91: Dark Soul Grass

Under Snow Feather's bright and conspicuous illumination, the main group steadily explored forward.

They headed towards the direction where the Bloodthirsty Bats had fled.

Lin Shu was a little regretful that they didn't encounter any attacks along the way.

Just then, Black Night suddenly flapped its four wings, an excited expression on its face, and transmitted a message to Lin Shu.

"You sense the aura of dark energy? There's something good ahead?"

Lin Shu then let Black Night lead the way, and Black Night charged ahead.

The main group followed closely behind.

Ahead was a small-to-medium-sized dirt mound, its outline faintly visible under the dim moonlight.

On it were several plants resembling medicinal herbs, scattered disorderly around.

The plants were entirely dark, with slender and flexible leaves, and at their center was a blooming,quietblue flower.

Black Night slowly descended, stooping down to carefully observe the peculiar plant.

The abundant dark-attribute energy within it attracted him.

Seeing this, Lin Shu realized that they had stumbled upon spiritual objects, but he couldn't identify what kind of spiritual objects they were.

He was somewhat surprised that Black Night actually had a hidden treasure-hunting function.

At this moment, Xu Lihuang spoke up.

"This is Dark Soul Grass, a third-tier dark-attribute spiritual object."

"This Black Night is really amazing, being able to sense it from such a distance."

Fortunately, he had also attended university and studied this kind of knowledge, so he naturally knew about Dark Soul Grass.

Black Night's keen sensory ability also astonished him.

Lin Shu realized that this ability was probably a characteristic that came with its evolution.

Hearing the praise, Black Night puffed out its chest, proud of himself.

"Teacher Xu, are there any special considerations for harvesting it?"

Regarding Lin Shu's question, Xu Lihuang shook his head; harvesting this low-tier spiritual object didn't require much effort.

"Just pull it up directly."

"The energy is mostly stored in the flower at the top."

"Understood, Black Night, Earth Saturn, Ziyu, go!"

"Collect all the Dark Soul Grass ahead."

At Lin Shu's command, the three little ones began to gather the spiritual objects.

This newly formed Otherworld was indeed full of treasures.

Although he wasn't currently lacking spiritual objects, who would ever complain about having too much money?

In a short while, all more than ten stalks of Dark Soul Grass were pulled up by their roots and handed to Lin Shu.

Just as he was about to give half to Xu Lihuang, the latter waved his hand and said,

"No need to give it to me."

"You keep it yourself."

"The effect of spiritual objects of this tier is already not significant for Mandra."

Seeing this, Lin Shu didn't say much more and stored all the Dark Soul Grass in his spatial ring.

Every little bit helps.

Black Night, however, did not stop, but continued to stride forward.

Clearly, there were still many good things ahead.

Following Black Night's footsteps, a basin appeared before them.

The bottom was filled with Dark Soul Grass swaying in the wind, emitting aquietblue ripple in this quiet, dim scene.

Just as Black Night was about to directly reach out and collect it, an urgent, sharp screeching sound came again.

A dense swarm of Bloodthirsty Bats flew together, like a black cloth, circling above the patch of Dark Soul Grass.

They seemed to be desperately guarding their treasure.

This was their lair, and these hateful outsiders had actually tracked them here!

They no longer avoided or fled, but instead charged forward with rapid speed, Ramming like a flowing dark torrent,

Vowing to protect that patch of Dark Soul Grass.

Lin Shu couldn't help but smile at the sight; buy one, get one free, double happiness!

Black Night, far from being startled, was instead delighted, raising the large saber in his hand high and slashing at the Bloodthirsty Bat swarm charging head-on.

They continuously bit at Black Night's carapace with their sharp teeth.

However, their attack power was far too weak to break Black Night's defense; the hard carapace instantly caused those biting teeth to shatter into pieces.

The Bloodthirsty Bats let out wails and howls.

Black Night, on the other hand, served up several Blade Qi Strikes, which was giving them enough face.

The battle was ultimately one-sided; in just a few minutes, all those Bloodthirsty Bats who had fought to the death fell to the ground, lifeless.

He gained a total of 242 proficiency points, which secretly thrilled Lin Shu, making him exclaim that this was truly his blessed land.

However, the guardians of this Dark Soul Grass were not just the Bloodthirsty Bats; from the shadows, rustling sounds emerged.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a group of scorpions on the ground, menacingly attacking.

They waved their sharp pincers and raised their venomous tails, fiercely attacking Black Night.

Streaks of intensely toxic purple liquid sprayed out like dense raindrops.

Indiscriminately attacking this group of thieves in front of them, a golden light barrier blocked them, and the venom caused no ripples on its surface.

【Name】: Poisonous Dark Scorpion

【Level】: Lv12

【Level Cap】: Lv43

【Status】: Enraged

【Quality】: Elite

【Attributes】: Poison/Dark

【Talent】: None

【Skills】: Basic — Scorpion Sting - Minor Accomplishment (18/30) 丶 Ram - Minor Accomplishment (25/30)

Intermediate — Venom Spray - Minor Accomplishment (11/60)

Their strength far surpassed that of the Bloodthirsty Bats; it seemed these Poisonous Dark Scorpions were the true leaders.

They occupied this territory of Dark Soul Grass.

These toxins didn't seem highly aggressive, but there were too many of them, so they couldn't be underestimated.

"Poison-type effects are quite nasty, and they cause continuous damage, so there's no need to take risks."

Lin Shu reminded Black Night.

"Be careful not to get hit by the toxins!"

Black Night didn't respond but showed with his actions.

He instantly dodged the toxic rain attack; these few Poisonous Dark Scorpions were no match for him.

The only tricky part was their venom; their fragile carapaces were no match for the sharp blade glow.

The battle ended without even a sound, earning Lin Shu 232 proficiency points.

He then spent 272 proficiency points to raise Black Night to level 31, and also upgraded the Talent Void Walk to Minor Accomplishment, leaving a balance of 168 points.

The faint glow of leveling up caused Snow Feather and Xu Lihuang to be momentarily stunned and surprised.

What was happening? Leveling up just by fighting?

The little ones, however, paid no mind, harvesting the Dark Soul Grass scattered around and handing it to Lin Shu.

Xu Lihuang looked at the surrounding environment and the Dark Soul Grass everywhere, and something occurred to him.

"This area is very much like a spiritual plant field within the Otherworld."

"Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a large quantity of spiritual objects here."

Lin Shu had also learned about this.

So-called spiritual plant fields were treasure grounds specifically used by certain families within the Otherworld to cultivate spiritual objects.

They were used as evolution materials for their descendants or for sale.

Almost every Otherworld force of some scale would have such places.

After all, the quantity of wild spiritual objects was not stable enough, unlike cultivating their own.

"It's quite similar."

Lin Shu pocketed all the Dark Soul Grass, agreeing.

"It's almost certain. Let's continue forward."

"Perhaps Otherworld buildings will appear."

"This area is the interior of some Otherworld force."

Such an analysis was reasonable, bold, and meticulous.

Lin Shu grew somewhat expectant; besides the Trial Tower, he hadn't encountered anything else.

Subsequently, the main group began to accelerate their journey...