Yet the demonic sound clung like a shadow; whenever the Scorpion Emperor tried to strike back, it would ring out.
The Scorpion Emperor could only flee again and again. Unable to shake off the torment of the demonic sound, it suddenly burrowed from the surface deep underground.
The moment they entered beneath the sands, Wu Chang immediately cast a spell to open up a pocket of space. He clung steadily to the Scorpion Emperor's back, the Cauldron Rings in his hands striking from time to time...
They tunneled underground for who knew how long. Wu Chang had no idea where the Scorpion Emperor was heading; he only knew that it kept sneaking onward tirelessly. It could not possibly keep going forever—there had to be a destination—so he patiently played along.
When a streak of green light seeped through the yellow sands and a green curtain crashed head-on into the space he had opened, he had yet to figure out what was happening before he followed the Scorpion Emperor through the curtain and found himself in a hazy green world.
Once they emerged from that green world, he discovered that the Scorpion Emperor had begun heading upward.
Boom! They burst through the ground and saw daylight again.
Standing on the Sand Scorpion's back, Wu Chang swiftly swept his gaze around. When he noticed something unusual about the sun in the sky, his pupils abruptly contracted. He surveyed his surroundings once more and muttered, "The Fifth Realm. The Scorpion Emperor truly is a guiding object..."
He suddenly whipped around and looked behind him. The raised scorpion tail was shaking violently like a rattlesnake, letting out a strange vibrating hum.
Before long, the sand not far away burst open with a rumble, and another colossal creature drilled its way out.
"Another Scorpion Emperor..."