After leaving White Poplar Desert, Carlos made a quick pit stop in White Poplar City before blazing through the sky at breakneck speed toward the Desolate Desert...
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Several days later, Carlos made it back to the Desolate Desert and found a reasonably hidden sand dune to hole up in.
He pulled out an unused Fantasy Equipment—the one he'd snagged from taking down the dark mist node boss Mineral Ant.
Originally Carlos had planned to use this baby to devour the Sun Emperor's Sword, but wouldn't you know it, he ran into the dark mist node boss One-Eyed Sand Giant along the way.
So he used the Fantasy Equipment from killing that beast to devour the Sun Emperor's Sword instead.
This left the original one gathering dust.
"Missing one earring—perfect for copying 'Blessing of the Dead.'"
Black goo wrapped around the black crystal earring.
Before long, Carlos was holding an exquisite hollow skull, pitch-black and crystalline, giving off an eerie bone scent.
