Damn, I Awakened With A Horror System!
Chapter 357 - 357: Tree of Unending Illusion (2).

Speaking those words, the soul parasite clicks its imaginary tongue, shaking its head before looking at Leo with its divine senses, wanting to see the other party's reaction.

However, the thing it saw makes its imaginary blood churn in pure anger. In its divine senses, Leo's eyes were only focused around it, seemingly looking for something, and didn't even bother listening to his explanation.

"Da*nit! I've been explaining here for quite a while, yet you don't even listen? Hey, hey, where are you going? The direction of the mountain peak was there, not here!"

Seeing Leo's complete disregard as he started moving toward the west instead of north, the soul parasite within couldn't help but blurt out in panic, unaware if the other party had already been affected by the rules within this place or simply disregarding his words...

However, thinking how they were still at the foot of the mountain, where the effects of the complete rules were scattered around and not at their densest — the soul parasite's imaginary lips twitched uncontrollably.

Although it didn't know about Leo's full capabilities, it was sure that the rules within wouldn't affect him throughout, probably only giving him a faint illusion before regaining clarity after a while.

...

"A grade-3 spiritual herb. Unfortunately, it's not ripe yet. Well, I can plant it later and wait until it is ready."

Picking up a colorful patch of grass beneath him with extreme care, Leo unfolded a sincere smile on his cold face. Looking at its information for quite a while before hiding it within his half-filled inventory.

At the same time, while he was picking the herbs he had luckily encountered, the explanation of the soul parasite earlier appeared within his mind — pondering as he gleaned the deeper meaning of the other party's words.

It could be said that, despite his nonchalance earlier, he put most of his attention toward the other party, wanting to discern its thoughts as much as possible to gain more advantage.

Since it highly points out that the main inheritance of the independent world would surface in a couple of days, there should be something inside that could greatly enhance his strength — even probably helpful to him and his future cultivation path.

It's just that the existence of the other party was highly doubtful, perhaps akin to a ticking bomb that would explode in any second. Without knowing its thoughts and purpose, he couldn't trust the soul parasite's words easily.

Rustle~

As Leo was deeply engrossed with his thoughts, the towering grass not far away from him suddenly issued a rustling sound, moving irregularly as an enormous python, with a length that reached as far as his vision could see, suddenly emerged from beyond.

Without further ado, upon sighting Leo's existence, the python suddenly releases a hissing sound — eyes venomous before lunging toward his direction.

Its tongue, which was filled with a sticky substance forcefully flung into the atmosphere, causing the substance it carried to splatter within the atmosphere, falling before burning everything it touched.

"This..."

Boom!

Having no time to react much to the sudden appearance of the beast or even use his divine innate skill in order to ensure that the enemy wasn't some sort of illusion employed by the rules around, the head of the python hit his body with great force, instantly causing his body to fly in the distance...

Vanishing deep within the towering grasses on the far horizon, leaving disheveled grasses on his path.

As for why the python hasn't used the opportunity presented to itself to consume him in one go, Leo managed to shift his body in time; hence, it could only hit him with its destructive force.

Hiss!!

Seeing its prey vanish within its senses, the python's vertical irises flicker with cold light, hissing before following where Leo's body flies.

...

Ding!

-25 health!

-10 health!

-8 health!

Feeling the corrosion on his transparent skin, scorching to the point that it started to blacken and fall off, revealing the veins and muscles underneath, Leo couldn't help but release a groan of pain, coughing before unsteadily employing his life-origin flame within his fingertips before enveloping his burned parts, causing them to heal at a slow speed.

"This. They even could employ rules. I thought they lacked intelligence?"

Sensing that certain inexplicable rules invaded his body, running through his blood and causing his healing speed to reduce by a considerable amount, Leo's eyes couldn't help but flicker in surprise, hurriedly manipulating his rules to drive out the invading rule within his body before gazing toward the distance.

There, tens of meters away from him, beyond the disheveled grasses that rustled toward the sky, the familiar python could be seen coldly gazing toward his location, flicking its tongue as an imaginary cold smile seemed to emerge from its reptilian face.

Hiss!

Slither~

Without further ado, following its destructive instinct, the python immediately lunges toward Leo's location with a swift speed, creating a destructive sound as the wind around it was forcefully bent in its wake.

"Da*nit!"

Cursing out loud as he couldn't employ his divine innate skill — unable to stay still and focused toward the rampaging beasts, causing him to be unable to fully glean its information — Leo immediately spread his arms, pointing toward the python as the shadows around it suddenly deformed, forming into thick chains that abruptly coiled the long body of the beast.

In an instant, after seeing the chains successfully intertwined the python's body, Leo immediately clenched his fist, making the shadow chains grow countless sharp roots that pierced the scales of the snake, making the python open its mouth as it released a grotesque cry.

"This, I thought you were formidable... Quite disappointing."

Soon, feeling that the struggle of the python began to weaken, seemingly about to die in any second, Leo, who was about to activate a finishing move, planning to end the python's misery, suddenly halted his movement.

His face instantly froze as a premonition of danger suddenly emerged within his mind, enveloping his being in a matter of seconds as indescribable pain assaulted his senses.

Ding!

-55 Health!