89: Teleport

"This color, it's more fitting to call it Empress," Chen Ming said with interest.

Unlike other giant sand worms, this monster in front of him, in Chen Ming's view, could be described as beautiful.

Of course, the standard for this beauty was monsters, not humans.

Its body length was estimated to be over two hundred meters. Except for its white abdomen, the rest of its body was Sakura pink, with a slight gradient.

It had six spear-like appendages, their blades glinting sharply. When raised, they bore some resemblance to a praying mantis's fighting stance.

Its rhombic head, paired with a large set of horns, looked like an eagle spreading its wings.

Its exclusive arthropod mandibles, shaped like pincers, could crush anything in the world.

It had a total of six eyes, shining with a gem-like brilliance.

Upon sensing its presence, the Undead sand worms quickly formed a surrounding formation.

The Sandworm Empress appeared very calm, slashing out a translucent wave of energy that instantly cut one of the Undead sand worms in half.

"Blade energy?"

Chen Ming didn't expect that even insects had evolved blade energy.

Knowing that the Undead sand worms couldn't do anything to the Sandworm Empress, Chen Ming decisively sank all of them into the Shadow World.

With a stomp of his foot.

The Calamity Dragon understood implicitly, opened its mouth, and breathed out Dragon Flame.

The blazing flames, like a pillar, swept towards the Sandworm Empress.

Facing the flames, the Sandworm Empress swung her dual blades, a cross-shaped blade energy colliding head-on with the Dragon Flame, actually splitting the flames into four parts.

The two powerful energies finally canceled each other out.

"It seems this guy also meets the standard for a Golden Treasure Chest," Chen Ming murmured.

In terms of actual combat power, he firmly believed that the Calamity Dragon was stronger.

However, he didn't want to waste all his time watching the two guys duel.

They wouldn't be able to determine a winner anytime soon.

The Sandworm Empress was clad in pink armor, which looked to have considerable defense.

Boom! Boom!

The fierce wind howled.

Seeing two Wind Blades targeting him.

Chen Ming raised his hand, palm facing upwards, and quickly condensed his own Wind Blade.

With a light wave of his hand, that Wind Blade immediately slashed out.

Silently! Without a trace!

Compared to the S-Class Skill Wind Blade, the Sandworm Empress's Wind Blade was clearly several levels weaker, shattering upon contact.

Chen Ming used Mind Control to correct the Wind Blade's trajectory, locking onto the Sandworm Empress and slashing.

There was no need to waste an attack, killing two birds with one stone.

The Sandworm Empress's eyes seemed to be able to see things invisible to the human eye.

Four thin, transparent insect wings, like cicada wings, unfolded from her back.

Knowing that burrowing wouldn't be fast enough to escape, she simply changed tactics and flew into the sky to dodge.

But despite all her calculations, she didn't account for Chen Ming's Wind Blade having a remote control function.

With a slight upward flick of his fingertip, the Wind Blade immediately changed direction, making a wide turn and shooting straight up at a ninety-degree angle.

Without missing at all, it precisely cut into the Sandworm Empress's most vulnerable abdomen, ripping her open!

Then, it even sliced open her head along with it!

Her wings stopped flapping, and she fell from the sky.

Bang! Boom!!

The "splash" from the hundred-meter-long giant body was more astonishing than any previous time.

"I'll leave the cleanup to you," Chen Ming said to the Calamity Dragon.

He didn't see a kill notification, indicating that the Sandworm Empress was still alive, likely possessing a self-healing skill.

As a boss guarding a secret realm, this was normal and not surprising.

Boom!

The Calamity Dragon, as Chen Ming instructed, breathed out fierce flames, incinerating the Sandworm Empress's internal organs.

First, a unique aroma of roasted meat wafted through the air.

Immediately after, it was replaced by the smell of burning char.

Boom!!

The Calamity Dragon continued to increase its fire output.

[Successfully killed Sandworm Empress! Congratulations to the host for obtaining Golden Treasure Chest +1!]

Seeing that the Sandworm Empress's outer shell had begun to curl, deform, and showed signs of melting.

Chen Ming couldn't sit still anymore.

He quickly selected her and completed Undead Extraction!

He certainly didn't want to miss out on such a powerful Undead.

[Extracting...]

[Extraction successful! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a new Undead Servant: Sandworm Empress +1!]

Treasure chest obtained, Undead obtained, Chen Ming smiled with satisfaction.

[Congratulations on successfully killing the boss and clearing the secret realm dungeon, obtaining Clear Reward Pack +1!]

The others returned empty-handed, after all, they hadn't lifted a finger the entire time.

The dungeon was particularly strict when it came to clear rewards and punishments.

They didn't complain; being able to save their lives was already something to be grateful for, they didn't dare ask for too much more.

Even now, everyone still hadn't recovered from their confusion about how Chen Ming had killed the Sandworm Empress.

Everything about Chen Ming was too mysterious and full of unknowns for them.

Witnessing the exit portal open before him.

Chen Ming stepped into it, recalling the Calamity Dragon.

For him, there was no need to stay in this place any longer.

Not a single one that should be killed remained, and not a single thing that should be taken remained either.

He plopped down on the sofa, took out a bottle of iced beer, opened it, drank heartily, and said refreshingly, "Ha! It's really most comfortable at home."

"However, it's fine if there are more dungeons like this. Monsters at the level of the Sandworm Empress aren't common in reality."

Chen Ming wanted to extract more powerful apocalypse monsters to increase his own leverage.

He put down the beer, which had less than a third left.

Chen Ming opened his virtual panel, entered his storage space, and found the recently acquired, still fresh Golden Treasure Chest, as well as the Clear Reward Pack.

After thinking for a few seconds, he decided to open the Clear Reward Pack first.

[Do you want to open the Clear Reward Pack?]

Open!

[Opening...]

[Successfully opened! Congratulations to the host for obtaining Insect Wings +4, Empress Armguards +2, Speed Boots +2, Great Mana Potion +5!]

After equipping the armguards and boots, they could automatically become invisible and would not affect normal daily life.

The main material used for the Empress Armguards was the Sandworm Empress's carapace, which was extremely hard and could withstand sword slashes, blade strikes, and even bullets.

The boots could increase Chen Ming's movement speed.

However, what attracted Chen Ming's attention the most were the words "Insect Wings".

The preview image was exactly the same as what he had seen on the Sandworm Empress's back earlier.

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[Insect Wings: When Insect Wings are equipped, you will gain the ability to fly. When not needed, they can be completely hidden like other equipment, and can appear at any time!]

"This means I can fly freely now without using Mind Control to control my sword?"

"Equipment like this is truly bizarre. A person actually grew insect wings?"

Although he said that, after understanding its use, he immediately decided to equip it in case of unforeseen circumstances.

Afterward, Chen Ming set his sights on the remaining Golden Treasure Chest.

[Opening...]

[Successfully opened! Congratulations to the host for obtaining S-Class Skill: Teleportation!]

[S-Class Skill Teleportation: Within a certain range on the map, you can teleport instantly as you wish!]

"Teleportation!"

Chen Ming quickly opened the map to confirm. The "certain range" the skill referred to included the entire Great Xia.

After obtaining this skill, the first thing that came to his mind was that Scarlet Knight.