I'm already invincible, and you're telling me I just logged in?

"Fifth brother, what exactly is this thing?"

"I don't know, I'll take it back to my second brother tomorrow and he'll know."

Xu Yan followed the sound and arrived at a grove of trees.

In my field of vision, two ordinary-looking men are standing under the tree.

One of them held torches in both hands, while the other tightly clutched something that was struggling.

"Croak...croak...croak!"

This gold-devouring beast, like the first one, was clearly captured by the people of this world.

And it's noticeably bigger.

Seeing that the thing could run and jump, and that it looked like a treasure chest, the two guessed it was a treasure and decided to take it back first.

Xu Yan quietly followed behind them.

These two men were not wearing the uniforms of the Imperial Police, and being martial artists at the Transcendent Realm, their presence here strongly suggests they were bandits.

Xu Yan couldn't quite understand why they hadn't participated in the counterattack against the Police Department, but instead appeared in this forest.

Xu Yan secretly followed the two until they arrived at the foot of a mountain wall.

The two stopped and sat down outside a simple wooden hut.

One of them asked, "Fifth Brother, the police have come to burn the mountain today. When do you think we'll be able to get out of here?"

Because they had informants within the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, they knew about the plan in advance and prepared countermeasures.

The man named Lao Wu shook his head, his attention still on the Gold-Eating Beast.

"I don't know, we just need to guard this place."

As he spoke, unable to pry open the Gold-Eating Beast's mouth, he tried punching it several times.

Suddenly, the Gold-Eating Beast let out a mournful howl, and its body turned into specks of light and disappeared.

"Damn it, what kind of monster is this?"

The fifth brother was somewhat surprised.

He stared at the things scattered on the ground by the Gold-Eating Beast, his eyes widening.

The next moment, he heard his companion's exclamation.

"Fifth brother, watch out!"

The fifth brother came to his senses and looked at the figure that suddenly rushed out of the forest.

After seeing the reward dropped after the Gold-Eating Beast died, and confirming through conversation that the two were also bandits, Xu Yan stopped hiding.

He immediately activated the Oneness of Heaven and Man, and within a few breaths he rushed to the fifth brother's side.

The fifth brother instinctively reached out to catch it.

Immediately afterwards, a terrifying force came from the palm of his hand.

With such overwhelming numerical superiority, even someone at the Transcendent Realm was defeated by Xu Yan in a single exchange.

"Fifth brother!?"

The other bandit was horrified to see his companion knocked out with a single punch.

After successfully launching a sneak attack, Xu Yan pressed his advantage and swiftly eliminated the other person.

After closing the "Harmony with Nature" state, Xu Yan slowly exhaled.

Fortunately, he was able to cultivate five internal energy techniques. Thanks to the combined internal energy of these techniques, he still had about a quarter of his internal energy left.

After a swift victory, Xu Yan walked towards the direction where the Gold-Eating Beast had dropped its rewards.

He bent down, picked up one of the stones, and examined it carefully in his hand.

[Intermediate-grade meteorite]

[Can enhance weapons or armor of gold quality or lower]

After seeing the effects on the system panel, Xu Yan took off the knuckle duster.

【Finger tiger】

[Quality: Purple]

External attack power +80

It was these brass knuckles that allowed Xu Yan to easily protect himself during tonight's ambush and ultimately cripple Qin Feng with a single punch.

Without hesitation, he placed the stone on the brass knuckles, a thought forming in his mind.

The next moment, the meteorite turned into specks of light and disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, the panel on the brass knuckles changed.

【Finger Tiger (+1)】

[Quality: Purple]

External attack power +90

Attack power increased by 10 points!

I thought this bandit suppression operation would be a failure, but there was an unexpected surprise.

Xu Yan put on the brass knuckles and glanced at his stats.

External Attack: 219 (+54)

After the upgrades to both external and internal martial arts in "Breaking the Mountains and Rivers," coupled with the current bonus from the finger-knuckle duster, the game has become even more powerful.

Xu Yan's external attack power has reached nearly three hundred!

His normal punch now deals over 800 damage.

With the addition of the unity of heaven and man, he can kill a Kaiyuan Realm cultivator with almost two punches.

Unfortunately, he has not yet broken through to the Transcendent Realm. Although the triple speed boost is comparable to that of the Transcendent Realm, his own strength is still somewhat different from that of the Origin Realm.

If Qin Feng hadn't been unarmed today, Xu Yan might not have been able to defeat him.

Picking up the other two meteorite stones, Xu Yan took off his golden silk armor and enhanced it.

Without this gold-threaded soft armor, Xu Yan would not have been able to emerge unscathed tonight.

【Golden Silk Soft Armor (+1)】

[Quality: Purple]

External Defense +137, Internal Defense +55

After the Golden Silk Armor was enhanced, its stats increased by approximately ten percent, and it also looked completely new.

All the bloodstains and smoke marks left from the battle have disappeared.

Xu Yan did not use the last piece.

If Shen Shuangning hadn't covered his retreat today, he might not have been able to catch up with Qin Feng.

Shen Shuangning's pair of [Crescent Moon] items were also of purple quality, and Xu Yan thought he should give her a surprise.

After carefully storing the last meteorite, Xu Yan took down the torch hanging on the wooden house and looked ahead.

From their conversation before their deaths, Xu Yan learned that they did not participate in the counterattack because they were guarding something here.

Curious, he took two steps forward.

In the firelight, a stone door came into view.

The stone gate is not standing vertically, but rather embedded diagonally in the hillside.

Judging from the size of the stone door, there is clearly a fairly large secret room behind it.

Xu Yan fumbled around for a while and found that there were no traces of a keyhole on the surface of the stone door, so he didn't know how to open it.

To find out what was hidden inside, he carefully felt along the facade.

Before long, they finally found the mechanism in a hidden corner.

As soon as the mechanism was pressed, the stone door reacted.

With a rumbling sound, the stone door slowly opened.

Once fully opened, a wide passageway was revealed.

Just as Xu Yan was about to step inside, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind him, tinged with uncertainty.

"Xu Yan?"

I learned from another night watchman that Xu Yan has not returned for a long time.

Shen Shuangning was worried, so she had to use her inner strength to suppress her drowsiness and go out to look for him.

Following the sound of the stone door opening, she found her way here.

Seeing Xu Yan turn around in the firelight, revealing his familiar face, Shen Shuangning breathed a sigh of relief and walked over.

Her hair wasn't completely dry yet, with a few strands sticking to the sides of her face.

She walked to Xu Yan's side, but her gaze didn't linger on him. Instead, she looked down his shoulder into the depths of the passage.

"This is?"

Xu Yan also looked into the depths of the passage and explained, "When I went out to relieve myself while on night watch, I ran into two bandits. They seemed to be guarding something here."

"Uncle-Master, shall we go in and take a look?"

Shen Shuang gazed at the dark passage, a hint of curiosity rising in her eyes.

She nodded, and the two of them started walking together.

The passageway was extremely spacious. The two descended the stairs and finally arrived at a spacious secret room.

After seeing what was in the secret room, Shen Shuangning's eyes widened suddenly.

"this!?"