Death in His Sleep, Another Rollback!

The female ghost leaned prettily against Xu Chunliang's shoulder, stealing a glance at his neck, which was only inches away.

Four long fangs sprang out in an instant,

and she bit at his neck.

Clang!

A metallic clang rang out as she bit down on something hard: a small brass knife.

Before she could react, the hand gripping the handle twisted sharply, mangling her mouth full of fangs in an instant.

The knife continued upward with the motion, plunging into the space between the female ghost's brows with a wet squelch, followed immediately by an utterly natural twist of the handle.

At the same time, Xu Chunliang's free left hand moved silently to the female ghost's chest.

Ignoring her voluptuous body, he pressed his thumb beneath his middle finger, pushing the knuckle out into a sharp point,

and struck with explosive speed, shattering the heart behind her breastbone.

A saturation kill.

"You?"

The female ghost managed that single question before falling to the ground. The black mist dispersed, and she turned into a filthy, shabby doll sewn from burlap.

What the fuck?

I was just with a doll...?

Xu Chunliang suddenly had the bizarre feeling that he had run into his previous self in this world.

In his previous life, he had three dolls too.

And they had all been cast from molds!

Of course, cuddling dolls was less fun than being a necromancer.

Xu Chunliang murmured this to himself, regretting a little that, no matter what he did, he could no longer share this realization with his enthusiastic group-chat friends from his previous life.

On that point, Xu Chunliang felt some regret.

When he saw that the attribute points on his panel had risen to six, that regret vanished.

Name: Xu Chunliang.

Age: 16.

Attribute points: 6.

Level: Transcending Mortality Grade+ (10 attribute points required to advance to Star Transformation Grade).

Skill: Black Tiger Saber Technique+

Remaining rollbacks: unlimited.

Current rollback point: slaying the brothel's female ghost.

With four more points, he could advance to Star Transformation Grade. By then, he would be the strongest among the small banner officers of Fan City's Demon-Slaying Bureau.

He might even be able to exchange blows with certain squad leaders.

Xu Chunliang was very satisfied with these gains.

Yawning, he picked up the battered burlap doll, slipped out of the inn, and headed home.

The uncanny beings he killed would occasionally drop things called uncanny objects.

These things could be used for cultivation and artifact crafting, and he could exchange them for money later.

Xu Chunliang swore to the heavens that this had absolutely nothing to do with his fondness for collecting all kinds of dolls in his previous life.

After returning home without incident, Xu Chunliang tossed the rag doll and the paper ghost face onto the table, then fell into a deep sleep.

Half an hour later, Xu Chunliang's breathing was long and slow. He had clearly sunk into an exceedingly deep sleep.

A dark figure appeared silently in his courtyard,

opened the door without a sound, and stood beside his bed.

It looked down at him curiously.

He was a Moon Glow Grade great demon.

He had stumbled across Xu Chunliang while out hunting earlier.

Xu Chunliang's actions in first killing the scholar and then the brothel's female ghost had shocked him greatly.

He had never seen such a "powerful" human.

That "power" lay not in his level, but in his precision! In his foresight!

The person before him seemed to possess a strange ability to foresee everything.

Letting such a person live would be irresponsible toward demons and ghosts.

What was unnatural in the world became a demon,

what gained sentience among things became a spirit,

what remained when a soul refused to disperse became a ghost,

what was abnormal among things became a monster.

Demons, spirits, ghosts, and monsters defied all reason!

Above them, there seemed to be deranged immortals and buddhas.

Leaving aside those unattainable immortals and buddhas,

demons, spirits, ghosts, and monsters were all one family. They fed on humans; either one side overwhelmed the other, or the other side overwhelmed them.

Now that he had seen this youth lying low in a small city, a youth who would surely become a human heaven's chosen in the future, he had to act and kill him.

A sharp black sword quietly emerged from his pitch-black right hand, like a growth of keratin, and silently slit Xu Chunliang's throat.

Xu Chunliang opened his eyes and found himself standing in front of his house.

Was it a dream? he murmured inwardly, before realizing what had happened.

The breeze brushing against his body gave him the answer: No! This isn't a dream!

I rolled back again.

Someone killed me in my sleep?

Who killed me?

He looked to either side. There was no one around.

Who could it be?

Xu Chunliang unlocked the door and walked into the courtyard.

In the dark night sky above him,

an uncanny being shrouded in shadow floated less than three meters above his head, quietly watching him as he stood in the courtyard.

Its entire body was wrapped in black, leathery material like a bat's wings, leaving only a deathly pale rabbit's head exposed. The head was as white as snow, and its two scarlet eyes were like blood jade.

It was looking down at Xu Chunliang curiously.

Xu Chunliang's expression betrayed nothing, but his heart pounded like a war drum.

He had to find the person hiding in the darkness.

Otherwise, how could he possibly sleep soundly?

He casually tossed the doll and the paper ghost face onto the ground and stood with his hands behind his back,

saying calmly, "Who's there? Come out. You've followed me all the way here. If you have business with me, come out and speak face-to-face."

Before he had finished speaking, the dark figure floating overhead wore a look of shock.

"No!"

"Even a warrior of the same Moon Glow Grade couldn't detect me in the dark! He's only a minor warrior at the Transcending Mortality stage! There's no way he could detect me!"

"That's it! He really does have the ability to foresee the future!"

The dark figure looked even more shocked.

Without hesitation, he descended from the sky, driving the sharp black sword in his hand straight into the crown of Xu Chunliang's head.

He pinned Xu Chunliang firmly to the ground.

In the moment he died amid searing pain, Xu Chunliang confirmed the direction of his enemy.

There was someone above him.

Someone who had killed him without hesitation.

Everything rolled back once more, and Xu Chunliang stood at the courtyard entrance again.

He didn't turn his head to look around.

He took out his key, opened the door, entered the courtyard, lit a candle, and put his things down.

Carrying a basin, he went to the well.

Under the gaze of the being overhead, whatever it was, he drew a basin of water.

He prepared to wash his face.

By the light of the candle, he saw his enemy reflected in the basin.

It was a blurry black shadow and a white dot rippling slightly.

When did I get mixed up with a thing like this? Xu Chunliang wondered.

His body, however, showed no reaction.

He lowered his head and began washing his face with great care.

Using the ice-cold well water, he forced himself to calm down and think about the patterns in the behavior of this fellow who had suddenly appeared.

The first time, he had died in his sleep.

Even though his opponent could have crushed him, he had still chosen to wait until Xu Chunliang was asleep before making his move. That was certainly not because he had a humanitarian desire to spare his enemy pain.

There was only one answer: his opponent was very patient.

The second time, he had died after trying to bluff his opponent into revealing himself, and had been pinned to the ground in an instant.

Against him, Xu Chunliang had no power to resist.

That meant his opponent was both decisive and powerful.

An enemy he simply could not resist.

What should he do?

Xu Chunliang pondered as he washed his face.

The dark figure floated above the courtyard, quietly watching Xu Chunliang wash.

He had always been patient, and that was also the main reason he had been able to cultivate to the Moon Glow Realm.

This was an excellent opportunity to strike,

but he still chose to wait.

Waiting for the youth to fall asleep and stabbing him to death with one stroke was the safest way to kill him.

He would wait a little longer. He had plenty of time anyway.

Xu Chunliang finished washing his face on high alert. Once he was sure his opponent had no intention of attacking, he casually splashed the water into the courtyard and turned to go inside.

He took off his clothes as before and placed the small brass knife close enough to grab with an outstretched hand,

then closed his eyes.