Almost without hesitation, Qin Jie bought the tengu mask. Just by looking at it, he knew it was very suitable for him. Furthermore, the upcoming journey would likely have a large number of vengeful spirits, as the cave already had a faint purple glow. The last time he saw a purple glow, it was Wu Shou.
After buying it, Qin Jie asked, "Will you still be here next?"
A Ji of the Sacrifice Gang nodded, his voice low and hoarse, "There are an extra number of dead here. Wherever there are dead, there is the Sacrifice Gang."
"That's right, I'll support you. Don't wander around recklessly from now on. I'll come back for you later," Qin Jie repeatedly admonished.
He had his eyes on the Raikiri. If he had the chance, he would definitely exchange for that sword sheath.
After putting on the tengu mask, Qin Jie went straight into the cave.
The air inside the cave was turbid and damp, mixed with a foul stench. This feeling gave Qin Jie an ominous premonition.
In the darkness, a few chewing sounds began to mix in. Qin Jie followed the sound and saw a gaunt man kneeling on the ground, his body trembling.
"Hungry, so hungry."
"I've been eating all the time, why am I still so hungry?"
Suddenly, the man's nostrils twitched. He sensed Qin Jie's Qi.
"I smell it. This scent is even more fragrant than the meat I ate a month ago. What is this scent?"
He slowly turned around, and a putrid smell wafted over. His stomach had rotted into a large hole, and his thigh was already bare white bone. He had just eaten his own thigh meat, but unfortunately, all that meat had leaked out through the opening in his stomach.
Not only that, but faint specks of light also lit up on his body.
Judging by the color, it seemed to be a vengeful spirit.
Perception.
Qin Jie was a bit speechless. Ashina built so many tunnels every day, he didn't know what they were for.
What, do you Ashina people eat fried dough rings and douzhi every day or something?
They built them but didn't manage them, causing so many vengeful spirits to breed in these tunnels.
"Hungry!"
The male vengeful spirit roared, then lunged at Qin Jie.
[Perception]
Name: Oda Sumire
Health: 63%
Mana: 20/20
Strength: 4
Agility: 3
Stamina: 7
Intelligence: 2
Charm: -1
Luck: 0
Skill 1, Vengeful Spirit: This unit is a vengeful spirit body. Damage from ordinary weapons is reduced by -60%, and spiritual or holy damage received is doubled.
Skill 2, Bite: Grabs the target and bites fiercely, dealing 50 damage and applying negative effects such as bleeding and disease.
Skill 3, Shriek: Emits a shriek, dealing 10 damage and summoning vengeful spirits within 50 meters.
---The male vengeful spirit named Oda Sumire lunged directly at Qin Jie. Qin Jie did not dodge or evade, but merely watched him calmly.
"Bang!"
Oda Sumire crashed into the shield. At the same time, he suddenly let out a scream, his body melting away like melting snow in the scorching sun, and his form gradually solidified from its original ethereal state.
"W-what is this?"
This was the effect of the tengu mask. The vengeful spirit in front of him was almost killed by this passive effect. Although he didn't die, Qin Jiemerely stepped forward and delivered a supplementary sword strike, and the male vengeful spirit vanished after this single blow.
[Killed a vengeful spirit, gained 38 Sacrifice points.]
The tengu mask's effect was astonishing. For others, this effect might just be a blood-for-blood mask, but for Qin Jie, this mask was a Divine Artifact that could maximize the use of his high shield.
After activating his shield, Qin Jie, relying on the tengu mask, directly began to move deeper into the cave according to the route on the map. During this time, Qin Jie could clearly feel that the surrounding miasma was gradually growing thicker. Not only that, but the purple light appearing around him also gradually increased.
Clearly, Qin Jie's presence as a living person had already attracted their attention.
It was unclear which vengeful spirit shrieked first, but then, the shrieks throughout the entire cave began to ring out continuously. The next moment, all the vengeful spirits inside the cave seemed to be activated by this single shriek, and they all let out their own piercing shrieks.
Qin Jie covered his ears. The next moment, a completely transparent vengeful spirit appeared behind him, but upon contact with the shield, it recoiled sharply as if touching fire. The reflected damage from the tengu mask would cause spiritual damage when facing creatures like vengeful spirits, and spiritual damage would deal double damage to vengeful spirits.
Without hesitation, Qin Jie turned and killed the vengeful spirit behind him with a single sword strike. But the next moment, more vengeful spirits surrounded him. At this moment, these vengeful spirits had only one thought: to devour Qin Jie.
However, the attacks of these vengeful spirits all struck Qin Jie's high shield, while simultaneously reflecting a large amount of spiritual damage from the tengu mask's passive. Many vengeful spirits were instantly killed the moment they triggered the reflected damage, and even if some vengeful spirits survived, the remaining health was merely a matter of one strike from the devouring abyss.
[Killed a vengeful spirit, gained 28 Sacrifice points.]
[Killed a vengeful spirit, gained 37 Sacrifice points.]
[Killed a vengeful spirit, gained 42 Sacrifice points.]
[Killed a vengeful spirit, gained 56 Sacrifice points.]
---In just a moment, Qin Jie had accumulated 1896 Sacrifice points. If this continued, Qin Jie might soon gather enough points to exchange for the Raikiri sword sheath.
At this moment, Qin Jie seemed to be strolling leisurely, occasionally striking down vengeful spirits that weren't instantly killed. He keenly noticed that as he delved deeper, the rate at which his shield depleted noticeably accelerated, although this still didn't give him the slightest sense of danger.
In just a short while, all the vengeful spirits around Qin Jie were killed. However, the miasma inside the cave had only weakened by a third, and a large amount of miasma still filled the cave.
This meant that there were still a large number of vengeful spirits active in this cave, but due to Qin Jie's widespread killing, even the ordinary vengeful spirits, who weren't particularly bright to begin with, instinctively developed a fear response and now began to hide from Qin Jie.
Since they were hiding from Qin Jie, he wouldn't blame them if he personally sought them out.
Qin Jie activated Hunting Perspective. A moment later, three vengeful spirits that met the Deathmatch conditions appeared in the cave.
Qin Jie's Deathmatch would grant attribute point rewards based on the Rank difference between the two Deathmatch participants. When encountering powerful units in a derivative world, a Rank would be determined based on the current world's Rank and the target's own attributes.
At this time, there were a total of three vengeful spirits in the cave, with Ranks of LV7, LV8, and one LV10.
These vengeful spirits all had the ability to teleport. Unless a Deathmatch was initiated to prevent their escape, pursuing them would be quite difficult. Therefore, Qin Jie directly targeted the LV10 vengeful spirit.
If he was going to kill, he would definitely kill the most valuable one.