Douluo: Lord of Arms

Chapter 252 The Sand Demon

As they passed the Sun and Moon Mountains, Lin Xingyu turned to look northwest.

The Western Legion of the Federation is stationed there, nominally to guard the Demon Forest. Since Huo Yuhao killed the Evil Emperor, the Demon Forest, which has been through tens of thousands of years of human activity, has long been reduced to only a small core area.

It's even worse than the Star Dou Great Forest, having been completely turned into a breeding ground for humans.

They're not really guards, but more importantly, they serve as a reserve force for the Blood God Legion, ready to step in when needed.

The Soul Guidance Car drove through the boundless desert. In the sky, a sun, which seemed enormous at this moment, was slowly setting, like a wounded and aging beast. The colorful clouds in the sky were as if dyed a bright red by its flowing blood, piling up in layers in the sky. The scattered remnants of golden light made it appear even more poignant.

The scene left Lin Xingyu somewhat dazed.

"Like the Douluo Continent, it is aging and on the verge of death..."

One problem after another plagues the Douluo Continent. With the Abyss Saint King right before their eyes, coupled with the super artifact in his hand, his combat power is naturally beyond question.

In the end, the original story involved one person after another logging in as a proxy, only to be killed after the account was opened.

There are countless coincidences involved, and with the Silver Dragon King and other spirit beasts at the head, the conflict between humans and spirit beasts has reached its peak. Even if we remove the Silver Dragon King, who has extraordinary wisdom, the rest are still quite troublesome.

Furthermore, the resources on Douluo Star, after such continuous development, cannot be sustained for long if we don't turn our attention to the stars.

This has brought the conflicts between various countries to a critical point, which is also the reason why the hawks in the Federation are determined to start a war.

If resources are insufficient, not launching an attack is truly a slow death.

In addition, the time for the final battle was too tight, and Tang Wulin used a lot of cheats, so he was not fully developed by the time of the final battle.

Lin Xingyu's earlier plan was to develop his strength first. He was quite confident that he could break through to level 100 before the final battle, but this power was not enough to completely change the situation on the continent.

In this situation, he doesn't really want to touch the mainland situation, which is basically a mountain of crap. It's already quite good that it can run smoothly. Don't touch it unless you're absolutely sure.

But along the way, the speed of his development completely exceeded his expectations. If he continues on this path, he might actually gain the power to completely change the world before the final battle.

Thinking of this, a surge of pride rose in his heart.

"Change the world, start here..."

"boom--"

In an instant, streams of sand and gravel erupted, a gale arose out of nowhere, and countless grains of sand merged with the storm to form a terrifying sandstorm, carrying immense force as it crashed down upon the speeding soul-guided car.

"Roar--"

Sharp roars rang out from all around, and with the sandstorm, figures suddenly emerged from the ground. These soul beasts that emerged from underground were covered with dark brown carapaces.

Their streamlined bodies make them move at an oddly fast speed in the desert.

The carapace on the backs of these soul beasts automatically cracked open, and a pair of constantly vibrating wings made them run even faster. Their upper bodies were slightly raised, and their leg segments, like scythes, exuded a ferocious killing intent.

"Damn sand worms."

Lin Xingyu's figure hovered in mid-air, glanced at the wrecked soul guide vehicle, and his face couldn't help but darken.

I had let my guard down and relaxed my observation of the surrounding environment, which allowed these desert spirit beasts to get close.

Good news, even if I am ambushed by these desert worms, I will be completely unharmed.

Bad news: because I was distracted, I lost my brand new car.

Being in the desert, with such a long distance, would you really fly there?

Lin Xingyu glanced at the desert worms breathing on him around him, snorted coldly, and turned his gaze to the largest sand demon worm not far away, which had a cultivation of about 80,000 years.

These sand monsters already have Hagen, they absolutely need Dass!
In this era of extreme conflict between humans and spirit beasts, almost every spirit beast that survives possesses one or two unique skills.

The marine spirit beasts are barely able to thrive because of their vast space for movement and their powerful reproductive capabilities.

The Star Dou Great Forest survived on the backs of a group of top-tier ferocious beasts.

The Demon Forest has become the Federation's backyard.

The far north, having lost its top experts, has been virtually wiped out by the successive attacks from various federations, evil spirit masters, and the Demon Emperor.

The Sand Demon Worm is a unique soul beast found in this desert. With its sharp mouthparts located below its head, it can pierce into the bodies of living beings, convert their energy into liquid, and then absorb the sap of various plants and animals to enhance its own cultivation.

