Chapter 273: The Lonely Boat in the Desert
Last time, An Xu just watched the desert from afar, but this time, he really walked into the endless yellow sand.
The matter was urgent, An Xu set off directly with everyone, he didn't bring too many people, because this time he was going to break through the encirclement and send the demon core, the more people there were, the more difficult it became, only the Hanshan Iron Bull, who was very familiar with this neighborhood, led the way.
Today's weather was gloomy, the sky was full of thick clouds, and it looked like it was going to rain, but the air was very hot, and you could feel the temperature under your feet through the sand.
It's still early spring, and it's hard to imagine how hot it will be in the middle of summer. Strangely enough, the temperature drops dramatically at night, and it's like two worlds.
The Cold Mountain Iron Bull followed An Xu all the way in the desert, feeling a little uneasy in his heart, in his opinion, it was almost impossible to survive being surrounded by sand monsters in the desert.
An Xu is indeed very powerful, but if he wants to rush into the sand monster group, it is impossible to think about it. He had seen sand monsters appear in droves, and it was simply not something that human beings could compete with.
Although he knew that this trip would be a life, Hanshan Tieniu still came voluntarily.
In his consciousness, he was sent to death with him, but he had to come, if he let the Huolan tribe know about this afterwards, but did not send someone to rescue him, he would definitely be held accountable.
It's better to sacrifice one of yourself than to destroy the entire clan!
The only thing that he couldn't understand was that An Xu and these people didn't have to wade into this troubled water, why did they agree to help, especially An Xu, who didn't see any panic on his face, but discussed the rescue plan with the little man next to him with a straight face.
"Noor, did you bring the lighting potion you used underground last time?"
"Take it out and use it when you charge!" An Xu told that the sand on the surface of the sand monster's body was disgusting, and things like the explosive potion did not have much effect on them, but the lighting potion could have a surprising effect.
It's common for underground creatures to be afraid of light, and the clouds are very thick today, which is probably the reason why these sand monsters are so active, if you let the bright light burst out in the sand monster group during the battle, it can at least create some chaos.
"Okay, no problem!" Knorr replied, considering that he had traveled far this time, so his potions were well prepared enough to deal with a more protracted battle.
The sand under his feet suddenly trembled, and a sand monster lurking in the sand came out and pounced on the team, being split in half by An Xu's sword.
An Xu shook off the blood on the Soul Suppression Sword, his heart was not shocked, and he asked without looking back: "Iron Bull, are the sand monsters in the desert usually so sparsely distributed?" ”
"I rarely go into the desert, but it's usually more dense, and I think a lot of sand monsters have received the same kind of signal and converged in the direction of the sand boat." Tie Niu scratched his head and said.
An Xu raised his head and squinted his eyes ahead, this is really bad news, it means that they will have to face more sand monsters later.
"I have another question, if the desert is so dangerous, why would anyone run into the desert?" An Xu asked, a question that had made him think about it for a long time.
"The 100,000 mountains are not connected, such as the Huolan tribe, which is separated from us by a large desert, and if you want to get to the other side, you have to take a sand boat. Because the speed of the sand boat is very fast, it can get rid of the pursuit of the sand monster, and it is usually very safe, but I didn't expect that the sand boat of the great patriarch had a problem. The Cold Mountain Iron Bull replied.
"Soon?" Noll raised an eyebrow, the sand boat was supposed to be a means of transport that could move on the sand, but Noll really couldn't think of any kind of technology that would allow it to move quickly on the sand.
"Very soon, when the sand monster had not yet appeared before, it would take more than a whole day to reach the Huolan tribe from here, but by taking the sand boat, it would not take an hour to arrive!" Tie Niu thought about it, it is not easy to describe the speed of the sand boat, it can only be described in this way.
This speed is really fast, An Xu let Chiyun run hard, and it is estimated that it is not much faster than this!
And listening to their description, the sand boat is a very large means of transportation, which makes Noel want to see this novel technological product as soon as possible.
An Xu nodded, and didn't speak again, there was nothing in this desert, except for sand or sand, if you weren't careful, you would be completely disoriented, which made people feel a little afraid in their hearts.
There was no reference, and An Xu didn't know how far they had gone, anyway, now there was endless yellow sand on all sides, and the outline of the mountains was long gone.
"It's almost there!" Hanshan Tie Niu pointed ahead and said, "According to what the man said, the Great Patriarch is trapped in the area in front, and he should be able to see it when he turns over the sand dunes in front." ”
An Xu had actually sensed it, because there was a faint yellow in the air in front of him, which was formed after the sand and dust was thrown up, and under that sky, there must be a large number of objects moving.
In order to make sure that it was just in case, An Xu checked the prepared demon core again.
"Boy, the old man reminds you, the magic crystal, which is what you call the demon core, is a very important thing, it is best not to waste it, and try to collect as many as possible in normal times, it will be of great use in the future!" Irulian whispered suddenly.
"Oh? How so? An Xu was curious, the demon core has a wide range of uses, but it seems that only mages need this thing, why did Irulian mention this for no reason?
"I know you're paying attention to that portal, let me tell you, I've seen portals before, and that thing needs magic crystals to work! The reason why the previous portal can still be used is because no one has found out, and if you use it a few more times, the magic crystal inside will be consumed, and you will have to replenish it again, like this fourth-order magic crystal in your hand, it can support the teleportation of a hundred people at most. ”
"I'll go, why didn't you say it earlier!" An Xu said angrily, such an important thing was almost missed by himself, if he waited for his hard work to build a stronghold, only to find that the portal could not be used, it would be really funny.
"Old decay is just to remind you that at that time, gold coins didn't work at all, and the upper circles used magic crystals to trade currencies, and the use of magic crystals was far beyond your imagination!"
"When you have time, you can tell me about it!" An Xu said quickly, this news is really important, but now that the battle is imminent, it is obviously not the time to discuss.
At this time, An Xu had already climbed to the top of the sand dune, and from the high view, he could see from a distance the sand and dust flying on the opposite side, and a huge shadow in the desert was slowly wriggling.
Taking a closer look, Rao was accustomed to seeing a big scene, and he couldn't help but take a deep breath and feel his scalp tingle.
There are too many, dense sand monsters, like locusts, constantly squeezing towards the center, and in the center of the sand monsters, there is a transport that looks like a sailboat, which is probably the so-called sand boat.
This sand boat is really big, because from here, those sand monsters are just a small brown spot, but you can see the appearance of the sand boat completely, in comparison, I am afraid that it is dozens of meters long, much larger than the merchant ships sailing in the river.
It's such a behemoth, but it can move quickly in the desert, it's really incredible.
"Shhh Doudou also saw the dense sand monsters, and couldn't help but exclaim, due to the sand and dust, the situation ahead is not very clear, but the preliminary estimate is that there are probably thousands of these sand monsters.
When they helped defend the city before, the barbarian army under the city was almost the same scene, of course, it was only the landscape of their side wall, and the barbarian army on the front wall was definitely more spectacular.
But the difference is that when they defend the city, they hide behind the high city walls, and this time, they want to rush into the center of this sand monster group, which is not comparable at all.
"The sand monster is still attacking, which means that the people on the sand boat are still alive, get ready, we have to hurry!" An Xu held the shield in his hand and said in a deep voice.