Tang Zheng spent a full two days leaving that active volcano area and reaching the outer regions.
"Glug... glug..."
Tang Zheng, dressed in black, tight-cuffed clothing that was loose overall, sat on the sand as if no one was around, gulping down water from his water bag.
This was the set of clothes he usually wore, just without the white Priest Robe over it.
"Haa..."
After taking several large gulps, Tang Zheng finally exhaled, raised his head, and looked at the endless Gobi Desert before him.
The temperature was high, the air was dry, and the ground was covered in brownish-gray gravel. As far as the eye could see, there were uneven landforms eroded by the wind, without even a decent plant in sight.
There were only sparse, short shrubs and some cactus-like plants.
"So, this is the area connected to the natural teleportation gate deep within the Magma Sea of the Lava Zone?" Tang Zheng muttered to himself after a long silence, his expression solemn and strange.
In the Lava Zone, when facing the Magic released by the Ancient Red Dragon, Tang Zheng knew he couldn't withstand it. He could only rely on the small anglerfish that the Sun Angler had accidentally brought out of the magma.
After forcibly crushing it to death, he used a portion of the anglerfish's materials to activate his Wild Transformation ability, which allowed him to avoid the scorching heat in the magma.
Tang Zheng only discovered after entering the magma that the Ancient Red Dragon had entered the magma to use its energy to recover from its injuries.
And the Sun Angler, as the "Lava Dominator," actually allowed the Ancient Red Dragon to heal in its territory...
Realizing the situation was wrong, and still in the other party's territory.
Tang Zheng's Mana was almost completely exhausted, and the Valkyrie skill was also depleted during the brief, intense confrontation. He could only choose to temporarily avoid the danger, planning to dive deep into the magma.
He wanted to recover his Mana while avoiding the search of the Sun Angler and the Ancient Red Dragon!
But deep in the magma, he was inexplicably sucked in by a suction force. By the time Tang Zheng emerged from the magma again, he had arrived in this area.
"So, this damn place wouldn't have taken me far away from the northwestern corner of the continent where humans live, right?" Tang Zheng muttered, squeezing the water bag in his hand, his eyes flickering.
He was quite certain that there were no such large volcanic clusters in the area inhabited by humans.
In addition!
He couldn't accurately sense the location of the Magic Mark that was originally left on the Twin Witches.
If the power of Magic was related to the basic numerical value of the Magic attack, then the effect of Magic was related to the Magic Caster Level.
Tang Zheng's Magic Caster Level, combined with the newly acquired Warlock basic class, had reached 50Lv after stacking, which was equivalent to being able to use eighth-tier Magic.
A Magic Caster Level of this level couldn't even sense the location of the Magic Mark, which meant that the distance between them was too far.
Tang Zheng flipped his hand and took out a roasted wild boar leg from his Item Box, eating it in large bites.
He always carried enough food with him to prepare for special situations.
"Next, there are two choices."
Tang Zheng's cheeks puffed out slightly as he chewed on the wild boar meat, a thoughtful expression on his face.
The first choice: was to wait until his Mana was fully recovered, and then use the Wild Transformation ability to return to the Angelicia Mountain Range along the natural teleportation gate deep in the magma.
He had already confirmed the time; seven days had passed since he left, which wasn't a long time.
The reason he could determine the number of days was thanks to his slow Mana recovery speed. It wasn't difficult to deduce the time by calculating the Mana recovery duration.
The second choice: was to take the opportunity to explore this unknown area. It had to be said that this was a rather risky endeavor.
An unknown continent represented completely unknown risks, completely unknown information, and completely unknown enemies.
Whoosh! In the sky, a Hawk with black and gray feathers and a wingspan of one meter began to dive rapidly from the air, flying towards Tang Zheng.
Just as it was about to approach Tang Zheng.
The Hawk folded its wings, its body twisted in mid-air, rapidly expanding and transforming into an Evil Spirit Dog, which landed in the air.
Bang! The Evil Spirit Dog's limbs landed on the ground, and it excitedly ran to Tang Zheng, nudging his shoulder with its head.
"Good job."
Tang Zheng smiled, raised his hand, and patted the Evil Spirit Dog's head, then took out another wild boar leg from the Item Box and threw it to the Evil Spirit Dog.
