# CHAPTER 14: THE GIANT BONE-WASTE SCORPION > *"The great predator is never afraid of the beast's size, for the cracks in its armor are the gateway to death."* --- ### I. BONE OASIS & CRIES UNDER THE DATE PALMS Crossing a series of rolling sand dunes, a green basin appears in the middle of a sea of fiery yellow sand: Bone Oasis. In the center of the basin is a natural underground lake as clear as a cat's eye, surrounded by rows of towering ancient date palm trees, with lush branches and leaves radiating cool shade. The air here is much cooler than the desert outside, with the faint scent of wildflowers and fresh grass - a scene that feels like paradise in the midst of hell on earth. But that paradise is now covered by the stench of venom and suffocating death! — *Ah Ah Ah Ah! SAVE US!* — *DEAR MOTHER! SAVE THE CHILD!* Heartbreaking cries tore through the quiet space of the oasis. At the foot of the steep cliff east of the lake, a group of more than twenty exiles — mostly women, old people and children in rags, with iron chains on their hands and feet — were being cornered against a stone wall along the road. They were slaves who had just risked their lives to escape from the pirates' lair in the nearby sand fortress. And before them, blocking the only way out of the valley, was a giant demon that had just emerged from the hot sand: **Giant Bone-Waste Scorpion**! The monster's body is as massive as a three-roomed house, more than four meters long, covered with a jet-black chitin armor that shines with a mysterious poisonous purple color. Eight sharp legs are like iron spears embedded deep into the rock, supporting a body weighing several tons. In front of it is a giant **pair of clamps** as big as a stone mill. The sharp serrated edges continuously open and close *way... way...*, each clamp crushes the trunks of date palm trees as big as two people hug! The most terrifying thing is the tail, which is more than three meters long and curves over its back. The tip of the tail is as big as a jar of water. At the tip is a poisonous needle made of bone and horn** up to four meters long, shiny black and sharp like the tip of a long halberd. The tip of the poisonous needle continuously dripped drops of thick emerald venom, falling onto the marble slab, causing the stone to boil and scar, emitting burning white smoke that corroded even the metal! An exiled man held a wooden spear and rushed forward, trying to risk his life to protect his young child, but the scorpion's giant pincers only lightly swept across: — *CRACK!* The man's body was pinned in half, fresh blood drenched the sand! The monster raised its poisonous needle tail high into the sky, preparing to deliver a devastating stab to the group of women and children hugging each other and crying in despair. --- ### II. WHISTLE OF THE STAFF: THE BEGGAR DESCENDS Right at that moment when a thousand pounds hung by a thread, an eardrum-shattering howl suddenly echoed down from the top of the marble cliff! — *WOW!* A black shadow jumped from a cliff more than five feet high into the air like a black eagle hunting prey! — "Dog-Beater Fallen Earth!" A deep, rumbling roar like thunder! Chu Ye fell freely, holding the thirty-pound Blackbone Staff with both hands, concentrating all of his body weight and the violent force of the Bloodstone in his chest, slamming the head of the iron-covered staff straight down on the joint between the body and the giant pliers on the right side of the scorpion! — *POP P P!* A deafening explosion echoed throughout the rocky basin! The tip of the iron-covered staff slammed into the soft cartilage joint, shattering a chunk of the giant beast's thick chitin armor, causing green fluid mixed with black blood to splash! — *SINK T T T!* Giant Bone-Waste Scorpion let out a high-pitched screech of pain that shook the surface of the underground lake! Its giant right pliers hung down in half, losing some of its flexibility! The monster's massive body staggered to one side. Chu Ye borrowed the shock force of the mid-air flip, his bare feet firmly landing on the hot sand right between the monster and the trembling slaves behind! The wild boar leather armor covering Ancient Corpse's ribs on his chest emitted the purple light of Ancient Bone Feral Glyph. The tattered clothes fluttered in the hot wind, revealing a weathered face as cold as a knife and eyes as red as blood! — "Get up! Run behind the date palm trees!" Chu Ye did not turn around and shouted loudly. The women and children woke up from the nightmare and frantically helped each other run to the safety of the rock behind. --- ### III. DEATH DUEL IN THE SANDSTORM & EMERALD VENOM Giant Bone-Waste Scorpion is completely crazy! As the lord who has ruled this desert for hundreds of years, no living being has ever dared to hurt its indestructible armored body, let alone a small, ragged beggar! — *SCREAM!* The giant beast whirled its body around, eight spiked legs like a sewing machine plunging into the sand, the remaining giant pliers on the left swept across a stormy path, aiming straight at Chu Ye's waist! The sweeping attack brought with it a hurricane of pressure that sent sand and dust flying! — "Savage Dodge Roll!" Chu Ye suddenly crawled close to the sand surface, his whole body was like a black smoke passing under the giant stone pliers in a hair's breadth! — *BAM!