Chapter Thirteen: The Fluorescent Ring

  Everyone has a temper, Lin Jie can tolerate it once for the sake of Autumn's face, but he can't keep tolerating forever. Moreover, in their previous life, when they first met Autumn, You Yi wasn't there, so it can be expected that this guy must have done something outrageous to get kicked out of the team.

  Lin Jie and Zhan Yi locked eyes.

  "Floating life, you and I can't coexist!" Zhan Yi roared, his eyes scanning everyone's faces, lingering longer on You Lan and Qiu Yuan. He puffed out his chest, "Those who stand with me, come forth!"

  Everyone looks at me, I look at you, some people hesitate and want to move, but are held back by others.

  Midnight cold smile, "Tsk tsk, what a great skill, teammates and captains calling each other out, I'm starting to like the atmosphere of this team."

  Lin Jie looked at Qiu Yuan, her eyes were straight, obviously receiving someone's message. It seemed that You Lan had asked her to plead for him. You Lan was a dignified and elegant person, but he was not good at handling interpersonal relationships, otherwise he would not have been entangled with Zhuo Yi for so many years.

  "Fine, if you can't do it, I'll take care of it." Lin Jie shrugged casually and turned to everyone, "Up ahead is the Landmine Pass, all explosive cat shit, but they're not triggered continuously. Follow me and don't move randomly."

  "You may go."

  Qiu Yuan blinked her big eyes and sent a message to Lin Jie, "Yao Lan sister asks you, do you need me to fan the flames?"

  Alas, I fear the world is not chaotic enough...... Lin Jie turned around, in front of him was a vast expanse of grassland, just like a deep chasm separating two forests, with green grass covering up to his waist.

  Lin Jie grasped the broken blade, stepped into the grass, and as soon as he took his first step, a faint burning sensation spread from the soles of his feet. He exerted himself to insert his foot into the mud, hooked his toes, and a large piece of mud and a faintly visible cat's feces flew up. At the same time, he initiated a wild sprint and rapidly retreated, instantly escaping a distance of over ten meters.

  Rumble——

  The bomb exploded in mid-air, and the shockwave tore through the grass, sending it flying everywhere.

  Midnight, a flash of insight, such a quick reaction! Sub-night triumph had once conquered the expert level and relied on strong equipment to support this area. Even if he knew there were bombs under the grass, he could only be blown into scraps - no one could remove the bombs.

  "Go!" Lin Jie shouted, driving with ease and familiarity. The rumbling of the bombs grew faster and louder, and under his lead, a small path was gradually cleared out.

  Zhan Yi smiled and said, "I thought it was some kind of work, but it's actually a test of skills. I'm good at this." He had been neglected for so long that he couldn't wait to find his sense of existence, and he stretched out his leg towards a patch of grass.

  "Don't!" Lin Jie hastily shouted, but it was too late. The moment when Zhan Yi's toes sank into the mud, he was blown to pieces by a cat poop bomb, and at the same time, a large area was continuously detonated! "Damn!"

  "Get out of the team!" Lin Jie was furious, and with one kick, he kicked Zhan Wing out of the team. Everyone looked at each other in dismay, but no one spoke up for Zhan Wing.

  Qiu Yuan glared at him, "I thought you never swore."

  "I don't smoke, I don't drink, I'm single and I don't even like Japanese movies. If I don't say something dirty, I won't even have a second sex characteristic." Lin Jie suppressed the anger in his heart, led everyone to leave the grassland, and came to the last checkpoint: the shrubbery thicket.

  The difficulty of this level lies in the fact that the visibility is almost 0, and the thicket crosses the entire map all the way to the BOSS's residence. Players need to pass through the thicket, those who are lucky will pass smoothly, while those who are unlucky will be bitten to death by countless cat demons.

  Lin Jie's method is: burn!

  According to the game settings, shrubs can be understood as a small area where monsters are randomly spawned. If so, burning them would naturally solve the problem. However, the leaves of these shrubs have the property of isolating magic, and elemental flames cannot take effect, only the torches given by the hunter will work.

  Boom!

  The whole bush is ablaze!

  Lin Jie's eyes scanned around and he exclaimed in surprise, "There is still a treasure chest?"

  A nearly invisible treasure chest lid protruded from the mud, difficult to detect. If Lin Jie hadn't seen the strategy for attacking the cat demon's lair in his previous life, he probably wouldn't have discovered it either.

  "What sharp eyes!" Midnight exclaimed.

  The treasure chest inside was generally unlocked, and Lin Jie opened it directly.

  Fluorescent Ring (Silver)

  Demand 2nd level

  Attack 5-8

  Strength +3

  Agility +3

  Auxiliary: Lowest-level Flash Dust, you sprinkle out stored flash dust, causing units below level 10 to be blinded for 2 seconds.

  Weight 0.5 pounds

  "Thieves, warriors use this ring, I'll take it." Lin Jie said, equipping the ring on his hand. Additionally, a shield warrior's defensive roar skill book was also dropped and assigned to Midnight.

  Midnight hehe smiled and said, "I'll let out a loud howl."

  "Roar——!"

  Everyone has been granted a defensive roar, increasing their health by 30 points, defense by 5 points, and damage reduction by 3%. It's an excellent group buff skill.

  "Meow~~ meow~~" A sharp and fine voice came from the other side of the bush.

  "That's the Cat Demon Herder, we've seen him once in a copy, he didn't have any effect," Midnight said.

