Chapter 2344: Light Lion Armor

Even the wind in this sand sea is scorching, but compared to the first time he came to the Gravel Gold Sand Sea, Xia De felt that his tolerance for the sun and light had clearly increased a lot.

Last time he only felt that he could absorb some sunlight like Mia with a burning tail, but at this moment he even felt that his whole body was spontaneously absorbing sunlight and slowly converting it into his own spirit.

"It shouldn't be an illusion, right?"

【It's not.】

"So is my soul talent too high, or is this body really too powerful?"

Wandering thoughts would make a boring and painful journey seem very short. Before long, Xia De saw the familiar temple standing in front.

His pace became faster, looking forward to entering the temple to feel the coolness for a while. But after continuing to walk quickly for dozens of steps, Xia De's pace slowed down again.

It wasn't that he encountered danger that couldn't move forward, nor was it that his body was unwell and couldn't move forward, but that the intense daylight just now was becoming dim little by little.

The heat wave that made people have nowhere to hide disappeared with the gradual fading of the light, and the faint wind in the sand sea even had a bit of coolness, making Xia De, who was covered in sweat, couldn't help but shiver.

"What's the situation again?"

He looked up, only to see that the sky, which was abnormally bright just now, began to glow with sunset halos like time acceleration. In a blink of an eye, the light that was more dazzling than the noon sun turned into a somewhat eerie orange-red sky. There were no clouds in the strange sky above the sand sea at all, but with the fading of daylight, the originally white sky began to change color as a whole, completely inconsistent with optical laws.

The twisted orange-red made Xia De want to vomit. Looking down at the glowing yellow-gold sand under his feet, he realized that it was not only the "daytime" that was dangerous here.

The pain of "daytime" came mostly from physical torture, while the "dusk" scenery at this moment became psychological pain brought by the eerie sky.

Xia De had never seen such a weird "dusk" scene, but this meant that his third appearance in the Fifth Era 4260 finally encountered the rare "night" scene in the desert.

The dazzling sun during the "day" could be looked at directly in the very short "dusk" stage now. The sun was still the normal red color, just inexplicably covered with a dirty gray halo.

It didn't fall in any direction, still hanging above his head as it was just now. Therefore, the weird orange-red color presented by the sky at this moment was definitely not caused by the sun setting.

This dusk stage passed extremely quickly. When Xia De was welcomed by the excited mermaid girl Miss Sandel, he officially entered the Sun Temple. Dusk had already reached its end.

The dim daylight didn't make the interior of the dilapidated Sun Temple dim, because as soon as Xia De entered, he saw the rectangular box containing the golden lion armor on the altar deep in the temple, emitting soft and sacred golden light.

The strong miracle elements surprised Xia De, and although the light emitted by the box was not enough to compare with the sun, it was enough to illuminate the interior of the temple. Looking at the companions again, Miss Sandel, Grandma Siamnod, Miss Knight, and the barefoot Miss Mester were all welcoming Xia De safely.

Xia De didn't know how long it had been since he left last time. Thanks to Xia De's material support, Grandma Siamnod and the three ladies didn't change much in appearance, but Miss Sandel's left wrist was bandaged, and Miss Knight's standing posture made her right leg seem uncomfortable.

Xia De released Little Mia first before sitting down to talk to them. And after the cat returned to its cat form from the toy form, it recognized where this was for the first time. It first looked at the glowing armor box, then jumped onto Xia De's shoulder and looked outside the temple.

Clearly, this cat was very disappointed that it was not "daytime" now.

"Welcome back, Mr. Hamilton!"

Compared to the old elf's visible fatigue, the mermaid girl was much more enthusiastic. She took the initiative to introduce the current situation.

And looking at her appearance, her spirit was clearly abnormal; this excitement shouldn't appear on a girl trapped in the desert for a long time:

"A long~ long time has passed since you left, during which we have been preparing to leave here together next time. But now it seems that most of these preparations are not needed."

Because it is now the "night" stage outside, although the desert night is very cold, at least it won't be like "daytime," where ring masters or witches cannot be active for a long time.

"However, we also encountered some things after you left. The first thing is that someone else appeared nearby and found us."

"The sixth person??"

Xia De immediately looked left and right, but there was no extra corpse or a comatose living person in the temple.

