"If we poison the Spirit Quality Generator alone, it’s likely to alert the Vine Monsters, so we need to find another method. But, how should we proceed?"
Dou Yanlan knitted her brows and looked up at the sky. At this moment, Tan Xueluo recalled something and said,
"I remember earlier in the forest, we seemed to have seen several Moonlight Dense Trees. If those things don’t hide the passage to the next area, could they be related to what we’re looking for?"
"Moonlight Dense Tree? What is that?"
Not only were Zhang Cheng and the others unfamiliar with this, but even Dou Yanlan hadn’t heard of it. However, she seemed to have read some related information? Just as Dou Yanlan tried to recall, Tan Xueluo said,
"That thing is rather obscure. I also came across its information while searching through folklore classifications. It is said that these trees reveal hidden special areas at night and are used as special protective plants. But as for the specifics, I’m not clear because I’ve never seen this plant in the real world."
"Trees used to hide secrets? And they only reveal these secrets at night?"
Looking up at the blue sky, Dou Yanlan seemed thoughtful. She glanced at the Little Husky snuggling with Xiao Ji, thinking that if such strange plants existed, Фэн Юань would surely know. She just needed to wait for him to wake up and ask,
However, if that were true, there would also be an unexplained issue: how was the academy so sure that one of their Духовные звери could grasp the Starry Night Skill?
Unlike ordinary celestial skills, Starry Night also belongs to the celestial type but doesn’t cater to most people’s needs. After all, the skill’s effect is to forcibly transform an area into a night sky-shrouded environment, which has little significance for most Особый приёмов.
For most Духовные звери, whether or not they are under the night sky makes little difference. As for the dim environment affecting vision? Духовные звери generally have the ability to sense with spiritual power, so the mere impact on night vision isn’t significant for them.
It’s precisely because of this that most people’s Духовные звери don’t specifically learn this move, and the Духовные звери that can naturally understand it are quite rare. To be honest, even Wu Dingwu’s Духовный зверь mastering this skill surprised her a bit.
To use such a rare skill as one of the major key points, is there... a problem?
However, Dou Yanlan couldn’t think of any other possibility at the moment, and with some time before morning, even if they wanted to know what changes might happen in the dense forest at night, they couldn’t act immediately.
Awakened by the noise, Фэн Юань reverted to his original form, rubbed his eyes, and saw that everyone was busy preparing breakfast. Фэн Юань couldn’t help but yawn,
The ingredients everyone collected in the kitchen area earlier still had leftovers, saving everyone from munching on portable dry food.
Xiao Ji was startled by Фэн Юань’s movement, glanced at him, barked once, and closed its eyes again. Compared to Фэн Юань, who had always been resting, Xiao Ji, after three intense battles, still hadn’t fully recovered despite resting for a while.
Yawning, Фэн Юань looked at Ци Чэнь and the others and asked,
"You guys are up this early?"
"Today, we need to resolve this area, and preferably make our way close to the endpoint. We don’t have much time left."
Ци Чэнь glanced at Фэн Юань helplessly and said, being unable to say much about the leisurely manner of this guy. After all, the happenings here didn’t really concern him much. Stretching lazily, Фэн Юань looked around and said,
"Is everyone up already? Seriously, you guys missed a breach while just watching the defense line."
Recalling last night when he got up for a shift and saw the vine snakes already breaking through the defense line from underground, Фэн Юань felt helpless. Ци Чэнь and the others were too engrossed in their discussion, completely forgetting their duty. Luckily, he got up in time to notice those things; otherwise, it would’ve caused quite a mess again.
Scratching his head, Ци Чэнь smiled awkwardly, unsure how to defend himself. Sighing, Фэн Юань said helplessly,
"Alright, are you planning to switch from day to night now? Though using the skill isn’t impossible, I was about to mention that hadn’t you considered there might be a switch on the wall specifically for toggling between day and night?"
Seeing them so engrossed at that time, Фэн Юань naturally became curious about what they were discussing. However, regarding Dou Yanlan’s mentioned question, Фэн Юань felt the academy might not have considered the Starry Night skill in their design and instead had set up a special switch.
After all, if they can arrange for the day, there’s no reason they can’t do the night as well. Besides, there’s no automatic switch; there must be a particular reason they had to set it up this way.
Knowing now that it’s related to the Moonlight Dense Trees, the existence of a switch doesn’t sound too strange. Without that device, they would be dumbfounded without the corresponding skill, right?
"There’s a switch that switches between day and night on the wall?"
Scratching his head, Ци Чэнь looked at Фэн Юань curiously. Could this thing switch on and off like a light switch?
"There should be, otherwise the limitation is too great. I don’t believe they would completely know all students’ Духовные звери and the skills they’ve mastered, especially since Wu Dingwu’s Grey Corner only has the conditions to learn it, but mastering it is another matter. After all, it’s not a skill it can naturally learn."
Glancing at Wu Dingwu, Фэн Юань remarked casually, as to why Grey Corner mastered it, only Wu Dingwu himself would know since, in normal circumstances, such a skill wouldn’t be used.
"Heh heh, don’t you think the starry night sky is especially pure and beautiful, fitting perfectly as a setting for confessions? I had Grey Corner practice for two weeks during summer break to master it~"
Hearing Фэн Юань talking about him, Wu Dingwu said proudly. Stunned for a moment, Ци Чэнь looked at Wu Dingwu and then at the Grey Corner behind him, asking,
"You had it learn this skill for that?"
"What else? Though Starry Night belongs to the Mystic Series, its effect isn’t as good as a fog-related skill. If not for that point, I wouldn’t have spent the time for Grey Corner to learn this skill."
With a pout, Wu Dingwu confidently stated, as for using it in battle? Forget it, the skills it can amplify are limited. Whether it amplifies the skills of Призрак Series Духовные звери?
The Призрак Series has its own eerie ghost fog and other celestial skills, completely not needing this one.
"Beautiful? The starry sky of the Starry Night Skill doesn’t seem too special."
Touching his chin, Фэн Юань thought and said he didn’t know much about this skill, after all, it’s a relatively uncommon celestial skill. Most people wouldn’t have their Укротитель зверей learn it, except Wu Dingwu for some odd reason had Grey Corner learn this special skill.
"Anyway, you’ll see soon~"
Chuckling, Wu Dingwu didn’t explain further. Glancing at the opposite party, Фэн Юань didn’t say much either. If it were truly about the starry sky, perhaps Najia summoned by Yang Hongzhi is the truly dazzling beauty, after all, that’s within his Domain Authority.
"All are ready now, even if something unexpected happens, nothing’s likely to go wrong in a short time."
Looking at the reinforced ground, Zhang Cheng said, as everyone was ready to act at any moment. Seeing everyone looking at him, Wu Dingwu immediately directed Grey Corner to use the Starry Night Skill.
The blue sky gradually vanished, replaced by an ink-black night sky veiling the earth. The entire plant zone dimmed in an instant. At this moment, stars began to light up, coating the area with starlight as the full moon rose. The darkness faded, enabling everyone to see their surroundings again. However, compared to the dense forest under the blue sky, the forest at this moment seemed to boil in a clamor.
The sound of vines beating was incessant, occasionally the sound of trees breaking could be heard. Even without stepping into the dense forest, everyone could guess the wild scene inside the forest zone.
"Is this what the forest is like at night? Isn’t it just too... terrifying..."
One student couldn’t help but whisper, and many others agreed with his assessment. This fearsome assault was several times stronger compared to the daytime. Dou Yanlan stroked her chin and said,
"Very strange, the reaction of these things... is a bit too intense?"

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