These Familiars Are Strange

This was sand that was completely different from any other sand that we've seen in this dungeon.

It was as if there was this kind of dark and demonic energy that was embedded into each grain of sand, which was what gave it this kind of dark colour.

But at the same time, with the way that it clumped together, it really seemed like that dark energy was condensing the sand that it filled.

This dark energy was most likely the energy that had corrupted the king of the sand people, as well as the sand people that followed the corrupted king.

Only what was this dark energy?

I couldn't help being very curious about this dark energy since it seemed like it wasn't something that was natural. It seemed like it was something that had been forced into this corrupted sand person.

While I didn't know if this dark energy was natural or not, it was a fact that it was creating these corrupted sand people.

Once Wang Rong landed, he didn't hesitate to grab a few rocks that were around us and threw them at the corrupted sand person.

The corrupted sand person still couldn't move properly because of the bolt of lightning that hit it. It seemed like it was being stopped by the glass shards that had been formed by the heat of the lightning.

The corrupted sand person was made entirely of sand, so those glass shards actually stopped the flow of the sand that made up its body. That was why it wasn't able to move out of the way in time.

Only it didn't seem like the rocks had any effect on the corrupted sand person.

Rather, it seemed like the rocks actually helped the corrupted sand person.

That was because the moment that the rocks smashed into the corrupted sand person, it actually went right through it. At the same time, the rocks smashed the pieces of glass that seemed to be impeding the corrupted sand person.

So in a sense, what Wang Rong did actually helped the corrupted sand person.

A bitter smile appeared on Wang Rong's face after seeing this before he turned back to say, "Oops."

I glared at him, but I didn't say anything.

Instead, I took out a trident for him and tossed it over for him to use.

Wang Rong was surprised to see this, but he also immediately figured out why I tossed him at the trident. At the same time, his eyes immediately lit up and he revealed a wide smile as he charged at the corrupted sand person with that trident in hand.

While he was running, there was water that started forming around the trident in his hand.

That water gathered until it was a stream of water that he shot out at the corrupted sand person.

The appearance of this stream of water was the last thing that the corrupted sand person expected, so it wasn't able to react in time to this. At the same time, even if it had been able to react, it wasn't as if there was much that the corrupted sand person could have done against this stream of water.

It was one of the few weaknesses that the corrupted sand person had.

There was just too much water for the sand to actually do anything against, so the only thing that the corrupted sand person could do was create a wall of sand for protection.

That wall of sand was only able to hold back the jet of water for a few seconds before it was blown away by the force behind the jet of water.

Only the corrupted sand person wasn't behind that sand wall.

Rather, that corrupted sand person completely disappeared without a trace.

It seemed that they had disappeared into thin air.

That was until there was a hand that came out of the ground.

We were standing in the middle of the desert, so it was only natural that we were surrounded by sand. It was just that we never would have imagined that the corrupted sand person would be able to blend into this sand.

That hand came up and seemed to be grabbing at Wang Rong's hand.

The corrupted sand person recognized the danger that Wang Rong posed with the trident, so it was trying to get that trident away from Wang Rong.

Wang Rong had been completely caught off guard, so he wasn't able to gather enough water to stop the corrupted sand person.

Only before the hand could reach.

"Out of the way!"

Wang Rong understood and just created a small layer of water in front of him with the trident.

The hand of sand didn't stop as it went right through the layer of water. The thin layer of water wasn't nearly enough to wash away all of the sand that made up this hand, so it was able to go right through and head towards Wang Rong.

But there was a streak of lightning that cut through the air.

This streak of lightning hit the water and immediately started to boil it.

That heat was passed on to the sand that was in the water and it took no time at all for that sand to turn to glass. Though the glass didn't seem as pure as before as the water took some of the heat from the lightning.

After that part of the hand turned to glass, the front half of the hand fell to the ground with a thin plate of glass.

The rest of the hand tried to go back down, but it was surprised to find that there was a cage of wind that appeared around it. This cage of wind blew away all of the sand that was around the corrupted sand person, exposing it from under the ground.

"Boss, couldn't you be more…pe, pe…gentle?" Wang Rong shouted while spitting out sand.

Only I didn't care about his complaints as I just said, "Trap it with water now!"

Wang Rong already knew this as he had gathered his mana inside of the trident when he recovered from being blasted in the face with sand.

That was soon followed by another bolt of lightning.