Crimson Scorpion Queen

Lu Feng stopped what he was doing at the sound and turned to look at the ground. He saw a palm-sized scorpion, seemingly startled, burrowing headfirst into another pile of yellow sand, desperately squeezing itself inside.

The scorpion was dark yellow all over, far deeper in color than the surrounding sand. Its tail and two front pincers gleamed a blood-red hue, looking especially bewitching against the yellow sand.

Miao Qiuping's astonished voice rang out again. "Crimson Flare Scorpions have only appeared in Floating Sand Snail Capital these past years. They don't exist in Nan Gu Town at all. How could one appear here?"

Tang Yuan asked suspiciously, "Could it have been carried here by the wind and sand?"

"No," Miao Qiuping said with certainty. "Crimson Flare Scorpions are no ordinary creatures. They are venomous insects that parasitize in groups. Once separated from the queen, juvenile Crimson Flare Scorpions will die within a short time. They cannot survive. And usually, there is only one queen in a colony."

Thinking of something, Miao Qiuyun's eyes filled with terror. "Since there's a juvenile scorpion here, could there be a queen as well...?"

Miao Qiuping shook his head. "Crimson Scorpion Queens are usually enormous. A Crimson Scorpion Queen at the Five Elements Realm is at least three or four meters long, while one at the Earth Soul Realm can exceed ten meters. As far as the eye can see, this place is nothing but unobstructed ruins. It would be difficult to hide such a large beast here. Besides, a beast that huge could never cross the city wall defenses without a sound."

Lu Feng secretly activated his Evil-Dispelling Spirit Eyes and followed the little Crimson Flare Scorpion as it vanished into the sand pile. As his senses extended deeper, his expression gradually turned grim.