Chronicles Of Primordial Wars (Ch. 271-500)

ch. 305-306

Chapter 305 – King of the Desert

At the time the Quicksand Beast shoveled a mouthful, the other slaves had already fled to the oasis. The slaves, who had just started to rush to the oasis, was kicked forward by Ai Shi.

Unexpectedly, even those who attracted the beast to the oasis, Ai Shi still helped. If they were not people belonging to the second young master but on their own, he would have cut them off earlier.

“Prepare!” Ai Shi shouted.

All the guards in the oasis stared nervously at the other side. The Quicksand Beast can be defeated, but with every victory, there would be a heavy price to pay.

On the other side, the Quicksand Beast, which had digested a mouthful of food, looked towards the oasis with its golden eyes, staring at the people who were defending at the edge of the oasis. Even in the hot weather, it made people feel like they were in the ice.

This was a vicious beast, thought the three from the Flaming Horns tribe.

Staring at the oasis, the Quicksand Beast did not immediately come. It also did not pull out the other half of its body out of the sand. Instead, it slowly shook the upper half of its body above the surface, its head still moving slightly, up and down.

This was not a sign of approval nor counting the number of people, but a signal of an attack.

“Be careful!” Ai Shi roared.

Even if they did not know this creature, Shao Xuan could intuitively determine its next step to make a response. Without the slightest hesitation, when the sand beast nodded again, he shouted a reminder to Lei and Tuo, “Retreat!”

Bending his knees, Shao Xuan quickly jumped off the ground. In the position where he had just stood, an arrow made of sand grains shot there and exploded. The rapid splash of sand hitting a human body was like tens of thousands of needles. The slaves who hadn’t had the time to avoid it could not help but cry out loud.

It was the sand that was ejected from the mouth of the Quicksand Beast. The sand it had shoveled earlier caused the explosion-like effect.

Lei and Tuo’s reaction speed did not cause Shao Xuan to worry. Shao Xuan believed in them. As for Su Gu, there was Wu Shi protecting him. They had also retreated, not worrying Shao Xuan.

Together with Lei and Tuo retreating to Su Gu’s side, Shao Xuan asked, “What is the weakness of this beast?”

“Weakness?” Wu Shi did not know. “Generally, when we encountered a Quicksand Beast, we will attack its eyes.”

This was also the method that they often used when they encountered other beasts. As for the weakness of the Quicksand Beast, Wu Shi did not know it. Not only Wu Shi, the other people here also did not know it. Even when they had defeated it before because the big slave owners had high valuation of the animal, as it was the beast King of the Desert, they had not found an absolute weakness to speak of. They could only use greater manpower and quantity to beat it.

Shao Xuan and the other two looked at each other. Even though they felt helpless, they still had to find a way to fight against the Quicksand Beast.

If they couldn’t fight it in a direct confrontation, it was necessary to outsmart the animal. Since they had to outsmart it, of course, they had to know the main weakness of the prey.

Shao Xuan’s group was watching in the sidelines. Anyway, here was not their place, so they were not distressed. Moreover, this was caused by the slave owners and slaves of Luoye City, which was their own matter.

On another side, Ai Shi has taken a few people to battle with the Quicksand Beast attacking the oasis.

An archer tried to shoot its eyes, but it was always avoided by the beast. The arrows bounced off its hard scales and raised horns that were extremely hard, having an astonishing defensive power. A series of arrows shot out, but they did not managed to shoot its eyes. The arrows were thin too. The material was only wood and stone, therefore, it has a limited attack power to cause harm to the sand beast.