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After a distance away from the village, Ding Hong took out the locket and placed it in his hand.

Ding Hong also felt his heart beating on the way out of the village. The distance in front of him was a mile, but it became faster and faster at the back. This time, it was almost like his heart. That was why Ding Hong stopped. He wanted to see what this thing was going to do.

This pendant was not his own jumping, but the sealed little person inside it was trembling, as if it was filled with fear! After a few more breaths, strings of red gas suddenly flowed out of the pendant. After the gas appeared, it did not dissipate, but instead formed a huge tower in front of Ding Hong.

The tower was very lifelike, and there were even clouds surrounding it. Suddenly, a huge battleship like object drove out from the side of the tower! However, the oars on both sides of the ship had been replaced with two enormous wings.

He originally thought that this ship would be very small, but when he realized that the ship flying in the sky was actually only the size of a grain of sand, he was truly shocked. A numb feeling ran all over his body, and his hair couldn't help but stand up.

"This, this..." Just what is this thing!? "

Other than the last time Ding Hong had seen the Black Turtle, he had never been this shocked. He couldn't help but think this in his mind, "Could it be that this is the Luofu City?"

However, in the next moment, he gave up on that idea. This was because next to the huge spaceship was carved an equally huge "Pan" character. He had wanted to continue observing, but the gas suddenly dispersed and turned into a red ribbon of light that flew into the distance.

The direction it was pointing towards was slightly to the north from the west. The ribbon of light continued for a while before disappearing.

Ding Hong muttered to himself for a moment. He put away the pendant and mounted his horse before directly running in the direction indicated by the light band.

Four hours later, the oasis had also reached its end. More and more yellow sand appeared, and just like that, they were soon out of Lou Lan's range. The horse was not good at galloping through the desert. If he went in and the horse starved to death from thirst or starvation, would he not be able to do the same?

Suddenly, a "Dingdang Dingdang" sound rang out, followed by a young voice saying: "Grandfather, this time we are going to catch some scorpions and bring them back ah! Otherwise, I won't be able to pay the rent … "Eh, Grandfather, there's someone in front."

Ding Hong couldn't help but look back at the voice. He saw an old man and a young man walking towards him, each of them holding onto a camel. One camel carried several large leather bags and water bags, while the other was empty. The old man held a long rod with a string of bells hanging from the top.

When the old man saw Ding Hong, he pulled at the youth, preventing him from speaking any further. He walked up to Ding Hong and asked, "This chivalrous hero, does he want to pass through the Boundless Ocean?"

"Boundless Sea?"

Ding Hong turned around and looked at the desert ahead. He nodded and said, "Old man, you are right. However, this is the first time I've been here. I don't know how to safely pass through it."

Hearing his tone, the old man knew that he had to ask for a favor. He hesitated for a moment and was about to speak when the young man next to him smiled: "It's impossible to pass through this Boundless Ocean! I've never heard of anyone who can wear it! "

The old man slapped the young man's head, causing the young man to hold his head and stutter. The old man frowned and said, "Don't talk nonsense!" Then he turned to Ding Hong and said, "This endless sea already has two words, 'endless'. It has no end and no one knows just how big it is! I wonder why this chivalrous person would ask this question? "

When Ding Hong heard that there was no way to penetrate his heart, his heart tightened. Could it be that the stone tower he saw just now was in the middle of this region?

The old man saw the uncertainty in his face so he asked in haste: "Do you want to go somewhere else?" He probably went to the wrong place! This Boundless Ocean is rather close to the Great Prairie, and it's right next to Lou Lan! "

Ding Hong calmed his mood and said, "Thank you for your reminder, Sir. But I still want to go inside and take a look. I wonder if old mister can conveniently pick me up along the way? "

The old man was troubled: "Heroic warrior, it's not that the old man doesn't want to take you there." If we give you our food, we will only be able to stay in the desert for half a month before coming out! "

Seeing that he was troubled by this question, Ding Hong smiled and said, "This is not something that I need to worry about. As long as I can follow you around, I will be fine. As for food and water …" He moved his hand and conjured a bag of food and water, saying, "I can take care of the food myself, so I won't use you."

Originally, the old man was unwilling, but when Ding Hong gave him 30 taels of silver, he immediately said, "In that case, you must follow me."

