A crisp sound-that was a good skull.
Liu Tie glanced at the figure sprawled on the ground, then spared him no further attention.
Instead, he flexed his hand, recalling the sensation against his palm. He was certain he hadn't struck the uncanny creature at all.
On the contrary, the uncanny child had vanished the moment the man's head burst.
"Damn it!"
Liu Tie cursed.
He still wanted to drive away, but another scream rang out.
Someone else had been chosen.
This time, it was a woman. The instant she screamed, everyone around her scattered.
Not a single person wanted to go near her.
She had intended to seek out Liu Tie as the man had, but one look at the man's gruesome fate made her fear overwhelm that impulse.
She began begging everyone for help.
"Save me, please... I don't want to die!"
As she spoke, the woman blocked Zhou Ping's car.
Zhou Ping, who had just been about to drive off, froze in disbelief.
"Hey, get the hell out of my way! I can't save you!"
But the woman refused to listen.
"No, you can't! You can't leave! You have to save us! Aren't you Sequence Transcendents? You're Sequence Users! You have to save me! Yes, you have to save me!"
Hearing that nearly crashed Zhou Ping's brain.
What do you mean, I have to save you just because I'm a Sequence User?
What the hell?
I'm a support Sequence User! What are you talking about?!
Then another terrified cry rang out.
"Ahhh! There's... there's another uncanny creature!"
"Waaah..."
A whimpering sob followed.
Within Zhou Ping's field of vision, a bluish-purple infant appeared behind the woman.
Then Zhou Ping's pupils contracted slightly.
The moment that bluish-purple figure appeared, the infant actually flashed him a mocking smile.
Then a whimpering sob rang out.
"Waaah... human... human scent..."
The next instant.
The infant suddenly exerted force with its arms. The woman's neck began twisting, accompanied by the sound of flesh tearing.
Her head was ripped off, blood spraying and pouring out.
Having done all that, the uncanny creature vanished again, leaving only a head that landed on the hood, its eyes wide in death and fixed on Zhou Ping, its face full of terror.
The body slid to the ground, blocking Zhou Ping's front wheels.
Everyone around them had gone mad.
They wanted to flee, but the moment someone's hand caught a car door, another hand reached over.
"Hey, what are you doing? This is my car!"
But the other man didn't care whose car it was. He only wanted to escape as quickly as possible.
He snatched the keys from the owner's hand and kicked him away, preparing to get in and flee.
But the moment he pulled the door open, another hand reached over.
The same thing happened again.
Scenes like this were playing out all through the convoy.
"Fuck! Damn it!"
Seeing this, and the survivors blocking his car, Liu Tie couldn't help cursing aloud.
"Looks like we can't get away!"
Gritting his teeth, he got straight out of the car.
Fan Shang did the same. Looking at the chaos around them, he knew they probably wouldn't be able to escape this time.
Even if Fan Shang could ram his way through, that clearly wasn't a good choice.
After all, it would be all too easy to get stuck.
As he thought about it, Fan Shang also noticed new changes on his panel.
[Name]: Fan Shang [Race]: Human [Constitution]: 20.5 [Spirit]: 13 [Qi]: 18 [Skills]: Willpower lv2, Street Elbow Strike lv5, Learning lv3 [Sequence]: Underworld Soldier [Traits]: ① Yin Soldier's Borrowed Road: [You can briefly manifest Sequence energy to permeate reality, forming a Ghost Road belonging solely to you. (Length 100, width 2) Underworld Soldiers on this Ghost Road will receive enhancements including, but not limited to, strength, speed, and reaction speed. Note: This road belongs solely to Underworld Soldiers. All creatures on the Ghost Road other than Underworld Soldiers will be subjected to the intimidation of death.] ② Edict of Coexistence: [Current symbiotic individual: Little Black (Heterochromatic Black Cat)] [Constitution: 3 → 5; Spirit: 5 → 7; Qi: 7 → 9] [Bloodline: Evil-Repelling LV1, Yin-Yang Eyes LV1] [Survival Points]: 3000
[Ding. Underworld Soldiers can obtain one ability from a symbiotic creature. You may now extract one ability from your symbiotic individual. Would you like to proceed?] [Evil-Repelling: Expel evil entities. You will receive warnings of calamity. Your blood will cause discomfort when splashed onto evil entities. Your presence will bring balance to your surroundings.] [Yin-Yang Eyes: Discern reality and perceive yin and yang. You will be able to see what ordinary people cannot.]
Fan Shang read the notification, then looked at Little Black, who had already opened both eyes in the passenger seat.
Little Black was now different from before.
A spectral-blue edict was imprinted on the cat's forehead, flickering with an eerie light.
Those mismatched eyes, one blue and one gold, seemed to have ghostly flames burning quietly within them, radiating a sinister chill.
Little Black had changed. Yes, the cat had not only grown a size larger, but was even radiating an icy, sinister chill.
Now, one glance at Little Black was enough to ensure no one would dare mistake the cat for an ordinary pet.
"Meow!"
As those thoughts flashed through his mind, a clear meow pulled Fan Shang back to reality.
Now isn't the time to space out!
"Little Black, let's go!"
Without hesitation, Fan Shang beckoned, then immediately got out with Little Black.
At the same time, he didn't forget to extract an ability.
He understood perfectly well that if he killed these uncanny creatures this time, all of them would die!
[Beginning extraction.]
To be honest, of Little Black's two abilities, Fan Shang preferred Evil-Repelling.
Although its ability to seek fortune and avoid danger overlapped somewhat with his Death-Announcing System.
There was still the ability to harm uncanny creatures with his blood, along with the ability to balance the surrounding aura.
If he encountered an uncanny creature like the Person in the Rain in the future, he would at least have another way to deal with it.
But the other ability wasn't bad either.
Fan Shang thought as he read the description of Yin-Yang Eyes.
He had wondered how Little Black always spotted uncanny creatures so quickly. So it was because of Evil-Repelling and Yin-Yang Eyes.
Presumably, Little Black could see the traces that Fan Shang couldn't.
As he thought about this, the convoy had descended into complete chaos.
Liu Tie and the other two had gathered together, their expressions grave as they surveyed their surroundings. When they saw Fan Shang looking their way, they noticed the black cat on his shoulder, which was as large as a big dog.
They were startled at first, but now wasn't the time to think about that.
They hurriedly waved him over.
Nowhere in the convoy was safe now. With that incorporeal uncanny creature around, no one knew who would be targeted next.
With that in mind, he didn't hesitate. In their current situation, Yin-Yang Eyes was clearly more useful to Fan Shang than Evil-Repelling.
[Extracting symbiotic creature ability: Yin-Yang Eyes] [Current level: LV1] [Description: Discern reality and perceive yin and yang. You will be able to see what ordinary people cannot.]
As that notification popped up.
The next instant, a spectral-blue edict appeared above the head of the black cat, which was the size of a large dog. Then the same thing happened above Fan Shang's head.
As that spectral-blue edict appeared, an intense burning sensation erupted in Fan Shang's eyes, and spectral-blue flames poured out of his eye sockets.
Feeling this, he squeezed his eyes shut. When he opened them again...
The dark iris of his left eye was gone.
In its place was an eye that gleamed fiercely in the night.
An eye with a blue-gold vertical pupil.
The instant that eye appeared, Fan Shang felt his vision...
Change!
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