Furthermore, given the insectoid reproductive methods of the Sand Demon Worms, they can easily penetrate deep underground in the desert. Even though the Sand Demon Worms cause the desert to expand continuously, eventually becoming the largest desert on the continent, the Federation has not completely eradicated the Sand Demon Worms.

With such a vast number, if even one or two escapes, they will quickly revert to an entire population. Coupled with their method of devouring and cultivating, this makes them virtually immortal.

"boom!!"

Seven spirit rings, six black and one red, instantly appeared outside Lin Xingyu's body.

The fifth spirit ring shone brightly, transforming into a crimson gold form. Lin Xingyu's physique did not change much, but his entire body radiated light, becoming crystal clear and entering a semi-elemental state.

A pair of enormous metallic wings unfurled, and the Battle Armor Domain and Martial Soul Domain activated simultaneously. Various armored figures, both human and beast, howled and screamed, while all sorts of weapons appeared around them.

From afar, a fierce and menacing aura emanates from it, displaying its sharp edge and making one's skin tingle.

A bright crimson light shone in the sky, instantly dyeing the heavens a deep blood red, reflecting off the half-set sun in the west.

The illusory figures within the domain suddenly solidified, and these figures, some human and some beast, pounced towards the surrounding soul beasts.

At the same time, Lin Xingyu's third spirit ring lit up. Xuanjin Armor!

The humanoid figure suddenly produced a weapon in its hand, while the beast-like figure's claws and fangs reflected a metallic sheen.

The Myriad Abyss Domain expanded to its maximum extent, and the souls within instantly clashed with hundreds of sand demon worms surrounding it.

With a flap of his metallic wings, Lin Xingyu's empty hand conjured up a long spear that streaked across the sky with a crimson-gold light.

"boom!!"

The light descended from above in an instant, colliding with the sand demon worm.

A sharp roar rang out, and a terrifying energy surge directly stirred up a small sandstorm, sending massive amounts of sand scattering in all directions.

Qi and blood surged, and golden light covered the body's surface.

His spirit and energy instantly coalesced into one, an aura of life and death enveloped him downwards, and his entire body's power exploded in an instant, the short blade at the top of the long spear piercing through the sky.

Extreme strength!

The extremely bright spear pierced down instantly, colliding with the two scythe-like blades in front of the sand demon worm.

boom!
The terrifying force slammed the desert worm into the ground once again.

After slamming the sand demon worm to the ground once more, Lin Xingyu didn't stop. He moved forward, channeling his condensed power into his long spear, unleashing blow after blow. The roar echoed throughout the heavens and earth.

The dark green light emanating from the Sand Demon King was quickly and completely shattered by Lin Xingyu's repeated acts of pure violence.

Then came the two scythe-like forelimbs, which, after repeated collisions, developed cracks and shattered with a painful screech.

With a forceful thrust of his right hand, he hurled the long spear, which instantly pierced through the sand demon worm's body.

"Roar!"

A shrill and furious sound rang out, and the carapace on the back of the Sand Demon King instantly shattered, spraying dark green liquid in all directions.

Lin Xingyu's figure moved forward once again, appearing in front of the Sand Demon Worm's head. His left fist, covered in crimson-gold patterns, slammed down on its jaw.

"Boom!"

The compressed energy burst forth, and the massive head of the sand demon worm, which was over twenty meters long and five or six meters tall when it was lying on the ground, was raised high. The head was covered with all sorts of marks, and the huge body instantly rose into the air!
A look of astonishment appeared in the eyes of the Sand Demon Insect King. As a soul beast with 80,000 years of cultivation, its intelligence was no less than that of a human.

Having faced repeated attacks from humans and managed to escape unscathed, it has become increasingly cunning.

Judging the strength of a spirit ring is a skill it learned long ago.

After the surprise attack, seeing that the opponent had seven spirit rings (six black and one red), I was initially a little worried. But after looking at the number of spirit rings, I thought I could fight them. As a result, I hesitated for a moment and was beaten like this.

The Sand Demon King's heart sank to the bottom, filled with intense panic and despair.

'Bitter! '

With a flap of his metallic wings, Lin Xingyu's figure soared into the sky, his blood and qi surging upwards like flickering flames.

Within the Sand Demon King's dark green eyes, another iron fist slammed down on its head.

"Boom!"

