The sky gradually darkened. Though this was a desert, nighttime here differed from that on ordinary land.
On the mainland, night was almost pitch-black, and the temperature would drop. But in the desert, because the temperature was so high, even at night it remained far warmer than on land. The darkness of the surroundings, however, was the same—and that was enough.
"Get ready. It's about time." Beneath the desert, Tang Tang slightly extended her power to probe the surroundings before speaking slowly.
"Let's go. My soul power will conceal us. If that doesn't work, we'll fight." Xiao Yan was the first to emerge onto the desert surface, his expression grave.
"Mm." Mu Yingying, Xiao Yi, and the others exchanged glances with Xiao Yan, then burst straight out of the sand, exposing themselves atop the desert.
The group slowly headed toward the towering city wall several dozen meters high!
"What's that..." On the city wall, the patrolling snake guards seemed to spot several points of light where Xiao Yan and the others had appeared and vanished, and one of them spoke softly.
"Hey, how about we go back and have a few drinks after the shift change?"
"I heard they recently got some fresh human women... Hehe, that feeling..." Another snake guard beside him said, his eyes already filled with wickedness.
"Sure," the snake guard replied.
"Come on, stop dawdling. It's almost time to change shifts." The excited snake guard pulled the other away.
"I keep feeling that something's off... Ah, forget it. Let's go." The wary snake guard ultimately failed to find anything unusual. After changing shifts with another Snake Person, he left the city wall.
"Be careful. The Charm Snake Tribe conceals an extremely powerful force. Even I fear it." As Tang Tang's group had just concealed their auras