The Destiny Villain Starting from Battle Through the Heavens

According to the desert map purchased by Nalan Sheng, the distance between Shimo City and Mo City is over a thousand miles.

If you were to walk from Mo City to Shi Mo City, even if everything went smoothly, it would still take at least half a month.

It is important to know that the Tagor Desert is not only harsh in environment, but also fraught with dangers.

Besides the magical beasts that like to lurk in the desert and ambush passersby, there are also many powerful snake people living in the desert.

However, with the flying shikigami [Nue] around, Nalan Sheng and his companions could ignore most of the dangers in the desert.

After all, flying magical beasts in the desert are much rarer than those in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

As for those snake people at the King-level, they mostly live deep in the desert and rarely appear near human cities.

With the [Nue] flying at full speed, Nalan Sheng and his companions quickly traversed seven or eight hundred miles and arrived above an unfamiliar desert.

"what?"

Nalan Sheng, who was embracing Little Fairy Doctor and admiring the starry sky, suddenly raised his eyebrows and looked down at the desert below.

In the distance, in the desert, two groups of people were fighting.

One of the groups consisted of both men and women, all dressed as mercenaries.

The other group had human upper bodies and snake tails, clearly the snake people living in the Tagor Desert.

Although there were fewer snake-men than human mercenaries, they were stronger on average.

Furthermore, the snake people could also command various venomous snakes to aid in combat, so the human mercenaries gradually fell into a disadvantageous position.

Seeing this, the kind-hearted Little Fairy Doctor couldn't help but say to Nalan Sheng, "Saint, why don't we help them?"

"it is good."

Nalan Sheng nodded slightly, then formed a hand seal and said, "Full Elephant!"

A six-meter-tall pink elephant appeared out of thin air and plummeted down into the desert below.

"boom!!!"

With a deafening roar like a meteorite crashing to the ground, several snake-men who couldn't dodge in time were smashed into a bloody pulp by the pink giant elephant, leaving behind a large sand pit with a diameter of more than ten meters.

Upon seeing this, the other snake people and mercenaries all showed wary expressions and subconsciously moved away from the crater created by the pink giant elephant.

Judging from the enormous size of the pink elephant, it is very likely a third-tier magical beast, capable of wiping out everyone present.

Therefore, the two sides, who were still fighting, tacitly stopped fighting and began to retreat while keeping a wary eye on the crater.

"Splash..."

Suddenly, a pink elephant trunk emerged from the pit, followed by a torrent of water that gushed out like a waterfall, sweeping towards the surviving snake-men.

"Crackling and popping..."

Before the snake-men could regain their footing from the impact of the water, a bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket struck down from the sky, turning all the soaking wet snake-men into charred remains.

To the astonishment of the mercenaries, a strange brown bird descended from the sky and landed beside the crater of the pink giant elephant.

Once the [Nue] landed safely, Nalan Sheng, along with Little Fairy Doctor, jumped off its back and waved his hand, saying, "Disperse!"

At Nalan Sheng's command, the enormous Manxiang and Ye instantly transformed into two black shadows and vanished.

"..."

The mercenaries present looked at each other in bewilderment upon seeing this.

"Thank you for saving me."

The young mercenary at the head of the group was the first to recover his senses. He bowed to Nalan Sheng and said, "My name is Xiao Ding, the leader of the Mo Tie Mercenary Group in Shi Mo City. May I ask your honorable name?"

Looking at the face that bore a resemblance to Xiao Yan's, Nalan Sheng couldn't help but reveal a somewhat strange expression.

"My surname is Sheng, and my given name is Lan Na."

A hint of amusement flashed in Nalan Sheng's eyes as he said, "We happen to be heading to Stone Desert City on some business. I wonder if Commander Xiao would mind giving us a ride?"

The little fairy doctor's lips twitched slightly, and she almost couldn't help but laugh.

If you reverse Sheng Lan's name, isn't that Nalan Sheng?

I wonder what kind of expression Xiao Ding will show when he discovers Nalan Sheng's true identity?

"Of course I don't mind."

Xiao Ding said sincerely, "If it weren't for Young Master Sheng's timely rescue, even if we were able to defeat those snake people, we would probably have suffered heavy losses in this battle."

"If you two don't mind, you can stay with our Desert Iron Mercenary Group for a while, so that I, Xiao, can extend my hospitality."

"In that case, I'll have to trouble Commander Xiao."

Nalan Sheng's main purpose in going to Shimo City was to win over Qing Lin, who was a maid of the Mo Tie Mercenary Group, so he naturally wouldn't refuse Xiao Ding's invitation.

……

next morning

"Da da da..."

With the sound of horses' hooves, a mercenary squad of more than thirty people appeared on the official road outside Stone Desert City.

Among that mercenary squad were several camel-drawn carriages, each carrying several first-tier magical beast corpses.

"Aren't those people from the Desert Iron Mercenary Group?"

"I didn't expect even Commander Xiao Ding to personally take action. No wonder he was able to hunt down so many magical beasts."

"The Desert Iron Mercenary Group is about to steal the spotlight again..."

Because the Desert Iron Mercenary Group was the second largest mercenary group in Stone Desert City, second only to the Sand Mercenary Group, the return of Xiao Ding and his group caused quite a stir at the city gate.

After entering Stone Desert City, the group, led by Xiao Ding, headed south and eventually stopped in front of a large courtyard.

It was a courtyard about the same size as the Xiao family's in Wutan City. In front of the courtyard stood a flagpole more than ten meters long, and on the flag fluttering in the wind were embroidered the five characters "Motie Mercenary Group".

At the gate of the courtyard, several burly men stood upright, weapons in hand, their sharp eyes scanning the passersby.

"Captain, you're finally back! How did the monster hunt go?"

Upon seeing Xiao Ding and the others return, the burly men at the door hurriedly went to greet them.

"Thankfully, it was a close call."

Xiao Ding smiled and nodded, then asked in return, "Is my second brother here?"

"Yes, the Second Regiment Commander is practicing combat techniques at the training ground!"

"That's good."

Xiao Ding glanced at Nalan Sheng and the others and said, "Have my second brother go to the meeting hall to meet. I want to introduce him to two friends."

"Yes, Commander."

Upon hearing this, one of the burly men immediately went to the training ground to inform Xiao Li.

Upon learning of Xiao Ding's return, Xiao Li immediately stopped cultivating and rushed towards the conference hall.

When Xiao Li arrived at the conference hall, he saw Xiao Ding, who had changed into a white robe, chatting and laughing with two strangers while drinking tea.