"Ugh!!!"
Qiao Wei bit into his lower lip from pain. He groaned from pain when his knees buckled and he fell to the sandy ground.
Through eyes blurred by tears, he saw a black scorpion loitering around his ankle.
"GET AWAY FROM MY SHIZUN!!!" Huang Taichen howled.
He expected the black scorpion to back off, but it marched toward him instead, both stingers raised in an aggressive pose.
"WHAT THE??? I SAID, BACK OFF!"
"Huang Taichen, stop. Just because you can talk to them, it doesn't necessarily mean that they will listen to you."
Qiao Wei took out a talisman from his sleeve and threw it at the scorpion. It transformed into a ball of fire mid-air, startling the scorpion and sending it on a hasty flight.
"Ugh..."
Qiao Wei groaned from pain.
"SHIZUN!"
Huang Taichen put one of his arms around his neck and helped Qiao Wei up.
"Careful... Can you move? Let me help you..."
