The Sand-Shattering Halberd.
Gales howled, and the sandstorm rampaged across the Gobi like a giant beast.
Several sand tornadoes connected heaven and earth, winding across the wasteland like twisted pythons. Wherever they passed, rock strata shattered, and rubble swept into the sky was ground to dust.
Amid this murky yellow chaos, a solitary figure stood in midair.
His long, silvery-white hair billowed in the gale, glimmers of starlight flowing between its ends.
Beneath his feet lay black baleful wind manifested from mental power. Each step sent ripples through the air like those on water.
Sand struck like bullets, only to be deflected by an invisible force the instant it touched his clothes, dissolving into fine dust.
Over a hundred meters away, a group of Sand Eroders occupied the crevices between rocks.
These lizardlike monsters had scorpion tails and six legs, their carapaces covered in crystalline protrusions capable of absorbing energy.
As the surrounding baleful wind grew fiercer, they sensed danger and raised their heads in unison. Their amber compound eyes reflected the approaching figure.
Hiss!
The leading Race King had only just sounded the alarm when a streak of pitch-black baleful wind came roaring toward them like a python.
Splat!
The three Sand Eroder Lizards on the outermost edge were about to turn when their bodies suddenly stiffened.
Weblike cracks appeared across their carapaces.
The next second, as though sliced by countless invisible blades, they exploded into flying chunks of flesh and blood. Before the splattered blood could reach the ground, the baleful wind following behind swept it into bloody mist, which ultimately became a cloud of crimson haze absorbed by the approaching figure.
The lizards erupted into turmoil.
The remaining twenty-odd Sand Eroders arched their backs simultaneously, spraying corrosive venom from their scorpion tails.
But before any of those