No matter how brilliant one's methods are, when facing an anomaly, one still feels terror in their heart.
After all, this was only his fifth night since coming to this world.
Su Yuan held an axe in one hand and a Spirit Fire Talisman in the other.
He was ready at any moment to launch an attack on any anomaly that might suddenly appear.
Woof! Woof Woof Woof!
Little Coal Ball suddenly began barking wildly at Su Yuan's feet.
Su Yuan sensed something was wrong and quickly retreated.
A pair of pitch-black, monstrous hands emerged from the spot where he had just been standing.
Su Yuan threw the Spirit Fire Talisman in his hand at them.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!
The Samadhi True Fire ignited the monstrous hands, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into ash.
However, Little Coal Ball remained restless, growling incessantly.
Whoosh!
Su Yuan felt a chill at his feet as another pitch-black monstrous hand emerged,
nearly grabbing his ankle.
He dodged to the side and swung his axe fiercely.
Clack!
The monstrous hand was severed and turned into a puff of black qi.
Fortunately, the axe was able to disperse the monstrous hands.
Awoo!
Little Coal Ball let out a yelp; it had been grabbed by a monstrous hand.
Su Yuan swung his axe again to rescue it.
Awoo!
Little Coal Ball followed closely behind Su Yuan as twenty or thirty monstrous hands emerged from the ground, reaching out to grab them.
Damn it!
Su Yuan swung his axe continuously; the monstrous hands were severed, turned into black qi, and then condensed once more.
The unkillable monstrous hands left him exhausted.
Su Yuan wanted to run toward the Black Room, but when he turned his head, he found that behind him lay what looked like a bottomless abyss.
His heart tightened, and he turned to run toward the Small Park.
Monstrous hands kept reaching out from under his feet, trying to grab him.
Fortunately, Su Yuan was quick-witted and managed to climb up the slide with Little Coal Ball.
The monstrous hands seemed to only emerge from the ground, so here, they were temporarily safe.
"Whew."
Su Yuan caught his breath and quickly pulled out his Survival Handbook.
At this moment, a new Eerie Rule had appeared on the Eerie Rule page.
【Eerie Rule: In the darkness, evil qi has permeated the land, and this place has transformed into an Abyss Land. You must be careful not to be grabbed by the ghost hands, lest you fall into the abyss, be assimilated by them, and turn into an anomaly.】
Turn into an anomaly?
It seems that Eerie Rules are not all about death; there are also rules for assimilation into an anomaly.
Su Yuan's expression changed abruptly.
He felt that his 100 lives suddenly didn't seem so great anymore.
If he really turned into an anomaly, what use would having so many lives be?
Su Yuan's gaze fell on the ground of the park plaza, and he discovered that the ground looked as if it had been coated in a layer of asphalt—black, sticky, and gooey.
Pairs of ghost hands reached out from underground, searching everywhere for prey.
Awoo!
Little Coal Ball was trembling all over.
It huddled behind Su Yuan, not moving an inch.
Su Yuan closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
He used a Clarity Talisman
to soothe his nervous emotions.
It doesn't matter; the Spirit Fire Talisman still poses a huge threat to the ghost hands.
But if he had to burn the ghost hands one by one, not to mention whether he could take them all out,
even if he managed to wipe them all out, the Spirit Fire Talismans would be exhausted. What would he do if he encountered other anomalies?
Right!
A flash of inspiration struck Su Yuan.
His gaze fell on the paint buckets under the slide, and he became thoughtful.
Heh heh.
You like reaching out from underground, right?
I'll just turn the ground into a sea of fire; let's see you reach out now!
However, he still needed a primer.
Su Yuan opened the Trading Platform and searched for strong liquor.
There really was some, but wait?
Why is it this chatterbox again?
Forget it. He sent a trade message asking, "I want to trade talismans with you for strong liquor, is that okay?"
Zhang Quancai: "Great God Su Yuan, what a coincidence! You want to trade with me again? Not only do you like beverages, but you also like drinking? Heh heh, these liquors are also brewed by myself. There is something strange; when brewing, a time bar appeared above it. The liquor that originally took a long time to brew successfully only took one day and one night to finish. Do you know what I used to brew..."
"Stop saying useless things. I'll say it again: I want to trade talismans with you. Just tell me if it's possible or not?!"
