Chapter 150 Shawang River

Faced with the powerful high-level pressure, Captain Blackbeard, who was only at the middle level, and the young and yellow woman under his command had to leave with their team in disgrace, which was a complete loss of face.

This brief episode was soon forgotten by everyone, and they continued to cross the undulating sand dunes.

This sea of ​​sand was not endless. After about a day's journey, they entered a desert area covered with numerous exposed rocks.

After easily dealing with several Sand Howling Tigers on the way, they gradually approached the location of the Shawang River.

This plateau river, which once flowed with water, has been dry for countless years. Now, carved by the wind, the entire riverbed has become unusually wide.

Even on the map, the Shawang River appears as a winding earth-colored dragon lying across the land of Dunhuang. Its entire length spans almost half of Longyuan Province, and even at its narrowest point, its width reaches an astonishing ten kilometers.

Although it is called a river, its size is more like an ocean, slowly sinking along the edge of the continent.

There are many fine white sands scattered in the river, and their thickness varies. From a distance, the entire river surface looks like a surging white ocean, sparkling and spectacular.

In this vast Shawang River, there lives a terrifying creature - the White Sand Demon Soldier!
Zhang Xiaohou casually threw a worthless Sand Roaring Tiger's internal organs into the Sand River, which immediately caused ripples.

In the sand river, a group of semi-giant creatures about three meters tall and holding long sand-made swords - the white sand demon soldiers - stood up from the sand waves.

They neatly surrounded the bloody internal organs, looked at them vigilantly, and then quickly turned into grains of fine white sand and merged back into the water of the Shayin River.

All these changes happened in just a few seconds. Forty or fifty giants with white long swords suddenly emerged from the originally tranquil white sand plain. Then these giants quickly disappeared and everything returned to calm, shocking everyone present.

"Forty or fifty White Sand Demon Soldiers are relatively easy to deal with." Xu Mu said, stroking his chin.

In the Shawang River, what is truly frightening is not the strength of the white sand demon soldiers, but their huge numbers.

A piece of Sand Howling Tiger's internal organs was enough to attract forty or fifty slave-level white sand demon soldiers. Without the protection of mental magic, they would have to face an astonishing number of thousands of white sand demon soldiers if they wanted to cross the Sandy River and reach the northern corner of Burning Plain.

The white sand demon soldiers are just the beginning. In the second half of the journey along the Shawang River, there are even more powerful white sand giants waiting for them.

As night fell, everyone discussed and decided to set up tents by the river to spend the night, planning to wait until daybreak before crossing the Shawang River to the northern corner of Zhuoyuan.

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The temperature difference between day and night in this Gobi Desert is significant. When the last rays of sunset fade away on the yellow and white land, the coldness descends quietly like a ghost.

The three girls in the team returned to the tent early to rest, and the task of keeping watch naturally fell on the four boys.

"Speaking of Yan Ji, how powerful is she?" Mo Fan asked casually.

"The specific situation is not very clear. The strength of Yan Ji in history varies. Some data show that the early Yan Ji were monarch-level creatures when they reached adulthood, but the current Yan Ji seems to have declined in strength and may only be a commander-level existence." Zhao Manyan explained.

“Commander level, that’s not bad.” Mo Fan nodded.

"Besides Princess Yan, are there any other elemental spirits that can possess a body?" Xu Mu suddenly asked.

"There seem to be some abroad, but in our country, there is only Yan Ji at present." Zhao Manyan said after thinking for a moment.

China has a vast territory and is home to many demons, monsters and mysterious creatures. Even in ancient times, elemental elves like Yan Ji were not uncommon.

But as time went by, the ancient totems were almost extinct, and the elemental spirits were even harder to find. Now, in China, the only elemental spirit that can be seen is Yan Ji. It is not ruled out that there may be other elemental spirits hidden in some hidden and remote places, but the possibility is very small.

Upon hearing the news, Xu Mu did not show any obvious disappointment.

Although he had a certain interest in being possessed by the elemental holy spirit, considering the chaotic power contained in his body, he became half a victim of the thunder element.

If we really want to compare elemental powers, even Yan Ji, who has the thunder attribute, would find it difficult to compete with him at the same level and would ultimately end in failure.

The effect of the elemental holy spirit possession on his improvement is very limited. It can even be said that possession is more like him enhancing the elemental holy spirit through his own power.

"Monkey, how is the chief instructor doing?" Mo Fan turned to Zhang Xiaohou next to him and asked.

"He had already woken up, recovered from his injuries at the military hospital, and then returned to Bo City." Zhang Xiaohou couldn't help but complain:

“Several doctors at the military hospital failed to stop the chief instructor from leaving and were scolded again.”

"Is Lu Nian still alive?" Zhao Manyan continued to ask.

"He is dead. All personnel involved in the demon experiment in Jinlin City have been arrested and tried by the Supreme Court."

"Although he hasn't woken up yet, the verdict has been made. The trial will not care about humanitarianism. If guilty, he should be punished, and no one can stop it." Zhang Xiaohou continued.

He later heard about the Jinlin City incident and Zhan Kong's murder from Mo Fan, and he had always been paying attention to this matter.

Shortly after the trial's verdict was announced, a group of judges went to the military hospital in a grand manner and took away Lu Nian, who was lying on the hospital bed and unconscious.

It has been so long now, and grass is probably growing on Lu Nian's grave.

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The red sun rises in the east, casting a dazzling light onto the Shawang River.

With the gentle soothing effect of Xinxia's mental magic and the help of the magic energy recovery potion provided by Xu Mu, the group was able to get through the difficult times safely.

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After crossing the scorching Shawang River, they faced a scorching land that seemed to have been burned by fire.

This is the northern end of the Burning Plain. This land is still full of mysteries and humans have not set foot on it very often.

The northern corner of Zhuoyuan forms a huge basin-shaped terrain. Although the ground is flat and open at first glance, after in-depth exploration, you will find that as you move towards the center, the terrain gradually descends, like a huge fire basin.

The surrounding land was brown-red under the sunlight, and the core area was the legendary land of fire, as if it was always burning with an unquenchable flame.

Because it is separated from the rest of the country by the wide Shawang River and is located in a remote area, only a few hunters can actually reach the northern corner of the Burning Plain.

As a result, this land has become a rich treasure land, full of unknowns and mysteries, attracting hunters who are willing to take risks to seek those rare and precious resources.

(End of this chapter)