Although the Fire Dragon Lance shattered the strange serpent, the yellow sand quickly coalesced once more, forming an even larger beast.
"This is bad!" Meng Tian realized the serpent must be under someone's control; to defeat it, he had to find the puppet master.
The yellow sand serpent surged toward them like a tidal wave. Meng Tian ordered a retreat, as he could not bear the loss of a single cavalryman. With the enemy's intentions unclear and water supplies running low, they had to withdraw from the desert to the grasslands to replenish their resources.
Chapter 51