Chapter 305 – The King of all Desert Beasts (2/2)

The archers wanted to shoot the Quicksand Beast’s eyes, but the cautious Quicksand Beast dodged the arrows every time. The hard scales and raised bones around the eyes of the Quicksand Beast also offered it effective protection. A series of arrows were fired, but not one of them landed on its eyes. Being made out of wood and stone, the arrows were too thin, and its effect on the Quicksand Beast was limited.

Shao Xuan jumped onto the roof of the stone house and looked over.

Many reptiles did not have hard scales on their abdomen, but the Quicksand Beast was quite different. It’s lighter colored abdomen was covered by a thick layer of hard skin.

The long, flat upper half of its body stood up to nearly 20 meters in height. Although it had a large body, it was quite flexible. Dodging the attacks of the slaves, it wilted down their numbers. As the lower half of its body, buried under the sand, drove the sand up the ground, the sand was lifted up making them look like waves of a roiling sea.

An arm-thick spear stabbed the head of the Quicksand Beast with a piercing sound. Missing the eyes, the spear stabbed into another part of the beast’s head. Even though the spear broke through the scales on the surface, it didn’t seem to cause any pain to the Quicksand Beast at all.

Under the protruding eyelid bones, only a slit of the eyes were exposed, and a golden glint came out of the gap. Shao Xuan did not feel any sense of optimism on the Oasis slaves prevalence over the beast, instead he only felt as though the situation was tough.

The desert beasts that had been around the Quicksand Beast had all disappeared, including the black beetles that always appeared on the desert, they either ran away or hid deep under the sand.

After the guard slaves of the Oasis launched another volley of attacks, not only did the Quicksand Beast not retreat, it became even more livid. It seemed like the Quicksand Beast had been extremely irritated to the point of no return, as it appeared to have full intent to kill with no thoughts of leaving any survivors in the Oasis. Even if it couldn’t defeat the people in the Oasis in a short period, it seemed to have made up its mind – it wasn’t going to leave.

A horrible whistling sound, like that of a storm blowing through a narrow gap, blasted in front of the Oasis.

It was a full-blown shriek of the Quicksand Beast. It normally had some folds that clung to its neck – but at the moment it shrieked – these folds unfolded completely. This stretching of the folds made their original color turn lighter, and the hard scales on the folds exuded a golden luster under the sunlight, just like that of a King’s cloak, which can be so dazzling that it hurts people’s eyes. The golden horns on the beast’s head seemed to want to pierce through all obstacles – they looked sharp and fierce.

“It’s so beautiful!” exclaimed Su Gu.

Hearing Su Gu’s words, Shao Xuan was shocked, *Is there something wrong with his brain? Or is he slow-witted? How could he admire a beast in such a situation?*

With the intuition and years of experience in hunting, the three people of the Flaming Horn tribe had already been on alert even when they had not seen the beast. When they saw the Quicksand Beast, they paid their undivided attention towards defense. If they were to encounter such a beast in the mountains, they would not fight, instead they would escape immediately.

Looking at the situation on the edge of the Oasis, Lei and Tuo felt worried. The Quicksand Beast seemed to be mad. Its body had already been hurt and some of its scales were broken by intense attacks and it even began to bleed – despite all of that, it seemed like the beast had no intention of leaving.

Looking at the slaves who had run towards the Oasis and thus brought the disaster along, Lei and Tuo thought, *Did those people drive the Quicksand Beast crazy? Or is the Quicksand Beast acting irrational?*

Shao Xuan didn’t think about the reason why the Quicksand Beast was acting crazy. Wu Shi and Su Gu had mentioned that the Quicksand Beast was known as the king of desert beasts and it had no absolute weakness, but Shao Xuan still tried to find out its weaknesses.

In Shao Xuan’s mind, the totem flame became weaker and the egg-shaped shell lit up brightly. In Shao Xuan’s vision, the glare of the sun turned the yellow beast and sand dark.

In addition, in his vision, the golden-colored Quicksand Beast only had a layer of dense scales wrapped around its body.

There was no doubt that the defense of the Quicksand Beast was almost impeccable. Its eyes had shrunk into a slit, leaving the slaves with a very limited chance to attack them successfully. Other parts of its body had hard-shells covering them, and even the neck folds were covered by tiny, dense scales.