1049: Chapter 1042: Greatly Useful 1049: Chapter 1042: Greatly Useful Flame Scorpion?
When Ye Chenfeng and the others heard Shen Mingxuan’s words, Ye Chenfeng couldn’t help but ask, “Mingxuan, does this Flame Scorpion have any weaknesses?”
Shen Mingxuan directly answered, “Chenfeng, my dad only told me stories about the Flame Scorpion, who knew it actually exists?
I don’t know its weaknesses, but from the way the Flame Scorpion just devoured the flesh and blood of the Heavenly Alliance members, we can tell that this Flame Scorpion is definitely no saint.”
From Shen Mingxuan’s words, Ye Chenfeng could infer that the Flame Scorpion must have left from beneath the desert in the future.
The stories Shen Jing Wu spoke to Shen Mingxuan about the Flame Scorpion must have been true, and it is very likely that the Flame Scorpion only appeared to mankind during Shen Jing Wu’s previous era, which is why even Ye Chenfeng had never seen such a creature.
The Flame Scorpion, with its massive body, set its sights on Ye Chenfeng and the others after having its fill of Bao Yuqiang’s flesh.
Its eyes were filled with a wild and ruthless light; it seemed the Flame Scorpion was not yet sated, and it advanced towards Ye Chenfeng and the rest once more.
Ye Chenfeng handed Lin Xinyi, whom he had tucked at his waist, to Shen Mingxuan for support.
He then took a sharp Mountain-splitting Knife from his Space Ring and said to Shen Mingxuan and the others, “You guys watch from the side, I’ll go test the mettle of this Flame Scorpion.”
With that, Ye Chenfeng walked boldly toward the massive Flame Scorpion.
When the Flame Scorpion saw Ye Chenfeng attack, it raised its two red, enormous pincers, attempting to sever Ye Chenfeng’s body in two.
Upon appearing in front of the Flame Scorpion, Ye Chenfeng violently pushed off the ground, his body instantly soaring above the Flame Scorpion’s back, and with the Mountain-splitting Knife in hand, he ferociously hacked at the creature’s back.
“Crack!
Crack!
Crack!”
Ye Chenfeng stood steadily on the back of the Flame Scorpion, and when the Mountain-splitting Knife came in contact with the Flame Scorpion’s back, it snapped into three pieces in the blink of an eye, revealing how exceptionally hard the Flame Scorpion’s shell was.
Ye Chenfeng’s act of standing on the back of the Flame Scorpion had utterly enraged the creature.
Its tail immediately whipped towards Ye Chenfeng’s head, attempting to inject its tail sting’s poison into Ye Chenfeng’s brain.
Although the red gas within Ye Chenfeng’s Dantian could neutralize poison, after Bao Yutao and Bao Yuqiang were struck, they could only hold out for a few seconds, so Ye Chenfeng decided not to take the risk.
Putting all his strength into his right leg, he fiercely kicked against the Flame Scorpion’s back, propelling himself away from the creature.
However, after withstanding Ye Chenfeng’s Soul Force, which was at its peak level, the Flame Scorpion’s back didn’t bear a single scratch, leading Ye Chenfeng to further marvel at the hardness of its shell.
Not far away, Shen Mingxuan, Lin Xinyi, Cheng Dahhu, and Xiao Liyuan, who were watching the battle, frowned deeply upon seeing how tough the Flame Scorpion’s shell was.
Shen Mingxuan said, “If even Chenfeng can’t break through the Flame Scorpion’s shell, it seems we have no way to deal with it.
I think its speed definitely can’t match ours, if it comes to it we can just avoid its edge for now.”
Cheng Dahhu said, “Mingxuan, that’s not necessarily true, have you forgotten the Bone Corrosion Liquid Chenfeng has?
The Flame Scorpion may be formidable, but its intelligence isn’t comparable to that of humans, and its body is so enormous, Chenfeng could surely splash it with the Bone Corrosion Liquid.”
Following that, Cheng Dahhu promptly shouted, “Chenfeng, try your Bone Corrosion Liquid!”
Hearing Cheng Dahhu’s reminder from afar, Ye Chenfeng, who still had five bottles of Bone Corrosion Liquid in his Space Ring, immediately took out a bottle, and once again made a beeline for the Flame Scorpion.
