Zhou Wen suddenly felt something amiss in his hand. He looked down and saw that the notebooks in his hand seemed to be burned by an invisible flame as they were turning to ashes.
Oh no. Zhou Wen immediately reacted. These notebooks had long been destroyed with Chu He's death. What Chu He had given him couldn't be allowed to exist in the human world.
Before the notebooks were completely reduced to ashes, Zhou Wen flipped through a few pages. However, before he could read much, the information had already been reduced to ashes. They scattered with the desert wind and vanished without a trace.
"It's really like a dream. I never expected that I, Liu Yun, would return alive after taking a trip to the netherworld. I'm really lucky," Liu Yun said with lingering fear.
"Don't think about that for now. Take a look and see if you can tell where this place is. Can you still find the way to the Endless Sea of Stars? "Zhou Wen perked up and sized up his surroundings.
There was yellow sand all around him. All he could see was an endless desert. Zhou Wen couldn't even tell the direction.
"No problem. Leave it to me. However, do you really want to go to the Endless Sea of Stars? We seem to be a little too unlucky. I'm afraid something will happen again … "Liu Yun glanced at the Bamboo Blade on Zhou Wen's waist before throwing the Orchid Blade back to him. He didn't want to carry it with him any longer.
"Do we have to stay at home all day just because we're unlucky? What's the point of living like that? "Zhou Wen said as he took the Orchid Blade.
"That's true. Alright then, let's continue." Liu Yun didn't say anything else. He looked around and summoned his Companion Beast to dig a deep hole as though he was observing the sand or something else.
It was unknown how Liu Yun determined his location. As he led the way, he observed the plants and sand in the desert before slowly adjusting his direction.
The desert was vast to begin with. After the dimensional storms, it became even wider. Even an Epic expert would probably be trapped to death if they didn't know the way.
Thankfully, Zhou Wen had brought plenty of water and food, so he didn't have to be afraid of being trapped to death in the desert.
They walked and stopped. On the fourth day, an oasis appeared in front of them.
"We're here," Liu Yun pointed at the oasis and cried out in joy.
"Is that oasis the Endless Sea of Stars?" Zhou Wen asked in surprise.
"No, that oasis is where I usually replenish my water. However, now that we're here, we're not far from the Endless Sea of Stars. We'll arrive in two days at most," Liu Yun said.
Zhou Wen was somewhat at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He had plenty of pure water in his chaos space, so he didn't need to replenish it at the oasis.
However, Zhou Wen didn't tell Liu Yun about the Chaos Bead. He had always taken water from his backpack, so Liu Yun naturally didn't know about this. He had been scrimping along the way and was extremely thirsty. He only took a tiny sip of water to quench his thirst.
There were many plants that Zhou Wen didn't recognize growing in the oasis. It was a type of tree, but it looked like some kind of grass with thick roots. It looked very strange.
What surprised Zhou Wen even more was that there was a city in the oasis.
However, the city was very simple. The city walls were made of sand, which looked like a rough version of concrete.
"This is Hat City. Legend has it that it was built by the residents of the desert in the past. Back then, there was plenty of water here, but as the water source decreased, many residents left Hat City, causing it to gradually become deserted. According to the elders in the desert, Hat City could accommodate tens of thousands of people at its peak. However, due to the decrease in water sources, the oasis has shrunk. Most of the buildings have been buried under the yellow sand. Coupled with the arrival of the dimensional storms, there's no one here anymore. Apart from some guides in the desert who occasionally come here to replenish their water, there's not even a shadow to be seen. "
As he spoke, Liu Yun had already led Zhou Wen into Hat City.
Indeed, just as Liu Yun had said, many of the buildings here were half-buried in the yellow sand.
These buildings were likely made from local materials, using yellow sand mixed with unknown things to create a material similar to concrete.
Not long after entering the city, Zhou Wen saw a black behemoth. On careful look, it was a black cube.
There's actually a black cube in Hat City? Zhou Wen was somewhat surprised.
"What's so strange about that? Many human ruins have black cubes," Liu Yun said disapprovingly as he walked towards the well in the oasis.
The well in the desert was more like a cellar. There was a staircase that led down, and deep in it was a pool.
However, the water in the pool didn't look clean. Liu Yun excitedly poured the water into the water bag. Zhou Wen stood motionless. He didn't want to drink the water.
"Why aren't you filling it with water? In the desert, water is life. You can lack anything, but you can't lack water, "Liu Yun said to Zhou Wen.
"Can't you just have water?" As Zhou Wen spoke, he left the well and wanted to take a look around Hat City.
However, just as he came out of the well, he saw the black cube light up. The screen was playing the scene of two Companion Beasts fighting.
One of them was a giant that was completely golden. The other Companion Beast was Orochi, which Zhou Wen had long seen.
The Golden Giant roared like a god of war. Every punch produced a dazzling light that resembled the sun. Orochi's eight heads spewed out Essence Energy of various attributes, but it failed to stop the Golden Giant's attack.
However, its eight tails were able to fight evenly with the golden giant.
The fist and the snake tail collided, producing the sound of metal clashing. Terrifying shockwaves and sparks exploded as though divine weapons were colliding.
The Golden Giant seemed to have the advantage, but it wasn't enough to kill Orochi.
Zhou Wen watched for a while and discovered something strange. Orochi had eight heads and eight tails, but when it fought the Golden Giant, one of its tails was always stuck to the ground. The other seven snake tails had fought the Golden Giant, but only that tail hadn't come into contact with the Golden Giant once.
Just as Zhou Wen was pondering over it, he suddenly saw the Golden Giant's fists collide. As they collided, a golden light was produced.
The Golden Titan grabbed the aurora with one hand and turned it into a giant blade of light that slashed towards the Yamata no Orochi's body. This attack was far more powerful than the previous one, and it was most likely the Golden Titan's Wheel of Fate. It wanted to end this battle.
At that moment, Zhou Wen saw Orochi's tail that hadn't participated in the battle move. It quickly twitched like a rattlesnake's tail as it slashed out with an unparalleled sword beam.
Clang!
The Golden Giant's giant blade of light was sliced apart by the sword beam, and a long wound appeared on its body. It nearly slashed across its entire chest. It had nearly been killed.
Thankfully, its physique was indeed strong, so it wasn't sliced into two. However, it didn't have much combat strength left. It was summoned back by its owner after admitting defeat.
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