Chapter 523 Powerless Awakening (1/2)
Chapter 523 Powerless Awakening
Being sed by the inter-dimensional portal was a physically and mentally traumatic experience for Daniel and the others, one which, despite their cultivation, and Daniel's mental fortitude, none of thehty tides of natural spacetiainst the bodies of the six cultivators over and over again, shaking theh an infinite series of the most violent of rapids A treat their consciousness before they could get a glimpse of what kind of place they would end up in
What folloas complete darkness
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What woke Daniel up, after an unspecified a of the wind that carried sand past his dried up lips and into histhat Daniel hadn't felt in years-The unbearable waret his bearings, but the only thing he saas the blinding light that downed upon hiet used to after several seconds of constant blinking, and which, once gentler to his eyes, revealed a scenery that left Daniel speechless
Around him were massive dunes of sand as tall as a hundred feet, and aside from the occasional stone that jutted out of the sandy surface to point at the cloudless bright sky, Daniel could see nothing else
Still hazed by the previous experience, Danielhis hand over his head in an atte appeared to protect hi rong with hi, chapped lips, sweat that stuck his clothes onto his skin, and the reduced capacity of his senses Daniel suddenly remembered what it felt like to be aworry, he tried to use his powers tiain, but no matter how many times he tried, not only was there no result, but there was no trace of essence in his body altogether
Cough Cough Before Daniel could even begin to analyze his body, a faht his attention
When he turned around, he saw the bodies of Rose and the others, who like hied into the inter-di women, Rose and Daere the first ones to wake up
”What cough what is this feeling?” cried Rose while instinctively covering her eyes with her hand She and the others had lived their whole lives in a world of cultivation, and because of that, they had never been able to experience the effects that sonificant as weather had always been to them, would have on a person And that included the oppressive rule of the sun, under which every mortal lived by
As Cassie, Lilith and Saha woke up, and Dawn and Rose finally ered in their direction with a dragged pace ”Is everyone okay?” he asked with a hoarse voice
”If you call this being okay” muttered Rose in response She then asked, ”Where are we? Why can't I feel any form of power in my body? And why is it so hot here?!” What she asked, were the exact same questions that had appeared in the arding the situation they were in, but since he wasn't sure of how realistic it was, in order to avoid creating panic, he simply said, ”Help the others up We need to find cover” He then approached a recently awoken and still confused Saha, and after grabbing her weak arm, he helped her stand on her feet Rose and Dawn did the same with Cassie and Lilith, who joined the for about the harsh weather conditions
Aware of the dangers that they were facing, Daniel ignored the coan to observe his surroundings est dune of sand
With his first objective set, he turned around in order to give instructions, but before he could, ”Don't take it off!” he barked in Cassie's direction as he noticed her atte that she earing One that was covering her shoulders, and her neck
”Wh-Why?” Cassie asked in response, frightened by Daniel's sudden shout
”Keep your skin covered, wrap so around your heads, and keep yourto cli his efforts half as efficient
”What are you talking about? WHAT IS HAPPENING TO US?!” Asked Lilith with exasperation
”Oh, that's right” said Daniel before once again turning to face the others He then stretched his aresture, and said, ”Welco the confused and constant chattering that was taking place behind his back
After a few s, Daniel finally hest dune sand, on which he stood in hope to spot their hope for survival Luckily, this hope presented itself in the form of a forest of pointy rocks, underneath which he hoped would be shade, water, and possibly, soo that way!” Shouted Daniel fro hied by a sand avalanche all the way to the botto for him Then, as the five of them adjusted their clothes in order to follow Daniel's instructions, the six of thean to walk towards the rocky forest
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”I feel so weak” said Cassie before digging too deep into the sand with her left foot, and falling on her knees She then added after Dawn helped her up, ”What is this awful feeling I-”
”You are thirsty Your body is trying to regulate its teh a layer of fabric which he had ripped fro to cover his mouth ”The bad side of that, is that in such extreme te your mouth, So STOP TALKING”
After about an hour of walking, the group ed to reach the rocky forest, at the bottom of which, to Daniel's relief, were shade and water, but no trace of edible plants or animals Under Daniel's instructions, Rose and the others took cover under the shade as he approached the closest pond to where the others were resting, and used the curved part of his knee pads to scoop enough water to fill one's mouth
Once he made sure that the water was not contaminated or poisonous, he approached his five coround, and said, ”If it's too hot, you can uncover yourself Just as long as you don't go under the sun Also, if you feel light headed, go and drink some of that water, It will help Stay here for now, I'll be back soon”
”Where are you going?” asked Rose orry Nothing had prepared her and her friends for such a dangerous situation, and now that they possessed none of their power, she felt even more defenseless than she would find herself in front of a cultivator more powerful than her While in that state of mind, to see Daniel, who seemed to be prepared to handle these sorts of situations, leave their sight, made her panic
Daniel looked up at the sky, where the sun that was high up over their heads when they had woken up, was now closer to the horizon ”It will be dark soon I have to find so throughout the night”
”WHAT?! You want to start a fire with this heath?” Asked Lilith with shock
”This is a desert The amount of water in the air is et cold And fast” Said Daniel while ru useful He then turned to look at the five young women, and asked, ”Do any of you have a mirror?”
Rose and the others shook their heads before turning to look at one another Each of them possessed many mirrors, all expensive and of fine workmanshi+p but unfortunately, they were all in their spatial containers, to which they had no access to
”I do” said Saha ti a palm sized mirror from within one of her pockets A mirror that the blood cultivator that had enslaved her, had used to check the result of his possession the first time he had been into her body
”Lend it tothe mirror off her hand ”Remember what I said Stay here, stay in the shade” he then added before walking further into the rocky forest, and disappearing fro that Daniel did was to find a patch of shade, and sit on the slightly cooler sand with closed eyes He then tried to focus on his status A thought to which, to his relief, his syste his profile like it would usually do
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