Chapter 12: The Cursed Ring

  "Alright, I promise you, I will definitely hold off the remaining nine 1st-level evil spirits!" He Ming also said succinctly.

  Yu didn't say much and directly threw down the Type 81 rifle on his back, as it was an iron thing, weighing several kilograms, which wasn't suitable for him to move quickly.

  But Zhao Dashan directly helped Zhou Yue take over, and smiled: "I'll help you carry it, I'm short of everything, but not short of strength!"

  He nodded at Zhao Dashi, who was clearly trying to curry favor with him. Zhou Yue began to walk towards the group of evil spirits. Now that they were gathered together, their detection abilities seemed to have increased dramatically. He had only approached within a range of 50 meters when the group of evil spirits let out a loud roar and charged at him. The level 2 evil spirit was the first to attack, its massive feet stomping on the ground with a deafening crash, sending shockwaves through the air. The atmosphere was instantly filled with an aura of terror, causing everyone's face to turn pale.

  Zhou Yue was also drumming in his heart, but he made himself calm down as much as possible. In fact, he had already thought of a countermeasure, still the old method, relying on his own speed to fly a kite. These two 2nd-level evil spirits seemed to have a huge body shape, but they would inevitably lead to a slight decrease in their agility. As long as He Ming and others could hold back the remaining evil spirits, he was basically won!

  At this time, Zhou Yue had already stopped in his tracks, and He Ming and others also stood still about six or seven meters behind him. Some even more timid ones stood more than 20 meters away, ready to escape at any moment.

  That group of evil spirits ran at the same speed as a normal human, so in the blink of an eye they rushed to within ten meters of Zhou Yue. At this time, Zhou Yue suddenly burst out with extremely fast speed and collided with the two second-level evil spirits. In front of those evil spirits that were about two meters tall, Zhou Yue was like a small child who couldn't withstand a single blow!

  But it turned out that Zhou Yue's 13 agility was still very effective in suppressing, and with just a slight flash, he dodged the two-clawed attack of the level 2 evil spirit. He then switched his cleaver to his left hand and made a swift slash, striking the evil spirit's abdomen and leaving a 3cm deep wound, but due to the insufficient force behind the blow, it only dealt 2 points of damage!

  But that was enough, Zhou Yue quickly abandoned the 2nd-level evil spirit and, as before, used his speed to rush into the arms of another 1st-level evil spirit behind him. After pushing it out three steps, he again used the same rebounding whirlwind slash to kill this 1st-level evil spirit in an instant. Before he could even pick up the dropped items, he turned around and fled towards the exit of the alley, with the 2nd-level evil spirit naturally hot on his heels!

  At this time, He Ming and others also quickly launched a few steps forward, holding the remaining eight evil spirits in check!

  He sprinted over twenty meters in one breath, seeing the remaining eight 1st-level evil spirits being held back by He Ming and others. Only then did Zhou Yue stop, preparing to fly a kite with that 2nd-level evil spirit. Earlier, he had already probed it out - this evil spirit had nothing but brute strength, and those claws were terrifying, but they would never be able to catch him!

  But he just needs to get close and slash it with one knife, and he can cut off its 2 points of life value. With its 24 points of life value, it's just a matter of twelve knives!

  That 2nd-level evil spirit was clearly extremely enraged, just like a black bear growling and pouncing towards Zhou Yue, but immediately it pounced into thin air. Those two claws directly left ten scratch marks several centimeters deep on the hard cement ground. It was truly a scene of flying debris and chaotic flames, making Zhou Yue's heart tremble with fear. He estimated that if he were to be scratched by one claw, even if he didn't die, he would definitely be crippled!

  At this time, Yue didn't dare to be careless again, taking advantage of her smaller body and faster speed to keep circling around, occasionally slashing out with a knife. Just like that, one minute passed, and by the time He Ming and the others finished off those eight 1st-level evil spirits, this 2nd-level evil spirit was left with only 4 points of life value, on the verge of being defeated.

  At this moment, taking advantage of the fact that the two 2nd-level evil spirits were facing away from the crowd, two survivors suddenly rushed out and stabbed the 2nd-level evil spirit in the back with a dagger. Apparently, these two people were trying to take advantage of the situation, after all, whoever killed it last would get the experience, and this 2nd-level evil spirit was equivalent to 20 1st-level evil spirits, no wonder they were tempted!

