The Burial Desert is not very far from the Tianbi Mountains, everyone hurried during the day, rested at night, and at noon on the tenth day of departure, they entered the Burial Desert like a sea of yellow sand, and the day before everyone entered the desert, they deposited their horses in a post station.

On the way, through the narration of Zhou Zhirui and Zheng Tiansong, Aotian has a certain understanding of the burial desert and some details of this mission.

The Burial Corpse Desert is the same as the Northern Desolate Ancient Forest, which is a forbidden place for ordinary people, but compared to the powerful demonic beasts inside the Northern Desolate Ancient Forest, the level of the demonic beasts here is much lower, and the strongest demonic beasts are only level four, and the general ones are first- and second-level demonic beasts.

However, the danger level here is not inferior to that of the Northern Wilderness Gumori, because there are often tornadoes, quicksand whirlpools and other dangerous situations here.

But somewhere beneath this sea of dangerous sand, there is a vein of energy crystal.

Energy spar is a very versatile and precious kind of ore, such as the energy spar is indispensable for all kinds of weapons refined by refiners, such as the energy cannons used by various empires to guard the border passes and deter neighboring countries, which also need the urging of this energy spar.

Another example is the mountain protection magic circle of the Ice Heart Sect's Yunyue Palace, which also needs to be urged by the energy spar to operate.

Therefore, in the past countless years, the Ice Heart Sect, Yunyue Palace, and the Imperial Family had all tried to find that energy spar vein and mine it, but due to the special environment here, many years had passed, and no one could find it, so they had to give up.

However, there is a special kind of magic beast living in this corpse desert, called the sword-horned monitor lizard, in fact, this kind of sword-horned monitor lizard cannot be called a magic beast strictly speaking, because they do not have a magic crystal nucleus in their bodies, but they can rely on devouring energy crystals to enhance their strength, so the weakest sword-horned monitor lizard is generally comparable to a first-level demonic beast, and the strongest can reach the strength of a second-level demonic beast.

Swordhorn monitor lizards can move freely through the sand and also have a special sense of smell for energy crystals, so they can find the energy crystals buried under the desert and swallow a large amount of energy crystals into their stomachs, but these crystals will not be so easily digested, these swordhorn monitor lizards can swallow energy crystals once, which is enough to support them to use them at will for several months.

Moreover, the swordhorn monitor lizard does not stay in the sand all the time, as long as they have swallowed enough energy crystals, they will move on the surface and prey on other animals.

At most, it's hidden in some sand dunes.

Therefore, these swordhorn monitor lizards have more or less undigested energy crystals in their stomachs.

And their mission this time is to find these sword-horned monitor lizards, kill them, and obtain the energy crystals in their bodies.

After entering the Burial Desert, everyone first rested at the edge and ate some dry food before heading towards the interior of the Burial Desert.

"Everyone must be careful of their feet, poisonous snakes and poisonous scorpions may rush out of this yellow sand at any time!" Elder Tian suddenly reminded.

Although most of the disciples who came this time had performed this mission, there were also a small number of people who came to perform this task for the first time, so he had to remind him, otherwise it would be worth the loss if any disciple was injured or killed.

Hearing Elder Tian's reminder, the faces of some of the disciples who participated in this task for the first time changed slightly, and they immediately focused their attention on their feet and became vigilant.

After everyone followed Elder Tian and Elder Du for a while, the two elders suddenly said something, and then suddenly stopped.

"Everyone is divided into two groups here, the disciples of the Bingling Branch and the Bingyue Branch follow me, and the disciples of the other two branches follow Elder Du!" Elder Tian turned around and said to everyone.

Hearing this, the crowd immediately divided into two groups, each consisting of just nine disciples.

When this task was first signed up, there were nine places in each of the contribution halls on the two mountains of the outer sect, so the two groups of people were so evenly balanced.

"Alright, Elder Du, then let's meet here in a month's time!" Elder Tian looked at Elder Nadu again and said.

"Well, I'll go in that direction, and you guys will go in the opposite direction!" Elder Du pointed in the direction to the right hand and said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Elder Tian nodded, then beckoned to the nine disciples behind him, and said, "Let's go!"

"Let's go!" Elder Du also beckoned to the nine people in his group.

"Senior Brother Aotian, Senior Sister Zhirui, let's leave here for now, you two be more careful!" Zheng Tiansong arched his hand and said.

"Senior Brother Zheng, be careful!"

"Be careful!" Aotian and Zhou Zhirui also arched their hands.

Immediately, the three of them followed their own team and continued to set off towards the depths of the desert.

As the sun gradually set into the horizon and the sky gradually darkened, Aotian, Zhou Zhirui and their group stopped under a sand dune and built a bonfire, preparing to rest here for the night.

Throughout the afternoon, Aotian and the others did not see a single sword-horned monitor lizard, let alone the shadow of an animal.

However, this is normal, animals are scarce in this desert, and many animals come out at night.

After a night without a word, everyone spent the first night peacefully in the desert.

