Strange Draft

After dark, Tang Qi's training routine usually involved making bullets, then spending about an hour practicing Combat Techniques, followed by a full night of Meditation.

However, tonight was clearly a bit special. Tang Qi had absorbed the mental energy gained from devouring the Resentful Soul of the Therand Dual-Blade Man. The feeling of saturation and fullness in his head told him that he didn't need to meditate further, as it wouldn't do anything and might even attract danger.

Fortunately, besides Meditation and Combat Techniques, Tang Qi had other things he could do.

Adjusting his state, Tang Qi went to his workbench and restocked the two types of bullets he had used up tonight.

After tidying up, Tang Qi went back downstairs.

In his hand now was a rather large package.

Inside were the spoils of his night.

The simple, sturdy package slowly opened, revealing its contents one by one.

There was a stack of messy sketches, over a dozen snow-white canine teeth, an old notebook, and two rusty cleavers.

Each item emitted a faint glow.

Tang Qi understood the meaning of that glow: the mark of the supernatural.

Only Supernatural items could emit a faint light under Tang Qi's gaze.

Tang Qi didn't immediately examine the information fragments of these Supernatural items. Instead, he first picked up the notebook.

This notebook belonged to Mr. Skana, the dog breeder who was killed by the Dual-Blade Man.

[Mystical Item: Skana's Manuscript.]

[Status: Complete.]

[Information Fragment 1: It is Mr. Skana's life's work, detailing how to breed a hybrid Devil Dog. Perhaps the experiments were cruel and unforgivable, but it can indeed breed terrifying wolfdogs with a trace of Devil Dog bloodline.]

[Information Fragment 2: If given to a high-level Beastmaster, it might be possible to perfect the manuscript and breed a true Devil Dog.]

After glancing at the few information fragments that flashed by, Tang Qi opened the manuscript, quickly flipping through a few pages before setting it aside.

As the fragments said, the experimental process was indeed very cruel.

Anyone with a strong sense of morality would burn it immediately after reading it.

Tang Qi didn't do that, but he also had no interest in studying it in depth.

Not because of morality, but because it wasn't necessary.

"Beastmaster?"

"Breeding a Hybrid Devil Dog still doesn't allow one to enter the sequence of a Professional. This path seems very difficult, and the combat style doesn't suit me either."

Tang Qi murmured, his words revealing a small secret about the Supernatural Realm.

Although the Mystic Side had been dormant for a hundred years due to the "Mysterious Meteor," some faint Supernatural Power still existed. This power was the foundation for the revival of the Mystic Side, the return of the Spiritual Tide, and the re-establishment of order.

And in the future Supernatural order, various "Professionals" who had shined brightly in ancient times were bound to return to the stage of the Mystic Side.

So-called Professionals were a general term for beings who had mastered Supernatural Power and could continuously advance.

For example, the old witch Tang Qi hadn't met yet, Old Morgan's mother, the Black Serpent Witch Samira.

She was a Professional.

Tang Qi couldn't be sure of her level, but she was definitely a "Witch," a witch who had mastered a large amount of Dark Witchcraft.

With the return of the Spiritual Tide, Professionals with complete inheritances would only become stronger and stronger.

Others who entered the Supernatural Realm could only passively try to catch up, with little hope.

For example, a young man who accidentally obtains Skana's Manuscript would have the potential to become a "Beastmaster" Professional, but actually entering that sequence would likely be as difficult as ascending to heaven.

This knowledge was inferred by Tang Qi based on Old Morgan's manuscript and his extensive reading of strange books like Monster Files, Centennial Oddities of the Federation, and Overview of Arcane Mysteries during this time.

Perhaps it wasn't entirely accurate, and perhaps there were other names within the Mystic Side, but in the old era's order, it held some accuracy.

Because of this, Tang Qi already had some plans for his future path, and Skana's Manuscript was not among them.

Setting the manuscript aside, Tang Qi immediately glanced at the canine teeth.

[Mystical Item: Devil Dog's Teeth]

[Status: Complete.]

[Information Fragment: From a hybrid Devil Dog, these teeth possess toughness, sharpness, and some other mysterious properties. They can be used to create elixirs or other Supernatural items, such as weapons.]

As expected, the teeth were Supernatural materials with quite a few uses.

However, putting them into actual use would require a lot of experimentation.

Unlike the next two cleavers, which were directly Supernatural Weapons.

[Mystical Item: Therand Dual Blades.]

[Status: Complete.]

[Information Fragment 1: These are the two cleavers Therand used to kill his wife and daughter. They are stained with the power of mad resentment, successfully transforming into Supernatural weapons. They do not require deciphering; upon holding them, one automatically learns the Mad Blade Technique but will also fall into chaos and madness.]

[Information Fragment 2: Those with weak wills who use them will quickly commit suicide.]

"Dangerous weapons!"

Tang Qi silently described them, then set the dual blades aside.

There was only one piece of loot left.

Buried among a stack of sketches was a supernatural item that could turn a painter into a slave.

After obtaining "it," that painter had transformed from a human into a Lust Slave.

This meant it was a dangerous item.

Tang Qi didn't want to become a Lust Slave, so he hadn't taken it out to examine immediately after killing the painter. Instead, he had returned here.

Thorn High School was constantly enveloped in a mysterious, sacred power.

Even now, Tang Qi hadn't discovered the source of that power.

But this didn't stop Tang Qi from borrowing its effect. Even a Dark Witchcraft treasure like the Soul Exchange Scale had been quickly weakened here.

That unknown sketch could be too.

Even so, before flipping through it, Tang Qi's Furnace Power, which had already expanded several times over, began to slowly flow out, poised in his palms.

At the same time, Tang Qi also retrieved a cup of deep blue "saltwater."

Blue Sea Salt – to prevent any accidents, Tang Qi had specifically melted another piece. He hadn't used it to make bullets, but instead held it directly in his mouth at this moment.

Dispels curses!

Purifies evil!

Although it sounded less powerful than the "Red Sea Salt" that Tang Qi had already used, Blue Sea Salt was clearly more suitable for dealing with strange and evil existences.

Of course, it was also because Tang Qi only had one Red Sea Salt left, while he had a relatively abundant supply of Blue Sea Salt.

Holding the saltwater in his mouth, enduring its salty taste, Tang Qi finally began to flip through the sketches left by the painter who had committed many bloody crimes.

Rustle, rustle, rustle!

The first one was a scrapped portrait of a customer.

The second was an apple, likely a practice piece.

The third was a woman with a hot figure but no clothes on, in a very seductive pose.

The fourth showed a couple intertwined, with the man actually being the painter himself.

In the quiet room, all other sounds vanished, leaving only the sound of the sketches being flipped.

However, as he flipped through more than half of the sketches, no special interface popped up in his vision, and no sensation arose in his mind. Although the melted Blue Sea Salt saltwater had the effect of dispelling evil, it was also genuinely just saltwater.

Tang Qi felt like his tongue was about to lose its sense of taste.

Whoosh!

With an unconscious movement, Tang Qi flipped open another sketch.

Just as he was about to move on to the next one as before...

Boom~

Without giving Tang Qi any time to react, without any warning, black tentacles suddenly burst out from the sketch. In an instant, they were about to wrap around Tang Qi's body and drag him into the world within the sketch.