When Aoki came out again, Phantom Stone's body had completely recovered.
However, he was still absorbing a steady stream of ghostly energy into his body.
Aoki's chip scanned Phantom Stone's data and found that the maximum amount of energy in his body had increased by a large amount.
Phantom Stone, who had just leveled up during the day, had leveled up again, reaching level 32.
"Phantom Stone, it's about time. This ghostly energy has increased your level by one. You've already leveled up twice today. Leveling up too quickly won't do you much good," Aoki said.
Phantom Stone opened his eyes when he heard Aoki's words and stopped absorbing.
He really did feel the feeling of leveling up rapidly. After Aoki reminded him to compress the energy in his body, he was able to absorb more and more energy. Later on, he leveled up unknowingly. If Aoki didn't remind him, he wouldn't have noticed.
If he continued to absorb energy like this, he might reach level 40 in a few months. However, if he did that, all his training and foundation would be ruined.
The loss outweighed the gain.
It was best to improve one's strength through battle or training.
"You should return to the shadow first," Aoki said with a smile when he saw Phantom Stone wake up immediately.
If it was only level 2, the impact wouldn't be too big. After training for a while, he would be able to accept it completely.
He brought Dazed Beast to the entrance of the cave. Old Phantom Stone was still looking at the entrance.
He saw Dazed Beast and Aoki disappear twice, but he didn't know where they disappeared to.
Now that they came out, the black stone pillar didn't change at all. The ghostly energy from the stone pillar didn't decrease either. Old Phantom Stone let out a sigh of relief.
He didn't care if Phantom Stone absorbed some energy, but he was afraid that Aoki would destroy the entire stone pillar. That would be terrible.
What he didn't know was that the stone pillar's purpose was to limit the speed at which the ghostly energy gushed out. If the stone pillar was destroyed, the ghostly energy that had almost condensed into liquid would rush out. It wouldn't take long for the entire cave to be filled.
If there were no restrictions, the trial island would become a paradise for spirit-type sprites.
"Patriarch Gui Si, I've already gotten what I wanted. Thank you for letting us in," Aoki said with a smile.
"Ahem, of course, of course. If there's nothing else, Aoki -kun, let's hurry up and leave." Old Ghost was really scared. The moment Aoki walked into the cave, Old Ghost regretted it. But after they went in, he couldn't follow.
He had been in fear for as long as he had been outside.
He was getting old.
His mental endurance had also deteriorated.
"Okay, then let's go out." Aoki understood his thoughts, but he didn't expose him. He smiled and nodded.
After a few turns, Aoki and the Dazed Beast were brought to the entrance of the cave.
His meaning was clear.
It's getting late. You'd better go sleep somewhere else. Our cave isn't suitable for you.
He hurriedly bid farewell to Old Ghost.
Gui Si Tong also stayed in Aoki's shadow and didn't come out. Now he was frantically digesting the energy he had absorbed. If it wasn't necessary, he wouldn't come out for the time being.
After sending Aoki away, Old Ghost was completely relaxed.
But he didn't know that if Aoki wanted to get close to the stone pillar again, he wouldn't need to lead the way anymore. The Dazed Beast's teleportation could bring Aoki to the stone pillar without anyone noticing.
It was just that before Aoki had a certain degree of confidence, he probably wouldn't go down again.
God knows what kind of terrifying sprites would appear if he continued to explore.
Now, a random quasi-heavenly king sprite could crush him.
After coming out of the Ghost Cave, the sky was already half dark. The sun in the west had already sunk below the horizon. In at most half an hour, it would directly enter the night.
Aoki took the Dazed Beast and walked directly into the depths of the trial island.
Because the map fragment that he had obtained before showed the location of the points card, it was even further than the Ghost Cave.
After walking for nearly twenty minutes, Aoki stopped.
It was not suitable to explore the forest at night. On a grassland before entering the forest, Aoki planned to sleep for the night and continue exploring tomorrow.
He took out a lot of pokeballs at once and summoned all the sprites.
Now there were more and more sprites on him. Whether it was main battle sprites or tool sprites, Takeshi Aoki almost had more than a dozen. Every time he ate, it was a big project.
Fortunately, the elves now all knew that if they wanted to eat more, they had to do it themselves in order to have enough food and clothing.
Every sprite had its own assigned job.
And the person who assigned them the task was the big brother of the team, Dark Crow.
There were many wild animals on the grassland, so there was no need to worry about food.
After sending the other sprites away, Aoki called Dark Crow to his side.
"Dark Crow, I've found the Stone of Darkness you need for your evolution, the one with the highest quality," Greenwood said as he stroked the Dark Crow's soft feathers.
Dark Crow's body had now grown beyond the normal size of a Dark Crow. After eating the energy cube for a long time, the color and softness of his feathers were much better.
Hearing Aoki's words, Dark Crow's eyes lit up.
He already knew that his aptitude was on the weaker side in the team, and his strength was gradually unable to keep up with the team.
Aoki had told him before that he only needed to do his own thing. As for growing and becoming stronger, he could leave it to him.
He didn't expect to actually get a top quality dark stone today.
"Now is not the best time for you to use it. Although your body's development has almost reached the limit, your aptitude still has room for improvement. It's best to increase your aptitude by a small level before using this dark stone. The effect will be better that way." As his first sprite, Aoki certainly understood Dark Crow's thoughts.
When he subdued Dark Crow, his aptitude was actually green, but it was in a state of decay.
It took a lot of effort to maintain his aptitude at the peak of green by relying on the yellow intermediate energy cube that he made at that time.
However, Aoki guessed that Dark Crow's aptitude might have been dark green before the decay. It was just that the intermediate energy cube at that time couldn't achieve the ultimate recovery.
Therefore, Aoki wondered if the effect would be better after Dark Crow's aptitude reached dark green.
Hearing this, Dark Crow nodded without any objections.
He would do whatever Aoki said. This was the most basic trust that sprites had for their trainers!
"Alright then, I'm going to increase the amount of energy crystals in your energy cube. It might bring about some changes to your body. Just persevere through it," Aoki said.
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