After killing Chen Ergou and the other two, Qi Chen could feel a hint of enlightenment towards Shadow Ambush in his heart.
He had already mastered the use of [Shadow Kill], the next advancement of Shadow Ambush.
The hunger brought about by the level up swept over him.
Qi Chen didn't hesitate and decisively swallowed the fruit that Liu Fuxue had previously given him.
Not only could spirit fruits provide enhancement points, but they were also very helpful in alleviating hunger.
Popping one spirit fruit in his stomach, Qi Chen could already feel a sense of fullness.
After eating his fill, Qi Chen began to study how to increase his defense and speed without the help of the system.
He checked the situation inside his body.
Of all the meridians in his body, three were the thickest.
Qi Chen tried to control the energy stored in his body and send it to the rightmost meridian.
With the transfer of energy, he could feel that his defense had improved.
This feeling could not be felt with the help of the system.
After the system digitized his three-dimensional attributes, Qi Chen couldn't feel much change in his body.
Is the system good or bad?
A shadow fell over Qi Chen's heart.
But now was not the time to dwell on this.
Qi Chen noticed that as the energy was transmitted, one tendon would slowly grow larger while simultaneously compressing the other two tendons.
At the sight of this, he stopped channeling energy into the right meridian and operated on the middle meridian instead.
When the meridian in the middle grew to the same size as the meridian on the right side, Qi Chen stopped and began to transfer energy into the meridian on the left side.
It was at this moment that he felt the piercing pain from his breakthrough.
The more energy was delivered, the stronger his meridians became, and the more intense the pain became.
This piercing pain only lasted for less than ten seconds before his meridians stopped expanding.
Qi Chen knew that this was the bottleneck between level-six and level-seven.
Every expansion of his meridians would be accompanied by intense pain. Only by enduring that period of time could he complete his advancement.
Qi Chen took a look at the remaining energy in his body. There was not much left.
To be safe, he decided to kill a few more people to accumulate more energy.
He turned his attention to the killers in the distance.
…
The death of Chen Ergou and the other two cast a shadow over everyone's hearts.
No one knew how they died.
The leader's level-ten cultivation was useless here.
The surrounding fog could cut off his perception of his surroundings.
Right now, his perception was like that of an ordinary person who had yet to cultivate.
"Everyone, focus!" The leader roared, "Six people in a group! Don't be too far away. That Liu Fuxue can't run far. She must be nearby!"
"Understood!"
The killers moved closer to the nearest team.
Do you think that will work?
Qi Chen, who was hiding in the tree, stared down at the three-man team that passed by under him. He leaped and decisively activated his new skill, Shadow Kill.
At the same time, the three of them realized that their feet seemed to have been snarled by something. When they looked down, they felt a chill at their throats.
Fresh blood spurted out as they collapsed lifelessly.
Three more people died!?
Everyone exclaimed in their hearts, their expressions changing drastically.
No one knew if they would be the next to die.
"Boss, why don't we retreat…"
A lackey's voice was trembling and he looked flustered. A pungent smell of urine came from between his legs.
"If we don't leave now, we'll all die here! If we leave, we'll die too, but at the very least, we'll die a clear death. We won't even know how we died here!"
"Boss, Second Brother is right…"
Another person gulped. "We won't even know how we died here…"
"…"
The leader's face darkened, he did not know what to do.
While he was hesitating, a few more people were killed.
To these desperadoes, death was not the scariest thing. The scariest thing was dying without knowing why.
"Let's go!"
There was a flash of ruthlessness in the leader's eyes. If he went out and was killed by his employer, it would be better than dying here without knowing why.
Upon hearing this, everyone felt relieved.
They gathered together and left without looking back.
Seeing the killers leave, Qi Chen lamented in his heart.
If he could keep all these people here, the energy they provided would definitely be enough for Qi Chen to break through to level ten.
These people were already gathered together, so Qi Chen didn't dare to act rashly anymore.
After all, he was only at level six. He could only kill so many people at a higher level with the help of the environment.
After everyone left, Qi Chen glanced at the corpses on the ground and his heart trembled.
These corpses that he had just killed were now completely white without a trace of blood.
Something was sucking all the blood from these corpses while he was killing his enemies!
Qi Chen thought that he would be the predator, but he turned out to be the prey instead.
He could not stay here for long.
Qi Chen looked at the corpses on the ground fearfully before returning to Liu Fuxue's side in a hurry.
Liu Fuxue was still squatting on the ground. Besides some dirt on her body, there was nothing else.
Qi Chen nudged her leg and gestured for her to follow him.
One human and one egg left this strange unknown area in another direction.
Nothing else happened on the way out.
Only when he reached the edge of the unknown area did the system in Qi Chen's mind return to normal.
He immediately opened his status to check his attributes.
[Host: Qi Chen]
[Level: 6/10]
[Speed: 7.9/10]
[Defense: 7.9/10]
[Attack: 6/10]
[Enhancement Points: 0]
[Skill 1: Shadow Kill (Proficiency %*&/1000)]
[Skill 2: Immovable Mountain (Proficiency *¥#/200)]
[Technique: Primordial Chaos Technique]
The attributes on the status made Qi Chen feel that something was wrong.
He was certain that the energy in his body was the enhancement point.
However, there was no change in the three-dimensional attributes even when he added the enhancement points.
The proficiencies of the skills were messed up. Only the attack attribute had increased by 0.1, and became 6 points.
More and more mysteries surrounded Qi Chen.
[Prompt: Eight hundred meters ahead, one level-five demon beast has appeared!]
[Prompt: Eight hundred meters ahead, one level-six demon beast has appeared!]
The system's prompt interrupted Qi Chen's thoughts. He organized his thoughts and brought Liu Fuxue to avoid the demon beasts one after another.
"Hehehehehe… You will come back."
When Qi Chen was about to step out of the unknown area, he heard a strange laughter beside his ears.
Qi Chen turned around and saw only the quiet forest behind him.
"What is it?"
Liu Fuxue asked with concern.
Qi Chen shook his body, indicating that he was fine.
The two continued forward.