"A knife?"
"This..."
Following Alice's gaze, Ye Feng suddenly started in shock, realizing that he didn't know when he had gripped the Tang Dao in his hand.
"What the heck? Did the Tang Dao fall out of my spatial warehouse by itself?"
Ye Feng was very puzzled.
The Tang Dao had inexplicably fallen out of his spatial warehouse before, the first time he encountered a gargoyle, and when he encountered dangerous hallucinogenic mushrooms on his way to the City of Despair...
"Alice, do you recognize this...?"
"Buzz!~"
As Ye Feng turned to ask Alice, he saw a vortex appear behind her without any warning. It instantly sucked her in, and she disappeared in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, the howling wind in the thatched cottage also stopped, and the clock hanging on the wall ceased its ticking.
"Crack crack~ Crack crack~"
Suddenly, the glass on the clock's outer casing on the wall cracked, and it fell from the wall.
"Bang!~ Bang bang~"
"Clang!~ Clang~"
...
For a time, there were constant sounds of impact and glass shattering.
"This... what's going on?"
These sudden developments left Ye Feng a little bewildered and completely confused.
He and Xiao Xiao exchanged glances, clearly not knowing what had happened.
"Ding~"
"Congratulations to the host for breaking through Advanced Refined Steel and being promoted to Silver Rank~!"
Suddenly, the system's mechanical voice sounded in Ye Feng's mind.
Following that, Ye Feng felt a surge of special power enter his body inexplicably. This power caused his muscles to ache and throb, and it kept penetrating deeper... all the way to the bone marrow...
Before he could sense it carefully, his consciousness was abruptly pulled into his mind, more accurately, into the system's interface.
"This..."
Seeing the scene before him, Ye Feng was very surprised.
Previously, the system's [Personal Information] panel and the [Shop] were surrounded by darkness, with only two panels emitting a faint glow. Both panels were flat and single-layered.
But now, the [Personal Information] and [Shop] panels before Ye Feng had become much more three-dimensional, and some of the surrounding darkness had receded.
"This seems to be a room?"
Looking at his surroundings, Ye Feng couldn't help but frown slightly.
"Wait... these runes..."
Suddenly, Ye Feng's expression changed, as he noticed some mysterious patterns around the edge of the [Shop] panel. These were Arcane Runes.
And not only on the [Shop] panel, but also on the frame of the [Personal Information] panel... and on what looked like pillars at the sides...
"Huh!~"
Suddenly, Ye Feng frowned again.
Because he found that those runes were slightly different from the Arcane Runes he had seen... they were more similar to the mysterious runes on the armor Ling Xi had worn before...
"Ding!~"
"Detected host's promotion to Early Silver. Special reward received: Angel Armor!"
At this moment, the system's mechanical voice sounded again. Then Ye Feng saw a flash of light in the space where he was. An Angel Armor, emitting a silver-white glow, instantly appeared.
"Whoosh!~"
Ye Feng let out a soft breath and his consciousness withdrew from his mind. With a thought, a suit of armor emitting a faint white light and adorned with shallow, mysterious runes appeared beside him. It was the Angel Armor the system had mentioned.
"It looks quite similar to the armor Ling Xi wore before~"
Ye Feng observed for a while and muttered.
"Xiao Xiao, what are you doing?"
Ye Feng looked at Xiao Xiao with some puzzlement, as he noticed her staring intently at the Angel Armor and even reaching out her hand.
"Whoosh~! Whoosh~!"
"Crack crack~ Kapa~..."
Before Xiao Xiao could reply, the Angel Armor, sensing something as Xiao Xiao approached, flashed with light and flew towards her. In a short while, it was fully donned.
This scene left Ye Feng stunned!
"Xiao Xiao, can you control this Angel Armor?"
Ye Feng looked at Xiao Xiao, who was examining herself up and down, with great surprise.
"Is this Angel Armor...?"
Xiao Xiao looked up, looking at Ye Feng with confusion. "I don't really understand. I just felt a strange sensation from my hairpin~"
"Hairpin?"
Ye Feng took two steps to the side and looked behind Xiao Xiao's head. He noticed that the silver hairpin Ling Xi had given her was emitting a faint white light, barely discernible if not observed closely.
"Big Brother~~ Ah..."
"Thump! Bang!~"
Just as Xiao Xiao was about to turn around, she suddenly fell to the ground. She struggled with all her might, seemingly unable to get up.
"Xiao Xiao, are you okay?"
Seeing this, Ye Feng quickly stepped forward, crouched down to check, and reached out to help Xiao Xiao up.
But as his hand touched the Angel Armor Xiao Xiao was wearing, a tremendous force surged through him.
"Bang!~"
Ye Feng was instantly sent flying, crashing through a large hole in the already dilapidated thatched cottage and flying straight outside.
"Bang bang~ Bang~!"
After falling to the ground, Ye Feng tumbled several times, and his chest felt a surge of blood.
"Big Brother, how are you? Are you alright?"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao's anxious voice came from a distance.
Then Ye Feng saw a small silver figure limping towards him with an awkward gait, like a child who had just learned to walk. It was Xiao Xiao...
What surprised him even more was that as Xiao Xiao stumbled towards him, she inevitably bumped into obstacles like stones. Those stones instantly turned to dust upon impact with Xiao Xiao, who was wearing the Angel Armor...
"Xiao Xiao, stop!~"
Seeing Xiao Xiao reach out to help him, Ye Feng quickly called out to stop her. He didn't want to be sent flying again.
"Big Brother, I... what's wrong with me?"
"I can't take off this armor... it's so heavy..."
Xiao Xiao now realized something, her face filled with anxiety and worry.
"Xiao Xiao, don't worry. This is Angel Armor. It might be because of the angel energy emanating from the silver hairpin Ling Xi gave you..."
"Calm down first, and try to..."
...
On the other side,
The City Lord's Mansion,
"Grandfather, after much thought, the reason for the Energy-Devouring Water Monkeys' frenzy at that time... is likely Ye Feng's arcane energy..."
"However, those Energy-Devouring Water Monkeys didn't seem to be attracted by arcane energy at all. Instead, they were in a state of berserk like they are during a full moon... and not ordinary berserk... the Energy-Devouring Water Monkeys retained some rationality..."
"Moreover, those Energy-Devouring Water Monkeys at the time didn't rush towards the trucks carrying arcane origin stones, but instead charged towards Ye Feng's location..." Shen Yun Yao said quickly to Shen Potian.
"Grandfather, why are you paying attention to the Energy-Devouring Water Monkeys?"
At the end, Shen Yun Yao added, looking quite perplexed.
Yesterday and today, Shen Potian had been talking to her about Ye Feng. When discussing the convoy, Shen Potian had suddenly become interested in the situation of the Energy-Devouring Water Monkeys.
"Those Energy-Devouring Water Monkeys were brought here by me specifically!"
Shen Potian pondered for a moment and slowly replied.
...