Chapter 1051 Skull Scorpions


    When Emma and Debby saw piles of superior vital energy crystals in their Space Rings, they were


    immensely thrilled.


    It felt extremely unreal to them -- as if what was happening were nothing more than a really good


    dream. With that, they were just over the moon with happiness.


    It took quite a while for them to finally get down from the feeling of ecstasy.


    And when they did, they both looked at Austin with great admiration and gratefulness.


    They were well aware that the only reason they were able to acquire those superior vital energy


    crystals was because Austin was there with them.


    If they had walked the Barren Mountain without Austin''spany, they would have been torn to pieces


    by the demonic dogs guarding the ce within half a day. Even more than that, there was no way they


    could have discovered the treasures without Austin''s help.


    After a day of travelling, they reached another part of the Barren Mountain.


    "I never would have imagined that such a vast and broad sand dune area like this would exist in this


    Barren Mountain,"


    Austin eximed as he gazed at the scenery before them.


    In front of them, the rocky, dark brown terrain that was covered by grit and pebbles was gone. Instead,


    it was reced by a boundless sand dune desert.


    All of the topographies in their line of sight, such as the ins, mountains, and hills were all covered by


    ayer of ck sand that was as thick as a dozen yards in some areas.


    It was, in all aspects, a desert region.


    "The topography of this Barren Mountain is veryplicated.


    It would be very likely for us to encounter just about any form of topography once we set foot on the


    boundary of this Barren Mountain.


    What''s more, it is said that its space and ground arepletely unstable, and its location is not fixed.


    Thus, it will most probably shift and move from time to time.


    For example, one particr location might be a ck desert during your first visit, and then turn into a


    thriving oasis in your next,"


    Emma said as she turned to Austin.


    "That''s true. I''ve heard of that before."


    Austin nodded in agreement. He, himself, had some knowledge about the Barren Mountain because he


    dug around for some information before they went there.


    "It''s time to go,"


    Austin said as he took the lead in flying over the dune desert region.


    After a while, they found themselves in the middle of an endless ck dune.


    As Austin watched the ck sandy desert surrounding them, he could not help but feel amazed.


    They just found itpletely unbelievable that such a topography could be found in a mountain range.


    They flew around for about half an hour.


    All of a sudden, they spotted several white lights glimmering amidst the boundless ck sandy desert


    in front of them in spite of being under a gloomy sky.


    ''What are those glimmering things?''


    Austin thought, with a puzzled expression on his face.


    Austin immediately used his spiritual sense to get a better look at the area.


    Upon using his spiritual sense, Austin found that the white glimmers were actually human skeletons


    that had been covered by the ck sand. The reason why they could see them from so far was


    because there were so many of them that they were so densely distributed.


    Naturally, Austin could not help but wonder why so many people had died in that sandy dune region.


    As Austin continued flying over the region, he could not help but frown at the sight of the scattered


    skeletons.


    After a while, it dawned on him that there must have been huge danger lurking under the seemingly


    calm ck dune desert region.


    "Be careful, everybody.


    I have a feeling that this ck desert is very dangerous,"


    Austin said to hispanions.


    But they did not need Austin''s reminder. Even they could feel how dangerous the ce was.


    Still, they continued to move forward.


    Another half a day went by.


    Still above the boundless ck dune, they continued flying with Austin in the lead.


    All of a sudden, Austin felt an imminent sense of danger.


    Without missing a beat, he hurriedlyunched his spiritual sense to get grip of the situation on the


    ground.


    Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! !


    Scores of ck threats shot out from the ck sand so quickly that only faint blurred shadows were felt


    by Austin''s spiritual sense, leaving Austin in awe of their speed.


    "Be careful! Avoid those things at all costs!"


    Austin called out in a rush.


    He took out his Lightning Sword at once and gripped it with his hands. Scores of the lightning sword


    aura were brandished towards the ck sand with the immense momentum of the lightning and


    thunder.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    As the attack hit the ground, the sand sshed all over as if it were water.


    nk! nk! nk! nk! nk! nk! nk! nk!


    All of a sudden, Austin heard the shing of two metals.


    Austin could not believe it! Apparently, his sword aura attacks were being fended off by the ck


    threads.


    Then, to his surprise, Austin detected through his spiritual sense a sharp hook that was merely several


    inches in length on the tip of the ck threads. More than that, the ck hooks were also diffusing a


    disgusting blood-like smell.


    After a while, Austin realized that the hook resembled a scorpion tail.


    Before long, they found themselves astonished by the scene happening below them.


    Suddenly, sand bumps abruptly popped up from the ck sand desert. After a while, the sand bumps


    started moving swiftly.


    Then, the sand bumps advanced towards thend beneath where Austin and hispanions stood


    with immense momentum.


    Upon watching the moving bumps for a while, Austin understood that they were all about to be in grave


    danger.


    Austin knew that whatever creatures were lurking under the sand bumps must have been very powerful


    since they were moving at such a terrifying speed and even had the ability to fend off his sword Aura.


    "Everybody,e over to my side, now!"


    Austin shouted in a hurry.


    In the meantime, he took out his Lightning Sword once again and sent another surge of sword aura


    towards the fast moving sand bumps.


    At once, a streak of the ck thread shed among the sand bumps with a breakneck speed and


    fended off the streaks of lightning sword aura. It was so fast that the only thing Austin and his


    Meanwhile, Emma, Debby, Violet and the gnome did as instructed and moved closer to Austin''s side.


    The moment they approached him, Austin immediately transferred all of them into the City.


    Now, without having to worry about their safety while fighting the strange sand bumps, Austin was


    finally able to relieve a little bit.


    Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!


    All of a sudden, the ck sand bumps underneath Austin all exploded abruptly. Then, out of it came a


    dozen tawny demonic beasts that immediately smashed the shells around them and leaped up in full


    speed to attack Austin.


    Austin hurriedly activated his Thunderbolt Movement Skill and started moving like a whirlwind. From


    several hundred yards away, he quickly ducked and dodged the attack from the demonic beasts.


    The demonic beasts had attacked Austin in vain.


    "What terrifying speed! I almost got hit by their attack,"


    Austin sighed with a mixture of fear and relief.


    After getting a closer look, Austin recognized the demonic beasts as tawny scorpions.


    Each scorpion had a body that was almost the size of a basketball court with a tail that was about 5


    yards long.


    On the tip of their tails were one raven crescent hook that kept swinging in the sky and reeked of blood.


    It was immediately obvious that the ck hook was immensely poisonous.


    However, what confused Austin the most were the scorpions'' heads which were all made of human


    skulls.


    Suddenly, two green lights appeared and glimmered from the eye sockets of the skulls.


    ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .


    Skull Scorpion!


    Austin was immediately startled. Never in his wildest dreams did he expect that he would stumble upon


    the legendary Skull Scorpion in that ce.


    Upon quickly getting over his shock, Austin remembered another hearsay about the Skull Scorpion.


    ording to legends, the Skull Scorpion was actually the miser or the treasure guardian of the desert!


    Thus, it was highly possible that treasures could be found wherever the Skull Scorpions were.


    And since there were a dozen Skull Scorpions in that area, then that would mean that there were some


    treasures hidden there.


    Aftering to that realization, Austin''s mind immediately started nning and calcting.