I looked at my surroundings.
The wind carried the specs of sand in the desert, there was no sign of life near here, the atmosphere was abundant with a ominous qi, the sensation of carrying the qi of the dead.
I took my first steps, the dust made it impossible to keep my eyes open,
*Should I try to find Xue? ... She probably won't need any help if she doesn't encounter any of those from renowned sects or families... Yeah... I'll just trust in her, she needs to fight for herself when I'm not there...*
I moved around the desert hoping to encounter anything.
About 4-5 hours passed
*Shit... I didn't even see a monster... I don't even know where the hell I'm going... My throat is hurting too... It's dehydrating, walking around for hours in this water boiling weather...*
I kept going... In the far East, I saw a small pond of water, I quickly ran to it... But as soon as I got to it, it vanished.
*A mirage? Damn it...*
Suddenly, the sand around me collapsed.
*What!? I can't move!*
The sand around me made it impossible for me to move, and around me fangs appeared... A sand worm... Tier 4 monster.
*Damn it! I don't even have a usable sword!*
I condensed my QI to use it as a sword into my fingertips, I swung my hand towards a corner of it's mouth but it did almost no damage.
A sand worms skin is as durable as a dragon scale. It was written in the monsterpedia. Contained in the imperial archives and in many archives around the world for nobles or well of martial masters to read before going head first into danger, but for someone like Ace, it was out of his reach and has to find his own way to win.
*Shit... What's with this durability... At this rate I'll be eaten...*
And soon, the sand worm turned making the sand fall inside, making me fall as well.
My dragon scales activated, thanks to the eternal void for absorbing the dragon kins I killed berore. as soon as we dropped inside, making me tank considerable amount of damage against the acid in its stomach.
*Shit! It burns!!*
The regeneration has already done it's work and regenerated my burnt skin, but the acid kept going... The regeneration didn't help but made it almost worst.
"Ahh!! Shit!"
*Damn it, it hurts!!*
I condensed QI into both of my hands, I didn't care about the form, and went at the sand worms insides like a madman, continuously punching the same place with QI. And I punched through it's stomach.
Even if my fists were covered in condensed QI, my knuckles were bleeding from punching through the skin of the sand worm...
As I was about to leave, sand poured in through the hole I made.
*Shit! It was under ground! I need to go up!*
I infused QI under my feet to make it easier for me to run upwards. As soon as I got up to it's mouth to exit, the necklace shone, and the body of the sand worm was absorbed by it.
And an enormous amount of sand fell on me, I was about to be buried alive.
*Shit! When will the endless void take effect! I already killed the sand worm!*
I was slowly about to lose consciousness, because of the lack of air, going to suffocate...
My eyes closed, everything went black...
*Is this the end? Huuh... Dead to a random beast in a tournament, what a way to die... Xue... I wonder what she's doing now... Fighting? Searching around? ... I hope she survives...*
The sand made it impossible to move now without air...