Otherworldly Desert Dust

Chapter 52 - 49: Body Temperature Care

The team of twenty-one people was divided into two sections.

At the front, ten individuals were protected by the Spirit Crown released by the tall, pale member of Wu Hen’s team.

At the back, another ten individuals were shielded by the Spirit Crown released by a man with a brown scarf wrapped around his face from Cai Jinlin’s team.

Little Stutter stood in the very middle of the team, holding the spirit candle, ensuring both sections could see if the Spirit Crown was still intact.

"I... I am maintaining the Spirit Crown," the pale man said immediately, intensifying the Spirit Crown to a level visible to the naked eye to prove his innocence.

Captain Qin Sheng instantly realized it was the man with the wrapped face at the back of the team who hadn’t released the Spirit Crown!

"This isn’t good. Mingyi, Fei Ying, there’s something wrong on your side!" Qin Sheng shouted loudly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the spirit candle that Little Stutter was holding extinguished!

"Creak, creak, creak~~~~~~~~~~"

A dense swarm of Yin Ants began terrifyingly converging. Though each was as small as a grain, they possessed a strength thousands of times their size. Even a tiny White Bone Yin Ant, when it flew, had the impact of a bullet!!

"Puff, puff, puff, puff!!!"

At the back of the team, a man without Spirit Awakening was pierced and rapidly corroded in mere seconds. The Yin Ants on the ground furiously climbed up his body, gnawing from small holes at a terrifying speed...

Soon, a skeleton stood there, and even in its skeletal form, the agony and despair of his last moments could be felt from his postures!

"What are you standing there for? Release the Crown to protect yourselves!" a burly man with a black band shouted.

The ten people at the back, realizing they were not under the Spirit Crown’s protection, immediately released their own Spirit Crowns...

But they underestimated the power of the White Bone Yin Ants. Unlike the sand locusts outside, if the Spirit Crown wasn’t bright enough, these ants could combine their bodies to cover it, swallowing its light completely!

The release of the Spirit Crown, from dark to bright, required a process.

In fact, the moment they realized they had no protection, the White Bone Yin Ants had already surrounded their feet and the area around them. Even if they released the Spirit Crown immediately, by the time it reached the dispersal intensity, they would have been devoured completely!

Thus, skeleton after skeleton appeared, from the end of the team to the middle.

Not even in a blink of an eye, five team members were swallowed by the White Bone Yin Ants!

"It’s too late. Get over here!" Captain Qin Sheng urgently released his own Spirit Crown, hoping to expand the protected area.

At that moment, the White Bone Yin Ants surged from all directions like a tide. Even those under the Spirit Crown dared not move a step, fearing an exposed arm or hand would be gnawed to the bone.

Mingyi and One-eyed Sister were also among the Crownless Team at the back.

They responded quickly, running toward Qin Sheng and Wu Hen the moment they realized.

But the Yin Ants seemed to possess intelligence, swiftly building a white wall, trapping Mingyi and One-eyed Sister outside the Spirit Crown...

"No, no, I don’t want to die!!" a Night Ghost-level woman in the team screamed.

A wisp of Spirit Crown bloomed from her, like a weak candle flame, igniting amidst the dense white tide of Yin Ants.

From all directions, an immense number of Yin Ants filled the gap in no time, reestablishing the impenetrable tomb wall!

"Creak, creak, creak~~~~~"

A chilling resonance arose from billions of Yin Ants, like the cackles of demons.

Clearly, they were telling the Spirit Awakeners who ventured into the otherworldly Yinzhou that, no matter how powerful, escape was futile!

"Quick, this way!!"

Suddenly, Wu Hen’s voice called from the initial position.

"Come into my Spirit Crown!" Captain Qin called out.

That section of the tomb wall was indeed thick and impenetrable, but it also meant the main road’s wall was weakened.

After releasing the Fire Sparrow, Mingyi hadn’t expected the wall to break. Holding One-eyed Sister’s hand, she sprinted back to the original spot!

By then, the tomb wall at the initial road position was thin. Captain Qin’s Spirit Crown had intensified, dispersing the white ants upon reaching the thin wall...

Wu Hen and Captain Qin sprinted towards Mingyi and Fei Ying, with Mingyi and Fei Ying reciprocating, a coordinated run!

"Creak, creak, creak~~~~~~~~~"

The Yin Ants’ hive mind must have overloaded with the humans’ maneuvering!

A brief chaos ensued. The front white wall trembled, actions no longer synchronized.

But soon, the ants amassed in another section realized the humans’ feint, hurriedly reconfiguring, morphing into a gaping black mouth, abandoning the "segmented" form, pouncing towards Mingyi and Fei Ying!

Unfortunately, despite their overwhelming assault, they were a bit too late.

Mingyi and Fei Ying successfully reached Captain Qin and Wu Hen, diving into the area shrouded by the intense Spirit Crown...

"Creak, creak, creak~~~~~~~~~"

The black gaping mouth was inches away, turning the vicinity into a white ant tomb, with the Spirit Crown’s light like a torch in the cavern, just large enough for four people.

And the Spirit Crown light flickered, threatened to be extinguished anytime by the terrifying ant army. Yet, as sheer and ruthless, the ants stopped, still wary of the Spirit Crown, not invading even a bit.

One-eyed Sister Fei Ying sighed deeply in relief.

They narrowly escaped death.

She glanced at Mingyi gratefully.

Thanks to Mingyi, who was in the Thunder Bright Realm with incredible power, they could withstand the terrifying ant swarm, unlike the others in the team who turned to bones in seconds.

Wu Hen gently patted Mingyi’s shoulder, comforting, "Stay close to me, it’s alright, it’s alright."

Beside them, Captain Qin appeared puzzled, "Why would getting closer to my Spirit Crown help?

Wu Hen immediately explained, "Captain, that’s a bit insensitive. For women, a shelter from the storm is critical. But the warmth and care a man can provide anytime, that’s what truly soothes a girl’s heart."