82: Chapter 82 Instantly Kills the Silver Sand Scorpion King, Chen Qing's Strength

This time, the sound came from within the sand.

As a patch of sand turned crimson and rolling heat waves surged toward him, Li Yu retreated.

Finally, as the sand was completely scorched into magma, a large creature resembling a dinosaur crawled out. It was a gigantic Lava Salamander, with Doll Girl on its back, enthusiastically greeting Li Yu.

"Uh... who are you?"

Li Yu looked at the person in front of him, feeling a sense of familiarity, as if he had seen her somewhere before.

Doll Girl flipped down to the ground, ran up to Li Yu, deactivated the protective barrier on her body that shielded her from the magma, and reached out her hand enthusiastically: "Let's have a formal introduction. Doll Girl, a member of the Rongrong Team. You accepted our captain's cultivation task. We met last time at the Research Institute; I wonder if you remember?"

"It's you!" Li Yu smiled and shook her hand. "Are you also here looking for Earth-type Spirit Crystals?"

"Yes." After some small talk, Li Yu introduced Chen Qing, but Chen Qing seemed to be in a very bad mood, letting out a cold 'Mm'.

She was very irritable; it was the first time she had found it so difficult to kill someone.

Well... it's not that I don't want to kill him; it's just that there's always someone following him, making it hard for me to kill him without a sound.

After seeing Doll Girl off, the two of them continued on their way.

The demon beasts that emerged along the way became tools for Chen Qing to vent her anger. For example, a certain Sand Scorpion was slashed 81 times, a certain Sand Fox was sliced into pieces, and a certain Sand Worm was even pierced through by a sword, then punched and kicked until it became a puddle of mush.

Li Yu didn't dare to make a sound and hid in a corner, shivering, feeling that Chen Qing was terrifying at this moment.

"Woo woo!"

Suddenly, the Spirit Probing Armor let out an excited cry, broke free from Li Yu, and dashed off in one direction. Li Yu's eyes lit up, and he quickly shouted, "Wait for me!" He then chased after it.

Chen Qing picked up her sword from the ground and stood there, stunned for a long while.

She felt that she must be sick.

A simple assassination mission, yet she was hesitating so much that she even put away her sword when she saw a few mediocre Beast Tamers.

Is it a guilty conscience? Or unease? She had never felt this way before.

She thought about the quilt Li Yu had laid out for her, and the noodles, which were not much smaller than a soup basin and tasted just average.

For a moment, her thoughts were in chaos, and she felt restless.

Yes, I must be sick!

Since I'm sick, I'll reluctantly let you go one more time. Just this once.

Having made her decision, Chen Qing felt a sense of relief, and a faint smile appeared on her cold face.

"Help! Chen Qing!!!" Suddenly, Li Yu's cry for help rang out.

Chen Qing's expression changed abruptly, and she shot out like a cannonball, the fierce air pressure cracking a depression over a meter deep into the sandy ground.

If any seasoned Beast Tamer were present, they would surely be shocked to discover that this wave of air could easily kill Chen Danian's trio, Doll Girl, and their beasts, leaving them with no power to resist.

Riding the air wave, Chen Qing rushed out hundreds of meters, seeing from afar Li Yu and the Spirit Probing Armor being chased by a giant sand scorpion.

Seeing Chen Qing rushing over, Li Yu hurriedly shouted, "Watch out! That's a Silver Level 2 Sand Scorpion King!"

The Spirit Probing Armor chimed in with a whimper.

To his surprise, Chen Qing did not slow down; instead, she sped up, instantly sweeping past Li Yu. A disdainful voice drifted past Li Yu's ear with the wind. "Ignorant bug!"

Boom! A loud noise erupted behind him, and the fierce air wave sent Li Yu flying five or six meters into the air. Between the spinning heavens and earth, Li Yu saw a shocking scene from mid-air.

Chen Qing slashed down with her sword, the sword energy transforming into the shadow of a beast, actually tearing the Sand Scorpion King, which had been chasing him so miserably, into several pieces.

Instant kill! Silver Level 2, killed instantly just like that. This is too ferocious...

Just as Li Yu was about to crash into the sand, Chen Qing arrived with another high-speed movement, catching him in a beautiful bridal carry.

"Are you okay?" Chen Qing asked.

Li Yu coughed dryly and hurriedly got down from her, saying, "I'm fine, I'm thick-skinned, it's nothing, hahaha..."

