Chapter Seventeen: The Great Venerable of Compassion Who Rescues the Suffering Above and Below Heaven!

[Name: Fan Wu]

[Life: 89＋]

[Power: 9＋]

[Skills: None]

[Free Attribute Points: 0]

Fan Wu's personal panel had changed once again. While he was on the road, he had put all the Free Attribute Points he had obtained into the [Power] attribute.

In other words, the three Free Attribute Points he had gained today had all been used up.

The reason Fan Wu did not save his attribute points and wait until a critical moment to assign them where they were needed... was that he currently required a higher [Power] attribute.

That would improve the sensitivity of his five senses!

The [Power] attribute from the Golden Finger did not refer solely to "strength."

It also included reaction speed, agility, perception...

And various other factors.

The [Power] attribute truly represented Fan Wu's overall combat strength.

Thus, every time he added points, it was almost a comprehensive enhancement of his entire body!

When the [Power] attribute rose from 7.5 to 9, the sensitivity of Fan Wu's five senses had already reached an exaggerated level.

Finding out whether the mastermind was in the brothel was simple enough. All he needed was an absurdly large sword, combined with an overwhelmingly imposing bearing...

Then he knocked down every thug blocking his way inside the brothel...

That alone was enough to send a whole crowd fleeing with their heads in their hands!

Because Fan Wu's ferocious bearing and the dangerous aura radiating from his body made him look even more like a bandit than an actual bandit!

Fan Wu merely watched as one person after another fled the brothel in blind panic.

In his eyes, none of these people's attribute information could remain hidden.

But even after everyone inside the brothel had fled, leaving it utterly empty and extremely quiet...

Fan Wu still had not seen any particularly unusual attribute information.

However, within that silent environment...

He heard some different sounds!

He heard someone reciting bizarre prayers. He also heard someone mention his name. He heard the sound of a mechanism moving, and then the sound of someone walking.

Therefore.

He headed straight toward the source of the sounds!

Sure enough.

He saw someone.

The person he had been looking for!

There was no helping it... the attribute information above the other person's head was simply too glaring. It was impossible not to notice.

[ Evil Dao Xuan Shizi--Life: 252--Power: 5--Skills: Ghost Nurturing Soul Cultivation Art, Paper Figure Magic, Secret Art for Invoking the Great Venerable of Compassion Who Rescues the Suffering Above and Below Heaven, Star Constellation Sword Art ]

The name information appearing at the very front had already exposed this person's identity!

The words "Evil Dao" were exceptionally conspicuous in Fan Wu's eyes.

But this person's [Life] attribute was actually so high!

Even higher than the Blue-faced Water Ghost's!

This fellow looked extraordinarily old, and his body was covered in one pustule after another. He was also extremely thin and frail, looking as if he would not live for more than a few days.

Having such a high [Life] attribute truly came as a surprise to Fan Wu.

As for his [Power] attribute, it was also the highest Fan Wu had ever seen among living people.

And that long string of [Skills] afterward was something Fan Wu was seeing for the first time as well.

If a fellow like this set his sights on him...

Fan Wu feared that one day, while he was sleeping, some ghost might inexplicably slit his throat.

At this moment.

There were fewer than ten paces between Fan Wu and Xuan Shizi. Fan Wu could see Xuan Shizi's appearance with absolute clarity, and Xuan Shizi could likewise see Fan Wu clearly.

Xuan Shizi's eyes suddenly widened!

He recognized Fan Wu!

In all of Prison Dragon County, the only person with such a height and build was Fan Wu of the Dragon-Imprisoning Monastery.

Moreover, during the earlier spell battle, Xuan Shizi had already seen Fan Wu's blurry appearance from afar through the two talismans in the eyes of the Giant Paper Figure.

Now that he was seeing Fan Wu at close range, Xuan Shizi was nearly shocked breathless!

"Great Venerable of Compassion Who Rescues the Suffering Above and Below Heaven, lend me your power!"

But when he thought of the two ghosts he had raised and the paper figure he had painstakingly refined, all of which had fallen into Fan Wu's hands... not to mention the offerings meant for the Great Venerable in a few days, which Fan Wu had also taken...

A ball of fury surged in Xuan Shizi's chest.

His eyes flickered with vicious malice.

His killing intent was fully exposed!

The hand seals he had been forming never lowered. He chanted continuously, "Borrow soldiers with essence, prove the law with blood! By the Great Venerable's urgent command!"

"Ghost Infant! Yin Woman! Appear together!!"

"Stop him for this old man!!"

Xuan Shizi's face, which had regained some color after absorbing a great deal of incense smoke, turned deathly pale once more. It looked as though the magical power within him had been consumed excessively.

Then, without even throwing out a single harsh word, he turned and ran...

He sprinted toward the underground secret chamber.

It was difficult to imagine how his emaciated, skeletal body could erupt with such speed.

Fan Wu did not chase after him.

Because ghosts were blocking his way.

Many ghosts!!

At that moment, gloomy winds swept through the brothel, making the candle flames tremble on the verge of extinction as layer upon layer of ghostly shadows emerged! An astonishing number of wandering and wild ghosts formed a wall of ghosts, attempting to stop Fan Wu.

Fan Wu saw quite a few short Ghost Infant Wanderings Souls stumbling around as if learning to walk, and also saw numerous gorgeously dressed prostitute female ghosts.

Row after row of attribute information appeared before his eyes.

But without exception...

They were all extremely weak!

Rather than calling them a group of ghosts, it would be better to call them a group of wandering souls. They were nowhere near the level of "vengeful ghosts," so weak that Fan Wu did not even need to draw the Demon-Slaying Sword.

He walked toward the group of wandering souls step by step, placing one hand on the shoulder of a Prostitute Wandering Soul.

With a casual shove, the group of wandering souls blocking his path let out terrifying, bone-chilling wails before collapsing in a heap.

When he brought one foot down, several Ghost Infant Wandering Souls were instantly reduced to scattered souls!

The vigorous yang energy and surging blood qi surrounding Fan Wu were already like a blazing steel furnace. To wandering souls of this caliber, every casual punch and kick of his...

Was absolutely fatal!

It was no less than being hacked by a peachwood sword!

He was practically a human-shaped magical artifact!!

[You successfully killed "Prostitute Wandering Soul A." Congratulations, you obtained 0.1 Free Attribute Points!]

[You successfully killed "Ghost Infant Wandering Soul." Congratulations, you obtained 0.05 Free Attribute Points!]

[You successfully killed "Pimp Wandering Soul"...]

[You successfully killed...]

Nothing could compare to mowing down grass with unrivaled might.

That was exactly what this was.

These wandering souls were far too weak. After Fan Wu threw just a few punches and kicks, not a single wandering soul remained before him. He had consequently gained another 1 Free Attribute Point.

At this moment, a flight of stairs appeared before Fan Wu. At the very bottom, it seemed as if there was nothing there.

But he had just seen Xuan Shizi hurriedly activate some mechanism, opening a stone door before slipping inside.

Fan Wu followed the stairs.

Step by step, he descended.

With the keen hearing brought by adding points, Fan Wu heard strange movement coming from beyond the stone door. He also heard waves of obscure, difficult-to-understand sounds.

It seemed that Xuan Shizi was chanting some strange secret incantation in an exceedingly bizarre tone.

There were no more stairs ahead for Fan Wu to continue down.

He stopped. Every muscle in his body shifted with his movement, and every inch of tendon and bone within him slowly gathered strength!

He suddenly kicked straight ahead with tremendous force!

The strength his muscles, tendons, and bones had briefly accumulated...

Exploded in an instant!!