After dinner,
"Yalake, what's the deal with your armor?"
Ye Feng saw Yalake tidying up and wiping the armor he had removed from his body and couldn't help but recall the scene that afternoon when a gold-attribute goblin shaman was pierced by metal blades like a hedgehog.
He remembered that it was Yalake's armor that flashed with light, and the gold-attribute goblin shaman was riddled with dense blades...
He had previously thought it was Yalake's gold-attribute arcane energy, but now that he thought about it, it seemed to be the arcane runes on Yalake's armor at the time...
"This armor, carved with arcane runes, is called 'Counterstrike' and has a special function. It was given to me by the Flame Ranger!"
Yalake stroked the armor in his hand, his face full of memories.
"Flame Ranger?"
Ye Feng frowned, not quite understanding.
"The Flame Ranger is the knight who also gave Xueyi to me. It was he who taught us how to fight..."
"When the Flame Ranger left years ago, he gave the Xueyi Straight Saber to me, the Counterstrike armor to Yalake, and the Wind Whisperer Bow to Little Green..."
As Yuan Ling said this, Ye Feng followed Yuan Ling's gaze to Little Green, who waved the great bow in his hand at Ye Feng.
"Uh, I joined the Flaming Knight Order later, so I haven't seen the Flame Ranger. I've only heard about him from the Saintess!"
He Shang, wiping his shiny bald head, said with a chuckle.
"Xueyi Straight Saber, Counterstrike Armor, Wind Whisperer Bow... so many treasures... That person must be quite powerful... Where did that person go later?"
Ye Feng looked at Yuan Ling with some curiosity.
Yuan Ling didn't speak. She shook her head gently, her expression somewhat sad. "At that time, the Flame Ranger said he was going to deal with a very important matter. If he didn't return within three months, he would never return... This is also why he gave Xueyi, Counterstrike Armor, and Wind Whisperer Bow to us who were still very weak..."
"So that's how it is..."
Ye Feng wanted to ask about the specific special abilities of the Counterstrike Armor or more information about the Flame Ranger, but the dizziness that occasionally appeared in his mind made him dismiss the idea.
"I'm going out for a walk~"
After speaking, Ye Feng got up and left.
Little Green, Yalake, and He Shang looked at each other, seeing surprise in each other's eyes.
They were all somewhat physically and mentally exhausted from the unexpectedly intense battles during the day, and were planning to rest well, especially since they were heading to the innermost part of the Goblin Kingdom tomorrow. But this Ye Feng...
...
Ye Feng strode into the primeval forest, found a suitable spot, placed the three stealth stones he had obtained from Mech City, and then took out the spirit-nourishing ganoderma, placing it in the center of the area covered by the three stealth stones.
Within a few breaths, the spirit-nourishing ganoderma blended into its surroundings. If Ye Feng hadn't known that there was a spirit-nourishing ganoderma less than a meter in front of him, he would have thought it was just a patch of weeds...
Then, Ye Feng took a step forward, squatted down, leaned by the spirit-nourishing ganoderma, closed his eyes, and quietly breathed in the unique fragrance emanating from it...
As Ye Feng absorbed the wisps of unique fragrance from the spirit-nourishing ganoderma, the occasional dizziness in his mind gradually subsided...
...
When Ye Feng left the camp for a walk, the sky had just completely darkened. When he opened his eyes again, the crescent moon was high in the sky.
"This spirit-nourishing ganoderma is truly a good thing!"
After being treated by the unique fragrance of the spirit-nourishing ganoderma, the dizziness that occasionally appeared in Ye Feng's mind had completely disappeared.
At this moment, Ye Feng felt refreshed, and his senses had become exceptionally sharp. He could even hear a striped mosquito flying by dozens of meters away...
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Ye Feng frowned.
Because he discovered that several groups of people... or animals were rapidly approaching his location, their paths almost directly towards him...
"Did leaving the spirit-nourishing ganoderma outside for too long attract goblins?!"
Ye Feng's gaze swept over the spirit-nourishing ganoderma, and he instantly put it into his spatial storage.
Immediately, Ye Feng placed several ice-attribute arcane raw stones in the place where the spirit-nourishing ganoderma had been.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Ye Feng cast a few arcane talismans around the ice-attribute arcane raw stones, and then quickly and lightly left the area.
...
"Quack quack~"
A long time after Ye Feng left, a group of goblins approached the location where he had been from various directions, seemingly not having coordinated beforehand.
"Quack!~"
"Quack!~"
The goblins saw the ice-attribute arcane raw stones radiating cold air and immediately let out strange cries and rushed forward to pick them up.
"Whoosh! Sizzle!~"
"Quack~ Sizzle!~"
...
As the group of goblins rushed towards the ice-attribute arcane raw stones, they were cut into pieces by the threads connecting the arcane talismans...
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Yuan Ling and the others' camp,
"Ye Feng, you... you're back?"
Yuan Ling faced Ye Feng with a look of surprise, as she could feel that Ye Feng's spirit was much more robust than before.
"Yes!"
Ye Feng nodded and asked, "Has everyone else gone to sleep?"
"Yes, tomorrow we are going to the innermost part of the Goblin Kingdom, the altar. They need to rest well and recover their strength!"
As Yuan Ling spoke, she stood up and took two steps forward, walking shoulder to shoulder with Ye Feng.
"Yuan Ling, you said the commotion we caused during the day... that large area of fire, could it have alerted them!"
"Will the goblins not perform that... sacrificial ritual?"
Ye Feng looked at the large area of fire burning in the distant forest and frowned.
"No!"
Yuan Ling shook her head. "From our previous explorations, that sacrifice is very important to the Goblin Kingdom!"
"And the sacrificial ritual can only be performed at a special time, which is the waning crescent moon. The goblins will not stop the sacrifice because of this large fire, which is quite far from their altar!"
"On the contrary, the fire during the day will help to distract a large number of goblins, making it easier for us tomorrow!"
Yuan Ling quickly explained to Ye Feng.
"I see~"
Ye Feng seemed to understand.
Immediately, Ye Feng, who was full of energy and not sleepy, examined the skeleton staff he had collected after killing the goblin shaman during the day under the moonlight.
"The strange runes on this goblin shaman's skeleton staff seem to be of the same style, and they are somewhat similar to arcane runes, but they are not the same thing!"
Ye Feng observed the skeleton staff for a while and muttered.
"That is said to be the power of demons!"
Seeing this, Yuan Ling spoke softly.
"The power of demons?"
Hearing this, Ye Feng was slightly surprised.
"Yes!"
Yuan Ling nodded. "When I was studying with the Flame Ranger, I asked the same question!"
"According to the Flame Ranger, the text on the goblin shaman's skeleton staff comes from the Demon Codex, and the power of the skeleton staff comes from the runes on it, which is the power of demons!"
"However, the text on the skeleton staff is incomplete and cannot unleash its true demonic power..."
"I suspect... the reason why the Goblin Kingdom is holding a so-called sacrificial ritual, and that mysterious altar, are probably related to the Demon Codex or the power of demons!"
Yuan Ling's tone was quite serious, and her brows were filled with worry.
"Demon Codex? Dark Scripture?"
Yuan Ling's words made Ye Feng recall the Demon Codex that Shen Botian had mentioned when he told him about the black box containing the Holy Grail when they were in Mech City.
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