It looked like there was an indescribable gigantic beast deep within the relic, which took a deep breath and inhaled all the blood mist.

"The blood moon... has the blood moon ended early?!"

Suddenly, from a place unnoticed in the corner, came a weak voice.

It was Guide Tano, who had just woken up.

Poor Tano, he hadn’t even entered the relic before being knocked out by Tom. When he woke up, he found himself in the nightmare of the blood moon, and then he was carried on Bai Pu’s shoulder running away from the True Red Ghost and True Red Executor...

As for his second fainting, it was probably due to the shock waves from the battle of the strong, knocking him unconscious.

You should know that even Celestial Wolf got slammed against the wall twice—once by Bai Pu and once by the Dai Sect.

And that True Red Executor was also thrown against the wall once by the Dai Sect.

The shock wave, for the awakened experts and strong natives present, naturally was nothing, but for someone like Tano, it was clearly a burden he couldn’t bear.

"You said the blood moon ended early? What do you mean?" Tom was intrigued.

Tano said, "It’s literally what it means; it’s the safety period now... we can leave the tomb at any time. There may be some dangers, but it’s much better compared to the blood moon."

"So that red mist blocking the entrance, where you could only enter but not exit, is gone?" Oshana was a bit delighted.

"I’ll go take a look, you all rest here." Tom forced himself to get up.

"No need." Bai Pu stroked the Dark Gold Shield and summoned two Spider Demon Warriors, commanding them to scout.

"Wow, your shield is really something, must be an ancient relic?" Tom said enviously, "Not only can it transform into armor plates to protect the whole body, but it can also serve as a medium for summoning."

In the Demon Fighting World, there are two types of summoning methods. One is through the Contract Array summon, the most orthodox route for a Summoning Mage. At the peak level, it can even activate the Divine Descent Array to summon phantoms of ancient divine power, also known as Divine Descent Warriors. The other is medium summoning, which doesn’t consume magic power nor require a Contract Array or chanting, and directly summons the creatures associated with the medium.

Bai Pu hadn’t dual-trained in summoning magic, so in Tom’s eyes, it was through medium summoning.

But Tom only envied him verbally and had no intention of coveting it.

He could see that the two Spider Demons Bai Pu summoned were both very weak and would probably be useless in fights against strong opponents, only serving as cannon fodder.

At this time, the shield had devoured the remnants of the True Red Executor, becoming gleamingly new, with durability fully restored.

The attribute bonus from the [Devouring Enhancement] changed to Power +10 and Endurance +10.

The total bonus of 20 must be the cap for the devouring enhancement of the Dark Gold Tower Shield. To further improve, Bai Pu needs to collect "Radiant Dragon Crystals" to upgrade the base material of the Dark Gold Tower Shield from rare to top grade.

Before long, the two Spider Demon Warriors returned.

"The red mist at the entrance of the relic is indeed gone, and we can leave at any time." Bai Pu asked, "What do you all think, do you want to continue exploring?"

"Since the blood moon ended early, of course, I want to continue exploring." Tom was determined, wanting to complete the school’s task.

Bai Pu’s increase in combat power was something Tom could sense.

Even the monstrous True Red Executor died under the siege of the three, what is there to fear?

Oshana asked one more question, "Dior, what do you think?"

She needed to clarify the opinion of the main force—Oshana was more sober, knowing that the main factor in slaying the True Red Executor was Bai Pu bearing the brunt of the pressure and delivering the highest damage; she and Tom were just accessories on the big leg.

In Tom’s expectant gaze, Bai Pu said, "I also plan to continue exploring; I wonder if Teacher Hercules can accompany us."

For the main task 3: Lost Staff, the main difficulty should lie in the blood moon and the Red Sand Defense Army. Having solved the blood moon issue, the so-called "Sandstorm Mage’s strength shouldn’t be as strong as the True Red Executor.

What Bai Pu was truly concerned about were the views of Celestial Wolf and Xilou.

Especially Xilou, although his combat power itself may not be strong, his Shadow Mystical Arts and Phantom Realm obviously have a very high priority, at least Bai Pu couldn’t foresee them in advance, only having premonitions in the instant before the opponent’s attack.

The Dai Sect said lightly, "I will help you deal with the enemies outside the task. As for the task itself, you’ll have to rely on yourselves."

"Alright, it’s settled then!" Tom was very excited, "Dior, Oshana, let’s rest for a few hours first and set off to explore once our fighting qi and magic power are fully restored."

...

Tom and the others quickly fell asleep, while Bai Pu took out the dark gold-colored treasure chest, letting it float in the air.

"Senior Dai Sect, although I picked up this treasure chest, you contributed greatly too, so why don’t we split it evenly?"

The Dai Sect held his arms and shook his head slightly, "There probably isn’t anything good in the chest; you can keep it yourself."

Bai Pu felt puzzled. The True Red Executor was at least a Level 8 Lord, Bai Pu was the main force, and even with two Level 7 Native Enhanced Warriors helping, the loot from the treasure chest shouldn’t be significantly reduced, right?

Bai Pu extended his hand and pressed it on the treasure chest, silently opening it.

The next second, Bai Pu looked astonished.

He actually had only one chance to draw!

And there was no prompt for [Exclude Low-Valued Cards].

"A Level 8 Lord..." Bai Pu couldn’t help but sigh, "The pollution from natives is too terrifying!"

Had he known earlier, he wouldn’t have let Tom and the others get involved. If Bai Pu had put in a bit more effort, using even the [Ancestral Protection] skill attached to the set, it wouldn’t have been impossible to take down this tough opponent independently.

"It’s not the natives’ fault."

Dai Sect suddenly spoke, "It’s mine."

Bai Pu looked up at Dai Sect, puzzled.

He indeed remembered that Dai Sect had initially used a Throwing Skill against the True Red Executor, causing a certain amount of damage. However, Dai Sect had only delivered this one output during the whole process, and the damage wasn’t particularly significant, less than a thousand points.

"I’m 35 this year. Three years ago, I had already reached Level 10."

The Dai Sect said calmly, "The older an Awakened is, the higher the level, the fewer and less valuable Spoils Treasure Chests they can obtain in the Spirit Realm. Now, even the highest-level creatures killed by me won’t drop treasure chests anymore, and even if one luckily appears, it’s destined to be a poor chest."

"Is this... a forced ascension for seniors?" Bai Pu asked.

The Dai Sect nodded and then said, "Everything I’m doing now is preparing for the ’Ascension Plane.’ Currently, the Advanced Spirit Realm can only improve my combat skills and ’True Intent,’ which requires the teachings of the top native experts in the Advanced Spirit Realm."