Chapter 736 - Taken Away By The Bug (2/2)

Boom!

Another blast of sand came, along with a strong gust of wind and a desert beast’s roar. Gongjia Ren could not avoid the pelting of sand, feeling as if someone had punched him in the back. With a groan, he felt himself thrown in the air and then landing, though the thud was covered by the sounds of the beetle hunting the lizard. No one knew what happened to Gongjia Ren.

He felt his stomach twist, the bit of lizard blood and flesh threatened to resurface. His body felt worse, even standing up felt difficult now. He wanted to quickly dig himself deeper but every movement was difficult for his arms felt too heavy and his joints creaked.

Amidst his blurry vision, he saw a blue silhouette and two giant sickle-like mandibles piercing through a sand lizard, the sound of a blade cutting through tough scales and flesh clear as ever.

Then, nothing.

The flying sand ceased and their surroundings returned to silence. The air seemed to freeze.

Quiet scuttling from the beetle walking across the sand.

Crisis still not averted, the people remained invisible.

Gongjia Ren was in a dilemma. He saw the beetle approaching, a sand lizard impaled in one of its front limbs.

Was this how he was going to die?

Gongjia Ren’s consciousness started to fade but he was calm. Probably because he knew he would never be able to escape, he had given up. He awaited death calmly, thought about many things, then closed his eyes.

The rest of the people listened. After some odd unidentifiable sounds, everything fell quiet again. They finally lifted their heads and shook off the sand.

“It’s finally gone!”

“I almost suffocated!”

“It burns! I’m starving!”

“All here? All alive?”

“Eh, Ren?”

“Ren! Where are you?”

They yelled and yelled, then panicked and ran to where Gongjia Ren used to be. They dug and dug but all they found was his roughly made hammer. He was nowhere to be found.

Not just Gongjia Ren. Even the five sand lizards had disappeared, leaving behind bloodstains and scales.

“Did the giant beetle take the lizards and Ren away?!”