Your Mom Will Always Be Your Mom!

The appearance of that bolt of lightning not only destroyed the ghost, but the accompanying thunder also completely drowned out their screams, making them all fall silent.

"Son, was that a ghost just now?"

Dad's face was a little pale too. Having lived for decades, it was his first time seeing a ghost.

Wang Xian smiled. "Yep!"

"Son, when you said killing wild monsters, you didn't mean things like that, did you?" Mom's trembling voice rang out.

"That's right."

"Brother-in-law, how about we forget it? Can't we kill some other wild monsters?"

Su Jin's voice was close to tears. That ghost had terrified her, especially when she remembered the cold breath on her neck earlier. Goosebumps rose all over her body again.

"Uncle, I think we should forget it too!"

Cheng Yao tightly clung to Nangong Wu's arm, looking around uneasily, afraid that another ghost would suddenly appear.

Although Nangong Wu, Feng Luoli, and Yue Rushuang did not say anything, the fear and resistance toward ghosts were obvious on their faces.

"Take a careful look at the system announcement. You can't avoid this," Wang Xian sighed.

Being afraid of ghosts was human nature. In his previous life, he had been badly frightened too, but he got used to it after seeing enough of them.

Wang Xian's words stunned everyone. Then they checked the system announcement again, and their faces turned even paler after reading it.

The Ghost Festival event in particular left them speechless.

Ghost Scares Human?

That was still understandable.

Human Scares Ghost?

What the hell kind of event was that?

Which damn planner had come up with this?

"Alright, stop being scared. They're just wild monsters. Follow me."

Wang Xian turned and walked toward the fields.

There were many ghosts emerging from the Ghost Gate. Especially in the fields, one could be seen every dozen meters or so.

These ghosts were generally between levels 10 and 20, making them perfect for everyone to level up on.

Of course, ghosts also appeared in the village, but those ghosts were between levels 0 and 10.

In short, the farther one was from populated areas, the higher the ghosts' levels and the greater their numbers.

If they worked hard, this Ghost Festival event could basically raise everyone to above level 25.

Once Wang Xian started moving, the rest could only force themselves to follow, no matter how scared they were.

After all, hiding was useless. If you did not go looking for ghosts, the ghosts would come looking for you.

The fields in the dead of night were quiet, and they looked somewhat terrifying.

With the Ghost Gate wide open and dark clouds covering the sky, not a trace of light remained in the silent night.

Ghostly figures wandered throughout the fields, making the already terrifying night even more horrifying.

Pop!

A flash of light burst from Wang Xian's hand. A fist-sized ball of light emerged from his palm and slowly floated above his head, illuminating an area with a radius of roughly ten meters around him.

One of the Priest's basic spells, Illumination Spell.

Illumination Spell

Condense a ball of light that continuously illuminates the surrounding area.

Cast Time: Instant Cast

Mana Cost: 1 MP per second

Cooldown: None

The appearance of the light put everyone slightly at ease.

Sometimes, ghosts were not terrifying. What was terrifying was endless darkness without even a hint of light.

"You Mages, come kill monsters with me," Wang Xian said to the Mages.

There were four Mages in the group: Nangong Wu, Feng Luoli, Yue Rushuang, and Su Jin.

Though the first three were still afraid, they nodded firmly. Wang Xian had already told them that these ghosts were merely wild monsters.

Their fear now came only from the terror of ghosts ingrained in their memories.

Only Su Jin looked pitifully at Wang Xian and pleaded, "Brother-in-law, can I not kill them?"

Just as Wang Xian was about to say something, Mom spoke first. "Xiao Jin is scared. If she doesn't want to kill them, then don't make her. She can keep me company."

"Mom, if you're scared and want Xiao Jin to stay with you, just say so. I wouldn't laugh at you." Wang Xian looked at his mother with a grin.

"You brat!"

Seeing the smile on Wang Xian's face, Mom immediately became annoyed. With a wave of her right hand, a pillar of light instantly descended upon Wang Xian's head and pierced through his body.

-0

A number floated up above Wang Xian's head.

One of the Priest's basic skills, Holy Strike.

Holy Strike

Condense a beam of light, dealing damage equal to 60% of magic attack to a single target.

Cast Time: Instant Cast

Mana Cost: 30 MP

Cooldown: 1 second

This was the Priest's only offensive skill before level 30.

Other than being an Instant Cast and easily hitting its target, this skill was utterly useless. It was even far inferior to Magic Missile, the universal skill included with every magic-based class.

Magic Missile

Condense and throw a magic missile, dealing damage equal to 100% of magic attack to the target hit.

Cast Time: Instant Cast

Mana Cost: 5 MP

Cooldown: None

It was an incredibly bullshit skill, one that had been mocked by nearly every magic-based class user.

Why?

Because the skill literally had to be thrown!!!

You condensed a Magic Missile in your hand with mana, then threw it out.

As for whether it hit anyone or how far it could be thrown, that depended entirely on you.

So unless their mana had truly run dry, practically no magic-based class user would use this skill.

As for why damage had appeared above Wang Xian's head just now, that involved another rule.

After Blue Star underwent Datafication, it no longer had the various attack modes found in online games, such as party attack mode, guild attack mode, national attack mode, and so on.

Datafied Blue Star had only one attack mode: all-target attack mode.

What was all-target attack mode?

It meant that even if you formed a party, if your teammate attacked you, you would still take damage.

That was how real it was.

"Hehe, couldn't break my defense!"

Wang Xian smugly grinned at Mom, making her even angrier.

"Couldn't break your defense, huh?"

Mom sneered and strode up to Wang Xian. Under his puzzled gaze, she swiftly reached out, grabbed his ear, and gave it a hard twist.

"Mom, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"

Wang Xian immediately cried out.

"You brat, didn't you say it couldn't break your defense? What about now?" Mom asked smugly.

Wang Xian: ...

Ear-twisting still could not break his defense, but it hurt!

"Alright, you two, stop messing around," Dad said, trying to mediate.

"Mom, I was wrong!"

Wang Xian immediately admitted his mistake as well.

"Hmph. So what if you're powerful? Your mom will always be your mom. I've got plenty of ways to deal with you!" Mom snorted before releasing Wang Xian's ear.

Mom's words made Wang Xian's mouth twitch. He felt that there was something strange about what she had just said, but after thinking it over carefully, there did not seem to be anything wrong with it.

"What? Was I wrong?"

Mom glared at Wang Xian.

"No, no. Everything you say is right, ma'am. Let's hurry up and level," Wang Xian said, forcing himself to hold it in. He waved his hand and summoned a bolt of lightning, reducing a ghost that happened to be passing nearby to ashes.