Chapter 1192 - Trail of the Wolf in the Desert (1/2)

Flames danced in the sand. During the day, the desert would forever cause people to feel suffocated and trapped in a cage of heat. The air they breathed into their bodies made them feel asif their qi was about to evaporate. It made them feel sticky and absolutely horrible.

Hence, during the day, players could practically not be seen in the desert. Aside from the times they needed to carry out special missions, very few people would look for trouble and enter into the depths of the desert to suffer.

But on this day, quite a number of people sat at a spot in the desert. It was located near the ruins of the former Dragon Gate Inn, which had now been buried. They were either in big groups or in parties of three to five people. They hid behind the shadows of the sand hills to avoid the scorching sun from shining directly on them.

Even so, the dense group of people scattered around the desert still felt horrible. Sometimes, they would stick out their tongues, as if they wanted to expel breaths that were as hot as flames from their bodies.

“It’s so hot…”

“Damn it! They actually asked me to come to this stupid place?! When I pee at night, my pee freezes, and I can’t even get it out! And during the day, I feel as if I’ve peed all over my body… I seriously feel so unlucky!”

Quite a number of people grumbled nonstop in the scorching heat. They even cursed up a storm, but no one was willing to leave.

Because this was Dragon Gate Inn!

Of course, the former Dragon Gate Inn had already been completely destroyed by the black sandstorm. Right now, what remained on the ground was a small thing that reminded people of its existence–a bump that did not occupy a lot of space on the ground.

These people had rushed over from all over the world a few days ago after they received the public notification from the system.

As news about the desert palace spread out, all sorts of martial artists from the Chinese plains, the desert, and various players from the small countries in the West Region gathered near the ruins of the former Dragon Gate Inn.

But unfortunately, when most people arrived in the area, they ran into the black sandstorm. When it was over, the former Dragon Gate Inn was no longer around.

Because of it, many people had even swept away the sand in the area around the former Dragon Gate Inn on their own. But unfortunately, since the sandstorm had not fully stopped, even after they had been digging around for a while, whatever they had managed to dig would end up being buried soon. Even after half a day had passed, they did not manage to restore the former Dragon Gate Inn to its original state.

After some time passed, more martial artists rushed over from a distance, and that was why there were tens of thousands of people scattered in a circular area around the former Dragon Gate Inn right now. It was a magnificent sight.

The black sandstorm had already passed, but the desert palace still did not show itself. However, the people who had rushed over did not have any intention to leave. Before they obtained precise information about the desert palace, none of them were willing to immediately leave.

Since all sorts of factions had gathered from everywhere around the former Dragon Gate Inn, the situation was incredibly complicated. However, the players were imperceptibly divided into the players from the Chinese plains and those who were not from the Chinese plains. One camp occupied the east of the former Dragon Gate Inn, and the other occupied the west. They were divided clearly, and they did not invade each other’s territory.

To the east of the former Dragon Gate Inn, the most eye-catching people were those who came from Wind Assault Tower.

After Phantasmal Shadow released the news, the people from the branches nearby practically rushed over from the cities in the south overnight. They were covered in dust, and there were more than two thousand of them. They were the ones who were the closest to the former Dragon Gate Inn.

On the other hand, Lovely Land, the current largest sect in the Chinese plains, did not send many people to be stationed at the ruins of the former Dragon Gate Inn. Only a small number of members were gathered in one area, and their number did not even amount to fifty people.

When they saw this, the people from Wind Assault Tower and the Chinese players sighed in relief because of it.

Even though Lovely Land currently played in an upright manner in the Chinese plains and were gentle to the other players because of the system Happy and Ji Feng implemented, many of the forces of power still did not want to stand against Lovely Land when it came to the competition of benefits.

In fact, even Wind Assault Tower as well as Phantasmal Shadow did not want to be in a stalemate with Wind Assault Tower, and they did not want to be hostile with them either.

Hence, this time, when the people saw that Lovely Land did not send any important people who could represent their sect and did not take the initiative to come into contact with the other people, they sighed in relief. They believed that it was because Happy was tied down by some other event and did not have the time to bother with this quest.

There were also people who believed that Lovely Land had decided to ignore the former Dragon Gate Inn because of the geography and environment.

Regardless of what reason it was, this was good news for them.

The Chinese players became at ease. Many people treated Wind Assault Tower as their top competitor.

Many of the powerful players in different countries had appeared to the west of the former Dragon Gate Inn, and they were very wary of each other. But right now, since they were in the Chinese plains, the players from the Chinese plains were their strongest competitor. Hence, all of them had their hostility directed at the Chinese plains. That was why the complicated and mixed up forces of power in the west were able to coexist peacefully.

To the west, the ones who were powerful were Persia’s Brahmin Sect,the Mongolians’ Dragon Elephant Sect, and some solo players from Thailand as well as Vietnam.

However, closer to the north from the west was a sand hill. Behind it were nearly one hundred men and women in yellow shirts and pants. The group’s clothes were the same color as the desert, and from the distance, it was very difficult to distinguish these people from the sand.

These people did not hide in the shadows of the sand hill. Instead, they were exposed under the scorching sun, but none of them appeared to be impatient. They just let their sweat slide down their faces. They quietly closed their eyes and sat down or laid down. They were so quiet that it was terrifying.

Whoosh…

After a long time had passed, a faint sound of wind being pushed away, along with the sound of sand rolling around rose in the wind.

The people on the sand hill—which resembled a basin—opened their eyes.

Whoosh!

Their eyes were trained on a person dressed in dark yellow clothes. Their gazes were like arrows.

With just one glance, more of them had the cold look in their eyes fade away. They closed their eyes and went back to rest.

“Good news.”

The person entered the crowd swiftly and arrived in front of two men and two women. He pulled down the mask that helped him block off the wind and sand and revealed his face, which seemed like it was carved by knives. He spoke coldly and firmly, “Someone saw major movement from the east. It should be related to the desert palace.”