Otherworldly Desert Dust

"Boom~~~~~!"

The sky exploded with a burst of deathly fireworks as a black mecha was slapped down from above by the Ying Snake, shattering into pieces.

"We've already lost seven mechas, yet they remain indifferent," the Red Eagle pilot said angrily.

The Red Eagle mecha flew close to the agitated ground, with the Ying Snake right on its tail.

In the past, people thought that creatures of this size were often sluggish, and human mechas were nimble like butterflies in comparison, always able to evade their attacks.

But this rule of sluggishness did not apply to the Desert Dust Creatures. The Ying Snake was not only enormous but also moved as fast as lightning.

Some mechas didn't have high-energy thrusters, making them as slow as puppets in front of the Ying Snake. Once targeted, they were sure to be smashed to pieces!

"Zzzzzzz~~~~~"

The Ying Snake nearly tore through the air, and energy chains appeared behind the Red Eagle mecha. These chains were densely packed in the air, resembling spatial cracks, releasing waves that could shatter everything.

The Eagle's Wings flapped at high frequency, but as soon as the Red Eagle accelerated, the Ying Snake suddenly appeared beside the mecha. Its massive, terrifying head was inches away, its eyes like those of a cold-blooded tyrant.

The Red Eagle pilot felt as if he had been electrocuted, his body aching and paralyzed, his joints locked as if by some invisible force.

At the brink of losing his soul, the pilot used his consciousness to control the mecha to dive down!

"Boom!!"

The Ying Snake's body crashed heavily against the island's high mountain, smashing the massive rock formation into foam.

The Red Eagle burrowed into an underwater tunnel, then broke through the ruptured area into the ocean.

Diving into the sea was the Red Eagle's only means of escape.

The Ying Snake's intricate vertical pupils lost sight of the Red Eagle, showing a hint of rage and frustration. It seemed this Red Eagle had evaded its grasp multiple times, a shameful insult.

In its fury, the Ying Snake slapped the mountain debris into powder. Before it could finish venting, a high-energy rocket descended from the sky, landing right on the Ying Snake's head!

"Boom!!!!"

The rocket exploded into a wave of flame with a one-kilometer diameter. People far away clearly saw an exaggerated mushroom cloud rise above the archipelago, no less imposing than a mountain.

"It should bleed now, you beast!" the SS Lingyun pilot cursed.

From his vantage point, he saw snake skin flying out of the mushroom cloud. This should be the second layer of the Ying Snake's defensive membrane.

"Hissssss~"
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Suddenly, a snake face emerged from the mushroom cloud, instantly filling the SS Lingyun's entire field of vision.

The SS Lingyun pilot was shocked and hurriedly tried to evade.

The Ying Snake flew up from the ground, piercing through the mushroom cloud, lunging at the SS Lingyun.

The SS Lingyun was a large high-altitude mecha, impossible for the Ying Snake to bite through in one go. But the Ying Snake, covered in blood, wrapped its entire body around the SS Lingyun, forming a crushing coil!

Just as the SS Lingyun tried to fly away, it got enveloped by the rapidly twisting snake coils.

"Crunch!!"

The SS Lingyun seemed to be thrown into a shredder. All its metal exterior, steel skeleton, and driving parts turned into fragments.

Yet the Ying Snake's wrath didn't stop there. Its constriction came with spatial energy chains that ground the fragments into powder...

Masses of metal powder rained down from the sky, making it hard for anyone to believe that it had been an Emperor Mecha!

The terrifying Ying Snake once again shook the entire human race, making them realize their insignificance.

"Junior Brother Xiao, is the formation ready?" Senior Brother Gu Yue asked.

Xiao Chong nodded and gave a signal to the other disciples.

"The time is ripe," Gu Yue said.

Xiao Chong pointed his finger at the Ying Snake in the sky. Rings of light appeared under his feet, dyeing the earth and rocks around them golden.

Golden light markings appeared from the Holy Sect disciples, who in unison extended their fingers towards the Ying Snake.

A dozen light markings lit the land with a sacred glow. Within the formation they created, golden beams interwove to form a giant golden spirit, so grand that the island's mountains barely reached its knees!

The giant golden spirit leaped from the formation and grasped the Ying Snake's tail with its bare hands.

The Ying Snake's tail was firmly held and then violently flung to the ground, crashing into the reef area.

"Strike together! We must kill it while the Totem Giant lasts!" Senior Brother Gu Yue ordered.

"Yes, Senior Brother!" the Holy Sect disciples responded loudly.

Throughout the battle, Wu Hen had been observing, noting every method the Ying Snake used to kill, discerning its tyrant abilities, ensuring he wouldn't fall into its deadly divine law.

Wu Hen also watched the Holy Sect disciples, wondering why they didn't fear such a powerful Ying Snake. From his knowledge of their abilities, even if they charged in, their fate wouldn't be any better than the Emperor Mecha's.

