Phantom

After bringing down his axe, Lu Ren did not greedily press the attack. Seeing that he had failed to achieve anything, he directly reached out and gripped the narrowing gap in the door. As the muscles in his arm bulged, he faced those black-hole-like eye sockets that seemed ready to devour people and sighed. "The master of this house is quite strong. I don't see you refusing, so I'll be coming in!"

As he spoke, he lowered his waist and hips slightly. In an instant, the dimensions of his arm muscles swelled by another degree, forcibly pushing the door open more than halfway. Facing that malicious gaze, he squeezed his way inside.

Bang!

With the door tightly shut behind him, Lu Ren saw a figure nearly two meters tall, dressed like an old farmer. His ancient, worn clothes looked as though they would completely weather away in a single gust of wind, and they were covered in patches. His face had only a pair of eyes and a mouth, all of them as black as ink, like black holes.

Even with Lu Ren's eyesight, he could not make out what lay within those eye sockets. They truly resembled black holes, impossible to see through.

Could this be one of the original residents of this city?

As Lu Ren pondered this, the master of the house suddenly pounced at him. Its movements did not appear fast, yet Lu Ren was shocked to discover that he could not evade it no matter what. Even the space around him seemed to slow invisibly.

He even felt his body's agility become sluggish in that instant.

Lu Ren's gaze turned grave. Without hesitation, surging True Energy flooded through his body like crashing waves, pouring into his limbs and bones. Spiritual radiance coiled around his body,