Transmigrated into a tortoise, the Empress and the Goddess became my sisters.

The goddess of asura pointed a claw at Tu Luo, her tone full of mockery.

"Why do you care so much? We survived being eaten by desert king crabs, why would we be afraid of what you're talking about?"

Turo didn't say anything more, but simply lowered his head, gripped his warhammer tightly, and walked out of the courtyard.

“Follow me. Let’s go around through this alley first. Don’t take the main road. The High Priest’s Black Armor Guards are definitely still searching.”

Lin Tian gave a call, and the Goddess of Asura and the Empress stood guard on either side of the group, with several former soldiers following behind. Little Bear carried the Queen of Loulan in the middle.

The alley was filled with the stench of decay and dampness, and the ground was littered with rags and bones. Footsteps echoed in the narrow space.

“This old area has been abandoned for a long time, and there are many secret passages and traps in many places, so be careful,” Turo warned in a low voice.

Lin Tian glanced around and flicked the bone whip lightly on the ground, making a low sound.

"Secret passages and traps? That's perfect. If the Black Armor Guards catch up with us, we can use these things against them."

The Asura Goddess grinned, flicked her tail, and lifted a broken wooden plank beside her, revealing a deep pit underneath.

"Hey, I actually found one. If this pit were filled with spikes, the Black Armor Guards would turn into hedgehogs if they fell in."

The Empress glanced at it, said nothing, lightly touched the ground with the tip of her spear, and continued walking forward.

The group carefully made their way through the alley, and suddenly the space opened up to reveal a low-lying ruin, with collapsed walls and broken statues scattered everywhere.

Turo stopped and pointed ahead.

"Passing through these ruins will lead to the northern desert, but this is a dead end. The high priest's men buried many things here specifically to deal with any intruding enemies."

Lin Tian narrowed his eyes, the bone whip gently rotating in his claws.

What was buried?

Turo's eyes swept warily around him, his voice low.

“Poisonous insects, traps, mechanisms, and some… things that are not human.”

The Asura Goddess licked the turtle's claws, her eyes gleaming with excitement.

"That sounds interesting. Let's go then. The sooner we resolve this, the less trouble we'll have to worry about."

The Empress held her spear horizontally and said coldly, "Let me scout ahead first, so I don't trigger any traps and cause trouble."

She walked at the front, her short spear gently lifting up the scattered bricks and dust on the ground, pausing from time to time to probe the ground for any looseness with her claws.

The group slowly moved deeper into the ruins, the surrounding air growing increasingly oppressive, as if concealing something unsettling.

Suddenly, a slight tremor came from the ground ahead, and Lin Tian immediately raised his claws to signal everyone to stop.

"Something's coming."

With a flick of her tail, the goddess of asura's shell glowed faintly, instantly activating her full battle mode.

"Is it a human or a monster?"

Lin Tian did not answer, but simply flicked his bone whip, picking up a paving stone and throwing it forward.

The moment the paving stones hit the ground, the dust in front of them suddenly churned up, and a dark shadow emerged from the ground, letting out a low growl.

"Desert lizard!" Turo's expression changed, and he quickly raised his warhammer.

The shadowy figure quickly revealed its full form, revealing itself to be a gigantic desert lizard, nearly the size of a carriage, with a mouth full of sharp teeth and eyes that glowed red.

The lizard lashed its tail violently, slamming it directly towards the group, kicking up a violent cloud of dust.

"Scatter!" Lin Tian roared, his bone whip lashing out and wrapping around the lizard's tail, pulling hard.

The lizard's movements were slowed down slightly, and the Asura Goddess took the opportunity to rush forward and slammed her tortoise claws hard on its head.

"Come on, let's see whose shell is harder!"

The lizard let out an angry roar, opened its mouth and spewed out a stream of foul-smelling venom. The Asura Goddess quickly used her tortoise shell to block it, but the venom was extremely corrosive, and white smoke rose from the surface of the shell.

