The Great Merchant in the Cataclysm Chapter 386:

Chapter 386: Humanoid Elental Crystal

The Obsidian Beetle was also wronged, having sweet dreams, only to be abruptly woken up by an unexpected attack.

It’s actually not surprising that the Obsidian Beetle didn’t see it coming, even Zhang Mu and the others who planned it didn’t anticipate the uniqueness of this maniacal killer.

Because the Obsidian Beetle can sense energy fluctuations even in its dreams, that’s why it took a nap.

But for so reason, this man didn’t release any energy fluctuations even during the attack, like an ordinary person without any awakened abilities.

Luckily, Zhou Erzhu didn’t follow up due to the Obsidian Beetle’s weight, otherwise, if he had been with the previous group, the situation where even the slightest noise could lead to a direct killing would be dangerous. Obsidian Beetle, unable to sense any presence, probably wouldn’t even know if Zhou Erzhu had died.

Zhou Erzhu was lucky. The leather backpack he carried wasn’t as hard as he thought, but inside was an Obsidian Beetle’s back armor which was the hardest part of its body. When the man tried to stab it, it only sparked a little and couldn’t go through, and the tip of the weapon showed so signs of wear.

Seeing that the weapon couldn’t pierce through, the man then used force to slap Zhou Erzhu and Yang Hao away, even though the Obsidian Beetle was in the way.

Zhou Erzhu’s huge backpack fell to the ground. The man thought the backpack was made of so special material since it had worn down the weapon made by a second-rank foundry worker. He believed it must be a very strong and defensive material. Perhaps it was a treasure that Zhou Erzhu got by luck, but the man, not recognizing its value, considered it just a regular backpack.

Unexpectedly, today brought an unexpected gain. Not only did he complete the mission, but he also gained a rare material. The man was already planning to dismantle the backpack, using the unique material inside to have a software tailor-made by a foundry worker.

“Since you’ve offered this treasure, I’ll let both of you die quickly later.”

The man’s wicked smile frightened the two young boys once again. They were paralyzed on the ground, their legs trembling. Zhou Erzhu couldn’t muster any thoughts of killing this person who seed like a man-eating demon.

He and the chubby boy beside him had the sa thought in mind, shouting desperately in their hearts.

“Lord Red Fla Wolf Rider, please co quickly, bring a few people, and get rid of this psycho.”

In the minds of the two boys, Red Fla Wolf Rider was one of the strongest besides the City Master. Just one of them could easily deal with the man who was showing a chilling and eerie smile.

But what they didn’t know was that even the ordinary Red Fla Wolf Rider cavalry arriving wouldn’t be able to save them in front of this man, and could only offer up another life in vain.

The level of power this man possessed was beyond the imagination of two youths living at the lowest level.

“I said not to go out today, should have listened to my mom.”

The chubby boy was so desperate that he was about to cry, but Zhou Erzhu didn’t cry, he held back tears, not wanting to lose face.

Zhou Erzhu’s mind was blank at this mont, then involuntarily rembered his parents, rembered his dad patting his shoulder early in the morning before going to work at the back of the site, rembered his mom nding clothes for the Red Fla Wolf Rider at ho, mom told him not to go out while secretly giving him half a dried bun.

The sll of that half a bun was so fragrant.

“How can you still be daydreaming at this ti? If Er Gouzi didn’t die, I’ll make you the leader in the future, aren’t you scared? This guy will really dig out your heart, sll it with his nose, and lick it with his tongue.”

However, at that mont, Yang Hao suddenly pulled him back, even dragging him forcefully.

It turned out that the man finally made a move, but he seed to have no worries at all about Zhou Erzhu and Yang Hao being able to escape, looking unconcerned and not paying attention to the two of them at all.

The fear shown by the two young n excited him greatly and he enjoyed it very much. For so reason, his mind was twisted, and given enough ti, he would enjoy teasing his prey like this.

With the mindset of finding treasure, the man slowly approached the strange giant backpack and used his right claw to open it up to see what was inside.

Just then, a huge sense of danger enveloped the man.

Instinctively, he placed his claw in front of him and quickly stepped back. This sense of danger had saved him more than once. Although he didn’t understand why a large backpack could trigger such intense danger in him, he completely trusted his instincts. His retreating movents were fluid and unwavering, without any hesitation.

It was this sense of caution that saved his life.

A compressed wind blade tore through the backpack and flew towards the man’s face.

The wind blade was small, but due to the compressed wind elent energy, it was extrely lethal. If it had hit the man solidly, without exaggeration, his vulnerable head would have been sliced in half upon impact. Even if he were a second-rank evolver, no matter how special his awakening ability was, as long as he was not invulnerable, his flesh and blood body would not withstand the attack ticulously prepared for him by the Obsidian Beetle.

In fact, the Obsidian Beetle had reacted the mont it was struck, knowing that the person Zhang Mu wanted it to catch had arrived. Although it did not sense the opponent’s presence, anyone who dared to disturb its peaceful slumber would pay the price.

Its stealth skills far surpassed that of the man, so it cunningly remained hidden, waiting for the human to approach. It was silently gathering power, preparing the compressed wind blade that was difficult to detect. The wind elent used in this wind blade originated from within it, so even a second before it was released, the man had not noticed it.

However, the man’s reaction was very quick. Even the Obsidian Beetle didn’t expect his claw to block the sharp wind blade aid at his head before it hit the target, protecting his face.

The man had a strong sense of battle. It seed like he was a natural fighter. After his claw intercepted the miniature wind blade from the Obsidian Beetle, he did not imdiately choose to engage with the strongest wind blade, but instead chose to step back and defend himself.

He was releasing his strength!

When the compressed wind blade’s montum weakened, he suddenly exerted force, breaking the wind blade directly, minimizing his own losses.

Although achieving this was already quite perfect, he also paid a price for the carefully prepared wind blade by the Obsidian Beetle.

In the man’s fierce gaze, the middle claw spike in his raised right hand was cut off by the wind blade and fell down as the wind blade dispersed.

Under his cold stare, the Obsidian Beetle crawled slowly out of the backpack.

When he saw the Obsidian Beetle, the man thought he was mistaken. Could this life-threatening situation really be caused by a palm-sized beetle?

The shrunken Obsidian Beetle glanced at the man’s disabled claw, showing a hint of human-like mockery in its eyes. It shook its head as if feeling a bit regretful.

If the man knew what the Obsidian Beetle was thinking, he would be very surprised and shocked.

Unfortunately, the Obsidian Beetle couldn’t directly kill him. If he brought back the man’s head, Zhang Mu would surely offer valuable items as reward. It was strange because Zhang Mu, who was usually very stingy, seed quite interested in this matter. He had to offer a big reward to make the Obsidian Beetle act.

Zhang Mu made a promise of giving a beast core in exchange for its help. If the Obsidian Beetle could solve this problem for Zhang Mu, it would receive even more benefits.

In the eyes of the Obsidian Beetle, this human was no ordinary human.

This was a humanoid elental crystal beast core fusion!