With some excitement, Zhou Chen attacked this blood-red monster that resembled a rhinoceros again and again.

He relied on his relatively small body and high agility to evade the monster's counterattack, and then pierced its body with the fine steel wood gun again and again. Basically every few times, he could trigger a brutal blow and burst out. With the help of his physical potential, he caused heavy damage to the monster, and occasionally it could be triggered continuously, making the monster's hard body quickly become riddled with holes.

In the end, with the assistance of the rock giant summoned by the old shopkeeper, Zhou Chen successfully killed the monster with a fine steel wooden gun, without using the Holy Light skills that consume much energy.

[Passive Predator Trigger: You have plundered the passive skill "Physical Strengthening II" of the Abyssal Demon Cow, and it is detected that it is better than the passive skill of the same name you currently have, and it will automatically be covered and merged. 】

After killing this monster, Zhou Chen also obtained the coverage enhancement of the passive skill of the same name, which was a surprise.

When Zhou Chen felt that his body had become stronger, the old shop owner was basically finished. The monsters around his shop had been wiped out by him, and the nearest one seemed to be a kilometer away.

So, a minute later, Zhou Chen followed the old white beard shop owner into the scroll shop and got his customized ring.

Like other rings made by the old white beard shop owner, his ring has also been marked by the system and can be brought back to Blue Star.

【Clear Gold Ring

Type: Bronze intermediate item.

This gold ring is well-made. It not only has been greatly strengthened in overall strength and become very tough, it can also add a blessing effect to the wearer: clarity.

Clarity: Your mental power recovery speed is doubled. 】

After wearing this relatively simple and low-key gold ring on his left index finger, Zhou Chen did not leave the shop, but bought some materials from the old white beard shop owner.

Originally, he shouldn't have much money to continue buying at this time, but Vera didn't collect travel expenses when he returned, so he still had two hundred gold coins in his hand.

"I need some special paper, the type that can carry spiritual power."

Zhou Chen said to the old man.

"Oh? Are you a card maker?"

The old white beard shopkeeper reacted when he heard Zhou Chen's words, he obviously knew a little bit about the card maker.

"Not yet, but it may be in the future."

Zhou Chen smiled and replied.

"Hmm... I don't think you have any spiritual response... Young man, the card maker is not easy to walk. It costs the same as my scroll mage. I suggest you open a shop in the future..."

While talking, the old shopkeeper took out two boxes, one large and one small, from the shop.

"This box is made of special bark paper, and a box of eight gold coins. I suggest you use them to make cards in the early stage... This box is precious mythril paper, and a box of 100 gold coins. I suggest waiting for you to get started. Use them later."

"Yes, I want twelve boxes of hard bark paper and one box of mithril paper."

Zhou Chen looked at the paper in the two boxes, and immediately confirmed that they were all marked by the system, and they were indeed suitable materials for card making.

"I don't have so many stocks of hard bark paper here. I can only sell you three boxes."

The old man shopkeeper immediately stated that he could not satisfy Zhou Chen's purchasing power.

"Three boxes are three boxes."

Zhou Chen quickly paid one hundred and twenty-four gold coins and put the four boxes of paper marked by the system into the backpack space.

His actions immediately aroused the old man’s exclamation.

"Unexpectedly, you still have room to equip! What a wealthy young man! I take back what I just said, you are very suitable to become a card maker!"

Zhou Chen just smiled, and then spent 20 gold coins to buy five special quill pens, which are also needed by the card maker when making cards.

It only took more than a minute for Zhou Chen to finish shopping. He left here and continued to hunt for monsters.

The direction he was heading this time was the dream hut drugstore, and he was going to replace all the remaining gold coins with potions, especially two bottles of intermediate healing potions.

This time on the road, Zhou Chen finally saw the red valley city manager’s team. It was a team of knights all wearing steel armor, and their leaders were a few knights burning all over the body. In addition, you can fight against several monsters alone, and with the help of your teammates, you can eliminate these monsters quickly.

However, their number is relatively small compared to monsters, and their current clean-up activities seem to be a drop in the bucket.

A few minutes later, when Zhou Chen killed a wild boar-like monster by himself with a spear, he attracted the attention of a Cavaliers team passing by.

"Young man, your strength is very good! Join us! After cleaning these monsters, the city lord will definitely give you a reward!"

The leading tall knight riding a black horse said to Zhou Chen.

"Thank you for your invitation, but I'm still more accustomed to killing monsters by myself, goodbye."

Zhou Chen immediately rejected him, and then ran to the next location, continuing to look for the monsters of interest.

After this, Zhou Chen killed two more monsters and hid in a hidden residential house to rest, because killing monsters is a very physical activity, even if his physique is extraordinary, he can’t continue like a perpetual motion machine. Kill it.

After resting for about a quarter of an hour, several monsters came near the residential house where Zhou Chen was hiding. After judging that these monsters were relatively ordinary and might not have passive skills, Zhou Chen decisively chose to run away.

After running for a while, he saw an acquaintance in the distance: Sven Youth and the tall girl were fighting together against an octopus-like monster.

"Why haven't they escaped yet?"

Zhou Chen was a little puzzled when he saw this. According to his assumption, these two people should have escaped from the city long ago, why they appeared here.

Some curious, he ran there, and then extinguished the octopus monster that had been cut off many tentacles by the tall girl and the gentle young man with a fire, and then he did not obtain any passive skills as expected.

"Why are you back?"

Zhou Chen asked them at the moment when there was no monster attacking here.

"Because the wilderness outside the city gate also has that kind of red cracks, there are no fewer monsters there than here, and there is also a lack of shelters such as houses."

The gentleman seemed a little happy to find Zhou Chen had come, and explained to him.

"There are cracks like that outside too? That means there are monsters everywhere now?"

Zhou Chen was a little surprised by this result. He originally thought that Honggu City was rather unlucky, and a crack was brought about by a few of their survivors.

"The three of us should find a place with few monsters to hide together. As long as we last one more day, this survival will be over."

The gentleman then said to Zhou Chen.

"Yes, let's go over there now."

Zhou Chen pointed to the direction where a huge humanoid monster was moving.