Although Black Sand only had two years left to live, two years was more than enough for Qi Yuan.
Black Sand was a rank 4 that couldn't see the light of day and was destined to be left alone. He was a consumable. If he really met a strong enemy, he could be used as cannon fodder. There was no need to plan carefully!
After leaving the mine, Qi Yuan directly threw two high-explosive bombs at the entrance of the mine, causing the entire mine to collapse.
Qi Yuan was still riding on his insect mount. The Blazing Angel sat on Qi Yuan's shoulder, leisurely swinging her short white legs.
Black Sand wore the black robe he pulled off from the corpse and walked in front silently, acting as the scout.
Qi Yuan originally planned to let the Blazing Angel and Black Sand work together to control a few more rank 4 insects before exploring the last checkpoint.
However, controlling Black Sand took up almost all of the Blazing Angel's control. Controlling another insect mount was already the limit. There was no way to control a second rank 4 insect. Qi Yuan had no choice but to give up on the idea of forming an army of rank 4 insects.
When they were about to reach the last checkpoint, Qi Yuan had a thought. He took off Wuchang from his wrist and handed it to the Blazing Angel.
As a rank 4 weapon, Wuchang would only be a burden in his hands. It was better to let the Blazing Angel use it to increase her combat power.
The Blazing Angel gripped the Impermanence and easily took control of this fancy mechanical weapon.
A cold light flashed, and a chilling two-handed greatsword appeared in the Blazing Angel's hands.
The Blazing Angel stared blankly at this greatsword that was several times larger than her body. She didn't understand what this thing was and why it was so huge!
The Blazing Angel then swung Wuchang a few times, and the cold blade slashed past. Qi Yuan only felt a chill on his arm when he realized that the Blazing Angel had slashed him.
You just got a weapon and you slashed me with the back of your hand?
Blazing Angel: Σ (っ ° Д °;) っ!!
Looking at the wound on Qi Yuan's arm, Blazing Angel was clearly stunned. She lowered her head and turned Impermanence back into a bracer, looking like a child who had made a mistake and was ready to be punished.
Qi Yuan didn't know how to retort. Although the Blazing Angel was also at Tier 4, it was indeed somewhat unsuitable for her to use such a weapon. Even the smallest dagger form was too big for the Blazing Angel's body.
A child wielding a sledgehammer would hurt himself before he could even hurt the enemy.
Qi Yuan recalled his Hellguard and was just about to put it back on his wrist when he suddenly saw Black Sand walking silently in front of him.
This weapon was prepared by the Xu family for Black Sand. He should be able to use it!
"Call Black Sand over!" Qi Yuan said.
The Blazing Angel who had made a mistake obediently let Black Sand walk over. She secretly glanced at Qi Yuan from the corner of her eyes. Seeing that Qi Yuan had no intention of punishing her, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Black Sand grasped Hellguard and a powerful aura instantly rose up. His entire body seemed to resonate with the greatsword in his hand and fuse together.
Blazing Angel stared at Black Sand with wide eyes, as if she had discovered a fun toy. Black Sand who held the weapon was clearly much stronger than before. If Black Sand had held this weapon in the underground mine, the outcome of the battle might have been reversed.
Black Sand continuously swung Hellguard in his hand, switching between its various forms and attributes with incomparable fluidity. It was a stark contrast to the Blazing Angel's clumsy movements.
Good fellow!
After going one round, this mechanical equipment fell into Black Sand's hands!
Seeing Black Sand skillfully using Hellguard, Qi Yuan did not take it back. In his hands, Hellguard was just a pile of scrap metal. In Black Sand's hands, it was a weapon that could kill enemies.
With two Tier 4 escorts, Qi Yuan originally felt a little more confident about his last check-in. However, when the last check-in point appeared in front of him, Qi Yuan was stunned.
What the hell is this thing?
A statue?
A statue of a headless giant over a hundred meters tall stood in the wilderness. It stretched out its hands as if it wanted to tear the sky apart.
The statue was greenish-black, as if it had withstood the baptism of countless winds and rain. A sense of vicissitudes of time washed over it.
Qi Yuan looked at the incomparably huge statue in front of him and wondered for a moment if he had fallen into an illusion!
How could there be such a thing in the wilderness?
The statue of the headless giant stood silently. Even looking at it from afar, it gave off a heavy feeling of oppression, as if it could come to life at any time.