This time, as the Flame Scorpion saw Ye Chenfeng approaching, it swung its two large pincers even more swiftly.
Unfortunately for the creature, as Ye Chenfeng drew near, he doused its entire back with the Bone Corrosion Liquid, and then he instantly distanced himself from the Flame Scorpion.
The Flame Scorpion, doused in Bone Corrosion Liquid on its back, began to twist its body erratically, rolling over three times on the ground.
The back showed no signs of corrosion, but judging by the creature’s reaction, the Bone Corrosion Liquid in Ye Chenfeng’s hand was nevertheless causing it some discomfort.
Seeing that the Bone Corrosion Liquid had failed to corrode even the scorpion’s outer shell, Ye Chenfeng’s eyes grew stern.
However, the repeated provocations from Ye Chenfeng only made the Flame Scorpion more impatient, as it rapidly closed in on him.
Ye Chenfeng, now facing the approaching Flame Scorpion, had an idea.
He decided to kill the creature completely.
If the scorpion’s shell was so hardy and corrosion-resistant, then crafting a suit of armor from it would be like having an extra life in perilous moments!
However, dealing with the Flame Scorpion was not going to be easy.
As the creature drew nearer, Ye Chenfeng’s gaze settled on its eyes.
Although the scorpion’s shell was indeed tough and resistant to corrosion, surely its eyes were its weak points?
With that thought, Ye Chenfeng produced another bottle of Bone Corrosion Liquid.
Just as the Flame Scorpion got within a meter of him, he hurled the liquid directly into its eyes.
The beast, being a mere beast, did not dodge the splash.
Only after the Bone Corrosion Liquid hit its eyes did it realize something was amiss.
The scorpion’s eyes were swiftly corroded, blood gushing out, causing it to lose its vision instantly.
With its eyes corroded, it was in a state of total fury, charging forward blindly, like a headless fly.
After blinding the Flame Scorpion, Ye Chenfeng returned to Shen Mingxuan and the others.
Shen Mingxuan said, “Chenfeng, now that the Flame Scorpion is blind, it shouldn’t be able to detect us.
We can use this opportunity to enter the city gates.”
Ye Chenfeng shook his head decisively and replied, “I want to completely take care of this Flame Scorpion first.
It’s useful to me.”
Shen Mingxuan didn’t understand Ye Chenfeng’s intentions and said, “Chenfeng, even if the scorpion is blind now, its shell is incredibly hard.
We have no way to break through it.”
Ye Chenfeng said with a smile, “There’s no need to go through the trouble of breaking its shell.
If we make it swallow the Bone Corrosion Liquid, that will clean out its internal organs.”
“You all just watch from the side.
I can handle it alone.” Saying this, Ye Chenfeng once again moved toward the blind Flame Scorpion, planted his feet firmly on its back, and took out another bottle of Bone Corrosion Liquid.
As the scorpion swung its tail, Ye Chenfeng poured the liquid straight into the gaping mouth of the scorpion, successfully making it swallow the entire bottle.
Right after doing so, Ye Chenfeng quickly leaped off the scorpion’s back, narrowly evading a strike from its tail.
The Flame Scorpion, having ingested a whole bottle of highly concentrated Bone Corrosion Liquid, suddenly writhed on the ground, “hissing” sounds coming from its mouth as blood poured out non-stop.
Approximately three minutes later.
The massive Flame Scorpion moved no more; its organs were likely completely dissolved by the Bone Corrosion Liquid.
Ye Chenfeng calmly approached the scorpion, tapped its shell with a finger, and heard a hollow sound.
Now, it seemed the scorpion had only its intact shell remaining.
After confirming the Flame Scorpion’s death, Ye Chenfeng stored its shell in his Space Ring, planning to craft a suit of protective clothing from it after leaving the Land of Death.
Considering his current strength wasn’t particularly formidable, and the scorpion’s shell was extremely tough, Ye Chenfeng would now have an extra card up his sleeve for survival.
The shell would be immensely useful to him.
This trip to the Land of Death had been very fruitful for Ye Chenfeng, but the question now was how to leave this desert underground.
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(To be continued.
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