The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 769 Three Thousand Mirror Ruins 36
From the moment the night-crying bats launched their attack to their rout, the entire process took only a few breaths.

The Night-Crying Bat's sharp sonic attack had barely begun, and before it could even wake the people in the tent, it was abruptly stopped by Moran's dagger, turning into seven still slightly twitching corpses on the ground.

A brief silence fell over the campsite, making the crackling of the campfire and the sound of the night wind even more pronounced.

Bai Wei and Ren Miao stared in astonishment at Mo Lan, who had stopped standing, their lips slightly parted, their eyes filled with disbelief and shock.

Their minds were still replaying everything that had just happened in that split second.

Although they already knew from martial arts class that Moran's combat power was ridiculously strong, after all, she was a monster who could be called a "martial arts genius" by Teacher Yan Shuang and could take on eleven of them at once.

But that only applies to those who learn close-quarters swordsmanship and dagger fighting skills quickly and well, and whose body-strengthening effects far surpass those of others!
When did daggers become ranged weapons? And used so... brutally?!

That's not just randomly throwing something out to try your luck! That's an incredibly precise sniper kill!

Each throwing knife seemed to have eyes, aiming straight for vital points and killing instantly!
It's fast, powerful, and incredibly accurate!
This is completely beyond their understanding of the weapon "dagger"!

A terrifying thought uncontrollably crept into their minds: If... if Moran had used this throwing knife technique on them right away during the martial arts class when they were sparring to determine their rankings... they probably wouldn't have had time to react and would have instantly "died," losing ten times faster than they have now!
"Gudong."

Bai Wei subconsciously swallowed, the faint sound amplified to be exceptionally clear in the surrounding silence.

She snapped back to her senses, her cheeks burning. She quickly lowered her head, not daring to look directly at Moran, but her heart was still pounding wildly.

Ren Miao also struggled to look away, and his gaze met Bai Wei's in the air. Without even a word, he instantly understood the same shock, fear, and a hint of indescribable... self-doubt in Bai Wei's eyes.

In terms of their combat skills, one is undoubtedly last, and the other is firmly second to last.

This ranking is certainly related to their slightly inferior talent in physical training and martial arts, but the deeper reason may lie in their own unknown beliefs.

Like many young filmmakers today, they subconsciously feel that martial arts skills are far less lethal than the cool and practical magical beast core skills, and are also difficult to learn and master, requiring a lot of time and effort to hone, making them too low in cost-effectiveness.

In order to avoid affecting their more important spiritual cultivation due to physical weakness in the future, they could grit their teeth and endure the pain brought by the body-strengthening soup, after all, the body is the foundation.

However, they don't need to take martial arts techniques that they believe "can be replaced to some extent by powerful beast core skills in the future."

Subconsciously, I felt that it was good enough. After hunting down the one-star mirror beasts and initially building up my own skill system, I would naturally have more powerful methods later.

This idea, perhaps unintentional, genuinely affected their level of engagement in martial arts classes.

but now……

Who dares to say that the dagger Moran just casually tossed wasn't powerful?!

That lightning-fast speed! That terrifying efficiency that kills instantly! And the accuracy of throwing several daggers at once, hitting the target with every single one!

Honestly, even if they were lucky enough to acquire a decent one-star offensive beast core skill in the future, would its instantaneous power and the sense of threat it brought be as terrifying as the few daggers Moran just casually tossed out? The answer is almost certainly no.

Even the most powerful one-star mirror beast's core skill might not be as powerful as that flying knife technique that seemed to be called out by the Grim Reaper!
At that moment, a crack quietly appeared in a certain deep-rooted belief in their hearts.

Moran killed all the Night Howling Bats this time, and their corpses were naturally her spoils of war.

After the battle, she dug out the beast core of the Night Crying Bat.

The Night Crying Bat's beast core is of the dark attribute. Although it is only one-star level, it is perfect to keep it to extract the beast core skill and use it as a casting material.

To successfully cast a magic skill, the Mirror Explorer needs a beast core of the corresponding attribute as a casting material.

As for the Night Crying Bat's sonic attack skills, Moran wasn't particularly interested. The Phantom Leopard Cat's Phantom Clone skill was the first beast core skill she had chosen for herself.

However, that doesn't stop her from keeping one. After extracting the Phantom Clone from the Phantom Leopard Cat Beast Core, she'll extract a sonic attack skill to see what's so special about the magical skills extracted from the beast core in this world.

Although her apparent spiritual power is not much, her actual spiritual power has already exceeded the upper limit of the Three Thousand Mirror Ruins World.

A normal Star Explorer can only extract a limited number of skills. Too many skills will put pressure on their mental strength, leading to a higher failure rate in extracting subsequent skills and causing some damage to their body. Therefore, each skill needs to be carefully considered before making a plan.

However, Moran has enough mental energy, so "wasting" some mental energy to extract some skills that are not that useful is not a problem at all.

When Moran unearthed the fourth Night Howling Bat core, his ears twitched slightly, and his gaze suddenly locked onto a patch of darkness on the east side of the camp.

There, a blurry, incredibly fast shadow seemed to flash by, and at the same time, a very faint "tap" sound, almost blending into the night breeze sweeping across the meadow, reached her keen ears.

The sound was light and brief, like something hard striking a solid surface extremely quickly.

It was the sound of hooves! An extremely faint but very rapid sound of hooves!

Moran's eyes narrowed, and without the slightest hesitation, she immediately said to Ren Miao, "Quickly wake Xiang Yufan! There might be Wind Chasing Antelopes appearing on the east side of the camp! Hurry!"

Ren Miao was taken aback, then realized what was happening and immediately went to call Yu Fan from his tent.

When Xiang Yufan was woken up by Ren Miao, he was still very sleepy and asked in a daze, "...What's wrong? Is it dawn yet? Or is there a Mirror Beast you can't defeat?"

"There was no dawn, and no attack from the Mirror Beasts!"
"Mo Lan said there seem to be Wind Chasing Antelopes to the east! Get up quickly!" Ren Miao lowered his voice, but his tone was urgent.

"Wind Chaser Antelope?!" These three words were like the most effective wake-up call, instantly dispelling all of Xiang Yufan's sleepiness.

He sat bolt upright, his eyes wide in the darkness. Almost instinctively, he grabbed the long knife that lay beside his pillow, deftly lifted the tent flap, and crawled out. His voice trembled with excitement: "Where? Are you sure?"