Ding Hong nodded and said, "Of course."

The old man didn't say anything more. Together with the youth, they boarded the camel and walked into the desert. For some reason, the moment they entered the desert, the surrounding temperature began to rise. Although the sand and wind disturbed them, it was still better than the cold, blade-like winds.

The old man was very familiar with this area. He did not use the water source that he had brought along, but rather dug up some water from some of the dunes that were pointing to the undergrowth. When he passed some places with cactus, he would cut off the skin of the cactus and eat the rest.

It was Ding Hong's first time seeing all these. He was somewhat surprised, but it seemed that these patterns were not much different from living in the forest. However, what he didn't expect was that there would be so many lives in the desert and he would occasionally see some things running around. One of the bugs that looked like a scorpion but was crawling forward like a snake was grabbed by the grandfather and grandson duo.

After travelling for around ten days, they arrived at a place similar to the Sand Demon Ridge. However, the earth mountain here was distributed according to the piece, and it covered a wide area.

After the old man saw this, he said to Ding Hong, "Chivalrous warrior, we are almost in the endless sea here. It will be dangerous if we continue walking further in."

Ding Hong looked around and said, "Thank you very much, Sir. I wonder how long you will stay here?"

Hearing his question, the old man pondered for a moment and then said, "We can't say for sure, but it will take at least seven days. I wonder what is the purpose of this question?"

Ding Hong did not hide anything from him. He said, "I want to go to the surrounding area and look around. I'll come back with old mister one day."

Seeing his thoughts, the old man's face turned pale as he hurriedly said: "Warrior, please don't!"

Ding Hong asked, "Why?"

The old man said, "To the Boundless Ocean, this place is simply the boundary! If he went any deeper, he would not know what would happen to him! Back in the day, King Lou Lan allied with a few other small countries to explore the endless sea and brought in seven hundred thousand troops. In the end, not a single person came out alive! "

When Ding Hong heard the horror of his words, he was somewhat at a loss.

The old man didn't want to give him too much of a shock: "But if you really have something on your mind, you can go to the deacon of the Temple of the Black Profound City and ask about it." Ding Hong asked, "Where is Black Profound City?"

The old man said: "Black Profound City is rather far away from here, around fifty thousand kilometers to the southwest of the Great Prairie. If Young Master wants to go there, it might take some time."

Fifty thousand Li? Ding Hong sucked in a breath of cold air. How was this something that could be reached in such a short amount of time?

The old man also understood the difficulty of this matter. After a dry cough, he did not say anything else and walked forward. Ding Hong had no choice but to put this matter aside for now.

Due to the sandstorm, the mud mountains were carved day and night. The corners of the mountains had long since become a semicircle, and some of the cliffs were even riddled with potholes. Some of them were even several zhang wide!

The old man chose a cave that was twenty feet wide and five feet deep into the mountain.

Ding Hong naturally walked in together with him. However, he would always ask about a very pungent smell along the way. He did not know what it was.

"Old sir, do you smell any pungent odors?" Ding Hong could not help but ask.

"A pungent smell?" The old man sniffed and shook his head. "No." He looked at his grandson and asked, "Little Meng, do you smell it?"

The youth called Xiao Meng raised his head and took a deep breath. However, he choked on the sandstorm and coughed a few times before gasping for breath. He shook his head like a rattle and said, "No!"

That's not right! There must be that smell! Ding Hong's current cultivation level was comparable to the second rate disciples of famous sects. Although the pungent smell was hidden deep, he could still smell it. However, he couldn't say it out loud to these two, so he said, "I'll go out for a walk first. I'll be back in a while."

The old man saw his serious face so he hurriedly said: "I got it. I got it."

Ding Hong nodded. After leaving the place, he leaped forward and arrived at the peak of a mountain. The mountain top wasn't very high either, only a few dozen feet away. He followed his sense of smell and gradually walked deeper into the mountain. When he was about 500 meters away, he squatted down and picked up a bit of sand to taste it.

Ding Hong was shocked and could not help but say, "Sulfur! It must be sulfur! "

Suddenly, a group of people wearing sand-colored clothes slowly "grew up" from the mountain. That's right, they grew up like plants! One of them said in a strange tone, "Your nose is really as sensitive as a dog's! You can smell it! Since you know about it, you should just die here! "

Without giving Ding Hong any time to react, he pulled out an exquisite long crossbow and shot at Ding Hong. Ding Hong did not hesitate as he saw them pull out a crossbow. With a flick of his right hand, a Yin-Yang Image appeared in front of him.

