Chapter 91: Despair

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Before the insect corpse, Zhang Tie let out a soft sigh, turned and ran.

It's been a while since the sand worm 'died'.

Several bold Awakened Ones who wanted to step forward to examine the corpse looked back at him with surprised faces, yet their steps did not halt at all.

They were still caught up in the joy of slaying the monster; after all, it had been nearly two minutes, and if the sand worm weren't dead, it wouldn't remain completely still.

"Did you get the kill notification?"

"No, what about you? I don't know which lucky one got it."

The elemental Awakened Ones in the distance excitedly discussed whether the sand worm might drop equipment; when they had previously killed the Lickers, they occasionally dropped some props and equipment.

Even if not, they still had experience (spiritual energy).

However, back then fewer people participated in the attack, and the experience gained from the kill could be shared at most by the four who dealt the most damage.

"I also don't know which lucky one's skill landed the final blow."

"Even if they got it, they wouldn't say it now... but that black bear definitely got a share."

The Awakened Ones questioned each other; since they all attacked at once, whoever landed the final blow would definitely have the advantage.

Below the platform, the few Awakened Ones nearest to Lin An no longer regarded him as their hope.

This sand worm is nothing more than that...

After all, Lin An merely had them team up and attack together, marking the weak point.

With various thoughts in mind, it turned out that even a monster like the sand worm could be defeated as long as its weak point was attacked.

Some Awakened Ones who were on good terms with Deng Lian suddenly felt a bit of regret.

They had never fought together in such large numbers before; normally, when killing Lickers, at most eight or nine people would participate.

Seeing such a terrifying existence as the sand worm being easily slain, they couldn't help but feel that perhaps they had underestimated the strength of the group.

Lin An is strong, but his power is mysterious and unfathomable.

But thinking about it, he's merely a psychic Awakened One; no matter how strong, could he be stronger than the sand worm?

Dozens of skills bombarded down—I wouldn't believe he could still be alive.

Apart from giving verbal commands, he hasn't lifted a finger so far, which proves that Lin An definitely has no other means.

After all, he just threw his own equipment to that black bear, clearly having prepared to give his all.

However, Lin An probably never imagined that their combined skill release would have such an effect.

Perhaps we were merely frightened by the sand worm's threat and Lin An's brutal methods.

If everyone had attacked together back then, would Lin An also have died?

Perhaps we shouldn't have listened to him, causing Deng Ge to die needlessly?

Several Awakened Ones had a change of heart; with the sand worm's threat gone, they felt as if a heavy stone had been lifted, and they involuntarily gathered together.

They looked at each other, reading each other's thoughts from their eyes.

Zhang Tie's group had already made it clear: they wanted these people to obey him completely.

Before, for the sake of survival, everyone naturally had no other thoughts, but now...

Although Lin An didn't turn around, under his powerful psychic power, everyone's every move was exposed as if transparent.

Heh, humans.

Before the insect corpse, several melee Awakened Ones excitedly whispered their discussion.

Although there weren't many wounds on the insect corpse, the only one that looked severe was Zhang Tie's all-out punch.

But two minutes have already passed; even the bold ones who kicked it with their feet got no reaction.

Without a doubt, the monster is definitely dead.

"I don't know what this monster dropped, but I'm sure it dropped equipment! The equipment dropped by such a monster is absolutely powerful!"

"You're not spouting nonsense; this monster is stronger than the Lickers by more than one tier. It's precisely because we have so many people that we could kill it!"

"You say, who in our academy got it? Why isn't anyone speaking up?!"

A strongly built male student, his whole body encased in rock armor, suddenly lowered his voice.

"Use your brain; even if equipment dropped, who would step forward to say so now?"

"Don't forget, they're still watching from behind! If you speak up, they'll definitely snatch it away!"

Several people exchanged glances, and a hint of greed simultaneously rose in their hearts.

"I think, actually we don't need to be too afraid of them..."

"That black bear, ten of us could handle it."

"That invisible kid, there's no need to fear him. As for that most mysterious guy, I think he's high in attack, just like Deng Ge, with a very fragile physique."

"Look at his pale, clean appearance; it's just like those "fragile" types."

"What do you mean?"

The companion beside him lowered his voice to ask, his eyes showing some change.

The rock armor gave a cold chuckle, pretending to inspect the insect corpse.

"No matter who gets the loot, as long as it's in our hands, it's better than anything."

"Did you notice the equipment on the leader's hands? I think he has at least two pieces."

"Plus what he gave the black bear, at least at least! Three pieces of equipment to start!"

"Maybe that black bear hurried back because it got the equipment!"

"They killed our people, framed Deng Ge, and still want to treat us like dogs."

"The monster was killed by our joint effort! What has he done!?"

The man seemed to be making excuses for himself, completely forgetting that Deng Lian, who broke the seal, was the one he had cursed the most fiercely.

Can you swallow this breath?!

The companion beside him nervously turned his head to glance in the direction where Lin An was, then asked cautiously:

Then what do you want to do!!

A flash of killing intent crossed the eyes of the boy wearing rock armor.

We'll pretend to have found the equipment, then shout to attack as soon as we head back! I believe everyone shares the same idea!

As long as we kill them, the equipment dropped by the monsters will be ours, and even the equipment on their bodies will be ours!

You're missing a point.

What?

And the women we previously wanted to play with.

Greed rose, and several people's hearts burned hot.

In the shadow of the huge insect corpse, An Jing Tian, hidden in the darkness, had a stern expression and suddenly turned into black mist and vanished.

Lin Dui, this bunch of trash seems to have set their sights on us.

Zhang Tie crossed his arms, looking with disdain at the Awakened Ones faintly gathering around the surroundings.

Nothing much, it's about to start.

Lin An's gaze swept past the melee Awakened Ones preparing to return, and fell on the sand worm.

Originally silent, the 【Bodhi】 scythe leg suddenly twitched; the few people walking over with various thoughts did not notice the abnormality behind them.

As the distance closed, the boy clad in rock armor nodded slightly at the approaching Awakened Ones, then suddenly roared:

Let's attack together and kill them!

However, the imagined scene of everyone responding in unison and focusing fire on Lin An did not appear.

Damn it! Why are these guys so slow to react? Jump ahead of that person and attack!

Just as his words fell, before he could recover from his anger, he was shocked to see the Awakened One opposite him trembling with fear, pointing a finger at his back.

Mon... monster! It's still alive!

Boom!

A black shadow fell, and the sand worm, its vitality restored, twisted its body, instantly crushing the nearest few into pulp.

Save me! Ah!

Run! Run fast!

Despair spread.

The Awakened Ones who had wanted to fight cried out heaven and earth as they fled in all directions, the crowd chaotic as a mass trying to escape the plaza.

On the high platform.

Lin An lowered his gaze to Huang Zheng, who lay prostrate on the ground, and spoke slowly:

You're smart, so you know what to do, right?

Sir...

I... understand.

Bean-sized drops of sweat trickled down his forehead into his eyes, yet the former principal Huang Zheng dared not wipe them away.

He wore a fawning smile, his gaze toward Lin An like that of looking at a demon.