Hunting

Just then, a faint point of light flew out from the headshot walking corpse and landed on Huo Ling.

Hm? What was this?!

A thought flashed through Huo Ling's mind. Could killing walking corpses also increase potential points?

He stopped where he was and called up his status panel.

Name: Huo Ling

Mana: 18/21

Skills: Dark Breath Meditation Method Zero-Rank Spell: White Bone Fangs

Potential Points: 0.5

Sure enough, his potential points had increased by 0.5!

Huo Ling was overjoyed. Having seen the benefits of potential points, he knew they were truly valuable.

A walking corpse only provided 0.5 potential points, even less than a goblin. Was it because walking corpses lacked intelligence?

At that thought, a blazing desire rose in Huo Ling's heart. Why not kill all the walking corpses here?

The hideous, ferocious walking corpses in the room suddenly looked incredibly adorable to Huo Ling. It was as if he could see several potential points waving at him.

But after a moment's thought, Huo Ling suppressed his greed. He had not even escaped danger himself yet. He could not put himself at risk over a few potential points.

As long as he stayed alive, there would always be opportunities later. Huo Ling was still far too weak.

With that, Huo Ling stopped hesitating. He carefully made his way down the stairs, ensuring he did not make a sound.

He lightly stepped over the walking corpse whose head he had blown apart, careful not to step in the blood.

After reaching the ground floor, Huo Ling slung on his backpack, changed direction, and prepared to stay away from the groups of walking corpses.

Several groups of walking corpses had passed through his original route last night. Based on his current guess, they had likely all hidden in the stairwells on either side to avoid the sunlight. If he went that way now, he might walk straight into a horde of corpses.

So Huo Ling slowly felt his way in the direction he had come from yesterday, intending to find another building to stay in.

But the Spirit Realm was always full of surprises. Before he had taken more than a few steps, he heard sounds coming from ahead.

He dropped to one knee and listened closely, his expression changing involuntarily.

The sounds coming from nearby were exactly like the goblin voices he had heard yesterday. There were probably goblins ahead again.

Could the goblins have tracked the traces I left yesterday and come for revenge?!

That should not have been possible. A whole night had passed, and so many walking corpses had moved through the area during the night. How could they still track him?

There was no time to think. Huo Ling did not even bother concealing his footsteps as he turned and ran.

After all, the area was surrounded by walking corpses. They did not dare come out during the day, so it was relatively safe.

After running over a hundred meters, he turned his head and saw a line of green figures appear far down the street.

Huo Ling did not dare keep running. He used his spiritual power to locate a building without walking corpses, then climbed in through a gap in a first-floor window.

He carefully climbed to the fourth floor, hid in a room, and watched the goblins from beside the window.

There were far more goblins this time than yesterday—over twenty of them. They swaggered along noisily.

They kept chattering away, and from time to time, some of the goblins even roughhoused with one another.

The weapons these twenty-odd goblins carried were no different from the goblin Huo Ling had encountered yesterday. There were even several more goblins wearing feather-and-grass necklaces.

That made Huo Ling even less willing to move. With so many goblins, their combat strength was definitely not something a novice apprentice mage like him could handle.

With White Bone Fangs taking three seconds per cast, even if those goblins stood still, he could only kill seven of them.

As for close combat, there was no need to mention it. Three goblins attacking together would be more than enough to give him trouble.

All he could do now was hide well and hope the goblins did not discover him.

The goblins walked down the street, occasionally striking the walls of the buildings and making loud noises. Sometimes one or two goblins would enter a building, only to emerge again after a while.

What were they doing?

The goblins' actions left Huo Ling baffled. In such a dangerous place, should they not try to make as little noise as possible? Why were these goblins being so arrogant?

At last, the goblins reached the vicinity of the building where Huo Ling had once hidden. There were dozens of walking corpses nearby.

What would happen when these goblins encountered the walking corpses? Huo Ling grew curious.

He peered out from upstairs, keeping his eyes fixed tightly on the goblins in the distance.

The twenty-odd goblins formed a long line, and two of them entered another building.

Huo Ling's heart tightened as he watched them. There were several walking corpses inside that building.

Very soon, the two goblins rushed out of the building. They shouted in their chattering language, their voices filled with excitement.

What was going on? Huo Ling did not understand. Though he could not comprehend the goblins' words, he could hear the delight in their voices.

As the two goblins shouted, the remaining goblins also erupted into joyous cries.

They excitedly rushed into the building with their spears. The distance was too great for Huo Ling's spiritual power to reach, so he could not tell what was happening inside.

But more than ten minutes later, the goblins emerged.

Some of their spears were stained with blood as they happily walked out of the building.

Huo Ling, who had been watching them all along, saw a sight that made his pupils contract.

The goblins at the rear came out in pairs, carrying walking corpses!

This time, the walking corpses were completely dead. Their bodies bore wounds from spear thrusts, and black blood dripped from the wounds onto the ground.

The walking corpses' hands and feet were tied to the goblins' spears and carried out of the stairwell.

Not one of the three walking corpses in that building had escaped. They had all been killed.

That was not the end of it. The goblins then swept through several more buildings, killing the walking corpses inside before tying them to spears like piglets and carrying them downstairs.

During the closest encounter, Huo Ling could already observe their movements with his spiritual power. Naturally, he would not miss this chance to watch.

After discovering that there were walking corpses in the building, the goblins began calling out to their companions. Then another seven or eight goblins charged inside.

Once the goblins found the walking corpses, they all smiled.

In stark contrast, the walking corpses heard the approaching goblins but did not open their eyes. They did not even move.

One goblin revealed a ferocious grin, then raised its spear and thrust it straight into a walking corpse's chest. The sharp stone spear pierced its body.

Only then did the walking corpse react. It suddenly opened its eyes and flailed its arms desperately, but it was already too late.

With its chest pierced through, it could no longer approach the goblins. Then another goblin stabbed it again with a stone spear, ending the walking corpse's life.