"You said this treasure was rather special, so I kept it in my sleeve pouch instead of storing it in a Storage Magical Artifact. What's wrong?" Nie Caizhu blinked and asked.
"That's wonderful." Shen Luo was overjoyed.
Hearing this, Nie Caizhu had no idea what exactly Shen Luo found so wonderful. She could only obediently take the Essence-Devouring Demon Wand from her sleeve and hand it to him.
"This place isn't actually devoid of heaven and earth spiritual energy. It's simply so thin that we can't sense it at all. But the Sand Beasts have lived here all this time, so over the years, there should still be some heaven and earth spiritual energy left in their bodies," Shen Luo explained.
Upon hearing this, Nie Caizhu immediately understood.
Shen Luo rose to his feet, gripped the Essence-Devouring Demon Wand, and walked over to a Sand Scorpion. With a sharp splat, he stabbed it into the creature's vulnerable spot between its armor plates...
The Essence-Devouring Demon Wand smoothly pierced the Sand Scorpion's flesh. Its corpse quickly withered away until it turned to ash, while the tiny trace of heaven and earth spiritual energy condensed from its flesh and blood was completely absorbed by Shen Luo.
"It really works. Unfortunately, there's far too little of it." Shen Luo shook his head.
With that, he handed the Essence-Devouring Demon Wand to Nie Caizhu. "Even a mosquito's leg is still meat. It'll restore at least a little."
"You've been protecting me all along, so you've used far more Magic Power than I have. You should go first," Nie Caizhu said with a laugh, but she shook her head.
"We don't know how much farther we have to travel or how many dangers still lie ahead. How can I rest easy if you don't recover