Chapter 157: Sand Won’t Save You Now

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Chapter 157: Sand Won’t Save You Now [Spirit Essence accumulated 17000, Spirit +1, current Spirit 18] [Gained Attribute Point +1, Skill Point +1] [...] In his mind, the familiar spirit boost info rang out. He added 1 point to Strength, and as for the skill point, he’d hang onto it for now. "Saving the skill point to get ready for the Shield Guards’ next upgrade." Carlos’s Spirit advanced to 18, while the number of black sand soldiers below had only been cut down to a quarter... The killing went on. The Shield Guards chased down running and hiding black sand soldiers, taking them out one by one, with spirit essence constantly flowing into Carlos’s soul. The distance to another Spirit boost actually wasn’t far off. "After Spirit hits 19, I should get out of the Desolate Desert." Carlos couldn’t help but start thinking about the stuff he needed to get done after leaving the Desolate Desert. "First: Head to Rock Sand City and wipe out the Golden Sand Society and Black Poison Faction members." This was about human duty and conscience—traitors and scumbags had to die! "Second: Need to get the materials required for upgrading the Black Knight!" This was the top priority, related to whether Carlos could keep rapidly farming monsters and super quickly improving his Spirit after moving to the next stage. "Third: Keep looking for rare spirit gear with ’Skeleton Revival’ boosts to expand his army even more." As the number of powerful guys under him grew, the monster farming speed and Carlos’s Spirit improvement speed would naturally grow in a multiplying relationship. "There’s also planning for new clan swords, trading for other shield equipment from the Ersbah United Kingdom, gathering intel on the other two companion spirit flames of the Sun Emperor’s Sword..." When Carlos figured it this way, he had tons of upcoming tasks to finish. Each one was incredibly important for boosting his fighting power. "Such a pain." Though he said this, Carlos’s face showed no sign of being tired. Deep in his emerald eyes, he was instead full of excited energy! ... Time quietly passed. Above the black sand center army camp, the floating screams gradually got sparse. The Shield Guards kept searching outward, clearing out fleeing black sand soldiers. At the same time, the Shield Guards responsible for watching the small paths also searched inward from outside. Facing the Shield Guards’ sharp sense for life energy, almost all black sand soldiers without exception were done for. No matter where they hid, they’d get found, cut in half, their bodies scattered, going back to the sandy dirt, then getting pulled in by salt sand and merging into completely new blue salt sand... [Spirit Essence +1.9] .. [Spirit Essence +1.9] ... [Spirit Essence +1.9] ... In his mind, the info about spirit essence increases got sparse until it stopped ringing out. "Cleanup work’s finished!" Carlos glanced at the spirit essence buildup progress: [Spirit Essence: 11819/18000] Then he spread his wings, took off, and flew to mid-air, starting to give the next orders. "All Shield Guards gather near the royal tent!" "Roar!" ... "Creak!" "Creak!" ... Before long, twenty-eight Shield Guards assembled around the dark purple barrier. Having just slaughtered the black sand soldiers to extinction, each one was wrapped in incredibly terrible killer vibes, their presence horrifying as heck, like countless miserably dead souls were clinging to them! At the same time, their soul flames were really full, faintly visible through their eye sockets. This showed that this group of Shield Guards had reached the threshold for the next upgrade. As for the two main retainers, Red Spirit had piled up the most death energy through multiple slaughters and was also maxed out. Purple Vortex had followed Carlos for so long, naturally goes without saying. "Now, only the Black Sand King’s left." Carlos looked down at the royal tent below. Purple Vortex had done its job perfectly—until now, the Black Sand King showed no signs of getting woken up by the outside world. "Purple Vortex, attack the royal tent!" Everything was ready—it was time to take down the final boss. "Roar!" Purple Vortex got the command. Right away, the Dark Purple Force Field under its feet started compressing, squeezing from outside to inside! "Crack!" "Snap!" "..." The royal tent couldn’t handle the terrible pressure from all directions. In the blink of an eye, it twisted and broke, the patterns carved on the tent surface instantly collapsed, making harsh sounds! "What the heck’s happening!" Inside the royal tent, the sleeping Black Sand King woke up! Just having woken up, in an instant, it felt terrible pressure attacking from all directions. "Oh no!" Its nerves were wound tight. In its perception, a terrible dark purple weird barrier surrounded it, constantly surging inward like it wanted to crush it to powder! All around and above were completely sealed off. With no time to think further, the Black Sand King immediately activated its natural ability: ’Sand Escape!’ Its entire body rapidly turned to sand and, in the blink of an eye, merged into the ground! "This state has a time limit—I gotta take this chance to escape the coverage of these weird substances!" The Black Sand King, merged with the rocky surface, quickly ran... "Roar?" Purple Vortex felt weird—how did the presence inside suddenly disappear? The Dark Purple Force Field paused for a moment. "Expand the Dark Purple Force Field—the enemy’s underground!" Carlos was completely clear about the Black Sand King’s abilities. Facing Purple Vortex’s terrible pressure that sealed off all around and above, the Black Sand King could only choose to escape through the ground. "Roar!" Purple Vortex had a thought, and the Dark Purple Force Field expanded, starting to spread in all directions... "Damn it, time’s almost up!" The Black Sand King, merged with the rocky surface, looked incredibly ugly. Just how big was this strange dark purple barrier’s range? How could it never reach the end? The Black Sand King had a bad feeling. And what was even weirder was that enemies had attacked, so where were its generals? Where were its soldiers? Did they still respect this king? "What the heck happened?!" Seeing that the ’Sand Escape’ state was about to end, the Black Sand King didn’t hesitate anymore. Gritting its teeth, both arms actually melted instantly, forming black smoke that in several breaths formed a mysterious magic circle. "Sand Tiger!" At the cost of both arms, the Black Sand King made a sacrifice, and the magic circle fired up! "Boom!" In an instant, the earth cracked! A giant sand claw reached out from the magic circle. Then it clawed open the crack, and a tiger-shaped sand sculpture over thirty feet tall crawled out! The moment it appeared, it immediately launched an attack at the Dark Purple Force Field above! "Boom!" Along with an earth-shaking tiger roar, the massive tiger-shaped sand sculpture slapped the Dark Purple Force Field above with one claw. The result... the Dark Purple Force Field didn’t budge! "Roar?" Seeing this, Purple Vortex mistook it for the final boss that master mentioned: the Black Sand King. Excited, the terrible Dark Purple Force Field erupted again, instantly wrapping around the tiger-shaped sand sculpture. The tiger-shaped sand sculpture started struggling desperately but couldn’t shake the Dark Purple Force Field at all, couldn’t even move its eyeballs. Right now, like a bug in amber, it couldn’t move!

Chapter 157: Sand Won’t Save You Now

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