The Lord of Glimmer plants the sun in the eternal night.

"I won!"

Seeing this, Ye Xuan spoke in a low voice, her voice filled with excitement.

Jiang Chuan didn't stop moving; the next second, he instinctively drew a second arrow and shot it.

Another mole has been killed!

Ye Xuan was overjoyed.

Jiang Chuan had already drawn his third arrow at that moment.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—

He didn't stop firing arrows, continuously shooting them at the mole trying to approach the arrow tower outside.

Level 1 Precision increased his hit rate by 60% within 20 steps, while the wooden house was at most 15 steps away from the arrow tower and the fire spring, making it practically a sitting duck for Jiang Chuan!

"Ah Shui, we're almost out of arrows," Ye Xuan reminded him anxiously.

Including the stone arrows that were originally in the house, there were a total of sixteen, but now only two are left.

However, Jiang Chuan glanced at it and noticed that the large rat was shaking off the little devils much less frequently, as if it was about to succumb to the attacks from the arrow tower.

Holy crap, you big idiot Chun! What are you doing?

Just then, Jiang Chuan noticed that the two tentacles on the other party's head suddenly flashed a scarlet light, and its abdomen was also rapidly swelling.

Is this giant rat about to explode?

Or should we unleash our ultimate move?

"We absolutely cannot let it self-destruct!"

Without a second thought, Jiang Chuan shot the last two arrows directly into the eyes of the giant rat.

call out!call out!

Two whooshing sounds came from the air.

One of them pierced straight through the monster's hideous maw, penetrating its entire skull.

The rat's swelling slowed down.

It suddenly turned its head, which had been pierced by a bullet, and the scarlet light stared intently at it.

It let out a low growl, wriggled its seemingly clumsy body, and charged towards Jiang Chuan.

Hey!

Jiang Chuan immediately closed the wooden door, refusing to see any guests.

bang bang bang-

The sound of banging on the door continued.

Jiang Chuan held the wooden door firmly in place.

[Durability: 96.6%, 95.6%...90%...]

At the same time, the durability of the house is also decreasing rapidly.

"Ah Shui, what should we do?"

Ye Xuan was also terrified. Putting everything else aside, since Jiang Chuan woke up, life had become more and more exciting every day.

"No problem, after my renovations, mice won't be able to get into our house."

Jiang Chuan, his expression tense, pressed against the wooden door as he offered words of comfort.

But the force of the impact from behind would occasionally make him stagger.

Fortunately, the arrow towers continued to exert their power, and with the wooden house's built-in damage reflection mechanism, the monster's attack frequency gradually weakened.

The severely injured rat demon had no time for revenge.

Screaming and howling in agony, it left the territory and disappeared into the darkness.

"They ran away?"

Sensing the calm outside, Jiang Chuan approached the wooden door, slowly turned to the side, and peered out through the crack in the door.

Sure enough, the dark figure disappeared.

"Did the big black rat really escape?"

A hint of regret flashed in Jiang Chuan's eyes.

"What a pity, this guy is really like a rat's tail."

Then, he looked at Ye Xuan, who was gripping the doorknob tightly, and asked, "Are you alright?"

"No...it's nothing." Ye Xuan shook her head, breathing heavily with lingering fear.

"Ahem, well... Xuan'er, you go to sleep first, I'll continue working."

"Still...still doing it!" Upon hearing this, Ye Xuan's mouth opened slightly, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"Um."

Jiang Chuan nodded.

Now that the big guy has been driven away, we can get back to work tonight.

The only downside is that the arrow tower can only attack monsters within its range. It's good for defense, but not so good for hunting.

Push open the door.

Within the area engulfed by the fire, there was only devastation.

Without their leader, the group of level 1 moles seemed to have lost their previous rationality, and were defeated one by one by the arrow towers, leaving behind a pile of nightmare fuel.

Seeing this, Jiang Chuan could no longer suppress the urge to smile.

Sure enough, fortune favors the bold; this one win is worth more than several nightclubs he's worked at.

