Supremacy Games

Scared shitless, the players stood above the sand with heartbeats racing and tense limbs. Their eyes kept shifting from a sand dun to another, trying to catch a glimpse at the predator underneath them. Unfortunately, only rolling waves of sand covered their vision.

There was absolutely no sign of the serpent's whereabouts. This feeling of knowing that they were being watched without the ability to discern from where caused their already tense limbs to stiffen even further.

They would rather have the beast towering over them as before than hide underneath their feet like this.

Seconds went by and the only thing that was still making its presence heard, was the sound of the desert getting larger and spreading wider.

The serpent was acting the same as a chef, preparing the ingredients meticulously before cooking them off. However, its way of doing things was putting a dent in those players' mentality.

Their gut feeling screamed at them to leave this death trap. Yet, their bodies were as unresponsive as a log.

Zoe and the spectators all went quiet as well. No one made a single sound, as their eyes were fixated on the serpent that was swimming within the sand, unhindered like a fish in the ocean. Few whispers were thrown here and there about who was the lucky player to get picked up first.

Suddenly, their eyes brightened up, as they noticed the serpent slithering towards a player that had a frozen area of sand around him.

The player was putting his entire focus on freezing the sand underneath him, so the serpent wouldn't pop out straight under his feet.

Too bad, his proactive defensive attempt made the serpent put its focus on him first. It sensed that it shouldn't let him continue building his defenses around him. Otherwise, it would affect its final attack.

Thus, the poor lad just shot himself in the foot, as the serpent used its long golden tail like a whip, sending it towards his feet.

Boom, Crack!

The frozen sand broke into small pieces, as the tail kept penetrating it without a single ounce of resistance.

Frightened, the player tried to jump in the air after sensing that his defenses were getting ruptured within moments. However, before he reached even one-meter mid-air, the tail latched into his waist and dragged him down, burying him out of sight in an instant.

It happened so fast, the others in the area didn't even catch a glimpse at the serpent. The only thing their eyes kept feeding them was a two-meter hole left behind after that deadly and hidden ambush.

The open cross was engulfed in an ever creepier silence. Gulping sounds were heard here and there, as the players were on the verge of a mental breakdown. Their mind and instinct kept clashing for control over their bodies.

as fast as

They already had a null chance of slaying

spectators, waiting for their turn to get dragged deep within

display of skills. In her eyes,

easiest and fastest way, was of course to use a bait to drag the serpent

underneath while having every defensive ability

after constant provocative

their strongest offensive abilities would have an easy time barraging it after it exposes

of the many ways this battle could have played out.

randoms who weren't even able to control their own decisions properly? Forget about having synergy with each other, they didn't even have

of her request, thus lowering their strength by at least 60%. This issue only crops up during those

admit it. She would rather blame the stupidity of her minions than to

Terror Serpent wasn't in the mood to entertain her ego, as its preparation

abruptly stopped, leaving the players worried about this unknown action and the spectators

"It is coming!!!!"

down start to coil around itself

cracks on its scales opened up yet again, but this time instead of releasing sand, it

Whoosh! Whoosh!...

then its

wasn't even this, but the fact that the

traveling 750km/h. Their

of flesh in the air just to be obliterated by the storm. As for the rest of the players, their skin was being peeled slowly by the sand particles, which were battering them

"Ahh.!..."

them opened his mouth, trying to scream over this torturous way of dying, sand assaulted the

wasn't even

inside the body too, destroying every organ

Oooooh!

at the sight of that player's guts, exploding akin to eating a hand