Chapter 9: The Scorpion (Rewritten)
Lanaya quickly moved away from the pool of poison and flipped her hand in front of her. The wounds were no longer enough to describe, the flesh and blood were blurred, and it felt like being bitten by thousands of ants, and the pain was trying to spread through the fingers, deep into the forearms, and invade the whole body.
Her gaze froze, and she immediately turned into a light blade with her other palm, slashing at the knuckle of her right finger.
The psionic blade stopped abruptly, a few shots away from her fingers.
After all, he hesitated. Without a hand, she can no longer do many things, and in the face of danger, she has less self-preservation.
But thinking of his current situation, he has been poisoned by snakes, and if he does not completely cut off the way for the spread of the toxin, it will only be a dead end. She gritted her teeth, and again, with a sharp swing of the blade.
"It's healing on its own!" exclaimed Grint.
Lanaya paused, and then she carefully observed her hands, and found that the sticky blood gradually melted and dripped down her fingertips. The swelling of the fingers is slowly subsided, and the skin is wrinkled with thin red cracks, from which blood still oozes, but it is minimal.
The blood that fell turned black soon after.
She really couldn't understand such a phenomenon, and her hand turned over and over, except for the abrasion of her palm caused by the previous landing and some hot pain, there was no discomfort, and she didn't feel any signs of poisoning.
"Anyway...... Thank you for reminding me, otherwise ......"
"I, I just want to thank you, it was the trick you taught me that saved my life!"
Grint covered Lanaya's hands with the magic of purification, and wrapped it in gauze. It seems that Grint has been much bolder since she had been with Lanaya, even though she still shuddered when she spoke. After all, she admired Lanaya even more for being able to stay in danger when she was in close contact with the sand python, if it was her, she might have fainted a long time ago.
In order to prevent any other dangerous creatures from coming, they left the place anyway.
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"Tick-"
In the darkness, what people can't see is that the bottom of the snow-white gauze has been dyed black, and the black outer ring is an inconspicuous layer of red, and every few steps, a drop falls into the sand under the feet through the gauze.
These Lanayas didn't care, she kept thinking about things, why the snake venom was inexplicably dispersed, she didn't do anything at all, it couldn't be.
It's been seven days, and they have been walking into the Hagolal Desert for seven whole days, and they are terrified every day, and just now, the last medicine given by Muhans has been taken by Lanaya, hoping that the effect of the dark poison will not recur so soon.
"Oops!"
Grint seemed to have tripped over something, and when he looked at the ring illumination, he saw that it was a human bone. Half-buried in the sand, already crippled, with a broken head, a broken arm, and several ribs missing. She wasn't afraid of this, so she put away the light and turned to the map, which showed that the Crystal Cave was here, just a few steps away from them. But all they could see was the desert, not even a single rock.
The map system of the Hidden Sanctuary could not go wrong, and Grint couldn't help but have a sense of foreboding, and once again remembered the rumor that none of the people who went to the Crystal Cave had ever returned. Seeing the human bones at his feet, the more he thought about it, the more strange he felt, I am afraid that they are really ...... this time
"Ah!!h
This scream made Lanaya's nerves tense suddenly, it was from Grint!
Something dug into the ground, and for a moment, the sand and dust were flying, and Lanaya turned around with half-squinted eyes, and set a psionic trap that illuminated the darkness clearly: a giant scorpion!
Grint sat on the ground, didn't have time to get up, and hurriedly counterattacked with a dart, but the dart hit the scorpion's carapace, neither injuring it in the slightest, nor being bounced away, but being completely absorbed by the carapace, thereby strengthening its strength!
The scorpion approached Grint, and the left claw clamped her, and no matter how she struggled, the layer of clothing was still clutched by the scorpion.
"No!!Don't!!"
Lanaya detonated the trap and jumped onto it from the scorpion's second pair of feet, stepping on its needle-like fluff and barbs and rushing overhead. I won't give up on you until the refraction on my body is completely broken, she said in her heart!
The scorpion's tail had already stabbed down on Grint, and if the stinger had pierced his body, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
The speed of the scorpion was half slower due to the trap, and Lanaya stared at the falling tail pin, aiming at the timing, and jumped down in one fell swoop.
But this only made Grint scream louder, and in her opinion, Lanaya was clearly trying to block this blow for her!
At this moment, the scorpion grabbed Grint's left chela and lifted it. The tail needle passed over the side of Lanaya's neck.
The situation changed suddenly, and Lanaya had to grab the scorpion's left claw and pull herself in front of Grinthe. But his hand was on a barbed thorn, and the thorn was deep into the palm of his hand.
The scorpion's tail needle suddenly shuddered, and what was supposed to pierce Grint's head slashed past her arm.
