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Chapter 106: Fourth Soul Skill: Dark Night Sky
Everyone took turns meditating and cultivating, not because they expected to make a breakthrough in soul power in such a short time, but mainly to relieve their mental fatigue.
After all, deep within the danger-ridden Star Dou Great Forest, even an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo like Zhang Lexuan had to keep her nerves taut at every moment.
The Mixed Zone of the Star Dou Great Forest was merely less dangerous than the core region in relative terms. No one could guarantee they would not encounter an exceptionally powerful soul beast and find themselves in peril.
Precisely because she had once endured such a heartbreaking experience herself, Zhang Lexuan, who had the highest cultivation among them, was more vigilant than anyone else.
After her conversation with Vina, Ma Xiaotao fell completely silent, slowly digesting the shock and impact those blunt words had dealt her.
One could only say that Shrek Academy had sheltered Ma Xiaotao too well. Exceptionally gifted at cultivation since childhood, she had been accepted as Yan Shaozhe's personal disciple. Aside from the evil fire that had tormented her in the past, she had scarcely had any other worries.
Though she had a fiery temper, the inner court's teachers and the elders of the Sea God Pavilion generally indulged her, regarding her and Zhang Lexuan as the academy's future.
All Ma Xiaotao needed to consider was how to improve her strength as quickly as possible and become one of the pillars protecting Shrek Academy.
Within her understanding of the world, she could not even imagine the weight of the responsibilities Vina bore as the princess of the Heaven Dou Empire and the current emperor's only daughter.
While Ma Xiaotao was still indulging her whims and throwing tantrums in the inner court,