Pfft!
One of the Puppet Demon Spider's front legs pierced through Lu Qingshan's right leg. Lu Qingshan let out a muffled grunt.
He drove his saber into the Puppet Demon Spider's body and viciously twisted it.
Hiss!
The human face on the Puppet Demon Spider's head twisted violently, and two sharp pincers grew out before biting down viciously.
Lu Qingshan's right leg was pinned, leaving him unable to dodge. He could only raise his saber to block.
The pincers collided with the blade, scattering sparks.
At that moment, a nimble figure leaped down from the city wall and rushed toward them.
It was Wei Fan, who had been waiting for an opportunity to strike.
Seeing Lu Qingshan and the Puppet Demon Spider both injured, presenting the perfect opportunity, Wei Fan immediately decided to act.
Even Shi Meng had not noticed when Wei Fan had charged out.
As Wei Fan ran, his body surged to two meters and four, his muscles seeming forged from fine steel, while Tiger Stripes appeared across his blade.
"?" The Puppet Demon Spider had been locked in a stalemate with Lu Qingshan, yet now it sensed a wave of danger.
Before it could react, a streak of silver flashed, and the saber in Wei Fan's hand stabbed precisely into the Puppet Demon Spider's head.
Then tens of thousands of jin of force erupted, tearing the Puppet Demon Spider's body apart.
"Ding, killed a White Grievance Level monster, Energy +50"
The system's voice sounded. Wei Fan confirmed that the Puppet Demon Spider was dead.
Boom, boom, boom!
Shi Meng also sprinted over, staring at Wei Fan with a face full of shock.
"Xiaofan, you... your strength is this powerful?"
In an instant, Shi Meng found Wei Fan utterly unfamiliar.
He had clearly only joined the Night Watch Team a few days ago, yet his strength seemed to have surpassed even Shi Meng's.
Shi Meng asked himself whether, under such circumstances, he could have acted as decisively as Wei Fan had.
Especially against a powerful Grievance-level monster like the Puppet Demon Spider—any normal person would harbor fear.
"I just broke through in the heat of battle!" Wei Fan smiled.
Now that he had obtained a large amount of Energy, he did not mind revealing part of his strength.
Turning around, Wei Fan discovered in surprise that Lu Qingshan had already fallen unconscious, black blood seeping from his right leg.
"Poisoned?" Wei Fan chopped off the Puppet Demon Spider's front leg.
"This is bad. We need to get Captain Lu treated first!" Shi Meng slung Lu Qingshan onto his back and hurried frantically toward the village.
Wei Fan glanced at the Puppet Demon Spider's corpse, hoisted it up, and carried it back onto the city wall.
The night was cool as water, and the torches wedged into the cracks between the stones crackled.
Wei Fan stood alone atop the city wall, gazing at the dark wilderness in every direction, his heart incomparably calm.
"System, add points!"
Wei Fan summoned the system, and his attribute panel appeared alongside it.
Name: Wei Fan Cultivation Arts: "Tiger's Breath Art" True Intent Level True Intent State: Effects: Infinite Strength, Tiger's Might. "Iron Ridge Art" True Intent Extreme True Intent State: Effects: Immovable as a Ridge, Counter Shock, Counter Injury. "Three Yuan Battle Art" Fifth Layer (Can Undergo Extreme Breakthrough) "Silver Light Saber Art" Entering the Hall and Entering the Room (Can Be Upgraded) Energy: 60
He now had 60 points of Energy, enough to undergo an Extreme Breakthrough with the "Three Yuan Battle Art."
I wonder how powerful this cultivation art, which requires 50 Energy to break through, will become!
Wei Fan thought to himself.
"System, Extreme Breakthrough for the 'Three Yuan Battle Art'!"
Boom!
The moment he spoke, mysterious energy appeared out of thin air once more, transforming Wei Fan's body.
He felt his physical strength grow again, the density of his muscles increasing.
Most crucially, the three Qi Vortex Nodes originally located in his chest suddenly doubled, increasing to six.
Does this mean I can unleash my strength sixfold? Wei Fan was overjoyed.
But immediately afterward, the Qi Vortex Nodes doubled again, growing to a terrifying twelve.
The twelve Qi Vortex Nodes were distributed across every joint in his body: two in each limb, three in his chest, and one in his abdomen.
"Hiss, twelvefold eruption?" Even Wei Fan could not help drawing in a sharp breath.
Only after several breaths did the transformation end.
Wei Fan's body had now grown to two meters and five, like a towering giant.
Twelve crimson glows lit up across his body, containing explosive power.
"My pure physical strength is already close to ten thousand jin. With a twelvefold eruption, that would be a hundred thousand jin of colossal strength!"
Wei Fan clenched his fist, an unprecedented sense of security rising within him.
He then reined in his bulging muscles and returned to his normal form of one meter eighty.
Wei Fan decided to save the remaining 10 points of Energy for now.
Glancing at the Puppet Demon Spider's corpse, Wei Fan took out a porcelain bottle and crouched down, beginning to collect the venom stored within it.
Even Lu Qingshan, at the Blood Rage Realm, could not withstand this toxin. Its killing power was immense; perhaps it would prove useful in the future.
The night returned to tranquility, with no monsters appearing.
After another two incense sticks' worth of time, Shi Meng returned to the city wall.
His gaze toward Wei Fan was filled with complicated emotions.
"I took Captain Lu to the talisman master. He is out of danger now."
After speaking, Shi Meng thought for a moment before saying, "Xiaofan, your strength is so great. Do you want to become Vice Captain?"
"What are the benefits of being Vice Captain?" Wei Fan asked.
"Compared with a Night Watcher, a Vice Captain receives better benefits.
Every month, he can collect more silver and food, and learn more cultivation arts.
He is also freer than a Night Watcher. At night, he only needs to support areas that send out distress signals."
Shi Meng explained.
Now that Zhao Long and Zhao Hu were dead and Lu Qingshan was injured, Wushan Village's defensive strength could be said to be weaker than ever before.
Whenever Shi Meng thought of how terrifying the monsters were, his thick brows furrowed and his expression grew grave.
"I agree to become Vice Captain!" Wei Fan said after thinking it over.
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