Under the cover of night.
The shadows, like a thin veil, flowed quietly through the mountains and forests.
As time passed, the veil grew thinner and thinner, until finally, it slowly disappeared completely.
"Hmm, very good. Your skill in the 'Shadow' path has already reached the A-Class standard. If you continue like this, in another two or three years, reaching the S-Class standard of your rating will be just around the corner!" A satisfied voice, like a teacher instructing a student, rang in my mind.
"Will it take another two or three years?" Qin Yu looked up at the distant mountain peaks.
"What do you mean it will take another two or three years? This is already very fast!" As if its fur had been bristling, the voice in its head immediately retorted, "Even in our Night Spirit Clan, anyone who can reach this standard within ten years is a genius among geniuses!"
"Um... Sister Liya, that's not what I meant!" Qin Yu brought her attention back and said apologetically.
Upon hearing this, the voice in my mind immediately lowered.
"Well, I know that's not what you meant! But just remember, you're a genius, an extremely talented genius! Well, at least on the path of 'Shadow'!"
As she spoke, her voice regained some of its vitality.
"Come on, repeat after me, you're a genius! A truly brilliant genius!"
"I'm a genius, an incredibly talented genius!" Qin Yu paused, then repeated it in her mind.
Then.
"..."
" Sister Liya, what's wrong?" Qin Yu asked hesitantly.
"... fine."
His voice lowered, sounding somewhat weak and listless.
The thought of those words, which contained neither joy nor much awkwardness, made her feel powerless.
This child is far too indifferent!
Well, that's probably why he's been able to progress so quickly on the path of 'shadow'...
Suddenly, she paused and reminded him:
"A Calamity Beast has gone up that mountain!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Yu immediately turned her gaze to the opposite side.
Under the pitch-black night, the two Calamity Beast descended towards the distant mountaintop.
Without hesitation, Qin Yu immediately got up and walked towards Yu Yanhui, who was sleeping on a stone bed on the other side.
The two of them each take charge of one-third of the time, and share the remaining one-third.
Because of her abilities, she preferred the night, so she chose the night.
" Yanhui, get up quickly, a Calamity Beast has passed by!" Qin Yu raised her hand and shook Yu Yanhui's shoulder.
Yu Yanhui her eyes, glanced at her with a slightly dazed look, and then immediately became clear-headed.
"Has the Calamity Beast arrived?"
"Mm," Qin Yu replied.
Then, the two quickly walked to the edge, gazing into the distance.
On the dark mountaintop, two enormous figures could be vaguely seen, seemingly examining the intelligence they had left behind.
Yu Yanhui squinted at that spot, and after a moment said somewhat uncertainly:
"It seems... the Bronze Skull Beast isn't there?"
There are no Bronze Skull Beast.
Qin Yu replied from the side, her gaze also fixed on the two figures.
Based on their size and appearance, it was clear that the Bronze Skull Beast they had been guarding against did not belong to either of the two!
Upon hearing Qin Yu's confirmation, Yu Yanhui immediately frowned, guessing...
"Am I late? Or did I go to the wrong place? But that shouldn't be the case, how could I go to the wrong place? If I didn't go to the wrong place..."
Qin Yu looked at Yu Yanhui, who was constantly speculating, and then turned her gaze to the two Calamity Beast in the distance.
She thought for a moment and said:
" The Bronze Skull Beast probably won't be coming."
"Huh? Why?" Yu Yanhui looked at Qin Yu in confusion.
"I don't know the specifics, but if the Bronze Skull Beast is coming, it should come with these two Calamity Beast." Qin Yu shook her head slightly.
"Too!"
Yu Yanhui nodded slightly, then looked forward and gazed again at the two Calamity Beast in the distance.
She thought for a moment, then suddenly shook her head.
"Forget it, let's just ignore it. It doesn't know where we're going anyway! We just need to stay here and keep watch, make sure we've stalled for enough time, then go back and update the intelligence, and then head over to meet up with Sister Zhaoran and the others!"
Qin Yu nodded slightly, indicating she had no objection to the plan.
The two remained where they were, their gazes fixed silently on the spot.
As time went by, doubt gradually crept into Yu Yanhui's eyes.
She looked at the two Calamity Beast there for a while longer, then turned her head away.
"What are those two Calamity Beast talking about? Why aren't they leaving?"
Qin Yu was also looking in that direction.
She paused, then slowly shook her head.
In theory, there wasn't any complicated information there; the Calamity Beast could simply glance at it and leave.
But now, the time those two Calamity Beast have been staying is clearly beyond the normal scope of intelligence gathering!
Seeing that Qin Yu didn't understand either, Yu Yanhui could only pout slightly and look into the distance.
"Well, it would be great if Captain Shen were here, then we could find out..."
"Hey, Old Wolf, is this intelligence true or false?"
A muffled sound slowly echoed through the mountains as the bear-like Calamity Beast stared wide-eyed at the wolf-like Calamity Beast beside it.
The wolf-like Calamity Beast turned its eyes, looking at it with disdain. "You bastard, are you really an idiot?"
"Huh? Why are you saying that about me?" The bear-like Calamity Beast opened its mouth, its face full of resentment.
The wolf-like Calamity Beast stared at it and continued:
"If you're smart enough, after the analysis Lord Bronze Skull Beast gave us, you should immediately realize why this message is here!"
"Huh? If you know, then tell me why!" the bear-like Calamity Beast shouted.
"Is there even a question? It's obvious that returning to the original space is just a trick to lure us there and buy us more time!" the wolf-like Calamity Beast said disdainfully.
"That's just nonsense you're making up. What if it were true?" the bear-like Calamity Beast continued to shout.
"Use your bear brain and think about this carefully! How could this possibly be true?" The wolf-like Calamity Beast's words were laced with suppressed anger.
"Could an ordinary human possibly travel that far in a day? Even if they could, why would they come all the way here to announce their destination? Wouldn't it be easiest for them to just announce it from their base? That way, any humans arriving later could simply head straight to their destination from there!"
The conversation ended there. The wolf-like Calamity Beast stared directly at the bear-like Calamity Beast and took a step forward.
"Speak up, tell me why!"
However, the bear-like Calamity Beast seemed unfazed by its gaze.
It puffed out its chest slightly and said:
"I didn't say I didn't believe in this!"