The giant scorpion's aura had changed drastically!
Its massive body hugged the ground as it charged at Yuan Gu, who lay unable to rise.
Clearly, the beast intended to seize this chance to finish Yuan Gu off.
In merely two breaths, the giant scorpion had reached Yuan Gu's side.
Its tail rose, the stinger flickering with purple lightning aimed at Yuan Gu, lying helpless on the ground, and stabbed straight down!
Master Chongbi had anticipated this. He sprang forward and reached Yuan Gu before the stinger fell. Raising the huge shield in his hand, he used its face to receive the stinger head-on.
With a rasping whoosh.
To everyone's utter shock, the stinger pierced straight through the shield!
Master Chongbi stared at the stinger that had come down almost against his forehead, a chill crawling through his heart!
He did not know whether having one's physical body destroyed in this altar world meant death.
But he knew full well that if his physical body were destroyed, this exploration would come to an end.
The stinger pierced through the shield, but it had at least been stopped. It was still half a foot short of striking Yuan Gu.
Seeing its strike blocked, the giant scorpion immediately flicked its tail, sending Master Chongbi, shield and all, flying.
Before Master Chongbi could hit the ground, the scorpion's stinger stabbed at Yuan Gu again.
Yuan Chu tried to divert the giant scorpion's attention. With her nimble figure, she swiftly closed in, her sword flashing like a gleam as it thrust straight for the gaps in the scorpion's shell.
Yet before her sword could pierce into a gap, strands of purple lightning blocked it outside.
Lying on the ground, Yuan Gu could only watch helplessly as the giant scorpion's stinger descended toward him.
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