31: Target

Yang Zhen's words made Xiao Shi's heart heavy.

Before this, he had always thought that the Night Watch was safe within Jin Yun City.

After all, as the main city controlled by the Red Tiger Sect, if people from other forces could kill Night Watch members here, what face would the Red Tiger Sect have left?

In fact, the Red Tiger Sect also attached great importance to this point.

They had always executed without mercy anyone who dared to lay hands on a Night Watch member within Jin Yun City.

This also made many surrounding forces not dare to act presumptuously within Jin Yun City.

Only the Senluo Organization was an exception!

"There's no helping it. The Senluo Organization, as the most mysterious and troublesome organization in Seven Stars Province, has many methods. It's not just that we're hard to guard against; even Flying Origin Palace can't defend against the Senluo Organization's Bounty Hunters."

Yang Zhen shook his head and sighed.

"However, the targets of these Bounty Hunters are usually powerful individuals and geniuses on the bounty list. Ordinary Night Watch members like us aren't worth a Bounty Hunter's special assassination trip."

"But if we're unlucky enough to encounter these Bounty Hunters, they wouldn't mind taking care of us along the way."

"In short, you must remember that even in the city, you cannot be careless. In this chaotic world, no place is absolutely safe."

Xiao Shi nodded.

For Night Watch members like them, Bounty Hunters were indeed a considerable threat and hidden danger.

Besides that.

Thieves and bandit forces like those in Liuyue Mountain, while not daring to openly target the Night Watch, were secretly covetous.

Once they found an opportunity, they would also attack the Night Watch.

The bounty for killing a Night Watch member would tempt many people.

This also made Xiao Shi truly feel the danger of the Night Watch position.

Before this.

He had thought that the dangers faced by the Night Watch mainly came from the missions they executed.

Only now did he realize that the dangers were far more extensive than that.

Even patrolling in the city could be dangerous.

To survive in this cruel and chaotic world, one must possess sufficient strength.

This made Xiao Shi even more eager to improve his strength.

After returning that day.

He immediately seized the time to begin the eighth cycle of the Crimson Tiger Art.

After several days of cultivation.

He had largely mastered the knack of operating the eighth cycle of the Crimson Tiger Art.

He was very confident that he could complete the eighth cycle within the day.

After successively running through the previous seven cycles, Xiao Shi did not pause and directly began the eighth cycle.

Although the process of operation was somewhat unrefined and stagnant, it was not interrupted because of this.

To complete the eighth cycle, in addition to certain requirements for one's own aptitude, the most important factor was physical strength.

The stronger the physical body, the easier the operation process would be.

And with Xiao Shi's physical strength after his second body refinement, the difficulty of operation could be said to have been reduced to the lowest.

Exhale!

After two hours of operation.

Xiao Shi successfully completed the eighth cycle.

With this, he broke through in one fell swoop, officially stepping into the Entering Martial Realm Eighth Level!

Just at the moment of breakthrough.

He clearly felt the surging of vital energy and blood within his body!

His vital energy and blood had already significantly increased when he successfully completed his second body refinement, and now it surged again.

This vital energy and blood was highly concentrated within his body.

This made the vital energy and blood fluctuations he displayed on the surface only equivalent to the Entrance to Martial Realm Fifth Level.

But in reality, the vital energy and blood within his body had already far exceeded that of an ordinary Entering Martial Realm Eighth Level Warrior.

It was at least double that of an ordinary Entering Martial Realm Eighth Level Warrior!

However, there was still a significant gap from the Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level...

"It is said that the vital energy and blood of a Ninth Level Entrance to Martial Realm Warrior is more than ten times that of a typical Entering Martial Realm Eighth Level Warrior!"

Xiao Shi recalled the vital energy and blood situation of that Ninth Level Entrance to Martial Realm Warrior at the time and felt that it was roughly at that level.

This also made him once again lament the huge gap between the Entering Martial Realm Eighth Level and the Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level.

After successfully breaking through.

Xiao Shi no longer hesitated and, before nightfall, decisively used his three hundred contribution points to exchange for a bottle of night frost dew.

He checked the contribution points in his token.

Nine hundred remained.

Originally, he had a total of one thousand two hundred contribution points.

Seven hundred of them were rewards for completing this mission, and the other five hundred were obtained from selling the feathers and blood of the Five-Colored Spirit-Tailed Sparrow to the sect.

Xiao Shi did not have too much pursuit in terms of contribution points; he only needed to reach the twenty thousand contribution points required for promotion to Inner Sect Disciple after three years.

As night fell.

Xiao Shi immediately began his Night Tiger cultivation using the exchanged night frost dew.

After evenly applying this dew all over his body, he began the unique cycle of the Night Tiger.

It must be said.

The cultivation effect brought by this dew was indeed very different.

Xiao Shi could clearly feel the increase in cultivation speed.

"If I continue at this speed, in at most three days, I will be able to cultivate the Night Tiger to the third level!"

Xiao Shi was very excited about this.

A bottle of night frost dew could be used about five times.

It was enough to allow him to break through to the third level of Night Tiger.

These three hundred contribution points were well spent.

However, if cultivating Night Tiger always required night frost dew in the future, Xiao Shi would have to consider whether he could afford the expense... Time flew by.

In a blink of an eye, it was time for the second mission.

During this period.

Xiao Shi spent almost all his time on cultivation.

He cultivated the Crimson Tiger Art during the day and the Night Tiger at night.

Now, he had successfully cultivated the Night Tiger to the third level.

Although reaching the ninth cycle of the Crimson Tiger Art was very difficult and could not be achieved in a short time, Xiao Shi was constantly striving.

Before he became a Night Watch member, he always thought that having the strength of an Entering Martial Realm Eighth Level would be enough to protect himself.

But after experiencing the last mission, feeling the gap between the Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level and other levels of the Entering Martial Realm, and learning about the bounty issued by the Senluo Organization... he realized that merely having the strength of an Entering Martial Realm Eighth Level was far from enough!

Once he encountered a Ninth Level Entrance to Martial Realm Warrior, he would have no power to fight back!

This made him urgently want to improve his strength.

At the same time.

Xiao Shi was also inquiring about the bandit and gang forces around Jin Yun City, wanting to see if there were any relatively weaker evil forces.

He thought that if there were weaker evil forces, he could try to eliminate them.

Currently, he urgently needed to refine his body by killing and obtaining heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

If he could eliminate an evil force... he would surely gain many rewards.

It was just a pity that all these forces capable of establishing themselves around Jin Yun City had powerful individuals holding down the fort.

Even the weakest had a Ninth Level Entrance to Martial Realm Warrior in charge.

This made the plan difficult to implement.

"Unless I can reach the Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level!"

Xiao Shi's current goal was to break through to the Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level.

He knew that the Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level was a hurdle.

It was also a qualitative change!

As long as he could reach the Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level, he would be able to target those evil forces in the vicinity, and for every force he eliminated, his gains would surely be plentiful!