Adrian retreated slowly, careful not to arouse any attention from the scorpions. After retreating to a sufficient distance, he entered the Blood Star, where he wanted to plan extensively for how to retrieve the Fire Vein Origin Stone.
His mind spun with multiple ideas before dismissing each one. Despite thinking for hours, he couldn't come up with a plan that could kill the Rank 4 Scarlet Flame Scorpion.
With a deep sigh, he decided to eat first and take a breather. Normally, he would have taken a fasting pill, but since he had the Blood Star, he could take his time and eat to his heart's content.
'Pills....' Thinking about pills, Adrian was reminded of the Rank 5 pills he had gotten from the Hundred-Faced Thief. He had found five of them and had already used one, leaving him with four.
He retrieved them and found two of them to be poison pills. As soon as he saw the poison pills, the faint building of a plan was beginning to form in his head.
