On the final stretch of his journey through the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Xiao Yan finally reached the edge of the Tagor Desert.
Temperatures here remained extremely high throughout the year, and the world was suffused with vast amounts of fire- and earth-attribute spiritual energy. It was a paradise for cultivators of those two attributes.
The Tagor Desert was the territory of the Snake-People. The vast desert was even larger than the Jia Ma Empire itself.
The ruler of its Snake-People dynasty was said to be the Snake-People queen named Medusa.
She was immensely powerful, and rumor had it that she had long since reached the rank of Peak Dou Emperor.
Had the Snake-People possessed more than one such transcendent figure, their warlike race would probably have launched attacks against the surrounding empires long ago.
Even so, fighting between humans and the Snake-People in this desert had practically never ceased.
"I'm so thirsty. I want ice cream. I want some ice-cold fizzy happiness..."
The days here were scorching hot. Even Xiao Yan, who possessed heavenly flames, found the heat unbearable after traveling for so long.
That parched feeling came less from his body than from a longing in his heart-a craving for the bliss of drinking his fill.
Compared to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, this desert also seemed much more desolate.
He had traveled dozens of miles without seeing more than a handful of magical beasts. Anyone without a resilient disposition might well have gone mad with loneliness.
Finally, after wandering around the Tagor Desert like a headless fly for two hours, Xiao Yan followed the tracks left by some caravans and found a city on the frontier of the Jia Ma Empire-Mo City.
The city was heavily guarded, even more so than Black Rock City.
A squad of