They had an ace up their sleeves.

Using Totem Bloodline, they formed the totem giant from a formation.

This totem giant far surpassed any Emperor Mecha in combat power. With the giant golden spirit fighting the Ying Snake head-on, the Holy Sect disciples had much more room to operate.

"I wonder if this thing can be eaten," Wu Hen mused, looking at the mighty giant golden spirit.

A pure energy form, especially one summoned by a combined sacrificial holy power, would it be like eating air if Little Yi bit into it, or could it fill the stomach?

Little Yi ignored Wu Hen, sleeping soundly unless gourmet food was directly presented to it lately.

The Holy Sect disciples finally acted, and Wu Hen's plan could finally unfold.

Wu Hen's primary target was Xiao Chong.

He was clearly the core of the giant spirit formation. Eliminate him, and the giant golden spirit would vanish.

Wu Hen slowly approached Xiao Chong's position.

Once the battle began, the Holy Sect disciples scattered to avoid getting wiped out by a single molten breath from the Ying Snake.

Xiao Chong was bathed in golden light, his holy power transforming into spears that pierced the Ying Snake's neck fur.

The fur on the Ying Snake's neck consisted of numerous Sub-Snakes, without solid scales. When the Holy Light Spears rained down like a downpour, hundreds of Sub-Snakes were pierced and killed.

Seeing Xiao Chong wielding such power, Wu Hen tried to emulate it.

But Wu Hen's holy power only manifested a single, stout spear. Embarrassed, Wu Hen resorted to being a javelin thrower, hurling the Holy Light Spear.

Suddenly, Wu Hen heard the sound of numerous gears turning.

It came from the Ying Snake's pupils.

Wu Hen then noticed the Ying Snake's pupils, intricate like honeycomb crystals, subtly turning toward him, locking on him like a surveillance system!

Had he been targeted?

Wu Hen was terrified. So many people were attacking it, but the Ying Snake singled him out, someone with near-zero DPS!

"No, it's not me it's targeting..."

"It's Xiao Chong!"

"It knows who the core of the formation is. It wants to kill Xiao Chong to break the giant golden spirit."

"Such a smart beast, thinking the same thing as me."

Realizing this, Wu Hen quickly moved to another side.

Sure enough, the Ying Snake's pupils no longer locked onto him, and the immense pressure faded.

"Junior Brother, set up a Holy Wall around me," Xiao Chong seemed to have noticed too, but he wasn't entirely sure.

The Ying Snake was in a fierce battle with the giant golden spirit, but Xiao Chong felt it was watching him, waiting for the right moment.

"My Holy Wall is as thin as paper, Senior Brother," Wu Hen said from a safe distance.

"Idiot, the Holy Wall isn't for defense; it's to block the Ying Snake's spatial assaults!" Xiao Chong shouted angrily.

"Oh, I see, forgive me, Senior Brother," Wu Hen stammered.

So that's it!

When the Ying Snake's energy chains appeared, its speed would reach an extreme, almost breaking through space to strike its target. That's how the Emperor Mechas were destroyed, and the only one that survived, the Red Eagle, hid underwater to escape.

Wu Hen pondered how to avoid such spatial assaults...

So Holy Walls could block its spatial breaks.

"Why are you standing there? Do you want to get me killed?" Xiao Chong cursed again.

Wu Hen scratched his head.

He understood the concept, but how to deploy the Holy Wall?

Was there a mantra or a move list? He didn't know!

"Don't worry, Senior Brother, I... I..." Wu Hen tried to stall for time.

Coincidentally, the White Brocade lady set up a Holy Wall on the other side of Wu Hen.

Wu Hen quickly mimicked her, channeling Totem Power to his index finger and drawing a wall in mid-air!

Holy Breath flowed out of his body, evenly distributing within the area framed by his finger, forming a wall of golden gas.

The White Brocade lady's Holy Wall was like a golden crystal, towering before her and offering broad protection.

Wu Hen's Holy Wall was semi-gaseous and small, resembling a small house. Xiao Chong's fighting in front of this wall would leave half his arm exposed if he moved slightly.

"Hiss~"

The White Brocade lady expressed her extreme disgust and disdain through her lips.

No wonder Sister Lan Han perished; having such a junior brother was like fighting alone.

"Senior Brother, come to me," the White Brocade lady called to Xiao Chong.

Xiao Chong glanced at the thin, smoky Holy Wall before him and flew straight towards the White Brocade lady.

Though the flimsy Holy Wall could theoretically block a spatial assault, Xiao Chong felt uncertain.

He quickly joined the White Brocade lady, hiding behind her Holy Wall, cursing "useless" at Wu Hen as he did so.

Wu Hen responded with a foolish grin, maintaining his facade of being a useless fool.

But an inner malevolence surged within him.

Mind your own business!

"Woman, since you love cutting lines on Huangquan Road, I'll send you there first!"