The next day, as soon as it was dawn, everyone had finished breakfast and continued to set off.

Stepping on the soft sand, everyone quietly followed behind Elder Tian, guarding their feet while patrolling the surroundings to see if they could find the swordhorn monitor lizard.

However, due to the hot weather in the desert and the relatively large wind and sand today, everyone was already dry-mouthed, so basically no one spoke along the way, except that Elder Tian occasionally gave orders.

The sun is rising higher and higher, the temperature is getting hotter and hotter, everyone seems to be walking in the flames, their faces and bodies can't help but sweat, like Aotian and Zhou Zhirui, those who have higher cultivation are fine, and those disciples who have lower cultivation have begun to feel fatigue.

"Rest on the spot for a while!" As if sensing that everyone was a little tired, Elder Tian suddenly raised his hand and spoke.

Hearing this, everyone sat on the ground one after another, but fortunately, the sand was not too hot by the sun, otherwise they would not even be able to sit down.

After resting in place for a while, everyone also drank some water, and they couldn't help but feel that the heat of their bodies had slowed down a lot, and their physical strength had basically recovered, so they set off again.

Under the hot sun, everyone walked a long way, and finally saw three black shadows on several sand dunes in the distance.

"Finally found!" Elder Tian's somewhat happy voice suddenly sounded.

At the same time, everyone also came to the spirit, as if they had found an oasis in the sea of sand.

Aotian looked intently, and saw that the three black shadows were huge lizards about five meters long, the lizard's body was full of black scale armor, and there was a long horn on its head like a sharp sword, which stretched straight ahead, and its tail was also full of bone spurs like an awl, which looked like a mace.

"Listen, everyone, I'm going to kill the swordhorned monitor lizard farthest away from us, and I'll hand over the other two to you, you divide into two groups, remember, kill it in the shortest possible time, and even if you can't kill it, you have to hurt its forelimbs to prevent it from escaping in the sand!"

"Yes, Elder!" the crowd replied in unison.

"Senior brothers, senior sisters, Senior Sister Zhirui and I will hunt one of them in one group, and the other one will be handed over to you!" Aotian suddenly looked at the others and arched his hand.

Hearing this, everyone nodded one after another, they naturally knew Aotian's strength very well and trusted it, plus Zhou Zhirui, whose strength was also not weak, so they were sure that it was absolutely fine.

"Okay, let's split up!" Elder Tian said in a low voice, and Elder Tian took the lead in rushing out, heading straight for the sword-horned monitor lizard on the farthest sand dune.

Aotian and Zhou Zhirui followed closely behind, rushing towards the swordhorned monitor lizard on another sand dune, while the others rushed towards the last swordhorn monitor lizard.

"Zhirui, leave this to me!" Aotian suddenly said, at the same time, he already held the Xuan-level sword in his hand, and the connotation of the Instant Thunder Dance in his body was already in operation.

"Okay!" Zhou Zhirui replied and slowed down slightly.

At this time, Aotian was a flash of thunder under his feet, and his body had turned into a bolt of lightning, rushing up to the sand dune, followed by a "bang" sound, Aotian's figure had already appeared above the head of the sword-horned monitor lizard, and the sword in his hand was completely submerged in the head of the sword-horned monitor lizard.

And the sword-horned monitor lizard only struggled for a moment, and then never moved again.

For today's Aotian, the sword-horned monitor lizard, whose strength is only equivalent to that of a first- or second-level demonic beast, is simply like an ant in front of him, and he can kill it in seconds with a wave of his hand.

After killing the swordhorn monitor lizard, Aotian immediately easily gouged open the belly of the swordhorn monitor lizard, and suddenly some fragments of energy crystals flowed out with the flesh and blood, staining the surrounding sand red.

After the blood went deep into the sand, Aotian took out a small piece of animal skin from the storage ring, then wrapped those energy crystals, took Zhou Zhirui, and rushed to the other disciples.

At this time, Elder Tian had also returned from a distance, and the sword-horned monitor lizards from the other disciples had also been killed.

In the following ten days, everyone hunted and killed dozens of sword-horned monitor lizards one after another, and also obtained a lot of energy crystals, but they were also attacked by some first- and second-level demonic beasts, but those first-level demonic beasts eventually became the living targets of everyone's training, and the second-level demonic beasts were also killed by Elder Tian casually.

On the morning of this day, they saw two sword-horned monitor lizards fighting each other on a sand dune, so they surrounded them together.

As if sensing the approach of everyone, the two sword-horned monitor lizards that were originally fighting immediately stopped, and then turned their heads to look at everyone with the same hatred, the sword horns shook slightly, and they looked like demonstrators.

In the face of the demonstration of the sword-horned monitor lizard, everyone was naturally not afraid and still did not stop.

But just as Aotian and the others were about to rush forward to kill the two sword-horned monitor lizards, Aotian's footsteps suddenly paused, his pupils shrank suddenly, and his eyes stared at the slightly trembling sand dunes in surprise.

"Everyone stand back!" Elder Tian's slightly anxious voice suddenly sounded.

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