The Sandstorm Worm King was clearly filled with extreme hatred toward these two little things that had severely wounded it!
Ignoring the flames still burning on its body, the shattered crystalline armor, the intense pain, and its impaired movement, it forcibly twisted its massive, agonized body!
The glazed crystal fragments attached to its wounds shattered one after another under the violent writhing of its muscles, revealing the hideous injuries beneath—charred, curled flesh, and in some places even grim white bones were exposed.
It ignored all these injuries. With the madness of dragging its enemies down with it, it opened its incomplete yet still terrifying mouthparts, its fangs shattered but still dreadful and, like a wounded giant python, lunged again toward Lin Xia and Larvitar, who were trapped in quicksand and restricted in movement!
Foul-smelling saliva mixed with burnt fragments of flesh dripped from the edges of its mouthparts.
A shadow instantly descended!
But on Lin Xia's face, not only was there no fear, but at the moment the Sandstorm Worm King charged recklessly toward him, a cold and confident smile appeared instead!
That smile was filled with the control of a hunter who had just seen his prey finally step into the final trap.
"Larvitar! Ignore it, aim at the ground beneath our feet and use Flamethrower! Harden the sand!"
Lin Xia's voice was decisive, without the slightest hint of panic.
"Larvitar!"
Larvitar had absolute trust in Lin Xia's command!
It immediately abandoned attacking the enemy, abruptly lowering its head and aiming its mouth, still carrying astonishing residual heat from the previous burst of flames, at the quicksand vortex beneath its feet that resembled a bottomless pit!
Whoosh—!
Another slightly thinner but equally scorching crimson-gold pillar of fire burst forth, pouring fiercely into the quicksand below!
Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!
The terrifying high temperature instantly evaporated all the moisture within the quicksand. The loose grains of sand rapidly melted and softened under the extreme heat, and then, with the continued heating of the flames and the cooling from the surrounding sand, they condensed and hardened at a speed visible to the naked eye!
A dark-red, rough, glass-like crystalline layer covered with cracked patterns quickly formed around the area where Larvitar and Lin Xia were sinking!
Although the area was not large, it was enough to provide a temporary, solid foothold!
The suction of the quicksand was forcibly restrained beneath the rapidly solidifying ground.
Lin Xia and Larvitar's sinking momentum came to an abrupt halt!
And in that brief instant, the Sandstorm Worm King's enormous maw , carrying the stench of blood and the aura of destruction had already lunged before Lin Xia!
The gaping mouth was like a passage to hell. Its broken fangs glimmered with cold light, and the thick stench was almost suffocating!
"Perfect timing!"
A sharp light burst from Lin Xia's eyes as the battle intent he had suppressed for so long erupted like a volcano!
This was exactly the moment he had been waiting for, when the opponent would stake everything and close the distance!
"Thunder Punch! Fire Punch!"
Lin Xia let out a fierce roar. His feet suddenly exerted force, stomping hard onto the glass-like ground Larvitar had just solidified!
The terrifying physical strength of a Soul King Level body instantly transmitted to his waist and abdomen, twisting his body, rotating his hips, both fists striking out simultaneously!
Left fist, lightning exploded!
Crackling blue-violet arcs of electricity danced like frenzied silver serpents, instantly coiling around his arm and fist.
Violent, swift lightning energy with piercing power was highly compressed upon the edge of his fist!
Right fist, flames surged!
Crimson-gold flames ignited again. Although not as grand in scale as Larvitar's flames, they were more condensed and concentrated, containing the pure fire intent formed by the fusion of his own soul power with the Sun Essence and the Phoenix Divine Pattern!
Scorching, explosive, carrying the will to burn everything!
Both fists, lightning on the left, fire on the right were like two meteors of completely different attributes yet equally violent. Carrying all of Lin Xia's strength and the complete transformation he had undergone during this period, they struck without any flourish, smashing solidly into the Sandstorm Worm King's gaping mouth filled with broken fangs!
Time seemed to freeze at that moment.
BOOM—!!!!
Crack—crack—crack—!!!
A deafening explosion erupted deep within the mouth of the Sandstorm Worm King!
Lightning and flames, two extremely violent forces met, collided, annihilated each other, and then erupted into an even more terrifying tide of energy within the narrow space!
Blue-violet lightning serpents and crimson-gold flames intertwined and twisted wildly, instantly forming a destructive purplish-red plasma fireball that rampaged inside the Sandstorm Worm King's mouth!
The terrifying explosive shockwave first tore apart the relatively fragile tissues of its mouth from the inside!
Then came the even more lethal invasion of energy!
The paralyzing and penetrating properties of lightning ignored the defense of the sand armor on its body and directly struck its internal nerves and muscle tissues, causing violent spasms and rigid paralysis!
The burning and explosive force of the flames mercilessly destroyed its flesh and tendons, turning the inside of its body into a scorched inferno!
Puchi! Crack!
Dozens of the Sandstorm Worm King's fangs hard as refined steel and already loosened and fractured from the earlier attacks, shattered under this double destructive assault from both inside and outside, as well as the clash of opposing attributes, like glass struck by a heavy hammer, producing a bone-chilling cracking sound!
Broken teeth mixed with charred flesh fragments, foul blood, and burnt pieces of internal organs burst out like a fountain from its massive mouth!
A rain of blood mixed with scorched tissue debris dyed the sand before Lin Xia into a filthy dark red and charred black!
"Aooo—Wuu—!!!"
The Sandstorm Worm King let out an unprecedented, extremely shrill scream of agony!
The sound was filled with indescribable pain, despair, and disbelief!
Its enormous body jerked violently backward as if its head had been struck by an invisible giant hammer, arching uncontrollably into the air!
The immense pain caused it to lose all control of its reason and power as it twisted and rolled madly, turning the surrounding sand dunes upside down as if a small sandstorm had erupted!
The mouthpart it had once been proud of—capable of grinding rocks into powder had now turned into a gruesome, mangled wound of flesh that continuously spewed filthy, charred substances. It was completely ruined!
Victory and defeat were already decided at this moment.
The Sandstorm Worm King had suffered a fatal injury and was only one step away from death.
"It's over, Larvitar."
Lin Xia wiped the dirty blood and sand splashed onto his face. His voice carried the hoarseness and slight fatigue after intense battle, but even more excitement.
He could feel the Soul Power surging within his body, as well as the second Soul Ring that was about to be his, one that would allow his strength to leap forward dramatically.
"Prepare to absorb the Soul Ring!"
"Larvitar!"
Larvitar responded with a low growl. Victory gleamed within its crimson eyes. It shook its body covered in magma-like armor, scattering the sand and charred debris clinging to it, then moved its short legs, preparing to step forward with Lin Xia to deliver the final blow to the massive creature—ending its suffering and drawing out the Soul Ring.
However, at the moment they took a step forward, a sudden change occurred!
The enormous worm body that seemed completely incapable of moving, only twitching in pain, suddenly erupted with a strange writhing movement like a dying flash of vitality that made one's heart tremble!
This writhing was not the struggle of something on the verge of death, but rather a peculiar contraction filled with a powerful will to survive!
Compared to its previous violent charges, the speed of this writhing was obviously much slower now and even seemed somewhat clumsy.
Yet precisely because of this slowness, combined with the violent rise and fall of its enormous body, it revealed a sense of desperate determination, as if it intended to perish together with its enemy.
Lin Xia's pupils suddenly shrank, alarm bells ringing wildly in his mind.
"Something's wrong! Be careful!"
Before his words could finish, the scene before his eyes completely overturned his understanding of the Sandstorm Worm as a Soul Beast!
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