CHAPTER 287: CHAPTER 147: THE LIGHT IN LIFE

The Primordial Embryo Quality actually turned out to be 1.9. Logically speaking, 1.8 should be the limit, reaching 1.9 indicates it has hidden values beyond, and they aren’t low. After the upgrade, it directly broke through to 1.9.

Li Xiu didn’t have time to figure out what Fire Lotus Birth was all about when the wind suddenly picked up.

"This is bad, let’s go." Li Xiu instantly pulled Shale onto the Pink Nightmare, riding frantically towards the outskirts of the Desert Ancient City.

The wind grew fiercer, carrying yellow sand that blocked out the sky, turning half the sky yellow.

"What the hell is that!" Shale looked back and saw the yellow sand behind them swallowing up the Desert Ancient City like a monster, chasing hard after them.

The sand hit Shale’s face, stinging him painfully, his eyes couldn’t open at all, feeling only the sand being whipped up by the wind beside him, which grew stronger with more sand lifted.

The Pink Nightmare sprinted wildly in the wind and sand, behind it was a monstrous sandstorm, racing against death it seemed.

Fortunately, the Pink Nightmare was fast enough, the sandstorm hadn’t caught up yet, but catching up was only a matter of time and wouldn’t take long.

The Masked Emperor wasn’t chosen because it’s not practical in this environment.

Too many undulating dunes, affected by the wind, causing the sand to shift around, the Masked Emperor’s tires could easily get stuck.

As the Pink Nightmare charged over a dune, Li Xiu saw from afar that the oasis hadn’t been hit by the sandstorm, so he urged the Pink Nightmare towards the oasis.

The oasis wasn’t far from here, with no tall buildings to withstand such a sandstorm, it would likely be swallowed in an instant.

But Li Xiu had no choice, the Pink Nightmare couldn’t outrun the sandstorm, so he had to dash into the oasis and extinguish the Longevity Lamp for a chance at survival.

Li Xiu faintly felt that perhaps the oasis wouldn’t be swallowed by the sandstorm.

The Pink Nightmare raced for its life, with more sand whipping around them, stinging their faces.

Li Xiu couldn’t see the road ahead, charging blindly in the swirling sand towards the direction seen before.

Shale clung tightly to Li Xiu’s waist, fearing he might be thrown off, his mouth muttering something.

Sadly, Li Xiu couldn’t hear at all, the sound of the wind and sand drowned everything, the storm behind wound sand, causing the dunes to move, like a landslide chasing them.

Seeing the Pink Nightmare about to be caught by the quicksand behind, it suddenly leapt into the air, soaring over ten meters in the wind and sand.

Bang!

The Pink Nightmare landed hard, seeming to hit something, with both man and horse tumbling over, rolling a fair distance before stopping.

Li Xiu got back up, realizing the storm’s sensation was gone, yet everything ahead was dark, he couldn’t see anything.

Realizing this, Li Xiu hurriedly wiped the sand off the Dark Mirror, discovering they’d crossed into the oasis’s barrier.

Inside the oasis was calm and serene, outside the oasis was sand swallowing the sky, separated by just a barrier, yet they seemed like two different worlds.

Only near the broken gate, some wind and sand blew in, quickly clogging the broken gate with sand, after which there was no more wind.

Li Xiu and Shale exchanged glances, inwardly relieved to have escaped death.

The storm came quickly and left just as fast, not long after, the sand gradually receded, and the sun shone brightly again.

Shale wanted to go out and see, but the gate was piled with sand, so he tried jumping over the barrier.

Who knew he’d leap up only to hit an invisible wall, seeing stars as he fell back, head bleeding and swollen, dazed for quite a while before somewhat recovering.

Seeing Shale was alright, Li Xiu then had the Jedi Knight dig out the sand blocking the gate.

After clearing the sand from the gate, Shale also felt less dizzy, both walked out the gate and were shocked by the scene before them.

The dunes’ positions had all changed, if they hadn’t made it back to the oasis, they might not have found their way back.

Li Xiu felt a sudden urge, riding the Pink Nightmare to the location where the Desert Ancient City was discovered earlier, searching for a long time without finding the Desert Ancient City, not even the depression could be found.

"It seems the Desert Ancient City has been buried under the sand once more, unsure if it can be seen again," Li Xiu speculated that the terrifying sandstorm was caused by the Fire Lotus Sword absorbing the earth flames.

Why else would it be so coincidental, the earth flames were just absorbed by the Fire Lotus Sword, and the sandstorm came right after.

"Li Xiu, something strange has happened." Li Xiu had just returned to the oasis when Shale ran over, calling out.

"What strange thing?" Li Xiu asked in confusion.

"Didn’t you notice? Those supply pods are all gone." Shale pointed inside the oasis.

Li Xiu paused slightly, turning to look, indeed the supply pods weren’t visible, but the pits they left were still there.

It made sense if the supply pods outside the oasis were swept away or buried by the sandstorm, but now even the supply pods inside the oasis were gone, which was rather odd.