She would never admit that the reason she said such mystical-sounding words was simply because she was too lazy to explain.
Yet, evidently, these perfunctory words left an indelible impression on Harry and the others.
Although Ji Nuan still felt a bit uncertain about the direction she had chosen, after traveling for seven or eight days, traces of Firebird Orcs began appearing in the area—and quite frequently, too.
Red scorpions often showed up on the sand as well.
However, what surprised Ji Nuan and the others was that the red scorpions they encountered this time were not very large, incomparable to the ones they had come across before.
If the ones they had previously met were the "grandparent generation" of scorpions, then the ones occasionally crawling under Maomao's paws now were clearly the "great-grandchild generation."
Nearby, clusters of Firebird beasts roamed the desert, searching for these insects, occasionally nibbling on thorny fruits.
