Exploding the Ghost Creature

The moment Qin Hao got his bow and arrows, he went to the back mountain to practice. It was not until the sun set that he came to his senses and prepared to head down the mountain for home.

On the road down the mountain, Qin Hao spotted a cloud of black mist drifting swiftly past ahead.

Qin Hao immediately grew wary. That thing had moved very fast, and it was shrouded in black mist, making it impossible to see what it was. Two large hammers appeared in his hands out of thin air, and he walked forward.

When he reached the spot where the black mist had vanished, Qin Hao sensed a faint trace of killing intent.

Could it be a ghost creature? Ghost creatures did exist in this world, though they seemed somewhat different from those in his previous life. The ghost creatures here resembled a kind of living organism more closely. Li Kang had mentioned that they seemed to have suddenly appeared in this world over a hundred years ago.

These ghost creatures were incredibly ferocious and would kill every living thing they encountered. Moreover, the killing intent they emitted was harmful to humans. If ordinary people stayed around items contaminated by ghost creatures for too long, they would become unbearably weak at best, and at worst, die and turn into mindless zombies that attacked all living things. The creatures they attacked would also be affected by the killing intent.

Gripping the Black Fiend Hammers, Qin Hao chased after the direction in which the black mist had disappeared. His body was incomparably tough; even Third-tier Demonic Beasts probably could not break through his defense now. Why would he fear some mere ghost creature?

Qin Hao quickly caught up to the cloud of black mist. The mist seemed to sense that he was pursuing it and accelerated in an attempt to evade him.

"Trying to run?" Qin Hao put away his hammers, took out the Overlord Bow from his storage space, drew the bow, and loosed an arrow in one fluid motion. The arrow shot forth like a dragon, blasting away at extreme speed.

The arrow pierced through it, and the black mist exploded on the spot.

Ding! +5 attribute points

After Qin Hao blasted apart the black mist, the system's voice rang by his ear once again.

"Five points? Then it really should have been a ghost creature. But my bloodline concentration did not increase. It looks like only killing Demonic Beasts increases bloodline concentration. I wonder whether killing people can get it too." Qin Hao rubbed his chin as he pondered.

After a while, Qin Hao noticed that the mist around him had not dispersed. Instead, it was growing thicker and thicker. "Could there be more ghost creatures?"

Qin Hao stood still, remaining alert to his surroundings.

Suddenly, a black shadow shot toward Qin Hao. Seeing it, Qin Hao merely waved a hand lightly and sent the thing flying.

It had not even knocked off one of his hairs.

Qin Hao looked at the thing on the ground. It was an iron spike, and it still emitted a trace of killing intent.

Qin Hao picked up the spike from the ground, but the instant he touched it, the killing intent on it was dispersed by the vigorous blood and qi radiating from his body.

"So that's how it is. This killing intent has no effect on body-tempering martial artists like me, whose blood and qi are powerful. It should be the same for cultivators too—or perhaps this ghost creature is simply too weak."

Qin Hao stood there for a while. When he saw that the ghost creature did not attack him again, he could only walk forward helplessly.

Just as Qin Hao was about to touch the black mist.

"Hiss—hiss!" A sudden shriek shattered the silence.

The sound was shrill and hoarse, like a fierce ghost crawling out of hell, making one's ears feel terribly uncomfortable.

Qin Hao looked toward the source of the sound. A creature, half-human and half-beast, crawled on all fours across the ground. Its back was embedded with the iron spikes that had just been fired at him. It opened its bloody maw and glared at him viciously.

Qin Hao's first impression was one word: ugly. Then he blurted out.

"So ugly!"

The fierce ghost seemed to be provoked by those words and charged at Qin Hao. As it rushed forward, it spun and leapt, firing several iron spikes at him. Yet all of them were blocked by Qin Hao's powerful body. He did not move an inch, merely looking down disdainfully at the ugly little thing before him.

Seeing Qin Hao's gaze, the ghost creature became even more enraged. Never had it suffered such treatment. Ignoring everything else, it stretched out its sharp claws and stabbed toward Qin Hao's heart.

Ding!

The claws stopped against Qin Hao's chest, unable to pierce even a fraction into his flesh.

"What a bluffing piece of trash."

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As he spoke, Qin Hao grabbed the ghost creature's skull with one huge hand and violently smashed it into the ground.

Boom! With a thunderous crash, a huge pit five or six meters across was smashed into the ground. The ghost creature's head was blown apart.

"Disgusting." Qin Hao shook his hand in distaste, flinging off the viscous fluid.

Ding! +20 attribute points

"Twenty attribute points. Not bad at all. It would be great if more came along. But what rank was this ghost creature to give twenty attribute points? A First-tier Demonic Beast only gave two points last time. Still, Demonic Beasts can also grant extra bloodline concentration."

Qin Hao looked around again. The black mist had already dispersed, so the ghost creatures should be gone. He prepared to head home.

Just as Qin Hao was about to leave, several figures sped toward his location.

They quickly surrounded Qin Hao.

"Why is it some big idiot? Where's the ghost creature?" A woman's voice rang out.

"Can't you see what's beneath that big idiot's feet?"

Prompted by that voice, the few of them finally noticed a headless corpse lying peacefully beneath the boy's feet.

"Was it killed by this young man?" another person said.

"Looks like it. But how could there be such an expert in this godforsaken place? And he may look big, but judging by his face, he should definitely be just a child. How could he possess such strength?"

Qin Hao picked his nose and quietly watched as they discussed him, calling him a stupid kid and a big idiot one after another.

"Hey, hey, hey, uncle and auntie, do you have any manners? What do you mean, big idiot and stupid kid? It's not like I can't hear you. Can't you discuss it a little more quietly?" Qin Hao looked at them helplessly.

The only woman in the group immediately could not sit still when Qin Hao called her auntie.

"You brat, who are you calling auntie?" She nearly rushed forward to bite Qin Hao, but fortunately, someone held her back.

At that moment, a middle-aged man who appeared to be the group's leader pointed at the corpse on the ground and said, "Sorry, little brother. My companions mean no harm. Did you kill this thing?"

"Ah, this thing? I smashed it to death. I was about to go home when it rushed out and attacked me, so I casually smashed it to death." Qin Hao spoke with an equally sincere expression.

"Casually?" Hearing Qin Hao say that he had casually smashed it to death, the other four were stunned. Only the middle-aged man continued studying Qin Hao.

"No true qi. Are you a martial artist?"

"A martial artist?"

"Eh, that really seems to be the case."

"Looking at this kid, he must be quite an accomplished body-tempering martial artist."

The group began pointing at Qin Hao and discussing him again.

Qin Hao could not stand it any longer. Their words came one after another from both sides, and he impatiently interrupted, "Who are you people? What are you babbling about?"

"Sorry, little brother. My teammates are a little noisy. Let me introduce myself. My name is Zhong Li Dao, and these are my teammates."

"Remember this: my name is Bai Ling, not auntie! Got it?" the young woman said indignantly.

"Gao Hu," the tall man said simply.

"Zhang Xiang."

"Yang Jie."

Seeing their captain introduce himself, the teammates followed suit.

"My name is Qin Hao, a passing body-tempering martial artist."