The Second System Screen

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Zhao Dapeng was sprinting at full speed.

One of his left legs suddenly became ten.

Though it only lasted 0.1 seconds.

It still threw off his balance while moving at high speed.

He immediately pitched forward.

At that exact moment.

A small gray shadow flashed with icy light.

It shot straight at Zhao Dapeng's throat.

Zhao Dapeng had already fallen to the ground.

His face slammed into the dirt as he slid forward dozens of meters.

Only barely coming to a stop.

The other six saw this, and their expressions changed.

They hurriedly stopped and rushed to Zhao Dapeng's side.

They first looked at one another, confirming the shock in each other's eyes.

Then they all looked at Zhao Dapeng.

"Did you see that?"

Bald Head's eyes widened. "Just now... Brother Peng seemed to have grown ten—no, eleven legs!"

0.1 seconds.

For ordinary people, it was merely the instant of a blink.

But for Martial Artists with formidable combat strength.

It was enough for them to see many things clearly.

Just then.

Zhao Dapeng climbed to his feet.

He first spat, ejecting the weeds and mud from his mouth.

Then he stared at his own leg with a terrified expression.

"No, did you guys just... see my leg? My leg seemed to have multiplied?!"

As he spoke.

Zhao Dapeng subconsciously touched his throat.

It felt as though something had stabbed him.

But the neck guard of his Combat Suit had blocked it.

That was not important!

What mattered was his leg!

Just now, Zhao Dapeng had clearly felt his left leg turn into ten!

In the distance.

Jiang Fu was still sprinting at top speed.

Finally.

He reached a small Valley.

Only then did he conceal himself and stop.

Jiang Fu looked at the contents of his attribute panel, his expression turning slightly grim.

His Spirit Power had always been 1000.

After he used Multiply by Ten on Zhao Dapeng's left leg.

It had become 999.

"None of my previous uses of Multiply by Ten consumed Spirit Power."

"Could it be Martial Artists..."

"But using Multiply by Ten on Ge Yanxia, Guo Fangdong, and Guo Xiaofeng didn't consume any Spirit Power either!"

Although only one point of Spirit Power had been consumed.

It still made Jiang Fu wary.

"No, that's not right."

"Although Ge Yanxia, Guo Fangdong, and Guo Xiaofeng are Martial Artists, they're all useless trash built up with resources... But that Scarface just now had surging vitality and blood. Who knew how many times stronger he was than those pieces of trash!"

Jiang Fu's mind raced.

He began analyzing exactly where that single point of Spirit Power had been consumed.

"Could it be that a Martial Artist's vitality and blood can resist the Multiply by Ten ability?"

"The stronger a Martial Artist's vitality and blood, the greater the resistance to Multiply by Ten."

"Then Spirit Power is needed to reinforce Multiply by Ten, or break through the resistance of their vitality and blood."

"...All right, I'll treat it as a hypothesis for now and verify it slowly later."

Having formed his hypothesis.

Jiang Fu began considering something else.

His Fruit Knife!

The Fruit Knife that had undergone all kinds of Multiply by Ten enhancements.

The instant it struck Scarface's throat.

It exploded directly into iron fragments under the immense impact!

"Combat Suit!"

"Scarface's Combat Suit protected his throat too!"

At this moment.

Jiang Fu finally understood what a Combat Suit was!

"So even after all those Multiply by Ten enhancements, an ordinary Fruit Knife is still inferior to the lowest-grade Combat Suit!"

Jiang Fu recalled the Martial Artist Guild trading area.

A low-grade Combat Suit was priced at 123,000.

It was more or less identical to the Combat Suits worn by those seven people.

"Then a Combat Suit like this really isn't expensive at 123,000."

"Next time, I need to target the places they leave exposed..."

Jiang Fu looked at the nine Fruit Knives floating beside him.

His expression was slightly grim.

The Combat Suits displayed in the Martial Artist Guild trading area.

Included helmets, goggles, and face masks.

Scarface and the others probably had not taken Jiang Fu seriously.

So they could not be bothered to wear their helmets.