  "It's impossible for a useless NPC to appear out of thin air in an instance, let's go take a look." Lin Jie led the crowd to walk towards the left. He dared to bring this team to the expert-level instance because the Cat Demon Herder would provide some buffs; otherwise, it would be strange if they could clear the instance! Moreover, the Cat Demon Herder was also one of the links in completing the collection task.

  Under a giant tree stood a stout dwarf with a big beard, trembling all over and making cat-like calls.

  "At midnight, Wu Nai said helplessly, 'We've tried many methods, but none of them worked.'"

  "Dwarf, what brings you here?" Lin Jie asked as he stepped forward.

  "Dwarves muttered among themselves."

  This is the Dwarf language, Lin Jie as a human does not understand his language, so they cannot communicate with each other.

  "Let me handle this!" Qiu Yuan smiled and said, "Shorty brother?"

  "Hello?"

  “hjdshkd。”

  Qiu Yuan's face turned cold, and Chao Lin Jie stretched out his hand, saying, "Give me the knife!"

  Everyone is knocked down...

  Seeing this, Lin Jie picked up his rifle and aimed at the dwarf's head, saying coldly, "Dwarf, I know you can understand. Either answer my question or die here!"

  Which player is not respectful to NPCs, treating them like their own grandfather? As for threatening NPCs, there aren't many people who can do that, and of course, not many people want to.

  "Human, your appearance and strength are astonishing, please don't kill me..." The dwarf trembled, hugging his legs weakly and said, "I'm just an ordinary shepherd."

  Lin Jie sneered, "Cat demon herder?"

  The dwarf's eyes darted back and forth, "This is not my fault, they were originally cute little cats, all due to a disease! Human, I beg of you, help me kill the source of the disease. I will give you the reward you deserve."

  "Will you accept the quest [Source of Disease]?"

  No!

  Lin Jie waved his hand to cancel the task and shot the dwarf's ankle with a single bullet. "What is your purpose in raising cat demons?"

  Everyone was shocked and amazed, "Good grief, how can you be so ruthless to an NPC?" Little did they know, this cat herder would evolve into a super lord during the Cataclysmic War, even more formidable than the ultimate BOSS. He was basically immune to all damage! Only those who had defeated him when he was weak could inflict harm on him.

  It was also in that battle that Emperor Ofa challenged the Super Lord alone, and his reputation soared.

  "For... for the sake of hearing the news of the Radiant Alliance, but the cat demon didn't listen to my control, human, I've said it before, please don't kill me!" The dwarf knelt down at Lin Jie's feet and kowtowed.

  The dwarf nodded and crawled into his backpack.

  "You have obtained the Cat Witch Herder's evidence, the military officer will give your team a reward."

  In the place where the dwarves disappeared, there was also a flute.

  The Flute of Command (Special Item)

  Requires level 0, Special Ornament

  Defense +35

  Blood +150

  Magic value + 110

  All attributes +10

  Your Judgment skill effect is increased by 25%, and your Block rate is increased by 5%.

  Addition: When you blow the flute of command, you can control the mind of the cat demon.

  "Tofu brain, take it." Lin Jie turned his head to Midnight and said, "Midnight, your skills are good, you need to set up a second hatred, the difference is for you to control yourself, as long as I give the order, you must pull the BOSS away."

  "No problem." Midnight smiled and said, he really wanted to see how much ability this young man in front of him had.

  Ding~

  "Occupying the Wings of Heaven applies to join the team."

  Youlan furrowed her brow, ignoring it, but the prompt sounded several dozen times more. She simply turned off the team formation button. "Let's go, after we finish the BOSS I have some things to take care of."

  At this time, outside the cat demon's lair.

  Zhan Yi slammed his fist on the ground, "You two treacherous bitches, You Lán and Qiū Yuǎn, how dare you betray me!"

  "Brother, how did you get so angry?" Silver Shield led the team to clean up the cat demon's lair, and it just so happened that they were short of one warrior - preferably a barbarian, because he could be abandoned at any time to escape.

  "Floating life! I want him dead!" Occupying Wing screamed.

  "What's the meaning of 'Floating Life'?" The Silver Shield's eyes flashed, and he put his arm around Yan Yi's shoulder. "Come on, let's take it slow. I'm the Silver Shield of the Iron Wall Empire. Why don't you join our team first?"

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  If the cat demon's nest is like a mushroom, then the cat demon king's nest is... a giant mushroom. Under the giant mushroom nest as big as a tree trunk, the cat demon king was licking its paws alone. Its muscles were very developed, and its fur covered its face, with sharp claws stained with poisonous thorns.

  Cat Demon King: 5-star Lord, HP 15,000/15,000.

  "Lord."

  The sound of gasping for breath is endless.

  Wild Sprint!

  Lin Jie didn't give anyone time to react, and suddenly rushed in front of the Cat Demon King, knocking him unconscious. Tofu Brain then blew the Commanding Flute, which can be obtained from expert-level副本, but its special effect only works on ordinary-level副本's cat demon minions. Now, it would at most affect the Cat Demon King for half a second.

  However, the Command: Flute has an additional effect: generating a large amount of hatred value!

  "Up!"

  Midnight shield charge, close combat surrounds the Cat Demon King tightly.

  Hmph!

  The Cat Demon King's claw swept out, and everyone including Lin Jie was sent flying!