Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
Building a path along the sand in the river bed would require a huge amount of energy, since the team was still a long journey away from reaching the end.
After the team traveled ten kiloters, Mu Nujiao was running low on energy. She switched to her Plant Elent instead, as the energy consumption using the Plant Elent was lower compared to the Ice Elent. If she kept using the sa plants to build a path in front of her, she would not need to Summon new plants.
However, she only lasted for another twenty kiloters before the energy in Mu Nujiao’s Plant Elent was depleted too.
It was Xu Pingdong’s turn to lay down the path. He had the Earth Elent and the Ice Elent. He did not have as much energy as Mu Nujiao. He only lasted for twenty kiloters...
Both Mu Nujiao and Xu Pingdong had used up all their energy to help the team travel another fifty kiloters, but it felt like they were still in the sa spot in the andering sand river.
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The others took turns constructing the path, but when everyone used up all their energy of the Earth Elent, Ice Elent, and Plant Elent, they realized they had at least another seventy kiloters left!
“Let’s convert the energy of other Elents. It’s the only option we have. I have an Energy Conversion Bracelet here. It’s not as effective, but it’s better than nothing,” Ge Ming said.
“If we convert our energy to the energy of their Wind Elent, Earth Elent, and Plant Elent, the conversion rate is only around thirty percent. How are we going to protect ourselves when we reach the end later? Leader, that’s too risky!” Lu Fang strongly disagreed with the suggestion.
“We have to overco the situation before us first. Otherwise, we won’t even make it to the end,” Ge Ming replied.
The others began to convert their energy with Ge Ming’s bracelet and transferred the energy to Mu Nujiao, Xu Pingdong, Zhang Xiaohou, and the others with the suitable Elents to construct the path ahead.
The conversion rate was only thirty percent, aning that the rate of consumption of the team’s energy had tripled. Most people on the team soon ran out of energy for two of their Elents.
Losing the energy for two Elents was basically the sa as losing their arms. They completely lost any sense of security in this desert that was full of danger. Even though they could see the end of the sand river now, none of them seed relieved.
The rate of recovery of a Mage’s energy was incredibly slow. Hunters usually treated their energy as their life, but they had already paid such a huge price just to follow the sand river!
“We should be able to rest up once we reach the relay station. Cheer up, everyone, the sand river is indeed a lot scarier than we expected,” Ge Ming comforted the mbers of the team.
Mo Fan was a fighter on the team, thus he did not transfer his energy to the others. There were only four people with full energy on the team: Mo Fan, Zheng Tong, Ge Ming, and a man called Tong Zhuang.
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“There are still Sandstorm Demon Locusts in the area still. Let’s leave this place quickly,” Ge Ming told them.
“We’ll have to use the device after another kiloter. Otherwise, we might accidentally stumble into a horde. There are three hordes in this area,” Wang Jiuming said.
“Are you kidding ? Using the device now is suicide! It’s going to attract the demon creatures nearby. We can’t possibly hold them off!” Tong Zhuang was the first to disagree.
“Going forward blindly or staying here is going to get us killed too! We have to take the risks and stand our ground for an hour and ten minutes, at least it will allow us to keep going!” Wang Jiuming snapped back.
“Captain, the whole team is worn out just making it out of the sand river. Setting up the device is suicide now!” Tong Zhuang said.
Ge Ming frowned. He was struggling to make up his mind.
It was extrely dangerous if a battle broke out now. Only a few people on the team had energy. If they ended up aggravating Commander-level creatures or a horde of demon creatures, they would be done for.
They heard a distant howling, and the wind suddenly grew stronger. Mo Fan glanced in the direction of the wind and saw the clear, blue sky was shrouded by a yellow cloud of dust. He thought the cloud of dust was still at first glance, but he eventually realized it was slowly moving toward them.
“A sandstorm?” Jiang Shaoxu felt uneasy after witnessing the cloud of dust. She subconsciously recalled the Sandstorm Vengeful Spirit that the team encountered before, the ghastly figure that stood imperiously at the top of the sandstorm!
“No, sothing worse!” Lingling shook her head.
Ge Ming’s eyes widened. His face was gradually filled with fear.
“It’s the Sandstorm Demon Locusts!”
“My Heavens, didn’t we already leave their territory?”
“The Sandstorm Demon Locusts are highly invasive. They will occasionally invade the areas nearby. Even though they aren’t heading right toward us, we’re going to die if we stay here!” Mo Fan said.
The Sandstorm Demon Locusts were the scariest existence in the Taklamakan Desert that people were aware of. They would sweep across an area like a sandstorm, yet in comparison, a sandstorm would actually be considered a kind-hearted spirit. The photographs taken after a place was attacked by the Sandstorm Demon Locusts were utterly terrifying. The whole place would be barren, with skeletons scattered for five hundred kiloters!
