Shadow in the Night

"You... don't come over here!!"

The Brown-haired Kobold had a hint of fear in his eyes and turned to run.

However, he hadn't run two steps before Lu Yuan caught up with him, slicing his neck with a sword and killing him.

Lu Yuan took a deep breath, glancing at the corpse on the ground.

This was the first time he had killed an intelligent being.

But after all, he had the experience of killing Graystone Beetles, so there was no discomfort.

Instead, he was very happy.

Who told these two Kobolds to chase him earlier?

After the two Kobolds died, some things slowly emerged from the void.

They were some Spirit Crystals and Graystone Armor.

These were the gains of the two Kobolds this time entering the Origin Land.

If they died, they wouldn't be able to take their gains out, and they would drop from the War Rune Space.

Lu Yuan was a little regretful that the Gene Armaments of these two Kobolds weren't obtained this time, otherwise, he would have had a large income.

Even the cheapest Gene Armament costs tens of thousands.

Although Lu Yuan was a little disappointed, he quickly recovered.

He picked up the Spirit Crystals and Graystone Armor that the two Kobolds had dropped, and counted them slightly.

There were 45 Spirit Crystals, and the same number of Graystone Armor.

This was more than he had gained from fighting Graystone Beetles for a day.

Lu Yuan put the things away.

Lu Yuan was in a good mood, having gained an unexpected windfall.

While Lu Yuan was counting his gains, the Elf Boss and his group of four, who were hiding in the distance, fell into silence.

"Gulu..."

The Kobold A Huang glanced at the corpses of his two clansmen lying on the ground and couldn't help but swallow.

"B-Boss, should we go?"

The Elf Boss's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but slap A Huang on the head:

"Go my ass! Go if you want to die!"

A Huang covered his head and shook his head repeatedly:

"N-No, no, no, I don't want to die."

The human man was still looking in Lu Yuan's direction, his eyes filled with shock:

"Is this guy really a newbie? Are all the newbies so fierce nowadays?!"

The tall, thin elf glanced at the human male and said,

"Also humans, the difference is really big."

The human male's mouth twitched, and he argued, "This guy must be from a big family! Otherwise, how could his strength be so powerful? He must have inscribed an Extraordinary Gene, and a very strong one at that, maybe even Elite level. I'm just an ordinary person, how can I compare?"

"Being able to inscribe an Elite Gene at the Apprentice stage is also a skill, isn't it? Even if you were given the chance, you wouldn't be able to inscribe it."

The tall, thin elf curled his lips.

"Oh? Could you?"

"..."

The tall, thin elf stopped talking.

"Alright, stop arguing, let's go! That guy is probably packing up, if we don't leave now, we might be in danger if we're discovered."

Hearing the Elf Boss's words, the three of them immediately came back to their senses, and they secretly moved away from Lu Yuan.

After killing two Kobolds, Lu Yuan continued to hunt Graystone Beetles, while constantly absorbing Spirit Crystals.

After inscribing the Extraordinary Gene, Lu Yuan absorbed Spirit Crystals even faster.

He could absorb a Spirit Crystal in almost one breath.

The Spirit Crystals contributed by the two Kobolds earlier were quickly absorbed by Lu Yuan.

This also made Lu Yuan realize a problem.

That is, after inscribing the Elite Gene, the spiritual power he needs to temper his gene chain each time has increased a lot.

If it were before, with so many Spirit Crystals, his tempering degree might have reached 10%.

But now it's less than 3%.

This means that if Lu Yuan wants to temper his gene chain to perfection, he needs more spiritual power, and he needs to hunt more Graystone Beetles.

Fortunately, it is now very easy for Lu Yuan to hunt Graystone Beetles.

Moreover, with his current strength, he can even go to other areas to hunt fierce beasts and obtain more Spirit Crystals.

This time, he probably won't run around for long. Next time, maybe.

Just as Lu Yuan was thinking, he felt a change in his consciousness.

In the white mist, the light gate appeared again.

Lu Yuan felt a suction force coming from the light gate, wanting to suck him in.

Moreover, the suction force is getting stronger and stronger.

A look of realization flashed in Lu Yuan's eyes, 24 hours is almost up.

He has already gained a lot this time, so Lu Yuan did not resist the suction.

His consciousness entered the light gate, and he felt a moment of haze.

When Lu Yuan came back to his senses, he was already back in his simple room.

He looked out the window, where the night was enveloping everything, and the neon lights in the distance were still flickering.

Lu Yuan took out his phone again and looked at the time.

