Oh no! I thought to myself, this is bad.
This creature is a social animal, and I'm already overwhelmed by just one Sand Beast. If another one comes along at this critical moment, it'll definitely push me into a fire pit.
Sensing its companion's call, the sand beast in front of it also roared excitedly.
The action of turning its head back earlier was most likely because it sensed the presence of its companion. Now that it has confirmed its companion's location, it also let out a series of hissing sounds.
Top heard another voice, and its monkey face was now filled with panic.
Top's anxious gaze kept shifting back and forth between the sand beast in front of him and the sand beast that had not yet appeared.
We can't delay any longer. If they were to merge, it would be a disaster for me.
I grew anxious and began to actively attack the sand monster in front of me with my spear.
But this guy was also cunning. Knowing that his companions would arrive soon, he didn't decide to continue fighting me. Instead, he used his agility to circle around me.
Previously, I only managed to land two stabs on the Sand Beast by relying on its attacks. Now that it's on guard, the Sand Beast, only wanting to avoid me, is keeping a greater distance from my spear.
Seeing this, a bold idea came to my mind.
I've discovered that as long as I stand still with my spear and confront it, this sand monster will only harass me from the front and back while maintaining a safe distance.
It must be said that this is a very energy-efficient method. At this moment, its hind leg is injured, and constantly circling around puts a considerable strain on its injured leg.
Since everyone is injured, things are a bit easier now.
I kept my eyes fixed on the sand monster in front of me, pointing the spear at its head, while slowly picking up the crossbow from the ground with the other hand.
At this point, it still didn't realize there was any danger, since the scene of me ambushing it with a crossbow was obscured by the rain and fog and it couldn't see it clearly at all.
Seeing that I had only picked up something that seemed useless, they didn't pay much attention to it at the moment.
Now the Sand Beast's attention is entirely focused on the spear in my right hand, after all, it had just inflicted real damage on it, and it even suspects that the injury to its hind leg was also caused by that thing.
Seeing that it was still simply facing off against my crossbow, I thought to myself with satisfaction. Just stand there quietly and don't move, it'll be over soon...
I held the crossbow frame against my chest and began to string the crossbow with my left hand.
Pulling the string with my left hand was indeed quite difficult, but the sand monster was still eyeing me menacingly, so I had no choice.
With the crossbow resting against his chest, the bowstring was slowly pulled back. With a click, the bowstring successfully came to rest against the bow and was cocked.
At this moment, the sand beast was still harassing the creature from the front and back with some confusion. It did not know that the thing in front of it was the deadly weapon that would take its life.
I immediately drew an arrow from the quiver beside me and placed it in the arrow slot of the crossbow.
I took a deep breath and slowly moved the crossbow in my left hand to my right hand, which was holding the spear, and held it there.
Just as I was about to pull the trigger of my Xuan Blade, the sand beast in front of me, seeing that I hadn't made any big moves for so long, seemed to sense the danger through its intuition.
It started to run away to one side, which made it feel uneasy, as if it was trying to avoid the crossbow's aim.
"Damn, is it really that sharp?!"
I couldn't help but secretly spit out my contempt.
It kept swaying from side to side, making it impossible for me to aim at it. After a while, I started to get restless.
I knew that getting agitated at this moment would only make things worse. I forced myself to suppress my anger and took several deep breaths to calm down.
The rain had lessened considerably, and the shape of the sand beast was now clearer.
Its right hind leg was affected by the arrow wound, so it was not as flexible when moving to the right. It needed to use its left leg to help it jump slightly to the right to complete the movement.
Seizing this opening, I tried switching the crossbow to my more advantageous right hand, and then used my left hand to hold the spear and point it at the sand monster.
Now I have a weapon in each hand, so if it wants to move, it has to choose one to defend itself. As I expected, this cautious fellow ultimately chose to defend itself against the spear in my hand.
I sneered inwardly, "A beast is a beast. Just wait to die!"
At this moment, the spear in my hand formed an invisible line between the sand monster and me. The moment the spear moved, it would immediately move in the opposite direction.
At this moment, I slowly moved to the left with the spear in my left hand, and placed my right hand on the Xuan Blade, ready to fire.
As the spear moved, the sand beast indeed fell for the trap and immediately moved closer to my right.
My eyes were fixed on the crossbow in my right hand. Just as the sand beast entered the aiming range of the crossbow, I decisively drew my sword!
"Whoosh!"
With a click of the mechanism, an arrow flew rapidly toward the sand beast.
This time, they were closer, and the sand beast was startled by the sound of the crossbow bolts firing. It tried to jump away to avoid the attack, but it was too late.
The arrows were extremely fast; there was no time for the user to react and dodge them.
This time I saw the arrow pierce straight through its chest cavity, exiting from between its ribs on the other side, the bloodied crossbow bolt embedded directly in the muddy ground.
As you can see, the sand beast, which was just a moment ago lively and energetic, is now constantly spitting out blood foam from its mouth and nose with each breath.
It was clear that the arrow had pierced its lungs, and the air mixed with blood was expelled through the respiratory tract, forming blood foam.
Its fate was sealed; no animal could fight with its lungs damaged, not even a wild boar.
It has now sensed the loss of life and has no interest in me whatsoever; it just wants to escape from here as quickly as possible.
But it had barely run ten meters before it collapsed headfirst into the mud, its limbs flailing wildly in the air, and soon it could only reflexively twitch.
"squeak!"
Just then, Top behind me let out a piercing scream, and when I turned around, my pupils dilated instantly.
I only heard another sand beast roar once before, and then I didn't hear it roar again.
Because I was dealing with the sand monster in front of me, all my attention was focused on what was ahead. I had no idea that this seemingly simple act of confronting me was actually part of the sand monster's scheme.
The sand monster with the injured hind leg was indeed waiting for its companions to arrive, but it was mainly trying to attract my attention.
Instead of coming to meet me from the front after learning the location, its companion quietly circled around to my rear while I was distracted.
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