As if a mountain had smashed into its head, the carapace on the Sand Demon Insect King's head shattered. Insect carapaces are usually extremely sturdy, but at this moment they were as fragile as glass.

Dark green blood flowed from the seven orifices of the Sand Demon King.

At this moment, the dark green blood that had splattered out after being severely injured by Lin Xingyu fell, landing in large swaths on Lin Xingyu's body.

These sap release a special kind of energy, which begins to pollute the energy in Lin Xingyu's body, attempting to transform this energy into sap.

"This effect is present even in the blood."

Lin Xingyu couldn't help but sigh, then stepped forward again, giving the other party no time to catch their breath.

Even though his Martial Arts Golden Body was only in its initial stages, it gave him extremely strong resistance to various polluting forces.

The combination of extreme power and extreme burst speed allowed Lin Xingyu to unleash tons of damage in the instant of close combat.

A moment later, the Sand Demon King's massive body crashed to the ground once more, completely losing its life force.

Meanwhile, the small sand demons that had already been killed and were showing signs of collapse fled in all directions the moment the insect king died.

The Myriad Abyss Domain then swallowed the souls of all the dead Sand Demon Worms.

Looking at the souls gathered by the Myriad Abyss Domain, Lin Xingyu nodded in satisfaction. They could share the damage, clear out the minions, and borrow strength; they were practically perfect cannon fodder.

The spirit ring that formed on the spot was then manipulated by Lin Xingyu, who then integrated the energy within the spirit ring into the original spirit beast's soul.

The two are essentially one, and for Lin Xingyu, who has already gained a preliminary understanding of the mysteries of spirit rings, this operation is not too difficult.

After carefully cleaning up the battlefield, the sand worm's body was useful, but not that useful.

The intense corrosiveness of its blood makes its flesh almost inedible; only some of its components can be extracted.

This is also one of the reasons why the Federation allows the Sand Demon Worms to exist; there's really not much to gain from killing them.

When collecting materials from the Sand Demon King, Lin Xingyu was slightly taken aback when he touched its head.

Carefully separating the outer flesh and bone, a dark green head bone appeared before him.

Unlike typical head replacements, this skull bone has a long, pointed beak.

Looking at such a uniquely shaped soul bone, Lin Xingyu's mood improved somewhat.

"Sending the soul's remains a thousand miles away is a gesture of great respect and deep affection!"

After carefully examining the uniquely shaped soul bone, especially its long mouth, and considering the Sand Demon Worm's special devouring ability, Lin Xingyu roughly guessed the effect of this soul bone.

The Sand Demon Worm's ability to devour is targeted at the energy of living beings. This thought suddenly popped into Lin Xingyu's mind.

Not far ahead, past the Fiery Basin, lies the Abyss Passage, where the Sand Demon Worms' devouring ability is specifically targeted at energy bodies.

Furthermore, the history of the Sand Demon Worm doesn't seem to be very long.

Is this life form that evolved from a specific environment?
The Abyss is a purely energy plane, and this evolution seems quite interesting.

All things in heaven and earth obtain their own harmony to live, and obtain their own nourishment to grow.

The interplay of mutual generation and mutual restraint is all within reach.

He summoned the soul of the Sand Demon Insect King from the Abyss Domain, then fused it with a pile of metal, and examined the majestic new Insect King.

Lin Xingyu nodded in satisfaction and then sat down.

"Sand Demon! Launch!"

With a hiss, the enormous Sand Demon King sped toward the Blazing Basin.

Sitting cross-legged on the Sand Demon, Lin Xingyu used his "high-dimensional vision" to slowly analyze the patterns on the newly acquired soul bone.

He carefully studied the Sand Demon Worm's devouring talent, taking into account its devouring ability, to see if it could bring him any benefits.

As for using the Sand Demon Worm's devouring ability to deal with the Abyss Plane, Lin Xingyu thought for a moment and then gave up.

The Abyss has stood there for six thousand years; what methods hasn't the Federation used?
Furthermore, this world is too unfriendly to soul beasts. If there were a god-level sand demon worm, it might actually be able to shake the energy of the abyss.

No matter what, the abyss's inherent quality remains unchanged.

We cannot only look at quantity and ignore quality.

With his new vehicle, the Sand Demon, by his side, Lin Xingyu encountered no more attacks from soul beasts along the way.

As dawn broke, Lin Xingyu, driving the truly fully automated Soul Guidance Vehicle—the Sand Demon—emerged from the western desert.

(End of this chapter)