At last, the group left Gulim Bridge and arrived in Ostan. As expected, this was the harshest environment in all of Witluna, the heat so intense it was almost impossible to breathe.
As they walked, Ada was the first to give out. She collapsed onto the ground. Though the sand was scorching hot, she could no longer get back up. "I... I think I'm going to die of thirst."
Uchiha Madara shook his head, walked over to a nearby cactus, snapped it off, and handed it to Ada. "Ada, drink some."
Ada shook her head. "How can you drink something like that?"
Uchiha Madara crouched down and spoke softly. "Walking through the desert means you'll have to endure some hardship. If you can't even drink this, you'll probably die of dehydration soon enough. Compared to death, don't you even have the courage to drink cactus juice?"
Hearing that, Ada said helplessly, "Fine. If that's how it is, I'll give it a try."
She took several large mouthfuls of cactus juice and was surprised to find that it was not nearly as unpleasant as she had imagined.
Only after drinking some cactus juice did Ada barely manage to stand up. Her strength was already close to its limit. Compared to the others, who had undergone quite a bit of training, she was probably the weakest physically. But the desert was so hot that even Una, whose body was in better shape, was already quite exhausted. Her body suddenly swayed, and Forte hurriedly supported her. Following Uchiha Madara's example, he found some cacti for Una to suck the juice from.
"Ugh, when is this road ever going to end..." Una said gloomily.
At that moment, McBain came up with an idea. "Una, don't you have a water-element Resonance Stone? Why don't you