The sudden mechanical voice brought Xiao Fan's advancing figure to a halt.
"Moon's Sorrow..."
Hearing the mission's name, Xiao Fan's thoughts returned to the Black-Corner Region, to the first time he had met Yue Yao.
That had been during the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, when he had first entered the Inner Academy.
Yet ever since the mission had triggered, there had been no progress. Even after he had broken through and accepted missions, this one had remained utterly silent, as though it had vanished.
Xiao Fan had never expected that after he entered the Spirit Clan's Holy City, "Moon's Sorrow" would trigger again.
[Moon's Sorrow, mission rewards: High-grade Earth-tier Dou Technique, Moon Shadow (prerequisite skill for a Heaven-tier Dou Technique); 500 Dou Qi Points, 7,000 Source Coins.]
Looking at the familiar mission rewards, Xiao Fan recalled how the astonishing reward of 500 Dou Qi Points had left him with such a deep impression of Yue Yao.
Back then, his strength had only been at the Dou Shi stage. Now, looking back, he already stood at the pinnacle of the entire Dou Qi Continent.
"Moon Shadow..."
Xiao Fan studied Moon Shadow among the mission rewards.
There had been no parenthetical description calling it a prerequisite skill for a Heaven-tier Dou Technique before. Presumably, that had only become visible now.
"Hmph! Whatever the reason, I won't let this end in tragedy!"
Xiao Fan clenched his fists tightly, then stopped dwelling on the system mission. Suppressing his aura, he gradually approached the place where the moonlight descended.
However, once he had advanced a certain distance, Xiao Fan stopped.
It was not that he did not want to continue, but that the terrain ahead was extremely dangerous for him.
Xiao Fan hid around the corner of a building and gazed into the