"While they're underestimating me, I have to get rid of them."

A savage look appeared on Jiang Fu's face.

In this life.

He had finally gained a body that could move.

Anyone who threatened his life...

Kill!

With that thought.

Jiang Fu spread out his Spirit Power.

Within a radius of one hundred meters.

There was no sign of Zhao Dapeng and the others.

Clearly, they were still shocked by that left leg that had suddenly multiplied into ten, then suddenly vanished.

"Hm?"

Suddenly.

Jiang Fu's eyes lit up slightly.

"Red-tailed Rat!"

Within the range covered by his Spirit Power.

A rodent with a crimson-red tail appeared.

It was exactly the target Jiang Fu had come looking for this time.

A Red-tailed Rat.

However.

In the very next moment.

Beep!

As an electronic sound rang out.

The System Screen that had always floated beside Jiang Fu's right cheek like a transparent phone screen.

Suddenly flickered.

Immediately after.

A second screen appeared before his eyes.

Name: Red-tailed Rat

Level: 1

Weakness: Navel

Important Organ: Tail

Jiang Fu stared fixedly at the second System Screen that had suddenly appeared.

After he used Multiply by Ten on the system.

Although the system had been scared away.

Those ten screens had remained behind.

The other nine had always been folded behind the first System Screen.

He had never expected.

That when Jiang Fu first encountered a Mutated Beast, one of them would actively emerge.

It did not grant Jiang Fu the ability to stack Multiply by Ten.

Instead, it displayed the Red-tailed Rat's level, weakness, and important organs... or rather, its valuable parts.

At this moment.

That Red-tailed Rat had not appeared before Jiang Fu.

Instead, it was within the range of his Spirit Power.

Inside a cave thirty meters underground.

And it was rapidly heading even deeper.

"So as long as my Spirit Power detects traces of a Mutated Beast."

"This attribute panel belonging to Mutated Beasts will appear."

"This System Screen can only reveal a Mutated Beast's weaknesses."

Just now.

When Scarface and the others had been hunting Jiang Fu down.

This second System Screen had not appeared.

"Still, if I know a Mutated Beast's weakness, my efficiency in hunting Mutated Beasts will improve."

"...All right, now isn't the time to think about Mutated Beasts."

Jiang Fu stopped paying attention to that Red-tailed Rat.

Right now, his target.

...Was to kill those seven Martial Artists!

They were convinced that Jiang Fu knew the whereabouts of a Spiritual Fruit.

If they did not die, they would keep hounding Jiang Fu.

If Jiang Fu kept hiding, they might even wait for him at the entrance to the Safety Passage.

Even if he hunted enough Red-tailed Rats.

He would probably find it difficult to return to the city.

Jiang Fu looked at the nine knives floating beside him.

"What else can be multiplied by ten..."

"Armor Penetration, Multiply by Ten!"

"Damage, Multiply by Ten!"

"Critical hit rate, Multiply by Ten!"

"Critical hit damage, Multiply by Ten!"

Jiang Fu did not care whether these things could truly be multiplied by ten.

Just like the misfortune he had multiplied by ten for Guo Fangdong before.

Or the good fortune he had multiplied by ten for himself, the probability of finding a Spiritual Fruit, and the probability of finding an Abyss Fruit.

These things were all intangible.

They had neither physical form nor visible stats.

Anyway, Multiply by Ten had to be the right choice.

A dead horse was better than no horse at all!

The nine Fruit Knives still hovered around Jiang Fu.

A faint cold gleam flickered along their blades.

Jiang Fu crawled low to the ground.

Slowly inching toward the Valley's exit.

"They're here!"

Suddenly.

Seven figures entered the range of his Spirit Power.

"They aren't wearing helmets, face shields, or goggles!"

Jiang Fu's eyes lit up.

He lay flat where he was.

Without moving a muscle.

The nine Fruit Knives.

Skimmed along the ground, silently making their way toward the seven people.

"Kill one first!"

"...Then take a Battle Knife!"

That was Jiang Fu's plan.