Gilbert didn't waste any time and ordered his troops to kill the Golden sandworm, moving in formation the soldiers attacked together forcing the golden sandworm into defense mode, the golden sandworm's body glowed blinding the eyes of the soldiers that were about to launch their attack after that it fled from the hole it came out from.
After a few moments, it reveals itself again opening its mouth towards Ethan, it's aiming at Ethan the weakest among the group.
Seeing the incoming danger Ethan raised the bow in his hand which Gilbert lent to him.
The golden sandworm is at least earth level to Nirvana level, its body is covered by a thick armor and only has two weaknesses one is its eye and the second is its mouth.
Swoosh....he released the arrow darting towards the golden sandworm's mouth, at the tip of the arrow a violent liquid could be seen.
Poison! The soldiers recognize this substance they often use this for hunting and killing.
Bang!
The golden sandworm fell to the ground its gigantic body creating a small crater before anyone could relax Gilbert shouted "Get ready, more of them are coming!"
His voice wasn't too loud but everyone heard it, moving to their position the soldiers could sense the enemies underground.
''Everyone golden sandworm's eyes and mouth are its weaknesses aim at them from the corner Ethan said to them while pointing his bow to the ground. Luckily the first golden sandworm that attacked was only at one-star earth level, if it were a high-level one Ethan would've been swallowed by it.
''Brat stay behind me'' This guy in brown armor is Gordon a three-star Nirvana-level cultivator, he ordered Ethan to move behind since his the weakest. Then the ground began to shake again.
Rumble!
The golden sandworms started to appear!
Three four-star Nirvana levels, six Three Star Earth levels, and a two-star Earth level emerge from the ground.
''KILL!!!''
The soldiers shouted in unison all kinds of lights and weapons were thrown to the worms.
Ethan moved far from the battlefield trying to find a chance to attack but to his surprise, the battle didn't even last long. The thirteen squads mainly consist of Nirvana-level cultivators that why it wasn't that surprising to kill them easily.
''We won!'' the soldiers rejoice at the sight of their victory but Gilbert and Ethan look grim the appearance of this group of beast are very suspicious especially since they never appear in the dense forest of Erwood. Another problem is the camp although it's easy for them to kill those golden sand worms the cause of the fight results in large damage to the camp, fortunately, the merchants have already evacuated the goods to a much safer place.
''Sir Gilbert I think we should be more cautious''
''Right, Captain I have never seen that beast before'' The soldiers began to talk again while helping everyone to fix the camp.
''Yue you seem to be familiar with that beast if it weren't for your advice we wouldn't be able to kill them so easily'' Hearing this all the soldiers suddenly look at Ethan.
''Brat you're also good at bow and arrow...hahaha, I beginning to like you''Gordon said while slightly knocking Ethan's shoulder to his surprise he didn't even bunch. ''His body is this tough he's not even cultivating'' he thought.
The truth is Ethan's physique is that of sky level cultivator his master only sealed his vital qi essence but not his physical strength.
''Sir Gilbert I think we should be more careful, someone at Demigod level may be behind this'' Hearing Ethan's words everyone's face darkened. Ethan moves closer to the golden sandworm's corpse and slowly explains its origin.
''Golden sandworms should only exist in Nine Dark Hall desert, these creatures often appear in groups led by the strongest among them'' The soldiers stare at the beast's corpse behind Ethan.
The so-called Nine Dark Hall desert is located in the western part of the Earth's continent, this desert is also known as the home of many dangerous beasts only cultivators at Demigod level and above could survive there. Knowing this place was only a piece of common knowledge to weak cultivators so everyone became even more grim knowing this.
''So how did it come here?''
''Could it travel from Earth continent to our Fire continent''
''That's nonsense...''
''Maybe it ...''
Ethan looks at them amazed at how fast they can make so many assumptions.
''These soldiers are pretty good at gossiping'' Ethan only said to himself.
''Silence!''
Gilbert shouted to them ''Can't you guys just listen'' he looked at Ethan and said
''So how did it get here?''
''Simple, it was tame since golden sandworms tend to follow the strongest once their leader is defeated the loser will follow the winner. I suspect that someone at Demigod level defeated the leader of the golden sandworm to tame it and it resulted in this situation''
''So after beating the leader the rest of his group also follow that cultivator'' Gordon said while his eyes were still glued to the golden sand worm Ethan slowly nodded to him.
''Gordon tighten the security around the camp tell everyone not to let their guard down a Demigod cultivator may be our enemy'' Gilbert ordered them and gave each task to fulfil before entering the largest tent saying he had to make a report to someone.
''Sir Gordon how about the golden sandworm's body?''One of the soldiers asks.
In the corner, the gigantic bodies of golden sandworms piled up, and the armor around the corpse is too tough to cut while its meat is inedible.
''Sir Gordon the outer skin is tough but the inside is very fragile, if we dismantle them from the inside we may be able to gain some useful materials'' Ethan suggested while he already went to the mouth of the beast.
''Yue wait..'' Gordon tried to stop him but Ethan had already gone inside the golden sandworm's mouth.
After a few hours, Ethan finished dismembering all the golden sandworms. Gordon and the rest of the soldiers stare at Ethan then shift their gaze to the pile of materials in front of them, the skin armor and fangs are nearly arranged the same as the other useful parts of the goldensandwormm.
''Sir Gordon I already took what I wanted so the rest is all yours...oh those parts aren't usable so just dump them. '' Ethan appears energetic while explaining the use of every part of the beast's corpse to the soldiers.
''Um..if you guys have any questions about them just ask me''Ethan added.
''Yue I have to tell you something'' Gordon walked slowly to Ethan his face was extremely serious then he said ''Please take a bath your smell is extremely disturbing''
Since Ethan went inside the golden sandworm's corpse his body became so smelly.
Noticing his smell Ethan went to the lake to take a bath.
The moon is shining so bright and looks magnificent under the lake, In this scene Ethan slowly feels the vital essence qi found in this lake.
''sigh.. might as well start cultivating'' he inhaled deeply and started circulating the vital essence qi in the atmosphere to his body.
In contrast to the calm lake that he was bathing the sky castle in the heavenly realm became chaotic as its servants bore the wrath of their master.
''Those ants dare to oppose me!'' the man on the throne shouted causing the entire island to shake.
''My Lord please calm down even though Kaleb was seriously injured we have to plan everything carefully'' a hunchback man gently said.
Hearing what he said the man on the magnificent throne calmed a bit he looked to his left and his sight went through the walls of the castle from it he saw Kaleb in the restoration pool who looked heavily injured.
''What kind of injuries is this'' he thought while examining Kaleb's wounds then he shift his gaze back to the hunchback man and ask him.
''How many people did Kaleb and my army fight to end up like this?'' he asked while raising his glass of expensive wine.
The hunchback look grim he lower his gaze not daring to make eye contact with his master then he said in a low voice.
''One''
Bang!
The glass that he was holding turned to pieces and the roof of the castle are now gone the hunchback couldn't speak out of fear seeing that his master's rage was igniting even more.
''Who is this person?'' he asked again.
The hunchback seem hesitant to answer him but he was afraid that he might anger him even more so he gave the name he wanted to know.
''Haze Magnus my Lord'' the hunchback expect to feel the wrath of their master but to his surprise, it didn't come.
''I see now I understand'' The man on the throne suddenly became sad which surprised the hunchback.
''Leave me alone for a bit'' he asked softly and so all the people including the hunchback leave the hall.
The man on the throne looked at the sky which could be seen from where he was sitting.
''Yan how come we all end up like this'' he softly whispered while clenching his fist.