Since the system became my girlfriend

Moreover, not only is it difficult for this little thing, Simig, to level up, but she's also eating more and more. If it weren't for Su Rui's fast monster-killing speed and the extra money rewards for completing tasks, he would soon be unable to afford to raise this little thing.

The worst part is that Su Rui can't get rid of Simig now, because the little thing has become attached to him. Moreover, if he doesn't feed the little thing, Simig will deduct Su Rui's health points once she gets hungry.

In order to avoid being tricked by Simigu, Su Rui had to buy a lot of food for the little guy every day.

Fortunately, Feng Lixi seems to like Simig very much. She usually buys some food to prepare, and if Su Rui forgets to buy rice balls, she will feed Simig, the elemental spirit, for Su Rui.

"If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute!" Su Rui rolled his eyes at Simige.

"Hmph! You bad guy! I'm hungry!" Simig rolled his eyes at Su Rui.

"Simig, are you hungry? I have some rice balls here!" Feng Lixi immediately came over.

"Hehe, big sister is the best!" As soon as Ximi saw the rice ball in Feng Lixi's hand, he immediately pounced on it.

"Hmph! Useless at everything, but never enough to eat!" Su Rui snorted coldly, then continued heading towards Sigma Village.

After feeding Simig a rice ball, Feng Lixi followed Su Rui's footsteps. After Simig finished eating, she returned to Su Rui's shoulder and continued to sit there in a daze.

More than an hour later, Su Rui and Feng Lixi arrived at Sigma Village. It had obviously been abandoned for a long time, with weeds growing everywhere and broken walls and ruins everywhere.

“It’s so desolate…” Feng Lixi said.

“It looks like no one has come here since the villagers left!” Su Rui said.

"There are people here!" Simige suddenly said.

"Oh?" Su Rui glanced at Ximige, then looked at Feng Lixi.

"Why do you say that?" Feng Lixi asked. She knew that Ximige, the elemental spirit, had the ability to detect enemy movement, so she asked this question on purpose, so that Su Rui would know that even though the elemental spirit beside him was still low-level, she was still useful.

Moreover, this way, Ximige can be the one to warn Su Rui, and Feng Lixi will have fewer chances of exposing himself.

“There’s a guy lurking over there, you can’t see him!” Simige said, pointing ahead with his little finger.

"Really?" Su Rui asked with some skepticism.

"Fine, don't believe me then! You're a bad guy!" Simig pouted and refused to look at Su Rui.

"Be careful!" Su Rui nodded to Feng Lixi.

“Okay!” Feng Lixi stood behind Su Rui.

"Come out! I see you!" Su Rui shouted in the direction Ximige was pointing.

"Whoosh!" Sure enough, just as Su Rui shouted, a faint shadow suddenly flashed in the grass in front of him.

These are traces left by thieves after they go into stealth. Although you can find them if you pay attention, you can only use area-of-effect damage to bring them out while they are in stealth. Otherwise, even if you know where they are, you can't target them to attack.

"Whoosh!" The phantom initially tried to avoid Su Rui's line of sight, but he soon discovered that Su Rui's gaze was following him like a shadow.

So later on, the phantom stopped circling and went straight for Su Rui. With the advantage of stealth, it could still attack first. And once the thief successfully made the first move, their chances of winning would increase by at least half.

Seeing the thief approaching, Su Rui didn't dare to be careless. However, he didn't know any area-of-effect skills, so even though he knew the thief was coming, he was helpless.

"Whoosh!" The stealthy thief launched an attack.

Prism Field! Su Rui activated the skill immediately; he dared not let this invisible guy strike him first.

-552!

A significant damage number appeared, triggering a stun effect. Unfortunately, it wasn't Su Rui who was damaged and controlled, but rather the stealthy thief.

After being stunned by his own sneak attack, the thief stood frozen in front of Su Rui, needing three seconds to recover from the dizziness.

"Reconnaissance skills!"

Su Rui first cast an instant Scouting spell, then applied a Corruption spell that caused continuous damage before beginning to cast Shadow.

Shadow of Death

Rating: 18

Health: 3328

Energy value: 70/100

Drop List: Sealed Letter

"A quest monster?" Su Rui was taken aback. This undead elite only dropped one quest item, which was obviously not a surprise in the wild.

-140!

The damage from Corruption is relatively constant; once you're hit, it will keep draining your health.

-675!

Su Rui's Shadow Arrow also deals decent damage; without using any canned food, it can take down about 700 HP from an elite of the same level, which is quite impressive.

Because Death Shadow was stunned for three seconds by his own skill, he only woke up and caught up with Su Rui when Su Rui's second Shadow Arrow was almost finished.

-715!

Because of the Shadow Vulnerability effect, the damage of the second Shadow Bolt was increased, and at this moment, the Shadow of Death was also in front of Su Rui.

-257!

Because the ambush failed, the same applies to monsters of the thief class; their melee damage is greatly reduced.

At this moment, Boss Su's health was almost 2,600 points, so the damage from the Shadow of Death was not enough to threaten him, not to mention that there was a priest standing behind him!

Su Rui then pulled out a dagger and began close combat with the Shadow of Death. Since it was a PVE battle, there was no skill involved between the two; they were just stabbing each other.

-157!

-155!

Su Rui's mixed damage effect was once again demonstrated. With the two types of damage combined, Su Rui's normal attack could take away more than 300 points of the monster's health as long as it hit!

-0

Meanwhile, after the Prism Field's effect wore off, Feng Lixi cast a shield on Su Rui. Thanks to the high healing effect bonus from her rainbow-colored equipment, Feng Lixi's shield was incredibly thick, and the Shadow of Death couldn't break it with just one or two attacks.

In fact, Death Shadow is not that weak. His misfortune was that he failed to launch a sneak attack. Because he failed to launch a sneak attack, he could not connect his subsequent skills and could only fight Su Rui. How could he possibly defeat Su Rui who had a healer behind him?

As time went on, the death shadow hanging above its head, imbued with the Corruption spell, quickly gave out. Its health was reduced to zero, and it vanished in a puff of black smoke, leaving only a few shimmering remnants behind.

Su Rui stepped forward and picked up the quest item dropped by the Shadow of Death—a sealed letter.