Chapter 78. Journey to the Burning Plain

Arriving in Dunhuang, you can immediately feel the special charm of this yellow land that can open your mind. Looking around, you can see the vast yellow sand, which spreads to the far end of the horizon. In the yellow sand, the slightly brown earth mounds are stacked up, some high and some low.

Unlike the continuous and flat land in the south and east, the land here is divided into different layers. In the vast expanse, you will often feel that the scorching sun disappears suddenly, and there is a shadow in front of you that makes your eyes a little uncomfortable. When you look up, you will find that it is a fault. The fault surface extends to both sides like a city wall, and the land in front is on this earth wall fault.
Among the seven people in the group, except Lingling, the other six are mages, but not everyone has the ability to move and transform. Sitting on the locally trained wind camels, they gradually approached the famous Burning Plain!

The distance is not too far, but for some reason the distribution of demons suddenly becomes denser when they pass through a fault plane!
The local people call this fault line the boundary marker line. The direction from which Qin Jun and his companions came is the boundary of Dunhuang City. There are safety barriers within the boundary, but if you go deeper into the boundary marker line, you will be surrounded by dangers.

There are many creatures that inhabit the desert Gobi. The rich earth elements and fire elements make a large number of elemental monsters appear here. In addition, the local tyrant Sand Tiger Demon Clan is spread everywhere. The average hunting mage team has to cross the boundary line. Cheer up!

After arriving at the boundary marker here, the wind camels under their crotch are no longer useful. These traffic camels, which are not much stronger than livestock, will become weak in the legs once they smell the slightest scent of the demon, and they dare not cross the boundary marker.

Everyone released the wind camels and climbed down the sinking desolate land. The heart-pounding roars coming from some bulging sand dunes in the distance were like a group of guards on patrol. They were using their voices to convey messages, telling the creatures on this land that could no longer hold back - prey was falling into the trap!

Although this place seemed terrifying, it did not stop them from moving forward.

"Hohohoho~~~!!!"

But not long after walking, just a few kilometers, a roaring wind with raging sand came between the two sand dunes. The roar was so loud that the accumulated sand dunes began to shake off the sand!

After hearing the roar and seeing the big guy appearing in the distance, Zhao Manyan cursed, "What a damn bad luck! I just came in and ran into this local tyrant!"

"It's a sand howling tiger, a relatively ferocious creature among the general-level creatures. Don't be careless." Lingling reminded everyone.

The Sand Roaring Tiger was obviously coming for them who had just entered this demonic land. Its wide-open eyes emitting green light could be seen from a long distance away, and the hazy flying yellow sand could not cover its fierce light!

Zhang Xiaohou had already rushed out at this time, and seeing him pulling the monster, Mo Fan and others also took action.
Qin Jun did not move, but said: "This Sha Xiaohu is injured."

After Qin Jun said this, the Sha Xiaohu was killed by them before he could stand up for long. Of course, it was mainly because the monkey controlled him, so the Sha Xiaohu didn't have time to show his strength.

Not long after the battle ended, they encountered the team of hunters who had injured the Sand Howling Tiger.

They said they encountered the Sand Howling Tiger first, but it escaped.

But hearing this kind of words makes people angry.

If they were not able to kill and were killed by others, that was their team's problem. But it was too much to want to trick them just because they were young boys.

But fortunately, the moment Lingling took out the Hunter Master Certificate, they stopped making noises and turned away in disgrace.

This small episode passed quickly, and everyone continued to move forward along the undulating sand.

The desert was not endless. After about a day of walking, the land turned into a desert with countless exposed rocks. The frequency of Sand Tigers appearing on the desert became higher. Everyone tried to avoid them as much as possible. If they really ran into them, they had no choice but to fight them to their heart's content.

Of course, Qin Jun didn't do much during this period. According to Mo Fan, this was also a training experience for them.

There was no danger along the way, and we gradually arrived at the area where the Shawang River was located. The Shawang River is a plateau river that has been dry for many years. After years of wind erosion, the entire river has become extremely wide. Even on the map, the Shawang River looks like a long earth-colored dragon lying on the land of Dunhuang. Its length is almost across half of Gansu, and its narrowest place is probably about ten kilometers.
This long Shawang River is filled with a kind of horrifying creatures. They are the White Sand Demon Soldiers. Standing on the raised Gobi Desert and looking forward, you can see a dry land that is sinking.

It is called a river, but to everyone it looks more like a sea, slowly sinking along the continental shelf. It is filled with fine white mud and sand of varying thicknesses, rising and falling. From a distance it looks more like a surging white ocean.

"Aren't they saying that white sand demon soldiers can be seen everywhere here? Why don't I see any?" Zhang Xiaohou shielded the sunlight from above with his hands and said in a gazing manner.

"Because they are all hiding under the sand." Qin Jun said, pointing to the endless yellow sand in front of him.

Hearing this, several people paused. At this time, Lingling took out a worthless internal organ of the Sand Howling Tiger from the package, handed it to Zhang Xiaohou next to her and said, "Here, throw it far away."

Zhang Xiaohou used all his strength to throw the viscera far into the Shawang River, only to see layers of waves of sand suddenly exploding in the calm white sand.

In the sand waves, half-giant creatures that were up to three meters tall and holding desert-turned swords stood up. They neatly surrounded the bloody internal organs, observed them vigilantly, and then quickly turned into grains of fine white sand and scattered all over the Shawang River.

The whole process took only a few seconds, from a peaceful white sandy land to a sudden surge of forty or fifty white long-sword giants, and then the sandy land returned to its previous calm state. The people were stunned!
I never expected that such a small organ could trigger so many sand monsters? ?

If this group of people were to step forward, wouldn't that be the end of them?

The only one who kept them from giving up and moving forward was Xinxia, ​​the spiritual mage.

If it weren't for her, this sand river would have been an insurmountable barrier for them.

In fact, even Qin Jun didn't think he could kill his way through. After all, this was an extremely long road, and there was a commander-level existence in it. Once he used the fluctuations beyond the intermediate magic, he would probably attract the other party's attention quickly.

Therefore, this road cannot be forced.

"Let's set up camp here by the river and rest today. It's getting dark now, so it won't be too late to set off tomorrow morning," Lingling said.

When it comes to the efficiency of setting up camp, no one can compare with Zhang Xiaohou.

This guy is like having a shot of chicken blood. He has endless energy every day and seems to be very enthusiastic about everything he does.

While everyone was resting, Zhang Xiaohou had already quickly set up the tents for everyone to rest in. There were two tents in total, separated for men and women.

After the monkeys set up the tent, Qin Jun went in to rest. Resting was actually a kind of meditation. It was also to let Xiao Cai feel the place well. The earth and fire elements were dense here, so it was possible that soul seeds might appear.

Of course, the probability of this happening is very low, but Xiao Cai has a strong sense of perception, so he still asked.

Unfortunately, Xiao Cai shook her head directly, indicating that she had no idea.
(End of this chapter)