Douluo Continent: The Book of Witness and Peerless Tang Sect

The target location was determined, but Long You, Bei Bei, and the others did not look happy because the place was too far inland.

This place, like where Long You and the others are currently, is called a mixed zone. However, the mixed zone where Long You and the others are currently located is the boundary between the outer and middle rings of the Star Dou Great Forest, while the habitat of the "Flawless Light" is the boundary between the middle and inner rings of the Star Dou Great Forest.

What is a mixed zone? Simply put, it's a buffer zone where soul beasts from both sides might come and wander around.

The mixed zone where Long You and his group are currently camped, which is the intersection of the middle and outer circles, may lead them to encounter stubborn hundred-year-old soul beasts, or they may encounter bored or ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts looking for a safe place.

As for the mixed zone at the intersection of the middle and inner circles where "Flawless Light" lives, you might encounter stubborn eight or nine thousand-year-old soul beasts, or you might encounter soul beasts over fifty thousand years old that are bored or looking for a safe place.

You can see the difference, right? In the mixed zone where the middle and inner circles meet, even if Long You and the others (excluding Zhang Lexuan) encountered a stubborn soul beast, they would still have to put in some effort to deal with it. If they encountered a soul beast that was bored and had nothing better to do, it would be like delivering takeout.

“This place is too dangerous,” despite her pale face, Bei Bei spoke up first, breaking the silence, knowing that they were looking for a spirit ring for her. “‘Flawless Light’ is indeed good, but I can’t risk my life for a spirit ring.”

"Senior Brother, don't worry. It's dangerous for us to go to this place on our own, but what if someone leads us?"

Senior Zhang, this location shouldn't be the limit of where you can go. If the four of us can maintain a state of near-undetected detection by the soul beasts, are you confident you can safely lead us back and forth?"

"I don't remember I came here to help you hunt soul beasts."

"But you promised me that you could help when needed, and Shrek Academy also has a habit of sending inner court students to help outer court students obtain spirit rings."

"I cannot guarantee absolute safety. I can only say that as long as I don't encounter a 100,000-year-old soul beast or besieged by a large number of soul beasts over 50,000 years old, I can defeat most of the soul beasts that appear in this location."

"That's enough. As long as we slow down and spray on the special odor-eliminating agent, even a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast won't be able to detect us wearing optical invisibility soul tools and silent soul tools."

"I've tried this, using a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast from our academy's beast-fighting arena."

"You're just an outer academy student, how could Elder Gong possibly allow you to come into contact with a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast?"

Long You's words gave Bei Bei a jolt; given a better option, Bei Bei naturally hoped to have it. However, as the senior disciple of the inner courtyard, Zhang Lexuan still noticed a flaw in Long You's words.

"The supervision of the academy's fighting arena isn't actually that strong. As long as you figure out the terrain map of the fighting arena, it's not impossible to sneak in quietly."

However, very few outer court students could sneak in unnoticed by the ancient soul beasts living inside, thus causing a commotion throughout the area. And coincidentally, I was one of those few.

"If you are truly determined, I have no problem with that. Let me reiterate, if you are exposed, I am not entirely confident that I can bring you all back safely."

"Senior Brother?"

"I want to give it a try, but you don't actually have to go."

“Senior Brother Caitou and Sister Xiaoya can indeed skip this trip, but without me, you won’t be able to control both the silent soul tool and the optical invisibility soul tool at the same time.”

Long You acknowledged Bei Bei's reluctance to let everyone take risks. However, if Long You didn't go, it would indeed be difficult for Bei Bei alone to use the area-silencing soul tool and the optical invisibility soul tool effectively and skillfully at the same time.

If Beibei reveals a weakness, Zhang Lexuan may face a challenge, although Zhang Lexuan will never give up on Beibei.

"Xiao You, you..."

"You know, Senior Brother, I'm someone who values ​​my life the most."

"Senior Zhang, please help me."

With everything settled, Long You and Bei Bei, under Zhang Lexuan's protection, headed towards the "Flawless Light" habitat, while He Caitou and Tang Ya packed up their temporary camp and prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, waiting for Bei Bei and the others outside the Star Dou Great Forest.

Upon entering the central area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest, considering that this was already a habitat for ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, Long You dared not continue his jungle racing adventures. Although he no longer had to move step by step, his pace had slowed considerably.

Fortunately, Xiao Muyang still put Long You at ease. The little guy seemed to know that he had entered a very dangerous place. His usual loud "waaaah, waaaah" had turned into soft "hmm" sounds.

The inner circle of the Star Dou Great Forest is extremely vast. Under Zhang Lexuan's guidance, Long You and Bei Bei had to spend two nights in the territory of soul beasts. The struggles and excitement during this time need not be described.

In short, Long You used all his knowledge throughout the journey, racing along Lao Liu's path. Whether traveling or camping, he never once revealed his whereabouts.

After two days of continuous travel, despite the protection of his soul-guided powered armor, Long You's appearance inevitably became quite disheveled. There was no other way; for the sake of concealment, Long You dared not build a small, villa-style metal hut, and could only construct a small shack suitable only for sleeping. Without a shower room, Long You's nightly hot baths were no longer possible, and with daily travel, he inevitably developed a sweaty odor.

But all the hardships vanished the moment Longyou saw the scene before him. How can one describe this emerald lake that suddenly appeared in the tropical rainforest?

Long You longed for the vast expanse of Dongting Lake and the ever-beautiful scenery of West Lake, whether adorned or ornate. However, in his previous life, Long You had only glimpsed both Dongting and West Lake through a screen. Now, upon comparison, the scenery of the lake before him surpassed both Dongting and West Lake.

Willows swayed, reeds danced, and the green water rippled gently—a scene brimming with life. The soul-guided detector told Long You that there were no soul beasts within at least three kilometers behind him.

Although the true habitat of "Flawless Light" is only this lake area in front of it, it seems that all the soul beasts living in the Star Dou Great Forest have made a pact to help "Flawless Light" expand its territory by three kilometers.

"Alright, senior brother, we've arrived. From now on, you'll have to walk on your own. I'll just give you one piece of advice: the anti-gravity soul-guided skateboard can glide on water."

“I will send a message every hour. If there is no message, then something has happened to me. If nothing has happened, then at most two days. If the ‘Flawless Light’ is not willing to show itself within two days, then I will come out.”