In the blink of an eye, dusk closed in, and darkness swept over them like a tide!
Atop Wushan Village's rock-built walls stood a young man in black martial attire, a Wild Goose Wing Saber on his back. His eyes gleamed like stars in the night sky, carrying a calmness and depth far beyond his years.
This was Wei Fan, currently carrying out a night patrol.
Night watch duties had been getting more and more dangerous lately. For you brat to join the Night Watch Team at a time like this, you were damned unlucky! Wang La grumbled beside him.
"But you were lucky to have me. I had already reached the late stage of the Strength Training Realm. Even in the eastern district's Night Watch Team, I counted as a capable hand."
Wang La looked Wei Fan up and down, beginning to brag.
"You were too noisy. Be quiet!" Wei Fan cut him off.
"What did you say? Don't think just because you were close to Vice-Captain Shi that you could..." Wang La's face flushed dark red. Unwilling to be interrupted by a newcomer, he was just about to flare up.
"Shut up. Haven't you noticed that things had been unnaturally quiet since just now?" Wei Fan barked, drawing the Wild Goose Wing Saber from his back and affixing a Little Flame Talisman to it.
"Hm?" Wang La seemed struck by lightning, then abruptly came to his senses. Looking at the silent, deep darkness around them, a chill ran down his spine.
Yes, it was far too quiet!
They had only just entered the night, yet the darkness around them was thick as ink, like the dead of night.
"Damn it, was there another monster tonight?" Wang La's eyes filled with terror as his hand gripped the steel blade at his waist, intending to take out a Little Flame Talisman and attach it like Wei Fan had.
Clang!
At that moment, a silver blade-light flashed.
"You!!!" Every hair on Wang La's body stood on end, because he saw Wei Fan slash at him.
Pfft!
A vine attacking from behind Wang La was severed. Dark green sap sprayed out and dripped onto the rock wall, producing sizzling, corrosive sounds.
Before long, the rocks had been corroded full of small holes.
A few drops splashed onto Wei Fan's arm. A dark bluish gleam surfaced over it, and aside from his skin reddening slightly, he suffered no harm.
"Your reactions were too slow!" Wei Fan said coldly.
Wei Fan was deeply disappointed in this so-called veteran Night Watcher.
"I..." Wang La's face reddened. He wanted to argue, but he had to admit that he had indeed held them back just now.
He had never expected the monster to appear at this time, and he also knew he had made the basic mistake of being careless.
Being lectured by a newcomer made Wang La's expression extremely ugly.
"Damn it, I'll kill this monster!" Wang La slapped a Little Flame Talisman onto his steel blade, completing the weapon enchantment.
Then he held his breath, focused all his attention, and warily watched his surroundings.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two more vines lashed out from the darkness. This time, they attacked both men at once, like two fierce whips cracking through the air.
Wei Fan raised his saber and slashed. Silver light flashed, splitting the vine flying toward him into two.
"Damn it, a mere White Ghost couldn't even withstand one slash from a newcomer. Before a mighty late Strength Training Realm expert like me, why weren't you kneeling already?"
Wang La leaped high into the air and chopped down with his blade.
"This?" The instant his blade struck the vine, Wang La felt as though he had hacked into solid rock.
What followed was an immense force equal to his own.
"This was no White Ghost Level monster!" Wang La's eyes bulged wide, his face full of regret. He had been careless.
Bang!
Wang La was sent flying by the lash and smashed heavily into the wall.
"Cough!" Wang La spat out a mouthful of blood, painfully lifting his head to look in Wei Fan's direction as he asked unwillingly,
"Those vines were so tough. How did you cut them apart?"
"It was easy. I just cut them!" Wei Fan replied in all seriousness.
He truly had not expected Wang La to be this weak.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two more vines struck again, both whipping toward Wei Fan.
With a flash, Wei Fan evaded the pincer attack of the vines. His gaze remained calm as he observed the direction from which they had emerged.
Bang! Bang!
Two thunderous impacts rang out. The vines struck where Wei Fan had just been standing, blasting the rocks apart with terrifying force.
If that strike had landed on a person, the result was easy to imagine!
"Die!" While evading, Wei Fan turned his Wild Goose Wing Saber into a streak of silver light and severed the two vines again.
"Ah!" A shrill scream came from the darkness, making their scalps tingle.
The surroundings fell silent once more. The hidden monster also stopped attacking, as though it had just suffered a grievous wound.
Wei Fan tightened his grip on the slightly heated blade. This was the Little Flame Talisman taking effect.
Wei Fan was equally wary of this unknown monster and did not dare venture deep into the darkness.
Whoosh—bang!
At that moment, an orange distress Signal Flare exploded to the left of the wall.
Clearly, the Night Watcher in that direction had encountered a monster he could not handle and was in mortal danger at any moment.
"What should we do now?" Wei Fan looked at Wang La lying on the ground and asked.
"I was injured. I can't move! Come help me up and take the healing medicine from my robes!"
Wang La's face was deathly pale as he spoke with difficulty and pain.
"Fine!"
Wei Fan nodded thoughtfully and strode over.
"Heh!" In the shadows, an eerie curve rose at the corner of Wang La's mouth.
But in the next instant, his smile abruptly froze.
"You!!!"
Wei Fan suddenly exploded into action. Silver light flashed, and Wang La's head flew high into the air.
Wang La's eyes were filled with horror, confusion, and utter disbelief.
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