Chapter 555: Chapter 175: [Lost Its Power?!]_2
Splurt!!
A piece of a broken sword protruded directly from the abdomen area in front of the Iron Hook monster!
Blood flowed, and standing behind the monster was none other than Golden Armor!
Golden Armor frowned, his face grim and twisted, gripping the hilt of the broken sword with both hands, and twisted it forcefully!
The Iron Hook suddenly shuddered on the spot, then raised its head high to the sky, uttering "uh uh..." sounds from its throat.
Finally, with a loud boom, this giant fell to its knees on the ground.
Golden Armor’s face turned as white as though smeared with lime, yet he gritted his teeth and turned the hilt with force!
Then, with a puff, he pulled it out hard!
Blood sprayed on Golden Armor’s body and then gushed out from the wound.
Golden Armor, stained with blood, stepped back a couple of steps and sat heavily on the ground, panting heavily.
The broken sword in his hand emitted a faint golden glow, but gradually it faded away.
Seeing this scene, Chen Yan finally relaxed.
With the Iron Hook monster kneeling and unmoving between them, they exchanged glances. Though Chen Yan’s arms were weak, he struggled to put the grenade back.
Then, pointing at Golden Armor, he laughed and cursed while panting heavily, "I thought you were dead, I saw your head get cut off by him."
"Lost a substitute puppet." Golden Armor shook his head, "When going out, who doesn’t have a few life-saving tricks up their sleeve?"
Chen Yan wordlessly gave Golden Armor a thumbs up.
Golden Armor laughed heartily and returned the thumbs up to Chen Yan, then suddenly fell backward onto the ground, and the broken sword in his hand fell out.
Chen Yan: "...Hey! Fellow Daoist Golden Armor!"
His expression changed, and he called out a couple more times before finally hearing Golden Armor’s weak reply, "Don’t just sit and yell, come save me, can’t you see I’m about to die?"
Chen Yan sighed but didn’t move, "Don’t worry, I have faith in you; you definitely won’t die just like that. Let me rest for another half hour."
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Fortunately, Chen Yan didn’t actually rest for half an hour—if he had, Golden Armor might have really kicked the bucket.
Chen Yan caught his breath for a moment, then crawled over to Golden Armor using both hands and feet, fetched out a Bone Pill, stuffed it into Golden Armor’s mouth, and pinched his throat.
With a gulp, the pill was swallowed down.
Chen Yan finished this and finally let out a sigh of relief. After thinking for a moment, he also took one himself, feeling every bone in his body hurt faintly and his energy completely drained.
Looking at the surrounding Forest Monster, he felt like he was seeing double.
Eventually, he couldn’t hold on anymore and fell to the ground, just beside Golden Armor. Then, the double vision in his sight gradually faded, turning into darkness.
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Who knows how much time passed; Chen Yan woke up faintly and suddenly felt a hand touching his head.
Chen Yan instantly grabbed the other person’s wrist! His fingers squeezed tightly like iron pincers.
Golden Armor awkwardly chuckled as his wrist was caught and slowly said, "Fellow Daoist, you’re awake?"
Upon waking, Chen Yan felt much better in his chest and abdomen; the intense pain and breathlessness from vomiting blood had greatly eased.
Chen Yan realized that with such severe bleeding, his lungs must have been damaged.
Thankfully, he took a Bone Pill before passing out.
Now that he was awake, he felt more than half the tightness in his chest had loosened.
He surprisingly managed to sit up from the ground and looked at Golden Armor.
Golden Armor waved his hand, "Don’t look at me like that, I only woke up a little before you."
Looking up at the polar day weather, the pale golden sun wheel, and the black dot circling in the sky—Chen Yan suddenly felt a twinge of alarm.
However, redirecting his gaze, he looked not far to his left...
The massive corpse of the Iron Hook monster kneeled like a small mountain.
The fatal wound was clearly at its back, pierced through by Golden Armor’s sword, straight to its abdomen.
While on Chen Yan’s right sat Golden Armor.
Seeing Chen Yan’s wary and defensive look towards him, Golden Armor smiled wryly, "It’s not nice to look at someone like that, Fellow Daoist! I woke up before you and didn’t attack you!
And I haven’t even collected the loot from this corpse yet, I first secured your injuries..."
Chen Yan sneered, "Do you want me to thank you? If it weren’t for you, this Iron Hook monster wouldn’t have come."
After a pause, Chen Yan gritted his teeth even more, "Didn’t you say your skills were only slightly inferior to his?
Why did I see him beat you as easily as a giant bashing a child?"
Golden Armor chuckled, with an honest tone, "Is it possible...?"
"What?"
"I lied."
With that, they exchanged a glare and staggered up from the ground together.
Chen Yan glanced at Golden Armor, and together they supported each other as they slowly made their way back to the original resting spot.
Chen Yan tried twice before he finally climbed a grotesque tree, retrieving supplies stored in the climbing pack on the tree, and shared some food with Golden Armor.
Chen Yan was gnawing on an energy bar and beef jerky.
While Golden Armor, with a helpless look, was chewing on a sausage.
After a couple of bites, Golden Armor was still dissatisfied, and tossed the sausage on the ground, "There’s no meat in this."
Well, that was true enough.
Chen Yan kept a straight face, "Eat if you can, if not, get lost."
Golden Armor sighed appreciatively, "Why speak so harshly, Fellow Daoist? Not long ago, we fought side by side, working together to defeat a formidable enemy."