Killing the Shadow Cat, Realm Advancement

Under the cover of night, Li Ziyu arrived at the foot of the city wall.

The bright moon was high in the sky, casting a long shadow from the towering city wall.

At the end of the shadow stood Li Ziyu, his long saber on his back.

"Who goes there?"

"Halt!"

As fate would have it, it was the same three soldiers who had stopped him last time.

They shouted at him from a distance.

However, upon clearly seeing Li Ziyu, The squad leader waved his hand behind him, signaling to stand down.

He's one of ours.

He then walked towards Li Ziyu, stopping in front of him and looking at him with surprise.

"Little brother, is that you?"

"What are you doing out so late?"

It had only been about two hours since Li Ziyu had left.

The squad leader vividly remembered Li Ziyu carrying the Shadow Cat on his back.

He sized Li Ziyu up from head to toe.

Seeing the long saber on his back, the squad leader's expression was one of disbelief.

"Little brother, you're not thinking of going out of the city again, are you?"

"Uh... yes, I figured Shadow Cats are nocturnal fierce beasts, so I wanted to take advantage of the night to kill a few more."

"Brother, you mentioned last time that you need a Level 1 Martial Artist certificate to leave the city. I haven't gotten certified yet, could you..."

Li Ziyu scratched his head sheepishly and spoke.

The squad leader was taken aback by what Li Ziyu said, his eyes widening.

"Little brother, you can hunt Shadow Cats, don't tell me you still don't have your Level 1 Martial Artist medal?"

Li Ziyu nodded.

However, the squad leader didn't dwell on it.

The rule requiring a Level 1 Martial Artist medal to leave the city was in place to prevent those with insufficient strength from going out and getting themselves killed.

But since Li Ziyu could hunt Shadow Cats, That was a non-issue for him.

Still, the squad leader expressed great surprise that Li Ziyu wanted to go out at night, especially less than two hours after his last hunt.

He began to dissuade him.

"Little brother, listen to your big brother."

"Although we Martial Artists have stronger Qi and Blood and are more energetic than ordinary people,"

"You just fought a Shadow Cat and now you want to go out again. It's very dangerous!"

"Even seasoned veterans need to rest for two days after going out once."

"Otherwise, returning empty-handed is the least of your worries; you could easily get into trouble!!"

The squad leader earnestly advised Li Ziyu.

However, just like last time, seeing Li Ziyu's determination to leave the city, he could only wave his hand and signal the city gate to let him pass.

"Captain, isn't this guy a bit too reckless? He just finished hunting a fierce beast less than two hours ago and he's heading out again, and at night too."

"He's bound to get into trouble sooner or later!"

The squad leader watched Li Ziyu disappear into the night and shook his head.

"I thought he was a promising genius, but it turns out he's just reckless."

"If it continues like this, let alone hunting Shadow Cats, it'll be good if he even makes it back. He's bound to get into trouble sooner or later."

A ruined cityscape.

The surroundings were littered with wreckage of old cars and collapsed urban buildings.

Moss, which had grown for who knows how many years, covered the remains of the buildings.

Li Ziyu scanned his surroundings by the moonlight.

He could vaguely make out the words "Hui Supermarket" written on a collapsed sign.

Beneath the sign, several human skeletal remains were scattered.

Li Ziyu stared at the stark white skeletons, his eyes stirred.

"This must have been a bustling town. After the arrival of the fierce beasts, it was ravaged by war, which led to its current state."

"Furthermore, according to news reports, towns on Blue Star are turned into ruins by fierce beast invasions every moment."

"If I can't gain powerful strength, I'll probably end up like these remains, dying silently one day."

"But now that I have the System by my side, I absolutely won't allow such a thing to happen!"

Gazing at the desolate scene before him.

At this moment, Li Ziyu felt his heart suddenly become clearer than before.

Previously, he wanted to become a Martial Artist mostly to improve his life.

After becoming a Level 1 Martial Artist, he thought it was pretty good to earn some money by hunting fierce beasts every day.

He had a faint mindset of just going with the flow.