  However, the two of them miscalculated one thing - how could their Mitsubishi daggers compare to Zhou Yue's cleaver? Their two swift and fierce attacks only managed to take away 2 points of the evil spirit's life value. But in the next moment, the evil spirit, which had been unable to catch Zhou Yue and was now extremely enraged, suddenly turned around and swung its hand. Its sharp claws first swept away the two rifles, then swept across the head of the first survivor, and finally swept across the chest of the second survivor. Almost in an instant, the two of them didn't even have time to let out a miserable cry before they were slapped flying!

  Taking advantage of the opportunity, with just one knife on Zhou Yue's body in front, the last 2 points of this evil spirit's life value were knocked out. Then, this evil spirit like a small mountain collapsed to the ground, and next to it appeared a small bag at the same time.

  Zhou Yue first gave a cold glance to the two survivors who wanted to take advantage, then picked up the small bag on the ground, silently thinking: "150!"

  At this time, everyone was stunned, both shocked that Zhou Yue could kill the 2nd-level evil spirit without a scratch, and secretly fearful, because just now, many people had the idea of taking advantage in their hearts, only to be led by those two survivors. Fortunately, it was so, because one of the two had his head completely blown open, and the other's chest was completely torn apart, leaving only a breath, and it was clear that he could not survive.

  Zhou Yue reached into the small bag at this time, and the next moment, a layer of frantic joy suddenly surged onto his originally cold and stern face. After the small bag disappeared into light points, a pale white ring that seemed to be made of bone appeared in his hand.

  "Level 2 Evil Spirit Ring, Power +1, Speed +1, Wear Position, Both Hands Index Finger."

  This is as simple an attribute as that rusty axe, but in Zhou Yue's eyes now, this evil spirit ring is simply more precious than a ton of gold. If the axe was barely considered a minor extreme treasure, then this evil spirit ring is truly a minor extreme treasure.

  Without any hesitation, Zhou Yue directly put on the evil spirit ring on his right hand's index finger. Immediately, his attributes also changed. His original 11 points of strength became 12 points, and his original 13 points of agility became 14 points. Although it was a small change, for Zhou Yue, this was a huge boost in power!

  Zhou Yue obtained the Evil Spirit Ring and it was naturally known to everyone in no time, after all, each person's attributes could be clearly seen by others, and it would be impossible to hide even if they wanted to, unless there was a huge gap in their levels.

  At this moment, including He Ming and three other soldiers, they were all envying to death. Zhao Dashan and Li Dan's eyes almost popped out. At this time, they clearly felt that the gap between them and Zhou Yue was getting bigger and bigger.

  No one spoke, and after a moment of silence, the crowd continued forward. After all, they had to gather with the other three teams. As soon as they walked out of the alley, they saw that Tang Lianzhang's first team had already arrived, with high morale, but many soldiers were injured. Tang Lianzhang himself was the most seriously injured, but he had been promoted to 2nd level, and many of his subordinates had also been promoted to 1st level. It seemed that they had cleared out a large number of evil spirits in that alley.

  "Where are the other two?" Tang Lianchang casually swept his gaze over the group, his voice cold as he asked. Having leveled up to 2 and allocated all his free points to strength, he had reached a terrifying 18 points, surpassing Zhao Dashi by one point and becoming the strongest member of the team. His question carried weight and authority.

  "It's already been sacrificed!" He Ming replied simply, then took out an apple and handed it to Tang Lianchang. At this time, Zhou Yue only noticed that many of the wounded soldiers in the first squad were treated with modern bandaging methods, and very few people ate apples to recover. Apparently, the apples they dropped were not many, after all, the drop rate of apples was only around 30%, basically killing three evil spirits would drop one.

  After some thought, Zhou Yue walked forward and said: "I have apples here, one copper plate for one, who wants them?"

  As soon as Zhou Yue said this, Tang Lian's eyes lit up and he hastily asked: "You have extra apples? That's great! However, we don't have many copper coins on hand, only twelve pieces. Can we exchange for other items?"

  Zhou Yue smiled and the apples in his backpack were at least nearly forty, almost killing him with exhaustion, and he didn't need that many recovery apples either, so it was naturally better to exchange them for copper coins.

  "Tang Lianchang, I just want copper plates, but you can owe us!"

  Tang Lian was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing, "Alright, I'll take them all!"

  Yu Yue didn't say anything else and directly took off her backpack, taking out 35 recovery apples from inside, leaving the remaining seven for herself to eat.