"This is... huh?"

Mo Yu had just appeared in the endless sea of ​​sand, and before he had time to see the surrounding environment clearly, he felt the malice coming from this area.

The sand under my feet began to slide rapidly like water.

quicksand!

I didn’t expect that I would encounter quicksand just after being teleported to the challenge scene.

The difficulty of the ultimate challenge in the Sand Trial Land is indeed extraordinary.

It's a surprise right from the start.

Feeling the flowing sand under his feet, Mo Yu was not panicked.

Quicksand is like a swamp. Once you fall into it, the more you struggle, the faster you will sink. If you panic, it will only be more dangerous.

He looked to his side and saw that the earth ant nest tower was not affected by the quicksand. It stood tall in the desert without any signs of collapsing or sinking.

The surrounding desert was very quiet and there didn't seem to be any danger for the time being.

Mo Yu grabbed the uneven body of the earth ant nest tower to prevent himself from sinking further.

There was a flash of light, and the queen ant appeared beside with several rock-armored army ants.

With the bodyguards in place, Mo Yu felt relieved.

Although the desert doesn't seem to be dangerous, he still needs to be on guard as he is too vulnerable now.

Earth ants are an ant species that is good at living underground. Although quicksand has a certain impact on their activities, it is not particularly large.

At least it can still maintain a certain degree of mobility and there is no chance of being swallowed by quicksand.

"There are enemies approaching quickly under the sand, be careful!" The queen ant who had just been summoned sent a warning.

Almost at the same time, the quicksand underground surged, and one could see something about to break out of the sand.

The next second, the sand parted, and a huge mouth full of sharp teeth emerged from under the desert, aiming directly at Mo Yu.

But halfway through, it was intercepted by rock-armored army ants and was knocked off course.

Before it could return to the sand, it was attacked by several rock-armored army ants. The attackers were easily killed by their powerful jaws.

"Desert worm?" Mo Yu saw clearly the monster that attacked him. It was a yellowish-brown worm that was more than two meters long.

The head is occupied by a big mouth full of sharp teeth, which looks extremely ferocious.

In the previous challenge mission, he had encountered a similar monster called the Desert Worm.

But the one in front of him was obviously higher in level and strength than the desert worm, and should be its advanced form.

The strange insect had very strong vitality. Even though its head was blown up by the rock-armored army ants, the rest of its body still twisted for a while before slowly dying.

After the attack just now, Mo Yu didn't dare to stand on the sand anymore.

Who knows when some desert monster will emerge from the ground and attack you.

Just because the rock-armored army ants can stop the enemy once doesn’t mean they can stop them every time.

After all, they are not professional desert creatures, and it is difficult for them to move quickly through the sand.

In this case, the best thing to do is to avoid contact with the desert.

Mo Yu summoned the giant rock-armored ant and transferred himself and the queen ant to the back of the giant rock-armored ant.

In this way, even if those strange insects attack from underground again, it will be difficult to attack them.

Given the size and defense of the Rock Armor Giant Ant, it would be difficult for ordinary monsters to pose any threat.

In fact, the safest way is to summon the Rock Armored Flying Ants and take off directly.

Unfortunately, the rock-armored flying ants are small in size and have very weak flying load-bearing capacity. They cannot even carry Mo Yu for a minute, so it is better for him to stay on the back of the rock-armored giant ant.

Immediately afterwards, Mo Yu summoned some giant rock-armored ants and army rock-armored ants to guard the earth-armored ant nest tower, and also summoned several rock-armored flying ants from the sky for emergency preparation.

He did not summon more ant colonies because he was worried that the target was too large and would easily attract monsters.

Soon, the second wave of attacks came, still from these strange insects.

This time Mo Yu saw their names clearly: Desert Devourers, rare fourth-level desert creatures.

It's just an appetizer, but it's so powerful.

Mo Yu had a clearer understanding of the difficulty of this one-hour survival mission.

The desert devourers underground did not choose the giant rock ants as their target of attack, but rather the smaller rock army ants.

Unfortunately, they chose the wrong opponent.

The rock-armored army ants easily resisted the attacks of the desert devourers and launched a counterattack.

The giant jaws swung quickly, like a pair of scissors, cutting the desert devourer into two pieces, and then it kicked down and crushed its head.

The strength of these rock-armored army ants is at the rare sixth level, two levels higher than the desert devouring insects, so they naturally have an absolute crushing advantage.

The huge gap in strength cannot be made up by terrain like the desert.

