The temperature rose so abruptly that even Chu Miao, who had just endured six days of bone-freezing cold, felt her skin prickle uncomfortably.
The contrast was too extreme.
Behind them was a lush forest filled with spiritual energy, and ahead of them stretched an endless sea of golden sand that shimmered under a blazing sky.
Chu Miao also felt the pressure.
She didn't speak immediately.
She extended her divine sense, letting it sweep across the desert.
However…
Just like in the cold zone, her divine sense was suppressed.
It couldn't extend too far and even what she sensed felt distorted.
"This place…" she muttered softly. "It suppresses perception and amplifies environmental effects."
Inside her dantian, the blue crystal spun rapidly.
But unlike in the cold zone, where it absorbed energy to replenish loss, now it was working to compress the energy.
The spiritual energy entering her body was immediately condensed, layer by layer.