But now, seeing this scene, a desire to become stronger was born in his heart!

"In this chaotic world, it's impossible to just go with the flow!"

"Even if I go with the flow, I'll do it after eliminating all the fierce beasts!"

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Li Ziyu clenched his fists secretly, his gaze becoming firm.

At the same time, he didn't notice.

The moment his mindset changed, the rusty long saber he carried on his back trembled almost imperceptibly.

The change was brief, and it returned to stillness in an instant.

"Here it comes, Shadow Cat!"

Li Ziyu's ears twitched, and his entire body's muscles tensed subconsciously.

He drew the long saber from his back and fixed his gaze on the ruins of a building a few tens of meters ahead.

Just then, behind the collapsed six-story building in the distance, a pair of red glowing eyes lit up.

Then, a Shadow Cat, entirely black, with a nimble build comparable to a Siberian tiger, slowly emerged from the rubble.

Baring its teeth, it let out a threatening low growl towards Li Ziyu.

It was even larger than the one he had seen last time!

And it was a healthy, uninjured Shadow Cat!

Li Ziyu took a deep breath and slowly reached behind him, gripping the saber's hilt.

Without any further words, Li Ziyu struck first.

With a swift step.

He stomped on the car wreckage beneath his feet, causing it to sink.

Then, he charged directly at the Shadow Cat.

His figure, under the moonlight, stretched out into a shadow.

Before coming here, he had memorized all the power-exerting techniques of the basic movement technique and had already mastered them.

His current speed and agility were significantly faster than before.

A normal person facing a fierce beast the size of a Siberian tiger, let alone attacking, might not even have the courage to escape.

Not to mention that the Shadow Cat's size and aura were far superior to a Siberian tiger's!

But Li Ziyu, surprisingly, felt no fear at all.

Instead, he felt incredibly excited.

This was all Qi and Blood!

Seeing a mere human dare to attack it, the Shadow Cat was instantly enraged.

With a roar, it also charged towards Li Ziyu.

Its speed was very fast.

But Li Ziyu seemed to have anticipated the Shadow Cat's attack.

He shifted his body sideways, and then the saber light flashed in his hand!

A fierce slash landed on the Shadow Cat's waist.

With the Intermediate Blade Technique upgraded by the System, Li Ziyu handled both the techniques and the saber's trajectory as if he had practiced them countless times.

He was like a battle-hardened veteran, completely at ease.

This was the power of the System.

And it was also the reason he dared to hunt the Shadow Cat this time!

Ding, killed Level 1 fierce beast Shadow Cat, Qi and Blood +0.001.

A moment passed.

Following a pleasant system prompt, Li Ziyu slowly pulled his long saber from the Shadow Cat.

"You know, this saber looks rusty, but I didn't expect it to be quite sharp."

"And, why do I feel like this saber has become even sharper than before?"

Li Ziyu held the long saber horizontally before his eyes.

He examined it carefully.

After being stained with the Shadow Cat's blood, the blade seemed much brighter than before.

He wasn't sure if it was his imagination.

Ding, killed Level 1 evil beast Shadow Cat, Qi and Blood +0.01.

Ding, killed Level 1 evil beast Shadow Cat, Qi and Blood +0.01.

Ding, killed Level 1 evil beast Shadow Cat, Qi and Blood +0.01.

Although the Shadow Cat was an evil beast, its habits were similar to those of felines, preferring to appear at night.

In just a few hours, Li Ziyu had encountered seven or eight of them.

He had killed them all one by one.

Name: Li Ziyu.

Realm: Level 1 Beginner Martial Artist (+).

Combat Skills: Intermediate Blade Technique (+), Basic Movement Technique (+).

System: Martial God System.

Function: Can absorb all things, enhance Qi and Blood, other functions await host's discovery.

"Good! My realm can be upgraded?"

Li Ziyu opened the system panel. On the virtual panel, behind the line representing his realm, a '+' sign had appeared.

This was a sign that it could be improved.

Not only that, but '+' signs had also appeared behind Intermediate Blade Technique and Basic Movement Technique.