He entered the Origin Land at nine o'clock in the evening, and now it was eleven o'clock.

Two hours had passed.

The time flow in the Origin Land was different from the real world, as written in the posts.

After confirming the time, he stopped thinking about it.

Lu Yuan clenched his fists, feeling the power surging within his body.

The power from the genes he had engraved in the Origin Land had also been brought out.

The corners of his mouth rose, revealing a slight smile.

The first step was not bad, although it was a bit dangerous, but the foundation was well laid, and laid well.

In general, he had taken off.

Lu Yuan took a shower in the bathroom, then sat cross-legged on the bed and began to continue cultivating using the Guiding Art.

The Spirit Crystals had already been absorbed by him before, so now he could only cultivate with the Guiding Art.

Lu Yuan found that after engraving the Elite Gene, his speed of absorbing spiritual energy was also much faster than before.

Of course, it still couldn't compare to the speed of absorbing Spirit Crystals.

Better than nothing.

Anyway, he had nothing to do, and it couldn't hurt to cultivate hard.

Time passed, and after twelve o'clock, the darkness outside became much thicker.

In the corner of Lu Yuan's room, a shadow gradually emerged.

It was a strange and twisted shadow.

After this shadow appeared in the darkness, it slowly approached Lu Yuan.

Silently.

After the shadow approached Lu Yuan, it slowly spread into Lu Yuan's body along his chest.

Lu Yuan, who was cultivating, suddenly felt a chill all over his body, and a feeling of nausea and chest tightness suddenly appeared.

He jolted violently, his whole body's spiritual power surged wildly, and the Black Iron Body skill was activated.

There were deep Black Iron Runes on the surface of his body, and the runes spread along his neck to both sides of his cheeks, with two more Black Iron marks on both sides of his cheeks.

As the Black Iron Body circulated, his physique and defense capabilities soared, and the shadow screamed and was squeezed out of Lu Yuan's body.

Lu Yuan opened his eyes, watching the bizarre shadow twisting and dissipating in the darkness, his pupils constricted, and his scalp tingled.

What the XXXX?!

What the hell was that?!

In the final ear-piercing scream, the shadow turned into black smoke and disappeared.

Lu Yuan still didn't relax his vigilance, stood up, turned on the light, and looked around.

In this simple and small room, everything was as usual, as if the strange shadow had never appeared.

"What was that thing?!"

Lu Yuan sat down on the bed, frowning, still shaken.

'If I hadn't just obtained the Black Iron Body, I might not have been able to get rid of that ghost thing, wouldn't I have been screwed?! Wait...'

Lu Yuan's body shook, his eyes widened:

"That disgusting, suffocating feeling, where have I encountered it before?"

Lu Yuan frowned and recalled, then he suddenly thought of something.

When he first transmigrated, the last thing in his predecessor's memory was dying suddenly because of that suffocating feeling?!

That feeling was very similar to how he felt now.

Lu Yuan's scalp exploded.

This is...

Could it have been caused by that thing?!

Lu Yuan had previously found it strange, why his predecessor, who was quite healthy, had died suddenly.

So it was this thing that was causing trouble?!

His predecessor was just an ordinary person, how could he have provoked such a strange thing?!

Lu Yuan was a little confused.

Then, he remembered something.

Mutation Event!

Could it be the Mutation Event that his predecessor encountered before?!

It had been many years, and that Mutation Event had actually reappeared on him?!

Lu Yuan frowned, feeling a little nervous.

Although the black shadow had turned into black smoke and dissipated, Lu Yuan felt that the thing was probably not dead.

It was likely to appear again later?

His mood was a bit heavy.

If he knew something about this thing, Lu Yuan could think of a way to find some countermeasures.

But the problem is, he knew nothing about that strange shadow.

The unknown is often the most frightening.

The only thing that made Lu Yuan feel a little relieved was that his Black Iron Body's defense was still very strong, and it seemed to be able to withstand the shadow's attacks.

All he can do now is to constantly improve his strength, temper his gene chains. The stronger the gene chains are tempered, the stronger the Black Iron Body will be, and he will be safer then.

Lu Yuan took a deep breath, calmed down, and sat cross-legged on the bed again, starting to cultivate.

But this time, Lu Yuan didn't turn off the lights.

That ghostly thing really scared him, and he was a little afraid to turn off the lights.

It was a bit like when he was a kid watching Detective Conan and seeing the man in black.

A psychological shadow!

Damn it!

Fortunately, he has money now and doesn't care about the electricity bill.

Lu Yuan finally found a little psychological comfort.