The blazing sun hung overhead like a red-hot branding iron.
Intense heat waves and scorching temperatures baked the entire world, turning everything around them dazzling white. The air warped, painfully glaring.
This was a special environment on the third floor of the Human Emperor Tower: a barren, scorching desert. It clearly corresponded to one of the Sacred Dynasty's forbidden lands, the "Mummified Corpse Desert," meaning that any person or living creature entering this desert would ultimately become a dried corpse.
Having arrived here, Jiang Dali had recovered much of the strength he had expended in the Penetration State. Yet this place was also much closer to where the Human Emperor secluded himself at the very top.
A terrifying and majestic pressure streamed down endlessly from above like the Yangtze River, making one feel immensely oppressed. Even he had to constantly focus his willpower to resist it, which was undoubtedly exhausting.
Rumble—
At that moment, the desert ground ahead suddenly surged like waves. With a boom, it bulged upward, flinging a massive spray of sand high into the sky. Countless grains of sand glittered in midair.
A gigantic, grotesque worm covered in fleshy tumors suddenly burst from the desert.
Its body emerging from the sea of sand was dozens of zhang long, entirely covered in thick, glazed shells. Its enormous opened mouthparts resembled interlocking sharp gears, radiating an extremely terrifying aura as it charged straight at Jiang Dali.
Roar—
A heaven-shaking roar abruptly erupted, leaving one dizzy and disoriented. A terrifying wave of willpower slammed toward Jiang Dali, only to be easily blocked by the golden radiance of willpower released from his eyes. Even the incoming sound waves were held at bay like tangible ripples.
But at the same time, the giant worm inhaled fiercely, and a terrifying suction force suddenly