Thanks to their overall improvement in strength, climbing the tower posed little difficulty.
The simulated Star Dou Great Forest inside the Spirit Ascension Platform looked almost exactly like the real one. Soft humus sank slightly beneath their feet, carrying the damp scent of grass and trees.
Overhead, the canopy blotted out the sky and sun. Only scattered flecks of light slipped through the leaves onto moss-covered trunks. The air held the forest's distinctive smells—earth, rotting leaves, resin—and the faint, elusive scent of Soul Beasts somewhere in the distance. The trees around them were astonishingly thick, each requiring two or three people to encircle it. Vines and parasitic plants covered their trunks, and now and then, a small Soul Beast darted through the branches, leaving a blurred shadow behind.
The main thing was, Tang Wulin was still wondering whether to let Jinyu out. If he did... tch.
Forget it. He would let Jinyu amuse himself.
Tang Wulin was being especially cautious about everything. His Blue Silver Grass spread out behind the team, every blade creeping along the ground and sensing movement all around them. He did not take the initiative, rush to attack, or show off any techniques. He simply stood at the back, using the Blue Silver Grass to draw elements from the surrounding environment, convert them into Soul Power, and feed it to his teammates.
Those elements flowed back into his body through the Blue Silver Grass. After being refined by his Golden Dragon King Bloodline, they flowed outward again as purer, gentler Soul Power, pouring like stream water into the meridians of Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Yuanen Yehui, and Yue Zhengyu.
Gu Yue had already looked back at him several times.
The first time, her brows had drawn together slightly, a trace of confusion in her dark eyes.