Jiang Lu gently released Qianming's hand, raised her hands before her chest to form seals, and faint spiritual light flowed around her fingertips. A surge of spiritual power burst from the hand seals and rippled outward like waves, sweeping in all directions.
Qianming stood behind her and gave a shuddering cry.
Bzz—
With a ringing sword cry, the yellow sand around them stopped flowing.
The spiritual power that had rippled outward swept in every direction, exposing all the demon beasts beneath the yellow sand to her sight.
Most of them were Blazing Sand Dragons and Golden-Line Glimmer Snakes.
Blazing Sand Dragons were mostly at the middle fourth rank. They were three zhang long, their entire bodies covered in lava-like crimson scales, with clusters of fire crystals growing along their spines. When they moved, their bellies scraped against the sand, producing true fire.
They possessed the Earthfire Sand-Escape Technique by nature. When danger struck, they could instantly turn the sandy ground into whirlpools of lava. Their saliva also contained fire poison; it ignited upon touching skin and was especially effective against wood-element spiritual power barriers.
Golden-Line Glimmer Snakes were upper fourth-rank demon beasts. Their bodies were pale gold, with a dazzling golden line running down their backs. When they moved, they were like lightning through quicksand, and the naked eye could only catch a refracted afterimage.
The venom in their fangs was called Drunken Immortal Dew. It did not harm the physical body, but specifically numbed the Primordial Spirit. Even if a Golden Core cultivator was bitten, their Divine Sense would lag for three breaths—enough to prove fatal in a spell battle.
They preferred to hide by day and emerge by night, living beneath the roots of desert plants.
One emerged during the day, while the other came out at night.