Little Fox

"Could this place really be haunted?"

Qin Yang stood in the corridor, baffled. Blown by the cold night wind, he felt a chill run down his back.

A shrill laugh echoed through the hallway, rebounding off the walls and overlapping endlessly. It sounded utterly terrifying.

As if some evil spirit really were lurking in the corridor.

"No, I have to believe in science!"

Qin Yang steadied himself and suddenly regretted not bringing a Sickle and Hammer with him earlier.

Then he could have hurled two copies of Decisive Moments in History at it and suppressed it... No matter what kind of ghost it was, he would take it out in one move!

Just as Qin Yang was thinking this, the system prompt sounded in his mind.

"Ding! An Emperor-level Star Beast Nine-Tailed Fox aura has been detected. Host, please leave immediately and ask the Empress's Disciple to come subdue it!"

"Nine-Tailed Fox?"

Hearing the system prompt, Qin Yang was overjoyed.

It was here!

The Dog System had gone crazy again!

This time, it was actually a Nine-Tailed Fox?

This was a creature from myth and legend.

Born with nine tails, living for a thousand years, an unbelievably powerful creature capable of gathering the spiritual energy of All Things for its own use.

And now it had actually appeared here? "No."

Qin Yang reconsidered. Going by the Dog System's usual nonsense...

Last time, even cockroaches and spiders could become Beast Emperors.

So this Nine-Tailed Fox had to be watered down somehow too.

Maybe...

Maybe it was just a Little Fox that knew how to yelp! But...

That was not absolute.

Blood Demon was a counterexample. Even now, it remained an extremely dangerous existence. Even if Jianghai City's Three Innate Realm Experts joined forces, they would be unable to suppress it.

"I'd better be cautious."

Thinking this, Qin Yang did not dare let his guard down. He released his Star Power to cover the building and sense his surroundings.

Before long, he figured out the source of the Star Power fluctuation.

The disturbance was coming from the seventh floor.

And the fluctuation was not particularly strong.

Judging by its current state, the other party's strength could not possibly exceed the Grandmaster Realm. It was nothing to fear before him.

"This should be in the bag."

Above the Grandmaster Realm, he could at least take one down with him. Below the Grandmaster Realm, he was invincible.

With that thought...

Qin Yang put aside his doubts and swaggered up the stairs toward the seventh floor.

A moment later.

At the corner of the seventh floor.

The fluorescent lights on the ceiling flickered on and off while a sinister wind howled through the corridor.

A female ghost in snow-white clothing stood beneath the lights, her long hair cascading like a waterfall. Laughter spilled from her throat, like the cries of an infant.

At the woman's feet...

Lay a middle-aged woman who had fainted from fright. The fruits and vegetables from her basket were scattered across the floor, and her face was deathly pale.

"The seventh."

The female ghost stared at the woman on the ground and softly counted. She bent down, supporting herself on all fours.

The next moment...

Green smoke rose.

Her body suddenly shrank, and her white clothes vanished. She turned into a young White Fox, her smooth fur silver-white as snow, with three fluffy tails raised behind her.

A crafty glint flashed through her round fox eyes, making her look vividly charming.

As a wild fox that had roamed the wilderness, she knew only too well how difficult it was to take human form.

Merely absorbing Star Power from the heavens was far from enough.

Some animals were fortunate enough to encounter Spirit Fruits and, through sheer luck, gain the chance to transform. In a single day, they could become human. But wild creatures like her, without enough luck, could spend their entire lives without ever encountering such an opportunity.

Fortunately, Heavenly Evolution was forty-nine, with one escaping away. All Things always had a path forward.

And feeding on the spiritual energy of humans...

Was one path of cultivation for transformation.

The fox clan gathered energy through their tails. One tail became two, two became three... until nine marked the limit, attaining a true Undying Body.

Over these past days, she had continuously stolen the vital energy of the residents in this building. At last, she was getting closer and closer to her goal.

"I'll soon have four tails."

The White Fox looked back at her three fluffy tails, her gaze full of affection.

Delighted, she moved close to the middle-aged woman, nudging her hand as she prepared to continue absorbing her vital energy.

Suddenly!

An unfamiliar voice rang out in the corridor.

"So it really is a Little Fox."

The sudden male voice seemed to come from nowhere, startling the White Fox badly.

There's someone else in the hallway? How did I not sense him?! Her heart pounded as her slender fox body trembled. She abruptly turned around and bared her fangs toward the source of the voice.

Qin Yang walked out from the corridor entrance, still wearing the pajamas he had not changed out of, slippers on his feet. He looked like a resident who had merely happened to pass by.

"Another human?"

Seeing this, the White Fox thought in confusion, her round little eyes filled with bewilderment.

It was three in the morning.

Why was someone still out for a walk? And how had he avoided my senses?! Too many questions had no answers. The White Fox shook her little head and instinctively activated her spell.

The next moment...

Poof! Green smoke rose again, concealing her true form.

She transformed once more into a vicious female ghost, floating in the corridor.

Her clothes were white as snow, while her face was covered in rotting flesh. Pale bones could vaguely be seen beneath it, and blood continuously seeped down her cheeks.

Under the dim corridor lights, she looked like a malevolent ghost that had just stepped out of a horror movie—terrifying and grotesque.

Any ordinary human would have been so frightened that they would have wet themselves and passed out on the spot.

Yet...

Not only did Qin Yang not run, he crossed his arms with great interest and remained where he was, staring straight at the female ghost.

His expression was calm.

As if he were saying... I'll just quietly watch you perform.

"..."

For a moment, the atmosphere became awkward.

The White Fox and Qin Yang stared at each other, neither moving from where they stood.

As time passed, the White Fox was the one who began to feel creeped out... Why... isn't this human running?!

Could it be that I'm still not scary enough? The White Fox was puzzled. She looked at Qin Yang, gritted her little silver teeth, and unleashed her illusion again.

The next moment...

The scene around Qin Yang suddenly changed.

The walls peeled away, revealing countless holes. Pale limbs stretched out from them, swaying about amid shrill screams.

Bathed in these horrifying sights, Qin Yang remained calm. He released his true essence to examine his surroundings and quickly understood everything.

There were no limbs at all.

He was still in the corridor. He had not gone anywhere.

Everything was merely an illusion... This Nine-Tailed Fox looked powerful on the surface.

But in truth, it was all bark and no bite, putting on a show.

Its real strength was not worth mentioning, so it could only survive by relying on such bluffing tricks.

Realizing this, Qin Yang grew even more at ease where he stood, silently appreciating the White Fox's bewitching performance.

From beautiful women turning into skeletons, to mountains of corpses and seas of blood, to a midnight procession of a hundred ghosts... all kinds of terrifying illusions swept toward him, and Qin Yang watched with great interest.

Two minutes later.

Watching Qin Yang remain utterly unmoved, the White Fox finally could not take it anymore. Looking completely dumbfounded, she asked, "Why aren't you scared?"

Qin Yang was immediately a little surprised. "So you're a fox that can talk too."