Whoosh...
The howling of the sandstorm echoed endlessly by his ears. His vision was a dim blur, as though even the boundary between sky and earth had been obscured, causing one to instantly lose all sense of time, direction, and everything else.
Even someone as powerful as Hyuga Kagami felt somewhat uncomfortable walking through such a harsh environment.
If not for the Giant Tenseigan in the distant Aerial Fortress continuously guiding his direction, even with his Byakugan, he would most likely have gotten lost in this sea of sand.
"What a desolate place!"
Standing atop a sand dune, Hyuga Kagami could not help but sigh with emotion.
A full month and a half had passed since he marked out seven candidate locations for the ritual. During that time, he had visited and inspected each of the seven sites, ultimately ruling out the other six and choosing this final candidate location before him.
Like the other candidate sites, this seventh location was also an endless sea of sand. It was simply more remote and more unusual.
It was unusual because the strata beneath this sea of sand were extremely solid.
Even sandworms, which could move freely through the sand, found it difficult to burrow through these hard layers. Thus, not only was this sea of sand rarely visited by people, even desert creatures like sandworms seldom ventured here. It was a true forbidden zone of life.
Moreover, Hyuga Kagami had consulted some documents from the Land of Wind and confirmed that this sea of sand did not even have a name. There was no history of any human activity here.
"Byakugan, activate!"
After reaching another high point, Hyuga Kagami activated his Byakugan again and carefully observed the surroundings.
Such an extremely harsh environment had both advantages and disadvantages for him.
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