Chapter 244: Desert Scorpions
"Don"t worry about these people. "Go get some water."
The black-robed examinee looked at Xia Ping and the others with a cold smile. He ordered the people around him to fetch water. They had also traveled a long distance before finally arriving at this oasis. They had long been hungry, cold, and thirsty.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Immediately, twenty to thirty people set off for the lake, while the remaining dozen or so people watched Xia Ping and the others covetously, guarding against sneak attacks.
"Xia Ping, you said that the water in this lake cannot be drunk. "Is the water poisonous?" Jiang Yaru asked in a low voice.
Chu Rong, Nangong Wu, and Feng Hetang also looked at Xia Ping nervously. If the water here was poisonous, then where could they find clean water? After a while, wouldn"t they die of thirst?
"There"s no poison in the lake, but there"s something even more terrifying than poison in the lake." Xia Ping"s eyes flashed with a cold light. He could smell waves of danger coming from the lake.
Although this lake seemed very peaceful at this time, this was actually the most dangerous place. If one was careless, even martial artists would die if they went there.
"What is it?"
Jiang Yaru asked curiously.
Xia Ping looked to the front. "You will know very soon." "Let"s see what will happen to them later."
At this time, a group of Jizhou District examinees had already approached the lake. Although they were arrogant and thought that Xia Ping was just scaring them, they were actually very cautious and approached cautiously.
The moment there was any movement, they would immediately slip away.
"F*ck, I was almost scared by that pretty boy from Yang Zhou District just now. "Isn"t he fine?"
"Indeed. "How could something so big happen in such a calm lake?"
"What a clear lake. This is simply a gift from nature. "I never expected such a treasure-like place to appear in such a dangerous environment."
"This is probably the chance that Yan Huang University has given us. Once we find this place, we will be able to live safely here. "In a month, we will be Yan Huang University students."
"Hehe, now I just want to go down and have a good bath." I was exposed to the sun three times just now, and I was already burning up. "I don"t even know how many pounds of sweat I"ve lost."
After a group of Jizhou exam candidates approached, they looked around and realized that the lake was still calm. There were also fish swimming around. It was very peaceful, and the resources were abundant.
As long as they took the water and killed the fish, they would have enough water and food.
Immediately, a few examinees walked into the lake excitedly, gulping down large mouthfuls of water. There were also some examinees who jumped into the lake, bathing contentedly, swimming about, chasing away fish, and appearing extremely relaxed.
When they saw this situation, the black-clothed examinee and the others immediately relaxed. This lake really was fine. Everything was just that Yangzhou District pretty boy"s frightening words to scare them.
"Ah!"
At this moment, the two or three examinees who had been drinking water suddenly let out a miserable cry, their hearts tearing and their lungs tearing. They felt as if their stomachs were on fire, and countless creatures were churning their stomachs.
"Help! Help!"
"There are bugs in my stomach; there are bugs."
"They are biting my intestines and devouring my flesh!" Help!"
The three examinees cried out miserably as blood flowed out from their seven orifices. Large amounts of blood flowed out from their mouths and nostrils as they fell to the ground and rolled around crazily.
Some people wanted to save them, but with a bang, a fist-sized parasite crawled out of their stomachs. It was covered in blood, making people shudder.
The three exam candidates died miserably on the spot. A large hole was torn open in their stomachs, and blood splattered everywhere. This scene caused the surrounding candidates to let out shrill cries, and their faces turned pale.
"d.a.m.n it, something is coming out of the lake." Run!" An examinee was horrified. He saw that the originally calm lake was now filled with blood because of the deaths of the three examinees. It seemed to have triggered a certain taboo in the lake and opened Pandora"s Box.
A black object, like a cloud, immediately swam over from the bottom of the lake. In an instant, it surrounded the five or six candidates who were still swimming.
"Help!"
Those five or six examinees were all crazy. They wanted to run for their lives, but it was already too late. They were surrounded by those terrifying creatures, and in an instant, their entire bodies were dragged down to the bottom of the lake, devoured until not even their bones were left.
Rumble!
This group of creatures even crawled out from the bottom of the lake. They were densely packed, and their numbers were even more terrifying than ants. Their bodies were covered in blood-red armor with strange patterns. They were the size of fists, and there were tens of thousands of them.
"This is the Desert Scorpion!"
Nangong Wu immediately recognized the name of this creature. This was a poisonous scorpion that lived in the desert. It had undergone a genetic mutation and possessed an extremely terrifying poison. Once it struck a human, it would poison a martial artist to death with a few breaths.
Their bodies were even covered in blood-red armor that was as hard as steel. Ordinary methods could not break through the monsters" defense.
The most terrifying thing was that they were numerous and liked to form groups.
If the desert rats were the cleaners of the desert, then these desert scorpions were the death G.o.ds of the desert. Once they came into contact with them, they would definitely die.
"Get lost! Get lost!" An examinee approached the lake, his expression changing greatly. He displayed his fists and legs, a fist smashing over and erupting with ten thousand jin of strength, sending several desert scorpions flying.
However, it was completely useless. More than ten Desert Scorpions immediately jumped out from the side and bit the examinee.
"Ah!"
The examinee cried out in pain. He covered his injured arm in horror. It was only a small wound, but it contained a fatal poison. It was like a poisonous snake that had suddenly crept through his blood vessels and invaded his entire body.
Immediately, his face turned pitch-black like charcoal. He spat out a mouthful of black blood and collapsed to the ground, twitching. After a few breaths, he was no longer breathing.
It was obvious that the poison had attacked his heart, and he was dead.
"Help! Help!"
"Boss, save us! Save us!"
"I regret it. I regret it so much. "Why did he come here to drink water?!"
"Save me! Hurry up and save us! Otherwise, I won"t let you off even if I become a ghost!
The group of Jizhou candidates who were heading to the lake were shouting crazily. Their faces were pale, and their intestines were green with regret. If they had listened to Xia Ping and not gone, they might not have died.
But now they were finished. They couldn"t even escape.
In the distance, the black-clothed examinees and the others were also scared half to death. Even though they wanted to rush forward to help, when they saw the densely packed, earth-shattering, blood-mist-like desert scorpions, they didn"t have the slightest bit of courage in their hearts.
In just a few breaths, the twenty to thirty exam candidates near the lake were immediately attacked by thousands of desert scorpions. They died miserably and fell to the ground, becoming food for these creatures.