The battle ended, and Lin Guang finally exhaled a long breath.

Lin Guang originally thought that when he ordered Vishdair to kill the opponent, his reaction would be more intense. Even though Lin Guang didn't do it himself, the person indeed died because of him.

Unexpectedly, Lin Guang was surprisingly able to remain calm.

But this is reasonable.

Although he awakened his innate wisdom, Lin Guang had been living in this world for sixteen years and had long been shaped by it.

He had decided early on to become a Combat Spirit Master, otherwise, he wouldn't have risked his life to study hard to get into Zhen Sheng Experimental School.

And for those who aspire to walk the path of a Combat Spirit Master, battle is their destiny, and death is something they must face.

His classmates might perform worse than him, but they should share the same belief.

After all, without this nationwide perspective on life and death, humans simply wouldn't be able to resist the frenzied attacks of the Demon Race.

The resolution of one problem often accompanies the emergence of many new ones.

And at this moment, Lin Guang's mind was inevitably filled with many questions.

How did this person know Lily's true potential when she had the "Disguise" skill?

What is the true origin of Lily?

Lin Guang took a deep breath, pondering over these matters, while the dark golden light in his eyes gradually dimmed, and a weariness that couldn't be avoided appeared.

But what he didn't expect was that just as he turned off his talent, the red phantom on Vishdair also dissipated at the same time, and her body wobbled slightly, seemingly tired as well.

Lin Guang instinctively supported her, and they walked together to sit next to the little fox who had already fallen asleep.

"How do you feel, did you successfully awaken? Earlier, in that state... are you okay?"

Lin Guang looked into Vishdair's amber eyes resembling a cross star — although Doctor Kaiwen said that Beast Awakening has no harm, earlier wasn't a normal situation.

The frenzied killing intent she unleashed and her actions made him somewhat worried, and he couldn't help but suspect that she did something extraordinary at the True Waterfall to rush out and save him.

"What could happen to me? Inside, there was just someone who looked exactly like me saying some meaningless crap, and I punched her a few times to come out."

Though slightly exhausted, her status was okay, her clothes weren't even that dirty, and she was emotionally stable: "I didn't expect these two Spirit Beasts to be so weak... This state is quite powerful, just consumes a lot."

Upon saying this, Vishdair seemed to suddenly realize something, turned to carefully look at Lin Guang's face, showing a worried expression — at this moment, with his pale face and a few bloodstains, he didn't look in good condition.

"By the way, are you okay?"

Lin Guang patted his head, took out a pack of wet wipes, and began wiping his face as he said, "I'm fine, it's just that my Spirit is a bit overdrawn, and my head hurts a little."

Pausing, the silver-haired girl looked at the boy's profile and still asked, "I mean... after killing someone, isn't it troublesome for you to handle that?"

"It's okay, as long as it doesn't violate any forcibly binding contracts, anything happening in the wilderness won't be pursued by law."

"Of course, personal vendetta is also possible. However, judging by this guy's behavior, it doesn't look like anyone would come out to avenge him."

"That's good then."

Lin Guang turned his head, looking at the little fox on the ground, he reached out his hand and gently stroked its nine large tails, saying softly: "Without you, I might have really died here today."

"If I didn't misunderstand, that person was after her, wasn't he?"

Vishdair squinted her eyes slightly, with a subtle emotion in her tone: "Without her, none of this would have happened today, it wouldn't have been so thrilling."

"Moreover, how did it suddenly become a Terra Fox? And it made a contract with you? Did you already know about it?"

"Uh, not really knowing in advance..."

Vishdair reached out and rubbed Lily's little head, making it let out a soft whimper, but looking at this cute little fox's sleeping pose, in the end, she couldn't remain angry, just sighed: "Forget it, it's just a fox."

Lin Guang thought for a while and decided to activate the Equal Contract, a gentle white light flashed, and Lily was drawn into the contract space within his Sea of Spirit.

For her, who had fallen unconscious from exhaustion, resting in space could better restore her Spirit, so let Lily rest inside for the time being.

At this point, Lin Guang finally had the leisure to delve into the questions he had just thought of.

Killing that man swiftly and cleanly was exhilarating for a while, but it indeed made it harder to get answers that could have been easily obtained by asking.

However, Lin Guang did not regret it — who knows how long it would take to argue, and still differentiate truth from lies.

He was very tired now and didn't want to deal with those things.

Lin Guang stood up, walked to the corpse, and, suppressing the discomfort in his heart, began to search the cloak man's belongings.

Inside the opponent's cloak, there were many pockets containing various survival tools like flint and small knives, but nothing particularly identifiable, no money or bank cards, as if the person knew he wouldn't return, dealing with his belongings early to prevent asset leakage.

This was unreasonable.

So, Lin Guang searched meticulously again, and finally set his eyes on a jade pendant. The jade didn't look particularly valuable in color and was carved into the shape of a jade token.

The reason he paid attention to this item was that Lin Guang remembered seeing a similar product at the spatial spiritual artifact counter in the City Spirit Beast Mall before.

Low-tier spatial spiritual artifacts don't have any 'master recognition' features, anyone who gets them can use them. Lin Guang tried to inject his Spiritual Power, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He sensed the existence of a space, about the same size as his Ring of Void, filled with a variety of spiritual materials, all low-tier — understandably, low-tier spatial artifacts can't store high-tier materials. Some even had blood on them, evidently dismantled from Spirit Beasts and not yet processed.

Estimating simply, this pile of spiritual materials was worth over three million. Considering the lack of legitimate proof, to sell on the black market roughly yields two million Daxia Coins, just enough to cover the ticket to the True Waterfall.

The wallet contained several bank cards along with the cloak man's ID, which Lin Guang glanced at briefly, as there wasn't much useful information and threw it back.

Besides that, there was a silver feather-like whistle and a black machine that resembled a tracker.

Lastly, he pulled out a black notebook as thick as two fingers, showing signs of frequent use.

Lin Guang flipped through it and found it filled with densely written accounts... or diary entries.

Apart from the densely annotated transaction records, consumption records, and inventory lists in the back, the first half of the book contained random emotional venting or annotations that resembled casual musings or records of daily trivialities.

And with so many records, even though each was penned succinctly, they were enough to piece together a general image of this person for Lin Guang.

This person was born in the Wilderness. Thirty years ago, his village was destroyed during a large-scale beast tide. He and some children hid in a cellar and survived, later rescued by Zhen Sheng City out of humanitarianism and sent to a welfare home.

In this era, almost all villages have relocated within the "walls" of the city. The remaining villages outside usually aren't innocent, with the villagers bearing significant offenses, even having blood on their hands. Most people are hostile towards the offspring of wildlings, so the cloak man's growth likely wasn't smooth.

He wasn't one to secure a stable job for a living, promptly running away from the welfare home to venture into society, engaging in gambling, drugs, and prostitution. One record in particular mentions a lengthy rant about a prostitute stealing his cigarette when he wasn't paying attention.

Later, the cloak man owed loan sharks and was captured for a talent test by the Divine Heart Association, luckily awakening the rare green-tier talent "Find Friends," which happens to counter the "Unconsciousness" of the Akalin Demon. Thus, he joined the Divine Heart Association, embarking on Spirit Beast hunts.

Akalin Demons are very valuable, and after meeting his quotas, the cloak man quickly became moderately wealthy. But being naturally indolent, he opted to purchase spirit-stimulating potions within the Divine Heart Association, amassing some wealth despite his rare but lackadaisical disposition, spending more on leisure.

Lin Guang continued to flip through the book until he found the part he was looking for.

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