Chapter 325

Chapter 325

Lorant couldn’t confirm what the Giant Sandworm actually looked like.

Records about it were few and far between, but this was the case with almost all legendary beasts, and Lorant had somewhat gotten used to the world’s slow flow of information.

At least from its name, Lorant had a rough idea of the size of this legendary beast.

However, the moment he saw its true form, Lorant realized his earlier imagination had been too modest.

The beast that rose from the sand seemed like it belonged to the Lopulo Mountains, looming like a mountain that had sprung up out of nowhere, standing majestically before Lorant.

The scorching desert sun was blocked by the Giant Sandworm’s body, and Lorant even felt oddly cooler in that moment.

The unique aura of a legendary beast swept over everyone. Lorant felt his body grow heavier, but he didn’t experience much mental impact.

At least when facing this behemoth, Lorant could still think clearly and logically about his next steps.

Jacqueline rose to her feet on the back of her Windbreaking Horse. With a light tap of her toes, she floated into the air, weightless as a feather.

Amid the howling desert winds, her figure stayed remarkably steady, instilling an inexplicable sense of calm.

The Giant Sandworm truly lived up to its name, resembling a giant worm in appearance.

What appeared to be a towering mountain was just a fraction of its body. From where it connected with the sand dunes, Lorant couldn’t fathom how much more of the Giant Sandworm’s body lay buried beneath the sand.

The hill beneath their feet might have been part of the Giant Sandworm’s body.

The Giant Sandworm’s head had a circular, barrel-shaped maw, making the entire beast look like a worm blown up to colossal proportions.

When it opened its mouth, as wide as its body, and roared at Jacqueline, Lorant could even catch the overpowering stench.

He frowned, wondering if this giant creature had ever bothered to clean its mouth since birth.

Pushing aside the untimely thought, Lorant decisively grabbed the reins of Harvey’s Windbreaking Horse, and the two began to turn and run in another direction.

"Where are the Giant Sandworm eggs?" Lorant shouted, grabbing Harvey, who looked visibly shaken and dazed.

As a child of the desert, Harvey could sense the location of Giant Sandworm eggs.

However, Harvey was trembling violently, his teeth chattering. His yellow eyes were wide with fear, and his gaze was unfocused as he looked at Lorant.

For an ordinary person to face a legendary beast at such close range, it would be hard to do better than him.

Except for exceptional cases like Lorant, the pressure from a legendary beast could instantly turn an ordinary person into a mentally unstable fool.

Lorant clenched his teeth, realizing he couldn’t count on this child of the desert right now. He immediately instructed Fa Meng to stop holding back and focus on finding the Giant Sandworm eggs first.

Before coming, Lorant had already discussed with Jacqueline.

Once the Giant Sandworm was discovered, Jacqueline would temporarily hold off the legendary beast alone.

However, due to the difference in strength, even a powerhouse like Jacqueline, known as a violent cannon among legendary practitioners, admitted she couldn’t hold out against the Giant Sandworm for long.

So, while Jacqueline was holding off the Giant Sandworm alone, Lorant had to retrieve the Giant Sandworm eggs with Fa Meng. Then, Fa Meng and Jacqueline could face the Giant Sandworm together and extract one of its teeth from its barrel-shaped mouth.

With thousands of teeth, the Giant Sandworm likely wouldn’t miss one.

Giant Sandworm eggs were incredibly rare materials. Since records began, only seven have ever appeared in the world.

However, according to those who have obtained Giant sandworm eggs, they are usually found in large clusters, firmly stuck to the rocks by some kind of mucus. Under the Giant sandworm's pursuit, managing to take even one is considered a stroke of luck.

Moreover, through these travelogues, Lorant knows that the most important thing is that Giant sandworm eggs are never far from the Giant sandworm.

In other words, seeing the Giant sandworm means Lorant is not far from the Giant sandworm eggs!

A surge of energy burst from Fa Meng, instantly sweeping across a hundred-mile radius.

Almost simultaneously, a small exclamation point appeared on Fa Meng's head, and it quickly locked onto the location of the Giant sandworm eggs.

It was a rock pile behind the Giant sandworm, not the most numerous or the most hidden among the many rock piles buried in the desert, but one of the chosen birthing places by the Giant sandworm.

Lorant quickly turned and kicked Harvey's Windbreaking Horse, sending it galloping away with the dazed guide, while he himself spurred his horse directly toward the Giant sandworm eggs.