“We have to move forward!” Ge Ming did not even need to make a choice. He imdiately gave the order.
The mbers stopped arguing instantly and started moving forward. The demon creatures approaching them like a cloud of dust were not sothing their magic could possibly handle!
“It’s going to take them at least two hours to reach here,” Zhang Xiaohou looked into the sky and roughly estimated the speed of the Sandstorm Demon Locusts.
“Which ans we still have enough ti to scan the area,” Wang Jiuming said.
“Damn it, I’ve never visited a place like this. If I manage to make it back alive, I can boast about it for the rest of my life!” Lu Fang cursed. He was trying to embolden himself.
“Yeah, it feels like only one in ten is going to make it out alive...I’m starting to regret my decision coming here.”
The desert full of unknown dangers was a lot scarier than the team had thought. They had encountered so many different kinds of problems when they had just set foot into the desert. It felt like the whole team was going to be wiped out if they were being too careless.
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“What do we do now? Either way, I’m already out of energy,” Xu Pingdong had a grim look.
“Yeah, so did we!”
“Say, if the Sandstorm Demon Locusts is approaching, does that an the demon creatures nearby will not bother us?” soone on the team asked in a soft voice.
The eyes of the rest of the team flickered. It did make sense. Wouldn’t the Sandstorm Demon Locusts drive the other demon creatures away?
“Basically...” Mo Fan imdiately interrupted, pouring a bucket of cold water on the team, “The demon creatures residing close to the territories of the Sandstorm Demon Locusts is because either the Sandstorm Demon Locusts aren’t interested in them, because they were picky eaters, or the demon creatures aren’t really afraid of the Sandstorm Demon Locusts! So, I’m afraid we aren’t safe either.”
“Humph, you sound like it’s none of your concern. You haven’t done anything since we ca into the desert. You weren’t even willing to share your energy,” Zheng Tong snapped.
“Xiao Zheng, don’t say that. If it wasn’t for his Space Elent, Li Sichong would have died in the sand river,” Lu Fang intervened.
“I know soone who was lucky enough to Awaken the Space Elent, but it turns out to be a useless Elent. It’s only a supportive Elent in a battle,” Zheng Tong said.
A skinny man on the team had an awkward face when Zheng Tong was speaking.
“It’s because I haven’t really mastered it. I learned that I have to improve my ntal strength if I want to improve the Space Elent. I thought I just needed to familiarize myself with it...” the man said in a soft voice.
“I seriously don’t understand; why did a person like you end up Awakening the Space Elent?” Zheng Tong sighed.
“Well, I have no idea either. I’m actually regretting it a little,” the man replied.
The man had awakened the Space Elent as his tertiary Elent. The Space Elent would normally only be Awakened after a person had reached the Advanced Level. It was rare and mysterious. When Yang Bao first Awakened the Space Elent, he thought he was going to rise and surpass his comrades. The Golden Battle Hunters had high hopes in him, too. To his surprise, the Space Elent was extrely hard to master, not to ntion that it was a lot weaker than the other Elents, be it Telekinesis or Space Rhythm...
Yang Bao was still looking forward to achieving the Advanced Level of the Space Elent, since he believed Blink would co in handy for sure!
“It turns out that this Zheng Tong isn’t just jealous of you, but everyone else too...” Jiang Shaoxu whispered into Mo Fan’s ear.
“Indeed, it’s like he doesn’t want anything good to happen to others,” Mo Fan agreed.
“Why haven’t you taught him a lesson? I’ve never seen you so forgiving on the national team,” Jiang Shaoxu asked in confusion.
It was not Zheng Tong’s first ti uttering scornful comnts at Mo Fan, yet Mo Fan did not seem bothered at all. Jiang Shaoxu was actually quite surprised.
“It’s not the sa this ti. We’re like grasshoppers on the sa boat. Infighting isn’t ideal right now,” Mo Fan said. He had only co to resurrect Little Fla Belle. He was fully focused at the mont, and too lazy to waste his ti elsewhere. Besides, Ge Ming had inford Mo Fan of Zheng Tong’s personality before he joined the team.
“It should be grasshoppers tied to the sa rope!” Jiang Shaoxu corrected him. “Ah, damn it, now is definitely not the ti to ntion grasshoppers!”
Jiang Shaoxu imdiately glanced at the yellow cloud of dust in the distance and shuddered.
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Wang Jiuming had planted the device into the sand. The team was currently in a valley surrounded by three hills. Any demon creatures were most likely going to co from the entrance to the valley. If they ca down the hills, it would take them so ti to cross, which would buy the team more ti to handle them.
“I’m starting the device!” Wang Jiuming warned everyone.
The team imdiately prepared themselves for battle. The demon creatures would show up soon after the device started working!
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