Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

Walking in the desert is difficult, let alone wearing hundreds of kilograms of combat gear. Yet, with each step Xiang Bei took, he left only a very shallow footprint on the sand.

The hundreds of kilograms of equipment pressing down on him felt like weightlessness.

As they sped along, both the golden vultures circling in the sky and the armored scorpions that appeared and disappeared unpredictably in the underground desert all became victims of Xiang Bei's halberd.

If the desert was once called a no-man's-land because of the lack of food and water and the difficulty in finding one's way, then...

However, after the Great Nirvana Era, the desert truly became a forbidden zone for life. Who knows how many bizarre monsters roam beneath this boundless sea of ​​sand?

Even those with the strength of a war god must be extremely careful when walking in the desert, because you never know when a lord-level monster might suddenly emerge from the sand beneath your feet.

For example, right now, a huge scorpion with two black tails that are more than two people thick suddenly emerged from under the sand.

The two jet-black stingers pierced directly at Xiang Bei, who was retreating rapidly.

"Ding ding"

After two soft sounds, the two scorpion tails were directly swung away by the battle halberd.

However, the giant scorpion was not about to let Xiang Bei go so easily, and charged straight at him.

Only now did Xiang Bei get a clear look at what this giant scorpion actually looked like.

Leaving aside the two scorpion tails, each over ten meters long, their jet-black stingers are undoubtedly highly venomous.

Its equally black carapace also gleamed with a dark sheen, making it clear at a glance that this giant scorpion possessed formidable defensive capabilities.

Of course, the most terrifying thing is that this huge, two-tailed scorpion has a face that looks like a human face right in front of it.

Mid-level lord, twin-tailed human-faced scorpion

What a troublesome fellow!

Looking at the thing in front of him, Xiang Bei felt a little heavy-hearted. The desert was obviously this thing's home ground, and its combat power would be amplified rapidly. Moreover, this thing was highly poisonous. Not only its two tails, but the mouth of the double-tailed human-faced scorpion could also spit out venom. Even a warrior with the physical strength of a war god would not be able to withstand a little bit of it.

If an ordinary trainee in the training camp encountered something like this, they would already be trying to escape. If they couldn't escape, they would most likely lose their lives here.

Unfortunately, this two-tailed human-faced scorpion ran into Xiang Bei today.

As the first Lord-level monster he had encountered, and a mid-level Lord-level one at that, Xiang Bei showed it full respect.

With a swing of the halberd, the immense force generated by the tripled power directly struck the carapace of the two-tailed human-faced scorpion, instantly producing a metallic clang.

Then, the two-tailed human-faced scorpion that was about to crash into the train was actually blocked by Xiang Bei.

However, both sides were at the level of war gods. The moment Xiang Bei's halberd blocked the two-tailed human-faced scorpion, the two tail stingers simultaneously stung down from the left and right sides.

At the same time, two huge scorpion pincers clamped down to the north. If someone were caught by these things, even if they were wearing combat uniforms, their bones and internal organs would be shattered by the immense force.

Unperturbed by this, Bei shifted his feet to dodge the twin-tailed scorpion's stinger attack, then blocked the right pincers with his halberd and kicked the left pincers with his other foot, using the momentum to retreat backward.

Just as Xiang Bei stepped back, a spray of venom landed on the spot where he had been standing.

Although the Twin-Tailed Human-Faced Scorpion is strong and possesses human-like intelligence, it is ultimately just an oversized scorpion, and its attack methods are limited to only a few types.

It stings with its tail, clamps with its pincers, and then spits out venom.

At most, it's just that its attack methods are more sophisticated and its power is greater than that of ordinary scorpions.

But in the end, there are only a few attack methods.

Once you understand the other party's methods, dealing with them is not difficult.

In just seven or eight moves, Xiang Bei had already switched from defense to offense.

A single battle halberd pressed down so hard that the two-tailed human-faced scorpion couldn't lift its head.

The two enormous pincers were used as shields by the two-tailed scorpion to block Xiang Bei's torrential attacks.

The two pincers were marked with white streaks from the halberd, but they managed to block Xiang Bei's power and prevent Xiang Bei's halberd from causing effective damage to them.

"As expected, lord-level monsters are much more troublesome than beast general-level monsters!" Xiang Bei thought to himself.

Putting aside the physical strength of the lord-level monster, those two attacks from the Twin-Tailed Human-Faced Scorpion gave Xiang Bei the feeling of a subtle and masterful shield technique.

Holding two large shields, they held the line so tightly that it was impenetrable.

"A troublesome fellow!"

The two-tailed human-faced scorpion was indeed more troublesome than Xiang Bei had anticipated.

With its two large pincers, the defense dragged the two into a stalemate.

However, Xiang Bei was not in a hurry. After all, he was not hunting in the desert today for prey and points, but to hone his combat skills.

Having finally found a worthy opponent, Xiang Bei was naturally happy to exchange a few more blows with this giant scorpion.

Perhaps we can find an opportunity to go even further.

While using his halberd technique to fight the giant scorpion, Xiang Bei was also honing his movement skills, attacking continuously while trying to find weaknesses in his opponent's movements.

If you can't win by striking head-on, then try to break through from the side; that might be a winning strategy.

However, this two-tailed human-faced scorpion, despite its seemingly huge and clumsy size, was actually exceptionally agile. Xiang Bei changed positions several times, but was blocked by the scorpion each time.

However, just as Xiang Bei and the two-tailed human-faced scorpion were locked in a stalemate, the yellow sand beneath Xiang Bei's feet suddenly collapsed, and a large amount of yellow sand formed a vortex that poured down.

At the same time, two jet-black tail spikes suddenly sprang up from beneath the yellow sand and stabbed directly into Xiang Bei's body.

"not good!"

Xiang Bei had not expected that another two-tailed human-faced scorpion was hidden beneath the yellow sand. Caught off guard, he was restricted in his movements by the swirling sand.

With the two stingers already upon him, Xiang Bei had no time to think in that critical moment. He executed a simple "iron bridge" maneuver to dodge the attack, then lay flat on the gravel to the side, avoiding the pincers of the two-tailed scorpion that simultaneously clamped down from the front. Ignoring his disheveled state, Xiang Bei quickly rolled several meters across the gravel, where a similarly large scorpion pincer emerged from the sand just moments before.

"Bang!" A large amount of gravel exploded.

Then a giant black scorpion with two tail stingers emerged from the whirlpool of yellow sand.

It was yet another Lord-level twin-tailed human-faced scorpion, only slightly smaller than the previous one, and it seemed to be only at the level of a low-level Lord.

However, this wasn't the only one. After the two-tailed, human-faced scorpion emerged, countless sand whirlpools of varying sizes appeared in the previously calm yellow sand, one after another...