Chapter 5653 Serpent Swarm
- Jared and Sylvia stirred awake on the blistering sand. The moment consciousness returned, pain slammed through their skulls as if a blacksmith's hammer had landed squarely between their eyes.
- When their vision cleared, an endless desert stretched to every horizon, wind screaming across the dunes and flinging needles of grit that stung their cheeks.
- Overhead, the sun blazed like a thousand knives, turning the world into a furnace where even the air shimmered under the merciless heat.