19: A sinister turn of events in the dead of night! It's escalating again!

Clatter!

After Su Lie stepped out, he discovered that the surrounding monsters only glanced at him before fixing their gaze on Number 1 Little Skeleton and No. 2 Little Skeleton, who had followed him out.

They seemed to have seen something delicious and walked toward the two Little Skeletons.

From deep within the surrounding jungle, waves of intense beast roars echoed out.

Su Lie sensed an inexplicable pressure and hurriedly turned around to send the Little Skeletons back to the Shelter.

Once the iron door was closed again.

The surrounding monsters suddenly stopped and began to "stroll" slowly along their original paths once more.

That inexplicable pressure also gradually faded away at this moment.

Su Lie, who had been observing his surroundings, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was pleasantly surprised to discover that after turning into a monster, he could actually see clearly in the night.

This was an unexpected bonus.

After pausing for a minute and confirming that the sense of crisis had vanished, he walked toward a nearby monster.

It was a humanoid monster with a chrysanthemum-like face and seven or eight arms.

Su Lie walked behind the chrysanthemum-faced creature and blew its head off with a single hammer blow.

The monster collapsed to the ground.

What was terrifying was that its corpse was dragged directly into the soil by grass that suddenly sprouted from the ground.

In the blink of an eye, the area where the monster had fallen returned to normal, and a monster crystal was "spat out" from the soil.

"Holy shit!"

Su Lie stared in shock at the ground that had returned to its original state, a chill running through his entire body: "Is this ground alive?"

He cautiously probed it with his foot a few times and, finding that the previous situation did not reoccur, breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems it only devours dead monsters!"

Su Lie picked up the monster crystal and casually tossed it into his pocket. When he looked up, he suddenly stiffened. He thought of a question.

Not long ago, he had killed a monster using a Strange Fragrant Chestnut. Why hadn't that monster been devoured?

"Parasites?" Su Lie thought of a possibility: "This ground is quite picky!"

He glanced at his personal panel. He saw that his experience points had increased from 17 to 18. This made him feel much more relaxed.

However, his Spirit points were down to only 316. This meant he could only maintain his monster form for another 5 minutes.

"I must Speed this up!" Just like that, Su Lie quickly walked toward the surrounding monsters.

He kept wandering around the Shelter. When his Spirit points were about to run out, he finally used the key to open the iron door of the Shelter.

Returning to the Shelter, he didn't care about anything else and went straight to the Solid Wood Bed. The moment he lay on the bed, Su Lie fell into a deep sleep.

An hour later, he woke up naturally. His experience points had gone from 30 to 32. This sleep had increased his experience by 2 points. His Spirit points had fully recovered.

Su Lie picked up his wolf-tooth hammer and headed outside. Back and forth he went, until 8 hours later.

Hum! A vibration pulsed from within Su Lie's body; he had leveled up from Level 2 to Level 3. He hurriedly looked at his personal panel.

He saw that his Lifespan had changed from 123 to 124, an increase of 1 year. The experience required to level up to Level 3 had become 200 points.

His life, Spirit, stamina, Speed, charm, luck, and majesty had all increased by 100 points.

[ life: 1900; Spirit: 700; stamina: 400; Speed: 600; ]

[ charm: 310; luck: 323; majesty: 310 ]

At the same time, he also gained 500 free attribute points. This time, Su Lie did not increase his life; instead, he added all the attribute points to Spirit to ensure that the Illusionary Haze Skill could be maintained for a longer time.

During this sweep of the monsters around the Shelter, he discovered that they were all low-level monsters. Not only were they slow, but they died in a single hit. After killing a monster, the other surrounding monsters paid no attention to it.

If it were like this every day, he could use this to level up quickly and strengthen himself!

When daytime came, he could go out and travel. If he encountered monsters like the White Wolf, he would have the power to quickly kill them.

Once all the free attribute points were added to Spirit, Su Lie felt his mind become clearer. His perception of his surroundings also became increasingly precise.

"Hmm? Are monsters of a higher level than the chrysanthemum creature starting to appear?" Su Lie sensed some powerful monsters emerging from the surrounding jungle.

