Ya Zi knew Yue Jiuling was saying that on purpose, but he still tried to appease her, saying, "Oh, I was just too impatient, don't be angry~"

The two on this side were joking around, while on the other side of the street, some subtle changes were taking place.

"Thump~"

Just after a shop closed its doors, a large, chubby, furry cat suddenly jumped down from the roof. As the cat jumped down into the street, a dark creature crawled out of a sewer on the side.

That thing is the prey that Yue Jiuling and Ya Zi are waiting for tonight, but the prey will not appear near the trap tonight, but in another place.

After teasing Yue Jiuling, Ya Zi took out his phone to watch the surveillance footage. Although Xiao Baicai didn't help watch the footage this time, they had already connected all the nearby surveillance cameras to Ya Zi and Yue Jiuling's phones, so the two of them didn't have to separate and could stay together.

Yue Jiuling looked at her phone and said, "The last shop has closed too. That guy should be coming out soon, right?"

Ya Zi glanced at the time on his phone and said, "The period between midnight and three o'clock is when the yin energy is strongest at night, so it's about time."

Yue Jiuling nodded and said, "Yes, shall we walk around here for a bit?"

The streets were deserted, not a soul in sight. Yue Jiuling thought that since it was so quiet, her appearance should be able to lure out the 'snotty spirit', right?

Ya Zi, holding Mu Xiaoyi's talisman, said, "My aura is so strong, is one enough?"

She still had a few of the talismans that Mu Xiaoyi had given to Yue Jiuling. Since Ya Zi didn't have any talismans, Yue Jiuling gave one to Ya Zi. Now that she heard Ya Zi say that one might not be enough, she said, "It should be enough. Never mind, just to be on the safe side, I'll give you another one. But you have to be careful, that thing is not simple."

Ya Zi took the talisman Yue Jiu Ling gave him, put it in his pocket, and said, "Hmm, can't your Netherfire deal with it? When it comes out, I'll hide behind you, and after the Netherfire burns away its evil energy, I'll go out and catch it!"

Yue Jiuling nodded in agreement, because that was their plan for tonight. Since the 'snotty worm spirit' could absorb spiritual energy, Yue Jiuling would first release the Netherfire to deal with it, and Yazi could take the opportunity to capture it.

Just as they finished discussing their plan and were about to start wandering around, they suddenly heard a sharp meow coming from the street corner!

"Meow!!~"

Upon hearing the cat's meow, Yue Jiuling immediately ran towards the source of the sound with a serious expression!

As a fellow cat, she could hear how terrified and desperate that meow was; the cat that cried out was probably on its last legs!

Yue Jiuling ran quickly, and Ya Zi immediately followed. He chased after her and asked, "Jiuling, what's wrong? Did you find something?"

Yue Jiuling didn't interrupt Ya Zi; she quickly ran to the street corner and saw a small corpse lying on the ground, where a trace of evil energy still lingered.

Yue Jiuling squatted on the ground and said with a hint of regret, "Tsk~ No wonder it went after this cat, it turns out it's an old cat."

Ya Zi also saw the corpse. It was a dried-up little mummy, but judging from its shape, it was still clear that it was a cat. Moreover, based on Yue Jiu Ling's experience, it was an old cat that was almost a spirit.

"The old cat has gained sentience and naturally possesses spiritual energy. It's really getting better and better at choosing things."

Yue Jiuling picked up the cat's corpse with one hand and placed it next to a trash can, then cast a fire control spell to burn the old cat's body.

She said, "I guess it was scared by my ghost fire, so it didn't dare to target people and could only target these small animals."

Ya Zi also said, "Well, what do we do then? It clearly knows someone is looking for it. If it doesn't come out, it's doomed."

Yue Jiuling was also a little troubled. She said, "It seems that this 'fishing' has failed. We need to try a new method."

Since that thing had already 'hunted' once, the two of them patrolled the streets more cautiously all night, but still did not see the 'snotty monster' appear again.

Finally, Yue Jiuling and Ya Zi returned home just before dawn.