He smiled awkwardly and then exclaimed, "I didn't expect you to be so strong. What is your power level?"

"I don't know."

"You don't know?" Li Yu's eyes widened as he looked at Chen Qing, but he saw that she was calm and composed, appearing... seemingly... not to be lying at all?

But how could someone not know their own strength? Take him for example; he was very certain that he was a combat weakling.

Chen Qing said, "I have no reason to lie."

She seemed unwilling to elaborate on this topic and walked straight toward the dismembered Sand Scorpion King. Li Yu hurriedly followed, but the Spirit Probing Armor was faster than him.

The Spirit Probing Armor didn't even look at the Sand Scorpion King; it used all four legs, moving like a piece of glass sliding across the ground, shimmering with the surrounding luster, and quickly ran into the distance. It had made a discovery. And it was no small discovery.

Li Yu followed closely behind. He stopped when he passed the Sand Scorpion King, examining its ferocious mouthparts and looking at the pincers that were even bigger than himself, feeling a chill in his heart.

He made up his mind that without a Guardian or a powerful Beast, he would never come to a Mystic Realm again, even if it killed him. This was no different from seeking death.

Li Yu bypassed the Sand Scorpion King and chased after the Spirit Probing Armor. Chen Qing shook her head helplessly, used her long sword to lightly gouge out the demon core of the Sand Scorpion King, and then followed unhurriedly.

...

The Spirit Probing Armor's nostrils twitched, and its long tongue kept flicking out to sense the surrounding spiritual energy fluctuations. Finally, after exploring left and right, it stopped in front of a two-story-high brown boulder.

Its four little claws dug away rapidly, kicking up clouds of dust. A not-so-wide sand pit appeared before them, and by the time Li Yu arrived, the sand pit had turned into a mud pit.

The Spirit Probing Armor dug out a lot of slightly moist soil that didn't fit in with the desert.

Li Yu rubbed the soil between his fingers, looking somewhat surprised.

"The Thick Earth Mystic Realm is originally a soil-based terrain; the sand is just a thin layer." Chen Qing came over and explained, "No Mystic Realm can be viewed with Earth's science; 'spiritual energy' is enough to change everything."

"Understood."

"Here." Chen Qing handed over the demon core.

"You don't want it?"

"I have no use for it."

"Oh..."

Li Yu took the demon core and examined it curiously. This was the first demon beast he had hunted; well... he acted as bait, successfully allowing his comrade to hunt the beast. The logic held up.

The Spirit Probing Armor burrowed into the ground, and after several minutes, it poked its head out, its two front claws holding a ping-pong ball-sized Spirit Crystal, muddy yellow in color and shimmering with flowing light.

It was indeed a top-grade Earth-type Spirit Crystal.

The Spirit Probing Armor crawled out of the pit covered in wet soil, holding the Spirit Crystal high with its front claws. Its crystalline eyes looked at Li Yu, whimpering as if offering a treasure. It was saying—Look, I found it, I can find it!

Li Yu took the Spirit Crystal, patted the Spirit Probing Armor on the head, helped it brush off some of the mud on its head, and smiled: "Thank you for your hard work, you did very well."

The Spirit Probing Armor narrowed its eyes, its long mouth curving into an arc, looking as if it were smiling.

【The Spirit Probing Armor's value has been recognized, its anxious heart has been soothed, your cultivation value +100.】

A flash of surprise passed through Li Yu's eyes. Putting aside its abilities, just based on the Spirit Probing Armor's attribute of being comparable to a gratitude-filled koi fish, Li Yu had to keep it by his side no matter what.

"The item has been found. Are we going back now?" Chen Qing asked.

"Yes! Going back to evolve." Li Yu said excitedly. Here it comes. Another evolution for the Silver Scale Bubble Fish!

The two of them returned along the same path. They hadn't walked more than a few steps when, suddenly, Chen Qing frowned slightly and stopped.

"What's wrong?" Li Yu asked.

"Someone is coming, and there are quite a few of them." Chen Qing said.

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Yu felt the ground beneath his feet vibrate. Immediately after, a rumbling sound of galloping echoed, approaching from afar. When he looked up, in the direction of the Sand Scorpion King, a group of Beast Tamers with their beasts emerged from the sand dunes and rushed toward them. The crowd dispersed as they ran, forming an arc as they approached them.

"They don't come with good intentions." Chen Qing said coldly.