As time went by, Lotkar became more and more tired. In the scorching desert, he exhaled hot air and inhaled even hotter air.
Even though Bai Jin had been cooling down Lotkar on his back, the continuous running still made Lotkar's body gradually become as heavy as a thousand pounds.
Large beads of sweat gathered on the mane on Lotkar's neck, dripping from time to time and wetting the sand.
Yang Yu uses the system to monitor Lotkar's status at any time.
Lotkar's physical strength is almost running out. In such an extreme environment as the desert, the consumption of physical strength will increase significantly.
Even though Yang Yu's attribute points were mainly added to his speed and endurance, he could not withstand the tossing in such a hot environment.
Yang Yu looked behind him again and saw the shark fin of the Garchomp shark breaking through the sand, only one or two kilometers away from Yang Yu. Once it stopped, the huge Garchomp shark would open its mouth and pounce on them.
Another piece of fatty beef was thrown onto the sand, and the Land Shark's dorsal fin directly scraped off the fatty beef. It was no longer interested in this small piece of meat that could fill its teeth.
There was no other way, Yang Yu turned his back to Iyas and the others, thrust his sword into the ground, and jumped up from the sliding shield with his feet.
Yang Yu tried to act as bait again to delay the attack rhythm of the fierce land shark.
This is also the reason why he chose to surf on the sand instead of climbing on Lotkar's back.
However, the Land Shark showed no intention of surfacing from the sand, and its dark dorsal fin rushed towards Yang Yu like a high-speed motorcycle.
This Land Shark chose to ignore Yang Yu who had hurt it and went straight to Lotkar. It had already decided to fill its stomach first and then kill the "bug" that harassed it and injured its eyes.
The result was beyond Yang Yu's expectation. Faced with the dorsal fin coming at him at high speed, Yang Yu could only dodge and grabbed the dorsal fin of the Land Shark with one hand.
Grabbing the dorsal fin of the Land Shark, Yang Yu felt as if he was hanging on a high-speed roller coaster, with his body fluttering in the air like a carp flag.
The dorsal fin of the Land Shark was cold and hard, like obsidian. Yang Yu instantly gave up the idea of doing something with the dorsal fin.
His plan to be the bait failed. As a last resort, Yang Yu could only raise his voice, took out a bottle of light golden liquid from the system, and shouted to Lotkar in front of him:
"Although it is dangerous, Lotkar will make a sharp turn and avoid its attack before it catches your movement. Then, come to me. I will give you medicine to restore your strength."
There are not many potions that can restore physical strength, and Yang Yu currently only has one kind of potion that can restore all physical strength in one go.
This medicine is indeed precious, and one bottle less is as good as another, but human life is much more valuable than this.
Be willing to give and give, only by giving can you gain.
However, Lotkar seemed to have ignored Yang Yu's words and ran straight forward regardless of his own fatigue.
Lotkar's ears had already caught the subtle sound of the ship in the desert. He no longer had much strength left, and he didn't know if he could dodge the attack of the Land Shark with his gradually dulling senses.
It is impossible that Yang Yu was unaware of his current physical condition, but he still gave this order, which means that this is the only solution he has.
However, Yang Yu had said before that the best way was to take the prey to find a hunter. As long as the hunter could be found, the Land Shark would not be a threat.
Lotkar had heard the sound of the Hangsha ship, but Yang Yu could not hear it. Now Lotkar had no way to tell Yang Yu what he heard or what he was thinking.
So, this time, Lotkar had to make the decision on his own.
He didn't want to sacrifice his companions because of his own mistakes. If he had to choose a way to die, Lotkar chose to run all the way and try to get Bai Jin and the others to the vicinity of the sand-hanging ship before he ran out of energy.
He then left Bai Jin and the others behind and used his own flesh to feed the Land Shark, buying time for Yang Yu and the others to escape.
The only regret is that Lotkar may never be able to bring the traitor to justice personally and expose his conspiracy.
As his body grew heavier, Lotkar's swinging steps became faster and faster.
In Yang Yu's panel, Lotkar's physical strength finally reached the end, and his state became extremely tired, but Lotkar did not stop.
Even though his health bar was dropping rapidly like a column of water, Lotkar's every step was firm and he kept running forward at the fastest speed.
"Lotkar. You."
Looking at Lothcar, Yang Yu's expression was solemn. It was impossible for Lothcar not to hear his voice, and he would not easily disobey his orders.
"He knows his body well. He knows that in his current state, it is too risky to avoid the attack of Garchomp."
Yang Yu admitted that doing so does indeed involve certain risks.
He had to perfectly stuff the potion into Lotkar's mouth, let Lotkar swallow the potion, and while the potion was taking effect, completely avoid the attack of the Biting Land Shark.
Any wrong step may lead to unpredictable consequences.
I have the confidence to complete my part, but it is different for Lotkar
"He must have heard the sound of the sand-carrying ship and wanted to do his best to send us all there."
Realizing Lotkar's intention, Yang Yu murmured to himself: "If you do this, can you still accomplish what you want to accomplish?"
Looking at the Land Shark getting closer and closer to Lotkar, and looking at Lotkar who was willing to sacrifice his health to maintain his speed, Yang Yu's eyes became more and more determined.
“No, I’m going to help you finish it.
If you die, I won't be able to get the racial essence I want from you."
Opening the system panel, Yang Yu clicked on the task interface and settled the task of [Hall of Courage]. He invested all the free attribute points he had obtained and the remaining points into speed. Yang Yu's speed value exceeded 400 points, reaching 431 points, but this was still not faster than the speed of the Garchomp, and he would still be left behind by it.
With one hand stuck on the shark fin, Yang Yu raised one hand high and pointed his index finger at himself.
Iyas and the others were also observing the situation in the rear at any time. Iyas saw Yang Yu's strange behavior and was unable to understand Yang Yu's intention for a moment.
The strong wind blew Bai Jin's messy hair. She temporarily stopped cooling down Lothkar and aimed the magic circle in her hand at Yang Yu.
"Iyas, attack Yang Yu!"
"Hey? Wait for me!"
"Even though Yang Yu is messing around as usual, trust him and attack him!"
After saying that, several ice arrows appeared in Bai Jin's hand and blasted towards Yang Yu who was on the dorsal fin of the Land Shark. After a round of attacks, Yang Yu gave Bai Jin a thumbs up.
"Really? I'll listen to you." Seeing this, Iyas sighed, drew the bow and shot several arrows at Yang Yu in the dust and fog.
After a few arrows, Yang Yu, who was hit by two arrows on the shoulder, stretched out his hand and made a stop gesture, then he immediately stuck his hand into the yellow sand.
The hot yellow sand flowed through his hands, and Yang Yu grabbed it fiercely.
"[Bound by Thorns]"
In front of Yang Yu, a bunch of thorns suddenly grew out. The function of this bunch of thorns was not to stop Land Shark, but to stop Yang Yu himself.
(End of this chapter)