What's more, the queen ant's enormous mental power can sense their traces from fifty meters away.

Under its command, the rock-armored army ants had a clear grasp of the attack trajectory of the desert devourers that attacked from underground.

The attack of the desert devourer was bound to hit a wall.

After a brief charge, the swarm of desert devourers left a trail of corpses, retreated back into the ground, and disappeared from the queen ant's perception.

I don’t know whether to give up completely or hide in a dark corner and wait for the right opportunity.

Mo Yu didn't care. The strength of the desert devouring insects was not enough to pose a threat to him. Even if he continued to hide, he would hardly have a chance.

Of course, the prerequisite is that he can stay on the back of the giant rock ant forever.

Mo Yu continued to stay where he was, using stillness to counter movement, waiting for new enemies to arrive.

The difficulty of the Endless Desert did not disappoint him.

New enemies soon appeared. A large number of scorpion-like monsters climbed over the sand dunes in the distance and moved towards this side.

This is a monster that is a combination of a human body and a scorpion body, just like a normal scorpion, but the head position is occupied by the human upper body, which feels a bit like a centaur warrior.

But it does not have normal human arms. It has a pair of short claws on both sides, and the scorpion body below also holds a pair of longer claws.

Black Scorpion Warrior, a fifth-order rare monster. Mo Yu used reconnaissance skills to detect the opponent's level, but unfortunately he was only a fourth-order lord and it was difficult for him to detect all the information about the opponent.

They crawl very fast, far away in the sky one moment and right in front of you the next.

Mo Yu once again summoned dozens of rock-armored army ants and rock-armored giant ants, commanding them to intercept.

"Tell them not to kill these black scorpion warriors too quickly. Leave some of them and try to delay time." Mo Yu whispered to the queen ant.

This is one of his little tricks.

Because Mo Yu extremely suspected that the mechanism of the Endless Desert was to make you entangled in endless monsters.

If we get rid of this group of Black Scorpion Warriors too quickly, will it soon attract new groups of monsters?
On the contrary, if we keep them, will it delay the attack of other monster groups?
This guess was an idea he came up with based on the attacking enemy.

Except for the first Desert Devourer, the Desert Devourers and Black Scorpion Warriors that appeared later all appeared in groups.

This is obviously not in line with the mechanism of a normal person's challenge.

With monsters overwhelming the sky and the earth, a normal challenger coming alone would be courting death.

So he suspected that this was some kind of correction mechanism for the challenge level.

When the Earth Ant Nest Tower summoned a group of ants, it would arrange a large group of monsters to counter it. If there was such a correction mechanism, it would probably kill the group of Black Scorpion Warriors too quickly, which would attract new targets.

With this idea in mind, Mo Yu let the ant colony engage in a fight with the black scorpion warriors at a leisurely pace.

The summons from the Earth Ant Nest Tower also slowed down a lot.

The fight lasted for more than ten minutes, and even though the ant colony had retreated, the Black Scorpion warrior could no longer hold on.

The cowardly Black Scorpion warrior completely lost his will to fight and fled in panic.

"Not bad. Half an hour has passed." Mo Yu glanced at the time and was very satisfied.

The most important thing is that in the past ten minutes or so, when the Black Scorpion Warriors attacked, no other desert monsters intervened to attack.

This proves that his idea is reasonable in a certain sense.

The third wave of monsters arrived, this time they were mummies, with purple-black bodies, emitting an ominous aura.

Cursed Mummy, a mummy soldier that is good at cursing, fifth-level rare grade.

Mo Yu looked at the large group of monsters pressing forward and curled his lips, feeling that the style of this last level seemed to have been messed up by him.

It was supposed to be an escape level where the player had to run around being chased, but it ended up being a level where the player had to guard Athena.

There was nothing the Sand Trial Land could do but drive the monsters in the level to continuously attack Mo Yu.

Otherwise, there is no difficulty at all.

With experience, Mo Yu became more adept at delaying time.

One wave after another, forty minutes passed in a flash.

"Master, a new monster is coming!"

At this time, the queen ant turned her head and said.

Mo Yu smiled and shook his head, "It seems like he's starting to become unreasonable."

He knew that this method of delaying time would hardly last until the end, as the mechanism of the challenge level would change in the final stage.

Facts have proved that it is true.

Just five minutes had passed since the last wave of monsters arrived, and a new wave of monsters followed.

The ant colony guarding the front row began to feel the pressure and had to speed up the process of clearing the monsters.

