Explosion Upgrade

Mo Shuying was surprised. It was clearly his first time killing someone, yet his heart was utterly calm.

It was as though this sort of thing was perfectly ordinary, too commonplace to stir any emotions in Mo Shuying.

But then—

"Ding~ You killed a Second-Rank Magus and gained 400 experience points. Level-up requirements met. Level increased."

There was experience for killing people! Mo Shuying was moved. He had thought only magical creatures could provide experience, but people could too—and in much greater amounts!

"Ding~ Host level requirement met. Storage Space unlocked."

"Ding~ A special spatial attribute has been detected. Absorb it to unlock the special skill, Blink?"

The system notifications rang out one after another. Mo Shuying's eyes widened, too excited to speak.

At that moment, even the portable space was no longer that important. Blink! He could use Blink now!

"Absorb it! Unlock it!"

"Absorption successful. Blink unlocked."

"Blink: Cooldown: 300 seconds. Teleport once to anywhere within your line of sight."

"Within my line of sight!"

Unlike the Blink in games, the Blink he had obtained seemed unexpectedly powerful!

In games, it had merely been a teleportation skill with a fixed range. Now, it ignored distance entirely—as long as he could see it, he could move there. Although a five-minute cooldown was not short, this skill was unquestionably god-tier.

"Thank you, System! Thank you, Magic Modification!"

Mo Shuying clenched his fists excitedly. At the same time, he noticed that his body had already recovered. The weakness and numbness had vanished.

Turning his head, he glanced at Charles, who had mostly dissipated. Mo Shuying stood still as if observing a moment of silence, but once Charles had completely disappeared, he looked at the empty ground.

"Tsk. So stingy."

So he had been waiting for loot to drop, only to find nothing at all. He turned and walked toward his bicycle. After storing the shield on the bike in his Storage Space, Mo Shuying slowly jogged toward the intersection.

Outside, atop a pier of the real Fuyuki Bridge, a black figure stood against the wind. He held a blood-red spear, his sharp gaze sweeping over the surroundings.

"His presence has completely vanished. I never expected Charles to have such a survival trick. I was careless."

He had the face of a middle-aged man, dark and sinister, brimming with killing intent.

Unable to find his target, the man could only snort coldly. The spear in his hand suddenly shimmered with light, transforming into a Double-Barreled Hand Cannon. At the same time, a card floated out.

The man pinched the card and glanced at the Lancer Pattern on it. Then he turned to look over the entirety of Fuyuki City, a cold smile appearing at the corner of his lips.

"Heh heh, run if you want. I've already found the location of the second Singularity. Soon, I'll obtain my second Class Card! Once I collect all the Class Cards, even a Lord won't be able to suppress me! Maybe I'll become the Clock Tower's thirteenth Lord! Hahaha!"

As though he had thought of something delightful, the middle-aged man laughed loudly and leaped away, swiftly disappearing into the night.

Mo Shuying had no idea that he had just escaped disaster. While jogging, he noticed new magical creatures appearing, but they were not at the previous intersection.

"What a shame. I'd already repaired the Electric Net."

Mo Shuying had used his spare time earlier to make another ring of Electric Net, but now it seemed it would be useless.

Mo Shuying activated Presence Concealment and rode his bicycle toward where the magical creatures had appeared. He still had three Molotov Cocktails with him, though he did not know whether they would be useful.

"Huh?"

As he rode along, Mo Shuying suddenly discovered that the newly appearing presences had gone into the sky!

Literally. The dozen or so new presences were constantly rising. It seemed the magical creatures that had appeared this time could fly!

"Caw!"

Soon, Mo Shuying saw what these monsters looked like.

They were a flock of Strange Birds with wingspans exceeding five meters! Their bodies looked rotten, and most of their feathers had fallen out, yet those broken bodies could somehow still fly!

"Caw!"

Two Strange Birds flew overhead, giving off waves of stench. Mo Shuying got off his bike and hid by the roadside, frowning as he watched the birds fly away.

"Flying ones are going to be troublesome."

Mo Shuying had no anti-air options. Although he had a revolver, he was not confident he could hit a moving target, even one as large as these.

"Looks like I'll have to find another way."

Mo Shuying rubbed his chin, and a plan instantly formed in his mind. Looking at the Strange Birds circling endlessly above the city, he let out a strange laugh.

An hour later.

Mo Shuying stood beneath the newly modified Electric Net and deactivated Presence Concealment.

Mo Shuying had spent half an hour getting here and gathering some supplies, then another half hour modifying the Electric Net into one that covered only the space above.

And he hid beneath the Electric Net, brazenly releasing his presence!

"Caw!"

After circling for an hour, the Strange Birds had finally detected their target. How could they possibly waste time now? Like sharks that had smelled blood, they immediately converged from every direction.

There were thirteen Strange Birds in total, but this time there was no leader monster. They were all the same.

"Here they come!"

Hearing the Strange Birds' cries, Mo Shuying put on a gas mask, then began opening the Gas Canisters beside him one by one!

That was right! He had gathered more than a dozen Gas Canisters, which were now piled around him. As for the gas mask, he had found it at the police station.

Very quickly, the surrounding area filled with gas, and the Strange Birds arrived as well! They reached the area almost simultaneously.

Mo Shuying looked at the Strange Birds, raised his middle finger, and shouted.

"Come at me, then!"

His tone was so arrogant that even the Strange Birds could not stand it. All thirteen of them shrieked and charged at Mo Shuying together, soon making contact with the Electric Net!

Bzzzt! Crackle!

In an instant, sparks and lightning burst forth! Mo Shuying's eyes widened as he vanished from where he stood! He had already tested Blink—its instantaneous transfer had no delay at all. In the blink of an eye, Mo Shuying appeared on a distant street and, without stopping for even a moment, ran for his life!

BOOM!! BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!

It was like thunder exploding beside his ears! Every window within a thousand-meter radius shattered from the shockwave!

At the center of the explosion, a terrifying mushroom cloud rose into the air! Pillars of flame shot straight into the sky!

"Hiss!! I should've grabbed some noise-canceling earmuffs!"

Mo Shuying covered his ears and hid in an alleyway, quickly activating Presence Concealment as he waited for the explosions behind him to end.

Ever since the explosions began, the system had been constantly notifying him of incoming experience. Each Strange Bird was worth sixty experience points. The unending string of notifications meant that nine Strange Birds had sacrificed themselves for art. Judging from how the messages instantly flooded his vision, they must have gone peacefully, without any pain.

"Ding~ Level-up requirements met. Level increased."

Level 6!

He had previously gained 400 points for killing Charles, and now the nine Strange Birds had given him another 540 experience points, directly raising Mo Shuying by another level.

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