Chapter Three: Upgrading Three Skills

"Third Brother, that little girl ran so fast, the two of us couldn't even catch up!"

At that moment, Third Brother's two lackeys returned.

They were utterly stunned, never expecting a young girl could sprint so quickly. The two grown men chased her for ages but never managed to catch her, leaving them both amazed.

But as soon as they came back, they saw Ruan Qing sprawled atop Third Brother, her head moving incessantly.

"Damn, Third Brother sure knows how to have fun."

"So this is what Third Brother likes? Never noticed before."

The two exchanged knowing smiles, understanding each other perfectly.

But one person had escaped, and that person might call the police, making it totally unsuitable to do anything now. They decided to urge Third Brother to leave.

"Third Brother, stop playing around. If you keep going, the police will be here soon."

Both walked up beside Third Brother. But just as they got within five meters, they witnessed a gruesome, bloody scene.

Ruan Qing was latched onto Third Brother, biting his throat fiercely, sucking relentlessly.

Blood streamed down his neck, pooling on the floor and staining a vast area crimson.

Even in the darkness, that patch of red was shockingly vivid.

"Ah... ah..."

The two lackeys stood frozen in terror, staring at the scene, forgetting to run.

At that moment, Ruan Qing seemed to sense them, paused her actions, and slowly lifted her head to look at them.

[Terror Points +150]

[Terror Points +130]

Run!

Run immediately!

The urge to flee seized their minds—at this moment, they knew only one thing: if they didn’t run, Third Brother’s fate would soon be theirs.

They began to sprint madly, faster than they’d ever chased any girl.

Watching the two fleeing figures, Xiao Zi laughed.

Now that his power had reached F-level, the energy flowing in his body was leagues beyond what it had been.

His energy could travel through Ruan Qing’s veins to every corner of her body.

With his strength supporting her, Ruan Qing’s physique could easily surpass any world-class athlete from his previous life.

But the two lackeys knew none of this, only running for their lives, leaving their fate to the heavens.

Yet the heavens seemed not to favor them.

"Ah!"

With a scream, one lackey fell instantly into a pool of blood, a gaping wound in his abdomen.

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Inside the wound was an arm, blood flowing ceaselessly down it.

The other, hearing the scream, instinctively turned to look, only to see his comrade collapsing.

Before he could process what was happening, his heart clenched and searing pain shot through his back.

His vision blurred, then faded into darkness.

Just before losing consciousness, he clearly saw a hand—and in that hand, a heart was clenched tightly!

[Congratulations, Host, for completing Task 2. Reward: Random unlock of three skills.]

At the same time, he noticed that on the system interface, among the skills bound by chains, three chains slowly loosened and revealed themselves to Xiao Zi.

[Soul Wind Blade LV0: Offensive skill. Releases blade-like winds to attack targets (Attack power determined by level).]

[Soul Wind Blade upgrade requirement: 500 Terror Points.]

[Ghost Shadow Step LV0: Movement skill. Increases host’s speed upon use (Speed determined by level).]

[Ghost Shadow Step upgrade requirement: 300 Terror Points.]

[Hell Wailing LV0: Mental skill. Emits wails from hell, affecting human mental strength (Effect determined by level).]

[Hell Wailing upgrade requirement: 300 Terror Points.]

Slaying three in succession had earned him a substantial amount of terror points—counting those earlier, he had a total of 1200 points.

That was enough to exchange for the three skills.

For Xiao Zi, strength was paramount.

For in every world, victory always belongs to the strong!

And now, the fastest way to enhance his strength was likely to exchange for skills, so he didn’t hesitate—he redeemed all three skills at once.

His personal information changed.

[Host: Xiao Zi

Strength: F (Very weak, not considered anomalous, thus no power)

Skills: Soul Parasite LV1, Soul Wind Blade LV1, Ghost Shadow Step LV1, Hell Wailing LV1

Terror Points: 100

Restricted Domain: None

Plane Influence: 0]

"Officer, just ahead! Please hurry, or my classmate will be in danger!"

Hearing the voice, Xiao Zi looked over.

With his current eyesight, he could immediately see the group of girls who had escaped earlier, now leading several police officers toward him.

Seeing this, he began to make plans.

He needed to learn about this world—after all, he didn’t know whether there was a special force here dedicated to dealing with ghosts like him.

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If there wasn’t, all was well. If there was and he didn’t know, wouldn’t that spell disaster?

Plus, the recent battle had depleted much of his energy, requiring replenishment.

So he decided to parasitize the girl’s body—two birds with one stone!

That’s the logic of parasitism: the parasite lives within the host, surviving by consuming the host’s nutrients.

And what Xiao Zi needed was Ruan Qing’s soul.

Slowly, he relaxed his spiritual grip on Ruan Qing, hiding himself completely within her body, as if he’d never existed at all.

Ruan Qing gradually returned to normal, then collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

When the police arrived, they were stunned.

Four lay on the ground—one woman, three men.

The woman was alright—life or death uncertain, but at least her body was intact.

But the three men were different: absolutely lifeless, and not a single complete corpse among them.

Blood covered the ground, the stench so strong even the most seasoned officers felt their stomachs churn.

Suddenly remembering the three girls trailing behind, they immediately tried to stop them from coming, but it was too late.

The three girls saw the scene and were terrified out of their wits.

One screamed, one fainted outright, and the most dramatic was the athlete.

She... ran again.

Most bizarrely, she would run a few steps, stop to vomit, then continue running—who’d ever seen such a thing?

The most experienced police chief calmly inspected the bodies, discovering Ruan Qing was still alive, and immediately ordered his men to send her to the hospital.

Examining the wounds on the three thugs, he instantly judged that no weapon, nor human, could have caused such injuries.

With that thought, he quickly took out a small disk and scanned the surroundings.

Seconds later, the disk glowed faint red.

"Anomalous entity! It’s really an anomalous entity!"

Seeing the result, he didn’t hesitate, immediately ordering his team to withdraw.

For the anomalous entity could still be nearby, ready to return at any moment.

If it did, ordinary police would stand no chance.

Once they had retreated all the way to the street, he finally dialed a number.

"Hello, this is Chief Wang. There’s anomalous entity activity at the mass grave on Nanshan..."