Versatile Mage: Choose one of three Hexes at the start

Chapter 122: Fellow People
Since not everyone in the group of seven had the ability to move quickly, and Su Chi was there to relax and unwind, he did not summon Little Stone to travel.

It's a good opportunity to enjoy the surrounding scenery and experience the unique charm of Dunhuang.

When everyone rode the wind camels to the boundary line, the wind camels, whose legs would go weak at the slightest smell of demons, went on strike again.

"Just as you said, these wind camels are too timid."

Because Lingling was young, Su Chi led her to ride on a wind camel. Seeing that she had stopped in place and dared not move forward, the little girl sighed.

"What do we do now?" Mo Fan, who never liked to think, directly asked for everyone's opinion.

"What else can we do? We'll just have to walk from here on out," Zhao Manyan sighed.

When had the young master of the Zhao family ever suffered like this? He had to trek through the Gobi Desert under the scorching sun. It was all that bastard Mo Fan's fault for coercing and bribing him. Right now, he should still be in a hotel somewhere in Shanghai, sleeping soundly with some unknown girl in his arms.

"What about these wind camels? Should we release them back into the wild?" Xinxia asked, looking at everyone.

"Ha! We paid for all of this. Instead of releasing it to benefit others, we might as well make good use of it." Xinxia was still kind-hearted, but Su Chi, who was standing to the side, had a different idea.

After the group dismounted from the wind camels, a purple star trail flashed in Su Chi's eyes, followed by several bolts of lightning that shot out, giving the weak-legged wind camels a deadly electric shock.

Then, under the stunned gazes of the group, Su Chi casually selected a corpse and put it into his spatial ring, leaving the rest unattended. He believed that these corpses would soon be cleaned up by some passing demons.

“The Great Demon King Su is right. You’re right, how can we waste money on things that we’ve already spent money on?” Young Master Zhao was the first to speak, breaking the silence.

"It seems we're kindred spirits, Young Master Zhao. We should get together more often when we get back to Shanghai," Su Chi said with a smile to Zhao Manyan.

He wasn't saying these things because of Zhao Manyan's flattery at this moment. It was mainly because Zhao Manyan was a good person, and he also had the behemoth that was the Zhao family behind him, so he would inevitably have to deal with them in the future.

"That's great! I've been wanting to invite you out for a while now, you big devil." Zhao Manyan naturally had no reason to refuse. After the incident in Jinlin City, he had wanted to deepen his relationship with Su Chi through Mo Fan's connection, but Su Chi had been busy with other things, so it had been delayed.

Without any means of transportation, the group had no choice but to walk towards Zhuoyuan.

However, before the group had gone far, a huge roar came from two sand dunes not far in front of them.

"Damn it, I didn't expect to run into the local tyrant so soon after leaving Anjie."

The roar was clearly the cry of a tiger, so Zhao Manyan immediately thought of a demon.

That was Sha Xiaohu!
Soon, a Sand Roaring Tiger with glowing green eyes, a body length of four meters, and prominent shoulder bones appeared in everyone's sight.

"It's a Sand Howling Tiger at the Warrior level, everyone be careful." The erudite Lingling recognized the demon at a glance and deduced the Sand Howling Tiger's approximate strength from its appearance.

“I can sense that this Sand Howling Tiger is very agitated and extremely hungry. It will be very difficult to calm it down,” Xin Xia, sitting on the old wolf, quickly relayed the information she had sensed.

"Damn it, they're treating us like pushovers! A mere general-level Sand Roaring Tiger dares to charge at the faces of seven of us! Old Zhao, grab your weapons and come at me!!" Mo Fan, who was bringing a girl out for the first time, was furious, but he also wanted to show off in front of others.

"Count me in." Zhao Manyan's cousin, Chen Ying, also took a step forward. Similarly, although Mu Nujiao didn't say anything, she gently released her hands from Su Chi's arm, wanting to join the others in fighting the Sand Roaring Tiger.

Seeing that the four of them had already rushed towards Sha Xiaohu's direction, Su Chi, who was originally about to make a move, simply stood still and protected Lingling and Xinxia.

He figured this battle would be a good training opportunity for his precious daughter, and with the protection of the dragon scale armor, he wasn't worried about her getting hurt.

And even if you suffer minor injuries, there are healing mages who can heal you.

The battle ended not long afterward.

Under the combined attack of four experienced mid-level mages, the Sand Howling Tiger unsurprisingly met its end.

The group continued their journey along the sandy terrain for about a day, finally arriving at a Gobi desert area filled with countless rocks.

In this Gobi Desert region, the number of times the group encountered Sha Xiaohu increased dramatically.

To avoid unnecessary battles, after some discussion, and with Lingling's help, the group took a slightly longer route.

Gradually, they successfully arrived at the area where the Sha Wang River was located.

Looking at the riverbed not far ahead, which had been dry for who knows how long, everyone was filled with awe at the wonders of nature.

"Lingling, didn't you say before that elemental sand demons were all over the Sand River? How come I haven't seen a single one?"

Since there was no demon in sight except for some white silt in the Sand River, Mo Fan asked with some confusion.

Actually, it wasn't just Mo Fan; besides Lingling, only Su Chi knew what was going on.

Instead of offering any explanation, he directly addressed everyone's doubts through his actions.

As Su Chi took the thigh of a wind camel from his ring and threw it forcefully into the Sand River, sand giants, each three meters tall, suddenly sprang out from the once calm white mud and sand. These creatures also wielded sand blades several meters long.

These sand giants circled the bloodied wind camel's thigh for a long time, and after finding that no other creatures had entered their territory, they quickly turned into sand and disappeared from Mo Fan and the others' sight.

"These elemental demons generally have a strong sense of territory and usually appear in groups. However, as long as you don't step into their territory, which is the Sand River, they won't do anything else. Even if you step into it and are chased by them, they won't chase you out if you can successfully leave the sandy area."

Seeing that everyone was somewhat frightened by the scene just now, Su Chi spoke up to explain to them.

After all, there were dozens of elemental demons that had just been attracted by the Wind Camel's thigh, a scene that almost scared Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan to death.

"Alright, it's getting late. Let's set up camp here and rest for the night. You all can calm down." Su Chi looked at the sky, which was slowly darkening, and then began to instruct Mo Fan to set up camp for everyone.

After all, the purpose of coming to Zhuoyuan this time was to find a contracted beast for Mo Fan. In addition, this team was originally built by Mo Fan. If he doesn't do the work, who will?

(End of this chapter)