The giant smelled the blood and reached out to grab Mo Shuwan and her prey together, his scarlet eyes showing a hint of disgust and doubt.

He tossed Mo Shuwan aside and examined her closely for a moment. He couldn't figure out how such a weak little thing had survived until now, but he didn't care. After confirming that Mo Shuwan was not dead, he began to eat as if no one else was around. Not long after, all the servants sent out by the giant returned one after another, and the size of the prey they brought back was not too different. Since the giant had already eaten almost half of it, the others did not know how big the prey that Mo Shuwan brought back was.

The invaders from outside the territory had rested for a long time, and Mo Shuwan had also rested for a long time. She had no timekeeping device in her hand, and the sky had hardly changed. She could only roughly judge the time based on her hunger level.

At least three days have passed since they rested here. In those three days, Mo Shuwan went out three times, each time to find food for the giants. At other times, the giants wouldn't let her go out at all; as soon as she showed any intention of leaving, she would be immediately summoned back.

"Why……"

Mo Shuwan was somewhat frustrated because she still had no clue how to kill the giant immediately, but this feeling came and went quickly.

About three more days passed, and Mo Shuwan keenly sensed that the atmosphere around her had changed. The most obvious change was among the servants brought by the other giants. Based on her observations over the past few days, she was able to confirm that these guys were usually very calm when they were around the giants. But today, almost everyone had a happy expression on their faces.

Mo Shuwan narrowed her eyes and sat up from where she was.

They're really happy, what happened?

This question didn't linger in Mo Shuwan's mind for long, because she soon saw the distance suddenly turn into darkness. Her heart sank slightly, and connecting it with the changes of the extraterrestrial invaders, she guessed what the darkness was.

The darkness was advancing at an extremely slow pace. Mo Shuwan estimated for a moment that if the darkness continued to advance at the same speed, it would probably take about ten days to reach their location.

What will the invaders from beyond the borders do then? Invade the Western Continent? Spark another war?

Mo Shuwan's guess was absolutely correct. The extraterrestrial invaders were staying here simply to wait for the priest to bring over the dark power. They lived on darkness, and being surrounded by dark power would greatly increase their strength. Furthermore, under the blessing of this dark power, the dark wounds inflicted by the giants could not be removed by simple means.

This has been a headache for everyone in the league for a long time.

As the dark power spread towards her, Mo Shuwan raised her hand to touch the horn on her forehead, her eyes remaining unchanged as she watched the dark power slowly envelop her. The comfortable feeling, like a fish returning to water, put her heart at ease.

"I just don't know how long we can hold out..."

About a month later, the dark power had become so concentrated that the invaders from beyond the realm needed it. They stopped lingering and the army continued its march toward the first fortress on the Western Continent.

That day, Mo Shuwan went out as usual to find food for the giant. Surrounded by dark forces, the area she could observe was limited, so she dared not let Hope out for too long. Therefore, she planned to let him eat and then go back. But as soon as Hope came out, it roared at a certain place.

Mo Shuwan immediately tensed up and turned her head sharply to look over.

"Heh, I knew you had something going on."

An extraterrestrial invader emerged from the darkness. He looked at Hope standing beside Mo Shuwan, a greedy glint in his eyes. "You're only able to find those enormous prey because of this little guy, aren't you?"

Mo Shuwan remained silent with a sullen face.

"You have disrupted the balance between us. I was not planning to take action, but you have shown no restraint whatsoever. So I'm sorry, you can only die."

Mo Shuwan quickly looked around. She wasn't sure if there were any other extraterrestrial invaders nearby. The silver bow flashed in her hand several times, but in the end, she gave up on taking out the silver bow and went to meet them with her bare hands.

The benefits gained from ancient ruins go far beyond just those precious herbs.

Even without the Silver Bow, Mo Shuwan can temporarily draw upon dark power with her bare hands. Although the amount is small, there is an advantage: she doesn't have to worry about her life force being depleted.

Hope squeaked and ran wildly to the side of the extraterrestrial invader. Mo Shuwan had not yet fully understood the changes that had occurred to him. The extraterrestrial invader only thought that he had some special abilities and did not think that this little guy had any combat power. He was even afraid of hurting him and temporarily withdrew an attack that could have caused Mo Shuwan a lot of trouble.

Then he suffered the consequences.

Flames imbued with dark power exploded on the face of the extraterrestrial invader. Before Mo Shuwan could even finish him off, the man collapsed to the ground.

Mo Shuwan: "..."

"Squeak squeak squeak!" Hope walked proudly to Mo Shuwan's side.

Mo Shuwan squatted down with a complicated expression and patted Xiwang on the head. "Very impressive!"

The bodies of the foreign invaders quickly and completely dissolved into the darkness. Fearing that there might still be people around, Mo Shuwan didn't dare to linger and immediately put her hopes back on walking into the distance.

The headquarters of Time Bus at this very moment.

On that enormous monument of war achievements, which stretched as far as the eye could see, a name flickered slightly, and in the next moment, it had moved up at least ten places from its original position.

The monument to merits is always under the watchful eye of many, so the flashing of this name naturally caught their attention. However, since the name was located quite far back on the monument, many people only glanced at it and didn't pay it any mind. Only a few people who were secretly watching Mo Shuwan felt a jolt in their hearts.

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