The wound was not deep, but Grint still screamed in pain, and then the scorpion actually dived down to the sand, taking the two with him. The scorpion walked under the sand as if it were in water, but both of them were hooked, and they could only close their eyes and try to protect themselves. The scorpions seemed to go berserk, and their movements slammed left and right, and after a while, they felt like they were being thrown to the hard, cold ground.
You can even hear the wind here, and the temperature is much cooler than in the desert. They gradually opened their eyes, and from any point of view, this should be a cave!
"It turns out that the Crystal Cave is ...... under the desert"
As soon as the words fell, they were surrounded by a scorpion swarm.
More are smaller than the previous one, but there are also bigger ones. All the scorpions were approaching the two of them, their tails cocked high.
"Ah——!!h
Lanaya was also shocked and grabbed Grint's arm to look at it, but it was this grasp that the worm shell faded again!
What's going on? This strange scorpion venom, and the snake venom before, this ability...... Finally......
She turned her gauze-wrapped hand in front of her eyes again.
"Tick. ”
A drop of black blood dripped from the gauze onto the ground and splattered.
The scorpions that were close to the drop of blood all took a step back.
The movement stunned both of them, and Lanaya tried to point in a certain direction with her right hand, and the scorpions over there also retreated.
I don't know why, but now, Ranaya is sure, they're afraid of her blood.
"Don't get too far away from me. Lanaya said, Grint nodded, glanced at the scorpion group next to him, closed his eyes again, frowned and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
The scorpion swarms that stood in front of them on the way, without exception, all gave way. When they walked by, they didn't dare to touch the blood dripping on the ground.
Along the narrow passage, you came to a side cave, and the ones embedded in the rock wall appeared to be psionic crystals. From preparing the tools to retrieving the collected items, they were not hindered in any way.
Lanaya was thinking about something, only to hear Grint say, "We've finally got here, why don't we pick a little more......"
"But I don't know how to get out yet. Having said that, Lanaya did not deny what Grint had said, and walked to the wall directly opposite her, only to be seen by a scorpion in front of her.
The scorpion was small, but in its eyes, Lanaya could see that it had no hesitation...... Is it going to defend this place to the death...... All living beings will have a sense of survival, but this, this is clearly the performance of people who shoulder certain important responsibilities!
"Be careful...... Grint whispered, her fists clenched herself.
For a moment, Lanaya thought she was dreaming, if her blood was so strong, why should she be afraid of the scorpion in front of her?
......
The next moment, the little scorpion's front crust was between Lanaya's fingers, and blood slid down his fingers to the scorpion's front crest. The situation is obviously that the scorpion is powerless, but it is still holding on, like a mantis arm as a car.
"You can't ...... Touch that wall...... Huh?"
“......”
The scorpion actually spoke, and the funny thing was that it was taken aback by itself.
"The wall?" Lanaya said casually, then stood up and walked towards the wall, touching it with her hand......
"Hum—" The wall actually began to tremble, no, not just the wall, the whole cavern was trembling.
Ranaya suddenly noticed that the rune on the back of her right hand was gradually brightening, until a cold wind blew through the crack in the wall, and a fragment floated out and landed on the palm of her hand.
...... of the notes she took Page II.
Lanaya's eyes widened, and she couldn't help but glance back at the scorpion.
"Why are you stopping me?" asked Lanaya. Seeing that Grint was also present, she subconsciously put away the fragments first.
"I, I've forgotten why I did that...... But, from now on, I will be subordinated to you, master. The little scorpion turned into a respectful attitude, but suddenly raised his head again: "No...... Those guys are going to treat me like an enemy, quick, let's get out of here!"
"Do you know how to get out?" said Lanaya, picking it up and motioning for Grint to follow.
This time, the scorpion swarm became no longer afraid, and they did not hesitate to fight hard in order to eliminate the aliens, but most of them ended up encountering Lanaya's blood and completely losing their toxicity, and some weak ones never got up again.
The only scorpion that has become talking after touching her blood is this one in her hand: "Go this way! The road on the left! Go up from here!"
It didn't take long for them to finally emerge from the sand, panting, and Grint performed a healing spell on Lanaya's scarred hand, at which point the little scorpion came out.
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"The seal that the Holy Spirit has laid here has been broken...... She's got it anyway, if it goes on like this......"
"On the other hand, it's a good thing, you've regained a bit of strength. I didn't expect that the dark poison left in her blood would help her, the master is worthy of being his successor, and these low-level monsters all have to surrender to you!
His hair was as black as ink, but his eyes melted like ice. The black bat said so much, he just shook his head, "She shouldn't have come here." ”