263: Chapter 263 Watchful Night_1 263: Chapter 263 Watchful Night_1 Seeing Xiao Ji transform into a sky blue great bird, Qi Chen suddenly remembered what it meant to lose one’s mind and hastily shouted,

“Stop!

Ah Mu!

Interrupt Xiao Ji’s move!”

A bit puzzled but still obeying Qi Chen’s command, Ah Mu unleashed his vines at Xiao Ji.

Unprepared for Ah Mu’s sudden attack, Xiao Ji was hit by the vines, interrupting his preparation.

Seeing that the enemy was trying to take this opportunity to escape, Feng Yuan waved his scepter and said,

“Think you can run?”

“Don’t be like this!”

Seeing a large number of rainbow crystal pillars spring up around them, Qi Chen knew Feng Yuan had once again launched the Crystal Garden.

The enemy was darting between the crystal pillars, attempting to flee, but the increasingly dense pillars enveloped them completely.

Then a flash of light passed by, and with a wave of his scepter, Feng Yuan made all of the crystal pillars dissipate into starlight.

Looking somewhat puzzled, Xiao Ji reverted to his original form and landed in Feng Yuan’s arms, feeling Feng Yuan holding him a bit too tightly.

Xiao Ji shifted slightly and jumped out from Feng Yuan’s embrace.

Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan helplessly and said,

“What’s wrong with you this time?

Losing one’s mind could have easily broken through the competition’s defense mechanisms and caused him real harm, you know.”

“Got a bit carried away,” Feng Yuan responded.

Seeing Feng Yuan trying to pick up Xiao Ji while Xiao Ji kept dodging, Qi Chen seemed to understand something and asked,

“Is it because of that thing?”

“Which thing?”

Distracted while trying to catch Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan asked absently.

Qi Chen sighed and said,

“That time you had Agunas launch the Death Domain.”

Hearing Qi Chen’s words, Xiao Ji stood still.

Seizing the opportunity, Feng Yuan hugged Xiao Ji tightly in his arms.

Qi Chen glanced at Feng Yuan and said,

“You’re going to suffocate Xiao Ji if you hold him like that.”

“Were there Shadow Cats among those people’s spirit beasts?”

“The one that took Xiao Ji was a Shadow Spirit Cat.”

Seeing Feng Yuan’s calm expression, Qi Chen said helplessly,

“An evolved form, huh?

But aren’t you overreacting a bit?”

“Who asked him to sneak up on us?

It’s already pretty good that I didn’t use Life Withering.”

“What’s that move?”

“It’s Nagna’s attack stance move, forcefully extracting life from all living beings within range.”

Glancing at Feng Yuan, Qi Chen said irritably,

“Were you planning to kill me and Ah Mu as well?”

“That’s why I didn’t use it.”

Sighing, Qi Chen didn’t know how to persuade Feng Yuan anymore.

Holding Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan spoke to Qi Chen,

“I’m going to rest now.

Keep an eye out for stealth abilities.

Ah Mu’s life sensing can just barely detect most of the stealth moves, as for the rest…”

“It depends on their luck.”

Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Qi Chen shook his head helplessly and together with Ah Mu, continued to stay alert.

By evening, as Feng Yuan held Xiao Ji while enjoying the breeze, Qi Chen had fallen asleep in Ah Mu’s arms.

Looking at the darkening sky, Feng Yuan said somewhat speechlessly,

“I hope they haven’t accidentally been eliminated.

Xiao Ji, go check on them.

Use Nagna’s power; life sensing should be more convenient.”

Xiao Ji nodded, transforming into a fresh green great bird and soared into the sky while Feng Yuan laid back on the vine railing, scanning the surroundings in boredom.

Throughout the afternoon, Qi Chen had directed Ah Mu to eliminate quite a few contestants who tried to attack the camp.

Those they couldn’t defeat were all cleared out by Xiao Ji using his Incarnation of Power.

Now, the reputation of their camp had spread, and the surrounding contestants were reluctant to approach their location.

After a long time, Xiao Ji returned, followed by Zhong Liuyan and Pei Yu.

Feng Yuan looked at Xiao Ji with a puzzled expression and asked,

“Where’s Dou Yanlan?”

Landing on the platform, Xiao Ji shook his head to indicate he hadn’t found her.

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan, a bit perplexed, said,

“That doesn’t make sense.

Dou Yanlan shouldn’t have been eliminated.”

As Pei Yu cut the meat from Duomeng’s body and shouted at Feng Yuan,

“Come down and help carry some!”

Ah Mu glanced at Pei Yu as a mass of vines grew out from the platform and wrapped around the pieces of meat, bringing them up.

Returning to the platform, Zhong Liuyan scanned the area and asked,

“Dou Yanlan hasn’t come back yet?”

“Not yet.”

“Should we go look for her?”

“No need, I’m back.”

A shadow flickered, and Dou Yanlan appeared on the platform with Cotton in her arms.

