After these days of hunting, Xu Zhi had accumulated enough extraordinary energy. Extraordinary beings had no such thing as an "unstable foundation"—however much extraordinary energy you could consume was yours.
It was just that absorbing extraordinary energy from the air was terribly inefficient, cores were too expensive, and every extraordinary being had a daily limit on how much energy they could absorb. No one had ever possessed an appetite as bottomless as Xu Zhi's. Therefore, even here, the Named Ones' advancement had its limits.
Only Xu Zhi seemed like a starving wolf that could never be fed. Recently, the forest's atmosphere had become especially grim. Even in a place where information barely circulated, most people had somehow learned that an "indiscriminate" hunter had entered the area.
The moment they saw a woman accompanied by extraordinary creatures, they fled at once. This greatly reduced Xu Zhi's chances of encountering people over the past few days. Fortunately, she did not particularly need such prey for the time being.
She had already reached the threshold for coming into contact with [Rules]. Once she thoroughly understood and mastered them, she would no longer need to absorb ordinary extraordinary energy to improve herself. The power of rules was a more formidable extraordinary power, far greater than hunting in the forest. From now on, she only needed to seek out more rules.
Tonight was the time. She had made every possible preparation and would attempt to completely master this new power.
When night fell, Xu Zhi returned to Midnight. Since that day, the person who had touched the Everlasting Lamp hanging from her grave had never appeared again. Xu Zhi did not know what they were thinking, but after giving it some thought, she placed an apple beside the Everlasting Lamp.
Strangely enough, after leaving the