Qi Yuan looked at the empty neck of the headless giant. There was no head on it, only a faint white light beam emitting a faint light!
The check-in light beam was on the neck of this headless giant statue!
For Qi Yuan, climbing a statue over a hundred meters tall was not difficult at all. However, the problem was that no one could guarantee what kind of danger was hidden in this statue.
If he wanted to complete the check-in, he would have to personally climb to the top. If he encountered danger during the climb, even with the Blazing Angel and Black Sand accompanying him, he might not be able to guarantee that nothing would happen.
A place marked by the Talent Tree naturally would not be an ordinary place. This headless giant statue must have hidden dangers.
Qi Yuan rubbed his forehead, feeling a headache coming on.
These check-in points!
There was not a single free point question, all of them were free points!
Such a huge statue could not have appeared out of thin air.
But if it had always been here, there was no way that the gathering point did not have any news about it. The Iron Chariots already had a map of the blue area. Although it was not very comprehensive, other people had set foot in this area before. There was no sign of this statue on the map.
Such a huge headless giant statue could be seen even from thousands of meters away. However, the Iron Chariots did not have any relevant information about it. This was what made Qi Yuan the most vigilant.
Qi Yuan circled the headless giant several times from afar and did not find anything abnormal. There was not even a trace of Insectoids or Polluter Beasts.
Slowly, Qi Yuan tried to get closer until he could observe the edge of the statue with Area Detection. Still, he did not find anything abnormal.
Other than mud and rocks, there was nothing else around the statue. Not even the bones of animals could be found.
There was also no force field enveloping the statue. Area Detection could clearly sense the material inside. It was completely ordinary rock.
Qi Yuan stopped a few dozen meters away from the statue. The more he did not find anything abnormal, the more it proved that there was something abnormal about the statue.
After pondering for a long time, Qi Yuan said to Blazing Angel.
"Let Black Sand climb up!"
Blazing Angel nodded and quickly controlled Black Sand to walk to the foot of the statue.
In front of the incomparably huge statue, Black Sand was as small as a black ant. Under Qi Yuan's gaze, the black ant began to climb along the toes of the headless giant statue with its bare hands.
Black Sand quickly climbed to the foot of the statue. Since he did not find anything abnormal, he continued to climb.
As a rank 4 ability user, Black Sand's physique was far superior to ordinary people. This kind of difficult climb was not an obstacle to him.
Qi Yuan watched as the black sand crawled up his calves, thighs, waist, and throat. Finally, it stood on the empty neck of the giant statue and completed its ascent. Nothing out of the ordinary happened.
Qi Yuan looked strangely at Black Sand standing on the top of the statue and looking down. He was somewhat puzzled.
Was this really a free point question?
Just as Qi Yuan was hesitating whether he should let Blazing Angel try to climb to the top, he suddenly heard a groan.
Qi Yuan turned around and saw Blazing Angel's figure ripple like water. His expression also became incomparably painful.
What's going on!
Qi Yuan's hair instantly stood on end. Blazing Angel's appearance clearly showed that he was attacked!
Who attacked Blazing Angel?
The headless giant statue?
Or some other invisible existence?
Without time to think, Qi Yuan immediately turned around and retreated, quickly distancing himself from the giant statue by several thousand meters.
When the ripples on Blazing Angel's body calmed down, his aura clearly weakened.
"What's going on?" Qi Yuan asked in a deep voice.
Blazing Angel was stunned for a moment before he said with some lingering fear, "He lost control!"
He?
Black Sand lost control?
Qi Yuan's pupils shrank. Black Sand's loss of control not only meant that he had lost a Tier 4 helper, but also meant that he had gained a Tier 4 enemy.
At this moment, although Black Sand only had two years left to live, this did not affect him from being an enemy. More importantly, Black Sand's combat strength had already recovered, and he had even obtained the rank of Anitya Hellguard!
Thinking of how he had just let Blazing Angel help Black Sand recover his combat strength and handed over Anitya Hellguard to him, Qi Yuan wished he could slap himself twice.
This series of actions of his was the epitome of helping the enemy!
So the clown was actually himself!
Qi Yuan could not help but ridicule himself.
Gulp!
The sound of Blazing Angel swallowing saliva suddenly came from beside his ear.
Qi Yuan turned around and saw Blazing Angel staring at Black Sand on top of the headless statue, swallowing saliva desperately.
