Chapter 344
By the time the Quicksand Beast opened its maw, the Second Young Master's slaves had already fled to the Oasis, and the leading slave coughed out blood after being kicked by Chi s.h.i.+, when he rushed into the Oasis.
*These foolish slaves. They even led the ferocious beast directly towards the Oasis.* Chi s.h.i.+ clenched his fists. If they were not the slaves of the Second Young Master, Chi s.h.i.+ would have cut off their heads immediately.
"Oasis guards, prepare yourself!" shouted Chi s.h.i.+.
The guards of the Oasis were all staring nervously at the Quicksand beast. They could beat the Quicksand Beast, but every time they fought with those beasts, they ended up paying a heavy price.
On the other side, the Quicksand Beast, which had digested the food that it gobbled up just now, looked in the direction of the Oasis with its golden eyes staring at the people who were guarding the Oasis. Even under such a hot weather, the people being stared at, had the feeling of being in a land of bone chilling wind and icy coldness at the moment.
*This is indeed a fierce beast.* Thought the three people of the Flaming Horn tribe.
The Quicksand Beast, that kept staring at the Oasis, did not move towards them immediately and neither did it pull out the other half of its body which was buried under the sand. Instead, it slowly swayed the exposed half of its body, and also bobbed its head up and down.
The beast was not communicating any intent of agreement or counting the number of people – it was actually showing signs of preparing an attack.
"Watch out!" shouted Chi s.h.i.+.
Even though Shao Xuan didn't know the creature well, he could intuitively judge the situation. Without hesitation, when the Quicksand Beast nodded again, he yelled to remind Lei and Tuo, "Move back!"
Applying pressure on the b.a.l.l.s of his feet, Shao Xuan jumped away. A sand arrow shot towards to the position he had just stood on and exploded. The splas.h.i.+ng sand sank into people with the sharpness of tens of thousands of knives, and slaves who didn't avoid them in time screamed miserably.
It was the sand sprayed out from the mouth of the Quicksand Beast, which was the unfortunate effect of the sand that had been eaten by the beast just now.
Shao Xuan didn't worry about Lei and Tuo as they had the wit to act quickly. And Su Gu was protected by Wu s.h.i.+.
Stepping behind Su Gu with Lei and Tuo, Shao Xuan asked, "Does this Quicksand Beast have any weaknesses?"
"Weakness?", Wu s.h.i.+ said with some uncertainty, "Generally we just attack its eyes when facing the Quicksand Beast."
This was also the method they often used when encountering other beasts. As for the weaknesses of the Quicksand Beast, Wu s.h.i.+ didn't know. Not only Wu s.h.i.+, the others didn't know, either. What's more, because the Slave Masters took fancy in the skin and bones of the Quicksand Beasts, the slaves regarded such beasts as the king of beasts in the desert and believed that it had no absolute weakness.
Shao Xuan looked at the others and felt helpless. They had to find a way to fight against the Quicksand Beast
When people don't possess the power to fight against beasts directly, they had to make strategies. And when it comes to making strategies, knowing the weaknesses of the prey was highly important.
Shao Xuan and the other two people were standing by. Anyway, they weren't worried about the beast destroying the Oasis, because it was not the territory of the Flaming Horn tribe. Moreover, this accident was caused by the Slave Master and the slaves of the Fallen Leaves City, which had nothing to do with the Flaming Horn tribe.
Meanwhile, Chi s.h.i.+ led slaves to fight against the Quicksand Beast which was attacking the Oasis.
The archers wanted to shoot the Quicksand Beast's eyes, but the precautionary Quicksand Beast avoided every time. The hard scales and raised bones around the eyes of the Quicksand Beast were extremely protective. A series of arrows attacked, but no one shot its eyes. Being made out of wood and stone, the arrows were too thin, and its effect on the Quicksand Beast was limited.
Shao Xuan jumped onto the roof of the stone house and looked over.
Many reptiles did not have hard scales on their abdomen, but the Quicksand Beast was quite different. It's lighter colored abdomen was covered with a thick layer of defense.
The long, flat upper half of its body stood up to nearly 20 meters in height. Though it had a large body, it was quite flexible. Avoiding the attacks of the slaves, it constantly deprived the slaves of their lives. As the lower half of its body buried under the sand drove the sand on the ground, and the sand was lifted up making it look like waves. Just like that of the sea.
The arm-thick spear stabbed the head of the Quicksand Beast with a piercing sound. Failing to stab the eyes of the beast, the spear stabbed other places on the beast's head. Even if it could break the scales on the surface, it was not painful for the Quicksand Beast at all.
Under the protruding eyelid bones, only a slit of eyes were exposed, and the golden l.u.s.ter came out of the gap. Shao Xuan did not feel any sense of holiness at all, but only felt as though the situation was tough.
The desert beasts that had been around the Quicksand Beast had all disappeared, including the black beetles that always appeared on the sand, it either ran away or hid deep into the sand.
After the guard and slaves of the Oasis launched an attack again, the Quicksand Beast not only did not leave, but also became even more angry. It seemed the Quicksand Beast had been extremely irritated, as he obviously didn't plan on letting go of the people in the Oasis. Even if it couldn't defeat the people in the Oasis in a short period, it wasn't going to leave.
A horrible whistling sound, like that of a storm blowing through a narrow gap, sounded in front of the Oasis.
The Quicksand Beast opened its mouth and screamed. There were some folds that clung to its neck. At the moment, these folds were all unfolding with the screams of the Quicksand Beast. Stretching made the original color of the folds lighter, and the hard scales on the folds exuded a golden l.u.s.ter under the sunlight, just like that of the King's cloak, which was so dazzling that it hurt people's eyes. The golden horns on its head seemed to want to break through some obstacles, it looked sharp and fierce.
"It's so beautiful!" exclaimed Su Gu.
Hearing Su Gu's words, Shao Xuan was shocked, *Is there something wrong with his brain? Or is he slow-witted? How could he appreciate a beast in such a situation*
With the intuition and years of experience and hunting, the three people of the Flaming Horn tribe had already been alert when they had not seen this beast. When they saw the Quicksand Beast, they paid their undivided attention towards defense. If they were to encounter such a beast in the mountains, they would not fight, instead they would leave immediately.
Looking at the situation on the edge of the Oasis, Lei and Tuo felt worried. The Quicksand Beast seemed to be mad. Its body had already been hurt and some of the scales were broken by intense attacks and was even bleeding, despite all of that, it seemed the beast didn't plan on leaving.
Looking at the slaves who ran towards the Oasis, Lei and Tuo thought, *Did those people drive the Quicksand Beast crazy? Or is the Quicksand Beast irrational?*
Shao Xuan didn't think about the reason why the Quicksand Beast was so crazy. Wu s.h.i.+ and Su Gu had mentioned that the Quicksand Beast was known as the king of beasts in the desert and it had no absolute weakness, but Shao Xuan still tried to find out its weaknesses.
In Shao Xuan's mind, the totem flame became weaker and the egg-shaped sh.e.l.l was already lit. In Shao Xuan's vision, the glare of the sun could turn the yellow beasts and sand dark.
In Shao Xuan's eyes, the golden-colored Quicksand Beast only had a layer of dense scales which was wrapped around its body at this moment.
There is no doubt that the defense of the Quicksand Beast was almost impeccable. Its eyes had shrunk into a slit, leaving the slaves with a very limited chance of attack. Other parts of its body were hard-sh.e.l.led, and even the open neck folds were covered by tiny, dense scales.
If it weren't scared by the intensive attacks, it would have already broken in.
Original translation from w.a.n.gmamaread.
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