"Not a normal person."

Grandma Siamnod said with some fatigue:

"I can't tell what that is either. At first everyone thought it was a new companion, but after it appeared, everyone accelerated to become tired, and the loss of memory became more serious. Fortunately, Miss Mester discovered the danger in time and drove that thing out of the temple. It kept wailing after being exposed to the sun, begging us to let it in again. Finally, it turned into a ball of black fog and disappeared."

Xia De then looked at the "God of Mist," and the lady with light brown skin smiled and nodded at him:

"I happen to have a secret technique against that kind of thing."

"Miss Sandel, were your and Miss Knight's injuries caused at that time?"

Xia De continued to ask with concern. The female knight retracted her right foot without changing her expression, while the mermaid girl shook her head:

"That was the second thing. In order to collect ritual materials, Grandma Siamnod and I went out again. The experience of going out was nothing, but we seemed to have brought back an invisible thing. That thing continuously absorbed mental power and could transform itself."

Speaking of this, she also looked around alertly:

"If it weren't for the fact that the thing would show partial color after approaching your armor, we would definitely have paid more than this minor injury to drive it away."

"Armor?"

Xia De, holding the cat, looked at the box emitting light again. At this time, the outside of the temple had completely entered the night stage. Although the temple itself seemed to be able to block those cold winds, it wouldn't be terrifyingly cold even without door panels and window glass, but the silent dark sand sea still made people feel creepy.

"We are fine, it's just that the wounds caused by that invisible monster are difficult to heal. After handling them with the holy water you brought, these are all minor problems."

The blue-haired mermaid girl also shook her hand to prove it, and Miss Knight also softly indicated that the injury on her foot did not affect her movement.

Although Xia De can stay in the Gravel Gold Sand Sea for an hour this time, besides going to find the third compass fragment, he also has to rely on the compass to find the "Heart of the Oasis."

Time is actually not very abundant. Since Xia De has arrived and the ladies who have prepared to leave this "shelter" together are ready, they are going to set off in the direction pointed out by the first two compasses.

The last thing before setting off is that Xia De needs to recover his set of armor. The armor is still left on the altar, and the ladies who stayed here after Xia De left didn't move it.

And now the dazzling sunlight disappeared, and the moonlight shot in from the cracks in the temple roof illuminated the glowing box.

The moonlight in the desert is of course abnormal, but at least this abnormality is within the degree Xia De can tolerate, and it is only three or four times stronger than the moonlight in Moon Bay last night.

Xia De checked the box slightly. The original ordinary items have now been attached with four elements because of long-term contact with the sun in the sand sea. Among them, the miracle element is stronger, but it is not known whether it can maintain the current element level after leaving here.

The "smiling sun pattern," "sword and shield," "golden cat," and "woman's face surrounded by curved patterns" on the four sides of the box are all glowing, making this box even more gorgeous and extraordinary.

And when Xia De carefully opened the box, the golden lion-shaped armor body standing in the box was also glowing. Although the box itself isolated the sunlight, the element traces enriched on the various parts of the armor were no less than the box itself.

"Miss Gao De said she would visit me at the end of this month or the beginning of next month, so I must remember to thank her for this gift."

Xia De thought in his heart, and withdrew his hand from the warm armor parts. At this time, Miss Mester's voice came from behind, and her "dancer" outfit, which saved a lot of fabric, could tell that she would be cold in the desert at night:

"I'm curious, since this is a large cat-shaped armor, why do you insist that it's a lion?"

Grandma Siamnod and the three were making final arrangements. Most of the materials would be turned into toys by Xia De

"This... actually, I still think this is a lion, not a kitten. And wearing 'kitten armor' is really just too... well... people with a reputation wouldn't do this."

Xia De replied, patting the small head of Little Mia, who was trying to touch the set of armor.

Miss Meist chuckled behind him:

"Actually, isn't a cat the best mascot for you? I don't think you like your cat very much?"

"If it were wearing a cat pendant or if I were carrying a cat with me, that would be fine, but armor is a different matter... compared to a cat, a lion is obviously more majestic."

"Meow~"

The cat on his shoulder suddenly meowed. Although Xia De didn't know what it meant, he still patted it a few times, and the cat then quieted down.