Restricted by the fact that he couldn't view the monsters' panels, he could only rely on his gut feeling. However, although these monsters posed a threat to him, it wasn't significant.

Su Lie continued his hunt. Anyway, he had a god-tier quality Solid Wood Bed; he only needed to sleep for one hour to fully restore his Spirit, so he wasn't worried about consuming too much and being unable to use his Skill during the day.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Five minutes later, Su Lie suddenly felt a chill on his back. He sensed a deadly crisis.

Clatter! Subconsciously, he took a step to the left.

Whoosh! The next second, he felt a gust of wind blow past him.

Immediately afterward, his arm developed an intensely itchy sensation.

"Not good! A monster above Level 8 has appeared!" Su Lie's heart jolted.

The reason he said this was because his Pollution Immunity could only immunize him against monsters up to 5 levels higher than himself. He was currently Level 3. Only the aura emitted by Level 9, Level 10, or higher-level monsters could cause him pollution.

He hurriedly turned his head to look at the darkness not far away, and he saw a pair of eyes that were green with a hint of crimson. In that bright spot, it seemed as if there were only a pair of eyes, without a physical body. Its appearance caused the low-level monsters wandering nearby to retreat into the darkness one after another.

"Run!" Su Lie realized the crisis was upon him and hurriedly ran toward the Shelter. A bone-chilling coldness struck his back once again.

Bang! Su Lie hurriedly threw himself into a roll. A cold, eerie wind swept across his back again. Immediately after, once the sound of the wind died down, his back also developed an intensely itchy sensation.

"Damn it! What the hell is this monster?" Su Lie cursed under his breath. Fortunately, by this time, he had reached the door of the Shelter. He hurriedly got up and used the key to open the door.

As he opened the door, a cold chill was stirred up on his back again. Su Lie hurriedly sidestepped into the Shelter. The Little Skeletons waiting behind the door also worked together to close it at this moment.

Bang! Bang! The sound of the door closing and the impact rang out simultaneously. The large iron door shook violently. A layer of dust fell throughout the entire Shelter. A protrusion the size of a pinky knuckle was dented into the inside of the iron door.

One had to realize that the large iron door was now a full 20 centimeters thick. This blow was too strong!

Seeing this, Su Lie couldn't help but gasp: "If this had hit my body, wouldn't I have been torn apart?"

He secretly felt lucky that he had increased his Spirit. Otherwise, he really wouldn't have been able to sense the killing intent of this kind of monster. He immediately reverted from his monster state. Looking down,

Su Lie discovered that one black smiling little flower after another had actually grown on his arm. The clothes on his back were torn, and a patch of the same smiling little flowers was growing on his lower back. They looked quite alluring.

Through the stems of the little flowers, one could see that these little flowers were continuously emitting Mist pollution into Su Lie's skin. The black power of pollution had spread almost throughout the blood vessels of Su Lie's arms and back, looking exceptionally terrifying.

However, the holy light on the Little Skeletons caused this pollution to stop spreading. Number 1 Little Skeleton cleverly took a gourd ladle, scooped up a spoonful of Exorcism Holy Water, and brought it over to Su Lie.

No. 2 Little Skeleton brought the bamboo tube containing the Exorcism Holy Water to Su Lie's side. The rest of the Little Skeletons reached out to touch the little flowers on Su Lie's arms and back, wanting to use the holy light they emitted to help Su Lie through the crisis.

Seeing this, Su Lie felt a warmth in his heart: "It feels really good to have teammates!" He took the gourd ladle and gulped down the holy water inside.

He also arranged for the Little Skeletons to pour the holy water onto the distorted areas on his back caused by the pollution, while he used an empty bucket to pour some Exorcism Holy Water to clean his own arms.

About half an hour later, Su Lie's throat moved, and he opened his mouth to spit out a stone the size of a fist. He looked closely. This was no stone; it was clearly an insect egg sac covered in bugs!

At this moment, the distorted areas on his arms and back were rapidly withering, turning into ash and falling off.

Bang! Su Lie suddenly grabbed his left abdomen, and he opened his mouth to spit out a glob of blood. The heart-wrenching pain nearly made him faint: "Damn! What's going on... It hurts so much..."