Chapter 472 - Salt Beast
Chapter 472
Salt Beast
The tranquil, snowy lands exploded in an instant. The collision between two forces sent powerful ripples of energy, even the icy ground let out weak squeaks under the brutal impact.
Shao Xuan held his bone ornament in one hand, the other clenched in a lowered fist. There was a fire crystal inside.
Based on his capabilities, he was already one of the strongest in his tribe merely as an advanced totemic warrior. However, that was nothing to a king beast. One breath and he’d be dead. No one wanted to face the beast, but whether they met it or not was not up to them. At this point, he could only bite down and face his fate.
All Shao Xuan could do was borrow power from his ancestors. Only this could keep him alive. And that was not guaranteed. If even this wasn’t enough, forget about Shao Xuan– almost three thousand warriors here consisting of three tribes would be annihilated.
His muscles swelled, totemic patterns flowed down them like lava. His entire body was covered now, even his fingertips had totemic patterns. At this point, you couldn’t recognise his face, merely the two eyes glaring diagonally upwards.
The blast of frost came directly at his face. Loud booms of impact could be heard.
The white mist exhaled from the beast’s gaping jaws brought frost and ice, completely engulfing Shao Xuan. Without the flames coming from the bone ornament, Shao Xuan would have been a block of frozen meat, shattering upon touch. Just like the broken pieces of humans in the Fox cave. All their intestines and blood were frozen solid without a single drop of blood. They did not feel pain.
So that was why this beast was not extremely furious at them taking the salt in the salt caves. To it, the salt mines were not attractive. Shao Xuan had not seen it eating any salt in the mines. However, the deathly salt here was its meal. As for the rest, it probably didn’t care much. It ignored everything else, just like the king stone worm. As long as the beings in its hole did not directly harm it, it would just ignore them all. Just puny beings.
After chewing up the salt flowers, and then all the crumbs, the beast turned to leave. Occasionally, it nudged the thick layer of snow with its snout like it was smelling for food.
Before it left, the beast roared at Shao Xuan once again and thumped its tail several times again. Shao Xuan used the last of his strength to stay alive. He only survived because the beast had roared from far away. If it were any closer, Shao Xuan would have died.
“We leave immediately!!” shouted Shao Xuan.
When the beast left, he moved his stiff muscles. His bones felt rusty, creaking in his joints. Every movement was difficult.
White powder flowed from his fist. He had absorbed all the energy from the fire crystal.
There was no strength in his legs. He wanted to take a step but lost his balance and fell.
“Chief! Where are you all?!” yelled Shao Xuan. “Is anyone there?!”
He did not hear an answer. After some time, as Shao Xuan struggled to pull himself up, he heard a muffled voice.
It was Duo Kang.
Duo Kang scrambled out of the snow, still shaken. He did not shake off the snow on him and looked at Shao Xuan in shock.
“Shao Xuan?” Duo Kang said in disbelief.
“It’s me.” Shao Xuan was still sitting on the cold ground.
“You’re still alive?”
“Yeah, still alive.”
“The king… beast?”
“Gone.”
“Gone? That’s good, that’s good!” Duo Kang trip and fell. He lied on his back on the ground and took several rugged breaths. It was the euphoria of surviving a disaster. He did not ask any more questions. Flipping himself over, he got up to search for other people.