The Peerless Ring

Golden Mole Rat: Level 5, resides within the mine cave, prefers the shade, enjoys consuming ore as food, has high agility, weak defense, no skills.

Jaxon's vision was met with a sight of a rather large rat, its entire body covered in golden fur, with a round belly, long and narrow cheeks, and two eyes that glared menacingly at Jaxon.

"This is the monster that has taken over the mine cave? It actually feeds on ore. Given time, this mine cave might be completely gnawed away by them," Jaxon muttered to himself as he looked at the information of the Golden Mole Rat.

The Golden Mole Rat, seeing Jaxon digging at its food, was furious. It crouched low and charged at Jaxon.

Jaxon braced himself, switching the mining pick in his hand to a medicinal hoe. As the Golden Mole Rat rushed towards him, he skillfully swung the hoe, aiming for the rat.

However, the Golden Mole Rat was even faster than the previous Demon Fox. It ducked low, evading Jaxon's hoe attack, and collided with Jaxon from another angle, knocking him to the ground.

The Golden Mole Rat didn't stop its assault. With a leap, it pounced at Jaxon. As it was airborne, its two front claws were already extended, the sharp claws gleaming with a chilling cold light.

Jaxon had no time to dodge and could only block with the hoe in front of him. The attack was successfully blocked, and then he kicked out, hitting the Golden Mole Rat's abdomen and sending it flying.

Strike while the iron is hot!

Jaxon quickly got up and charged at the Golden Mole Rat. Although the rat had been kicked away, it hadn't sustained serious injuries. It rolled on the ground twice and got back up, charging at Jaxon again.

As the two closed in, Jaxon swung his hoe once more. The Golden Mole Rat was quite clever and made a dodging move again. However, this time a cold smile appeared on Jaxon's face. His previous attack was just a feint, waiting for the rat's reaction.

As soon as the Golden Mole Rat made its dodging move, the direction of Jaxon's hoe changed, following the rat's body.

Jaxon was level two, with two points of agility. The hoe added one point, and the Stream Cloud Boots added another two points of agility. With a total of five points of agility, he could fully exert himself and his movements were not slower than the Golden Mole Rat.

With a "bang!" Jaxon's hoe solidly struck the Golden Mole Rat's head. This time, it couldn't dodge anymore and was knocked away by Jaxon.

The Golden Mole Rat was also fierce. Although it was injured, with a large wound on its head, it didn't choose to avoid or flee but charged at Jaxon again.

"Indeed, it is an animal infected by the demonic aura and has lost its reason."

Seeing this, Jaxon was not flustered. He could hit the Golden Mole Rat once, and he could hit it twice. Moreover, the injured Golden Mole Rat was slower than before, and Jaxon could deal with it more easily.

Sure enough, the Golden Mole Rat was hit by Jaxon for the second time. This time, it was more seriously injured. Before it could struggle to get up, Jaxon had rushed to its side and finished it off with his hoe.

Jaxon looked at the corpse of the Golden Mole Rat with great anticipation. However, in the end, the corpse still disappeared, leaving nothing behind. The expression of expectation on Jaxon's face turned into disappointment.

No corpse, no equipment.

In this way, the just - concluded battle, apart from gaining some experience, did not bring any other rewards.

After tidying up his emotions, Jaxon continued to mine.

Because Jaxon's mining level was too low, and this place was not a rich mine, which had been mined for many years with few ore deposits, his mining speed was not fast. Until the end, when the time he stayed here was over, he still didn't manage to mine the amount needed by Sun the blacksmith.

"It seems I'll have to continue tomorrow," Jaxon said, looking at the mine cave.

When he returned to reality, it was almost dawn. Jaxon was no longer as excited as he had been the first few times, so he lay down on the bed and quickly fell asleep.

Jaxon was woken up by a burst of talking.

"Auntie, how can you do this? How can you let me live alone with a man?" This was Lily's voice.

"Jaxon is not a bad person. Living with him won't be dangerous," this was the voice of Jaxon's landlord, who was also Lily's aunt.

"But that's not okay. What if people find out that I'm cohabiting with a man? What will they think of me?" Lily protested.

"So what? Nowadays, many college students live together. It's a common phenomenon," Aunt Wang said nonchalantly.

"But I'm not in a relationship with him. What does this situation mean?" Lily said, "What if people misunderstand? How can I still date?"

"Fi-Fi is growing up. She's already thinking about dating," Aunt Wang said with a smile.

"Auntie... I didn't mean that. Anyway, you make him move out. I don't want to live with a man I don't know," Lily said, a bit shyly.

"There's no need to be shy. You're already grown up. It's normal to think about dating," Aunt Wang said, "I think Jaxon is a really good guy. Trust your aunt's judgment. You won't be wrong."

"I don't want to!" Lily said, "If he doesn't move out, I'll stay in the dormitory at school."

"Your parents won't agree to that," Aunt Wang said.

Jaxon, inside the room, felt a bit embarrassed. He could understand Lily's concerns, but he didn't expect Aunt Wang to be so fond of him that she wanted to matchmake between him and Lily.

Lily kept trying hard to avoid living here, but Aunt Wang wouldn't budge. She had no other choice, especially since she had promised her parents to stay with Aunt Wang when she left home.

After listening for a while, Jaxon opened the door and went out.

"Jaxon, are you up? Did we wake you?" Aunt Wang saw Jaxon and had a warm smile on her face.

Aunt Wang knew that Jaxon had been running a barbecue business recently and usually rested late at night, so it was normal for him to wake up late in the morning.

Lily just glanced at Jaxon, let out a cold snort, and turned her head away.

Yesterday, she had a decent impression of Jaxon, but that didn't mean she wanted to live under the same roof with him. Moreover, her failure to negotiate just now made her feel a bit upset when she saw Jaxon.

Jaxon didn't mind Lily's attitude and smiled at Aunt Wang, saying, "No, I usually wake up around this time."

"Good to wake up early," Aunt Wang said with a smile, "You're up just in time. I actually have a favor to ask of you."