11: Kill Shadow Cat to upgrade your realm
Under the cover of night, Li Ziyu arrived at the foot of the city wall.
The bright moon hung high, its light casting a long shadow of the majestic city wall.
At the end of the shadow was Li Ziyu, carrying a long Knife Skill on his back.
“Who’s there?”
“Stop!”
Coincidentally, it was still the same three Soldiers who had stopped him last time.
They shouted at him from afar.
However, once they recognized Li Ziyu,
the squad leader waved his hand backward, signaling to lower their guard.
It was one of their own.
Then he walked towards Li Ziyu, stopping in front of him, looking at Li Ziyu with a surprised expression:
“Brother, is that you?”
“What are you doing here so late?”
Only about two hours had passed since Li Ziyu left.
The squad leader still clearly remembered Li Ziyu carrying the Shadow Cat.
He scrutinized Li Ziyu from head to toe.
When he saw the long Knife Skill on his back, the squad leader’s expression became a little surprised:
“Brother, you’re not planning to leave the city again, are you?”
“Uh… yes, I was thinking since Shadow Cats are nocturnal beasts, I wanted to take advantage of the night to kill a few more.”
“Brother, you said last time that leaving the city requires a First Grade Warrior certificate, and I haven’t gotten certified yet, so you see…”
Li Ziyu scratched his head awkwardly and said.
The squad leader was stunned when he heard Li Ziyu’s words, his eyes widening:
“Brother, you can already hunt Shadow Cats, don’t tell me you don’t have a First Grade Warrior badge yet?”
Li Ziyu nodded.
However, the squad leader didn’t say much more about it.
The rule that only those with a First Grade Warrior badge could leave the city was originally to prevent people with insufficient strength from going out to their deaths.
But Li Ziyu could already hunt Shadow Cats.
For him, that wasn’t an issue at all.
However, the squad leader was very surprised that Li Ziyu wanted to leave the city late at night, and it was less than two hours after his last Shadow Cat hunt.
He began to dissuade him:
“Brother, listen to your elder brother’s advice.”
“Although our Warriors have stronger vital energy and more vigor than ordinary people,”
“but you just fought a Shadow Cat, and now you want to go out of the city again, it’s very dangerous!”
“Even powerful veterans need to rest for two days after leaving the city once.”
“Otherwise, returning empty-handed is a small matter; it’s easy for something to go wrong!!”
The squad leader earnestly tried to dissuade Li Ziyu.
But just like last time, seeing Li Ziyu determined to leave the city, he could only wave his hand, signaling the city wall to let him pass.
“Captain, isn’t this brother too reckless? He just finished hunting a fierce beast less than two hours ago, and now he’s gone out of the city again, and it’s at night.”
“Something will go wrong sooner or later!”
Upon hearing this, the squad leader watched Li Ziyu’s disappearing figure in the night and shook his head.
“I originally thought he was a genius with boundless prospects, but I didn’t expect him to be a reckless man.”
“If this continues, let alone hunting Shadow Cats, it’s probably good if he can even return; something will go wrong sooner or later.”
A ruined city.
Around it were scattered abandoned car wrecks and collapsed urban buildings.
On the ruins of the buildings, layers of moss, grown for who knows how many years, covered the structures.
Li Ziyu looked around, using the moonlight.
He could vaguely make out the words “Yonghui Supermarket” blurred on the fallen signboards of the buildings.
Below the signboards were scattered several human remains.
Li Ziyu stared at the skeletal remains, his eyes touched.
“This should have been a prosperous town, but after the fierce beasts descended, it became like this after experiencing war.”
“And it is said that news reports that towns on Blue Star are turning into ruins every moment due to the invasion of fierce beasts.”
“If I cannot possess powerful strength, I will probably end up like these remains, dying silently one day.”
“But now that I have the Martial God System, I absolutely will not allow such a thing to happen!”
Looking at the desolate scene before him.
At this moment, Li Ziyu felt his inner self suddenly become clearer than before.
Previously, he wanted to become a Warrior primarily to improve his life.
