Ghost

BOOM!

In the deep night, two pale corpses simultaneously fell to the ground, their bodies split into several pieces.

Glancing at the corpses on the ground, Arthur didn't stop. He swung his longsword down fiercely.

ROAR!!!

A chilling growl erupted from the spot. The corpses' pale faces looked ferocious as they charged madly towards Arthur.

They were fast, reaching Arthur in an instant. A pair of pale hands reached out, as if to grab him.

A powerful force struck from the front. Arthur kicked the corpse in the chest, leaving a huge, terrifying indentation.

He put force into his foot, pinning the corpse beneath him, and swung his right hand, his longsword slashing down.

Black corpse blood splattered out. Stimulated by Life Energy, the humanoid monster at his feet was thoroughly annihilated, unable to recover.

"Only one left."

Arthur turned, looking towards the last spot.

There, the last humanoid monster had its limbs severed by him. Only its torso was still trembling, flesh buds constantly growing, a sight that made one's scalp tingle.

"I wonder if you'll still be alive if I just chop off your head."

Looking at the corpse at his feet, Arthur's expression was cold. His longsword cut down with a whistling wind.

For this attack, he deliberately didn't activate the Life Energy within him, relying solely on the sword itself.

Clang!

As if striking solid metal, the sharp longsword hit the corpse's neck, making a crisp collision sound.

The sword cut into flesh and blood but got stuck, unable to sever the head directly.

Arthur expressionlessly pulled out his sword and put all his strength into his right hand, continuing to slash.

He held nothing back this time, unleashing the full power of a peak Knight, pouring it all into this one strike.

With a crisp sound, the corpse's pale head was severed by the longsword. Arthur immediately kicked it aside, giving it no chance to heal.

After doing this, he walked to the side, quietly observing the corpse's reaction.

The pale corpse no longer resembled a human. Its limbs and head had been cut off by Arthur and forcefully separated.

At the severed wounds, flesh buds continuously grew and writhed. As they grew, they almost turned the entire body into a lump of putty.

Its limbs and head were the same. After being separated from the main body, they didn't lose their vitality. Instead, they became even more active, completely wrapped by flesh buds, writhing there.

"Heh, truly a monster!"

Seeing this, a coldness flickered across Arthur's face. The black longsword in his right hand flashed with the brilliance of Life Energy. He walked forward and stabbed each lump of flesh.

As Life Energy spread through the flesh lumps, their vitality quickly disappeared. They softened, becoming like ordinary pieces of meat.

As these corpses died, a miraculous scene began to unfold.

On the corpses, a faint light began to flicker, eventually spreading across the entire body, burning like flames and illuminating the surroundings.

Arthur watched this scene unfold quietly. Only after it ended did he command the Chip in his mind, "Chip, replay that scene!"

Instantly, the recent segment replayed before his eyes.

In the footage recorded by the Chip, after dying, the corpses seemed to be affected by some power. Their flesh rapidly decomposed and disappeared, but no light appeared.

"An illusion?"

After watching several different playback records, Arthur stood there muttering to himself.

The next moment, he shook his head, giving up on investigating the matter.

Having arrived in this Anomaly of a world, Arthur had accumulated enough questions in just a few days. He couldn't find any answers in the short term.

He walked forward and searched the bones of the corpses, finding four black Crystals.

Compared to the Crystal Core he had obtained earlier, these four Crystal Cores were much smaller, each only half the size of the previous one.

Arthur held the Crystal Cores. Through direct physical contact, a faint warm current slowly flowed through his body.

"Detected host influenced by unknown power, physical fitness is increasing!" In his mind, the Chip's mechanical voice sounded simultaneously.

Ah!!

At that moment, a woman's scream suddenly rang out from afar, instantly drawing Arthur's attention.

He put away the Crystal Cores, his eyes chilling. He picked up his sword and slowly walked towards the direction of the sound.

Actually, Arthur wasn't deliberately late. He had been lured away by something else.

Last night, he had a vague feeling that something special had mixed in. This had drawn his attention, causing him to overlook those mutated corpses.

He walked forward slowly, scanning his surroundings.

Around him, the buildings were silent, devoid of any sound or light, appearing utterly dead.

This was not normal.

The village wasn't very large. Not to mention the scream Erui had let out earlier, the sounds Arthur and the mutated corpses made during their fight should have been heard by some of the villagers.

The faint scent of blood wafted through the air, making the night seem even more terrifying.

Arthur walked cautiously.

As he reached this place, a long-lost sense of danger rose within him, a strange palpitation violently impacting his mind, as if warning him of something.

"Unknown force field detected ahead! Recommend immediate departure from current location!"

The mechanical voice of the Chip in his mind sounded rapidly, urging him to leave quickly.

Arthur suddenly froze and slowly raised his head.

Upon a tall rooftop stood a woman's figure, her long hair trailing down to her ankles, looking rather terrifying.

As if sensing Arthur's gaze, she slowly lifted her head, revealing her appearance.

It was a decaying woman's face, upon which white worms writhed from time to time, horrifying and disgusting.

On the decaying face, a pair of blood-red eyes held endless negative emotions, staring at Arthur with hatred and madness.

Ah!!!

She let out a sharp, terrifying scream that reverberated through the surrounding space, carrying horrific negative emotions that made even Arthur's heart pound.

"Was that scream she made earlier?"

Arthur felt a jolt in his mind, as if his soul had been captured by her scream. Only this thought remained in his mind.

A black shadow lunged forward rapidly, a claw larger than a human head reaching for Arthur, seemingly intending to crush his head in one go.