"Daoist Priest, you're impatient. A practitioner of the Dao should have a steady temperament."
"You?!"
Su Yuan was so angry he almost vomited blood.
"Alright, alright, I won't say anything else. Seriously, I don't want your talismans. Do you have any food?"
"I need the strong liquor urgently right now; I don't have food on me."
"Oh, you can give it to me later. I'll trade it to you first."
Although this idiot was very long-winded, his efficiency was decent, and he completed the trade directly.
Su Yuan obtained a large barrel of strong liquor.
"Huh, you don't have food on you?" Zhang Quancai suddenly realized: "Daoist Priest, you aren't outside, are you? It's nighttime! You..."
Having obtained the strong liquor, Su Yuan closed the Survival Handbook immediately.
He really was afraid of that guy.
Although there wasn't much liquor, it was enough!
Ghost hands, are you ready to welcome a feast of fire?
He stuck a Spirit Fire Talisman onto the side of the liquor barrel,
then took a deep breath, gripped his axe, and slid down the slide.
Woof!
Has Master gone crazy?
Little Coal Ball wanted to chase after him, but at the thought of those terrifying ghost hands, it pulled its claws back.
Master, are you abandoning Little Coal Ball?!
Woof, Master, how could you do this?
This dog will never trust humans again.
It lay there helplessly, looking weak, pathetic, and hopeless.
By now, Su Yuan had landed. He swung his axe, and the ghost hands on the ground were cut down like leeks.
Taking advantage of the gap before the surrounding ghost hands could recover, Su Yuan aimed his axe at the paint buckets.
Clack, clack, clack!
Facing his axe, the paint buckets were like paper.
With a light swipe, all those paint buckets shattered.
Paint gurgled and flowed out from the buckets.
The sticky paint spread instantly.
The ghost hands were still trying to attack Su Yuan.
He severed a few ghost hands and climbed back up the slide ladder.
Woof woof!
Seeing Su Yuan return, Little Coal Ball instantly became spirited and full of energy.
I knew it!
Master would never abandon me!
Woof!
I am so charming, how could Master bear to abandon me?!
Su Yuan was annoyed by Little Coal Ball, who kept scratching at him, so he pushed it away and reached out to grab the liquor barrel and threw it out.
"Samadhi True Fire, come!"
The Spirit Fire Talisman stuck to the liquor barrel ignited instantly, and the flames intertwined with the strong liquor.
Whoosh!
The barrel used to hold the strong liquor instantly turned into a fireball,
Bang!
The fireball landed on the paint.
Boom!
The flames exploded instantly and surged across the ground; the park plaza became like a sea of fire.
Under the blazing flames, the eerie ground emitted black smoke, and the ghost hands on the ground were burned to ash after being touched by the Samadhi True Fire.
In no time at all, the ground returned to calm.
At the same time, a voice rang in Su Yuan's ears.
【Congratulations on hunting 30 ghostly creatures. Honorary Title upgraded: Ghost Hunter.】
Su Yuan's first reaction was to open the Survival Handbook to check the Eerie Rules.
【Raging fire burns away evil qi; the anomaly has been driven back to the abyss.】
It's over!
Su Yuan looked toward the Black Room, and the path there had reappeared.
"Let me see what that Honorary Title upgrade means."
Su Yuan flipped to the Honorary Title page.
The original Ghost Hunter had been changed to Ghost Hunter, and his attributes had doubled accordingly.
"Ghost Hunter": When facing ghostly creatures, Deterrence +20; damage bonus against ghostly creatures +60%. （Note: After hunting 100 ghostly creatures, you will obtain the Ghost Hunter Maniac title, and your attributes will double.）
"The ghost hands really gave me a wave of Experience." Su Yuan smiled slightly.
He looked at the park ground; the flames had already extinguished.
In this Eerie World, it is filled with pervasive Anomaly Aura; even the scorching Samadhi True Fire cannot last forever.
Su Yuan climbed down from the slide, and this time, Little Coal Ball followed him.
"Forget it, let's call it a night. One Treasure Chest is not bad; I shouldn't be greedy."
He was just about to call Little Coal Ball back to the Black Room.
But just as he walked out of the park, a light and powerful sound of footsteps rang out behind him.
Woof! Woof Woof Woof!
Little Coal Ball turned around abruptly and began barking wildly at the darkness before them.
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