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

As soon as the words were spoken, a young girl wearing a black veil and with a cool demeanor emerged from behind the tree.

Jiang Chuan felt relieved upon seeing Ning Yao and composed himself, saying:

"I learned a couple of tricks from my older brother, otherwise I would have had to wait for you to save me."

"Who said I was going to save you? I'm just here to watch the show." Ning Yao snorted and turned to leave.

Jiang Chuan shook his head and chuckled as he watched the other person walk away.

However, after Ning Yao returned to the village, she, who was usually taciturn, did not hide the actions of the three Wang brothers, which immediately aroused the indignation of the villagers, young and old.

"How shameless! He's too afraid to go into the mountains himself, yet he tries to harm others. This isn't just stealing food, it's endangering people!"

The three Wang brothers, supporting each other and limping, had just returned to the entrance of their small courtyard when Li Ming and his men gave them another beating.

"Uncle Li, Grandpa Liu, Uncle Chen, stop hitting him! Help!"

The three men had bloody snot bubbles on their faces, frozen in place, and let out a heart-wrenching scream. This was mainly because they had incurred the wrath of many people, who already disliked them.

In addition, many people in the village were injured this time, and the three of them were idle and liked to go to people's homes to freeload, which is simply unforgivable.

...

When we returned to Snow Eagle Ridge, the early night was about to end.

However, in order to safely get through this eerie night, Jiang Chuan still planned to use up all the resources he had.

The first thing to do is upgrade the [house].

After the patrol team searched the area, he had enough ether and firestone reserves to upgrade his house to level two.

【Ether-10】

[Ether: 5]

...

[Level 2 House]

【Function: Fire Chasing】

【Characteristics: Level 2 (...Sleep-inducing, calming)】

[Durability: 400/400]

...

The house reached level two, but the area did not increase; only the wooden structure began to grow, and some stone structures appeared.

It looks more solid and sturdy overall.

Of course, most importantly, it can upgrade and modify many other things.

For example, interior decoration, livestock housing, etc.

This gave Jiang Chuan the feeling of playing a tower defense game. He had to upgrade his own base first to unlock new buildings, and then expand outward step by step.

But that's all for later. Let's focus on unlocking the most important skill, 'Level 3 Monster Attack'.

"Huh?"

Just as he was about to consume 3 points of ether to upgrade, a new message suddenly came from the research manual.

[Trap] [Monster Attack Upgraded to Level 3]

Please select the upgrade direction.

【1: Reduce the strength of the attacked party】

[2: Increase the damage received by the attacked]

【3: Additional burning】

...

A hint of surprise flashed in Jiang Chuan's eyes. He really didn't expect that there would be a modification direction to choose from after upgrading to level three. It seems that he has reached a certain level.

All three upgrades can directly increase the strength of the arrow tower.

However, he felt that the first option was the best choice, which is the so-called "vulnerability" buff. Although both the first and second options were good, he needed to deal with the big guy that might attack tonight.

If you can inflict vulnerability on the opponent, the fire, combined with the damage from the arrow towers and buildings, might be enough to take them down.

So he didn't hesitate and confirmed the second upgrade option.

The orbs of light from the two arrow towers in front of us gradually changed, and the light inside seemed to become clearer.

"That's about it."

Jiang Chuan looked up at the horizon. This was the limit of what he could do. As long as the monsters didn't break through his camp tonight, he could use the harvest from the monsters tonight to strengthen his territory again and raise the upper limit of Snow Eagle Ridge.

It is an opportunity.

It is also a crisis.

Everything depends on whether he can make it through tonight.

...

Night fell.

Darkness completely enveloped the entire territory.

The area above and all around was extremely deep darkness, with only the light emanating from the fire spring, which enveloped the entire territory like an eggshell.

Inside the house, Jiang Chuan was explaining some things to be aware of for tonight to Ye Xuan.

Bang! ! !

A heavy slamming sound echoed as the door was slammed shut.

He turned around abruptly!

Since the arrow tower reached level two, few monsters have been able to get within two meters of the house.

Jiang Chuan hadn't heard this kind of noise in a long time.

[Level 2 House]

【Function: Fire Chasing】

【Characteristics: Level 2 (...Sleep-inducing, calming)】

[Durability: 397/400]

...

This commotion caused the durability of a level 2 house to drop by three points.

Ye Xuan was naturally startled by the loud impact.

Soon, Ye Xuan's trembling voice rang out:

"Ah Shui, what happened?"

Jiang Chuan didn't say anything, but quickly took three steps at a time to the door and looked out through the crack in the door.

A darker mass was slowly pacing about, followed by a large number of ghouls.

At first glance, it looks somewhat like a tiger, but it lacks the golden and black stripes that a tiger's skin should have. Instead, it has a layer of flat, grayish-white stiff fur, like withered grass that has been soaked by rain and stuck to an empty white skeleton.

It was limping towards the house, like a puppet being manipulated by strings.

The head without eyeballs seemed to have caught someone's scent.

"Holy crap, it really is a 'white tiger'!"

inside the house.

Jiang Chuan's expression was solemn.

Several ghosts tried to rush in, but the Tiger Bone Ghost suddenly slapped them with its claws, sending them flying.

Bang! ! !

There was another loud banging on the door.

【Durability: 394/400】

...

"..."

Jiang Chuan frowned slightly and gripped the spear in his hand tighter. Tonight was very different from the previous nights; there hadn't been such a commotion in the past few nights.

He had been somewhat confident, but now he didn't know if he could hold on.

next moment--

The creature suddenly opened its mouth and growled, the sound extremely eerie.

"Gah!!"

The skull revealed a dense array of fine, needle-like teeth, like those of a catfish, each one trembling slightly.

There was no tongue; deep in the throat was a wavy, dark purple fleshy fold, like an upside-down sea anemone.

Ye Xuan was so frightened that her legs were trembling and her face was tearful.

Jiang Chuan was also under immense mental pressure at this time.

Fortunately, the arrow towers came into play.

Two arrows, nearly as thick as a baby's arm, transformed into a beam of light, pierced through the waterfall of light, and flew off the bowstring with the force of thunder and a sharp whistling sound.

"Whoosh!"

The arrow of light pierced the tiger-bone monster's chest with pinpoint accuracy, causing the monster's body to stiffen abruptly, and fine powder fell from the pierced point.

"call..."

Upon seeing this scene, Jiang Chuan breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense heart finally relaxed slightly.

it works.

This indicates that the level of this monster is at most no higher than level three. With the monster special attack of two level three arrow towers, it is definitely possible to keep the opponent in place.

Furthermore, the "Vulnerability" effect is also taking effect; the monsters attacked by arrows begin to suffer special damage from the fire spring light, similar to burning.

"Gah!"

It made that sound again, but this time it wasn't a growl; instead, it was a short, sharp scream, like bones breaking.

The strange creature seemed to realize that the glowing building next to it was more dangerous than the house in front of it.

Previously, it didn't want to get close because the arrow tower was built next to the fire spring, and the monster was extremely resistant to and disgusted by the fire spring. But now, its body's instincts are making it want to destroy the arrow tower.

"We have to drag this guy to the front of the cabin."

Seeing that the other party had moved, Jiang Chuan had only one thought left in his mind.

No hesitation.

He pushed the door open nearly halfway, picked up the beast bone bow, and aimed it at the tiger bone monster.