Chapter 352 (2/2)

Shao Xuan wanted to fully regain this strength before going after the camel but as if the camels felt his hungry gaze at them, they moved to another area.

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Looking at the camels leave, Shao Xuan didn’t rush towards them immediately. He wanted to regain most of his strength, enough to protect himself before he moved.

The area was bone-dry. As he moved forward, the only plants in sight were cacti and some of them had their flowers eaten by the camels. Even these animals that were well adapted to the desert climate needed water. Even when they couldn’t find freshwater, they were smart enough to not drink the seawater, instead, they chewed on the flowers as a temporary solution to their thirst.

The further he walked, the more cacti surrounded him. Many of them were tall, to the point if they had flowers, the camels wouldn’t be able to eat it.

The area was dry, deep and obvious cracks in the ground were a common sight. The heat waves kept coming as if it wanted to suck dry all the water in the ground.

Soon, Shao Xuan felt a change in his surroundings.

The wind from the sea was cool unlike the heat waves coming from the ground. The sudden change cooled down the desert air rapidly forming a dense white mist.

Standing on higher grounds, Shao Xuan could see some mist near the shore. The wind from the sea blew the mist towards the land.

The surroundings were soon covered by the thick white mist, Shao Xuan could feel an increasing difficulty in breathing from the change in humidity.

Water droplets started forming on the plants. On each cactus prick, the droplets were condensed from the air and only grew bigger from there. They were clear and shiny like a crystal.

Shao Xuan even saw some cacti that were attached to Lichen-like plants that absorbed the water vapour from the mist like a sponge. If plants like these could survive, that meant that this thick white mist frequently appeared.

It made sense how even though the surroundings were dry, some plants could survive unlike the barren land on the other side of the sea.

Animals flocked to the area. Every animal living in this terrain knew how to maximise their surroundings for survival. The small flying birds rushed over, descending from the sky, drinking the water droplets on the cacti while resting on it.

In this low rainfall area, the droplets that were brought by the mist were the only source of water the animals had.

As the number of animals increased, Shao Xuan prepared himself for battle but soon realised that there were only small-sized animals that brought little to no harm. He hadn’t seen any large beasts for now.