Shi Hou was about to move when Shi Hao caught his wrist.
"Hold on."
Shi Hao lay flat behind the dune, only half his head showing as he watched the palm-sized Divine Pool in the distance.
"When a divine treasure appears, how could it be free for the taking? Let's watch first."
Shi Hou's fingers shifted on his saber hilt. In the end, he slowly crouched back into the sand.
"All right. Let the Rain Clan clear the way for us."
Big Red tucked in its neck and buried half its body in the sand.
Kang followed suit, leaving only two pitch-black nostrils exposed.
Furball sat on Shi Hao's shoulder, holding a dried fruit and nibbling very quietly.
The Rain Clan members had already approached the Divine Pool.
The three Seal-Breakers at the front looked solemn, while dozens of Rain Clan elites advanced in formation behind them.
The Divine Pool measured barely a meter across, its surface clear and bright, yet it seemed to hold an entire sea beneath it.
Yu Wencheng stood at the very front, his gaze burning.
"This water has a spirit. We must not offend it. Set up the formation first and seal all four directions!"
The Rain Clan members spread out, planting Bone Banners in the sand.
Blue runes lit up in ring after ring, forming a curtain of rain that enclosed the Divine Pool.
Just then, the water suddenly rippled gently.
A droplet leaped up and landed on the sand.
A flurry of sounds came from beneath the sand.
White bones burst through the sand!
Remains rose from underground, one skeleton after another: beast bones, human bones, and the skeletons of enormous ferocious birds.
Ghostly flames burned in their eye sockets as they lunged at the Rain Clan.
Big Red's feathers tightened at