Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Young Gilas, Sandstorm King!

Chapter 98 Testing the Results of Cultivation: The Abyss of Quicksand!

Almost at the same instant they broke through the sand, the Sandstorm Worm King, its massive body brimming with all its fury, charged towards them once more with even greater ferocity, like a moving mountain!

Its rotating mouthparts emitted a piercing shriek, and the swirling sandstorm formed a yellow shockwave that rushed towards us first, carrying a suffocating pressure.

"Fire Fist!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Xia gave the order in a stern voice.

A calm light gleamed in his eyes; this was the perfect opportunity to test the results of his and Young Kylas's arduous training over the past period!

While firearms are undoubtedly powerful, one's own strength is fundamental, which is why Lin Xia did not use firearms to kill him directly this time!

After being tempered by the essence of the sun, strengthened by the phoenix divine patterns, and especially after accumulating so many mineral resources, he had absolute confidence in his own and Young Gilas's power.

How could a Soul Master-level physique fear a seven-thousand-year-old Soul Beast?
"Yo-ji-!!"

Young Gilas unleashed an unprecedented battle cry, its small body radiating a ferocious aura completely disproportionate to its size.

Faced with the enormous creature that was crushing down on it, it did not back down at all, but instead took the initiative to meet it head-on!
Its claws clenched into fists, and from the gaps in the lava carapace covering them, the crimson-gold phoenix patterns burst forth like a lit fuse, instantly emitting a dazzling golden-red light!

boom!
A blazing flame suddenly ignited, not an ordinary orange-red, but a crimson-gold flame with the pure heat and divinity of the sun's essence!

Flames coiled around Youngkiras's fists, leaping and rising, distorting the scorching air around them.

The flames were so hot that even the sand beneath their feet began to melt and shine silently.

boom! ! !
Young Gilas's fist, burning with divine flames, slammed hard into the thick sand crystal carapace near the mouthparts of the Sandstorm Worm King!

Chi chi chi——! ! !
A tooth-grinding sound, like a red-hot branding iron being plunged into ice water, exploded instantly!

The Sandstorm Worm King's prized sand crystal shell, comparable to adamantite, was as fragile as paper in the face of the ultimate flames containing the power of the phoenix!
At the point where the fist landed, a sand crystal layer tens of centimeters thick turned red, softened, and melted at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The high temperature instantly destroyed the structural stability of the sand crystals, causing them to collapse and liquefy under the intense compression!
Even more terrifying is that after the molten sand crystals left the core of the Young Gilas flames, they were rapidly cooled by the relatively low temperature of the surrounding air and sand, and instantly solidified!

A large, hard, transparent, glass-like crystalline area formed, tightly covering the surface of the Sandstorm Worm King's body!

"Roar-!!!"

The Sandstorm Worm King let out a deafening, agonizing scream! This was not only the excruciating pain from the physical impact, but also the double blow from the burning flames and the forced destruction and solidification of the sand crystal structure! Larvitar's terrifying strength was pushed to its limit by the eruption of the Flame Punch.

The Sandstorm Worm King's enormous body was actually knocked off the ground and sent flying backward and upward by this punch containing fire and immense force!

The massive insect body briefly lost its balance in mid-air, revealing its lower abdomen covered with a sand crystal carapace.

The area that had been melted and crystallized by the flames shimmered with a dazzling, glassy luster in the sunlight, as if it were draped in a clumsy and fragile "glass armor," which greatly limited the flexibility of its body and the defensive and regenerative capabilities of its sand crystal shell.

"Perfect opportunity! Larvitar, Flamethrower! Maximum power!"

Lin Xia's eyes flashed with a sharp light. The opportunity was fleeting, and he would never give his opponent a chance to breathe!
"Yoji—!!!"

The young Kira landed, its four short legs firmly planted in the sand.

It took a deep breath, and its small belly swelled up rapidly like a balloon. On the lava carapace covering its chest and abdomen, all the phoenix divine patterns shone brightly, as if lava was flowing and gathering beneath it!
A chillingly high-temperature energy wave spread out from its center, the surrounding air distorted violently, and the sand beneath their feet began to melt silently, forming a small lava crater.

The power is charged up in an instant!
The next second, Young Gilas suddenly opened its mouth wide!

boom--! ! !
A crimson-gold pillar of fire, over a meter in diameter and almost solidified, resembled a torrent of molten lava from the earth's core or a divine punishment flame descended by a phoenix. With a terrifying power capable of incinerating all things, it tore through the air, emitting a muffled roar, and struck the Sandstorm Worm King, which had nowhere to gain leverage in mid-air, with unparalleled precision!

The target was the large area on its body surface that had just been melted and crystallized by the Flame Fist!

*Sizzle—! Boom!!*
The moment the crimson pillar of fire came into contact with the crystallized armor, the sound that erupted was no longer a melting sound, but a violent explosion like a red-hot iron block being splashed with cold water!
Under the continuous impact of extreme high temperature, the crystalline layer could no longer maintain its shape and collapsed and exploded!
Countless crystal-clear glass shards with sharp, knife-like edges, mixed with sand that had been instantly vaporized, shot out in all directions like shrapnel!
The flames continued their relentless advance, pouring fiercely into the relatively vulnerable flesh and blood of the Sandstorm Worm King, which had lost its shell protection!
"Awoooooo—!!!"

This time, the scream was no longer just pain, but was mixed with deep-seated fear and overwhelming resentment!

Golden flames burned and spread wildly on its brownish-yellow, wrinkled, and tough hide, instantly filling the air with a strong smell of burning and the stench of charred protein. Its massive body was tumbled through the air by the flames before crashing heavily onto a sand dune dozens of meters away, kicking up clouds of dust.

Its body was charred in many places and billowing smoke. Its proud sand crystal shell defense system was almost completely destroyed by two consecutive fire-type attacks from Young Gilas that contained the power of the phoenix!
However, the counterattack of the seven-thousand-year-old soul beast was the most fatal!
The Sandstorm Worm King's shrill scream, filled with resentment and like the howl of a vengeful ghost from the abyss, suddenly rose to a frequency that pierced the eardrums!
This sound wave is not just a simple sound attack, but contains its core ability to manipulate sand and soil—the quicksand abyss!
Om-! ! !
The sand beneath Lin Xia and Young Gilas's feet seemed to have instantly transformed from a sleeping behemoth into a greedy quicksand swamp!
The sand layer, which was originally quite solid, lost all its support the moment the sound waves touched it, becoming as heavy and viscous as mercury.

An irresistible, immense suction force came from the ground, frantically pulling their bodies downwards!
"Oops!"

Lin Xia felt a chill run down her spine. Her legs felt as if they were wrapped by countless cold, slippery tentacles, instantly disappearing into her knees!
He exerted his strength suddenly, unleashing the physical power of a Soul Master, in an attempt to break free, but the suction force from his feet was far beyond his imagination, as if the weight of the entire desert was pressing down on his legs!
Young Gilas was in slightly better condition. It was incredibly heavy, and its four legs were deeply embedded in the sand, but it was sinking faster. The light on its lava carapace was covered by the flowing sand, making it appear somewhat dim.

(End of this chapter)