74: Chapter 74 The Little Boy's True Form

At this moment, the giant spider had completely turned black, and the Little Boy crawled out from the writhing black flesh.

Seeing this scene, Nie Ning couldn't help but frown.

It was clear that the Little Boy had won this battle.

However, judging from the mental link between himself and the Human-Faced Balloon, although the Human-Faced Balloon's aura was fading, it had not been killed by the Little Boy.

After achieving victory, the giant black spider began to move.

Countless tentacles grew from the surface of its body, attacking Nie Ning, while its main body rushed rapidly toward the small island in the center of the lake.

Just then, the giant spider suddenly stiffened, then swayed twice and collapsed.

A look of pain appeared on the Little Boy's face, as if he had suffered some kind of injury.

Nie Ning's expression tightened. He rushed quickly toward the Little Boy, his longsword thrusting straight at the Little Boy's head.

He came fast and went just as fast; as soon as Nie Ning approached the Little Boy, he was swatted back to the shore by a black tentacle that suddenly emerged.

Landing on the ground, Nie Ning spat out two mouthfuls of blood and hurriedly climbed to his feet to look at the island in the center of the lake.

At this moment, the Jerky Bear Head had already flown up from the island in the center of the lake, and in its hand, it was clutching a broken red root.

"Its true form was indeed hidden on the island in the center of the lake!"

Nie Ning had felt that the Little Boy was strange before; the red flower on top of his head was just like a decoration.

Since that flower could run here, logically speaking, there should have been something unusual about it.

Plus, the Little Boy had been constantly preventing the Jerky Bear Head from approaching the island in the center of the lake, so he guessed there must be something very important to the Little Boy inside.

Without any hesitation, Nie Ning immediately controlled the Jerky Bear Head, wanting to make it eat the red root.

But just at this moment, the twin moons in the sky suddenly lit up, and Nie Ning and the Jerky Bear Head seemed to have been pressed with a pause button; their bodies were completely unable to move.

The Little Boy floated toward the Jerky Bear Head, reaching out to take back the red root.

Nie Ning was greatly alarmed, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not move an inch.

If the Little Boy took back the root, they would have even less chance of winning without the help of the Human-Faced Balloon.

Suddenly, the red magic circle in the sky slowly rotated, and waves of heat began to spread in all directions.

Under the influence of this scorching power, Nie Ning and the Jerky Bear Head briefly regained their ability to move.

Just as the Little Boy was about to touch the red root, the Human-Faced Balloon flew out from the body of the Flesh Spider and slammed into him.

Taking this opportunity, the Jerky Bear Head threw the red root directly into its mouth.

The Little Boy ignored the Human-Faced Balloon's obstruction and rushed rapidly toward the Jerky Bear Head.

But as the Jerky Bear Head chewed, the Little Boy's body began to turn yellow and wither; his hair and teeth fell out and dissipated, and his entire being began to age rapidly.

When the Little Boy reached the Jerky Bear Head, its withered, branch-like arm gave a light pat, scattering the Little Boy's body.

At the same time, the twin moons in the sky gradually disappeared.

The entire forest turned into fly ash and drifted away; the water in the small lake also dried up rapidly at this moment, and even the Flesh Spider formed by the Human-Faced Balloon was slowly dissipating.

"It's finally over..."

Nie Ning wiped the sweat from his forehead.

With the disappearance of the moon, as if an invisible barrier had been opened, the sky began to shift toward daytime.

But looking up at the magic circle above that hadn't dissipated, Nie Ning seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly retracted the Jerky Bear Head and the Human-Faced Balloon into his body.

Immediately afterward, he pulled out the coffin nail from the ground.

Within just a few breaths, several figures arrived beside Nie Ning, among whom was Ms. Aotili, whom Nie Ning had just met.

"Why are you here?"

Audrey's delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she asked, staring intently into Nie Ning's eyes.

"I didn't want to be here either; I was just passing by on my way, then I got trapped, and then I encountered two monsters fighting."

Nie Ning sat on the ground, pointing weakly at the Flesh Spider in the lake that had mostly dissipated.

"Two monsters fighting?"

Audrey looked up at the Flesh Spider that was about to dissipate.

Upon hearing this, Nie Ning began to talk nonsense, embellishing the story, only omitting the Jerky Bear Head.

As for the Human-Faced Balloon...

Audrey might have found this place because of the Human-Faced Balloon; lying about it wouldn't make much sense.

And the magic circle above should have been set up by Audrey and her group.

Come to think of it, thanks to this magic circle, otherwise he might have already kicked the bucket by now.

Audrey kept staring into Nie Ning's eyes, as if trying to confirm whether what Nie Ning said was true or false.

At this moment, a man beside Audrey took out something that looked like a compass.

As a wave of light spread around, it didn't find those eerie things.

"There are indeed no traces of any Corruptor here; could they have really perished together?"

For the others on the scene, this seemed to be the only explanation.

Because Audrey was a Second-Ring Wizard, if there had been a Corruptor present, it would have been impossible for it to escape without a sound.

"You go first; we will handle the rest."

After a long silence, Audrey suddenly spoke to Nie Ning.

Hearing this, Nie Ning raised an eyebrow; he hadn't expected Audrey to let him leave so easily.

Even the others were a bit confused; shouldn't they have captured Nie Ning and destroyed him humanely?

"Then I'm leaving?"

Nie Ning asked cautiously and tentatively.

Seeing that Audrey didn't answer and was still looking at the lake, Nie Ning slowly backed away and then took off running.

"My Lady, this seems a bit against the rules, doesn't it? Should we follow him?"

Watching Nie Ning's retreating figure, one of the men stepped forward respectfully and asked.

"He will come back; don't worry."

Audrey didn't care.

elemental erosion is not so easily solved, and it will become increasingly difficult to resolve as one's strength increases.

If Nie Ning doesn't want to die, he will definitely come back to find her.

It just so happens that she also wants to know whether the soul of corruption hiding near the south of the city is on Nie Ning, and what is the reason that Nie Ning has not been affected by the corruption.

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After leaving the residential area, Nie Ning deliberately took a detour around the south of the city again.

Although he didn't know if those people were following him, being careful was definitely the right thing to do; he just didn't know if he could shake them off.

Near evening, Nie Ning cleaned up his appearance and returned to Hervais Manor.

But as he neared the entrance, he ran into Lilith, who was just returning from school.

Lilith's complexion was good; it seemed she had already moved on from the previous incident.

And after the water cloud vine incident, Norma's attitude toward Nie Ning had improved a lot; she almost never looked down on Nie Ning with her nose in the air like before.

Seeing that Lilith and the others were still carrying things, Nie Ning hurried forward to help.

Just as the three of them walked into the door, Lilith's father, Matt, walked out, accompanied by a Guard.

Because of the last assassin incident, Matt returned directly home to investigate where those assassins came from.

But so much time had passed, and the assassins had not appeared again, nor could any relevant clues be found.

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