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Chapter 196: Wandering Specter (Please Subscribe, Bookmark, and Vote for Monthly Ticket)

Chapter 196: Chapter 196: Wandering Specter (Please Subscribe, Bookmark, and Vote for Monthly Ticket)

Whoo—

A wail like the lamentation of the dead rose beside He Ao’s ear.

Above his head!

In that instant, without any hesitation, he rolled fiercely to the left and reached for his waist, drawing his pistol and firing at the spot just above his head.

The bullet plunged into the silent night, whizzing past the crimson ’flame’ and into the air.

Only now could He Ao clearly see what had been hovering above his head.

It was a massive, elongated creature resembling an octopus, suspended in the dark night as if a fish floating in water.

Its tentacles were long and thin, clustered under a spherical head, and they faded into the night, with He Ao unable to discern their tips.

Encircled by these tentacles, the spherical head faintly outlined in the darkness had bunches of crimson flames twinkling through the night.

No, those weren’t ’flames,’ but rather its eyes, glowing with a sanguine light.

On its spherical head, countless glowing crimson eyes densely covered the surface.

These eyes watched He Ao in the night, each carrying an emotion of sorrow which surged into He Ao’s mind as he stared back at them.

In a split second, He Ao felt as if a multitude of undead were wailing in his mind, a flood of sadness and despair rushing into his soul.

These intense emotions tried to suppress his own thoughts and will, pushing him towards eternal oblivion.

He Ao lifted his head and gazed at the gigantic monster, extending his hand to fire another shot.

The searing bullet penetrated the pitch-black skin between those crimson eyes, only to seem to hit something hard and get deflected.

The creature had a physical body.

He Ao breathed a sigh of relief.

If the entity before him had been some kind of spirit immune to physical attacks, then he would have been truly at a loss.

Now things didn’t look too bad.

Whoo—

The pained lament resounded once more around him.

The huge octopus floating in midair seemed surprised that He Ao was immune to its psychic abilities. As this mournful cry echoed, a rustling sound emerged from the darkness.

One after another, huge dark lizards rapidly crawled out from the abandoned buildings nearby.

At the same time, long tentacles emerged from the darkness, striking towards He Ao.

The creature possessed the power to control the deceased.

He Ao frowned, looking towards the emotionally-laden eyes in the sky.

Then he swiftly pulled out a fine steel short sword from behind his back.

The lizards’ corpses he had passed along the way had been countless; adding those he might not have seen, the number was horrifying.

These dead lizards did not fear pain, and bullets couldn’t stop their ’mobility.’ If a few surrounded him, He Ao might have a chance to break through and kill them, but once their numbers grew, he’d be held back, and that would change things.

His advantage lay in short bursts of explosive power, but if he got drawn into a war of attrition, he’d only grow weaker and be worn down to death.

If he chose to run, considering the density of the Giant Lizard’s corpses he had seen on the way here, it was highly possible he would be trapped within this area by the relentless Undead Lizards before he could escape.

In that case, it’s better to kill the Octopus that’s controlling these corpses first.

Capture the ringleader first if you want to capture all his followers.

In fact, a one-on-one was precisely where He Ao had the advantage at the moment.

Because whether He Ao chose to fight or flee, the Octopus Monster would get involved in the battle with him.

The only difference was that if He Ao ran, the octopus and lizards would follow and attack him from behind. But if he charged straight in, with the lizards not yet gathered, He Ao would only need to face the Octopus Monster.

Retreat, and it’s a dead end, advance, and there’s a glimmer of hope.

All thoughts flashed through He Ao’s mind in an instant as he retracted his pistol and raised the submachine gun at his chest.

One hand holding a sword, the other steadying a gun.

Super Memory, activate!

In that instant.

He Ao’s physical attributes soared from 201 to 338.

Woo——

Accompanied by a mournful cry, the terrifying mental oppression from the Octopus Monster acted upon He Ao, who, upon close contact and activation of his Super Memory to start calculating models, roughly figured out the strength of the creature before him.

Stronger than Pena by quite a bit, but not so overpowering as to be invincible, it seemed to be one of the stronger beings among C-level, yet not at B-level.

After all, each level up brings an oppressive growth in strength, and the Octopus Monster wasn’t far enough ahead of Pena to span an entire level’s difference.

Though the creature before him was stronger than Pena.

He Ao’s own strength also surpassed that of Joey, who only possessed the title of ’Assassin’.

A fight wasn’t out of the question.

He Ao raised his gun to aim at the Octopus and squeezed the trigger, bullets raining down like a curtain on the crimson eyes of the Octopus Monster in the sky.

Generally, eyes are the weaker spots on a creature.

While shooting at the Octopus Monster’s eyes, He Ao grasped the stainless steel short sword in his other hand and met the flying tentacles head-on.

Clang——

With a light ring, the tentacle closest to He Ao was knocked away, cut open to reveal purple blood and... pristine white bones.

He Ao looked at his stainless steel short sword, now with a small notch in it from the white bone.

Bones inside the tentacles, and such hard ones at that; this Octopus really had no sense of fair play.

However, it seemed the stainless steel short sword couldn’t withstand the intensity of this battle, showing a small chip after just one clash.

Actually, this short sword was already far superior to ordinary blades, but, in the end, it was a tool meant for killing humans and dealing with normal beasts.

It’s likely its makers never considered it would be used to fight off a C-level exotic beast.

After repelling the tentacle, He Ao found an opening and avoided the subsequent tentacle attacks.

He turned his gaze towards the Octopus’ head covered in crimson eyes, realizing that his previous barrage of bullets hadn’t been effective.

Many of the Octopus’s eyes were now closed, their black eyelids showing slight marks as if they had just been struck.

The ground was littered with bullets that had been fired.

The Octopus’s eyelids appeared like a tough hemispherical cover, lacking the flexibility of flesh and instead resembling small bone segments.

The bullets from the submachine gun couldn’t penetrate these eyelids.

As He Ao was examining these eyes, the tightly shut eyes suddenly burst open and looked straight at him.

In that moment, He Ao felt the sad, twisted sensation flooding into his mind again, attempting to wipe out all emotion.

Although the Octopus Monster still couldn’t kill He Ao this time, it momentarily disrupted his movements, causing He Ao’s body to stiffen.

Seizing the opportunity, the thrashing tentacles lunged at him all at once.

Meanwhile, a Lizard that was at the forefront had approached He Ao, it leaped from behind, its huge mouth reeking of decay opened wide, aiming to devour He Ao in one bite, grinding him into pieces.

At that moment, He Ao swiftly crouched, put down the submachine gun, and smoothly drew another short sword from his back.

The Giant Lizard passed over his head, and as He Ao leaned back, the sharp blade split open the black Giant Lizard’s body, and its foul-smelling blood spurted out, staining He Ao’s Combat Suit.