Chapter 120 - 117: Blood Spirit Curse

Some people have a huge misunderstanding.They think that since there’s no permanent death in the Spirit Realm, death is not scary, dying isn’t a big deal, losing levels or experience are inconsequential punishments, so they can act recklessly without fear of others.

This conception is utterly wrong.

And you could say it’s ridiculously wrong.

Why do you fear the dentist when you know pulling a tooth won’t kill you?

Why do you hesitate to remove hemorrhoids when you know it won’t be fatal?

Therefore, the words of the bald leader carry a significant intimidation factor.

The Spirit Realm feels 100% real, and any torture can be applied. Even after the torment, one can be healed with a Healing Skill and then continue the torture.

Compared to pulling teeth or removing hemorrhoids, it’s nothing.

The majority of people in this world are ordinary folks.

The perseverance of mortals is limited.

Sometimes, the process of dying is more terrifying than the result of death itself.

This was Jiang Nan’s first encounter with such an ordeal. She felt extremely afraid.

She had been raised in a serene and friendly environment, her parents and family protected her well, and she attended the most well-managed and academically rigorous schools in Yanjing from a young age.

Being only nineteen, Jiang Nan had never stepped into society, nor witnessed its cruelties. In her worldview, most people were kind-hearted.

Something like this.

She had only occasionally seen in legal news reports.

It always felt so distant, as if it were from another world.

She had never imagined it would one day happen to her.

What to do? The other side had more than ten people, each well-equipped, and none below level 2.

Even if Hang Yu were strong, could he fend off so many?

Her and Wang Cong’s combat power was almost negligible!

"Sometimes people can be scarier than monsters!"

Jiang Nan suddenly remembered something Hang Yu had once said.

She hadn’t understood it at the time, but now she deeply felt its truth.

"Don’t fear, the binding will soon disappear." Hang Yu suddenly spoke to the two of them: "When it does, you run left, ignore everything else, understand?"

Jiang Nan and Young Master Cong were momentarily stunned.

Was Hang Yu planning to break out forcefully?

There were over a dozen of them; it seemed too difficult.

"What the hell are you muttering about, refusing a toast only to drink a forfeit!" The bald leader evidently noticed their movements, and knowing the binding effect was about to end, he immediately shouted a command: "Get them!"

Almost simultaneously.

Wild grass and vines withered and crumbled.

At the moment the Spirit Realm bandits acted.

Hang Yu threw out the smoke bombs purchased from the Corpse Witch Temple.

Bam! Bam!

Two smoke bombs exploded in the dense forest.

Thick white smoke instantly spread, obscuring vision. All that could be heard were the curses of the Spirit Realm bandits and the sound of arrows whistling through the air.

"Run!"

Jiang Nan and Wang Cong had barely taken a few steps when a burly man blocked them.

This was a level 2 Combat Professional. Though his level wasn’t high, he was fully equipped with a shield.

Seeing the two, the burly man was about to strike.

Suddenly, a flying knife shot through the air, embedding in his head.

How powerful was Hang Yu’s level 3 Enhanced Throwing?

Even for a well-equipped level 2 Combat Professional, it instantly drained him of over two-thirds of his life!

Jiang Nan seized the opportunity to strike the priest’s nail hammer at the opponent’s head.

At least she was level 4, wielding level 2 light white equipment. A Holy Professional’s physical attack ability is second only to a Combat Professional, directly leaving the opponent on the brink of death.

The moment the burly man died, the entwining blood mist dissipated.

Part of it was absorbed by Hang Yu, part by Jiang Nan, and three or four items exploded.

I killed someone!

Jiang Nan looked at the body.

Her mind went blank.

"Don’t stand there, move!"

Hang Yu picked up the items, tossed them into the storage space, and gave Jiang Nan a push.

The three successfully broke out, running about five hundred meters before hiding behind a large rock.

Jiang Nan and Wang Cong both looked shaken. Jiang Nan had just personally smashed a bad guy’s head and was now trembling with fear, and Wang Cong was trembling too, but from rage.

"Sons of bitches."

"They’ve gone too far."

"If I find out who they are in the real world."

"I’ll make sure they pay the price."

The Eldest Young Master Wangcong was nearly exploding with rage.

A person of his stature has never endured such humiliation. But what truly infuriated him might not be the actions of the bandit villains, but the powerlessness he felt inside.

Everything has changed.

He felt as if he had fallen from the clouds.

The feeling of being bullied and helpless is so suffocating!

Hang Yu held Jiang Nan’s frail shoulder and said to her, "Don’t be afraid, you did well, you didn’t do anything wrong."

Hang Yu’s gentle comfort made her feel much better, she wiped away the tears at the corner of her eyes and quickly asked, "What should we do now? It’s too unsafe here... Should we activate the Teleportation Scroll and return to the camp?"

