HBWnovel Chapter 39: They wiped out their nest.
Chapter 39: They wiped out their nest.
When it comes to trusting, Song Chaofeng had no choice but to let Tao Tao go. The key issue was that he had no idea where Tao Tao had gone, and if he rashly chased after her, he might get lost himself.
"Alright, let's go to the Red Sun Grand Canyon first."
The journey to Hongri Grand Canyon is a long one. According to the map, we should have arrived soon, but perhaps due to the strong winds and sandstorms, the journey that should have taken one day turned into two whole days for them.
Upon arriving at the Red Sun Grand Canyon, the group collapsed to the ground, unable to move, exhausted and breathless. Many had exhausted their spiritual energy and needed to recover as soon as possible.
Seeing everyone's condition, and knowing they couldn't continue for the time being, Ye Lan said, "Let's rest here for now, and go in when everyone has recovered."
Gazing at the distant sunset, Ye Lan's eyes were filled with longing. She knew very well that once the afterglow faded and neon lights filled the sky, the restrictions here would be lifted, and she would never have to go to Demon Scale Valley again.
The spatial fluctuation that occurs once every three hundred years is the best opportunity to enter the Lesser Separation Heaven. Such a secret is generally unknown to ordinary people.
Now all we have to do is wait.
Time passed slowly, and they had been resting there for several hours, but Tao Tao had not returned yet. Song Chaofeng was worried and kept looking up, looking anxious.
"Is your junior sister still not back?" Noticing his anxiety, Ye Lan walked over and asked, feigning concern.
Song Chaofeng shook his head helplessly, "Not yet."
"With such a strong sandstorm, and she still ignoring our advice, it's unlikely she'll make it out alive."
"Impossible, she'll be fine."
Upon hearing that Tao Tao might be in trouble, Song Chaofeng became extremely agitated, showing how worried he was about Tao Tao. However, the more he cared about Tao Tao, the more Ye Lan gloated, sneering, "Is that so? This is a cliffside slope. Even if she wasn't buried by the sandstorm, there are still so many sand eels and poisonous insects. How could she possibly return safely?"
"Senior brother!"
Just then, Tao Tao's voice suddenly rang out. It sounded very excited. Song Chaofeng was overjoyed and stood up abruptly. He saw Tao Tao had already transformed into human form and was hopping and skipping over. He was carrying a bunch of bright red fruits in his arms, which made people's mouths water.
"Tao Tao! You're finally back! Where did you go? You scared me to death! I thought something had happened to you."
Song Chaofeng shook his head in annoyance, then pulled Tao Tao aside to examine him carefully. Finding no problems, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Senior brother, have some fruit." Tao Tao blinked her big, watery eyes and held out the fruit in her hand to Song Chaofeng, making Song Chaofeng's eyes well up with tears.
"He's really lucky to be alive." Ye Lan looked disappointed. She wished Tao Tao wouldn't come back and would be eaten by the sand eel.
While happily distributing fruit to everyone, Tao Tao touched his nose and said cutely, "It's so much fun in the sand, there's fruit and meat to eat!"
Her innocent and carefree demeanor only aroused Ye Lan's disgust. Ye Lan turned away with a cold face and said irritably, "I hope the road ahead will be just as fun."
This sounds very strange, but I can't quite put my finger on what's wrong with it.
Song Chaofeng assumed that the young lady was just upset about Tao Tao's good luck, so he ignored her and pulled Tao Tao over to ask, "Where did the meat come from? There's only yellow sand all around here."
"Yes." Tao Tao nodded seriously and pulled out a bunch of sand eel corpses from his storage bracelet. Most of these corpses were about the thickness of a forearm, and if you really considered them as meat, there were quite a lot of them.
Linghu Xuan was also shocked. He came over and took a look, his mouth agape in astonishment. "Sand eels? These should all be larvae. Adult sand eels can be seven or eight feet long, incredibly fast, and can move freely in the sand."
Could it be that Tao Tao destroyed their nest? Otherwise, where did these little sand eels come from?
"It seems to have been that big," Tao Tao said thoughtfully, leaving Linghu Xuan speechless. "So what about the adult sand eel? You didn't eat it, did you?"
He spoke rather loudly, attracting the attention of those around him, especially Song Ling'er and the others, who were all incredibly shocked. Eat it? How could such a tiny little girl eat it? It seemed impossible.
Tao Tao shook his head in disappointment, "No, I wanted to eat it, but I couldn't catch up."
"Didn't catch up..." Linghu Xuan was embarrassed. His worry that he would be eaten by Tao Tao was justified. Once this guy got hungry, he wouldn't care about anything and might actually swallow him whole.
As the group was chatting happily, the ground suddenly began to shake, and something could be seen wriggling in the sand not far away.
"What is that?!" Someone who saw this scene immediately became nervous and asked with concern.
Ye Lan also looked over and frowned slightly. "It's a sand eel, and a fully grown one at that."
"How could this be? We're already at the Red Sun Grand Canyon, there's no reason for sand eels to come here, unless..."
The Tiangang Sect disciple glanced coldly at Tao Tao as he spoke, his words carrying a hidden meaning. The others could naturally understand that the sand eels Tao Tao brought back were still juveniles, and the adult sand eels that appeared might be there for this purpose.
"Junior Sister Yue, are you really going to wipe out the sand eel's lair?" Linghu Xuan's face was shocked. This was no joke. If a real adult sand eel came, they would have a hard time dealing with it.
Tao Tao opened his big eyes, shook his head, and said, "I don't know."
"Then where did you get these sand eel larvae corpses?"
"Found it in a cave."
"..."
Well, we still managed to take down their base, so it's only natural that they'd come looking for us.
Suddenly, a sandstorm swept across the sky, and sand eels wriggled out of the sand. Sand flew towards them, and the group quickly dodged. Then, a huge sand eel darted out, its two long whiskers on its head fluttering in the air.
After searching around, the sand eel's gaze fell on the corpses of the pair of sand eel larvae in front of Tao Tao. Suddenly, it became enraged and charged forward.
"Get out of the way! It's here for revenge!" Song Ling'er shouted. There weren't many of them left. If a few more were to die here, their chances of surviving in Xiaobietian would be slim. They needed at least a few stepping stones.
Seeing this, Song Chaofeng grabbed Tao Tao and urged the jade ruyi to dodge, but the sand eel went mad and relentlessly chased after them, convinced that they were the murderers who killed its larvae.
"Hey Tao Tao, can we avoid causing trouble? This thing is beyond our capabilities. Quickly release your Ice Demon."
Song Chaofeng was in a hurry, running and shouting, but he had no way to deal with such a huge creature.
Tao Tao obediently patted the pet carrier, and Tuan Tuan darted out in a flash. As soon as it stood still, it saw the sand eel open its abyssal maw and bite at it. The little guy was stunned, and tears welled up in its eyes in panic. Then it turned around with a wiggle and ran faster than Tao Tao and the others.
"I told you to come out and fight, why did you run away?" Song Chaofeng was speechless.