As Yang Chang'an, Jin Li'er, Yang Wushuang, and Qianjun Douluo ventured deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, it wasn't long before they left the low-risk outermost region behind and entered the Mixed Zone.
Compared to the outskirts, the Soul Beasts here were stronger, too. Yang Chang'an hardly saw any less than a thousand years old.
Yang Chang'an and Jin Li'er hadn't been idle along the way, either. They fought practically every Soul Beast they encountered, turning the journey into a moving training ground. Whenever they ran into a stronger beast that was difficult to handle, they joined forces with tacit understanding and took it down together. If it was only a small Soul Beast under a hundred years old that posed little threat, they fought separately, honing their Martial Souls and combat skills.
After they had walked for a long while, Qianjun Douluo finally stopped. He turned to look at the panting Yang Chang'an and Jin Li'er behind him and waved a hand.
"All right, let's stop here and rest for now. We've been traveling all day, and you two have been fighting all day. Get a good night's rest, and we'll continue first thing tomorrow morning."
This distance was nothing to Qianjun Douluo and Yang Wushuang. They hadn't even broken a sweat. Yang Chang'an and Jin Li'er were different, however. After fighting from morning until evening, they had burned through most of their Soul Power, their stamina was nearly exhausted, and their faces showed traces of fatigue.
Hearing that they could rest, both breathed a sigh of relief and immediately stopped in a clean, level clearing.
With practiced ease, Yang Chang'an took a large pile of food prepared in advance from his Soul Tool: roasted meat, dry rations, fruit, and drinking water, enough to cover the ground. They