Chapter Thirty-Six: Nighttime Assassin

  Xiao Yu re-entered the game and sold off the remaining equipment in his package by setting up a street stall. He then started strolling around the night market.

  The magical lamps on the streets of Tabak town flickered with dim yellow light, illuminating the uneven streets and low-rise buildings with a rich Western flavor, always revealing some different flavors.

  "I heard that there's a large amount of Blood Orchid output in Aofeng Gorge."

  "Can we go there now? There are level 20 monsters everywhere, and running into just one of them is enough to get us killed."

  "I'm just saying."

  Xiao Yu Meng wandered aimlessly, listening to the discussions of these players, and didn't know what to do with his abundant free time at night.

  "It's such a waste of time." Xiao Yu thought gloomily, "If only I could go kill monsters and level up at this time. If possible, my leveling speed would definitely be faster than others."

  Xiao Yu thought about this, and the idea was hard to suppress. Maybe it's really possible. In such a dark night, challenging monsters of the same level is obviously unrealistic, but he can challenge lower-level monsters! As long as the monster killed is not more than three levels lower than himself, Xiao Yu can gain some experience, although the experience will be relatively less.

  There are many special monsters and elite monsters that are active at night, the desert at night is full of a sense of danger, few people would have such bold ideas like Xiao Yu.

  It is impossible to get tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair. Gains and risks always coexist.

  "First find an ordinary level 3 monster to try your hand, if you can, then challenge a level 4 or 5 monster." Xiao Yu headed towards the area outside the city where the level 3 Desert Wild Dog monsters spawned.

  The vast desert was quiet and deserted, with only a faint moonlight shining down, barely illuminating the ground. The surrounding view was only about three meters around, pitch black, eerily silent, and occasionally interrupted by the sound of wind whistling, like the low growls of wild beasts or the wailing cries of ghosts. An ordinary player would not dare to venture out at midnight, but Xiao Yu didn't care about these trivial fears, as they were insignificant compared to the matter of survival.

  "I can." Xiao Yu had an unwavering conviction in his heart.

  In the desert, a few faint glows appeared, and it could be felt that some creatures were moving. Xiao Yu knew that they were all third-level wild dogs, whose eyes could emit green glows in the dark night.

  Two points of fluorescence quickly approached Xiao Yu, a wild dog barked and pounced on Xiao Yu. Unable to see the dog's body, Xiao Yu relied on his senses in the dark night, constantly using his dagger to block and counterattack the dog.

  Aimed at the wild dog's glowing eyes, stabbed down fiercely.

  Get to the point!

  After striking at the opponent's vital spots, Tiě Gǔ doesn't require excellent eyesight, relying solely on wrist sensation, which is precisely what Xiao Yu excels at.

  A sharp snake-fang dagger pierced the wild dog's body, tearing open a bloody gash on its skull. In the darkness, a pungent smell of blood wafted through the air.

  The wild dog lowered its head and retreated four steps back from Xiao Yu. After being attacked several times by Xiao Yu, it let out a low whine and fell to the ground.

  Neither experience points nor skill proficiency.

  Xiao Yu half-knelt down, feeling around on the ground for a long time before picking up a few copper coins. Seeing countless faint green lights approaching this way, all of which were wild dogs attracted by the bloody smell, Xiao Yu hastily retreated.

  "It's not worth killing wild dogs, it's better to go kill the level 4 desert lizard." Xiao Yu thought, level 4 monsters were still relatively easy to deal with, and there was experience value and skill proficiency to be gained. The only thing was that the desert lizard made almost no sound except when moving, unlike the wild dog's eyes which could be easily spotted in the dark night.

  Xiao Yu's heart was also racing, brushing monsters in the dark of night wasn't a simple task, and unexpected situations could arise at any moment.

  Xiao Yu prepared to cross the territory of the Wild Dogs and head to the nearby Desert Lizard spawn point.

  All the way, I killed a lot of desert wild dogs. Although I didn't get any experience points, I picked up a lot of copper coins. It's not much, but it's still an extra gain at night.

  In the dark night, the dwarf shrub clusters in the desert were vague and shadowy. Xiao Yu was walking among them, and had already been pricked by the cacti growing on the ground several times.

  "If I remember correctly, going around that sand dune in front should lead us to the Desert Lizard's spawn area." Xiao Yu's footsteps quickened slightly.

  In the darkness, two faint glows that seemed to exist and yet didn't were rapidly approaching Xiao Yu's direction, probably a pair of eyes belonging to some creature.

  "Is it a wild dog? No, a wild dog's speed is not that fast!" Those two streaks of light moved at an astonishing speed, and in just an instant, they pounced on Xiao Yu's body.

  A sharp claw wind came towards Xiao Yu, who felt the attack and quickly dodged to the side. However, his opponent's speed was too fast, and Xiao Yu's evasion was clearly not in time. The sharp claws tore open a wound on Xiao Yu's shoulder.

  Took a look at the blood volume, dropped by 32%, what a strong attack.

  With the enemy at close range, Xiao Yu finally saw the general outline of the incoming enemy, similar to a tiger, with a very large body, extremely ferocious, and a faint glow in its eyes. A low growl came from its mouth.

  "It's a Youwei!" Xiao Yu exclaimed, according to some information posted on the forum, Xiao Yu knew that this was a nocturnal creature that often appeared in low-level monster areas. The Youwei were not creatures, but rather ghosts with extremely strong combat power and were very cunning, skilled at identifying their enemy's strength. If the opponent was three or more levels higher than them or had a large number of people, they would not appear. Only when they confirmed that the enemy's strength was weaker than theirs would they launch a sneak attack on their opponent.

  Xiao Yu undoubtedly became its target as he walked alone in the dark night.

  Currently, there is no player who has announced that they have killed a ghost, but many players have been killed by ghosts. These players were all leveling up at night and got hung up. The ghost became one of the obstacles for players to be active at night, but the number of ghosts is extremely small, and only a few players encountered these creatures when they were active at night.

  His luck was indeed unusually good, having just come out of a promotion meeting and encountered the notorious Night Assassin, Yougui.

  Today's second update, a snail with two small horns wants votes...