Why Are Your Attribute Gains So Weak?

The ground was littered with corpses, yet Lu Xingshi felt neither guilt nor nausea. He had seen scenes far more horrifying than this.

"After killing so many people, you don't feel even a shred of remorse?" A middle-aged woman glared at Lu Xingshi with disgust as she accused him.

Lu Xingshi stopped walking and turned his gaze toward her.

Her skin was fair, and neither her clothes nor accessories were things ordinary families could afford. She was clearly someone who had lived in luxury within a powerful household.

"Actually, I do feel a little remorse." Lu Xingshi spoke sincerely. "If I'd known they were coming to kill me, I shouldn't have waited for them to make the first move. I should have acted sooner and eliminated the danger."

This woman was level twenty-five, the highest-level Professional he had encountered so far.

Someone like her should have been a core figure within some wealthy household.

He estimated that the highest-level Professionals in the Lower District were probably around level thirty, and certainly no higher than level thirty-five.

Hearing Lu Xingshi's words, the middle-aged woman stared at him in disbelief. "You... no wonder you dared commit such a monstrous crime of defying your superiors. You were born evil!"

As she spoke, she launched an attack. He had no idea what skill she used, but ice prisms filled the sky and came smashing down toward Lu Xingshi.

She was a spellcasting class, one specializing in the Ice Element.

Lu Xingshi immediately judged her situation.

Before the ice prisms could even reach him, they shattered completely and fell like fragments to the ground.

The sight left the middle-aged woman dumbfounded. It was her first time seeing a skill get destroyed halfway through before it even struck its target.

"Th-That's impossible!!!" Her voice became much