Chapter 74: 74 Photosynthesis

After a brief flash of white light, a white, fluffy object appeared in midair—it was the Scout.

And the moment it emerged, Lin Jun saw something extraordinary!

Three moons...

Beneath an indigo night sky hung three full moons.

A silver-blue moon hung in the eastern horizon, its surface rippling with ghostly light like ice cracks; a crimson moon "burned" in the low western sky, scorching the surrounding clouds to a charred yellow; the largest pale-gold moon was the most bizarre, not shining continuously but pulsing bright and dark with a breathing rhythm.

So this world actually has three moons!?

Gravity acted upon the Scout, but Lin Jun stood frozen in awe.

After a brief fall, a cloud of mycelial fragments exploded within the forest.

After a while, the Scout emerged from the shattered mycelial shell like a cicada shedding its skin.

【HP: 1021/1120】

It lost a bit of HP from the impact, but it was no big deal.

With 【Mycelial Reconstruction LV3】, this minor injury would heal in about ten minutes.

Lin Jun finally snapped out of his shock at the three moons hanging in the sky.

Choosing a time with few people to use the scroll, he never expected to witness such a scene.

Before, whether talking with Inanna or Dylan, whenever they mentioned night, they just said night; no one ever specifically mentioned these three moons.

Probably, for them, this was common knowledge, just as Lin Jun had subconsciously assumed there was only one moon.

Come to think of it, each of these three moons had its own characteristics, yet when their light mixed on the ground, it didn't appear colorful but looked no different from ordinary white light.

The Scout now found itself in a dense forest, completely devoid of any signs of human activity.

Lin Jun sensed the direction; it was south of the Amethyst Underground City.

No wonder there was no one here.

The entrance to the Underground City faced north, directly opposite Mute Wind Town.

To reach the south required a huge detour; naturally, no one would idly wander this way.

"Woo—"

The low growl of a beast came from the darkness.

So that's it; no people, so there are monsters...

One by one, Wind Wolves emerged from the forest, surrounding the Scout.

These predators with gray-white fur were now crouching low, prowling among the shrubs, their silver eyes reflecting the moonlight.

This area was probably their territory; with such a commotion from falling, it was inevitable they would welcome him so enthusiastically.

But... just these Wind Wolves around LV20?

Suddenly, a bladed tentacle of the Scout twitched; a Wind Wolf on the left, standing too close, didn't even have time to dodge before being split in half.

The scent of blood instantly provoked the wolf pack, growls rising and falling in waves.

Lin Jun felt no fear whatsoever.

These ordinary Wind Wolves would find it hard to even bite through the Scout's scales.

"Awooo—"

The wolf pack retreated to both sides like a tide; two Wind Wolf Kings, noticeably larger than their kin with glossy fur, walked out side by side.

Sharp wolf claws gleamed coldly in the moonlight, and wind blades gradually formed in their mouths.

Led by these two Wind Wolf Kings, they slowly closed in on the Scout.

Hmph!

Animal instincts aren't always accurate, it seems.

Two Wind Wolf Kings not even reaching level 40 dared to approach so recklessly.

Then let's get even closer.

Waving four bladed tentacles, the Scout strode forward on its short legs to meet them.

By the time Dylan finally arrived at the surface from the fifth floor, circled the Underground City entrance, and found the Scout, a full night had passed, and it was nearly noon the next day.

When he arrived, he saw a ground littered with wolf corpses that had long since bled dry.

And the Scout, Puji, was currently... cutting grass?

Lin Jun also noticed Dylan had arrived.

With a hook of a tentacle, he pulled the large backpack Dylan was carrying off his back.

Then he dumped everything inside out and stuffed the cut weeds in relentlessly.

"This... this is?"

Dylan was utterly confused.

Even stuffing Wind Wolf corpses inside, he could understand, but what was the point of stuffing weeds?

"Never mind, hurry and dump this whole bag of grass onto the mycelial mat on the first floor; it's of great use to us!"

Looking at the backpack stuffed to the brim.

Since the boss said so, Dylan could only hoist the pack and run back the way he came.

Lin Jun wasn't lying; these grasses were treasures!

Just like the 【Glow】 skill of the Firefly Grass.

These grasses possessed a skill named 【Photosynthesis】!

This skill had truly never been seen in the Underground City!

Lin Jun hadn't noticed at first, but after looking closely, he realized this Photosynthesis was not that Photosynthesis.

What it generated was actually Mana!

Dylan needed it desperately.

【Mana Storage】 could only let Dylan stop clutching potion bottles to drink at all times, allowing him to replenish his supply in one go.

But 【Photosynthesis】 was the true divine skill that could solve his stamina problem!

Come to think of it, does the light emitted by the Sun Stone count as sunlight?

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"Night Owl, what are you doing?"

The commotion caused by the Silver Thorn Squad drew the attention of many.

Although Night Owl's ability to move along shadows was miraculous, there were experts present who could see through her movement trajectory, including the knight squad leader who had been her target.

Facing the Diamond-class adventurer who suddenly charged, the knight squad leader remained utterly calm.

He gripped his knight sword with both hands, and brilliance shimmered on the blade's edge.

【Holy Strike LV8】

This adventurer who had suddenly charged was immediately judged as an enemy by the squad leader, so he held nothing back from the very first strike.

But Night Owl was no pushover.

She leaped out of the shadow in advance, crossing paths with the glowing longsword, sustaining only a shallow scratch on her arm.

"Night Owl!" x3

Behind her, Nova and the other two screamed, their hearts nearly jumping out of their chests.

This situation! This timing! What on earth is this lady trying to pull?

At this moment, Night Owl was oblivious to everything around her; after dodging the slash, she lunged forward and dove directly into the shadow beneath the squad leader.

This time, the squad leader finally felt a hint of panic; he turned back, intending to thrust his sword into the shadow.

But he found his longsword frozen in mid-air, unable to press down even a fraction further?

A massive claw formed of black mist had seized his knight sword.

The silver blade bent into a dangerous arc within the giant claw, and cracks rippled across the metal surface.

A grating screech suddenly rose as the claw tips closed, and the blade let out its final groan.

The blade, broken into three pieces, spun as it plunged into the mud, while the last fragment of the hilt still hummed in the knight's trembling hands.

After crushing the knight sword, the giant claw casually flicked.

The knight squad leader, whose entire body was still rigid, was smashed and sent flying, his life or death unknown.

And right there, a shadow demon over four meters tall, with darkness churning all around its body, appeared before everyone.

In its right claw, it still held an elf—Night Owl.

At this moment, Night Owl's appearance was utterly wretched.

A mere few seconds of combat within the shadow had caused her right hand to vanish.

Her remaining left hand pressed futilely against the shadow demon's claw, yet it could not move it a fraction.

The shadow demon glanced irritably at the creature in its hand that was ruining his plans—he could have waited for a better opportunity!

Under normal circumstances, he would have taken this elf back to torture to death, but now, there was a mission that had to be completed with priority.

Flinging Night Owl toward the crowd charging from behind, the shadow demon transformed into a thick mist and lunged straight at the summoning array already blazing with sky-piercing light.

In its center, a human figure was vaguely visible!

(End of this chapter)