Chapter 183: Far from the Northwest Corner of the Continent, Exploration

Two days!

It took Tang Zheng two full days to leave that active volcano area and reach the outer region.

"Gulp~ Gulp~"

Tang Zheng, wearing loose clothing with black cuffs at his hands and feet, sat on the sandy ground, drinking water from a water bag without caring about anyone else.

This was the outfit he usually wore, just without the white priest's robe over it.

"Hoo~"

After drinking several large gulps, Tang Zheng let out a breath and looked up at the endless Gobi desert before him.

The temperature was high, the air was dry, the surface was all earth-brown gravel, and as far as the eye could see, it was all uneven terrain eroded by the wind, without even a decent plant.

There were only sparse, short shrubs and some cactus-like plants.

"So this is the region connected by the natural portal deep in the magma sea of the 'Lava Zone'." Tang Zheng was silent for a long time, his expression solemn and strange as he spoke to himself.

In the Lava Zone, facing the magic released by the Ancient Red Dragon, Tang Zheng, knowing he couldn't block it, could only rely on the small anglerfish that had been accidentally brought out of the magma by the Sun Anglerfish.

After forcibly crushing it to death, he used a part of the material on its body to activate the "Wild Transformation" ability, which allowed him to avoid the scorching high temperature in the magma.

Tang Zheng only discovered after entering the magma that the reason the Ancient Red Dragon entered the magma was to use the energy within it to recover from its injuries.

And the Sun Anglerfish, as the "Lava Ruler," actually allowed the Ancient Red Dragon to heal in its territory...

Discovering that the situation was wrong, and that he was still in the other's territory.

Tang Zheng's own mana was exhausted, and in the short, intense confrontation, the 【Valkyrie】 skill was also drained, so he could only choose to avoid the edge of the blade and plan to dive into the depths of the magma.

He had wanted to recover his mana while avoiding the search by the Sun Anglerfish and the Ancient Red Dragon!

As a result, deep in the magma, he was inexplicably sucked in by a suction force, and by the time Tang Zheng came out of the magma, he had arrived in this area.

"So this hellish place, it wouldn't have already moved far away from the northwest corner of the continent where humans live, would it?" Tang Zheng squeezed the water bag in his hand, his eyes flickering.

He was very certain that such a large area of volcanic groups did not exist in the region where humans lived.

Additionally!

He definitely couldn't perceive the location of the magic mark he had originally left on the Twin Witches.

If the power of magic was related to the base value of magic attacks, then the effect of magic was related to the caster's level.

Tang Zheng's mana-type caster level, added to the 【Warlock】 base profession he had newly acquired, had already reached 50lv after superposition, which was equivalent to the level of using Eighth Rank mana-type magic.

For a caster of this level to be unable to feel the location of the magic mark meant that the distance between the two sides was already too far.

Tang Zheng flipped his palm, took out roasted wild boar leg from his item box, and ate it in large mouthfuls.

He had always carried enough food on him to guard against special situations.

"There are two choices next."

Tang Zheng's cheeks bulged slightly as he chewed the wild boar meat, his face thoughtful.

The first choice: wait until his mana was fully recovered, then use the "Wild Transformation" ability to return to the Azerlisia Mountains along the natural portal deep in the magma.

He had currently confirmed the time; seven days had passed since he left, which was not a long time.

The reason he could determine the number of days was actually thanks to his own slow mana recovery speed; it wasn't difficult to deduce the time based on the duration of mana recovery.

The second choice: take the opportunity to explore this unknown region. It had to be said that this was a quite risky behavior.

An unknown continental region meant completely unknown risks, completely unknown intelligence, and completely unknown enemies.

Whoosh!

In the sky, a gray-black goshawk with a wingspan of one meter began to dive rapidly from the air, flying toward Tang Zheng's direction.

When it was about to approach Tang Zheng.

This goshawk folded its wings, its figure twisted in mid-air, and it rapidly expanded, turning into an Evil Spirit Dog, which landed in the air.

Bang!

The Evil Spirit Dog stepped on the ground with its four limbs and ran excitedly to Tang Zheng, rubbing its head against his shoulder.

"Thank you for your hard work."

A smile appeared on Tang Zheng's face, and he raised his hand to pat the Evil Spirit Dog's head, then took another wild boar leg from his item shell and tossed it to the Evil Spirit Dog.