"Why go back?" Hang Yu smirked slightly, showing an unreadable smile, "These fools are kindly delivering equipment; I’ve got to graciously accept it all and give them a bit of face."

Jiang Nan was confused, not really understanding.

"No time to explain, this place is temporarily safe, you guys hide here first, wait until I’ve taken care of everything, I’ll come back for you."

Jiang Nan and Wang Cong understood now.

Hang Yu actually plans to go out and deal with these Spirit Realm bandits?

But Hang Yu is alone, even if he is at level 4, it’s impossible to defeat more than a dozen Spirit Realm bandits at once, right?

Jiang Nan didn’t even have time to dissuade him.

Hang Yu just directly turned transparent and vanished.

Young Master Cong was also dumbfounded, saying somewhat incredulously, "I think he’s really gone crazy!"

Hang Yu hadn’t gone crazy.

It was those bandits who were crazy.

They actually dared to rob Hang’s head!

Looking for death, to them, Hang Yu is like a plague, a presence that absolutely cannot be provoked.

But even the lion must go all out when hunting a rabbit; the battle power of the Spirit Realm bandits is still quite substantial.

Even though Hang Yu didn’t take them seriously, in order to ensure nothing goes wrong, and to ensure there are no loose ends, he decided it was best to scout before taking action.

Hang Yu closed his eyes.

Activated Eagle Eye skill.

Ordinary Eagle Eye has only one reconnaissance perspective, but after obtaining the Scout profession heritage, you can freely choose between two perspectives, and the method of choosing is very simple.

If you activate Eagle Eye with closed eyes, it’s a bird’s-eye reconnaissance perspective, the field of view is very large and can even move for reconnaissance.

If you activate Eagle Eye with eyes open, the skill effect will directly enhance the normal field of view, with a stronger ability to detect invisible units.

Hang Yu closed his eyes tightly and activated the skill.

A brand new vision directly connected to his brain.

He felt he had turned into a hovering eagle, overlooking the forest situation from above, the radius of vision could reach over 500 meters, the insight of level 3 Eagle Eye was so powerful it could even pass through forest gaps to discern prey hiding in the thickets.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven...

Hang Yu systematically marked each target.

Spirit Realm bandits have a characteristic that a mist of blood surrounds them.

This blood mist is not an effect of equipment or skills, rather a special kind of Spiritual Qi called "Blood Spiritual Qi", and the usual way to obtain Blood Spiritual Qi is only one—killing the same race or allied race!

According to Spirit Realm rules.

Only killing alien races or monsters will directly gain Spiritual Qi.

If you hunt the same race or allied race, you won’t directly gain Spiritual Qi.

But the target being killed indeed loses Spiritual Qi, where does this Spiritual Qi go?

In reality, this Spiritual Qi will wrap around the body of the slaughterer!

This type of Spiritual Qi is known as Blood Spiritual Qi.

Abbreviated to Blood Spirit.

Blood Spirit can also be absorbed.

It’s just that the absorption speed is comparatively slow.

Some Spirit Realm steles or special items can quickly purify Blood Spirit, though the purification cost is quite high, once Blood Spirit is purified, it essentially turns into ordinary Spiritual Qi, and can be immediately absorbed by the body.

In other words.

Killing the same race and allied race can also plunder Spiritual Qi.

It’s just that the process of absorbing Spiritual Qi has limitations and costs.

Blood Spiritual Qi lingering around the slaughterer for a long time will bestow a "Blood Spirit Curse" BUFF upon the slaughterer.

Blood Spirit Curse has both a positive and negative effect.

The positive effect is, in the state of Blood Spirit Curse, upon death, the possessed Blood Spiritual Qi will automatically evaporate, offsetting part of one’s own Spiritual Qi loss, and the probability of dropping equipment when killing others will increase.

The negative effect is, in the state of Blood Spirit Curse, upon death, the explosion probability of equipment and even Storage Space items will greatly increase, and the Blood Spirit Curse effect can stack, it’s completely possible for one explosion to leave not even a shred of fur.

The concept of a red name in online games.

In fact, the situation is not quite the same.

Blood Spirit Curse is not entirely a negative BUFF.

In the future, bandit groups that live by killing the same race will certainly appear.

After all, compared to exploring the unknown mysteries of the Spirit Realm, the cost-effectiveness of plundering the same race is evidently much higher!

This group is the best proof!

They are all carrying Blood Spiritual Qi, all bearing the Blood Spirit Curse.

Killing them won’t generate new Blood Spirit Curse, and their equipment explosion rate is alarmingly high.

Especially the ones leading the group.

Judging from the thickness of the Blood Spirit, they had at least slaughtered over ten of the same race; if they were to die now, their entire body would explode, not leaving even a single hair!

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