The crowd continuously retreated. Zhang Tian arrived at Shirley Yang's trap, patting his clothes and wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.
Even Fatty, who had undergone body tempering, bled. It wasn't normal for Zhang Tian, who hadn't, not to bleed.
"Sasha."
Seeing her plan succeed, the scorpions grew more arrogant. The two scorpions relentlessly pursued Zhang Tian and Zhang Qilin.
When the two scorpions reached the location Shirley Yang had indicated, Zhang Tian and Zhang Qilin instantly moved away.
Shirley Yang then directly detonated the explosives buried in the sand.
In an instant, fire erupted everywhere.
The powerful shockwave blew everyone's hair backward.
"What a huge firework."
"Old Hu, do you think this thing can be blown to death?"
Fatty rubbed his mouth and spat out sand.
"It won't be blown to death."
Hu Bayi thought about it without hesitation. After all, when fighting the Red Howler, they had thrown so many grenades and it hadn't worked.
Let alone these scorpions, which were covered in armor.
It would be a miracle if they could even break through.
As expected, after the fire, the scorpions were only momentarily delayed and were far from being blown to death.
The intense explosion made the heads of the two scorpions ring, causing them to lose their direction for a moment.
"Heavenly Thunder!"
"Fire God!"
Seeing this, Zhang Tian did not hesitate. Two talismans were drawn and sent flying.
The Thunder and Fire Dual Talismans swirled around the two scorpions.
Time was pressing. If they waited for the scorpions to recover, they would have to exert even greater strength, making the fight much harder.
"Boss, there's a symbiotic system behind the butts of those two scorpions."
Hu Bayi said from the side.
Zhang Tian nodded; he had noticed that too.
"Qilin, like this, let's cut off the fleshy lumps behind their butts."
Zhang Tian said, and Zhang Qilin nodded slightly.
Then, the two of them charged forward again. Their current strength made Zhang Tian's internal true qi incredibly dense.
Coupled with the replenishment of energy during the rest period, Zhang Tian was now in top form.
Sasha...
The scorpions' sounds still echoed around them, their tails constantly swaying.
Countless yellow sands were stirred up around them.
These monsters had not awakened any supernatural abilities, only attacking with their tails and venomous stingers.
This greatly reduced the difficulty for Zhang Tian to deal with them.
Seeing the scorpions begin to panic and wriggle on the sand to ensure their safety, Zhang Tian smiled.
"I'm taking your hemorrhoids!"
With that, his figure was like a ghost. His strength had improved, and Zhang Tian's lightness skill had also advanced by several levels.
However, it still couldn't compare to Zhang Qilin, who cultivated nothing.
Zhang Qilin's Black Gold Ancient Saber also emitted a blade of light.
The next moment, the two large, fleshy lumps on the scorpions' posteriors were severed by Zhang Tian and his companion.
These things, without any protection, were like tumors and were easily cut off.
After those were removed, blood began to flow from the scorpions' bodies, dyeing the entire desert black.
The two scorpions thrashed about, emitting pained cries from their mouths. Simultaneously, wisps of black mist emanated from their bodies.
The stench was unbearable.
Soon, the scorpions' bodies began to flatten. Due to excessive bleeding, the two scorpions lay on the ground and perished.
Looking at the spot where the scorpions had been, Shirley Yang's bombs had created a large crater.
After the scorpions died, their remains quickly withered, turning into skeletons.
And then, as a gust of wind blew, the scorpions' armors...
The armors were slowly swallowed by the sand.
"Damn it, my treasure!"
Seeing this, Zhang Tian almost pounced forward. Those two huge scorpion armors, even if they couldn't be worn, could still be modified by a blacksmith, right?
But now, the armors were swallowed by the sand.
This was something Zhang Tian hadn't expected.
"Someone doesn't want us to get the armors."
Zhang Qilin, however, remained calm, looking at the swirling winds around them and speaking slowly.
Zhang Tian took a deep breath. Zhang Qilin was right. How could it be that as soon as they defeated the scorpions, the wind started blowing? This was clearly abnormal.
"It seems we are being monitored."
Zhang Tian said softly, his gaze sweeping around. The surroundings were bathed in sunlight, with no one in sight, not even ghosts would dare to show themselves.
The Consort had not cultivated to a level where she could ignore the sun, so she dared not come out to fight the scorpions.
When Fatty was injured, she had wanted to help, but Shirley Yang's bombs had forced her back.
"Boss, where is anyone monitoring? Could there be ghosts?"
Fatty pouted, looking around. There was nothing, let alone anyone monitoring.
Hearing Fatty speak, Zhang Tian flicked his forehead.
If he had the "forehead flick" invented by a certain inventor from a past life, Zhang Tian would have given Fatty a good few.
"Fatty, shut your big mouth. Look at An Liman; that's what happened to his mouth."
Zhang Tian pointed into the distance. Indeed, in a sand dune not far away, the skeletons of An Liman and his camel lay in the sand.
Why they had turned into skeletons, Zhang Tian guessed they had been gnawed into this state by the scorpions.
Recalling that just over ten minutes ago, An Liman had been conversing with them, and now he was just a skeleton. A sense of gloom settled in everyone's hearts.
"This fleshy lump is..."
Shirley Yang pointed to the fleshy lump in front of her.
The scorpions' corpses and armors were gone, but these two fleshy lumps remained.
"What fleshy lump? That's a hemorrhoid. Boss's crude treatment of hemorrhoids achieved a remarkable effect."
Fatty burst into laughter again.
Zhang Tian shot him a glare. Looking closely, he had to admit he couldn't tell what it was.
[Good heavens, the scorpion has hemorrhoids!]
[Hahaha, this violent hemorrhoid treatment is too much.]
[Speaking of which, Uncle An Liman died tragically.]
[The scorpions never imagined they'd have their hemorrhoids cut off while alive.]
Laughter filled the scene.
Chen Xi watched the scene, and the mention of hemorrhoids made her blush.
She sat in the laboratory every day, and having such a condition was normal.
But seeing such a large one now, she felt a little shy.
"Old Hu, did you see that? The female doctor has that thing too."
Fatty whispered slyly.
"You dead fatty, let's speak more civilly."
Hu Bayi whispered.
At this moment, in the image...
"I suspect there's something inside. Why don't we open it and see?"
Hu Bayi looked at the fleshy lump.
Zhang Tian nodded, also vaguely feeling that there might be something inside.
Zhang Qilin remained silent. His Black Gold Ancient Saber lightly sliced through.
The fleshy lump split in two.
The next moment, two golden crystals appeared.
"This isn't the symbiotic system!"
Upon seeing this, Zhang Tian and Hu Bayi broke out in a cold sweat.
Good heavens, it was fortunate that they cut it off after the scorpions died. If they had misjudged, Zhang Tian might have been seriously injured by the scorpions.
At the same time, Hu Bayi felt a twinge of guilt. He hadn't expected that this was not the symbiotic system.
Zhang Tian let out a sigh of relief.
"This thing should be the Crystal of the Desert."
He said, and sure enough, a voice in his mind sounded.
"Item: Crystal of the Desert!"
"Item Level: Mid-grade Alchemy Material."
"Item Description: When combined with the Flower of the Desert, it can be used to refine a pill that strengthens the physical body."