Kang Shin-mu withstood the onslaught of the scorching sand as he advanced deeper into the desert.
His divine dragon body was like a dragon swimming in shallow waters as he traversed through the desert, burying himself deep in the desert. Perhaps it was because he was too close to the Netherworld Sea, but there was a hint of coldness hidden in the sand. Furthermore, he did not encounter any demonic beasts.
Instead, there were some insect-like creatures that were used to living in the scorching hot desert that kept appearing within the range of Kang Shin-mu's senses.
Although these creatures were called insects, they were actually larger than cows. In the desert, they crawled, rolled, or fought each other. The entire desert was their world.
When the black dragon swam past them at high speed, a wave of devouring power naturally spread out and engulfed all these insect-like creatures. They were completely corroded by the devouring power and turned into ashes almost instantly.
If these insect-like creatures appeared in the Yan Dragon Emperor Dynasty, it would probably be a disaster for the entire Yan Dragon Emperor Dynasty.
After all, they were extremely fertile and had strong survival abilities. Any one of them was several times larger than a human. If a non-dragon martial artist encountered them, they would definitely die.
They even appeared in groups. A small group could easily devour an Earth Demon. Even weaker dragon martial artists would become their food.
Unfortunately, these insect-like creatures were nothing in front of Kang Shin-mu.
The devouring power that he casually released could completely devour these insect-like creatures. The devouring power would all be purified and stored, allowing him to recover his own strength at a critical moment.
Although it was not much, it was better than nothing. He might just need this bit of power to recover at a critical moment.
After all, the number of Yao Cores Kang Shin-mu had on him was limited. If he encountered a dangerous situation, he would have to make use of any conditions.
While devouring the insect-like creatures along the way, Kang Shin-mu's main focus was to sense the surrounding environment and prevent any powerful demonic beasts from approaching.
"I don't see any demonic beasts in the Flaming Desert. It's like a deathly silent desert."
"But under this Flaming Desert, there's actually an independent and rich world like a real ocean."
Kang Shin-mu was still a little surprised.
He had devoured dozens of insect lifeforms along the way. There were even some insect kings that were extremely large, reaching the level of Sky Fey or even Saint Fey. Their strength was not something ordinary insects could compare to.
There were many more types of life forms in the desert than Kang Shin-mu had imagined.
Kang Shin-mu would do his best to avoid some Saint Demons. After all, those Saint Demon insects already possessed intelligence and thought. Not only were they extremely powerful, but they could also command an entire insect tribe.
The number of insects had always been the biggest factor that allowed them to survive in this world.
Therefore, if a Saint-level insect commanded tens of millions of Earth Demons and Heavenly Demons, even the Dragon King would not dare to provoke it. In this desert, it was not uncommon for ants to bite an elephant to death.
If it wasn't necessary, Kang Shin-mu didn't want to provoke these insects.
However, in this desert, Kang Shin-mu sensed the existence of many natural treasures.
It seemed that some places where Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi gathered, some grains of sand would gather Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to form a special type of sand. This type of sand was called "Desert Spirit Sand." It was a natural treasure unique to the Flaming Desert in the Beast Abyss.
The Desert Spirit Sand contained very dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. According to the quality, it was divided into four grades: low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and supreme-grade.
Even if he could only find low-grade Desert Spirit Sand, it would be of great help to dragon practitioners below the Nirvana Tribulation realm.
Of course, it wouldn't be of much use to dragon practitioners at the Nirvana Tribulation realm.
Along the way, Kang Shin-mu sensed the aura of Desert Spirit Sand. They were all low-grade Desert Spirit Sand. Even if Kang Shin-mu obtained it, it wouldn't be of much use to him.
Instead, if he wanted to obtain low-grade Desert Spirit Sand, he would definitely have to face some relatively large insect groups.
Only a powerful group led by a Holy Demon level insect leader was qualified to occupy a low-grade Desert Spirit Sand … Moreover, this low-grade Desert Spirit Sand was used by insect leaders to breed and increase the strength of their subordinates.
For Holy Demon level insect leaders, this low-grade Desert Spirit Sand wasn't of much use.
This time, Kang Shin-mu naturally wanted to find some mid-grade Desert Spirit Sand … The Desert Spirit Sand contained extremely pure Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. It was very effective for dragon practitioners to improve their strength.
If Kang Shin-mu could obtain a supreme-grade Desert Spirit Sand, he would have enough Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to break through to the seventh level of the Nirvana Tribulation realm.
Of course, supreme-grade Desert Spirit Sand could definitely only be used by top-level demon beasts.
Even for dragon practitioners who came to the Beast Abyss to train, they had to be at least a few top-level experts in the Heaven Jade and Heaven's Core Districts to have a chance of obtaining supreme-grade Desert Spirit Sand from top-level demon beasts.
And for dragon practitioners of this level, if they wanted to increase their cultivation by one level, it wouldn't be a matter of one Desert Spirit Sand. They would need at least dozens of them.
Perhaps the entire Raging Flame Desert didn't have that many supreme-grade Desert Spirit Sand …
Therefore, Kang Shin-mu didn't expect to obtain supreme-grade Desert Spirit Sand at all. In fact, when he discovered that he had come to the Ancient Nether Sea Road, his goal had never been the Desert Spirit Sand.
After all, Kang Shin-mu's current focus wasn't on increasing his cultivation, but on increasing his strength. Therefore, what he needed the most were experience points!
If he wanted to obtain experience points, he naturally had to kill enough demon beasts and use their demon cores to exchange for experience points.
Of course, Saint-level insect cores could also be exchanged for a lot of experience points. However, insects usually came in groups, and it would be too difficult for Kang Shin-mu to kill them alone. It would be best for him to set his sights on other lone demon beasts …
Along the way, Kang Shin-mu passed by the territories of several insect groups, but those insect groups couldn't be bothered to deal with him.
After all, he also had the Dragon King level divine dragon blood essence, and his aura was still very strong. The insect groups also knew that they couldn't casually provoke existences like dragon practitioners.
Deep into the Raging Flame Desert, Kang Shin-mu didn't dare to casually devour the nearby insects, lest he provoked some insect groups that didn't care about their lives. That would be troublesome.
Finally, when he was about a few dozen feet away from the surface of the desert, he felt a tyrannical aura exploding in the desert in front of him. At the same time, there were sounds of fierce battle, as if a dragon practitioner and a demon beast had erupted in battle!
"Let's go take a look!"
What Kang Shin-mu wanted was a chaotic situation. Only in a chaotic situation would he be able to fish in troubled waters … However, the place where the dragon practitioners and demon beasts were fighting was very likely in the sky above the desert.
If Kang Shin-mu hid in the depths of the desert, he might not be able to take advantage of it.