Feng Yuan smiled and said,

“Impressive, you’ve even learned to teleport.”

“With no one to rely on, I had to put in more effort,” Dou Yanlan said calmly, as she tidied her long hair.

“I’ve explored all the surrounding areas that could be explored, and I can confirm that there are seven locations with ruins.

Five are uncertain, among which two are definitely large ruins.”

“Then let’s go for the large ruins first when they open tomorrow, and take our time with the rest.”

“I’ll make dinner then~”

Feng Yuan said with a smile, taking out the wooden cooking tools Ah Mu had made for him, and seeing Feng Yuan’s actions, Zhong Liuyan laughed and said

“Everyone else is so nervous they could die during the contest, yet here you are, treating it like a picnic.”

“Well, when you’re strong…

there’s nothing you can do about it~”

Seeing Feng Yuan looking so pleased with himself, Zhong Liuyan chuckled, pitched in to help, and said to Pei Yu,

“What about it?

Aren’t you going to help?”

“Didn’t he say he’d do it?

Fine, fine, I’ll help.”

After dinner, Feng Yuan had Ah Mu make a vine bed on the platform.

Watching Feng Yuan lie on the vine bed, Qi Chen said somewhat speechlessly,

“Don’t you feel cold with the wind blowing on you?”

“Not at all.

Do you feel cold wearing the Wolf God’s Robe?”

“No, but…”

Seeing Qi Chen’s gaze drift towards the cabin, Feng Yuan, staring at the starry sky, said,

“Are you upset that your Yanlan was snatched away by Zhong Liuyan so you’ve come to bother me?”

“Piss off!”

Feng Yuan and Qi Chen bantered back and forth, while Pei Yu helped Duomeng clean the dirt off his body below, whispering something.

As the night deepened, and just as Qi Chen was feeling a bit tired, Feng Yuan suddenly stood up and said,

“Tsk, an ambush in the dead of night, I don’t know what they’re thinking.”

Feng Yuan shook Xiao Ji awake in his arms and said,

“Wake up, it’s time to fight.”

Seeing Xiao Ji still looking half asleep, Feng Yuan sighed, gently placed Xiao Ji on the vine bed, pulled out his scepter, and said to Qi Chen,

“You’ll be in charge of the assault.”

Before Qi Chen could respond, Feng Yuan waved his scepter and once again, countless crystal pillars shot up from the ground.

Seeing the people shaken out of invisibility by the crystal pillars, Qi Chen hastily directed Ah Mu to attack.

Pei Yu, who was resting against Duomeng, woke up with a start and quickly commanded Duomeng to attack the assailants.

Xiao Ji, seemingly disturbed by Feng Yuan’s absence, frowned gradually, then awoke with a start and looked around.

Noticing Feng Yuan waving the scepter, Xiao Ji quickly transformed into a sky blue great bird.

“Xiao Ji, use Time Feather!”

Hearing Feng Yuan’s loud shout, the attackers hurriedly used all kinds of protective maneuvers to brace for the incoming assault.

Shaking his head, Feng Yuan said with a smile,

“Time Feather is a high-accuracy move with adjustments made, you know~”

Seeing most of the ambushers eliminated by a single round of Time Feather, the rest fled in panic.

Calling back Xiao Ji, who was about to give chase, Feng Yuan said,

“Don’t worry about them, just secure the camp.”

Xiao Ji reverted to its original form and fell into Feng Yuan’s arms.

Seeing Xiao Ji looking rejuvenated, Feng Yuan teased its beak and said,

“Why couldn’t I wake you up just now, huh?”

Looking at Xiao Ji’s blushing face, Feng Yuan didn’t dwell on it.

“They can’t get a high rank, so they don’t want us to have it easy either?”

Having repelled the ambush again, Feng Yuan said somewhat irritably, while Qi Chen sighed and said,

“No choice.

Too many of those societal groups came to join the excitement.

They stand no chance in a face-to-face fight tomorrow, so they can only harass others tonight.

Luckily, we’re taking turns, so we can still rest.”

“Even if we swap with Dou Yanlan and the others later, it won’t work.

Xiao Bai and Cotton probably don’t have many moves for dealing with groups.”

Remembering how it was all thanks to Xiao Ji’s AOE move that they had repelled the attackers, Qi Chen said seriously,

“So, do you plan to stay up all night?”

Feng Yuan, grinning wickedly, said,

“No.

They’re messing around, trying to drag others down with them, but I’m not someone to mess with.”

“Will they attack again later?”

“Of course.

You can see they’re already quite worn out; one more push could collapse them.”

“But…

aren’t we here for the contest?

Why do this?”

“Since we’ve got no hope already, might as well drag down those top contenders.

At least we can save face when we talk about it later.”

“Boring, I’m out.”

“Anyone who doesn’t want in, get lost.

I’m telling you, those guys over there are definitely the hot favorites.

This is our only chance to beat them now.”

“You think it’ll work?”

“Wait!

What is that!”