Chapter 87: Encounter in the Oasis

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"Why has no one ever entered?" Xiao Wu asked, "Is it because the one-hundred-thousand-year soul beast inside is too strong?"

"Not necessarily a one-hundred-thousand-year soul beast. After all, that's just a local legend," Tang San shook his head as he looked at the description in the guidebook, "The library in the Spirit Hall in Nuoding City has no relevant records. The guidebook says that there's a violent sandstorm on the outskirts of the core area. Even a Titled Douluo would be reduced to bones if they dared to trespass."

"However, it is said that the storm stops every hundred years. If a soul master is lucky enough to enter and come out alive, they can obtain great benefits."

"What benefits?" Xiao Wu blinked her eyes, very interested.

"Martial soul evolution, soul power enhancement."

Tang San read out the two contents recorded in the guidebook, "But it only opens every hundred years, so it's very uncertain. Moreover, only Titled Douluo-level existences can enter the core area, so let's not even think about it."

Tang San thought that it should be the inheritance ground of some kind of deity, but it wasn't something they could touch now. After all, gods needed faith. If they were to be tricked, it would be troublesome.

Just like Sea God Island, in many fan fictions, it was a place to level up. But if those fan fiction protagonists didn't have a powerful cheat or couldn't pass the red-level assessment, even if they completed the assessment and obtained benefits, they would never be able to leave the island for the rest of their lives.

Did they really think that the benefits of a god were so easy to obtain?

The Tang San in the original work could leave with his companions because he had obtained the Sea God's approval and was the Sea God's successor. Naturally, he didn't have to follow the rules.

In the following time, Tang San and Xiao Wu took turns keeping watch, while Guang Ling only needed to rest.

"Are we really going to stay in this place for about half a year?"

After Guang Ling fell asleep, Xiao Wu woke up the resting Tang San, "Wait until we cultivate to level thirty and go get a soul ring?"

"Of course. The Irontooth Fish is in the inner area, and the Sun and Moon Grass I need is also in the oasis in the inner area. I don't want to come to this desert again."

As long as one was a person, they wouldn't want to come to a place like the desert again after visiting it once.

"Also, your soul power cultivation speed is not slower than mine. Give yourself some pressure in this half a year and strive to reach level thirty."

"However, the Dragon Rabbit won't appear in the desert environment. You'll have to find a way to contact your family yourself."

Xiao Wu curled her lips, wrapped herself in the quilt, and returned to her tent. She fell asleep not long after.

"It's not my turn to keep watch yet." Tang San was a little speechless. He suspected that Xiao Wu just wanted to be lazy, but he had no evidence, so he could only guard the first half of the night...

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The next day.

The sun rose from the east. The three of them washed up simply and began to advance to the next stop, going deeper into the desert.

"San Ge, look!"

On the way, Guang Ling saw a group of soul beasts with long necks, covered in yellow fur, and one or two protrusions on their backs, like mountain peaks.

Their bodies were quite large, over seven meters long, and including their necks, they were six meters tall. They looked very strange.

"What kind of soul beast is this?" Xiao Wu was surprised. She had never seen such a strange soul beast in the Star Dou Forest, especially the ones with two protrusions. They looked as if they were made for people to ride.

"This is a Peak Camel Beast." Looking at the soul beast that was similar to a camel, Tang San introduced, "They have a gentle temperament and are herbivores. They are a kind of group-living soul beast, but as long as they are not provoked, they will not be attacked."

"The soul rings dropped by the Peak Camel Beast can only be obtained by soul masters after absorbing them. They can only obtain two soul skills. The first one is Drought Resistance, which means that they can go for a long time without drinking water, but it consumes soul power. The second soul skill, Water Storage, is to store the water in their bodies. However, people living in the desert are already short of water, so this soul skill can only store the water in their bodies, and it is difficult to release it, because humans do not have organs like camel humps."

"Both soul skills are very useless. Generations of soul masters have summarized the uselessness of the soul rings dropped by this kind of soul beast through their own personal experiences."

Xiao Wu asked, "In other words, no one will hunt them?"

"No, some soul masters will hunt them because the meat on their humps is very good," Tang San shook his head. "Humans have a pursuit of gourmet food, but they have not yet become extinct because their reproductive ability is not bad. They can give birth to three to five cubs at a time. In addition, humans cannot enter here on a large scale to hunt them, otherwise, this kind of soul beast would have already become extinct."

After that, Tang San tried to approach the Peak Camel Beast. When they saw Tang San, they ignored him and walked straight ahead, as if he was just a stone.

So, Tang San jumped onto the back of a Peak Camel Beast to test how it would react.

However, this Peak Camel Beast only turned its head to look at Tang San before turning back and continuing to follow the team.

Tang San said to the surprised Xiao Wu and Guang Ling, "You guys come up too. The Peak Camel Beast won't be angry with the creatures sitting on its back, as long as they don't attack it."

"Look at the direction they're going. They're also going to the inner area. It's just a ride, and it's faster than us walking on our own."

Xiao Wu pulled Guang Ling and jumped onto the back of a Peak Camel Beast. She found that it only glanced at them before continuing to move forward, ignoring them completely.

Xiao Wu was speechless: "Is this soul beast so stupid?"

Tang San shook his head: "It's not stupid. It's just that we haven't touched its sensitive spot yet. Otherwise, it will go crazy."

As the Peak Camel Beast advanced, Tang San and the others only took two days to reach the inner area, and the Peak Camel Beasts also found an oasis.

"It's strange. How did they find the oasis?" Xiao Wu brought Guang Ling down from the Peak Camel Beast and went to the lake with Tang San to fetch water. She saw other Peak Camel Beast teams walking out of the bushes, and even on the backs of those Peak Camel Beasts, there were soul masters with similar clothes and appearances to the three of them.

"Every creature has its own abilities. This desert is very unfamiliar to us, but to the Peak Camel Beasts living here, it might be a home that they are very familiar with."

 Tang San looked at the two strangers walking towards them and quickly explained to Xiao Wu before raising his spirits.

Although there weren't many bad people in the world, it was always right to be careful.

"Little brother, did you also follow the Peak Camel Beast to this oasis?" The two people were women, one big and one small. They were wearing windbreakers and sunglasses. The one who spoke was the older one, who looked to be about fifty years old and had a kind face.

"Yes." Tang San replied, "We came to hunt soul beasts. I wonder if you two also came to the Infinite Desert to obtain soul rings?"

(End of chapter)