Twisted Creature
Fang Yi walked ahead, his mind filled with complex emotions. On one hand, he was happy to have survived, but on the other hand, he had become that strange guy's test subject. He touched his heart, feeling its beating and sensing a chilling sensation. Fang Yi knew that this person might be a Correctors. Regardless, he had to live.
"So, you were so scared before because you thought I was a cannibal," Lu Li said casually. After understanding the situation in this world, he knew that the large-scale appearance of cannibals was a normal phenomenon.
People with low infection levels cannot eat food with higher infection levels, while the most abundant food for low-infection people is precisely their own kind. In times of great famine and severe food shortages, cannibalism was a common phenomenon.
"That's right, sir. Although the settlement openly combats cannibalism, such things still happen frequently. Some cannibals specifically target those who go to scavenge, and there are even slave-catching groups operating in the shadows," Fang Yi replied in a low voice from the front.
Even in peacetime, when food is not scarce, some people choose to eat humans for strange reasons. For example, a cult believes that cannibals are beings superior to humans. In this twisted and lawless era, food scarcity alone is understandable.
However, some of the upper-class people in the settlements believed that they were superior to humans, and with rumors circulating that cannibals could absorb twisted power and become superhumans, although the settlements openly cracked down on cannibalism, there were many semi-hidden cannibalistic practices among the upper echelons of the settlements.
Lu Li and Fang Yi walked through the forest park, searching for the so-called twisted creatures or other targets. After all, Fang Yi was now practically one of their own, so they had to work hard to get some fur or similar items and study the twisted creatures along the way.
During their journey, they passed by the place where Lu Li had arrived and where Zheng Li had died. Compared to the somewhat gloomy Fang Yi, Lu Li glanced around and confirmed his guess.
This world is filled with all sorts of twisted forces. Newly born souls, without Lu Li's help to stabilize them through witchcraft, would be quickly destroyed in this environment. Of course, it is also possible that under the influence of the twisted forces, they would undergo a secondary mutation and Avatar into twisted souls, but the chances of this are too small.
"Perhaps we could try artificially cultivating Twisted Souls, and by combining various methods, we could make Twisted Souls achieve the effects of that so-called Twisted Artifact." Although Lu Li had never seen a Twisted Artifact, it wasn't unreasonable for him to make some reasonable guesses.
"Furthermore, with so many cannibalistic phenomena here, we could try transforming the Twisted Soul into Wendigo Spirit to study the power of cannibalism among our own kind." Lu Li carefully considered each potential research topic, then his expression shifted slightly as he sensed some creature approaching.
There aren't as many twisted creatures as one might imagine. This is mainly because the major settlements in Min'an City conduct clean-up operations on the surrounding areas every so often, and these clean-ups have just ended, so twisted creatures from other areas haven't yet surged in again.
The blue flame on Lu Li's hand glowed slightly, and he saw a black figure rushing towards Fang Yi, who was walking in front. Fang Yi once again demonstrated his amazing reaction and perception abilities, and the moment the black figure attacked, he covered his head and crouched down to defend himself.
As Time Acceleration, Lu Li rushed forward, using martial arts from the Black Heaven Hall. He swung his palm into a blade, slashing through the air at the dark figure. The figure staggered and landed on the other side, its emerald eyes looking at Lu Li with a hint of wariness.
"Its physical defense is not bad. Although my physical fitness is not high, with the Time Acceleration and the combination of Black Heaven's advanced martial arts, the power of my palm strike was enough to sever tendons and bones, yet it did not kill it!" Lu Li looked at the creature in front of him.
It was a black cat the size of a leopard, with smooth, glossy black fur and a wagging black tail. In the next moment, it rushed towards Lu Li like a black lightning bolt. After assessing the cat's defenses, Lu Li realized that he really didn't have a good way to kill or subdue it without damaging its fur.
"In that case, the assessment of the Correctors will also have to rise. The power of the distortion force is somewhat beyond my imagination." Lu Li began to think, completely ignoring the black cat rushing towards him. The black cat pounced on him, its sharp teeth piercing Lu Li's throat, and blood began to splatter. Lu Li could feel the pain that he could only feel when he was dying.
The next moment, the black cat also collapsed to the ground in pain, its body convulsing violently. Although it did not die immediately, it was unable to move. Lu Li clutched his neck, took a moment to recover, and then waved to Fang Yi, beckoning him to come over, as he was crouching there preparing to escape.
Although Lu Li didn't have a good way to subdue the black cat, he did have a clumsy method: the Cursed Blood. Through a secret technique, he made his blood contain a deadly poison, causing any creature that drank his blood to suffer excruciating pain and lose the ability to resist.
This is a spell invented by a mage who became a vampire slave. The activation conditions are extremely simple, after all, his conditions as a slave were very poor. It is precisely because of this that the backlash of the Cursed Blood spell is very severe. Every once in a while, the blood will become hot, making people enjoy the extreme pain of the blood boiling.
Each time the Cursed Blood takes effect, it lasts ten to fifteen minutes. It can be described as an extremely powerful witchcraft that injures the enemy by a hundred while also injuring the user three thousand, since it is indeed quite difficult to get the enemy to drink one's own blood.
Ten minutes of blood boiling time is still too long. Lu Li is not afraid of pain, but these ten minutes are a complete waste of time, so let others bear this side effect.
The Curse Transfer Technique requires the target to be completely powerless to transfer the curse to the target, and it also has certain side effects. The caster must withstand the negative energy impact of the spell, and their will may be corrupted, making them prone to hallucinations. Of course, Lu Li still let Fang Yi bear this side effect.
So the next moment, Fang Yi collapsed to the ground, letting out a cry even more pitiful than the black cat's. He felt his blood burning, as if he were in flames, the scorching pain making it impossible for him to even faint. At the same time, he felt as if something was gnawing at his brain, and the whole world became incredibly strange. All sorts of hallucinations appeared in his mind. Under this double torment, it was enough to drive him to the brink of collapse, truly a living hell.
"I can't die, I can't die!" Fang Yi cried, his terrifying will to live supporting him through this torment, preventing him from choosing to end his life by crashing into a wall.
Lu Li, on the other hand, happily crouched down to study the Big Black that had no power to resist.
I went to bed a little late last night, so the update is a bit late. Sorry.