Chapter 1425 - Retaliation (1/2)

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

It was not until 10 minutes later that the sandworm finally stopped struggling. A lot of thorny vines where bloody flowers were blossoming crawled out of its mouth, and then withered quickly.

The sandworm looked exactly the same as before, but its body had been emptied. Its blood and everything had been transformed into the Bloodsucking Vines’ nutrients. After the nutrients were exhausted, the vines would wither and disperse, turning into ashes in only a few seconds.

Lin Yun passed the sandworm’s body, and moved even faster. It was already getting dark.

The weather was not bad. Only several tornadoes were visible during the day. It would be fine to avoid them. The only dangerous factors were the quicksand and the sandworms.

But nothing except sandworms could survive in the desert at night. Their thick rocky skin was exactly meant to resist the harsh environment at night.

To move faster, Lin Yun cast an acceleration spell, which consumed one-fourth of his mana. He then cast Keen Senses in case of possible dangers around him.

After rushing for half an hour, he could already see the light and the tip of the Shelter Tower in the distance. The Shelter Tower was emitting dim light, just like a lighthouse on a dark night.

However dim it was, it was still the last hope in the apocalyptic world.

The night fell extremely fast. The spicy smell in the air quickly dispersed. It seemed that the air was back to normal, but it became so cold that one seemed to be breathing ice only three minutes later.

As time went by, the air became more and more gloomy and chilly. Lin Yun knew that it would be impossible to stay outside Heiss City in 15 minutes. Everyone who hadn’t returned to Heiss City in 15 minutes would either be killed by sandworms or frozen.

In the apocalyptic world, even an official mage would be a top-tier expert. In particular, Lin Yun was at the last phase of the apocalyptic world. Very few people became Magic Apprentices these days. The population in Heiss City had plummeted too.

When the doomsday finally arrived, Heiss City had few living residents. Even those who were alive had lost their desire to live.

In the age where a real mage counted as one of the top experts, the terrifying coldness outside would surely kill anyone easily. When it was midnight, the outside would be as freezing as some of the ice planes.

Such coldness was too much for any Magic Apprentice or mage to resist. Besides, there were sandworms. Whoever failed to return to the city before nightfall could be presumed dead, or dying…

Lin Yun sped up, and rushed to Heiss City. The air became colder and colder. This coldness was unlike the lack of warmth in the void, but more like a mouth that would swallow all lives.

When he saw Heiss City, he noticed that a slim pale young man was rushing to Heiss City from one side too. Behind the young man, a 10-meter-long sandworm was giving chase.

They were only three kilometers away from Heiss City, but the sandworm was about to catch up with the young man. His time would be wasted even if he survived the fight with the sandworm. If he missed the last safe time, he might be weakened by the coldness of the night, and killed by another sandworm eventually.

Seeing Lin Yun, the young man cried in fear, trying to grasp at the straw.

“Lin Yun, help me, help me…” the young man implored in fright. He didn’t drop the piece of meat dripping with blood on his back even though he was wounded. That was what he gained from today’s hunt. He found the remains of a sandworm which had been killed by another sandworm, and got the only piece of edible meat, which could sustain him for a couple of days, and give him enough time to strengthen himself.

When he became stronger, it would be easier for him to get more prey so that his time could be saved to further strengthen himself and swallow mana from the void…

Lin Yun casually glanced at the young man, and unconsciously touched the left side of his neck. While rushing, he chanted a spell, and threw a quicksand trap in the young man’s way.

The young man was too desperate to notice the trap. By the time he noticed it, one of his feet had already stepped into it. Normal quicksand traps were only half a meter deep, and couldn’t bury a person. However, this trap had been expanded three times by Lin Yun. It was impossible for the young man to dodge.