Seizing the Key

After half an hour of scalp-crawling noises and strange whimpering sounds, everything finally fell silent.

Only then did Lu Ren, his muscles bulging and veins throbbing all over his body, slowly calm the abnormalities within himself. He turned his attention to the System Prompt Sound from earlier.

"Ding. You have successfully killed a Phantom Devil. You have gained 1 Skill Point."

Seeing this message, Lu Ren was practically beside himself with excitement. This path worked! In an instant, the way he viewed things changed. To others, the Phantom Devils that wandered the streets at night, constantly trying to lure people outside, were terrifying horrors. But to Lu Ren, they were merely wandering Skill Points.

More than a hundred thousand of them!

With that thought in mind, Lu Ren could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart. He repeated the process, dragging in the Phantom Devils calling his name outside and slaughtering them one by one.

In a single night, Lu Ren gained nearly six Skill Points. If dawn had not arrived, he felt he could have gained even more. He looked regretfully at the first rays of the rising sun on the horizon.

The entire room looked like a slaughterhouse. Blood and flesh were splattered everywhere, with broken limbs and shredded meat from the Phantom Devils staining the walls, bed, table, and every piece of furniture, creating an utterly horrifying scene. An ordinary person would probably need a year of psychological therapy just to recover after taking one look.

The other Heavenly Immortals happily welcomed the arrival of a new day, but Lu Ren, whose mindset had now changed, found daylight rather disagreeable. Night was still better. As long as he worked hard enough, this place would absolutely be his blessed land.

After all, the rule that prevented them