CHAPTER XLV

The gray-black Gobi Desert is full of messy gravel, and occasionally a weed or shrub grows in the middle of the gravel, all of which are low and low, as if people are bent over and prostrate on the ground, unable to lift their heads under the weight of life. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Looking into the distance, near the horizon in the northwest, the majestic barren mountains are just a long black shadow between heaven and earth, and in any other direction, you can only see blue sky and black earth, as the distance increases, the sky is gradually not very blue, the earth is gradually not very dark, and finally the sky is gray and the earth is also gray, and the misty gray is connected together, and it is impossible to see where the sky is and where the earth is.

This is the Great Gobi, one of the three major deserts in the main plane.

On this continent, known as the "Main Plane", there are many large and small deserts. Three of them are particularly large, located in the northwest, northeast and southeast of the continent.

The northwest is called the Great Gobi, which is characterized by a large number of stones, and except for the central area of the desert, most areas actually do not have much sand, and are completely dominated by gray-black gravel barren beaches. There are many violent sandstorms here, and once the sandstorm known as the "Black Storm" is set off, even the legendary powerhouses will flee from the wilderness. Because of it, the Barren Mountains to the west were completely cut off from the Wild Empire to the east, and only the most fearless merchants dared to attempt to cross it with the help of weather-watching spells in order to make a profit—though most of them had been heard from since their departure, never to be seen again.

The Death Desert in the northeast is called the Death Fall Desert, this desert is somewhat long and narrow, distributed along the coastline, adjacent to the Dragon Mountains to the north, and derived into the territory of the Blue Moon Kingdom to the south, just separating the Divine Angel Kingdom from the sea. It is said that a long, long time ago, there was no such desert in the world, and the army of the Divine Angel Kingdom and the army of the Sea Clan fought fiercely on this narrow coastline, and the gods of both sides also fell, and after an earth-shattering battle, hundreds of miles along the coast turned into a gray-yellow desert. To this day, people often see huge bones and broken weapons in the desert, and many terrifying monsters haunt it, hence the names "death" and "fall".

The desert in the southeast is called the Golden Desert, which is the most harmless of the three deserts. There are no terrible sandstorms or terrifying monsters here, only blue sky and golden sand, the sand is extremely fine and as bright as gold in the sun. Standing on the edge of the desert and watching the sun rise and set over the horizon where the sky and sand connect with each other is a world-famous sight. However, the desert is extremely barren, and there is hardly any water source in the desert, and even if there is a spell to determine the coordinates without getting lost, thirst and heat alone are enough to kill.

If Sui Xiong wanted to get to the Mystic Pagoda Federation, he had to cross the Barren Mountain Range, then cross a section of the Great Gobi, go south along the Greystone Mountains, pass through the Ancient Wood Barren Swamp, cross the Broken Cloud Mountains, and then pass through the Ancient Forest, and then arrive there.

This road is full of dangers, and normal people who dare to walk like this are definitely tired of it, even veteran adventurers have to change color when they hear it. Under normal circumstances, the most reliable way to get from the Mystic Tower Federation to the Four Towns in the Northwest is to sail by boat, sail along the coastline all the way, and finally change to a land route in the north of the Gold Federation, passing through the gap in the south of the Barren Mountains to reach Rye Town.

But that road is a huge circle, and there are many risks associated with sailing at sea. Although Sui Xiong was not afraid of the risks at sea, he was also not afraid of the risks on land, anyway, his way of traveling was to fly rather than walk, and the rough road had a very limited impact on him, so after some consideration, he still chose to take a straight line.

After all...... Between two points, the straight line is the shortest.

Walking in a straight line is the unique right of the strong.

Sui Xiong's avatar floated in the air about a hundred meters away, flying in a direction slightly east of the south without hurrying or slow. Every once in a while it will stop, cast a spell to determine the current coordinates, and move on.

He was going to a small city in the west-central part of the Mystic Tower Federation, called the Golden Tower. The reason for the name is that in the center of the city stands a golden magic tower - the Secret Tower Federation is essentially a federation between towns built around magic towers, and the inhabitants here are all servants and disciples of mages, and those who can serve as officials are relatives of the caster, if not the caster. Hence the name "Nation of Mages".

However, that was when the Federation was created, and after hundreds of years of ups and downs, the country of mages is no longer so pure, and there are many more bureaucrats and nobles.

For example, the relatives of a certain high-ranking mage, they always have to gain a position of power. The disciples of a legendary mage's disciple must always have a place to settle down. If the previous generation has worked hard, it is natural that the next generation should be able to inherit the position of power......

