Name: Fan Wu Life: 89+ Strength: 10+ Technique: Star Constellation Sword Art lv1 (0/10) Free Attribute Points: 10
These many Free Attribute Points were the spoils Fan Wu had obtained from slaying so many ghosts and monsters.
Of them, 4 Attribute Points had been gained from killing Xuan Shizi. The remaining 6 Free Attribute Points had dropped from the evil ghosts in the inn!
Fan Wu's current strength was completely different from when he had first encountered ghosts and monsters.
He discovered that the stronger his own strength became, the fewer Free Attribute Points he could obtain from slaying weak evil ghosts...
On top of that...
Several of the evil ghosts in the inn had been robbed of their "kills" by Xie Jiuyi.
That was why the total number of Attribute Points dropped was 6.
That was already quite impressive.
And now.
Fan Wu directly poured all 6 Attribute Points into the [Strength] attribute! This was precisely why the aura around his entire body was undergoing such a violent transformation!
The blood boiling within his body erupted like a volcano.
Fan Wu felt as though every muscle in his body was storing wave after wave of power that had been tempered for a hundred years!
The veins coiling beneath his skin like flood dragons and pythons trembled again and again.
His heart thundered like a drum in a great urn!
Every time Fan Wu's heart beat, the power accumulated in his muscles intensified another degree.
Each tendon and bone seemed to be shattering and splitting apart.
Yet they rapidly healed again.
Even the organs within his body were trembling faintly.
His five senses had become sharper and clearer than ever before—so sharp that he could even clearly hear... the sound of Xie Jiuyi's pulse beating not far away!
He could also hear... the extremely tense heartbeats of the escort guards outside the inn!
He could even smell the faint scent of decay from the goods the escort guards outside were protecting.
And he could see a blood vessel thinner than a strand of hair in one of the monster's eyes.
At this moment.
Fan Wu's mind was crystal clear!
Every cell in his body was sending him an incomparably pleasant signal.
Every cell was savoring a unique pleasure even more addictive than the forbidden fruit between men and women!
The muscles on his body had not become any larger.
But they had become denser and more compact!
Like steel tempered through a thousand trials and a hundred refinements.
Name: Fan Wu Life: 89+ Strength: 20+ Technique: Star Constellation Sword Art lv1 (0/10) Free Attribute Points: 0
"Such purity!" Fan Wu tensed every muscle in his body, felt the waves of strange changes coming from within, and slowly stretched his lips into a grin even more ghostlike than an evil ghost's.
He stared straight at the monster's shadow ahead and said, "You are far inferior to me now!"
Although he did not know whether the monster's shadow could understand human speech, it seemed to sense the changes in Fan Wu.
The many eyes on the monster's shadow all revealed solemn expressions.
It had clearly realized that something was very wrong with the Fan Wu before it!
At that moment!
The monster's shadow abruptly...
launched another attack!
Dozens of black tentacles instantly spread from its ten-foot-tall body, and at the tip of every tentacle was a bloody maw lined with fangs!
The dozens of tentacles shot toward Fan Wu simultaneously with lightning speed.
Like dozens of sharp arrows fired all at once!
Facing the monster's shadow's sudden attack once again.
Fan Wu neither dodged nor evaded!
He stood there, immovable as a mountain!
He did not even draw his sword!
Clang!
Clang!
Clang!
Bizarre collisions of hard objects rang out without end. One black tentacle after another repeatedly slammed into Fan Wu's upper body, striking nearly every inch of his skin.
But what left Xie Jiuyi utterly stunned was that those tentacles, seemingly powerful enough to tear apart solid boulders, could only make Fan Wu's muscles cave in less than an inch when they struck his body!
The sharp fangs covering the tentacles tried to bite through Fan Wu's flesh, but it was completely useless!
This... couldn't break through his defense at all!!!
Xie Jiuyi was dumbstruck!
The Fan Wu before him was like a thick, steady copper wall or iron rampart. No matter how the monster's shadow bombarded him with a storm of attacks, he did not retreat even half a step.
Suddenly!
Fan Wu moved!
With one hand, he caught a tentacle shooting toward him with perfect precision.
The tentacle seemed to sense something and tried to retract, only to discover that it could not withdraw even half an inch.
Two sharp spines immediately extended from either side of the tentacle. Without another word, they stabbed toward Fan Wu's eyes!
Fan Wu closed his eyes!
His upper and lower eyelids clamped the two spines tightly. He merely tilted his head slightly, and the two razor-sharp spines snapped with a crisp sound!
His eyes opened.
The spines fell to the ground.
The Demon-Slaying Sword in his other hand flashed out in a slash, and one of the monster's tentacles was severed on the spot!
The Demon-Slaying Sword remained astonishingly effective. When it struck the tentacle, there was hardly any resistance at all.
With one tentacle severed, the monster's shadow seemed to tremble.
The blood vessels in its densely packed eyes became even more pronounced!
As though they had transformed into blood-red pupils!
It was in pain!
And it was enraged!
Countless fine black threads spread from the monster's shadow.
In the blink of an eye, those countless tiny threads sank into the inn's floor, beams, tables, and chairs...
At a glance, the entire inn seemed to be covered in black threads.
Like a gigantic spiderweb.
All of a sudden!
The countless tiny black threads tightened at once, and every corner of the inn let out a creaking sound as though it could no longer bear the strain.
Seeing this... Xie Jiuyi seemed to realize what was about to happen, and his expression abruptly changed!
He immediately took out talismans of various sizes.
Then he mobilized every bit of magical power in his body and gripped the talismans tightly with both hands.
While forming hand seals, he hurriedly shouted, "Fellow Daoist Fan! This creature is going to use the entire inn as its weapon! I'll use the most dangerous spell of the Hundred Killings Divine Path Technique to blast open an exit. We'll leave through it!"
Xie Jiuyi chanted incantations at a frightening speed.
In less than half a breath, a ruthless glint flashed through his eyes.
He stamped his right foot hard on the ground, bit through the tip of his tongue, and spat a great mouthful of blood forward!
The blood soaked the talismans in his hands!
In an instant—
The crumpled, crooked talismans he held seemed to be tugged by an invisible hand and flew straight onto the wall.
One wrinkled talisman after another stuck to the inn's wall.
Then they were detonated outright!
Boom!!!!
One wall of the inn was blasted open, leaving a huge hole. Xie Jiuyi had also been exhausted by the effort, and his legs staggered as he nearly collapsed to the ground.
Fortunately, he was, after all, the Battalion Officer of the Imperial Astronomy Bureau. Xie Jiuyi's physical techniques were not weak either, and after forcibly stabilizing himself,
he immediately leaped out through the large hole.
At the same time, he did not forget to remind Fan Wu again: "Fellow Daoist Fan, hurry and come with me!"
Xie Jiuyi successfully reached the outside.
He rolled like a donkey to disperse the force of his landing.
Then he turned and shouted at the nervous escort guards outside the inn, "Quickly take that cargo! Get farther away from the inn!!"
"Hm? Wait..." He suddenly realized something and looked toward the inn, his expression turning anxious. "Why hasn't Fellow Daoist Fan come out?"
The next instant!
An even greater roar rang out!
The entire inn seemed to be compressed by some strange force.
The front, back, left, and right walls of the inn, along with the tiled roof and the blue-stone floor...
all collapsed inward...
and caved in under the pressure!!
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