Chapter 36: Delicate Iron Sand

  As Zhou Yue gradually approached the last auxiliary soldier within a distance of forty meters, he suddenly moved, like a shadow, instantly crossing space and time. The forty-meter distance was covered in less than two seconds, and he had already pounced on the back of the last auxiliary soldier. Before the soldier could even react, the Evil Ghost Tooth had left a snow-bright mark on his neck, slicing through with an astonishing swiftness!

  When the blood splattered, Tang Kun and others in the distance finally came to their senses. It wasn't because the two seconds were too short, but because no one had expected that the moment Zhou Yue launched the attack would be so stunning! It was too terrifying, and each of them felt a chill run down their necks as they watched!

  The slash of the evil spirit's fang took away 12 points of life from this level 4 auxiliary soldier, because his defense was still 5 points, just like that level 3 evil spirit. The advantages are increased life and strength, but these two attributes have no room to play at all!

  When the auxiliary soldier finally woke up, the next two attacks of Evil Spirit's Tooth appeared again. Although they did not trigger paralysis and bleeding effects, these two attacks also took away 19 points of his life value. Because Zhou Yue's attack positions were all at his most vulnerable neck, let alone 5 defense values, even if there were two more points, it would not have much effect. Of course, if it were someone like Tang Kun who had no defense at all, just one knife would be enough to clear their life value!

  "Cough, cough—"

  That auxiliary soldier wanted to shout, wanted to put down the unicycle in his hand and draw out the standard long knife at his waist, but he could only make such a small sound, and his life value was left with only 2 points. The evil spirit's tooth lightly wiped away his life, and then the sharp blade continued to stab directly into the back of the second auxiliary soldier!

  At this time, the vanguard finally realized Zhou Yue's attack. It wasn't that they reacted too slowly, but rather because Zhou Yue's attack was too fast. From 40 meters away, from the start of the attack to the first vanguard's death, only three seconds had passed. The second vanguard barely had time to put down his unicycle and draw out half of the standard long knife at his waist before he met the terrifying attack of Evil Ghost Tooth. Although it wasn't a weak spot on the neck, the back was also severely damaged. Three attacks in total took away 18 points of his life value and successfully activated the paralysis effect!

  It was just this moment of hesitation, Zhou Yue's attack had already moved from the auxiliary soldier's back to his chest, and the sharp blade of the 10cm-long evil spirit tooth quickly pierced his heart position. Fresh blood spurted out along the two blood grooves, reactivating the bleeding effect!

  However, there was no need for this bloody effect to be completed. In the next second, the Evil Ghost's Tooth had already reaped the life of this auxiliary soldier. At this time, the eight auxiliary soldiers in front finally shouted and drew out their standard long knives from their waists and rushed over. The third auxiliary soldier closest to Zhou Yue even hacked over with a single knife, which should have used that hacking skill, and could even hear the sound of breaking through the air!

  However, Zhou Yue's 24-point agility was no joke. He quickly bent down and dodged the fierce attack, then picked up the dropped item from the second auxiliary soldier. With a light tap of his feet on the ground, he rushed out of the third auxiliary soldier's attack range. Immediately after, he picked up the item dropped by the first auxiliary soldier and casually touched the wheelbarrow, which was just out of curiosity, but suddenly an information prompt popped up in his mind.

  "Found Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban army supplies, should we pick them up?"

  At this time, Zhou Yue naturally chose to pick it up immediately. Then he had another small bag in his hand and laughed loudly in his heart. He jumped off the highway and escaped northward!

  When Zhou Yue killed the first auxiliary soldier with lightning speed, Tang Kun and others rushed out from their hiding place and quickly intercepted those twenty 3-level evil spirits. The remaining eight 4-level auxiliary soldiers were successfully held back by Zhou Yue, which was a trivial matter for him with his 24 agility points. He even had time to glance at the three small bags that had fallen earlier.

  "Tattered Straw Sandals, Level 3, White Equipment, Durable, 10/10."

  "Health +1, Strength +1, Agility +1, Defense +1."

  The first small bag made Zhou Yue ecstatic, and regardless of the tattered straw shoes' four simple +1 attributes, just having this piece of equipment was enough to make him overjoyed. To think that among the crowd, everyone else relied on leveling up to accumulate free points to enhance their attributes, being able to own two Evil Spirit Rings was already not bad, and these straw shoes were enough to make them envious for a long time.

  At this time, there was no time to change into these tattered grass shoes, so Zhou Yue casually threw them into her backpack and then opened the second small bag.

  "Fine iron sand, unknown effect, collecting five pieces can synthesize a low-grade steel ingot!"

  Synthetic materials again!

  Zhou Yue was so excited that she almost let out a loud whoop, this was actually something that could synthesize steel ingots, although it was low-grade, it would definitely be much stronger than that familiar iron sand, and if she could synthesize one, it would just be enough to refine her Evil Ghost Tooth!

  He put away the iron sand, and Zhou Yue opened the third small bag. This small bag was a bit different, emitting a faint yellow glow. However, when he opened it, he was stunned to find several items inside: fifty copper coins with the inscription "Huang Tian Dang Li", three pieces of rice cakes that increased life value by 3 points each, and a pancake that could replace two days' worth of food!

  It's grain and fodder after all! But for Zhou Yue, this was still a good thing. At the moment, he wanted to circle back and search through the remaining nine unicycles.

  However, there were clever people who, in this short period of time, had already killed more than half of the twenty 3rd-level evil spirits. Tang Kun was indeed ferocious and had already killed two evil spirits in one breath. At this moment, he was fighting a third evil spirit and was about to strike it down!

  Apart from Tang Kun, the ones who were relatively powerful were the always silent and taciturn Lan Hongliang, Qin Lang's bodyguard Guan Hong, and Zhao Dashan. The three of them were the first to kill their respective evil spirits, and then they simultaneously charged towards the nine single-wheeled carts. However, unexpectedly, this action was like stirring up a hornet's nest. The eight auxiliary soldiers who were originally following Zhou Yue suddenly let out a shrill cry, turned around, and pounced on them!