Yesterday, he had already used Resurrection Magic to revive the Evil Spirit Dog and re-established contact with it using Partner ContractⅠ.
The Evil Spirit Dog's transformation into a Hawk just now was naturally through the ability of the Partner Contract, allowing it to use Tang Zheng's skill, Wild Transformation.
He sent the Evil Spirit Dog to transform into a Hawk to scout the surroundings, but the results were not ideal.
Clearly!
A choice had already been made between the two options.
Tang Zheng could also sense some of what the Evil Spirit Dog observed in the air through the ability of the Partner Contract. This Gobi desert was far larger and more desolate than he had imagined.
At least so far, Tang Zheng had not seen a single living creature.
A moment later.
The man and the wolf finished their rest.
"At most, a month of exploration time."
Tang Zheng climbed onto the Evil Spirit Dog, squinted his eyes, and patted the Evil Spirit Dog's neck.
Being able to use the Magma Sea of the Lava Zone to come to this mysterious unknown area was a remarkable discovery.
There was too much information and intelligence to gather. It would be a pity to give up such a unique passage, but with his current situation, he couldn't spend too much time here.
Just those two Twin Witches, if he didn't appear before them in a month, there would probably be problems.
"Awoo." The Evil Spirit Dog growled softly and immediately moved, heading in the opposite direction from the volcanic zone.
Night gradually fell.
On the empty Gobi, Darkness quickly enveloped everything.
The Evil Spirit Dog lay tiredly beside Tang Zheng, chewing on a thick bone, using it as a snack for dinner to grind its teeth.
This little habit was formed when Tang Zheng used Goblin corpses as food for the Evil Spirit Dog.
"Still haven't found any creatures. Could this be a very remote corner of the continent?"
Tang Zheng sat cross-legged on the ground, leaning against the soft body of the Evil Spirit Dog, pondering silently.
Of course, that wasn't certain.
According to the limited information he knew from his previous life, this continent was very vast. The northwest corner where humans lived was not even as large as some of the areas ruled by the countries in the center of the continent.
With such a large area, it was normal for some sparsely populated areas to appear. The next two days of exploration continued, with no gains.
Until the evening of the third day.
Sha! Sha! Sha! "Roar." The Evil Spirit Dog's sharp teeth were bared from its four limbs, staring at the sand in front.
Mounds of sand bulged up, quickly gathering from the sand in front, as if something was attacking from below the desert.
Faced with this sudden situation,
A smile appeared on Tang Zheng's somewhat dry face: "It's good to have creatures."
After several days of exploration without encountering a single creature, he wondered if this area was truly barren.
If he wanted to gather information, he had to communicate with intelligent creatures, but without even encountering a living creature, let alone an intelligent one.
Puff! Puff! The sand in front exploded, and a large amount of sand shot into the sky, forming a yellow sand curtain that obscured vision.
Gray, hooked, earth-brown tails followed closely behind the exploding sand, swiftly stabbing towards Tang Zheng and the Evil Spirit Dog.
"Scorpion-type Demon Creatures."
Tang Zheng glanced at them, a Iron Sword appeared in his palm, he took a step forward, and his wrist flicked.
With a casual swing, all the stabbing tail hooks were easily cut off.
The severed scorpion tails fell to the ground, writhing, with purplish-red, foul-smelling blood flowing from the wounds.
"Hiss--"
"Hiss--"
"..."
Painful hisses rose from underground, followed by several Desert Scorpions, each about a meter long, emerging from beneath the sand.
Before these Desert Scorpions could make any attacking movements.
Tang Zheng moved his feet and had already charged into the midst of these scorpions, the Iron Sword casually waving, easily shattering their sturdy, brownish-yellow shells.
「Experience Gained: 421」
「Experience Gained: 387」
「Experience Gained: 405」
「...」
[Experience Bar: 108632/120000]
All five Desert Scorpions were killed by Tang Zheng in the space of two breaths.
"Not very strong, probably around level eleven or twelve," Tang Zheng analyzed quickly, seeing the Experience Points gained on the panel.
He chose to use physical attacks instead of Magic, naturally to avoid the commotion caused by Magic.
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