Moon Phase Changes, Sky Like a Scroll

Curse Arrow.

Its lethality wasn't high, but it carried powerful negative effects.

Moreover, in most cases, it could directly penetrate the enemy's outer defenses.

Even tough exteriors would be directly permeated into the body, causing a curse.

It had the same effect on armor; even when wearing armor, it would seep through, contact the skin, and form a curse.

And once the curse took effect...

Rumble--

A dull, heavy sound echoed, and the Hammer-tail Horned Bull's four legs buckled to the ground.

The Charge Pillar, which had already been inserted into its body, went even deeper.

It had lost most of its strength.

Izpalut's evaluation of the Curse Arrow was that its potent weakening effect could render a second-tier Warrior as helpless as an infant.

Its defense-softening effect could make the flesh and blood of a second-tier Defender as easily pierced as a sponge.

It seemed...

It still had a miraculous effect on third-tier Demonic Beasts.

Heavy Wall obstruction, Charge Pillar's first wave of offense, Curse Arrow weakening.

After one round of spells.

The Hammer-tail Horned Bull was already critically wounded, only able to kneel on the ground and await death.

The rest was much easier.

Lu Cang had no inclination to torture Demonic Beasts he had no quarrel with. The Ice Shuttle slid along the ground.

It circled around to the underside of the Hammer-tail Horned Bull's belly, which was propped up by the Charge Pillar!

Bang!

Bang-bang-bang-bang-bang--

The cold ice pierced its body, causing countless internal damages.

Soon, the Hammer-tail Horned Bull completely lost all movement.

It was utterly devoid of life.

After killing it.

Lu Cang looked at its corpse and pondered for a moment.

Hmm...

It seemed third-tier Lord-class Demonic Beasts weren't that strong.

With his current strength, he could indeed kill them with ease.

However, he wondered what the strength of King-tier Demonic Beasts would be.

The strongest in second-tier dungeons were Lord-class, usually serving as the final BOSS.

Very few second-tier dungeons had dual Lords.

By the time one reached third-tier dungeons, Lord-class might not be the strongest.

There was a very small chance of encountering King-tier Demonic Beasts, and it was rumored that about thirty percent of adventurer teams composed of Level 3 adventurers would be completely wiped out when encountering King-tier Demonic Beasts of the same tier.

The remaining seventy percent that weren't wiped out likely had members sacrificed...

This seventy percent didn't mean they defeated the King-tier Demonic Beasts.

It meant they escaped.

Only a very small number of Level 3 adventurer teams, not included in the statistics, could face third-tier King-tier Demonic Beasts directly and defeat them.

Lu Cang glanced at his palm.

Now that he had verified his strength to "relatively easily" defeat third-tier Lord Demonic Beasts, it meant he could handle third-tier dungeons with relative ease.

Zhou Er returned with the spoils.

15 gold.

A surprising profit... he didn't know whether to call it unexpected or expected.

Unexpected was that the value of third-tier Lords, as seen in books, should be around 3-4 gold after harvesting.

Expected was that it was Harvest Moon now, so more gains were natural.

However, it was surprisingly much more...

The value of the harvest was 4-5 times more than usual.

Zhou Er exclaimed with emotion, "This year's Harvest Moon feels like it's yielded a lot more than previous years."

Lu Cang asked with slight curiosity, "Wasn't it like this in previous years?"

Zhou Er shook his head and replied, "At least Rhein Town isn't like this. Even in previous years when the harvest increased, we wouldn't often get several times the profit."

"Most of the time, a fifty percent increase in harvest is considered normal."

"Meaning... this third-tier Demonic Beast should have only yielded about 6 gold."

6 gold.

It was indeed a far cry from 15 gold.

Zhou Er rubbed the back of his head, "But today..."

"Is it because it's the beginning of the month?"

Lu Cang seemed to recall something Kumiloni and the others had said when they left.

"The beginning of a Moon Phase's change is the moment of strongest influence..."

Zhou Er: "Right, right!"

"That's probably the reason."

"This year's harvest is exceptionally abundant. I wonder if Lord Yakartikto himself has descended upon the world..."

Lu Cang tilted his head and asked doubtfully, "Descended personally?"

The book didn't mention that.

Oh, it might not be that it wasn't written, perhaps he just hadn't seen that part.

After all, this world was too different from Earth. Lu Cang couldn't possibly read through all the common knowledge in a short time.

There were bound to be things he hadn't seen yet.

Regarding Moon Phases, Lu Cang indeed had many things he didn't understand...

At the time, he was worried about exposing his lack of common knowledge, so he didn't ask many questions.

Afterwards, through indirect inquiries, he discovered that...

Many people in this world... might not truly understand it either.

Furthermore, the cultural differences between different continents were vast. With his identity as someone who had transmigrated from an obscure, unknown country, he actually didn't need to worry about being suspected.

To be frank... even if Lu Cang publicly stated he had transmigrated from China on Earth.

These people would probably just assume Earth was the name of some region on one of this world's continents.

Heh... he didn't know what he was being so wary of.

However, out of principle for safety, Lu Cang still didn't easily reveal his information.

Zhou Er gazed at the sky. The sun was gradually setting in the west.

But the sky today was exceptionally different from previous sunsets.

In the past, sunset was just the sun falling.

But today's sunset was the entire sky falling.

Following Zhou Er's gaze, Lu Cang finally noticed the entire sky stretching like a canvas. Everything in the sky was frozen, moving towards the west, gradually disappearing beyond the mountain range.

The stars and moon, along with the eastern scenery, were being pulled out. The positions of the stars were as still as a painting, merely shifting with the movement of the sky.

This was a grand spectacle.

Jidi poked her head out from the carriage: "Scroll Painting: Stars Shift, Sky Moves."

"This is a unique celestial phenomenon when Yakartikto presides over the Moon Phase. This phenomenon lasts for an entire month, and it's my favorite celestial phenomenon of the year."

Celestial phenomena.

With the change of the Moon Phase presiding over the month, different changes would occur.

The celestial phenomenon when Yakartikto presided over the Moon Phase was the entire sky moving like a scroll painting, as if an infinitely long scroll was constantly unfurling.

Zhou Er looked up at the sky with admiration, "I've heard that during the month belonging to the Moon Phase, they might personally descend upon the world to observe human affairs."

Lu Cang couldn't help but ask, "Is this just a legend, or does it actually happen?"

Zhou Er chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Who knows?"

"I'm only twenty-eight years old, having lived only twenty-eight years, and I've never seen a true god."

"But if a legend has been passed down, it shouldn't be false."