Chapter 735 - Thats A Huge Bug (2/2)

Bloodlust shone in their eyes.

The group dragged the sand lizard out of the sand by force while attacking it. It then died when half its body was finally out of the sand.

Gongjia Ren collapsed sitting on the ground, panting heavily. He had struck it with his hammer three times then spent almost all his strength dragging it out.

Not just him, everyone else collapsed, lacking the strength even to stand.

However, a recently dead sand lizard would attract other animals if not dealt with immediately. They had no time for rest.

Gongjia Ren crawled over and drank a mouthful of blood flowing from its wound. He didn’t know if it was poisonous but he had no choice.

The blood was thick and smelled pungent, mixed with grains of sand. Ignoring that, everyone crawled to the dead lizard and licked its flesh like desert animals. All for survival.

Shhhh—-

The sound of rolling sand.

They all looked around cautiously. Then, their pupils constricted and faces turned white.

One, two, three, four… Five! Five sand lizards dug out of the sand, surrounding them.

They had used up all their strength fighting one and while they had drunk a bit of blood, there had been no time for recovery. And there were five here!

I’m done for!

That was their only thought.

“Wh-wh-what… what now?” shuddered one of them. His face was smeared with blood and the wind brought with it sand grains that stuck to his face. His features were no longer distinguishable, all that was left was a pair of terrified eyes.

What else could they do? Either await death or fight to their death. Those were the only two options.

Run? Did they have the strength to outrun sand lizards?

Gongjia Ren closed his eyes, clutching to his stone hammer. There was no escape. Then again, they already had no escape at King City, Gongjia Heng was the one who showed them a path to survival here. Unfortunately, all Gongjia Heng’s efforts would go down the drain because they wouldn’t get out of the desert alive.

Might as well fight now!

His eyes sprung open, staring at the approaching lizards. He stood up, dragging the hammer behind him, and wiped the bloodstains around his eyes to focus his vision.

“Ren…”

The people sprawled around the dead sand lizard also wiped their faces when they saw him, picking up bones and rocks. Although they knew these were useless against so many lizards, they had no choice. It was better than nothing and could kill themselves if there was no hope left.

When the lizards approached, Gongjia Ren charged in front, his gaze firm with resolution as he let out a hoarse roar.

The lizard turned and ran away.

Gongjia Ren, who had just raised his hammer: “…”

Everyone else: “…”

The lizards, who had previously surrounded them, were running for their lives.

Poof!

Sand blasted out of a spot in the ground, throwing one of the lizards into the air, finally tumbling a few times on the ground.

Something burst out of the sand, glittering blue under the hot sun.

“That’s… that’s a huge bug!”