Chapter 1049 - 457: Cultivation Technique Completed_3

A fierce wind whipped up, sweeping coarse sand over their parched faces, seemingly even more dehydrated than before, their cheeks sunken, revealing protruding cheekbones.

Yet their eyes grew ever more determined, harboring a hatred like a wildfire deep within.

For the past seven months, they had distanced themselves from the garbage dump, walking through the desert dragging along the statue and Blue Boy.

Despite the garbage dump’s harsh living conditions, many survivors gathered there because there was food to be found.

After the garbage dump was destroyed, they had no choice but to live in the sand dunes, sometimes trekking for dozens of kilometers without seeing anything beyond the sand.

Countless amounts of various highly polluting waste completely destroyed the surrounding ecology, making only the garbage dump itself habitable, which is quite an ironic fact.

And even worse, they had to drag along an incredibly heavy statue.

If it weren’t for the statue’s protective range containing some remaining food, and Red Swan’s luck in breaking through to the Fifth Layer of the Holy Blood Secret Scripture, they might have been swallowed up by the endless sand.

"...Light forges flesh and bone, flames weave souls, bodies turn ashes, the fire continues to burn, never extinguished through generations, the holy blood burns forever."

Red Swan finished reciting the last line of the prayer, eagerly reaching out a hand toward Blue Boy.

Blue Boy licked his lips as he looked at her, but ultimately he lay back on Chu Xiu and turned his head away.

Red Swan said no more; in the past seven months, no matter how she implored, Blue Boy never again displayed that astounding miracle, making one doubt if everything that happened seven months ago was just an illusion.

Yet this did not shake Red Swan’s devotion.

"Just not the right time," she told herself.

Picking up the straps on the ground, Red Swan and Sun Shisan flanked the statue and continued walking, the energy of the floating robots long depleted; fortunately, the friction of the sand was low, allowing them to keep moving.

But they wouldn’t last much longer; when was the last time they ate? Seems like two weeks ago when they caught a lucky sight of a tiny lizard, not even as long as a forearm, the three of them shared it, Red Swan only drank two sips of blood; her Constitution was strong enough to last long.

She had already lost too much, even Li Mao—she didn’t want to see him die before her.

"Bright Venerable bless us."

As usual, she uttered a silent prayer in her heart, her hands gripping tightly, her shoulders and back scorching from the pain of the straps, yet she seemed oblivious, only moving forward.

Step by step, again and again... she had no idea how many steps she took, only that twilight had cast its shadow, the sudden drop in temperature causing her skin to tighten, yet instinct kept her walking.

But then, a voice filled with overwhelming joy that almost made her cry out sounded beside her.

"We’ve made it! We made it!"

Red Swan looked up numbly, and a huge luminous ball situated in the center of the desert appeared before her eyes.

No, not a luminous ball, but a grand and bright giant city!

Red Swan felt as if double visions appeared before her eyes, she fell to the sandy ground with a thud, her heart filled with one thought.

"Survived!"

Survived, as long as they lived, there was still hope, even if that hope was so tiny, so distant.

"Red Swan, you’re cultivating so quickly; soon we’ll become the overlords of this garbage dump!"

"Then we’ll use this place as a base, and one day we’ll thrive!" Li Mao couldn’t help but look forward to the future.

The corners of Red Swan’s mouth couldn’t help but curve upwards, nodding forcefully.

But at that moment, Sun Shisan’s voice interrupted them: "No, this isn’t the garbage dump."

He looked up at the sky, and above the giant city, there was a towering tower concealed in darkness, along with countless airships hovering nearby.

Sun Shisan’s lips began to tremble: "This is, this is an ancient ruin!"