Chapter 523: Chapter 523: Leaving

Yuan Peilong’s speed was incredibly fast, not even giving Song Jian a chance to open his vertical eye. In no time, he disappeared without a trace, and Song Jian couldn’t even determine the direction in which he had escaped.

“This guy…” Song Jian was speechless. In the game, even the weakest players would have a couple of life-saving skills up their sleeves, and no one could be underestimated.

“Why is he spying on me? Could it be that he’s also aiming for the Golden Ant King Ancestor Set?” Song Jian furrowed his brows and thought to himself.

The reason he knew Yuan Peilong was precisely because of the Ant Emperor Ancestor Set. Perhaps Yuan Peilong had been following him since then.

“I was too careless!” Song Jian shook his head and became more cautious.

Three days passed quickly. Whether Song Jian was leveling up by fighting monsters outside or building infrastructure in his territory, he always felt he was being watched by a pair of eyes.

During these three days, the Shadow Circus Troupe had stopped performing and started packing up, as if they were ready to leave for a long journey.

This made many players feel regretful. After all, in the Shadow Circus Troupe, many rewarding tasks could be obtained, in addition to a lot of experience, and many rare skills and equipment.

After three days, Song Jian arrived at Betty’s tent early in the morning. At this time, all the items around Betty’s tent were packed up, and Betty was rolling up the tent.

Upon seeing Song Jian, Betty pointed to the side with her lips and said, “You must be anxious. Your equipment box is over there!”

Song Jian followed Betty’s direction and saw the equipment box of the Ant Emperor Ancestor Set under a big tree nearby.

After opening the equipment box and checking each piece one by one, Song Jian found that all the set components had been completely repaired. He couldn’t wait to reach level 30 and put on this set of equipment.

“With this set, I should be able to challenge first-order combat power with ease, right?” Song Jian speculated in his heart.

“Thank you, Betty!” Song Jian shouted loudly.

Betty waved her hand at Song Jian without saying anything. She had to collect all her belongings by ten o’clock when the Shadow Circus Troupe would leave the city. If she didn’t catch up, she might forever be left behind.

Song Jian returned to his territory, watching the busy scene of the Shadow Circus Troupe from afar. Just then, a skinny old mouse emerged from the ground and ran towards Song Jian.

The voice of Qi Yun came from the mouse’s mouth, “Are you ready? The Shadow Circus Troupe is leaving today. Don’t forget our agreement…”

“Don’t worry, as long as nothing goes wrong on your end, I won’t break our agreement.” Song Jian looked at the skinny mouse with an indifferent expression.

“That’s good!” The mouse’s face showed a human-like smile, and then its body began to rot rapidly. In no time, it turned into a stain on the ground.

A chill ran through Song Jian’s heart as the Shadow Priest’s methods seemed somewhat bizarre. The mouse had a strong smell of decay, obviously it had been dead for a long time. Qi Yun had controlled its body to deliver the message, a technique quite similar to the Necromancer’s “Corpse Manipulation”.

The vehicles of the Shadow Circus Troupe began to slowly move out of Doomsday City towards the rolling black mist outside. Everyone was surrounded by a faint blue light, and even a dozen carriages had a blue light shimmering on the surface.

With the appearance of this light, Song Jian could see the massive convoy with his eyes, but once he closed them, he couldn’t feel anything.

As the circus entered the swirling black mist, no one appeared nervous. They all remained silent, apparently having experienced similar situations many times before.

Song Jian took out the Concealment Ring and put it on his finger. There were now two cracks in the ring, and it could only be used once more before being useless.

With a thought, Song Jian’s figure gradually disappeared in place, accompanied by a faint, crisp shatter sound.

By now, Song Jian had entered the Protection Black Mist for the second time. He followed the Shadow Circus Troupe from behind and left Doomsday City through the black mist.

Once inside the Protection Black Mist, Song Jian’s feeling of being watched finally disappeared. It seemed that Yuan Peilong couldn’t enter the black mist like he could.

Visibility was almost nonexistent in the black mist. Song Jian couldn’t let the circus know he was following them, but he also couldn’t lose track of their whereabouts, so it was difficult to trail behind them.

It seemed as if the circus was trying to evade something. They didn’t follow a straight line in the black mist, instead, winding around a long detour. It took more than two hours to finally emerge from the black mist.

“Alright, tell everyone to rest here for a while. We’ll rest here for half a day and continue on our journey tomorrow!” The old beastman leader, holding a wooden staff, spoke with a tired expression.

Everyone had expended a lot of energy coming out of the Protection Black Mist, and it wasn’t safe to continue traveling without resting. It was better to rest for a while and continue on their journey the next day.

Since they were only resting temporarily, everyone simply erected their tents without unpacking other items.

At night, the sky was filled with brilliant stars, and a bright moon hung high above. It had been a long time since Song Jian had seen such a dazzling starry sky in the game world.

The night in Doomsday City was completely different from the night in the wilderness.

Song Jian sat cross-legged, absorbing the essence of the moon. In Doomsday City, he could only absorb it for fifteen minutes at specific times, but there was no such restriction in the wilderness.

In no time, Song Jian immersed himself in the comfort of absorbing the moon’s essence, as if he were in a deep sleep with a blank mind.

His whole body emitted a silver light, looking like a light bulb from afar. If he hadn’t chosen a hidden spot, he might have been exposed by now.

System: You’ve absorbed the essence of the moon, and your physical fitness has been slightly improved.

System: You’ve absorbed the essence of the moon, and your physical fitness has been slightly improved.

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Messages like this appeared in the notification bar every few dozen seconds. Finally, after hundreds of similar messages appeared, a special light yellow message stood out.

System: Your body has been tempered by the essence of the moon, and all attributes have increased by 1 point.

After this message appeared, Song Jian’s body shook violently, and he suddenly woke up. His eyes were still filled with confusion after waking up, and it wasn’t until he regained consciousness that he realized he had been absorbing the moon’s essence for more than two hours.

“What happened…?”

At this moment, Song Jian noticed the hundreds of system messages in his notification bar and the final message about all his attributes increasing by one point.

“What a pleasant surprise!” Song Jian looked up at the moon, which had shifted positions, with an excited look on his face.

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