Xiao Ding also knew that continuing to expand mindlessly would easily lead to an unwieldy situation, so he temporarily halted their outward expansion and decided to establish themselves in Stone Desert City for a while first.
After helping Xiao Ding and the others stabilize the situation, Xiao Feng took Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin away from Stone Desert City for the time being and entered the Tagor Desert for another round of training.
More than half a month later
Apart from its extremely harsh natural environment, the Tagor Desert also contained many dangers, such as all kinds of magical beasts and the Snake-People Race, who were deeply hostile toward humans.
Sand Snake Valley was a relatively famous forbidden ground for magical beasts within the Tagor Desert, home to a large number of Rock Snakes.
Rock Snakes were earth-attributed Third Order Magical Beasts. Their bodies were sandy yellow, and their skin was harder than steel, granting them astonishing defenses.
Rock Snakes were not especially large. Even adult Rock Snakes were only around three meters long.
However, Rock Snakes carried deadly venom. Anyone bitten by one would gradually become more and more rigid, eventually turning as stiff as stone.
Even a Dou Ling-level expert could be poisoned to death if they were carelessly bitten by a Rock Snake and failed to expel the venom from their body in time.
Therefore, ordinary caravans and Mercenary Groups did not dare approach Sand Snake Valley, fearing that Rock Snakes would suddenly burrow out of the sand and bite them.
"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."
Along with a strange sound, a massive black shadow appeared atop a distant sand dune before racing toward Sand Snake Valley.
It was a Desert Giant Scorpion over five meters long, its entire body earthy yellow. Three figures sat cross-legged on