The cave was silent, with faint specks of light flickering in the dark corners. The LV10 vengeful spirit Qin Jie was hunting was directly ahead. Not only that, but it was also guarding the entrance to Shuisheng Village, much like a final boss.
"For my scabbard, you must die."
Ahead, a circular open area appeared. The miasma in the air was extremely dense here, and even the rock wall above had begun to drip water, forming a puddle on the ground.
It seemed the "person" Qin Jie was looking for was just ahead.
He drew devouring abyss, and the purple light ahead became exceptionally Rich. At the center of the purple light was Qin Jie's old friend, Wu Shou.
[Insight]
Name: Wu Shou
Health: 100%
Mana: 100 / 100
Strength: 23
Agility: 12
Stamina: 28
Intelligence: 10
Charm: -5
Luck: 0
Skill 1, Vengeful Spirit: This unit has a vengeful spirit body. Damage from ordinary weapons is reduced by -60%, and it takes double damage from spirit or holy elemental attacks.
Skill 2, Vengeful Soul Weapon: Wu Shou's blade attacks slow enemies by 38% and reduce their recovery effects by 20%.
Skill 3, Shriek: Emits a shriek, dealing 50 damage and summoning vengeful spirits within 50 meters.
Skill 4, Shirikodama Extraction: Wu Shou appears behind the enemy and attacks them. If it hits, there is a 60% chance to trigger an instant Death effect.
--- This Wu Shou was considerably larger than the one Qin Jie had encountered before, standing about 2.3 meters tall. Its previously bloated, pale body now had a faint black-purple sheen, looking disgusting and terrifying, like a demon from a child's nightmare.
The purple-glowing long blade in Wu Shou's hand was two meters long, with serrated patterns. Being hit by it would likely cause significant damage.
When facing such an enemy, Qin Jie needed to close the distance. Only close-quarters combat would negate the advantage of its weapon's length.
Upon seeing Qin Jie, Wu Shou's body instinctively shifted into an ethereal state. Clearly, it realized Qin Jie was not to be trifled with and prepared to flee.
Deathmatch, begin.
How could Qin Jie let it succeed? Deathmatch was immediately activated, locking down the fleeing Wu Shou. Wu Shou instantly let out a piercing shriek, its health having just sharply decreased by 40%.
Realizing escape was impossible, Wu Shou immediately let out another ear-piercing shriek, beginning to summon its companions.
This thing is quite clever.
To save time, Qin Jie directly applied Divine Flying Snow. The next moment, cherry-colored flames reignited on his sword. Qin Jie charged with his sword, and in the next instant, Wu Shou's body was pierced through by Qin Jie.
Wu Shou immediately let out a tragic wail. It instantly began to resist, its two-meter-long blade hacking at Qin Jie's shield, but unable to harm him in the slightest. Not only that, but Wu Shou also triggered the tengu mask's counter-damage passive.
It wailed even more tragically, and its ethereal body solidified.
The tengu mask can only be triggered once per minute against the same enemy, and only for five seconds each time. Qin Jie naturally wouldn't easily miss this precious five seconds of output time.
In just an instant, Wu Shou's two arms were quickly severed. The suffering Wu Shou's hair around its neck thrashed like seaweed underwater, enveloping Qin Jie. Although it couldn't Breakthrough the shield's protection, it did throw Qin Jie flying.
"Bang!"
The force of this throw was considerable. Qin Jie was flung far away, his body crashing into the nearby rock wall. Although the shield absorbed much of the damage, the impact still left Qin Jie a bit dizzy for a moment. He turned his head, meeting a hideous ghostly face.
Accompanied by a scream, the vengeful spirit that attacked Qin Jie was instantly revealed by the counter-damage. Qin Jie slowly stood up expressionlessly, clutching the neck of a nearby vengeful spirit. With a sound like breaking glass, the vengeful spirit was strangled by Qin Jie, its body turning into specks of light.
At this point, the surrounding vengeful spirits began to increase. Wu Shou's shriek had summoned a large number of vengeful spirits. These vengeful spirits were controlled by Wu Shou, guarding it and surging towards Qin Jie.
It was hard to imagine such a large number of vengeful spirits in this cave. However, it was strange that the Deathmatch had not been invalidated by the addition of these vengeful spirits.
Qin Jie pondered for a moment, then realized he had also encountered summoner Contractors with charm specialties in the arena. These Contractors, despite being in one-on-one matches, could summon powerful summons without violating the rules.
Perhaps Wu Shou was similar; these vengeful spirits were all considered Wu Shou's summons and would not break the Deathmatch.
The Deathmatch only lasted for one minute. Qin Jie had no time to entangle with these vengeful spirits. He conjured a Sword Shadow on the spot, his body entering an invisible state, then headed straight for Wu Shou.
Wu Shou let out another shriek, and the surrounding vengeful spirits surged directly towards the Sword Shadow. It seemed it could command the nearby vengeful spirits through its shriek.
Bypassing the vengeful spirits, Wu Shou's massive, bloated body seemed to be watching the engulfed Sword Shadow.
It was strange; although this thing had no head, it could indeed see its surroundings.
But trying to explain an unscientific existence scientifically didn't seem quite right.
Qin Jie's figure suddenly appeared behind Wu Shou. He was accustomed to attacking from behind, but this time Wu Shou reacted in an instant. The black hair at its neck began to writhe, preparing to envelop Qin Jie.
But Qin Jie's attack was too fast. The cherry-flamed blade of devouring abyss slashed directly downwards, and Wu Shou's body was instantly split in two by Qin Jie. It let out a cry of pain, and the next moment, Wu Shou's body was slain by Qin Jie on the spot.
[Killed powerful vengeful spirit · Wu Shou, gained 4% World Origin.]
[Gained 2307 Memorial Points.]
[Gained Diary Fragment · 1]
A blue treasure chest slowly emerged from Wu Shou's corpse. Qin Jiegrabbed it and stuffed it directly into his backpack.
As Wu Shou died, the surrounding vengeful spirits seemed to be released from their forced control. For a moment, they instinctively attacked Qin Jie, but after being terrified by the killings, they began to disperse instinctively, then vanished without a trace.
Although Qin Jie tried his best to kill during the last moments of Divine Flying Snow, he only managed to get over five hundred Memorial Points. He was still quite a few points short of exchanging for Raikiri.
He could only come back later; after all, the immediate priority was to go to Shuisheng Village.
At this time, all the miasma in the cave had dispersed, and an opening appeared before Qin Jie, which was the entrance to Shuisheng Village. The cold moonlight poured in through the opening, and the hoarse cries of crows could be heard in the distance.
It seemed Shuisheng Village was just ahead.