Published: February 10, 2025
It was a mass of black... a soul?
That was the only way the humans who saw it could understand it.
Because there was no precise way to describe what this black substance was. It was not gas, as it appeared quite viscous. It was not liquid either, as it lacked the texture of a liquid. Moreover, it was definitely not solid, because this thing was constantly moving.
The reason people thought it resembled a soul or consciousness was that it moved around in the air, constantly changing shapes, resembling souls trapped in hell, seemingly struggling to escape their confinement.
The more it resembled such a thing, the more fear it instilled in people.
Xia Bai was originally tilting her head, but time was clearly running out; this thing was about to slam into the earth yellow pill.
Although she didn’t know what kind of power it would unleash, was there any eighth-level life attack that wasn’t powerful? If the earth yellow pill took this hit, it might not be killed, but it would definitely fall from the sky.
Many humans on the city wall were desperately throwing attacks inward, but due to distance and accuracy issues, they were ineffective.
As the most undesirable scenario for humans was about to unfold, suddenly a patch of brown thorns appeared right in front of the earth yellow pill, forming a barrier, and that black mass was instantly blocked.
These thorns were naturally summoned by Red Hair, who at this moment was standing beneath the battlefield with her body and hands covered in thorns stretching towards the sky, just in time to intercept this attack.
Red Hair's eyes hadn’t recovered yet. Although Ye Zhongming had washed them with holy water, it didn’t seem to have much effect, perhaps due to the differences between zombie and human physiology. The holy water, regarded as a healing miracle by humans, only gave Red Hair some sensitivity to light.
The reason why this version of Red Hair, which was almost indistinguishable from a human except for the magic crystal and stuttering language abilities, could participate in the elite squad was that at this level, a little light sensitivity combined with sharp hearing and smell was enough for her to display 80% of her peak strength, making her still capable of holding her own at Cloud Summit.
However, even so, accurately appearing in the most critical location was usually impossible. Yet, Red Hair managed to do it, indicating that she had been closely monitoring the battle in the sky from the very beginning, which is why she could step in at the right moment to block this hit for the earth yellow pill.
But the attack unleashed by the eighth-level life for the third time was actually quite easy to counter. If the water balloon burst, the black substance stuck to the thorns, and then rushed down along the thorn branches, almost instantly entering Red Hair's body.
During combat, even when facing death, Red Hair would not make a sound, but at this moment, she let out a shrill scream that echoed across the entire battlefield!
Strictly speaking, Red Hair was a dual existence of spirit and thorns. This painful scream allowed her to channel her spiritual power into it, causing those zombies that were originally rushing towards her to suffer immediately.
Those closest to her had their heads burst open, blood and flesh splattering everywhere, while the ones slightly further away appeared as though they had gotten drunk, blood oozing from their eyes, ears, and noses. Many zombies fell to their knees, clutching the ground desperately, clearly suffering great pain.
Moreover, all other lives on the battlefield were more or less affected.
Thanks to this, the zombies did not take the opportunity to attack Red Hair; otherwise, with those red long hairs flowing around her body, Red Hair would have been unable to stop them and would have inevitably been killed in an instant.
One person was also very close to Red Hair, namely King Hongxiang. Red Hair, in order to protect herself, forcibly activated her psychic ability after being attacked by an unknown force, neglecting her direction; thus, King Hongxiang was also within the attack range.