Absolute Death Game-Chapter 479 - 51 Endless Desert_2
"Bored in there, huh?" Xiao Buli spoke to it, never having imagined that one day he would stoop to conversing with his own pet.
Climbing onto the serpent's head, he pulled out the Lava Barrier from his pack to shield himself. This reduced the amount of skin exposed to the scorching sun. He slowly crawled forward. At first, the Lava Giant Python moved fairly quickly, probably because it had just emerged and was still excited, but after a while, its pace significantly slowed down, presumably from boredom.
However, this was much more comfortable than walking. Xiao Buli sat cross-legged on its massive skull, recovering his True Yuan while pondering his next move.
Xiao Buli now felt he was growing weaker and weaker. Upon examining his pack, he found plenty of food but not much water left. Underestimating the desert's demand for water and with limited space in his pack, he realized his preparation had been insufficient. It seemed a pipe dream to find water in this expanse of sand.
While he was anxiously considering these problems, the giant serpent beneath him suddenly leapt up. Xiao Buli, caught off guard, was flung off from the head of the python. Fortunately, he landed on the soft sand and felt that the fall was not too severe, but the next second, he discovered an issue.
The sand beneath his feet was not only soft, it felt excessively so. Stepping into it was like stepping into sludge, and when he tried to pull his leg out, he couldn't. It was as if a giant maw clung tightly to his ankle. The python wasn't in a much better situation; all four of its short limbs had sunk in, with only its long body floating above the sand, seemingly struggling to pull its legs out in order to glide away.
Xiao Buli wasn't too concerned; with his Earth Escape Skills, he had dissolved into the grains below. As long as he could move beyond this area and retract the python back into its seal, the problem would be solved. So, using the True Yuan points he had just recovered, he began to slide in the direction he had come from. Since the extent of the quicksand's coverage was unknown, heading back seemed the wiser choice. Just as he started the turn beneath the sandy surface, Xiao Buli was stunned by the sight before him—below, countless skeletons were stacked in layers, apparently the remains of creatures consumed by the quicksand in the past.
But this was no time to worry about others. Xiao Buli angled his body and began to retrace his steps. Suddenly, a symbol indicating loss of health appeared above his head: -5. That was strange. Xiao Buli looked around; how could he lose health while using the Earth Escape technique?
In a moment of hesitation, the numbers -7, -3, -4... appeared one after another, rising like bubbles. What was happening? Although the loss of health points was minuscule compared to Xiao Buli's overall health, his situation was far from optimistic. Trapped in the quicksand of the Endless Desert, with a canopy of deadly quicksand above and inexplicably losing health non-stop, anxiety set in. Xiao Buli hastened forward, hoping to quickly leave the area, but the more anxious he became, the less coordinated his movements got, along with the debilitating DEBUFF weakening him even further.
At that moment, the giant python above also began to show health loss symbols, with a much higher count than Xiao Buli's, albeit with pitiful numbers: -1, -2, -1... This sight nearly drove Xiao Buli to curse out loud. Could it be something about this sandy area? But he had never heard of sand that could bite before.
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As Xiao Buli panicked, the giant python also became more anxious, restlessly writhing its body, obviously unable to pinpoint the cause of its health loss. Xiao Buli pushed on, dragging himself a few steps and surfacing from beneath the ground. Since they had just sunk into the quicksand, the safe area was not far away. Once he was sure of his footing, Xiao Buli's heart finally settled.
But red numbers continued to float above his head, -5, -6, endlessly indicating a loss of health. Xiao Buli hurriedly checked his body. To his shock, he discovered that countless tiny bloodsucking insects clung tightly to his legs. Each was the size of a small fingernail; some were shriveled, having just hitched a ride, while most were engorged with bright, red bellies full of blood. Xiao Buli flicked one with his finger—the fat, fleshy abdomen full of blood—but their teeth were deeply embedded in his legs, two pincer-like fangs dug in. Damn it, there's no way to pull them off one by one.
Then Xiao Buli remembered his Lava Barrier. He had stowed it away to use the Earth Escape skills, which would otherwise have prevented these little creatures from attacking. Hastily equipping it again, the Lava Barrier dealt an automatic 50 points of fire damage to attackers. Almost instantly, those troublesome critters that had caused Xiao Buli so much trouble vanished into ash with a "whoosh."
Seeing no more health-depleting numbers, Xiao Buli looked up at the giant python. Even though it had not found the source of its damage, a shake of its scales sent out a blast of heat. The already desert-weary Xiao Buli felt an unbearable scorching sensation, like being roasted next to a furnace on a hot summer day. However, the python itself seemed much more comfortable. It appeared that the heat had scorched all the little insects to death.
