142: Chapter 142 Returning to Wan Tai Lin

"Strange."

Nie Ning mumbled softly, bringing the necklace to his eyes to take a look, and suddenly discovered some small black dots inside the gemstone.

Seeing this, Nie Ning subconsciously used his Spiritual Power, wanting to see if those black dots were impurities.

But just then, the gemstone on the necklace emitted yellow, green, and blue light, which then transformed into a thin line shooting into the distance.

At this moment, Nie Ning was somewhat bewildered.

Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the small black dots inside the necklace were actually runes!

The three-colored light shone on the wall to the southeast; Nie Ning's Spiritual Power swept over the wall, but there was nothing special there.

After thinking for a moment, Nie Ning went out to the corridor, and the three-colored light still shot towards the distance.

"Wantai Forest..."

Nie Ning frowned as he looked ahead into the distance.

He thought of that group of assassins; they had been looking for a certain item back then.

And Lilith was neither a wizard nor a knight, so her own Spiritual Power was insufficient to activate this necklace.

"Then where did this necklace come from?"

However, one thing was certain: this necklace definitely wasn't hidden by Lilith.

Otherwise, she would have at least used a small box to store it, rather than just casually tossing it into a rat hole.

It was estimated that a rat had carried the necklace away.

And because of this, those assassins hadn't found the necklace.

Now, Nie Ning was even more curious about where this necklace pointed and what would be there.

Could it be treasure?

Thinking of this, Nie Ning's eyes lit up, and he instantly became energized.

But the direction indicated by the necklace seemed very far; if it exceeded the range of Wantai Forest, then he would need to plan carefully.

He had to protect Lilith's safety while also ensuring that Ska City could timely stop any Corruptors when they appeared.

Suddenly, Nie Ning's ears twitched.

Hearing someone coming upstairs, Nie Ning retracted his Spiritual Power, and the necklace returned to its original appearance.

"Hmm?"

As soon as Lilith came upstairs, she saw the necklace in Nie Ning's hand.

She immediately trotted over to Nie Ning's side and took back the necklace, asking with a look of pleasant surprise, "Where did you find this necklace?"

Seeing Nie Ning's dazed expression, Lilith then remembered that Nie Ning couldn't hear, so she began to ask using sign language.

Nie Ning pointed to the rat hole behind the dressing table.

Lilith showed a look of sudden realization: "No wonder I could never find it; it made me afraid to tell Bunir that I had lost it."

Hearing this, a flash of ruthlessness crossed Nie Ning's eyes.

It really was that damn guy!

Knowing full well that there was something wrong with this item, he still dared to give it to Lilith.

'That bastard. Once my strength is a bit greater, I'll definitely show him why the flowers are so red!'

Lilith looked at the necklace and felt secretly sorrowful, then showed a hesitant and conflicted expression.

Finally, as if making up her mind, she handed the necklace to Nie Ning and indicated with sign language: 'Keep the necklace with you for now, and don't tell anyone about it.'

Nie Ning looked at the necklace in his hand with quite some surprise.

Just a moment ago, he was thinking about how to trick her into giving him the item, but he didn't expect Lilith to hand it directly to him.

Lilith obviously knew it wasn't safe to keep it on herself.

Even so, she was unwilling to give the necklace away, which showed that Lilith really liked Bunir.

On the other hand, Bunir did things without considering the consequences.

Normally, Bunir seemed alright—gentle, refined, and very much a gentleman—but at critical moments, he always gave off the impression that his brain wasn't quite working.

Nie Ning didn't know if Bunir was too unlucky or if there really was something wrong with his head; regardless, his recent performance was indeed unsatisfactory.

However, no assassins had come for a long time, which was a bit strange.

Did they think the item wasn't on Lilith?

Perhaps it was related to Bunir leaving Ska City?

Or perhaps his current strength had intimidated those assassins?

...

The next day, evening.

Wantai Forest.

Nie Ning held the necklace, his gaze fixed in the direction the three-colored light was shining.

He wasn't sure where the necklace pointed yet, so Nie Ning prepared to explore first.

If it was beyond the central area of Wantai Forest, then he probably wouldn't enter Wantai Forest again in the short term.

Without much delay, the Ice Wings spread out behind Nie Ning, and he charged into the forest like a streak of light.

It had to be said that the Ice Blue Wing Technique was truly useful.

If he were to rank his skills, the Ice Blue Wing Technique had already surpassed his Eight-Fold Fusion Skill, at least in terms of practicality.

Unlike the Eight-Fold Element Fusion Technique, which required high mana reserves, extreme control over the elements, and pure Spiritual Power.

Lacking any of these could lead to serious consequences when performing the magic.

Moreover, it could only be used at critical moments; that alone made it incomparable to the Ice Blue Wing Technique.

...

After spending nearly twenty minutes, Nie Ning arrived above the ruins of the Blood Flame Knights Association.

During his first two entries into Wantai Forest, he hadn't come here because the directions were different.

After a bit of thought, Nie Ning stopped to enter the ruins and check if the concentration of Power of Corruption here had changed.

Although he was being overly cautious, it was better than a Corruptor suddenly popping up one day.

While checking, Nie Ning didn't forget to look for any missed equipment.

He had been quite poor lately; since no one was here anyway, no one would notice if he picked up some trash, so it wouldn't damage his reputation.

After checking that everything was normal, Nie Ning didn't stay long and vanished into the air again, flying towards the distance.

But just as Nie Ning's attention was drawn by the light emitted from the necklace, a sudden sound of breaking air rang out behind him.

Nie Ning's reaction was very fast; he instantly turned around and built an ice wall in front of him.

At that moment, a huge black shadow charged over.

In an instant, the ice wall shattered, and Nie Ning was sent flying by a massive impact, his body falling uncontrollably toward the forest below.

'Bang!'

Dust rose from the ground, and a large crater was smashed into the earth.

"What's the situation?!"

Nie Ning touched his chest; three huge bloodstains were deep enough to see the bone.

One had to know that his current constitution wasn't weak; even ordinary first-tier wizards would find it hard to cause him harm, let alone such a bone-deep wound.

Looking up into the sky, under his amber pupils, a black shadow circled above the heavens, seemingly some kind of avian exotic beast.

However, because the distance was too great and the sky was too dark, Nie Ning couldn't identify exactly which kind of exotic beast it was.

And...

There were such strong flying exotic beasts in Wantai Forest?

Just then, the black shadow in the sky charged down at high speed, attacking Nie Ning on the ground.

Seeing the situation was not right, Nie Ning summoned his Ice Wings again and dove straight into the forest.

The sound of howling wind echoed in Nie Ning's ears.

Nie Ning turned his head to look at the sky; the black shadow had already reached the space above him, and now he could clearly see the appearance of the exotic beast.

"Damn it! Where did such a huge Ethereal Claw-Rending Eagle come from!"