Chapter 81: New Level, New Devils!
The darkness of the Dark Forest faded as Daniel, Lia, and Ayra neared the massive S-shaped mountain range that split the Taiji Basin.
The air here felt different, still carrying the heavy Yin energy but now tinged with a faint, almost imperceptible warmth from the distant Yang region.
They had meticulously swept their designated sectors of the Yin forest, their pouches now bulging with an impressive one hundred Yin Cards, a testament to their brutal efficiency and Daniel’s uncanny ability to find... "opportunities."
Yang Cards, however, remained stubbornly elusive.
"One hundred Yin and not a single Yang to show for it," Ayra grumbled, kicking a loose obsidian rock that darted into the undergrowth.
She had thoroughly enjoyed the strategic takedown of Kane’s Savage Blades and the efficient neutralization of Tariq’s treacherous trio, but the absence of new card types was beginning to dull her berserker spirit.
"This place is seriously unbalanced. It’s like a buffet with only one kind of appetizer."
Lia, her A-Grade Staff of the World Ash glowing with a soft, steady emerald light, consulted the updated map on her Nexus Interface.
’’According to the data Daniel acquired, and general Basin topography, the highest concentration of Yang energy, and thus Yang Card-dropping beasts, will be on the other side of this range. The question is, how do we cross?"
Daniel, who had been silently scanning the towering foothills with his [Aura Sense+], nodded.
"Ayra, you mentioned before, back on Platform Alpha when Director Thorne was giving his speech, that there are usually two ways to traverse these inter-regional mountain barriers in dimensional assessments?"