes expounded.


    "Oh, I see. So that''s why Ran and hispanions are afraid of the Rotten Thorn Men," Ricky


    replied while nodding his head.


    "With that being said, I believe that the next step to setting Ran free is to eliminate the Rotten Thorn


    Men," Mordechai chimed in. "So, do you have any idea how many of them are there?"


    "Not much. Probably about eight. But I can see that two of them are very powerful," Ricky answered. "I


    will deal with the two powerful ones. You three get the rest of them. I hope that my chaotic fire and


    thunder power are enough to restrain these creatures."


    "Sure thing. Please, be careful," Hayes reminded.


    After nning things out,


    the four of them jumped at the same time and flew towards the center of the basin. As soon as they got


    there,


    the Rotten Thorn Men under the ground growled with deafening ferocity.


    Soon after, the creatures rushed out and surrounded Ricky''s team. On the other hand, these creatures


    immediately got excited and entered their fighting state the minute they smelled the scent of living


    beings.


    Not long after, Ricky burst out his momentum, enclosing the two strongest Rotten Thorn Men.


    Upon seeing Ricky''s momentum surround them, they immediately considered him as the enemy.


    This disturbance caught Ran''s attention, as well as the other six people who were fighting the blood-


    colored light''s repression. When they opened their eyes, theyid eyes on Ashley fighting alongside


    her friends. At that moment, the despair in their eyes seemed to have vanished and was reced by


    the hope that she would be the one who could save them all.