Beast Taming: Invincible Breeder-Chapter 331 - 306: Sand Charm Empress

After just a moment, the body and blood of the sand creature transformed into a puddle of special sand on the ground.

Seeing this, Jiang Lingyun realized it truly was a sand creature and not human, making her less worried and fearful.

Li Cunxu collected the sand creature’s sand into his space ring.

The sand left behind by a dead sand creature is no ordinary thing; it’s called ’Life Sand,’ and if consumed by earth-type pet beasts, it can heal injuries.

However, the sand from a sand creature isn’t entirely beneficial for living beings. It has caused countless massacres on the Divine Guard Continent.

There is a higher quality of sand called ’Longevity Sand,’ which can increase the lifespan of earth-type pet beasts, extending it by up to five thousand years.

Besides extending the life of earth-type pet beasts, it can also serve as soil for growing longevity-based medicinal herbs, accelerating their maturation.

To obtain Longevity Sand, it can only be harvested from high-level sand creatures, which must be at least lord-level to drop it.

But sand creatures grow slowly, naturally needing hundreds of years to break through to lord level. Impatient individuals seeking Longevity Sand and earth-type pet beasts often resort to raising sand creatures, feeding them with living beings to fatten them before slaughter.

This practice is strictly forbidden by the alliance.

Firstly, to prevent the deranged from using members of their own race as fodder for feeding sand creatures.

After all, capturing an ordinary person is much simpler than capturing a pet beast.

Secondly, to prevent these people from targeting the pet beasts of the Human Alliance, which would chill the hearts of the allies.

Lastly, because prior to the great catastrophe, someone breeding sand creatures stirred immense disaster, leaving a lasting impression.

That disaster affected half the world, resulting in the downfall of 135 nations, and cost the lives of three emperor-level beastmasters.

The cause was an old emperor feeling his end approaching, desiring to live on, as ordinary Longevity Sand could not satisfy his need for prolonging life. Hence, he began breeding sand creatures, launching thousands of battles, secretly plundering many pet beasts and people, feeding their life force to sand creatures, forcibly nurturing a king-level sand creature.

The old emperor underestimated the terror of the emperor sand creature and overestimated his will; the emperor sand creature seduced the aging emperor, consuming all of his and his imperial pet’s life force.

The emperor sand creature became even more terrifying.

The emperor sand creature captivated a group of people, establishing a Sand Creature Empire, proclaiming herself as the ’Sand Charm Empress.’

Initially, other emperor-level beastmasters did not bother, each minding their own affairs, as the Sand Charm Empress had not provoked them.

Later, the emperor beastmasters could not ignore the Sand Charm Empress’s growth anymore, for she was consuming life force and growing too quickly.

The emperor beastmasters rose in unison, and after losing two emperor beastmasters, the Sand Charm Empress was sealed.

In theory, the Sand Charm Empress should have been killed, for she could release the legendary king-level Longevity Sand that allows earth-type pet beasts to live an extra five thousand years, a treasure coveted by even the emperor beastmasters.

Was it because the emperor beastmasters didn’t want to kill? They did want to, but couldn’t.

Sand creatures are mediocre at all levels, but at the emperor level, they become incredibly terrifying.

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Proceeding forward, they encountered a few sand creatures and over a dozen sandman guards.

They were all at the gold level, and Xiaoruan easily dealt with them with a flick of the Cyan Lotus Sword Blade.

They reached the main burial chamber of the pyramid.

The main chamber was dim and cold, with an ancient stone scent lingering in the air. The walls and ceiling were intricately carved with reliefs, depicting the glorious deeds of this sandman pharaoh when he was alive.

In the chamber’s center stood a massive stone coffin, four meters tall and eight meters long.

Jiang Lingyun circled the large coffin, "Who’s inside such a big coffin?"

"The master of this pyramid, the former sandman pharaoh."

After speaking, Li Cunxu used his spiritual power to lift the coffin lid.

Jiang Lingyun took a step up onto the four-meter-high coffin, covering her eyes with her left hand, seemingly afraid to see the sandman pharaoh’s remains, but couldn’t resist her curiosity, leaving a slight gap between her fingers.

"Huh? Why is there nothing but a pile of sand?"

Jiang Lingyun was astonished looking at the sparsely filled large stone coffin with just sand.

"Upon death, the bodies of the Sandman Race naturally revert to sand, and the sandman pharaoh is no exception."

While speaking, Li Cunxu collected the pile of sand from the coffin.

Every sandman pharaoh achieves at least a king’s status, and the sand from their bodies is extraordinary; it can be used to create treasures and king-level weapons and armor.

The sand in the coffin alone could sell for a thousand Purple Gold Dragon Coins.

When the last bit of sand was collected, a spectral sandman pharaoh ghost, filled with a black ominous aura, pointed at Li Cunxu, and a yellow ghostly light embedded into his body.

The appearance of the ghost made Jiang Lingyun’s legs tremble, nearly tumbling into the coffin, but Li Cunxu grabbed her, preventing her from hitting the ground again.

Jiang Lingyun’s reaction wasn’t surprising, as the ghost released a trace of kingly presence the moment it appeared.

"Th...thank you, what was that just now?"

"It was the remnant soul of the sandman pharaoh, but it was too diminished and dispersed shortly after appearing."

If the ghost were a bit more complete, Li Cunxu could’ve collected another broken king’s soul.

A king’s soul is an excellent material for crafting treasures, and even a fragmented king’s soul remains in high demand.

Jiang Lingyun said, "I saw it point at you, and a light entered your body. Are you okay?"

Li Cunxu said, "It’s fine, it’s just a simple sand curse."

For others, a sand curse might be deadly; the body would slowly and irreversibly turn to sand. But for Li Cunxu, it was nothing.

He possessed the Curse Celestial Heart.

Recently, Li Cunxu noticed a mutation occurring in the Curse Celestial Heart; originally an energy mass formed by the power of curses, after a heart transplant, it slowly grew real flesh over time, and it’s been absorbing various curse powers within the body, undergoing transformation.

As for what the Curse Celestial Heart will finally transform into, Li Cunxu is unsure, as in a past life’s game, it was another player, not him, who obtained the Curse Celestial Heart, and that player didn’t reveal much about it on game forums.

Actually, what was most serious about the sandman pharaoh ghost’s finger wasn’t the curse, but the accompanying grave robber’s mark.

Marked, Li Cunxu would encounter relentless attacks from the Sandman Race, and if seen by the current sandman pharaoh, they would pursue him to the death.

Li Cunxu wasn’t concerned; opening the coffin bore the mark’s destiny. Even without collecting the sand, the sandman pharaoh ghost would still have marked him.