Qi Yuan was slightly stunned. This was the first time he saw Blazing Angel drooling at someone other than himself.
She wants to eat Black Sand?
No!
It's not Black Sand!
It's Asterite!
There's Asterite on top of the headless statue!
That's why Blazing Angel is drooling!
That's why Black Sand suddenly lost control!
"Is there Asterite on top?" Qi Yuan asked.
Blazing Angel wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth and nodded vigorously.
"There's Asterite on top!
Such a big Asterite! "
As Blazing Angel spoke, she opened her arms and made a hugging motion.
Qi Yuan's heart suddenly became hot. If there was really such a big Asterite on top, then he would not have to worry about Asterite reserves for a long time!
The problem now was whether or not there were other dangers hidden within the headless giant's statue. If there was only Hei Sha, then he could still think of a way to complete his check-in and absorb the star energy stones. If there were other dangers, then his check-in would be a waste of time.
Were there other hidden dangers on top of the headless giant statue?
Or could it be that the uncontrollable black sand was the danger of this check-in?
Qi Yuan's mind flashed. The headless statue was the sign-in point for the other half of the Rank 3 Shatterer pass, so the sign-in difficulty should be similar to the Red Copper Valley sign-in difficulty.
This meant that the enemy inside must be a Rank 4.
Judging from this point, Black Sand's strength completely matched the difficulty of this sign-in point.
Should I just leave?
Or take a gamble?
Qi Yuan stared at the headless giant statue in the distance. Black Sand was still at the top of the statue with Anitya in his hand. At such a distance, although Qi Yuan could not see Black Sand's appearance clearly, he could feel that Black Sand was staring at him with the same gaze.
If there were other Rank 4 existences on top of the statue, he had no reason to let Black Sand reach the top. So, the possibility of Black Sand being the final danger was very high.
As for retreating, not to mention whether or not Black Sand would chase after him, the strange existence of this headless giant statue was enough to dispel this idea.
Judging from various signs, this headless giant statue was very likely to have suddenly appeared here. Otherwise, with its size, there was no reason for it not to be discovered by the Wilderness Hunters.
This headless giant statue might be a sign-in point for him to sign-in here!
The last step of advancing to Rank 3 was the giant Asterite. It was time to go all out in this final battle!
"Can you stall Black Sand?" Qi Yuan asked.
Although Seraph had defeated Black Sand before, at that time, Black Sand had just woken up and was weak. Moreover, he did not have a weapon in his hand.
At this moment, Black Sand's injuries had recovered. In addition, with Anitya in his hand, he was undoubtedly at the peak of his strength. He was much stronger than when he had just woken up. The possibility of Black Sand defeating him head-on was too low.
However, his goal was not to defeat Black Sand. As long as Seraph could stall Black Sand and let him complete his sign-in, the mission would be completed!
Black Sand glanced at Qi Yuan, rolled his eyes, and quietly swallowed his saliva. He lowered his head and said weakly, "He's very strong!"
"More food!" Qi Yuan said calmly.
Seraph's eyes immediately lit up.
"I want ten servings … No!
Twenty servings! "
Tsk tsk!
This was a desperate deal. There was such a huge Asterite on top, and he was only asking for twenty servings!
If he had to name a price, he would f * cking ask for a hundred servings!
The usual PUA was indeed very effective. Seraph actually took the initiative to set his price so low!
"Deal!" Qi Yuan agreed decisively.
Qi Yuan stretched out his right hand and condensed ten servings of Asterite energy in his palm.
"This is the deposit. I'll give you the rest when I get the Asterite on top!"
Seraph nodded vigorously like a chick pecking at rice. Then, he snatched the Asterite energy from Qi Yuan's hand, as if he was afraid that Qi Yuan would go back on his word.
"Lure Black Sand away, the farther the better!
Unless you have my permission, you must not let him out of your sight! "
Seraph nodded casually while greedily absorbing the Asterite energy.
Qi Yuan glanced at Seraph and said meaningfully, "If I'm killed by Black Sand, you won't be able to eat the remaining Asterite energy!"
Seraph's body stiffened when he heard this. He raised his head and glared at Black Sand in the distance. An invisible force field spread out from his body.
"Kill him!
Kill him!
Beat him to death! "the Blazing Angel muttered as he consumed the remaining star energy from the star energy stones.