Chapter 15: The Devil's Fang

  The third squad where Zhou Yue is in should be the strongest except for Tang Kun's first squad, because not only does it have Zhou Yue who can single-handedly deal with 2nd-level evil spirits, but also Zhao Daishan and Li Dan, a pair of powerful combination, which is probably the real reason they need to clear the left side alone.

  At this point, Tang Kun's order was given, and Zhao Dashan and Li Dan rushed out with a strange cry. The two of them didn't have the guts to fight against 2nd-level evil spirits alone, so they could only desperately kill 1st-level evil spirits. Now in this spacious residential area, it was their paradise for wanton slaughter!

  However, the two of them were quite lethal. According to Zhou Yue's estimate, they had already killed over a hundred level 1 evil spirits and it wouldn't be long before they leveled up to 3.

  The others in the third squad were also in high spirits, following Zhao Da Shan and the two of them went on a big killing spree!

  Zhou Yue followed behind with a bitter smile, on the one hand because his current strength was severely depleted, and on the other hand because the hatchet in his hand only had a little durability left, so he didn't dare to waste it on these level-one evil spirits. If he encountered another level-two evil spirit, he would at least have the power to fight back. Anyway, killing one more would allow him to upgrade to level three.

  Strolling in the compound, watching the blood-red sunset sweep over the high-rise buildings, and then casting a dense black shadow on the ground. Zhou Yue enjoyed this rare moment of peace, despite the distant wails of evil spirits and the desperate cries for help from survivors hiding in their rooms, but everything seemed so far away, almost unreal.

  There was a sense of exhaustion in his heart, unable to express whether it was sadness or sorrow, or the confusion about the road ahead. Facing the scattered corpses and the blood that had frozen into ice, Zhou Yue suddenly felt that life was so fragile!

  "Save me! Please! There's a monster in the hallway, it has eaten so many people! Waaah... I don't dare to go out——"

  A faint cry for help came from the third floor of a building over ten meters away, Zhou Yue looked up and saw that on the balcony, there was a woman with her face covered by hair, using a trembling and crying voice to quietly ask for help.

  Zhou Yue glanced at her, ignoring her because Tang Kun's subordinates had already started using a loudspeaker that wasn't too loud but enough to spread throughout the entire neighborhood, asking all survivors to come down themselves. After all, they only had thirty minutes, and this Tianhe neighborhood, apart from the central villa group, also had dozens of high-rise buildings around it. How could these eighty or so people possibly go floor by floor to rescue them? Being able to clear out the evil spirits in the neighborhood was already good enough, let alone knowing that the target of this rescue mission was in the villa.

  Zhou Yue also pitied those trapped in the room, but the problem was that his physical strength had not recovered yet. Should he save one more? Or should he save a third one?

  How many survivors are left in Hejiang Community? How many survivors are left in Chishan City? Can he be saved? He's not a savior! He hasn't forgotten that just a few hours ago, when he cleared out all the evil spirits in Dexing Community and was left with only a sliver of health, those survivors he rescued actually turned on him and nearly killed him!

  "Please! Please don't go——"

  Jian saw Zhou Yue ignore her, the woman almost cried out for help, her voice grew louder, but perhaps she was more unlucky, a low roar came from the third floor, followed by the sound of the anti-theft door being smashed!

  "Save me! Please!"

  The woman downstairs couldn't help but scream loudly, and her whole body was shaking like a sieve on the balcony.

  "Jump down!"

  At this time, Zhou Yue's heart was delighted, and he shouted loudly. Because after hearing the sound of the anti-theft door being quickly broken, he immediately judged that it was a 2nd-level evil spirit! I really didn't expect that there would be such a big guy hidden in this corridor, definitely having eaten many people!

  "No! Help!"

  The woman was almost frightened out of her wits, and the room she was in also transmitted a loud crash at this time. Apparently, the 2nd-level evil spirit had broken through the anti-theft door and rushed into the room!

  "Jump down, jump!"

  Zhou Yue let out a loud roar downstairs, then suddenly rushed over, grabbed the anti-theft window on the first floor, and like a monkey, swung up to the balcony on the second floor with one swing. However, he couldn't rush up to the third floor now. The only way for the woman to survive was to jump down from the balcony on the third floor. She might break her leg, or become paralyzed from the waist down, or even become a vegetable, but it's still much better than being torn into pieces by those two evil ghosts!