* The pliers hit the marble rock behind him, crushing the three-meter-thick rock into pieces! But the real danger is not in the pliers! As soon as Chu Ye passed under the pincers, the scorpion's three-foot-long tail suddenly cut through the wind and crashed down from the top of his head like a flash of black lightning! The sharp needle of bone and horn stabbed into the sand right next to Chu Ye's heel! — *POP! BOOM!* The emerald venom shot out, causing the surrounding sand to instantly turn into a boiling puddle of mud, emitting a stinging toxic smoke that burned the torn fabric under his feet! Just half a second later, his entire body was eroded by the venom into a pool of yellow water! The scorpion pulled out its poisonous needle, its tail curled continuously, launching nine consecutive powerful stabs aimed at Chu Ye's vital points! The oasis ground was crushed into nine deep holes filled with smoke. Chu Ye continuously performed the body crawling technique, his legs quickly gliding between the hot sand grains. But he knew very well: human physical strength is limited, if he continues to dodge under this scorching heat, he will soon be exhausted before the monster gets tired! If you want to kill it, you must **remove its poisonous needle tail** first! --- ### IV. GLEAMING CERAMIC BOWL & SNAPPING THE STINGER Chu Ye took three steps back, his eyes quickly scanned the structure of the scorpion's head. On top of the monster's head there are four pairs of glossy black compound eyes, extremely sensitive to light to hunt in the desert darkness. And above, the midday sun was shining like a ball of fire! — "Here's the opportunity!" Just as the scorpion raised its tail and prepared to deliver the tenth decisive stab, Chu Ye suddenly stood up straight, with both hands not raising his staff to block! He puffed out his chest, placing **half of a broken ceramic bowl** in front of his armor's chest to catch the brightest sunlight! — *SHOCK G G!* The surface of the broken ceramic, polished through many battles, suddenly reflected a dazzling white light like thousands of converging lightning bolts, shooting straight into the four pairs of compound eyes of the giant beast! — *SINK T T T!* The scorpion's sensitive compound eyes were burned by the powerful white light in an instant! The monster was completely blinded temporarily! The tail of the poisonous needle that fell in mid-air was deflected, crashed into the trunk of an ancient date palm tree, penetrated the trunk of the large tree the two people hugged and got stuck in the wood grain! This is the moment! - "GO UP!" Chu Ye let out a ferocious roar! He kicked hard on the trunk of a date palm tree, used the momentum to soar into the air, landing straight on the giant stuck tail of the scorpion! Barefoot stepping on the burning hot armor, Chu Ye glided like a squirrel along the monster's tail, rushing straight to the last joint where the poisonous needle was inserted into the tail! He clamped his legs tightly against the tail body, the Blackbone Staff in his right hand plunged a rusty iron nail into the gap between the two tail bones! Then, Chu Ye let go of the staff, his two sinewy arms tightly hugged the four meter long poison needle, focusing all of Bloodstone's strength and the strength of the Crazy Bone Warrior, bending the joint at a ninety-degree angle in the opposite direction! — "BREAK FOR ME!" — *CRACK C C C!* A chilling, crisp sound echoed throughout the oasis! Chu Ye broke off the scorpion's tail with a poisonous horn bone needle as big as his thigh! Green poisonous blood erupted like a stream shooting into the sky! The monster roared with an earth-shattering cry of despair, its entire giant body struggled crazily, thrashing and knocking down a series of date palm trees around it! --- ### V. CLIMACTIC BATTLE: SLAYING THE DESERT LORD Losing its poison needle, Giant Bone-Waste Scorpion is like a tiger with its fangs broken! It reeled wildly, the left pliers swung up, trying to grab Chu Ye standing on its back. But Chu Ye firmly held the **just broken poisonous needle** in his hand! The poisonous needle made of bone and horn is as hard as black iron, the sharp tip of the needle still has drops of deadly emerald venom! Chu Ye stood firmly on the scorpion's spine, both hands raising the poisonous needle aimed straight at the crack on top of the head - where the monster's four compound eyes were bleeding blindly! — "Your own venom... Taste it for yourself!" — *PAP P P P!* Chu Ye used all his strength and plunged the four-meter-long poisonous needle into the giant scorpion's skull, driving it straight into its brain! The powerful emerald venom instantly corroded the giant beast's entire brain! — *HUGH... SCREAM...* The hiss choked in the monster's throat. Its eight spiked legs twitched violently, then slowly bent down. The giant body weighing dozens of tons collapsed onto the hot sand like a collapsing castle, sending sand dust and lake water splashing high into the sky! The lord of The Bone Wastes... has been completely destroyed! Chu Ye stood atop the giant beast's corpse, his thin chest rising and falling violently. His ragged clothes were drenched in blood and sweat, but on his lips was the arrogant, indomitable smile of the supreme winner! From behind the date palm trees, a group of slaves and women timidly walked out. They glared at the corpse of the giant monster that once spread terror to many people, then looked up at the figure of the beggar with the broken bowl standing tall in the blue sky. Simultaneously, more than twenty people knelt down on the wet sand, bowing their heads in reverence as if worshiping a god of war who had just descended to earth!