As soon as the water entered his body, it indeed had the effect of quenching his thirst. Standing quietly on the spot, Zhang Xuan focused his mind. As soon as the flames appeared in his body, he would immediately deal with it.
However, even after waiting for a moment, nothing happened. It was as if the flames had no effect on him at all.
Zhang Xuan stood up once more with a deep frown on his forehead.
If the flames appeared, there was a good chance that he would be able to find the source of the problem and resolve it once and for all. Yet, there was nothing at all.
Could it be that, just like the Yellow Creek Mountain's Yellow Spring, it was poisonous to others but harmless to him?
"Elder, are you alright?"
Seeing that Zhang Xuan didn't let out any cries of agony or smoke, the crowd heaved a sigh of relief. The Intuitive Impulse realm expert turned to look at Zhang Xuan.
"I'm fine," Zhang Xuan replied with a nod.
"It's good that you're fine. Earlier, we saw a living person being reduced to sand with our own eyes, and we were all scared out of our wits. If not for the fact that we walked together with him, we would have thought that he was a sand giant in disguise!"
The Intuitive Impulse Realm expert could not help but sigh.
"A sand giant in disguise? A person being reduced to sand after being burned to death? "
Zhang Xuan narrowed his eyes in astonishment. A thought suddenly came to his mind, and he hurriedly asked, "Didn't you say that it took you nearly four hours to find the sand giants? Didn't you encounter them as soon as you arrived?"
"That's right!"
The Intuitive Impulse realm expert nodded.
They had left Qufu, and as soon as they woke up, they found themselves here. There had not been any danger at all, but it was only four hours later that they encountered the sand giant. It was no secret that they had spoken about it as soon as they met.
"To only encounter the sand giant after four hours … Could it be that the sand giant is actually a cultivator who was burned to death?"
Zhang Xuan's eyes gleamed.
Given that it took four hours for the sand giant to appear after the opening of the ancient domain, could it be possible that there was an expert who spent four hours to find this place and became the first sacrifice?
"A cultivator who was burned to death?"
The crowd was stunned.
If that was the case, it did seem possible.
The sand that the companion of the Intuitive Impulse realm expert had turned into was identical to that of the sand giant.
"We'll know once we give it a try!" With narrowed eyes, Zhang Xuan walked up to the corpse of the Intuitive Impulse realm expert, and with a tap of his finger, he touched the sand on the ground.
Hula!
In an instant, his consciousness fell into darkness.
"As expected!"
Heaving a sigh of relief, Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up.
He was using the Spirit Awakening Secret Art. The darkness in front of him indicated that this pile of sand had the possibility of awakening.
Focusing his mind, a ball of flame burst forth from the other party's body, piercing through the night sky.
Huala!
The yellow sand on the ground slowly stood up and turned into a giant sand giant. However, its strength was only at the Golden Body realm.
"It's no wonder enchanted sand can wield the fighting prowess of a Sempiternal realm cultivator!"
Zhang Xuan suddenly understood.
He had been wondering how enchanted sand could wield such incredible fighting prowess, but from the looks of it now, it seemed like even though these giants looked like sand, they were actually living corpses.
In other words, the giants he had fought were actually powerhouses who had been burned to dust here!
He … had been fighting the dead all this time!
"Since that's the case … where is the spirit awakener?"
Understanding what was going on, Zhang Xuan looked around.
Based on his deductions, the spirit awakener should be somewhere in the oasis. However, there was only a pond, grass, and a tree here. Where in the world could the spirit awakener be hiding?
"I have to touch the sand in order to enchant it … How in the world did the spirit awakener manage to bring the sand to life and attack me from dozens of kilometers away?"
Zhang Xuan rubbed his glabella in distress.
Even though they had found some clues and learned quite a few things, the situation before them was still a mystery, leaving them unable to comprehend what was going on.
Without finding the spirit awakener, he would not be able to unravel the mystery and find the exit to this desert world.
While walking around the pond, Zhang Xuan took a closer look. The water in the pond was so clear that he could see the bottom. There was no passageway at all.
In other words, there was no exit at all.
"That person was burned to dust when he drank the water, but I'm fine when I drank the water. Only by being burned to dust can one be enchanted … The problem lies with the water!"
Unable to figure out what was going on, Zhang Xuan turned his attention back to the water.
Only by drinking water could one be burned to dust, and that was how one could be enchanted. As long as he could figure out how the water turned a person into dust, he should be able to find out where the spirit awakener was.
Zhang Xuan scooped up the water once more to examine it, but he was still unable to find anything. Just as he was about to give up, he suddenly felt a gust of wind, and the leaves of the tree rustled.
Hu!
There were some fluffy silks on the tree, and with a slight breeze, they fell into the pond and floated on the surface of the water. It didn't take long for them to melt into the water, vanishing without a trace.
"Could it be this?"
Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up. He hurriedly walked up to the tree and picked up one of the fluffy silks.
Tzzzzz!
He immediately felt a bundle of flames dancing in his palm, similar to the one he had seen when he saved the three men.
"As expected!"
Zhang Xuan harrumphed coldly.
It was no wonder the others had been burned to dust when they drank the water, but he was fine.
The main reason was the fluffy silks.
Anyone who drank water with fluffy silks would be burned to dust, turning into a sand giant.
By the time Zhang Xuan examined the water, the fluffy silks had already melted, so he was unable to find anything.
Since he had found the reason, where was the spirit awakener?
Walking up to the tree, Zhang Xuan scanned his surroundings, but there was not a single person in sight.
Zhang Xuan reached out and placed his hand on the trunk of the tree. A moment later, a smile crept onto his lips.
"If I'm not mistaken, it's you, right?"
Zhang Xuan's lips curled up as he looked at the tree.
Hualala!
The tree swayed slightly under the gentle breeze, as if it did not understand what Zhang Xuan was trying to say.
"It's fine if you don't want to admit it."
Zhang Xuan flicked his wrist and whipped out the Infernal Blacksaber. With a cold glint, he slashed it toward the tree.
Since you refuse to admit it, I'll just have to kill you first!
Hula!
Before the Infernal Blacksaber could even come into contact with the tree, Zhang Xuan suddenly felt a strong gust of wind sweeping toward him. Raising his head, he saw a tree branch descending upon his head.
The tree branch was so swift that even a Sempiternal realm consummation expert would find it hard to withstand it. Thus, Zhang Xuan swiftly dodged it.
Sou sou sou!
However, it seemed like the tree had no intention of letting him go. Dozens of tree branches shot toward Zhang Xuan simultaneously, and before they could even reach him, they had already left pitch-black cracks in space.
"Powerful!"
Zhang Xuan narrowed his eyes in astonishment. With a tap of his finger, the surrounding space seemed to have been sealed. Raising the Infernal Blacksaber in his hand, he executed several hundred slashes in the blink of an eye.
The other party's strength was comparable to a Sempiternal realm consummation expert. Even Zhang Xuan had to be careful, or else he could very well be killed on the spot.
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