Chapter 505: CXXXIV. Ancient Ruins
The extreme temperature fluctuations in the depths of the Boneyard nearly killed Mika.
Not only that, but on the winding, flowing sandy soil, occasionally emerged arthropods larger than humans. They have evolved to have exoskeletons the same color as the rocks for camouflage, and their large jaws and pincers could easily tear an adult to pieces, making them hard to guard against.
Mika did not have to take action himself, as the team leader specialized in this and knew the ways of the deep deserts, and had brought along a magician proficient in Earth Element Magic, making it easy for this Honor Adventure Group to handle.
By the second day, the team leader said they would reach the ruins today.
This was already the fourth wave of Magic Beasts to come.
It was a massive, horrifyingly black scorpion, crawling through the sand and standing taller than a person. In the harsh ecological environment of the Boneyard, to avoid larger predators, it had evolved to have no nutritional value in its body, which was composed entirely of chitin, with minimal acidic flesh that was unusable, making it worthless for hunting.
Only its large pincers and stinger could be used by magicians, but the market price was low, and no adventurer wanted to risk their life for a loss-making deal.
As the team leader chopped off the scorpion’s stinger with his scimitar, a black unidentified liquid gushed from the severed end, and he immediately raised his brass round shield in front of him as the shield’s surface was corroded somewhat by the poisonous liquid.
The scorpion, in pain, danced frenetically on the spot with its six limbs, indiscriminately sweeping everything around, and then desperately used its large pincers to burrow into the sand to escape.
The adventure group couldn’t let it escape, or it would be a thorn in their side, possibly coming back to kill them at any time.
The magician used Earth Element Magic to solidify the sand beneath the scorpion into hard granite, but the mindless scorpion kept digging frantically, causing its massive black pincers to bleed, still digging.