"Pick up the corpses first, pick up the corpses first, haha."

With a smile on his face, Jiang Chuan picked up all the nightmare fuel on the ground and put it into the fire spring to transform it.

Including the mole he shot dead with his own hands, he collected a total of 34 flints this time.

This is seriously incredible!

Looking at the fiery spring, Jiang Chuan scooped out a glowing stone from it, more lustrous than red coral, radiating light, just like his mood at that moment.

Let's refine half of it first.

[Ether +17]

...

"Add more, add more!"

Without hesitation, Jiang Chuan consumed 2 points of Ether to activate the two basic nodes of the Arrow Tower: 'Level 1 Charge' and 'Level 1 Durability'.

Then, with a thought, the five flints in the fire spring shattered and turned into a pale red liquid that flowed into the rhomboid arrow tower.

The Arrow Tower has been successfully upgraded to a Level 1 Arrow Tower.

Level 1 Arrow Tower

[Function: Automatic attack (including monsters that enter the fire spring area, and other creatures that enter the territory without permission)]

[Ability: Level 1 Monster Attack, Level 1 Charge (can absorb light to slowly recharge), Level 1 Durability.]

[Durability: 200/200]

...

The marks left by the moles on the surface of the arrow tower vanished instantly, leaving it looking brand new.

Meanwhile, the obelisk inside the arrow tower was slowly emitting light, as if it were breathing.

But the transformation of Jiangchuan is clearly not limited to this.

【Ether-3】

...

[Trap] —> [Level 2 Monster Attack]

[Arrow Tower] —> [Level 1 Launch Speed]

...

"good!"

Just by looking directly at the transparent sphere of light at the top of the tower, one can imagine the feeling of being pierced through.

Jiang Chuan nodded in satisfaction. This level 2 special attack seemed much safer, and it also provided an additional attack speed boost.

Even if the big black rat were to return, it probably wouldn't be able to withstand a few fierce attacks.

"call."

Looking at the 12 flints remaining in the fire spring, Jiang Chuan pondered whether to use them for the renovation of the [house].

After all, only when the level of the [House] is increased can other buildings be unlocked and improved accordingly.

But there's no rush right now. Let's take advantage of the early night and fish out some more monsters first.

"Ah Shui, come and see, all our stone-crushing arrows are broken."

Just as Jiang Chuan stood up, Ye Xuan retrieved the sixteen arrows that had just killed the mole.

Eight of them were the stone arrows Jiang Chuan had initially used, but now both the arrowheads and the shafts have cracks.

It is clearly unusable.

Jiang Chuan's expression remained unchanged.

He had anticipated this; arrows were, after all, consumables.

Especially against monsters, even if he activates the Monster Injury skill, if the weapon quality is not high enough, it will still be quickly corroded by the monster.

Jiang Chuan casually picked up a stone arrow and put it in his hand.

[Stone-Smashing Arrow]

【Function: None】

【Trait: Level 1 Devious Damage】

[Durability: 0/100]

...

The durability value indeed dropped to the lowest level.

Jiang Chuan felt a pang of regret, but the next moment, he spent 1 point of Ether to activate the 'Level 1 Durability' of the [Arrow].

Swah——

As the thought settled.

Ye Xuan then saw the broken stone arrow in Jiang Chuan's hand; the cracks quickly healed, and in the blink of an eye, it was restored to its original state, just like a newly made one.

[Level 0 Stone Arrow (2/4)]

【Function: None】

【Traits: Level 1 Trickster, Level 1 Durability】

[Durability: 200/200]

...

Enabling durability will grant you a free repair effect.

Regardless of the type of research, this saved Jiang Chuan some money.

As for the remaining 'Level 1 Hardness' and 'Level 1 Penetration', I'll consider unlocking them when I have more resources.

It still hurts too much to spend the money.

Then he took all the arrows from Ye Xuan's hand and used them to extend their durability for free.

He was ready to continue embodying the "Master of Deception".