Chapter 5110 — Are You Out of Your Mind?
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Still, even if the Blood Corpse Worm seemed to lack intelligence, it could understand a few simple commands. Just now, for instance: at Sun Baixu's order the dozen-meter Blood Corpse Worm lunged at Ergoudan with a shrieking roar. Its featureless face somehow contrived to show a strange excitement—it loved the fresh blood of all living things, and human blood above all!
At the sight Ergoudan hastily sidestepped two paces, narrowly—by a hair—dodging the Blood Corpse Worm's first strike. The creature's reeking body grazed right past his cheek, and having missed, it plunged straight down into the earth. This thing's skill at burrowing was first-rate.
"Disgusting." Ergoudan wiped the foul, sticky slime off his face. Even a creature of his formidable tolerance could not help but feel his stomach turn. Never mind anything else—this worm was absolutely the most disgusting worm he had ever seen, bar none.
"You won't find it disgusting once you're dead," Sun Baixu said with a cold laugh, arms folded, standing off to one side. He showed not the slightest intention of striking himself. For a master of his caliber—peak Foundation Establishment—to lift a hand against a common man with nothing but brute strength would be to lower his own worth. True, the Blood Corpse Worm was still far from the legendary invincible ferocity of its kind, but dealing with one ordinary man was more than enough.
Ergoudan paid him no mind, concentrating instead on watching the ground. This Blood Corpse Worm that burrowed unseen was indeed a tremendous threat to him. He had drunk the complete version of the Great Strength Divine Gu, true, but he was not a true cultivator after all. His attack power was formidable beyond question, but a defense as feeble as any ordinary man's was a fatal weakness. If by some mischance the Blood Corpse Worm landed on him, then everything was finished.
A pity that the place was thick with bushes and scrub—once the Blood Corpse Worm burrowed underground, not a trace of it could be found. Had it been Wei Zhao, he could have locked onto its position by sensing with his divine consciousness. But what would Ergoudan know of divine consciousness?
Watching Ergoudan's cautious manner, Sun Baixu was amused all over again, and he watched the show with keen interest: "Idle I am, and idle I'll stay—so here's a tip for you. The Blood Corpse Worm will certainly come bursting up from under your feet before long, but just when is hard to say. You can try your luck—who knows, you might even manage to dodge it by sheer chance."
"Really?" Ergoudan gave him a serious look, then, rubbing his hands together, dropped flat on the ground. From the look of it, he had not the slightest intention of running—he meant to fight the Blood Corpse Worm to the bitter end.
"Hey now, you idiot—do you think you're scooping fish?" Sun Baixu was so exasperated he nearly laughed at the sight of Ergoudan's pose. Turning tail and running might be the stupidest choice in such a situation, true, but a fellow who meant to scoop a dozen-meter Blood Corpse Worm out of the ground like a fish—that Sun Baixu had truly never seen before. This one really was a bloody fool.