Chapter 171 – Quicksand Crisis

Chapter 171 – Quicksand Crisis
Xu Chuniang had actually mistakenly entered the quicksand.

In an instant, the sand under her feet, without realizing it, had not passed her ankles, pulling and constantly sinking down.

She tried to raise her foot, but before her right foot could be lifted, her left foot violently sunk down several inches, shocking her so much that she didn’t dare to make any more reckless movements.

There were a few sand scorpions that were chasing very closely that similarly entered the quicksand area, and before long, the figures of those few sand scorpions were swallowed whole by the quicksand and disappeared without a trace.

Seeing this, the Sand Scorpion King flashed a deep light in his eyes and gave an order to stop the other Sand Scorpions from continuing forward.

Immediately, the group of Sand Scorpions gave up the prey that was right in front of them and retreated towards the back.

The Sand Scorpions had lived in this yellow sand desert for many years, and had never encountered this quicksand, so they were naturally clear about the power of this quicksand.

Being engulfed by the quicksand, it was hard to escape the word death.

Watching the sand scorpions retreat like a tidal wave, Xu Chuniang’s heart did not have a trace of joy.

In just a few breaths of time, the quicksand had disappeared from her ankles to her calves, and was still sinking down.

Compared to the thousands of sand scorpions, this quicksand seemed harmless, but in reality, it killed in an invisible way. Once stepping into the range of quicksand, it was extremely difficult to escape.

Xu Chuniang didn’t dare to move, but the sinking force she was enduring was becoming more and more alarming, if she didn’t take action, she would soon be swallowed up by the quicksand just like the previous sand scorpions.

However, being on top of the quicksand, if she acted rashly like before, it would only cause her body to sink even faster.

It seemed that no matter how one chose, it was a dead end.

Xu Chuniang took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.

She still remembered clearly the situation when those few sand scorpions were engulfed, the smaller the size of the sand scorpions, the faster they sank, while the larger ones sank a little slower.

In addition, the scorpion that struggled the most was the one that was swallowed the fastest.

In the middle of her thoughts, the quicksand had already gone past her knees, and she couldn’t wait any longer.

If she didn’t take action, the only thing waiting for her was to be swallowed by the quicksand.

Xu Chuniang suddenly made a bold move, her body tilted backward, her body above her knees falling directly onto the quicksand.

A miraculous thing happened, just as she tilted her body back, the momentum of her body sinking slowed down.

Although the quicksand was still pulling her downward, it was much slower than before.

Xu Chuniang lay on top of the quicksand, listening to the small sounds made by the gravel as it flowed, and pondering in her heart the way to get out.

Although she had temporarily slowed down the force of her descent through this method, as long as she was in the quicksand, the crisis had not been lifted.

She tentatively moved her deepest left foot, but as long as there was a slight movement, she could clearly feel her body sinking.

At the same time, as her legs sank deeper and deeper, the pressure on her legs became heavier and heavier, making it difficult to pull them out easily.

Xu Chuniang’s brows knitted deeply, after being trapped in the quicksand, even if she was able to hold her breath and close it, her body could not withstand the increasingly heavy pressure.

She tried applying the Light Body Technique to her body to make it lighter, but this method was also a cure rather than the disease, only slowing down the sinking momentum a little.

With the passage of time, the quicksand at this point had already missed half of her body.

Xu Chuniang tried various techniques to stop her body from sinking, and even tried wrapping her body in a water binding technique.

However, the quicksand looked light, but was actually extremely heavy, and the Water Binding Technique wouldn’t last long before it was burst by the weight of the quicksand. After the Water Binding Technique burst, the water fell into the quicksand, causing the quicksand’s sinking speed to increase steeply.

Xu Chuniang could clearly feel that her body had sunk down by as much as half an inch, and her ears were pressed to the top of the quicksand.

Looking from above, her entire body was wrapped in quicksand, and the area below her knees was even deeper into the quicksand, very critical.

If this situation continued, it wouldn’t take long for her to be completely swallowed by the quicksand.

Under the crisis of life and death, Xu Chuniang’s eyes revealed a bright color, and almost without thinking, she cast the Spirit Rain Technique.

Only to see rain continuously dripping down from other areas around her body as the center of the circle.

After coming into contact with the quicksand, this rainwater, at a speed visible to the naked eye, quickly sank downwards, quickly forming a large pit three feet deep.

Only where Xu Chuniang was was dripping with rain, still maintaining its previous height. As the sand around her continued to fall, the quicksand on her body loosened up a lot, and the pressure plummeted.

Xu Chuniang didn’t act rashly, continuously casting her Spiritual Rain Technique.

As the rainwater mingled with the quicksand, the pit reached a depth of several feet, while the quicksand on her body no longer sank downwards and kept surging in all directions.

As the quicksand continued to flow outwards, her legs finally detached themselves from the quicksand.

Xu Chuniang rummaged through her storage ring and found a piece of lower-grade Xuan Tie stone, gently tossing it towards the surrounding pits.

Once thrown, half of this piece of Xuan iron stone was plunged into the water-mixed quicksand, while the other half never fell behind, she was certain in her heart, and without hesitation, rolled on the ground and fell into the pit.

Seeing that her body really stopped sinking, Xu Chuniang rolled over and rose up, clearing the sand and soil from her body with a Pure Dust Technique.

She couldn’t help but lament inwardly, if she hadn’t observed the situation when the sand scorpion was engulfed, found a way to alleviate the sinking of the quicksand, and inadvertently discovered that water could accelerate the sinking of the quicksand, and used this method to save herself, I’m afraid that at this moment, she would have already been deeply trapped in the quicksand, and would not be able to call out for help from the sky, or from the earth.

No wonder everyone said that the small zephyr realm in the dangerous and unpredictable, alone this quicksand, will let a person can not be defended.

However, after this experience, it is not considered to be no gain at all, Xu Chuniang found a way to cope with the quicksand, for out of this yellow sand desert a few more points of certainty.

She took out the concealment formation, and meditated in the formation to recover, and will have to continue her journey in the morning.

A few hours later, the sky was bright.

Xu Chuniang put away the formation and was about to leave the deep pit, when her afterglow caught a glimpse of a small piece of sandy soil revealed in the southeast corner, with a very solid texture and a color a bit darker than the other sandy soil.

It was only after she got closer that she could see that there were a few black lines on top of this piece of sandy soil, not knowing whether they were naturally generated or added on later in life.

Xu Chuniang picked up the white pole gun, to the sand gently poke, this sand is unexpectedly solid, under this poke, actually did not break.

The white pole gun is a superb spiritual weapon, and the head of the gun is even sharper than usual, facing the brown armored lizard with amazing defense, it was able to break it open.

But this small piece of sandy soil in front of him, resisted the white pole gun’s advantage.

Xu Chuniang instantly became interested, she was only testing the move and did not exert any force, but it was enough to prove the extraordinary nature of this sandy soil.

She tightened her grip on the White Rod Gun, pouring spiritual qi into it, and stabbed it fiercely towards where the sandy soil was.

Under the full force of this blow, the sandy soil could no longer withstand it, and immediately split into pieces, revealing a bowl-sized opening.

A cold wind blew out along the ruptured opening.

Xu Chuniang stared at the mouth in front of her, her eyes showing a strange color, underneath this sandy soil, it was actually hollow!
(End of chapter)