Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Young Gilas, Sandstorm King!

Chapter 55 Mine Attack!

Young Gilas digs incredibly fast, its short claws flashing like afterimages, making even hard rocks feel like soft soil.

In the blink of an eye, a neat tunnel sloping downwards and about two meters in diameter has extended dozens of meters deep.

Lin Xia and Lou Gao followed closely behind, each holding a torch in one hand to provide light, while their other hand was already tightly gripping their respective guns—the weight of the shotguns made Lin Xia feel a little more at ease.

Lou Gao held his beloved AK assault rifle steadily, his finger lightly on the trigger, his sharp eyes scanning the darkness ahead and the rock walls that were being carved out on both sides.

The torchlight flickered, elongating and twisting the shadows of the master, apprentice, and young Gilas against the uneven walls of the passage.

The sound of wind came from the pipes behind me; it was the ground-based wind turbine system continuously supplying fresh air, ensuring that the deep underground could breathe.

Time passed second by second, and the tunnel continued to extend, its depth already exceeding one hundred meters.

However, the surrounding rock walls remained the same deep and thick layers of black rock. Apart from the fresh sections dug out by Young Gilas, there was no trace of any ore, let alone the rare mineral veins one might imagine.

Lin Xia's doubts grew stronger.

Lin Xia stopped and, by the firelight, carefully examined the smooth, black rock wall beside her. Her fingers traced the cold, hard surface of the rock, and she couldn't help but ask in a low voice:

"Teacher, are you really sure there's a mineral down there? It's over a hundred meters deep, and all we see is black rock. According to what you said before, if there really were a rich ore deposit, we should have already encountered the edge of the vein or associated minerals, right? This... doesn't feel right."

Lou Gao's brows were furrowed, his thick fingers unconsciously stroking the cold handguard of the AK.

Lou Gao was also observing and thinking.

Experience told him that there must be mineral deposits beneath the black rock layer, but the fact that no mineralization had been observed at such a depth was indeed beyond his expectations.

"Hiss... This is a bit eerie."

Lou Gao stroked his beard, his voice deep.

"This layer of black rock is unusually thick, and the energy reaction is clearly very strong... Could it be that we've misjudged the location? Or..."

Before Lou Gao could finish speaking, the young gilas in front of him suddenly stopped digging without warning!
"Yoji—!!!"

A short, sharp, and wary growl shattered the silence underground!
Young Gilas's scarlet pupils suddenly contracted to pinpoints, and his entire body tensed instantly, with a faint light seemingly flowing beneath his rocky carapace.

Without the slightest hesitation, the young Gilas slammed its four paws into the ground and shot back like a cannonball, instantly retreating to Lin Xia and Lou Gao's side. Its small body crouched slightly, blocking the two of them, and it let out a continuous, threatening growl.

The tiny grains of sand surrounding it instantly accelerated their rotation, emitting a "rustling" friction sound, forming a miniature sandstorm shield that was visible to the naked eye!

The master and disciple both felt a chill run down their spines at the same time!
Without a word, Lou Gao leaned forward slightly, raised his AK instantly, and pointed the dark muzzle at the direction where Young Gilas had just dug, his eyes as sharp as a hawk's.

Lin Xia quickly turned to the side, the heavy muzzle of the shotgun pressed down, her finger resting on the trigger guard, her heart pounding violently from the sudden tension.

Young Gilas's warnings have never been wrong; its violent reaction means that whatever is lurking in the darkness ahead is definitely something extraordinary!
Just as Lin Xia and the others had assumed their fighting stances—

"Roar--!!!"

A deep, resonant roar, with a chilling penetrating force and a texture like the friction of rocks, suddenly erupted from the front of the Young Gilas excavation site, deeper underground!

The roar wasn't sharp, but it contained a terrifying shockwave! The entire passage seemed to be violently shaken by an invisible giant hand!
Rumble!
The incredibly solid black rock walls at the top and on both sides of the passage trembled and rattled from the terrifying sound waves!
Large amounts of dust and small stones fell like rain!
Tiny cracks even appeared on the walls of the passage! Lin Xia and Lou Gao were shaken so badly that their blood surged, their eardrums buzzed, and the torchlight flickered violently, almost going out!
"No! Back away!"

Lou Gao's expression changed drastically. With his rich experience, he immediately realized that the soul beast that existed underground was extremely powerful and had terrifying attributes. Moreover, it was very likely that it had the ability to manipulate rocks or shockwaves!
Fighting them in this narrow underground tunnel is practically suicide!

Lou Gao made a quick decision and told Lin Xia and Young Gilas to retreat along the same route.

However, just as they turned to retreat—

"boom!!!"

An even louder explosion erupted at the location of the Young Gilas excavation site!

The solid black rock wall was shattered from the inside by an immense force, as fragile as tofu! Rock fragments shot out like cannonballs, filling the air with dust!
Immediately afterwards, a huge head covered with scales as black as ink and shimmering with a cold, hard luster like rock suddenly emerged from the breach!
The head was triangular, thicker than a water vat, and its two vertical pupils, like dark golden furnaces, radiated a cold, tyrannical, and cunning light.

Next came its incredibly thick body, which snaked out, with the exposed portion alone exceeding five or six meters in length!
This enormous black-scaled serpent, or rather, python, exuded a rich aura of earth soul power and a suffocatingly cold presence.

Its dark golden vertical pupils instantly locked onto Lin Xia and Lou Gao in the tunnel, its huge forked tongue flicking in and out, seemingly assessing the threat posed to its prey.

However, when its gaze swept over the tall buildings, a very obvious hint of fear flashed in its cold pupils!

It seemed to instantly realize that the combination of the two humans and the strange soul beast in front of it was no easy opponent!

Without the slightest hesitation, the cunning and cautious black serpent suddenly retracted its huge head and twisted its thick body, about to burrow back into the depths of the broken rock wall, clearly intending to use its innate ability to move freely underground to escape!

"Trying to run?! Stay here, you bastard!"

Lou Gao was not about to let go of this guy who had offered himself up and was clearly guarding the secrets of the underground.
The frustration of almost being defeated by its roar, coupled with the disappointment of not finding any ore after digging for so long, all turned into the rage of battle!

Lou Gao's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and a wild and excited smile spread across his face as he roared!
“Da da da da da——!!!”

The deafening gunshots instantly shattered the silence underground!

Lou Gao's AK assault rifle spat out scorching flames!

He pulled the trigger and fired a burst of bullets directly at the giant snake's retracting body!

But this is no ordinary bullet!

Lou Gao made his own lightning and fire bombs!

Each bullet, upon striking the jet-black, iron-hard scales, didn't merely pierce or embed itself; instead, it erupted in a blinding blue-white flash of electricity! Then—

"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!"

Like a small explosive charge being detonated!

Where the bullet struck, the seemingly indestructible, thick scales shattered like paper under the combined tearing of the violent lightning and the shockwave of the explosion!
Accompanied by the teeth-grinding sound of metal shattering and flesh tearing, dazzling flowers of blood suddenly bloomed on the giant snake's massive body!

(End of this chapter)