The Medallion novel Chapter 255

In the blink of an eye, the flesh threads tied Rocky's limbs and body by wrapping themselves around him, which rendered him immobile, and he resembled a large cocoon.

"Damn it!" Rocky swore angrily. His situation was grim and he was desperate. Now that all of him was tied up, he could do nothing to escape from that nasty place.

But then, something that Rocky could not imagine happened. He found that his body's spiritual power began to diminish gradually. It appeared that the flesh threads that were wrapped around him had started absorbing his body's spiritual power, and Rocky could feel that it was draining out of his body.

Rocky's expression changed and he was alarmed. He could see that if the flesh threads continued to absorb his spiritual power in that way, the beast could kill him before he could release himself from the flesh threads' constricting restraint, or attempt an escape from the beast's stomach. Just then, he remembered the corpse and the bones he had seen inside the stomach some time back. Finally, he realized what had happened. It seemed that the beast had eaten many spirit manipulators earlier. But it absorbed their spiritual power before it killed them all.

"Damn! Now I know that the Rainbow Glow Unicorn was actually trying to murder me!" Rocky said more desperately. Now that Rocky had understood everything, and had seen the fate that had befallen spirit manipulators in the past, he was scared, and his face became ashen. Had he been free, he would have tried every trick he knew to get out his current predicament. But now that he was tied up, what could he do? Never in his life had he felt so forlorn, as he did then. As he lay there, he could constantly feel the flesh threads drain his spiritual power. Moreover, he knew that they would not stop until they had absorbed all of it, and he had turned into the same dry corpse as the ones he had seen.

Was he really going to be buried in the belly of the spirit-manipulated beast? Was he going to be killed in such a tragic manner?

Of course not, he would not let that come to pass.

"If this is my end, then all my previous efforts will have been in vain. No! I do not want to die here. I have to go back to the Palace City, take revenge on Alston and find Lena..." Rocky reminded himself furiously. The look in Rocky's eyes kept changing, until it became evil, while his face looked extremely cold and grim. At the same time, it also appeared to be completely calm. Rocky still had a lot of things to do, so he could never allow himself to die in the beast's stomach and in such a strange and pathetic way.

When Rocky found himself in that an impossible situation, he became clear-headed and could visualize what he wanted. His survival instinct came to the forefront, and he seemed to have taken control of his emotions. Rocky started running through whatever information about the spirit-manipulated beast from the Beast Encyclopedia. He knew that the more information he had about the creature, the higher would be his chances of a successful escape from its belly. He was reminded of an old saying, "Only by knowing yourself and your enemies can you fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat," and he was greatly inspired. Now that he was trapped, all he wanted to know was how to escape from such a miserable situation. Soon, he spotted the relevant information about the spirit-manipulated beast that would help him save himself from what otherwise would be sure death. It was called the Demonic Devouring Boa and it fed on the spirit manipulators' spiritual power.

"Since the Demonic Devouring Boa lives by absorbing spiritual power, the flesh pillar in front of me should not be its spiritual source, but the central system that absorbs and transforms the spiritual power. If I can destroy this flesh pillar, it will affect the running of its central system. Then, its whole system will be forced to stop working. Once that happens, I can find an opportunity to escape." Rocky analyzed very calmly.

However, now that Rocky was completely wrapped and immobile, he could not go near the flesh pillar. Therefore, considering the situation he was in, destroying the flesh pillar was out of the question. In addition, earlier, he had not been able to destroy the flesh pillar with his Frozen Wind Dagger; thus, destroying the flesh pillar had become an onerous task as difficult as flying to the moon!

But Rocky had to knock down the flesh pillar. Otherwise, he would not get out of his current trouble.

As minutes were ticking away, the spiritual power in Rocky's body was continually reducing. Were he to come up with a solution even a little later, it would be too late.

Just when it seemed it might already be too late, Rocky suddenly thought of the Dragon Flame Pearl, one of the three treasures he had with him. He knew that as long as the spiritual power was injected into the Dragon Flame Pearl, which was in his inner pocket, it would produce a very powerful flame. If he could control it with his spiritual power, there seemed to be a slim chance of survival for him.

Since time was of the essence, Rocky did not have the luxury of spending any more time in careful consideration. The Dragon Flame Pearl was his last chance of survival, and he had to get access to it.

"I have to give it my all!" Rocky shouted, determined to succeed. With his back against the wall, he had to fight hard for his life. Immediately, he gritted his teeth and began to gather the remaining spiritual power in his body. However, the faster he gathered his spiritual power, the faster the flesh threads were absorbing it. Therefore, if he could not control the Dragon Flame Pearl successfully, he would definitely be killed.