"This thing is quite troublesome!" The Goddess of Asura gritted her teeth and forcefully resisted the lizard's impact.

The Empress swiftly charged in from the side, her spear tip, still ablaze, piercing the lizard's abdomen.

Flames burned the lizard's scales, and the lizard let out a scream, its tail thrashing wildly as it tried to swat the empress away.

Lin Tian lashed out with his bone whip again, striking the lizard's eyes precisely and shattering one of its eyeballs, sending black and red liquid spurting out.

"Don't stop, kill it!" Lin Tian roared.

Taking advantage of the moment, the Goddess of Asura grabbed the lizard's jaw with one claw and forcefully pressed its head to the ground. The Empress's spear tip pierced the lizard's abdomen again, this time pinning it to the ground.

The lizard's struggles gradually weakened, and finally it let out a low growl before collapsing completely to the ground.

"All done." The Goddess of Asura flicked her tortoise claws and swept her tail, kicking the lizard's corpse aside.

Lin Tian glanced at the lizard's corpse, put away the bone whip, and turned to look at Turo.

How many more of these are there?

Turo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his tone heavy.

"This is just the beginning; the deeper we go, the more dangerous things become."

Lin Tian nodded, his gaze cold.

"Let's go then. The more dangerous the place, the more likely it is to contain what we're looking for."

The group set off again, leaving the lizard's carcass behind. The stench of blood quickly filled the air, attracting several gerbils and vultures from a distance.

"This place is disgusting." The Goddess of Asura shook her tortoise claws and glanced around. "Killing a lizard feels like it's going to bring even more trouble."

"Stop talking nonsense, this is just the beginning." Lin Tian walked in the middle of the group, his bone whip dragging lightly on the ground, leaving a shallow mark.

He glanced down at the Loulan Queen, who was being carried by the bear cub. Her face was even paler, and gray spots had spread to her chest.

"She can't hold on much longer." Lin Tian frowned, his voice low. "We have to speed things up, or she might not live to see the herb garden."

Turo glanced back at the Loulan Queen, his face filled with anxiety but also helplessness.

"The desert nights are fraught with danger. If we walk too fast, we might stumble into even greater dangers."

"Danger?" The Goddess of Asura sneered. "Are you afraid of death? If it weren't for us, you old subordinates would have been chopped into mincemeat by the Black Armor Guards long ago."

Ignoring the Asura Goddess's mockery, Turo whispered, "I'm not afraid of death, I'm afraid of what will happen to the Queen if we all die on the way."

Lin Tian waved his bone whip, interrupting the argument between the two.

"Stop arguing, keep going. Every second you delay will only increase the danger."

The Empress walked at the front, a short spear held horizontally in front of her, her eyes scanning the surroundings warily.

A putrid stench filled the air, and faint rustling sounds could be heard from the distant sand dunes, as if something was lurking in the shadows.

"Lin Tian, ​​don't you feel that something's off about this place?" the Empress suddenly asked, her voice low.

Lin Tian looked up and glanced around, then nodded.

"Something's not right; it's too quiet."

"Killing that lizard should have attracted more monsters, but there's been no movement so far, which means that the things here are more troublesome than we thought."

The Asura Goddess licked her tortoise claws and gently patted the ground with her tail.

"Who cares if they're difficult or not, kill them one by one, kill them in pairs. If we don't hurry, I'm going crazy."

"Don't do anything reckless." Lin Tian's voice was calm and suppressed. "Our goal now is the herb garden, not to get entangled with these monsters."

The Empress suddenly stopped and raised her paw to signal everyone to stop.

"There's something ahead."

Everyone immediately stopped in their tracks, their eyes all turning to look ahead.

Under the moonlight, a long trail appeared on the sand, as if left by some large creature crawling across it.

Turo's face instantly turned ugly, and he gripped the warhammer in his hand tightly.

"It's a desert venomous snake. They like to lie in ambush under the sand and wait for their prey to approach."