In the vast desert.
A lone figure walked by himself, solitary and desolate. Behind him trailed a long line of footprints that stretched all the way beyond sight.
That person was Wang Teng. He traveled through the desert, searching for Star Beasts and hunting Attribute Bubbles.
Though the desert seemed devoid of life, countless Star Beasts were actually hidden beneath the sand.
Before this, Wang Teng had already killed three waves of desert Star Beasts that had ambushed him.
The blazing sun hung overhead. In the desert, direct sunlight could be deadly, yet Wang Teng strolled through the sands with not a single crack on his lips or drop of sweat on his forehead or body, as though he had merely gone out for a walk after a meal.
Everything was perfectly normal, if one ignored the strange cries constantly coming from someone's mouth.
"Little darlings, come out!"
"Stop hiding. Let's play a game where you kill me and I kill you~"
"It's super fun! Once we're done, I guarantee you'll never want to play again. Come out, come out..."
Wang Teng called softly, half singing and half speaking, his voice like that of a creepy uncle luring little girls to look at goldfish.
It would have been strange if this method could actually lure out any Star Beasts.
Only someone with a bizarre train of thought like Wang Teng's could come up with something like this.
Yet just then, the sand beneath his left side suddenly churned. Then, with a bang, a black shadow pounced out.
It was a black lizard-like Star Beast, extremely similar to the Sand Iron Black Lizard Wang Teng had captured.
Wang Teng's eyes lit up as though he had discovered some priceless treasure.
The instant the black lizard sprang out, Wang Teng threw a