"Yes, the three roads have different focuses."
Night Spirit Liya responded.
"The Moon Path, aside from potential weaknesses in the first and second tiers, has almost no weaknesses in later battles. It excels in attack, defense, speed, and so on, but its primary focus is actually on attack."
"The Shadow path excels in stealth and reconnaissance. In terms of combat, it's just as strong, only it's not good at head-on confrontations with enemies."
"This wooden road, hmm..."
"What's wrong?" Shen Heng asked.
"In truth, the path of wood, strictly speaking, is where our Night Spirit Clan truly excels," Night Spirit Liya said. "After all, we guard His Majesty Nordrassil. Even though His Majesty doesn't wield Authority over wood, the strength of its branches far surpasses that of any Eighth Tier Calamity Beast. Through prayers to His Majesty Nordrassil, we can maximize the strength of the wood we control."
"And then?" Shen Heng asked.
Qin Yu listened silently from the side. She had already heard about these things when she was choosing her path.
"Well, and then, this consumes quite a bit of Origin Power!" Night Spirit Liya clicked her tongue, seemingly a little regretful.
"An attack of equal power requires significantly more Origin Power than the path of the Moon, which makes it impossible for them to sustain a prolonged battle! This is especially true when encountering some tough-skinned Calamity Beast, making them even more difficult to defeat!"
"Of course, they are still very strong. At least among Calamity Beast of the same level, not many can defeat our clan members who follow the 'wood' path!"
Shen Heng nodded slightly, raised his gaze, glanced at Qin Yu, and asked:
"So, you're on the path of shadow?"
"Uh, are you asking me?" Night Spirit Liya asked.
"Hmm." Shen Heng nodded.
"Mmm!" Night Spirit Liya responded, then raised her voice slightly as she said...
"Don't be fooled by the fact that Shadow doesn't seem to be very good at combat. That's only in comparison to the 'Moon' and 'Wood' paths. In fact, it's just as strong in combat!"
"And they can fight if they want, and run away if they don't, which gives them a lot more freedom than the other two!"
"The only truly unsolvable problem might be that it's difficult to fight when facing a large number of enemies."
"After all, we can't fight head-on. We can use a flanking maneuver, but if there are too many enemies, then there's really no way to win!"
"However, facing so many enemies, we shouldn't have fought in the first place; we should have run!"
"Therefore, after a while, the path of 'shadow' is practically guaranteed!"
The words trailed off, tinged with a hint of pride.
Shen Heng glanced up and said, "If that's the case, then if I really want to repair your path, wouldn't I only have the path of shadow?"
"Uh, no, that's not it. I also have a general understanding of the other, more basic stuff," Night Spirit Liya retorted.
"However, this path of wood is not our Night Spirit Clan, and you are not in the same world as His Nordrassil. If you were to take it, its power would be much less than what our race uses."
"And the drawback of consuming a lot of Origin Power won't be reduced."
"Therefore, I don't recommend you take this route."
"As for the Moon, that's possible, but since I'm on the Shadow path and only reached the Seventh Tier, I can only provide you with basic information."
"Only by following the path of Shadow can I provide you with more complete information..."
He paused for a moment after saying this.
Night Spirit Liya's gaze swept over the humans before her, and she said:
"Of course, since we're not very familiar with each other yet, if you want to learn how to break through to the Seventh Tier, you'll have to be assessed by me later. Only if I deem you capable can you learn!"
Shen Heng didn't pay attention to that; instead, it was the question in the other person's words that piqued his interest. "So, you were originally Seventh Tier?"
"Hmm? Hmm, how about that? Impressive, right?" Night Spirit Liya hummed.
Shen Heng didn't respond. Maybe he was impressive, maybe he wasn't; he wasn't particularly interested.
"Do you sell this heritage?" he asked.
Hearing this, Night Spirit Liya was stunned.
Qin Yu also raised her eyes and looked at the captain.
"What are you thinking? I let Xiaoyu cultivate because I'm inside Xiaoyu body, and I let you cultivate because you're more reliable. You want me to sell this inheritance for you humans to cultivate? Wouldn't that make me a traitor?! Besides, even if I could, how would you explain to your leaders where these things came from?!" Night Spirit Liya shouted.
Shen Heng nodded, not seeming to care much. "Then can someone else cultivate?"
"Hmm? You care about this, and you even need to cultivate it?" Night Spirit Liya asked with some surprise.
"Hmm, there is one, it might be useful," Shen Heng said.
"Hmm, let me know when the time comes, and I'll check on the person. If there are no problems... then we'll talk about it," Night Spirit Liya said hesitantly.
Shen Heng nodded slightly.
"So, we still need to watch out for those Black Rat. Did we get anything from praying to that Black Rat God?" Qin Yu asked in a low voice from the side.
"No, the difference in strength between us was already huge to begin with, and now they have this weird thing, the Distortion, the rules, isn't that even more troublesome?!" Night Spirit Liya chimed in.
Without saying anything more, Qin Yu looked at the captain.
This situation will indeed make their already difficult predicament even more challenging.
No, or rather, the current situation may be largely caused by that God.
Shen Heng sat there silently.
After a long pause, he said:
"Do you think it's possible for us to get out of here by borrowing that Black Rat God?"
The two were stunned upon hearing this.
"Should we pray to the Black Rat God and ask it to help us move out?" Night Spirit Liya asked.
"No, if that's the case, the cost would be too high, and we probably couldn't afford it. What I'm saying is, can we make it create a new path so we can get out on our own?" Shen Heng corrected.
Upon hearing this, Liya Nolandir couldn't help but gasp.
Qin Yu was also deep in thought.
"If this is true, then it should be possible! However, if the offering is Black Rat, does the person making the request need to be Black Rat?"
"As long as it's not restricted to Fifth Tier Black Rat for this request, everything else can be resolved," Shen Heng said.
Thinking of the captain's abilities, Qin Yu slowly nodded.
Night Spirit Liya pondered for a moment, then said, "But isn't this dangerous?"
"Now, is there any safe way to get out?" Shen Heng asked in a deep voice.
"But, the original one..."
"So that method was just..."