The legendary warrior

Chapter 1261 Rotten Thorn Men

"Well, Raylan 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 delay, 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 place that housed evil spirit. They found it haunting as the place made them feel shivers down their spines.

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

To make things worse, they noticed some thick, black, hard, thorny plants that seemed to have been all over the place.

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

The plants 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 plants which made the place such a nightmare.

"This creepy place is the Land of Thorn. It's disgusting, I know," Ricky said in a hushed tone as his eyes stared at the moving thorny plants around him. Meanwhile, Mordechai, Hayes, and Ashley also observed the plants secretly, with a little bit of fear in their eyes.

They were all aware of the fact that those nasty thorny plants had psychic intelligence. This meant that they could fight like the humanoid evil flowers in the ancestral land of the human devil tribe that they had run into before.

"Remember, don't do anything unless these thorny plants attack us. And, of course, do no provoke them either," Hayes said to the other three companions 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't launch attacks on them, the ancient thorny plants 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 his companion's side.

Up until this point, Ricky's team had not suffered from any injuries from the thorny plants. The only plausible reason why these plants had not attacked them yet was that the plants 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 Raylan's blood essence, they had finally arrived at a basin.

However, upon looking around the place, they noticed that there were fewer thorn plants in the area. It was relatively 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, they laid 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 glances at the faces of these people. Upon careful scrutiny, he recognized one of them to be Raylan. But at that moment, Raylan 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 Raylan and his companions 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 his companions 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 Raylan, but I received no response. Perhaps, the blood- colored light is restricting them."

"Ashley, can you reach Raylan 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 Raylan 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 Clan?" Hayes inquired as he looked around the place.

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

"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 plants, 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 his companions.

"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 this land. 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 plants 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 become real creatures one day," This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

Hayes expounded.

"Oh, I see. So that's why Raylan and his companions 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 Raylan 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 planning 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 Raylan's attention, as well as the other six people who were fighting the blood- colored light's repression. When they opened their eyes, they laid eyes on Ashley fighting alongside her friends. At that moment, the despair in their eyes seemed to have vanished and was replaced by the hope that she would be the one who could save them all.