Mo Yu appropriately released some of the ant soldiers to keep the front line stable.

As the clock ticks, the final victory is getting closer and closer.

However, something new soon occurred.

An unusually strong wind blew, blowing Mo Yu's hair, and a lot of sand and gravel hit his face, scratching him painfully.

sandstorm?

Mo Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and looked in the direction where the wind was coming from, knowing that the final test was about to come.

The Sand Trial Land is limited by its own level, and the monsters that are refreshed are unlikely to exceed level five, so the difficulty can only be further increased through natural disasters.

In the distant sky, thicker and thicker dust gathered together, forming a terrifying black and yellow tornado at an extremely fast speed.

Driven by it, the sky full of dust poured down in all directions like a nine-day waterfall, sweeping through the desert at an extremely terrifying speed.

The rolling sand waves and the dim sky are like a doomsday scene, which makes people feel cold.

In the face of such a natural disaster, the power of an individual is too weak.

Mo Yu took a deep breath. For the first time, he felt how insignificant he was.

"How can a sandstorm form so quickly? It's not concealed at all!" Mo Yu muttered, thinking quickly of a solution.

There is definitely no way to run away, the best way is to find shelter to prevent being swept away by the sandstorm.

As for shelters, there are ready-made ones!
Mo Yu let the giant rock ants gather together and form a circle along the earth ant nest tower, while he himself hid in the center of the circle.

In order to prevent it from being easily scrolled, he buried half of the giant rock ant's body in the sand, and even Mo Yu himself had most of his body buried.

A large number of rock-armored army ants lurked beneath his body to prevent him from being attacked by underground creatures.

Unfortunately, the sand in the desert is too thick. If it were soil, the earth ants could dig an underground hole to avoid the sandstorm.

However, there are less than five minutes left to complete the challenge level. If you can make it through, the challenge will be over.

A howling sandstorm soon arrived.

The sky was filled with storms and yellow sand, visibility was less than one meter, and Mo Yu had to lower his head to prevent the wind and sand from blowing into his mouth and nose.

One could feel a large amount of wind and sand pouring into the gaps in the Rock Armor Giant Ant's defensive formation, and sand was constantly falling on top of one's head.

Fortunately, with the protection of the giant rock ants, the wind was not strong, at least we were not swept away by it.

The shaking of the ground became stronger and stronger, which meant that the sandstorm was moving towards this side.

Mo Yu was sweating in his heart. If the core tornado of the sandstorm approached, he really couldn't guarantee whether he could hold on.

And there is another problem, the earth ant nest tower!
The tall tower of the Earth Ant Nest Tower bears even greater pressure. Once it is destroyed, the wall of Rock Ants around Mo Yu will also disappear.

With this thought in mind, Mo Yu continued to dive a few inches lower, leaving only half of his head exposed, keeping breathing.

Then, he kept his perception on the earth ant nest tower.

The queen ant has been taken away, and in the current situation, it can't help much.

Mo Yu was a little worried. After the queen ant died, even if it was resurrected, as a summoned creature, the wisdom and tacit understanding it had accumulated during this period might be reduced to zero.

During the agonizing wait, the earth ant nest tower made a series of creaking sounds as it could not bear the heavy load.

Mo Yu had never felt that five minutes was so long.

Gradually, there was only one minute left.

In one minute, even if the Earth Ant Nest Tower cannot hold out, it should not be swept into the storm and destroyed in this short period of time.

There is a chance, and it is a big one.

However, the next second, the earth ant nest tower finally couldn't bear the weight and was completely pulled up.

Fortunately, Mo Yu had just taken this into consideration and was able to keep a distance, otherwise he would have been affected at this moment.

As the earth-armored ant nest tower was swept away, the surrounding rock-armored giant ants also disappeared one after another.

Finally, only Mo Yu was left facing the attack of the sandstorm.

The whistling wind made his ears and eyes completely unable to function.

There was swirling sand all around, and I couldn't see or hear anything.

If a monster came down from the ground at this time, he would be completely finished.

Fortunately, we were not forced into a desperate situation and no monsters were approaching.

Mo Yu tried his best to shrink his body, but the power of the sandstorm was far beyond his imagination.

The power of sandstorms in this world is far beyond that of ordinary sandstorms on the blue planet.

Vaguely, he felt that the sand around him was getting less and less, and he was about to be caught in a sandstorm.

However, at this moment, good news finally came.

The countdown is over! (End of this chapter)