Yesterday, he had already resurrected the Evil Spirit Dog using resurrection magic and re-established a connection with it using "Partner Contract I."

The Evil Spirit Dog's act of turning into a goshawk just now was naturally through the ability of the partner contract, allowing it to use Tang Zheng's skill "Wild Transformation."

He had just sent the Evil Spirit Dog to turn into a goshawk, naturally to scout the surroundings, but the result was not ideal.

Clearly!

A choice had been made between these two options.

Tang Zheng could also perceive some of what the Evil Spirit Dog observed in the air through the ability of the partner contract. This Gobi desert was far larger than he had imagined and even more uninhabited.

At least until now, Tang Zheng hadn't seen a single living creature. A moment later.

The man and the wolf finished their rest.

"At most one month of exploration time."

Tang Zheng flipped onto the back of the Evil Spirit Dog, squinted his eyes, and raised his hand to pat the Evil Spirit Dog's neck.

Being able to use the magma sea of the Lava Zone to reach this mysterious unknown region could be considered a remarkable discovery.

There was too much information and intelligence that needed to be gathered. It would be a pity to give up such a unique passage, but given his current situation, he couldn't spend too much time here.

Just those two Twin Witches—if he didn't appear in front of them within a month, problems would likely arise.

"Awooo." The Evil Spirit Dog let out a low growl and immediately moved, starting to advance in the direction completely opposite to the volcanic zone.

Night gradually fell.

On the empty Gobi, darkness quickly enveloped everything.

The Evil Spirit Dog lay somewhat tiredly beside Tang Zheng, chewing on a thick bone as a snack for dinner to grind its teeth.

Original text is being read!

This little habit was formed when Tang Zheng originally used goblin corpses as food for the Evil Spirit Dog.

"Still haven't found any creatures. This place wouldn't be a very remote corner of the continent, would it?"

Tang Zheng sat cross-legged on the ground, leaning against the soft Evil Spirit Dog, thinking silently.

Of course, that wasn't necessarily the case.

According to the limited intelligence he had learned in his previous life, this continent was extremely vast. The northwest corner where humans lived was not even as large as a piece of territory ruled by some countries in the center of the continent.

With such a large area, it was normal for some sparsely populated areas to appear. The exploration for the next two days continued, without any gains.

Until the evening of the third day.

Sand!

Sand! Sand!

"Roar." The Evil Spirit Dog bared its sharp teeth, staring at the sandy ground ahead.

Mounds of sand were bulging and rapidly gathering toward this side from the sandy ground ahead, as if something was attacking from beneath the desert.

Facing this sudden situation,

A smile appeared on Tang Zheng's somewhat dry cheeks: "As long as there are creatures, that's fine."

After several consecutive days of exploration without encountering a single creature, he had begun to doubt whether this area was truly a barren land.

To collect intelligence, one inevitably had to communicate with intelligent creatures, and he hadn't even encountered a single living creature, let alone an intelligent one.

Pop! Pop!

The sandy ground ahead exploded, and a large amount of sand particles rushed into the sky, forming a yellow sand curtain that blocked his vision.

Gray, hook-shaped, earth-brown tails followed, stabbing out from the sand that had exploded, rapidly stabbing toward Tang Zheng and the Evil Spirit Dog.

"Scorpion-type monster."

Tang Zheng glanced at them, an iron sword appeared in his palm, he took a step forward, and his wrist flicked.

With a casual slash, all the stabbing tail hooks were easily cut off.

The broken scorpion tails fell to the ground, twisting, and purple-red, foul-smelling blood flowed from the wounds.

"Hiss—"

"Hiss—"

"............"

Painful hissing sounds came from underground, and then several desert scorpions about one meter long crawled out from under the sand.

Before these desert scorpions could make an attack move.

Tang Zheng moved his feet and had already rushed into the midst of these scorpions, his iron sword waving casually, easily shattering those earth-brown, sturdy hard shells.

"Experience gained: 421"

"Experience gained: 387"

"Experience gained: 405"

"......"

【Experience Slot: 108632/120000】

A total of five desert scorpions were all killed by Tang Zheng in two breaths.

"The strength isn't high; it should be at the level of eleven or twelve." Tang Zheng saw the experience points gained on the panel and analyzed quickly.

He chose to use physical attacks instead of magic, naturally to avoid the commotion caused by magic.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 184 =====