After becoming a First Grade Warrior, he thought it was quite good to just hunt fierce beasts and earn some money every day.
He had a subtle inclination to just relax.
But now, seeing this scene, a desire to become stronger arose within him!
“In this chaotic world, it’s impossible to just relax!”
“Even if I relax, I must first eliminate all the fierce beasts before I can do so!”
Li Ziyu secretly clenched his fists, his gaze becoming resolute.
At the same time, he didn’t notice.
The moment his mindset changed, the rusty long Knife Skill he had been carrying on his back subtly trembled.
The change was brief, returning to calm in an instant.
“They’re here, Shadow Cats!”
Li Ziyu’s ears twitched, and his entire body unconsciously tensed.
He drew the long Knife Skill from his back and fixed his gaze on a building ruin dozens of meters ahead.
From behind the collapsed six-story building in the distance, a pair of glowing red eyes lit up.
Then, a completely black, agile Shadow Cat, comparable in size to a Northeast Tiger, slowly emerged from the ruins.
It bared its teeth, letting out a threatening 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, slowly reached behind his back, and gripped the hilt of the long Knife Skill.
Without further ado, Li Ziyu made the first move.
With a swift lunge,
he stepped on a car wreck, causing it to sink slightly.
Then, his entire body rushed directly towards the Shadow Cat head-on.
His figure cast a shadow in the moonlight.
Before coming, he had already memorized and mastered all the Initial Body Technique’s force application techniques.
His current speed and agility were much faster than before.
A normal person facing a fierce beast the size of a Northeast Tiger, let alone actively attacking, might not even have the courage to flee.
Not to mention, the Shadow Cat’s size and aura were incomparably stronger than a Northeast Tiger!
But Li Ziyu, surprisingly, felt no fear.
Instead, his heart was filled with excitement.
This was all vital energy!
Swish!
The Shadow Cat saw that a mere human dared to attack it proactively.
It was instantly enraged.
Roaring, 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 to the side, then a flash of Knife Skill light appeared!
He fiercely struck the Shadow Cat’s waist with his Knife Skill.
The Intermediate Blade Technique upgraded by the Martial God System, whether it was the technique or the trajectory of the Knife Skill, Li Ziyu felt as if he had practiced it countless times.
He was like a seasoned veteran, showing no unfamiliarity whatsoever.
This was the power of the Martial God System.
And it was why he dared to come hunt Shadow Cats this time!
Ding, killed a First Grade fierce beast, Shadow Cat, vital energy +0.001.
A moment later.
With the pleasant system notification sound, Li Ziyu slowly pulled the long Knife Skill out of the Shadow Cat.
“Don’t tell me, this Knife Skill looks rusty, but I didn’t expect it to be quite sharp.”
“Also, why do I feel like this Knife Skill has become even sharper than before?”
Li Ziyu held the long Knife Skill horizontally before his eyes.
He examined it carefully.
After being stained with the Shadow Cat’s blood, the blade seemed to have become much brighter than before.
He didn’t know if it was just his imagination.
Ding, killed a First Grade fierce beast, Shadow Cat, vital energy +0.01.
Ding, killed a First Grade fierce beast, Shadow Cat, vital energy +0.01.
Ding, killed a First Grade fierce beast, Shadow Cat, vital energy +0.01.
Although Shadow Cats are fierce beasts, their habits are similar to felines, preferring to roam at night.
In just a few hours, Li Ziyu had already encountered seven or eight of them.
He had killed them all one by one.
Name: Li Ziyu.
Realm: First Grade Elementary Warrior (+).
Combat Skills: Intermediate Blade Technique (+), Initial Body Technique (+).
System: Martial God System.
Function: Can absorb all things, improve vital energy, other functions to be discovered by the host.
“Good! My realm can be upgraded?”
Li Ziyu opened the system panel, and on the virtual panel, a plus sign appeared next to the column representing his realm.
This was a sign that it could be upgraded.
Not only that, plus signs also appeared next to Intermediate Blade Technique and Initial Body Technique.