We're one level away from completing level 40, but the time is coming. Hu Yu was a little anxious for a while, but he immediately noticed the information in the mission prompt - the mission requirement was to 'reach level 40 before the arrival of the enemy's large army'.

In other words, will these cultists of the Cursed Dragons not rush in a swarm, but will carry out a surprise attack like in the game?

Realizing this, Hu Yu breathed a sigh of relief. I found a mountain wall and built some simple fortifications with some branches and rattans. If nothing else, the cultists of the Cursed Dragon should appear directly by their side, and in order to facilitate the next battle, then there is no point in trying to escape - no matter where they are, these guys will directly refresh to their side.

Smashing trees and pushing boulders, Hu Yu arranged the surrounding battlefield environment a little. Although it may hinder oneself from fighting, it is bound to be the same for the enemy - if the enemy is numerous, you can use these things to buy yourself some reaction time.

However, this is only a stopgap measure. The enemy's strength, numbers, and purpose, Hu Yu didn't know all these things, and now he could only take one step at a time. It still takes some experience to reach level 40, but Hu Yu doesn't even dare to continue fighting monsters and leveling up. If you suddenly get attacked while fighting monsters, it's not easy.

The sun is getting higher and higher, and the clock is moving towards its final moment. Hu Yu didn't dare to go too far, roasted a rabbit near the chosen battlefield, and while eating something to restore his body, he was on guard for an attack that might come at any time. It was almost time for the shadow of the cursed dragon to pass by, but the island that had been swept by Hu Yu was still quiet.

Won't it come? Hu Yu was thinking so. The surrounding anomalies are steep.

The mysterious magic fluctuations that had been haunting the surroundings suddenly increased several times. Immediately after, a black mist suddenly appeared a few meters away. A red-robed man wearing a sheep's horn mask appeared in the clearing a few meters away. Holding a hideous blood-colored blade in his hand, he rushed towards Hu Yu.

Hu Yu didn't dare to be careless, and threw away the rabbit to prepare for the battle. used the bone spear to block the opponent's weapon, and took advantage of the opponent's unstable center of gravity to suddenly use the 'Qi Lifting Slash'. The silver light flashed, and the bone spear pierced the opponent's throat, but it only brought up a puff of black mist.

The other party's bloody blade was cut back, and Hu Yu hurriedly rolled around on a donkey and hid to the side. When he rushed up again, he used a whirlwind with great destructive power. The spinning bone spear sent a large black mist over the cultist, and the attack quickly worked - the cultist could no longer maintain his size after being hit for the fourth time, and vanished into black mist.

Was it just a phantom?

Hu Yu frowned, and when he looked back, he saw that two other 'cultists' had already appeared nearby. Hu Yu didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly rushed up. In the blink of an eye, after killing one with a primary charge, the other one continued to stagger.

These guys' abilities are not strong, Hu Yu has already realized it. It's just that they don't seem to be able to be completely eliminated. After killing two, the other two rushed out - Hu Yu didn't even know if they were the same monster. Because they look exactly the same.

In order to prepare for the protracted battle that is likely to occur next, Hu Yu also stopped taking the initiative to attack and began to move towards the forest. There are a lot of these guys, and fighting and retreating is the best way to do it. In addition, these cultists composed of black fog have no experience, and in order to complete the challenge task, Hu Yu has to find a way to fight a few more monsters. However, at this moment, the system suddenly reminded:

"The first cultist is approaching, and it's still a minute before he fully descends."

Hu Yu was stunned for a moment, and then saw a flashing red dot appear on the monster radar. After receiving the prompt, Hu Yu hurriedly followed the map to the location indicated by the red dot; Breaking through the interception of several 'cultists' and bypassing a boulder, Hu Yu saw a black crack floating in the air, and a red-robed cultist was crawling out of the gap.

This guy is no different from the large group of monsters that follow behind, but the way it appears seems to be a little different. Other cultists basically appeared in an instant, but this person had to be stuck in the space-time rift for so long-Hu Yu instinctively felt that there might be something wrong with it, and he poked it with a spear. The cultist's head was tilted, but he was still stabbed in the shoulder, and he screamed miserably, and blood gushed out of the wound without any money.

Seeing the blood, Hu Yu's heart moved. It turns out that the latter ones are all fake, is this guy the main one?

I don't know what the strength of this cultist is, but if he is stuck in this space gap, it will be difficult to exert any strength. Hu Yu went over with another spear and pierced his heart directly. The cultist screamed loudly, and the monsters made of black mist behind him screamed as well, and finally turned into black smoke and dissipated.

After recovering quietly, Hu Yu took out the pendant and collected experience, and poked this guy back into the gap. And at this moment, another Black Mist cultist appeared behind him. At the same time, the system once again points to a location where there is also a cultist who is traveling through the rift in time and space.

Although these guys seem to be difficult to deal with, the time it takes to climb out of the spatial rift is obviously not resistant. Taking advantage of their efforts to climb out, Hu Yu could kill them in advance. Plus, the system will automatically prompt you where they appear, so it's not too difficult to deal with these guys. On this desert island, Hu Yu played whack-a-mole - among the more and more Black Mist cultists, Hu Yu followed the prompts of the system and attacked the cultists who had not yet escaped from the spatial rift. And his experience is soon approaching level forty.

However, the process of fighting is getting more and more difficult.

The cultists also seem to realize that their opponents are not easy to deal with, but they have no intention of stopping. As the red dots flashed on Hu Yu's monster radar, the frequency of cultists appearing became faster and faster, and there were even cases where cultists appeared in two different locations at the same time. At first, Hu Yu could barely sustain the battle, but after a cultist on the other side of the island successfully descended and killed a group of younger brothers composed of black mist, Hu Yu finally couldn't take care of it.

The true strength of the cultists is not strong, and they have probably just reached the level of advanced profession; Even without a gun, Hu Yu could defeat it. But if he was entangled in it, Hu Yu would not be able to solve the spatial rifts that appeared one after another. Using a pocket pistol to cooperate with the battle, Hu Yu barely managed to solve this fish that slipped through the net, but taking advantage of this opportunity, two other cultists came out. (To be continued......)