Damn, I Awakened With A Horror System!
Chapter 358 - 358: Tree of Unending Illusion (3).

Ding!

-55 health!

-40 health!

+25 health!

Followed by the indescribable sensation of pain, countless texts informing him about the damage he had received reflected within his mind, making his expression instantly turn gloomy as he immediately utilized all of his rules — enveloping his being and removing the thing that injured him secretly.

Thang—

Thang!

In an instant, as colorful miasma emerged from his body, 3 invisible sharp objects suddenly flew out from his body, hitting the ground nearby before releasing crisp sizzling sounds, turning into liquid afterward before vanishing within his senses.

"Scales?"

Leo thought, although the sharp objects immediately vanished within his senses, he still saw their appearance that was highly similar to the scales of the enormous python he had just trapped, making his eyes glint with coldness as he immediately noticed that something was amiss.

Sure enough, after shifting his gaze from the ground and toward the coiled body of the python in the distance, Leo shockingly found that the python had already escaped from his entrapment.

Its body, which almost covered his vision earlier, suddenly reduced to only 5 meters in length, using the gaps from its sudden size deflation to escape his shadow chains!

...

Advanced Qi Bullet!

Knowing how troublesome it was to let the other party escape, Leo immediately activated his advanced qi bullets, causing the tips of his fingers to light up with different colors, releasing a different intensity of spiritual qi before hurling toward the wounded body of the python with a swift speed!

Hiss!

Seeing this, the python only stared at Leo with unprecedented coldness, hissing before diving toward the towering grass behind it, instantly vanishing within Leo's vision.

Boom!

"Da*nit! Are you sure they don't have intelligence? They seem much smarter than the low blood outside."

Seeing his qi bullets miss their target, Leo couldn't help but question the soul parasite within him while healing his wounds with both his life-origin flame and the dying immortal skills, enveloping his being with a soft white glow that purged the lingering venom inside his illusionary body.

At the same time, while his body was healing at visible speed, his eyes warily focused on the rustling, towering grass around him, increasing his vigilance to avoid being ambushed.

...

"Tsk. I didn't say that they were complete idiots."

Seeing how Leo gained injuries, the soul parasite momentarily stopped absorbing the other party's soul energy, explaining before continuing.

"Besides that, although their intelligence hadn't awakened, their minds was similar to normal animals. Through instinct, they knew how to hunt cleverly!"

Speaking those words, the soul parasite was about to take a sip from the other party's soul energy reserve when suddenly, behind Leo, the miasma, covered in rules, suddenly churned.

The air whistled dangerously as a fast object suddenly flew toward the latter's location with a swift speed, to the point that the air around it began generating sonic waves!

Spew!

Unfortunately, Leo, already vigilant around him, immediately activated his qi bullets upon noticing the shifting of air, hitting the hurling scale with extreme precision that created a loud explosion within the atmosphere.

Shadow Spear!

Still not done, Leo abruptly pointed his hand toward the origin of the scales, causing the shadows within the area of 5 meters to deform as spears made of darkness abruptly emerged from the ground in a matter of milliseconds, piercing anything around akin to a trap pit.

Hisssss!!!!

Hearing the familiar cry of the python, Leo, with eyes as deep as the abyss, hurriedly opened his inventory, taking out dozens of low-level puppets within before tossing them toward the atmosphere, activating them simultaneously with his soul energy as their eyes turned crimson in unison.

"Spread! Make sure to hinder that snake!"

With a quick command from him, the puppets immediately flew away, toward the direction where the cry of the python had just resounded.

***

Ding!

[ Congratulations upon killing a mid-stage core formation realm beast.

+1,500 exp points! ]

Soon, amidst the destroyed vegetation around, the figure of Leo, with burn marks throughout his body, could be seen wearily facing the lifeless body of the python in front of him... Watching its almost dismembered body with coldness before gazing at the notification that just popped up with some disbelief.

"This, are you sure this beast is only mid-stage of the core formation realm?"

Unable to believe what he had just heard, not knowing why the system labeled the beast as a mid-stage despite its strength that was almost comparable to a peak one, Leo immediately activated his innate soul scan ability, staring at the corpse as its information soon reflected on his irises.

Ding!

[ Thousand Poison Python: A python who was immersed in killing, causing it to awaken a trace of its ancestral bloodline. A single drop of its venom could slowly kill a normal early stage of the core formation realm in pure agony.

Realm: Mid-stage of the Core Formation realm, Level 9.

Title: Rare Beast

Innate Ability: Enhanced Scales, Devouring Poison.

Rules: Corroding Poison (25%), Blood as Poison (25%).

___Attributes___

Health: 0/1,000

Qi Storage: 128/500

Mental Storage: 100/500

Stamina: 223/750

Strength: 475

Speed: 475

Qi Power: 500

Mental Power: 300

Skills: Grappling (Rare), Hurling Scales (Rare), Traceless Poison (Epic), Size Manipulation (Epic)...

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[ Devouring Poison: An innate talent that allows one to be immune to countless poisons. Moreover, consuming poisons could increase the user's body's toxicity, venom, poison resistance, poison talents, and realm (depending on the toxicity of the item consumed). ]

[ Size Manipulation (Epic): An ability that could manipulate one's size freely. Increasing one's size could increase the user's strength and defense by a considerable amount in exchange for speed... However, reducing one's size could increase speed and reflexes in exchange for strength. ]

"No wonder; its attribute points alone were already comparable to mine when I was at the same level as it. Besides that, its manipulation skill is also troublesome."

"Heh, don't think too much; with how many spiritual plants on this mountain, increasing their strength by solely eating isn't impossible."

Seeing the shock in the latter's face, finally knowing that there's still something that could change Leo's expression drastically, the soul parasite explains with a smile. Taking a break before mocking Leo.

"Besides that, remember that there's always a mountain beyond the mountain, so don't be upset upon seeing some low-level beast trouble you greatly."