Suddenly, ripples appeared on the water's surface, like blue spots of light.

Yan Zi cautiously took several steps back.

The water suddenly began to churn violently, followed by a flash of blue light.

A straight thing slowly grew out of the water. Yan Zi stared intently at its shape, and the more she looked, the more familiar it seemed.

"This is……"

The water stopped churning, and Yan Zi was able to see clearly what the thing growing on the water surface looked like!

"No way, is that a cactus?"

Yan Zi was speechless for a moment; it was the first time she had ever heard of cacti growing in water.

She paused for a few seconds before checking the situation above.

【Cactus (E)】

Strength: 50, Speed: 30, Spirit: 20

[Special Ability: The thorns on the cactus can paralyze the nerves of others, possessing a certain paralyzing effect. When you get close to it, you will be placed in an illusion, and it may inadvertently pull you into hell.]

[Skill: Illusory Light Lock (After activation, it emits a faint blue light to attract attention, and within 30 seconds fires an Illusory Light Sniper Strike at you, dealing double damage. If you are hit twice, it will take away 50% of the enemy's health.)]

This was the first time Yan Zi had ever seen a skill that could directly cause damage and also steal 50% of her health. Judging from her condition, if she was hit twice, she would probably lose her life.

She took a moment to check her level.

Wow! It's already level 8!

Yan Zi was surprised. She had been so focused on killing monsters these past few days that she hadn't realized that her experience points had already been maxed out.

She immediately clicked on her level, which then shone brightly with gold.

Name: Yan Zi (from the Dragon Kingdom)

[HP: 800/800 (HP increases with level)]

[Level: Lv8 (Elementary School Level)]

[Experience: You know how to take shortcuts when it comes to killing monsters.]

[ID: Blue Star Zone 1 6666]

Age: 22

Strength: 20, Speed: 20, Spirit: 20

[Talent: Double Resources (S)]

[Skill: Plant Spirit (E)] Lv2 (340/500)

【Skill: Conceal Your Strength and Keep a Low Profile (E)】Lv1 (80/100)

【Skill: Miracles Happen with Great Force (E)】Lv2 (70/500)

[Skill: Anti-Air Hand (E)] Lv2 (70/500)

The level has been increased to Lv8, and the status column now displays as health.

She was initially worried about being instantly killed by two hits, but now she's alive again. With 800 HP, she's fine as long as she doesn't get hit consecutively. Plus, she has the skills "Plant Spirit" and "Conceal Your Brilliance," so she can not only refresh her skills but also farm resources.

Yan Zi immediately straightened up, her eyes fixed intently on the cactus standing on the horizontal surface!

The cactus seemed to be mocked by her, and with a gloomy expression, it began to unleash its own skills.

The cactus thorns seemed to have eyes, locking onto her location, and no matter how she dodged, the thorns would still prick her.

While dodging, Yan Zi was accidentally stabbed, and her white armor shone brightly.

She immediately checked her health and found that she had only lost 5 points.

It appears that a single cactus thorn provides 10 points of attack power, but with the white armor, it only deals 5 points of damage.

Yan Zi felt much more at ease and quickly focused on getting closer. Only by getting close to the cactus could she have a chance to damage it, as she didn't have any ranged attack tools on hand!

The cactus seemed to be smarter than the other level 1 elite monsters, and promptly launched a new round of attacks.

While dodging, Yan Zi closed the distance with the other party. In less than two minutes, she was less than ten meters away from the cactus.

She leaped into the air, and her opponent seized the opportunity to unleash a holographic lock-on attack.

Yan Zi smirked, then suddenly made a sharp turn, raising a "protective shield" and strapping it to her front to deflect the mechanism, but the device shattered in the process.

"Oh my god! My props!"

Yan Zi felt a pang of heartache as she watched the prop in her hand vanish into thin air!

She decisively took advantage of the cactus's still-aggressive state, immediately moved in front of it, and raised her sand scorpion pincers to stab at the hole in its body.

The cactus never expected that this human would use such a despicable method to attack its weak point when it was ready to strike. Caught off guard, it was pierced with a large hole!

A clear liquid slowly seeped out from its hole.

After a moment's thought, Yan Zi took several steps back.

The cactus looked incredulous and quickly used its cactus thorns to patch up the holes in its body, looking at the glistening liquid on the ground with a pained expression!

Yan Zi immediately checked its health bar and found that it had suddenly dropped to 1900...

"So these holes were your weakness!"

Yan Zi suddenly couldn't help but laugh, her eyes looking at the cactus with an imperceptible air of determination!

The cactus seemed to sense the change in her eyes, and its whole body trembled uncontrollably. It even stopped shooting out its tail spines!

Yan Zi: "Hurry up and attack me, what? Are you scared?"

Her tone was incredibly irritating, but the cactus didn't dare to make a move...

It took it a lot of effort to level up to this level. If this guy kills it, then it will really have nothing left!

Yan Zi approached it step by step, while the cactus retreated step by step, seemingly terrified of her.

Yan Zi couldn't help but smile, and she began to have a different perspective on these elite monsters...

It turns out these monsters do have brains, unlike those that die right away!

As she approached step by step, the cactus immediately lost its guard.

Surprisingly, she could even speak human language!

Yan Zi was also surprised that it had such an ability, and she staggered a bit.

When the cactus saw it stop, it quickly shouted, "Don't kill me! I'm willing to become your contracted beast!"

Yan Zi had originally been wondering what underhanded tricks the other party would pull, but unexpectedly...

She was genuinely surprised; there were actually contracted beasts in this place...

Her eyes held a hint of confusion, followed by a hint of disdain.

Other people's contracted beasts... are either flying in the sky or reigning supreme on the ground. How come mine is just a cactus?

Her face showed extreme disgust.

Unsurprisingly, the cactus understood her meaning and roared inwardly.

'This little human has no idea how powerful I, the Cactus King, will become! He even looks down on me! If I weren't so weak right now, afraid of being crippled by you, I wouldn't deign to lower myself like this!'

Yan Zi: "Your level? You can't even beat me, so recruiting you doesn't seem to be of much use!"

She told the truth.

The cactus instantly broke down: "I can talk! None of the other monsters can!"

Yan Zi: "..."

The cactus said, "I am a treasure from head to toe! As long as I have enough crystals to eat, I can continue to evolve and grow more long-lived good things."

Yan Zi was initially somewhat indifferent, but upon hearing this, she suddenly became interested...