  Zhou Yue's loud shout finally had an effect, and the woman, possibly because of his jump to the second floor, gained a lot of confidence. She directly pushed open the window and then came crashing down headfirst, seemingly trying to grab Zhou Yue!

  But seeing this scene, Zhou Yue was really about to be angry to death. This foolish woman wouldn't change to a more elegant posture? However, it's not her fault, after all, who has experience with jumping off buildings?

  As he watched, the woman's body fell like a lead block, lifeless and heavy. Zhou Yue seized the opportunity, kicking out with one foot just as the woman's body was about to pass by him, striking her chest with precision. Although his strength was only 12 points, it was enough to change the woman's head-downward posture. As for what happened next, there was no next - whether she lived or died was her fate, and had nothing to do with him. Now, he needed to get rid of the two 2nd-level evil spirits above.

  However, what made Zhou Yue quite depressed was that the 2nd-level evil spirit was obviously not very stupid. After rushing to the balcony, it stopped in its tracks and refused to come down, constantly screaming at Zhou Yue on the second-floor balcony!

  "Alright, you won't come down? Then I'll go up!" Zhou Yue glanced at the 2nd-level evil spirit and suddenly felt much better. It turned out that this 2nd-level evil spirit hadn't activated Zhang Tian's protective halo, which meant its HP was only 14 points and its defense was only 1 point. In that case, it was just a piece of cake!

  Haha, with a smile, Zhou Yue was like a monkey, swinging on the swing for a few times, and then he climbed from the second floor balcony to another household's third floor balcony. From this point of view, he is fully qualified to be a lone thief.

  That 2nd-level evil spirit was blocking the balcony, its two claws sealing off all directions. However, Zhou Yue wasn't that stupid and didn't directly charge over. Instead, he kicked open the window of another household's balcony, entered from there, opened the door, and calmly circled around to attack from behind. Five seconds later, this ferocious and intelligent evil spirit met a tragic end. Without Zhang Tian Shi's protective halo, it was just a pathetic little radish that deserved to be brutally killed in front of Zhou Yue!

  At the moment he killed the 2nd-level evil spirit, a warm current that Zhou Yueqi had been longing for suddenly spread rapidly throughout his body. In an instant, his entire state was restored to its peak, and all his previous fatigue was swept away. He finally reached the coveted 3rd level!

  The maximum health increased by two points, becoming 16 points. The two free points were still added to the agility attribute, so it became a terrifying 16 points. Now, with these 16 points of agility, he was almost like a lightweight qinggong master who could fly and escape!

  He chuckled with great satisfaction, and then picked up the small bag that had fallen to the ground. The moment he reached into it, his expression suddenly froze, as if even his heartbeat had come to a standstill. Because what he felt was not that damned copper plate, nor those equally damned apples and biscuits!

  He looked down and found a dagger about 15 centimeters long, similar to a boar tusk.

  "Level 2 Dagger, Evil Spirit's Fang, Power +1, Speed +2, Attack +2, Durability 10/10"

  "Properties, paralysis, when launching an attack, there is a 30% chance to trigger the paralysis effect, this effect lasts for one second. (Note: This paralysis effect is just a small poison and can only be effective against enemies with a level difference of no more than three)"

  Upon seeing this piece of information, Feng Wu's entire body was trembling with excitement. It was simply unbelievable that the properties of this dagger were more than ten times better than those of a cleaver! Especially that paralyzing effect - it was truly like a divine artifact! With a 30% chance of triggering, it meant that every three attacks would result in one paralysis effect. But with his current agility attribute, he could stab three times in just one second. Then the paralysis effect would take hold, and he'd continue stabbing. This wave of attacks would leave the enemy completely at his mercy!

  "Haha! What luck, what luck indeed! But, it's because I've been lucky enough to have met that woman!"

  After a good half day, Zhou Yue finally replaced the evil ghost dagger with the worn-out hatchet, and as a result, his overall attributes changed again. His strength was still 12 points, but his agility reached an extremely terrifying 18 points, and his attack became 2 points.

  With this powerful attribute, Zhou Yue was completely confident that even if he encountered a level 3 evil spirit, he could take it down. After laughing loudly in his heart for a few moments, he continued to climb the balcony and landed back on the ground with a few swings.