After leaving the small town, Yin Kuang's group flew east at high speed for over half an hour. Just as they were about to enter the next city, Beidao signaled everyone to stop and descend into the deep mountains outside the city. The mountains were quiet and cold in the dead of night. With the trees so dense that not even moonlight could penetrate them, the darkness seemed all the deeper. Though it did not impair their vision, it brought an even heavier sense of psychological oppression.
The enormous, deathly pale Grudge from before—its stiff face and pitch-black eyes—still lingered in everyone's minds.
Beidao looked around and said, "Who has a spatial tent? We'll spend the night here." Xin Jingxuan said, "I have a spatial tent. It can fit eleven people, but I don't know whether it can block the Grudge's attacks." As she spoke, she took out an ordinary-looking camouflage tent and expertly set it up. Spatial tents were not cheap. Unless someone was particularly wealthy, few would spend their Study Points on one.
Luo Qiao could not help saying, "That Beidao guy, do we really have time to rest now? The Headmaster's mission is to survive, and we only have three days. It's easy to imagine that the Grudge's attacks will be extremely powerful and frequent. We should stay alert at all times."
Beidao said, "Senior is right. With our physical constitution, let alone going three days without sleep, even thirty days would be no big deal. But compared with physical endurance, our mental endurance is much more fragile. The Grudge's primary means of attack is psychological and spiritual assault. Keeping our nerves stretched tight for too long puts too much strain on the mind and gives the Grudge an opening." Since she was a senior, Beidao spent