"Run!"
Seeing the other examinees die, the Black-Clad Examinee and the others fled for their lives, their faces deathly pale. They wished their parents had given them a few more legs. All their earlier arrogance had vanished.
If the Desert Venom Scorpions caught up with them, they were as good as dead. They would certainly end up as corpses.
In just a few breaths, the group reached the edge of the desert Oasis and made it to Xia Ping and the others, temporarily escaping the Desert Venom Scorpions' range.
"I can't believe the water in that lake really isn't safe to drink. There are parasites in it!" Jiang Yaru was badly shaken by the other examinees' gruesome deaths. They had only taken a sip of water, yet they'd died.
After all, those examinees were all powerful warriors in the Martial Artist Realm, with strong physiques, yet they hadn't been able to resist.
"There's nothing we can do. The environment in this ruin is too harsh. Any creature that can survive here must have incredible vitality and strength. Otherwise, it wouldn't survive at all."
Nangong Wu's expression was grave, too. She'd also thought of a problem: if the lake water was infested with terrifying parasites and couldn't be drunk, where were they supposed to find water? Were they just going to die of thirst?
"Good thing we didn't go to the lake for a drink. Otherwise, we'd have been done for, too." Chu Rong was very relieved. If those Jizhou District examinees hadn't gone ahead as sacrificial lambs, they might have fallen victim as well.
"Exactly."
Feng Hetang looked disdainfully at the Black-Clad Examinee and the others. "Big brother told them the lake water wasn't safe to drink, and kindly warned them, but they refused to believe him. They even put