Jiang Kai never expected that their simple plan to level up would lead them to encounter something even more terrifying than a king-level BOSS... a map BOSS!
Even though Jiang Kai had reached the second tier of his class, he was well aware that he was no match for a map BOSS.
"Let him go!" Jiang Kai shouted angrily.
The woman cast a seductive glance at Jiang Kai and said in a somewhat coquettish voice, "Originally, you were my target... but compared to a Deceiver, I prefer fortune tellers."
"You don't need to worry. I just need to 'borrow' your teammate for a bit. As long as he cooperates, I can let you go."
Jiang Kai's eyes widened in shock. What was going on?
"What do you want him to do?"
The woman smiled with a natural allure and sensuality that made any man's heart race.
"I encountered a strange little creature earlier. I was careless and it injured my vitality, so I need to replenish it."
"I happened to find you three nearby, so I had the Wolf King initiate Blood Moon Night. Otherwise, its foolish minions wouldn't have succeeded!"
"Speaking of which, you humans can naturally recover even if I drain your vitality. This is something I truly envy."
Jiang Kai's eye twitched upon hearing this.
No wonder they encountered Blood Moon Night; they had been targeted by this fox spirit all along!
Injured by a strange little creature? Beasts sometimes fight among themselves, especially if one species crosses into another's territory.
Even a map BOSS has its own territory, but clearly, no matter how arrogant this fox is, it wouldn't call another map BOSS a "strange little creature."
And this fox spirit wants to borrow Old Hu to drain his vitality?
"How... how do you drain vitality?" Jiang Kai asked.
The woman laughed, her body shaking with mirth, "You know what I mean, don't you?"
Jiang Kai understood instantly!
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"Listen, he's my friend. Let him go! I'll take his place for this harmful task!" Jiang Kai said seriously.
Old Hu mustered his courage, slowly turned his neck, and sneaked a glance at the woman...
He had to admit, she was stunning!
Her exquisite features were captivating, and her charm mixed with innocence was impossible to imitate.
Up close, her skin was as smooth as a baby's, her breath fragrant, and her figure impressive.
Old Hu quietly turned his head back to Jiang Kai, "Kai, no need to say more. I appreciate it, but you're the core of our team. Let me handle this! Fox spirit, I warn you, after you drain my vitality, you must let the three of us go!"
"Hehehe, why would I keep you for the New Year? Come with me obediently!" The fox spirit said, grabbing Hu Yan by the armpit and disappearing into the shadows with him.
...
Blood Moon Night wasn't over yet, and the wolf demons surrounded Jiang Kai and Ruan Yu.
"Beauty..." Ruan Yu turned over, hugging Jiang Kai's leg as he continued to sleep, and Jiang Kai kicked him away.
Old Hu was with that enchanting fox spirit, while he was stuck with Ruan Yu!
Jiang Kai looked toward the shadows, squinting slightly, and activated Ghost Eye Focus.
Unfortunately, Ghost Eye couldn't see through the shadows, nor did it reveal how the vitality draining was progressing.
"Sigh!" Jiang Kai sighed deeply, "Didn't she say I was the target? Couldn't she stick to that?"
"If I had known, I wouldn't have used Deceive the heavens and cross the sea. Maybe she would've accepted a dart." Jiang Kai regretted his decision deeply.
"It's been so long! How many rounds of vitality have been drained? Why aren't they back yet!"
"By the way, Old Hu did say that when the blood blooms, love arrives, and it seems he was right!"
They waited for over two hours.
The blood moon in the sky gradually turned pale yellow, and the wolf demons around them retreated, leaving the shadows empty.
Jiang Kai quickly put away his weapon and ran over to check.
On the ground where the shadows had been, there was a pile of soft dry grass. Hu Yan lay there, his clothes half-open, hair disheveled, and his gaze empty.
"Old Hu, are you okay?" Jiang Kai quickly checked him, "What did that fox spirit do to you?"
"Didn't she say you could recover after draining vitality? You can't be that out of it!"
Under Jiang Kai's shaking, Hu Yan finally spoke.
He said softly, "Did she... did she leave?"
"She? That fox spirit? Yes, she's gone! Are you alright?" Jiang Kai asked anxiously.
Hu Yan sat up in a daze, looking lost, "She's not just a fox spirit. She said her name is Dong Li, and she said she'll remember me..."
Jiang Kai looked at Hu Yan, who seemed heartbroken, and frowned, "Old Hu, are you under some kind of spell? She's just a map BOSS, and we don't even know if she's just a bunch of code."
"She's not code!" Hu Yan insisted, "Even though we enter Ghost Star in digital form, it's been said that the digital realm is vast. Technically, even on Earth, all our states can be represented by numbers."
"So, digital form doesn't mean it's not real!"
Jiang Kai had more to say, like if that fox spirit used this method to recover vitality, Old Hu probably wasn't her first.
But seeing Hu Yan's state, Jiang Kai couldn't bring himself to say it.
Jiang Kai squatted down, shaking his head, "Old Hu, I think you need a good rest... I told you, I should've taken on this harmful task."
"Rest, maybe... She said she wouldn't forget me, and I feel like I can't forget her either... I must be crazy..."
Old Hu sighed deeply, shook his head, then looked at Jiang Kai, "Kai, there's something important!"
"What is it?" Jiang Kai asked.
"Dong Li was very pleased with my performance last night."
Jiang Kai's face darkened, "Old Hu, that can't be all you wanted to say..."
"Of course not. As a reward, she told me the location of the connection portal!"
"What?" Jiang Kai's eyes widened. The military in China was currently searching for the connection portal, and their urgency was growing.
The reward they offered had already doubled!
"Where is it?"
"In an illusionary place. Most people wouldn't notice it even if they passed by, but she gave me the coordinates."
Jiang Kai frowned.
This Dong Li was a monster, but she seemed different from other monsters.
She had higher intelligence and richer emotions... It's unclear if Dong Li was an exception or if all map-level BOSSes had such intelligence.
Regardless, encountering the map BOSS on Taiping Mountain Path and the Fire God Squad surviving, even gaining the coordinates to the connection portal, was a stroke of luck.
"Since she mentioned it, let's go check it out," Jiang Kai said, his eyes gradually brightening.
"2000 guild points, even if the Main God doesn't need it, we can sell it to other guilds for a huge profit!"
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