As Jacqueline relentlessly bombarded the Giant sandworm, it finally noticed Lorant's advance. He was already only a few hundred meters away from the eggs.

The Giant sandworm roared in anger, finally realizing why these two individuals with the reviled aura had come.

A massive sandstorm instantly engulfed Jacqueline, forcing her to hastily cast a shield using high-level beast leather.

At the same time, Lorant felt the sand beneath him suddenly begin to sink, as if something terrifying was about to burst out from the ground.

The Windbreaking Horse could skim the wind but couldn't truly take flight, so as the sand beneath its feet collapsed, Lorant and his horse began to uncontrollably dive downward.

Moments later, the body of the Giant sandworm, buried deep in the desert, swept up a storm of yellow sand and struck with terrifying force from below at the daring individual who had designs on its eggs.

The Windbreaking Horse whinnied in fear, sensing the looming threat but unable to escape. At its speed, it was already too late!

Despite the legendary beast's pressure, the Windbreaking Horse's steady run showcased Lorant's success in training it with Fa Meng's occasional scares.

In Lorant's view, the mountain-like body of the Giant sandworm, carrying the power to shatter the heavens and earth, was rushing toward him. Even trusting Fa Meng, his heart pounded as if it might burst from his chest.

It was the thrill of facing death.

But the Giant sandworm's vision of flinging the pesky intruder with its tail never materialized.

In fact, its tail did not rise as it wished.

A massive dragon-like beast, comparable in size to the Giant sandworm, suddenly appeared before it. With one foot, it pinned the Giant sandworm's tail, shielding Lorant from harm.

The dragon-like beast lifted its head, its cold, vertical eyes locking onto the grotesque creature.

As the Giant sandworm coiled its body and shot toward it, the dragon-transformed Fa Meng opened its mouth and spewed a scorching flame hot enough to dry up the air at the hideous worm.

The Giant sandworm, engulfed in flames, reeked of charred flesh. Overwhelmed, it shrieked and reeled backward.

Seizing this opportunity, Lorant spurred his Windbreaking Horse to gallop forward frantically. In moments, the horse dashed hundreds of meters to the desert rock pile.

Dozens of Giant sandworm eggs appeared before Lorant, filling him with joy. The travelogue's account proved trustworthy, much to his relief.

But a problem emerged: the eggs, as the travelogue described, were cemented to the rocks by thick mucus. Initially, Lorant had planned to have Fa Meng handle the task of removing them, but now Fa Meng was forced to confront the Giant sandworm and had no time to spare for this, which was an unexpected situation outside Lorant's plan.

Fortunately, Lorant had more than one plan.

He smacked the net bag on the Windbreaking Horse's flank, releasing a swarm of buzzing Wingless Flywheels.

Dozens of laser beams quickly struck the junction between the rock pile and the sandy ground.

Since the mucus was unyielding, Lorant decided to let it stick as it pleased. He would simply cut off this pile of rocks and take it away!

This reckless individual even reached out his hand, attempting to take the entire rock pile, along with the Giant sandworm beast eggs, without cutting them.

However, the part of the rock pile visible above the sand was merely the tip of the iceberg; much more was buried underground, with an unknown volume.

The huge empty dimensional belt Lorant had prepared showed no reaction at all.

With no other options, Lorant had no choice but to anxiously wait for these flying, coal-like spheres to quickly cut down the rock.

Meanwhile, the Giant sandworm, upon seeing Lorant successfully approach its eggs, grew even more enraged.

As the king of the desert, the Giant sandworm let out a roar, causing the sand dunes within a five to six hundred kilometer radius to begin shaking. The sand appeared to be magically summoned, flying into the sky in a manner completely against the laws of nature.

An unprecedented sandstorm was quietly brewing over the desert's heart.

Meanwhile, Jacqueline, having escaped the small sandstorm, waved her staff, which was as tall as she was, and a thunderbolt descended from the sky, morphing into a multitude of silver serpents just before striking the Giant sandworm.

"Thunder Magic: Thunderous Python!"

Each of these thunderous pythons, stretching tens of meters in length, coiled around the Giant sandworm, and white lightning swiftly wove a vast net, ensnaring the Giant sandworm.

The Giant sandworm convulsed momentarily under the electric assault of the thunderous pythons, but in the next instant, it shook its body, effortlessly breaking free from the ethereal bonds and dispelling Jacqueline's spell.

The Giant sandworm let out a skyward roar, unveiling the fearsome visage of a legendary beast.