In that instant, the moonlight before him turned ghastly white as frost.
A familiar feeling washed over him, instantly enveloping the surroundings.
When Fu Qian looked again, the eyeball beneath the windowsill had vanished.
"We'd better hurry."
Selena was still standing beside him. Seeing that he seemed fine, she spoke quickly and without hesitation.
"Outside?"
Fu Qian looked her over. As expected of someone in her element, Selena seemed to be in even better shape.
Even the pair of familiar wing membranes had spread from her back. With her scarlet eyes, she looked both imposing and sinister.
"Yes, and we have at most ten hours."
Unable to bear Fu Qian's appreciative gaze as he regarded her unusual features, Selena took a deep breath, pulled a gleaming Pocket Watch from her clothes, and opened it to check the time.
A Supernatural Item... She really had prepared thoroughly.
"Because it'll be dawn in ten hours?"
Fu Qian asked casually as he mused over it.
"If it were that easy to lose its effect, would I have used it to set a trap for you?"
Selena shot Fu Qian an exasperated look. The next moment, her figure blurred, and she appeared in the shadows across from the bookstore.
"Ten hours because after that, I might not have the strength to break it from the inside."
This shadow-hopping really was convenient!
Without resorting to an over-the-top move like Blood Conquest, Fu Qian simply leaped through the bookstore's open door and landed beside Selena, bathing in the moonlight.
Based on his experience last time, being fully exposed to the moonlight or hiding in the shadows was no big deal. It was when the two alternated across his body that the restraints accumulated rapidly.
"We need to find the Moonlight Forest."
"A forest?"
Hearing the familiar