Chapter 43: The Descent of the Wild Sand

Nian and He were lost in thought, no longer confronting each other. Perhaps luck turned, and only a quarter of an hour later, another strange beast bit the hook.

This thing had a bloated body like a hippopotamus, but its limbs were fin-shaped, and its tail and neck were very long. In contrast, its head was strangely small.

With such a low-IQ thing, it would never let go after biting the hook, and the difficulty of fishing it up was lower than that of the earth-dragon.

The only trouble was that its body was too large, occupying a walnut boat all by itself and making the boat hull sway.

Fortunately, the walnut boat was very close to the stone bridge, and more than a hundred soldiers grabbed the tow ropes and pulled it onto the bridge.

Then it was a large-scale slaughter scene.

Everyone found buckets from civilian houses in the city and bled the two monsters, transporting them to the temple bucket by bucket.

Their bodies were huge, like water jars, and the blood that came out was thick and viscous, with a pungent stench.

He Lingchuan smelled it on the side, secretly hoping that the Great Fang Hu wouldn't be too picky.

And in front of the main hall, the blood water was getting redder and redder.

The most gratifying thing was that after pouring thirty or so buckets of beast blood, the water surface began to expand!

"It's effective!" Sun Fuping was overjoyed, his fingers clutching the edge of the pool turning white, "Continue, continue!"

Finally, after the last few buckets were poured in, the blood water barely covered the bottom of the pool, looking like only a thin layer.

Zeng Feixiong and his men threw away the buckets: "And then?"

"Wait!" Sun Fuping stared at the water surface without blinking, "Just wait!"

He Chunhua suddenly said: "The wind in the city stopped very early."

Reminded by him, everyone recalled, when did the omnipresent cold wind stop?

The bright moon didn't know when it hid in the thick clouds, and everyone felt the light in the city darkening rapidly.

As soon as the words fell, the calm water surface bubbled, emitting a bit of ripples.

"There are holes underneath..."

Zeng Feixiong just asked, and Sun Fuping "hissed," raising his hand to stop him.

The square of Mitian Temple was quiet, and one could hear a pin drop.

This itself was abnormal.

Another string of small bubbles emerged.

Sun Fuping lowered his body, wanting to get closer to look, when the water surface "splashed," and something rushed out, almost hitting him face-to-face!

Others could only see a black shadow, but it didn't prevent them from screaming in surprise.

Only Nian Songyu and He Chunhua could see clearly in their haste that this was actually a monster resembling a wolf, with dog-like head, tail, and limbs, but its body was covered in rough cracks, not like an animal's skin, but more like tree bark. And there were no eyeballs in its deep-set eye sockets, replaced by a bit of scarlet ghost fire!

This thing rushed out of the water in the direction of Sun Fuping, so it opened its mouth without ceremony, aiming straight for his throat.

This mouth could open to 120 degrees, looking like it could swallow even a head. The distance between the two was close, almost in the blink of an eye, and Sun Fuping was about to lose his head.

But the National Master was worthy of being a National Master, calm in the face of danger, and poked his magic staff into the monster's face.

The beast head on the staff opened its mouth and "whooshed" out a ball of bright red fire.

The monster immediately let out a shrill, miserable shriek and was reduced to ashes.

Nian Songyu was startled, then overjoyed: "Vengeful soul!"

This thing had no physical body at all, it was a vengeful soul.

People always thought that vengeful souls hid in the shadows of the Panlong Desert to confuse people's minds, but the real culprit was the Three-Corpse Insect. This vengeful soul was the first real master everyone had met since stepping into the Panlong Desert.

It appeared, and Nian Songyu was overjoyed instead; this meant they hadn't found the wrong direction! Sun Fuping had ash on his face, but he couldn't wipe it before lowering his head to observe the water surface.

He Lingchuan maliciously thought that if he lowered it another inch, the next monster to emerge could ride on his face.

At this time, the entire pool was bubbling, more and denser.

It was like firewood being placed underneath, and the water surface was about to boil.

The ripples didn't disappear when they reached the edge of the pool, but instead strengthened as they spread outward, and later even raised waves.

The waves hit the edge of the pool and returned to further stir the water surface.

Everyone's face didn't look good.

If a string of bubbles represented a monster being born, then the dense bubbles here meant...

Sun Fuping suddenly turned around and roared at the crowd: "Take Du Hunsan, light the life fire! Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry!"

This roar was blessed with true power, shaking the wilderness, deafening, and also revealing his anxiety.

Everyone acted immediately.

Fortunately, the more than one hundred soldiers who used the sand fishing had already taken Du Hunsan, and now Sun Fuping, He Chunhua, and others just needed to supplement it.

As soon as the small pill was swallowed, Sun Fuping said anxiously: "Screen your breath and stand by the pool, don't look back! These monsters are harder to deal with than Three-Corpse Insects!"

This sentence made everyone's heart tremble.

Sun Fuping emphasized again: "Hold your breath, hold it!"

As soon as the words fell, the water surface suddenly exploded!

The scene was like a volcanic eruption, the vent was the pool surface, and the magma that erupted was countless, strange-shaped vengeful souls!

Some looked like people, some like beasts, some like plants, and some combined the characteristics of all three, making it impossible for the living to see what they should have looked like.

But there were too many vengeful souls rushing out, and people couldn't observe individuals at all, only seeing the spectacular black smoke like volcanic ash rising into the sky, and then spreading in all directions!

The most terrifying thing was that every vengeful soul opened its mouth and screamed, the sound sharp and harsh, full of pain and resentment.

No need for reminders, everyone spontaneously covered their ears and closed their mouths tightly.

But this sound echoed in everyone's consciousness, shaking their hearts and dazzling their eyes.

Most of the vengeful souls that rushed out went to high places, but a few circled twice above the main hall and flew back again!

Everyone didn't dare to breathe.

National Master Sun was right, these things looked much more vicious than Three-Corpse Insects.

Three life fires ignited on their bodies, and Du Hunsan did its best to hide the breath of the living.

The ghosts shuttled through the crowd, but treated them as clay sculptures and wood carvings, and wandered away after a while.

He Lingchuan looked up at the sky and found that the wandering ghosts filled the night sky, causing the weather to change rapidly.

It started to wind.

Twenty breaths passed.

Forty breaths passed.

Thousands of vengeful souls rushed out every breath; it was tens of thousands in this short while, but the vengeful souls were still erupting, without any sign of slowing down.

The wind force outside Panlong City became stronger, and sand tornadoes began to take shape, growing from small to large, finally becoming huge funnels, one end connecting to the sky, one end connecting to the ground.

Except for the wild sand and strong wind, it seemed there was nothing else between heaven and earth.

Although the wild sand blinded their eyes, everyone had to finish watching even if they rubbed their eyes.

The Wild Sand Season grew up with most Black Water City people, but how many people could witness its true cause? As time passed, the soldiers' faces became redder and redder, almost swelling into a pig's liver color.

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