Satan was originally a genius boy in the city of Jinta with a bright future. But since he clashed with a boy who had little talent for mages, but had a high-level mage grandfather, his future had become bleak. After a period of encountering obstacles, he finally gave up his fantasy of developing in his hometown with peace of mind, left his hometown, and became an adventurer.

That's already ...... It was almost ten years ago.

Ten years of wandering and adventure made him bid farewell to his youthfulness, grew into a young but very experienced adventurer, and also stepped into the realm of an intermediate magician.

But if he hadn't been forced to leave his hometown, maybe it would have only taken him five years to grow to the level he is now.

When he said this, at first glance, it seemed that he had seen all the past grievances, but Sui Xiong could clearly feel the resentment and unwillingness in his heart through the induction of his soul.

After all...... In that incident, his only mistake was to help someone who shouldn't be helped, and disturbed the young master's fun.

Satan didn't say these things, but since he had already believed in Sui Xiong, his heart was defenseless against Sui Xiong, and when those unforgettable past events came to his heart like a tide, Sui Xiong didn't even need to deliberately snoop, he saw the scene clearly.

So, he secretly made a decision to take advantage of this trip to help his believers understand their grievances.

No, even if Satan is not his follower, now that he knows about it, he will not care.

The road is uneven, someone steps on it, and if it is uneven, someone takes care of it. If no one cares, then there is a jellyfish god who can take care of it.

Oh, isn't this the jellyfish god dispatched?

Probably because of his good luck, Sui Xiong flew in the sky for almost a whole day, and he was already close to the edge of the Great Gobi - after all, his route did not need to cross the Great Gobi, but only passed close to the edge.

The sunset on the horizon has set, losing the warmth of the sun, and the temperature of the ground is rapidly dropping. The dark night of the Great Gobi is no less cold than the ice fields in the north.

However, there are disadvantages and advantages in the dark night, in this cold night, most of the dangerous poisonous insects will fall into a deep sleep, and the most dangerous sandstorms do not rarely occur at night, as long as you are careful to guard against those monsters that haunt at night, it will be safer to walk day and night.

Sui Xiong floated quietly in the air, in fact, he didn't need to rest, but his long-term habit made him still like to rest when night fell, enjoying this indispensable sleep as a human being.

The moonlight is good tonight, and the planktonic jellyfish stretches their bodies as far as possible to fully absorb the moonlight while they are resting. Around it, the magic formed a huge whirlpool, this vortex collected all the magic power within hundreds of meters around, and if any creature with magical vision looked at the sky, it would definitely be startled by this strange sight.

For Sui Xiong, this is not only rest, but also eating, but also cultivation.

Just as he was quietly enjoying his rest, he suddenly heard the sound of chasing and running on the ground. As far as I could see, there was a group of panicked people, being chased by a man in black riding a one-horned dragon.

Sui Xiong was stunned for a moment, and was about to rush to save people, but stopped again.

He noticed that more than one of the people who was being hunted down had strange necklaces around their necks, the necklaces were made of bones strung together, and the people were surrounded in the middle, apparently the one who was the leader, and the necklace around his neck was clearly made of a cut of human fingers!

The tentacles of the soul unfurled, and in the sight of the god, Sui Xiong saw weeping souls, wrapped around those necklaces, wailing and unable to leave.

"Hunter...... A believer in the god of hunting and slaughter. Evil people who use 'people' as prey, many of them work part-time as killers...... "As a common evil force, Sui Xiong recognized the origin of those guys at a glance - after all, the "hunter necklace" around their necks was too obvious evidence for anyone with adventure experience to admit it.

Although Sui Xiong had no experience in adventuring, the information of the God of Salvation also mentions this evil organization: they are the most murderous of the cultists of the God of Hunting and Slaughter, believing in the absurd belief that "hunting for the gods is the only way to please the gods", and are keen to kill their own people and perform cruel blood sacrifices. And the necklaces around their necks are the remnants of the sacrifices they killed and sacrificed. With the power of this chain, they bound and tortured the souls of the dead as a symbol of honor and strength, and from this they gave rise to several powerful spells.

There is no doubt that even among the villains, the "hunters" are among the most vicious and terrifying. Since they met today, Sui Xiong doesn't plan to let them see the sun tomorrow again!

And the man in black chasing after them was not a kind gentleman, although he did not have a ghost on his body, but in the eyes of the special spell "Eye of Faction Identification", he showed a bright and vigorous red, obviously a fierce and aggressive character who killed countless people.

By the way, looking at the "hunters" with the "Eye of Faction Identification", what you see is a surging blackness, muddy, and simply disgusting!

Sui Xiong guessed that the scene that happened in front of him was probably the drama often staged on the underworld - black eats black.