Chapter 48: The Labyrinth and the Moon Sha Beast

When the light dispersed, the three of them had already arrived in another place.

"Is this the labyrinth?" Zhu Zhuqing asked.

"It seems so," Zhou Yi replied.

Actually, while it was called a labyrinth, it was extremely similar to the forest they had just been in. The only thing that could be called a change was the moon; the moon here was very close to the ground, looking massive, as if it were within reach.

Zhou Yi observed his surroundings; in fact, he was certain they had arrived in a different space precisely because of the difference in the moon.

"Since it is a labyrinth, then flying into the sky to observe it is the simplest way to break it."

Saying this, Zhou Yi intended to use his first soul skill to fly into the sky.

"Hm? I can't use my soul skill?"

Hearing Zhou Yi's question, Zhu Zhuqing also hurriedly tested it, and sure enough, she could not use her soul skill either.

However, Zhou Yi remained calm and called out to Jin Ling: "Jin Ling, go up and take a look."

Upon hearing this, Jin Ling spread its wings to fly, but it could only fly to a height of fifty meters; any higher, and it seemed to be pulled by a strange gravitational force, making it impossible to fly higher. And fifty meters happened to be the height of the surrounding trees.

At the same time, Zhou Yi and Zhu Zhuqing also used a Flight Talisman to arrive at its side.

Zhou Yi nodded: "We have two pieces of information. One, we cannot use soul skills here; if we encounter those so-called Moon Sha Beasts, we can only use our physical bodies or other techniques to kill them."

"Two, this labyrinth restricts any form of flight, with a height limit of fifty meters, which is exactly the height of the surrounding trees. In this way, we cannot glimpse the full picture of the labyrinth."

Zhu Zhuqing also added a point: "And the moon; the state of the moon is different from what we usually see in the outside world, and since it is called the Moon God Labyrinth, the moon might be the key to breaking the situation."

"Hmm, since the Moon God won't let us take shortcuts, let's go down and walk around for now. I am actually quite interested in the Moon Sha Beasts."

After speaking, the group returned to the ground and began to walk in a random direction, observing their surroundings as they went.

As they walked, the two people and one bird suddenly discovered movement ahead.

The corners of Zhou Yi's mouth curled up: "Let me see what these so-called Moon Sha Beasts actually are."

Saying this, he drew the precious sword at his waist and simultaneously took a gorgeous long spear from the Angel Wings to hand to Zhu Zhuqing.

"Zhuqing, since you are the successor of the Moon God, you must get used to long-handled weapons early. Do you remember the Lamp Staff in the hands of the Moon God statue? That Lamp Staff must be a divine artifact; you will get it sooner or later, so it's good to get familiar with it now."

Come to think of it, this long spear was something Zhou Yi had made for himself; he also planned to learn spear techniques in the future.

"Mm." Zhu Zhuqing also took it solemnly.

Then Zhou Yi raised his long sword and swept it horizontally forward; in an instant, the Grass that was concealing several Moon Sha Beasts turned directly into fragments. The group finally saw the true form of the Moon Sha Beasts.

Their bodies were black, filled with baleful energy, with purple pupils; they looked like tigers and leopards, yet also like lions, with a mane around their necks, but their tails were like python tails, and only their foreheads bore a silver-white crescent-shaped mark. The sizes of the several Moon Sha Beasts were uneven, but not by much, all being around two meters tall.

"Let me try first." Before Zhu Zhuqing could react, Zhou Yi had already used Harmony with Light and Dust to teleport behind them and finished them off with a few sword strikes.

Come to think of it, through Gu Rong's guidance over the past year, Zhou Yi could now fully execute the Daoist Heart Method Harmony with Light and Dust independently without needing the trickery of his first or second soul skills; this was also the reason why he could still teleport even when he could not use soul skills.

Following Zhou Yi's kill, the four Moon Sha Beasts turned into four strands of pure energy, a mixture of Moon Essence and Moon Spirit Energy, which were absorbed into Zhou Yi's body. Not even their corpses remained.

He directly released his martial soul, and his yellow, purple, and black Soul Rings floated up and down. The four strands of energy were evenly distributed to each Soul Ring; although the second and third Soul Rings were not obvious, the first Soul Ring had a clear change, and Zhou Yi could feel that the age of his first Soul Ring had increased by forty years.

At the same time, his own soul power had also improved, but the increase was not very obvious.

Zhu Zhuqing and Jin Ling also came over to take a look.

Zhou Yi told them about his discovery just now.

After hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing was also very pleasantly surprised. She had never known that a Spirit Master's Soul Ring age could be increased, let alone that it could also improve soul power. Since this was the case, they had to kill as many Moon Sha Beasts as possible within a month.

"A-Yi, how is their strength?" Zhu Zhuqing asked the question she was most concerned about.

"The strength of the two-meter-tall Moon Sha Beasts like the ones just now is equivalent to an ordinary low-level Soul Elder. After you activate your martial soul, you should be able to handle one against two, but facing three at the same time would be difficult for you. However, don't worry, you can use Talismans to assist, which will make it much easier. Moreover, they can't even be called living beings; they don't even leave corpses behind after death. I suspect they are Moon Sha Beasts formed by the combination of baleful energy and Moon Essence energy."

Zhu Zhuqing nodded, and the group continued to search around. Before long, they discovered five more, but this time Zhou Yi did not make a move; he left three to Jin Ling and two to Zhuqing.

After Zhu Zhuqing activated her martial soul, she quickly killed one with her claws, and then immediately began to fight with the long spear. However, she had never learned it after all, so she used it very clumsily; after a few strikes, she put it away and directly killed the remaining one.

Seeing this, Zhou Yi comforted her: "The top priority now is to try our best to search for Moon Sha Beasts to improve our Soul Rings; everything else can only be practiced later."

On the other side, Jin Ling also eliminated them. It was also very happy; it turned out that the benefit for Jin Ling was an increase in soul power cultivation. Just now, it had increased its soul power cultivation by three thousand years.

Since this was the case, they were no longer in a hurry to break the labyrinth and instead searched everywhere for Moon Sha Beasts.

However, Zhou Yi kept observing the environment and the changes in the sky.

This forest seemed to be in a state of perpetual night. Although the two did not keep track of time, they could know through the assessment marks in their minds that five days had already passed.

During these five days, they ate fruits from the forest when hungry and drank spring water from the lake when thirsty. Yes, this forest had both fruit trees and a lakeside, and it must be said that fruit without Soul Beasts or insects was quite refreshing and juicy, and the lake water was clear and sweet. As for the Moon Sha Beasts, they couldn't even be considered life.

In these five days, the two people and one bird took turns keeping watch when sleepy, and searched everywhere when awake. Among them, Zhu Zhuqing killed thirty, and her second Soul Ring turned purple; as for Zhou Yi, he killed fifty-nine, and his first Soul Ring also turned purple; while Jin Ling killed thirty-five, and its soul power cultivation increased by three thousand five hundred years.

On this day, they finally stopped their steps to rest temporarily, because they had returned to the original place; the sword marks on the tree proved that this was where they had stayed at the beginning.

Zhu Zhuqing took advantage of the rest to start frowning and analyzing.

Zhou Yi was also organizing the existing clues. Before long, the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, clearly knowing the method to break the labyrinth. He said to Zhuqing:

"Zhuqing, do you know the eight forms of the moon?"