Ek'Sharei

Upon hearing Taliyah's words, Kassadin paused for a moment, then shook his head and said:

"What you're talking about is the Sand Beast Basin, the lair of the Xer'sai Beasts. If it were just me alone, it wouldn't matter, but with so many people, and someone talking about a newbie like that... let's just forget about it."

Kassadin glanced at the adventurers from the Valoran Continent behind him, shook his head, and said, "As Shurima, you should know how sensitive they are to sound, and for a novice, mastering silent walking is impossible..."

"On the other side is the Singing Valley. Although I paid a lot of protection money, it's best to avoid dealing with them unless absolutely necessary... Just focus on climbing. Once we cross this mountain, we'll reach our destination."

Hearing Kassadin's words, Taliyah didn't change her mind. Instead, she frowned, pointed into the distance, and asked, "What is that person doing?"

Upon hearing this, Kassadin was taken aback, then looked at the distant sand with a hint of fear in his eyes.

Although they were some distance apart, Kassadin could clearly see a figure gliding towards the Sand Beast Basin in a steady but incredibly fast manner.

Upon seeing the figure, Kassadin's gaze turned incredibly ugly. However, Kassadin did not act rashly. Instead, he immediately turned to look at the adventurers accompanying him, and when he saw one of them trying to shout to stop him, he immediately reached out and covered the man's mouth.

"What are you doing?!"

The adventurer pushed Kassadin away, somewhat annoyed, and said, "Shouldn't we be saving people now?"

"Where do you think this is? A knight's game?"

Hearing the adventurer's words, Kassadin gritted his teeth, held up a finger in front of him, and whispered:

"This is the Sand Beast Basin! The hearing of the Xer'sai Beasts is sharp enough to detect any unusual sound from a hundred meters away! The reason why the Singing Valley is safe is because it constantly emits whistling sounds, but in an open area like ours, outside the range of these whistling sounds, once a Sand Beast spots us, none of us will be able to escape!!"

"So what should we do? We can't just watch that person go and die, can we?"

Taliyah, standing nearby, asked anxiously. Although she knew the rules of the desert, it didn't mean Taliyah could just stand by and watch an innocent person die in the mouth of a sand beast.

Seeing this, Kassadin frowned, then quickly picked up a stick-like object, pointed it towards the sky, and pulled the fuse.

The next moment, a red light shot into the air with a whoosh, exploding into a cloud of smoke.

"Wave as much as you can, otherwise this is all you can do!"

As he spoke, Kassadin glanced nervously at the Singing Valley behind him.

It might be one thing to do it elsewhere, but using such a signal flare in the Singing Valley made Kassadin even more worried that the bandits would come upon hearing the news.

Although he himself would be fine, his customers would have to offer some money and value to survive... otherwise, they would become his slaves.

As people watched expectantly, the figure heading towards the desert did indeed stop, but then turned around and waved to the crowd, seemingly indicating "don't worry about me," before resuming his journey.

The figure was none other than Yuan Chen.

Wearing traditional Shurima clothing, which is very common here, and being quite far apart, plus having been wandering in Shurima for a long time with Taliyah hair all over the place, not even Yuan Chen, let alone Taliyah's own mother, would recognize her here.

As for Kassadin was once known as "JB Face" because his appearance before and after venturing into the Void completely different.

In this situation, Yuan Chen only glanced at the signal flare and simply signaled them not to worry about him. Then, he took another step and headed towards the distance at an even faster pace.

Meanwhile, on the other side, seeing Yuan Chen's actions, Kassadin shook his head and sighed, saying, "That person's clothes aren't from Shurima... he's a stranger. It's no use, he's already dead."

Taliyah opened her mouth, then looked back at the people around her. Although she knew Kassadin was right, she couldn't help but grit her teeth and run out after watching Yuan Chen's departing figure.

The moment he took a step, a protruding rock rose from the sea of sand and appeared beneath his feet. Then, like a skateboard, he was propelled forward by the shifting sands.

"I'll go save him! You guys go first! I'll catch up with you later!"

Kassadin tried to stop Taliyah from chasing after her, but by the time he realized what was happening, Taliyah was already far away.

Looking at the other customers behind him, Kassadin was caught in a dilemma, unsure whether to advance or retreat. The future Void was thus left standing there, stunned and unsure of what to do.

Meanwhile, Yuan Chen increased his speed, and in the blink of an eye, he widened the distance between himself and the people behind him.

Seeing this, even though Taliyah tried her best to catch up, she couldn't catch up no matter what she did, and could only concentrate more on controlling the rocks under her feet.

While Taliyah was still chasing after Yuan Chen, while Kassadin was still hesitating whether to follow and help, and while the adventurers felt the same way and wanted to bravely move forward...

On the other side, Yuan Chen lowered his head and looked at his palm.

Feeling the heat in his palm, Yuan Chen glanced at the glittering Dawn Emblem—this meant that Rek'Sai, who had survived the Dawn Spear, was hiding here!

And it wasn't just him who discovered her... the queen of the sand beasts also discovered him!

Boom!!

A huge cloud of sand erupted from the flat sand, and a massive, imposing giant could be vaguely seen rising from it.

The moment Kassadin saw the giant, his eyes widened in shock, and he even forgot the rule of "not speaking loudly," shouting in terror:

"It's Ek'Sharei! The Xerxa'Reth, the Undertitan! Run! Run!!"

It wasn't that Burrowing Titan —but it was definitely Ek'Sharei.

As the colossal beast emerged from in front of him, Yuan Chen's killing intent intensified.

The Burrowing Titan that appeared in the Void Wars, while their race name was indeed Ek'Sharei, were over forty meters long, truly deserving the title of "Titan".

But this one in front of us is at most about twenty meters long. And its vitality is less than a third of that of the previous one!

However, this also proves one thing... that after completing its specialization, the Xer'sai Void Sand Beast does indeed possess the ability to mass-produce epic-level Void Beasts!