Lord of Ashes
Chapter 79

Got It

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"It depends on temperature." On the simple Laboratory Table, Saine held Surgical Knife and cut open a Sand Worm's skin about two centimeters long, muttering to himself.

Besides the Sand Worm in front of him, several other small Sand Worm that have been made into specimens can be seen on Saine's Laboratory Table.

This is a simple Laboratory Table made of clods of earth and sand.

Nearly twenty days have passed since Saine awoke and discovered the swarm of Sand Worm.

The limited resources made Saine's experiments and research on Sand Worm progress relatively slowly.

To this day, Saine's understanding of Sand Worm is still only superficial.

Besides knowing that the other party is likely to identify targets by temperature, another piece of information that Saine has gained in recent days is that Sand Worm are afraid of water.

Saine squeezed open a test tube containing ordinary water.

When he poured the water onto the still somewhat active Sand Worm on the Laboratory Table, the Sand Worm began to writhe and struggle.

Two small mouths covered with sharp fangs kept hissing something.

About two minutes later, the Sand Worm stopped wriggling, and its originally tough body began to melt, eventually turning into a pool of yellow slime with a strange sour smell.

Saine dropped a small piece of wood into the slime.

A hissing sound of corrosion followed.

The wood chip was burned into a black charcoal almost instantly. →

In terms of corrosive power, the slime left behind after the Sand Worm melts is in no way inferior to the corrosive acid of the Saine's Strong Acid Scepter.

"What kind of creature is this?" Saine asked in shock.

No wonder this thing can feed on yellow sand; with such terrifying digestive abilities, what can't it eat?

At this moment, there are still several living Sand Worm on Saine's Laboratory Table.

The Sand Worm's ability to devour gold and sand makes it impossible for Saine to preserve it for long periods of time, except by turning it into a specimen.

In a typical test tube, Sand Worm can make a hole in just a short time.

After wasting two test tubes, Saine never tried to store them again.

These Sand Worm in front of him were all caught by him today.

After marveling once again at the Sand Worm ' tenacious vitality and terrifying acid, Saine began to kill the remaining Sand Worm one by one and collect them as specimens.

Besides being afraid of water

In addition, another weakness of Sand Worm lies in their two ends of the head.

If you gently prick a Sand Worm in a certain area behind the fangs at both ends of its head, the little creature will lose its strength and gradually lose its vital signs.

After completing several more Sand Worm specimens, Saine began to consider his next plan.

During these twenty days, Saine not only studied the Sand Worm, but he also conducted a detailed investigation and recording of the Sand Valley he was in, as well as the activity patterns of the Sand Worm swarms deep within Sand Valley. →

Their purpose is simply to obtain those Element Pearl.

But unfortunately, strength is the foundation of everything.

The fact that Saine can bully and capture small Sand Worm ranging from a few centimeters to more than ten centimeters in length does not mean that he can provoke large swarms of Sand Worm, let alone giant Sand Worm that are several meters or even ten meters in size.

Sand Worm's two sharp fangs and enormous mouth, just considering the size of the giant Sand Worm, Saine felt that it was no problem to classify it as a high-level magical beast, and it might even be stronger.

After much deliberation, Saine realized that there seemed to be only one way for him to defeat the Sand Worm swarm and retrieve the Element Pearl.

"Looks like I'll have to use this Magic Conductor my mentor gave me." A rather large, dark gray iron can was taken out of his Space Ring by Saine.

This thing is called the "Simplified Magic Conductor Cannon". It has three cannonballs and is the key for Saine to retrieve those Element Pearl.

Looking at the metal can in front of him and the information he had, Saine began to ponder the relevant plan.

"Boom!" A huge explosion echoed deep into the Sand Valley.

As a formal Magic Conductor, the power of the "Simplified Magic Conductor Cannon" truly exceeded Saine's expectations.

A single shell not only wiped out two-thirds of the intertwined Sand Worm swarm that Saine had lured in, but also caused a partial collapse in the central area of Sand Valley.

No! The collapse in the center of the Sand Valley was not solely due to the power of the "Simplified Magic Conductor Cannon".

Furthermore, the area directly beneath this Sand Valley had been hollowed out by these Sand Worm.

These Sand Worm do indeed seem to lack intelligence; in terms of spirituality, they are not even comparable to Intermediate Magical Beast in the Wizard World.

The ten-meter-long giant worm that had previously exerted immense pressure and intimidation on Saine was blasted in two by the Magic Conductor Cannon with a roar.

Although he didn't die immediately, he was no longer able to pursue Saine.

Saine originally planned to use two cannonballs, but seeing this situation, Saine, who had already obtained the Element Pearl, did not waste them.

Having managed to escape from the center of the Sand Valley, he hurriedly used his Space Ring to retrieve the Simplified Magic Conductor Cannon that was fixed there.

The Simplified Magic Conductor Cannon is powerful, but its cumbersome activation and predictable trajectory are major drawbacks.

It is indeed useful for dealing with low-level creatures like Sand Worm that have little intelligence, but in battles between Mage of the same level, the clumsiness and rigidity of this Magic Conductor will be fully exposed.

"This kind of Magic Conductor is suitable for large-scale deployment. If there were a hundred Magic Conductor Cannon, all aimed in the same direction..." Saine thought of this and couldn't help but shudder.

Even a Simplified Magic Conductor Cannon has such power.

If they were real Magic Conductor Cannon, and their numbers were piled up to a certain extent, even a terrifying being like the Dean would probably not be able to withstand the barrage.

He couldn't help but shake his head and gripped the Element Pearl tightly in his hand.

Putting his pointless fantasies aside, Saine quickly left the troublesome place of Sand Valley.

As he succeeded, a terrifying roar echoed from deeper underground in the center of this Sand Valley.

Clearly, the ten-meter-long Sand Worm is not the true boss of this Sand Valley; there are even stronger beings below.

A constant rustling sound filled the air; it was the sound of Sand Worm moving forward and wriggling.

I don't know where these Sand Worm came from, or whether they are native species of the Yellow Sand World.

Saine's question remains unanswered for the time being, as he is currently preoccupied with returning to the Underdark.

Outside the Sand Valley.

The scorching sun stung Saine's eyes, and the burning yellow sand scorched his skin.

Holding a black grip in one hand and Element Pearl in the other, Saine has maintained this posture for nearly half an hour.

The familiar pulling force did not appear; instead, Saine himself felt slightly dizzy.

Saine didn't know if it was due to dehydration or the sudden dizziness that came after realizing he might not be able to leave this world.

A pair of eyes stared at the cloudless sky, and the three enormous suns illuminated the utter emptiness within Saine's heart.

He was muttering to himself, "That's impossible. My advisor wouldn't lie to me."

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