To Long Chen's surprise, these creatures were similar in size to humans, but with three eyes and teeth as sharp as saws, appearing fierce and sinister.
They had long arms and legs, with sharp nails that gleamed with a metallic sheen, sending chills down one's spine.
These beings appeared silently, surrounding Long Chen tightly. Their eyes were filled with ruthlessness, as if they could tear him apart at any moment.
Long Chen frowned. He had never seen such a creature before, but each of them had fierce eyes and hateful faces—clearly not benevolent.
What surprised Long Chen most was that these beings actually exhibited powerful medicinal fluctuations—fluctuations that usually only appear in spirit beasts that have long taken rare medicines.
Many spirit beasts feed on rare medicines, storing a large amount of rare herbal essence within their bodies. Just like the red-armored armadillo before, almost every part of its body can be used as medicine.
But the medicinal power fluctuations on these beings were different. Their medicinal power was not absorbed naturally, but was caused by exceeding their own tolerance limits, causing fluctuations.
In other words, these beings have long been nourishing their bodies with medicinal liquids or taking large amounts of pills, which is why such fluctuations occur.
Although humans also consume large amounts of pills for cultivation, sudden enlightenment, healing, breakthroughs, and so on, they have a unique advantage in pills. As long as they don't consume large amounts of inferior pills long-term and regularly cleanse them, the side effects of pills are minimal.
But these beings before him were different. Long Chen immediately saw that many had already suffered from pill poison and could explode and die at any moment.
Long Chen wasn't surprised by this phenomenon, but what puzzled him was where these beings would get those pills. It seemed they couldn't possibly refine pills themselves.
"What are you looking at? Hand over the treasures here, or you'll regret coming into this world." Suddenly, a living being roared in anger.
It turned out that when this group of beings arrived and happened to see Long Chen crouching on the ground digging for something, they thought they were a step too late and had been beaten to them.
Long Chen looked at the group of beings, not bothering to waste words. With a wave of his large hand, the roaring creature seemed to be caught by an invisible giant hand in midair.
Long Chen gripped his massive hand empty-handed. The creature let out a miserable scream, its head exploded with a thunderous crash, countless soul fragments flew and were instantly annihilated.
In fact, that being was the strongest being here, but even the strongest was only the power of a three-star Destiny Holder.
Even before Long Chen accepted the blood replacement, killing him would have been a piece of cake. After the blood exchange, Long Chen was far stronger than before. That being was no different from an ant in front of Long Chen.
"Medicine slave?" The Three-Eyed Clan? Long
Chen examined the soul fragments of that being, only to find that the soul was extremely chaotic, already in a semi-mad state. Many soul fragments were blank, as if they were a group of puppets under control.
"Kill!"
The other beings, seeing the creature slain, erupted with fierce aura and charged at Long Chen like a madman.
Long Chen howled to the sky, shaking the world with his dragon roar. A ripple radiated out, and the endless Three-Eyed Clan beings were instantly pulverized by the ripples.
With a single roar, he slaughtered tens of thousands of Three-Eyed Clan beings. At this moment, Long Chen's roar was even more terrifying than before.
Tens of thousands of three-eyed beings were slaughtered, and the world was filled with a foul stench. There were fluctuations in medicinal power, but not a trace of medicinal fragrance.
"Such vicious methods, using drugs to control their will, serving them for their own purposes, turning them into puppets." Long Chen sniffed the air, a trace of disgust in his eyes.
Although he didn't find any useful information, Long Chen was an expert in alchemy. He immediately saw that these Three-Eyed Clan beings had their souls controlled by drugs.
And the one controlling them must be an alchemy expert. In Long Chen's view, whether it's alchemy to save lives or alchemy to kill, it's fine, but using pills to control others is a bit low-level and despicable.
"Disgusting tactics."
In Long Chen's mind, the disgusted murmurs of the Qiankun Cauldron echoed. It seemed he was extremely disgusted by this behavior.
"No, they're medicine slaves. Does that mean their master is not far away?"
Long Chen was suddenly startled. If their master was nearby, it meant these medicine slaves were out to help collect rare medicines.
"No, we have to act quickly, or else the rare herbs will be snatched away by others." Long Chen immediately sprang into action, rushing deep into the area.
Half an hour later, roars erupted ahead. Long Chen saw a giant beast fighting a horde of beings—clearly, another treasure-hunting battle.
Among that group of beings, there were five Seven-Star Destiny Beings. Long Chen didn't know which race they came from, but judging by their faint demonic aura, they likely had ties to the demon clan.
Just as they were fighting fiercely, Long Chen silently appeared. With a single strike, the World-Destroying Fire Lotus erupted, catching the monster and the creatures off guard. After the blow, only the giant beast and five Seven-Star Destiny Beings survived.
But even if they survived, they would only have half their lives left. The five Seven-Star Destiny Warriors cursed loudly but dared not linger for a moment, daring to flee in a flash.
The giant beast tried to escape, but its massive size was too clumsy. Long Chen smashed its skull with a punch and crashed to the ground.
Long Chen reached out and threw the beast's corpse into the chaotic space, then dug up a small flower it was guarding. He didn't even have time to identify the rare medicine of the flower's level. After sending it into the chaotic space, the person had already sped away like a meteor.
Sneak attacks, beast slaughter, treasure grabbing, and escape all went smoothly in one go. It was so effortless that even Long Chen himself felt he was a born genius at robbery.
Long Chen sped forward. At this moment, he could no longer search in a fan-shaped pattern like before; he could only go straight ahead, because the deeper he went, the more precious the treasure became.
Ever since the medicine slave appeared, Long Chen suddenly felt a sense of crisis. Now, time is a rare medicine—it can't be wasted at all.
"Boom boom boom... Long
Chen pressed forward. Whenever he saw a powerful figure fighting a giant beast, he would immediately start grabbing any creatures he found annoying.
Sometimes, seeing the giant beast being tough to deal with and unable to kill in one move, he would lunge directly at the rare medicine, snatch it, and leave.
And as long as he ran, it was no big deal—the powerful ones attacking the giant beast ended up in trouble. The beasts thought they were on the same side, and after losing their treasure, they began to fight the group desperately.
Long Chen watched as the group was being slaughtered and scattered by the giant beast, hearing their curses. For some reason, he felt especially pleased.
Suddenly, Long Chen, who was speeding along, stopped in his tracks, immediately changed direction, and sped off to the left front, because once again, he sensed the aura of the medicine slave.