Just when everyone believed that after wiping out the Rat Demon clan of Yellow Wind Ridge, the Western Expeditionary Force would surely spend some time regrouping, the Western Expedition Army abruptly split into several spearheads, crossed the Sha River, and rapidly advanced toward the Far West Land.
Ahead of those spearheads, fierce battles erupted one after another.
No one knew what Zhu Ganglie was thinking, but he had become a madman.
A major battle every three days, sometimes even a melee—he was already acting like a lone force driving deep into enemy territory.
In less than a month, they had punched straight through the Yellow Sand Desert.
This was the desert that stretched for countless miles across the east, west, and north of Yellow Wind Ridge. Even the vast Yellow Wind Ridge looked no more than an oasis within it.
Supernatural phenomena also lay hidden within the Yellow Sand Desert.
On November 3, the twenty-sixth year of the Western Expedition Calendar, the Sand Lizard King was executed.
It was a Sand Lizard Demon Lord that had fallen into supernatural phenomena during the Near Ancient Era. It had once shaken the entire Western Regions, and had even clashed with the Yellow Wind Clan, yet always emerged unscathed.
After battling for the time it took to burn one stick of incense, Zhu Ganglie slew it.
On November 6, the twenty-sixth year of the Western Expedition Calendar, the Thorn Demon was executed.
This was a rare Wood Spirit Demon that had fallen into supernatural phenomena during the late Middle Ancient Era. Originally a cactus, it had sensed heaven and earth, sun and moon, the vast cosmos and stars, enduring ten thousand years before taking human form. Along the way, it hid from place to place and survived countless calamities, rising step by step