Upon seeing this, the sand-clothed people actually showed a look of disdain. They pulled the crossbows and the sharp arrows on the crossbows actually transformed into a blurry ray of light as they directly shot towards the Yin-Yang Image!

Ding! The Yin Yang diagram was directly smashed into smithereens by the rays of silver light!

Ding Hong was aghast. He hastily summoned several streaks of silver light that were close to his body with sword Qis and shattered them.

When the man in sand saw this move, the person who had spoken earlier suddenly said, "You are not someone from the Wilderness!"

Ding Hong stared at them and said, "Of course I'm not a savage, and who are you?!"

The man in sand did not answer him, but said coldly, "You are a Qi cultivator from the Heaven Region!"

Such a cold tone? Even a fool would be able to understand what they were trying to do. Without hesitation, he directly said that he had already summoned the Yin Yang sword formation before they could even react.

Seeing him cast the spell, the man screamed: "Quickly release the signal! Quickly release the signal! "

When the person behind Liu Ming heard this, he quickly reached into his bosom to take out something. Ding Hong's face turned cold as he pointed at him!

Ah!" The person holding the sword screamed in pain, as a sword edge pierced through his chest, instantly killing him.

The faces of the people beside him changed. Just as they were about to buckle the crossbows in their hands again, Ding Hong said with a chuckle, "If any of you were to move again, you would end up just like him."

Aside from the first person who spoke with a calm expression, the others all had extremely ugly expressions.

That person calmly asked, "Who are you?"

"Cough!" Ding Hong let out a strange cry and asked doubtfully, "Looks like I have the upper hand now, right?"

"As long as you don't say anything about this, we can pretend that it didn't happen tonight."

Ding Hong coldly harrumphed, "You do not have the right to do so now!"

"Oh? Little fellow, may I ask who has the right to do so? " Suddenly, a thick and strong voice came from behind Ding Hong. When Ding Hong heard this sound, he immediately willed his sword to stab out without any hesitation.

"Swish swish swish." With three sounds piercing through the air, three bright rays of light flew behind him. Ding Hong could clearly sense that someone was dodging. Taking advantage of this gap, he quickly moved to the side. Following which, he pulled out the Ever-Flame Sword and waved it in the direction of the group. Immediately, an enormous wall of flames over ten zhang wide appeared in the air, smashing towards everyone.

Amidst the shocked cries of the crowd, a strong gust of wind blew out from the crowd and nearly blew the wall of fire apart! Ding Hong was overwhelmed with shock. He hurriedly turned around and left before they could discover his figure.

Not long after, the wall of flames was completely extinguished. A middle-aged man holding a strange cross fan stood there and looked at them gloomily, saying, "What a strange mantra this person has!"

The person from before asked, "Mr Eighteen, should we go chase them?"

Mr Eighteen gave him a glare and said, "Oh, pig, how can we possibly gain anything by chasing after such a character? Hurry up and ask the tower to send more men over. "Hmm, transfer a Sky Battleship 'Extinguished Meng' over here!"

That person bowed and said, "Understood, Mr Eighteen."

Mr Eighteen looked in the direction that Ding Hong left and said, "I hope that you won't appear again, otherwise …"

After Ding Hong left, he did not return to where the old man was. After arriving at a hidden place, he covered up all of his presence and quietly hid himself.

Ding Hong muttered to himself, "Who are these people!?" To think that the strange equipment he made would have such power! Could it be a male loser or a member of the Mo family? "It doesn't make sense …"

Seeing that they didn't pursue him, Ding Hong was slightly relieved. After thinking for a bit, he took out the bottle that contained the earth aura. A tiny person jumped out from the top of the skull and slowly sucked in the aura.

As the earth qi was absorbed, the original green color of the sword turned dark, turning dark blue. He only stopped when he knew that Ding Hong felt the complete strength of the sword, and there was still a small bottle of air left. After Ding Hong recalled the little guy, he pulled out the sword and looked at it.

Now, the sword was dark blue in color, and the whole thing looked like flowing water.