Damn, I Awakened With A Horror System!

Chapter 136: Delving Deep Within...

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[ Congratulations upon successfully making a Vitality Potion (63%)! ]

Ding!

[ Congratulations upon creating your first 50 potions!

+5 free attribute points!

+1 Medallion of Forceful Upgrade!

+10,000 horror points! ]

"Great! Although it was a little hard to create potions without a physical body, this would work for now!"

Leo thought in satisfaction, inspecting the brown-red thick liquid within the bottle as he unhurriedly stood up...

Although he could still continue creating potions for a couple of hours, Leo could already feel that his mental energy had already been reduced by half, causing him to reluctantly stop since he still had plans later...

If he spends all of his mental energy on concocting potions, there is a huge probability that his combat ability later would suffer a decline, not allowing him to easily infiltrate the town at night to find an opportunity to gain his physical body back!

"There's still 4 hours before night arrives, and another 6 hours before midnight appears... I could use the rest of the hours to cultivate within the pit or explore some of its places/passages!"

"If I luckily encounter a Spiritual Fruit and Herbs within, I might have a chance to mutate again and gain a more comfortable body/physic even without gaining my physical body back!"

Like a bottle of black ink that drops to a clean white canvas, Leo's thought instantly gets filled with expectation, causing his shadow body to shiver in anticipation as he instantly rushes toward the distance...

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Descending toward the familiar darkness, blending toward the surrounding shadows that completely hide his figure... Leo finally hit the ground, causing the bones beneath to crack slightly due to his light weight...

"How comfortable, I didn't notice that this place was comfortable in the past after I evolved..."

Leo mumbled under his breath, feeling his being screaming within him to sit down and cultivate on the spot.

Although he hadn't summoned a flame to illuminate the surroundings of the passage, Leo could almost perfectly see through the darkness, making his hatred toward his shadow body lessen considerably.

"Although I suffered too much after and in the middle/process of evolution, I couldn't deny the fact that some of its function was above the human physical body."

It could be said that both have their own advantages and disadvantages... It's just that I preferred having a physical body more instead of this.

Staring toward the passage they chose (enter) in the past, Leo amusedly shook his head, feeling that he still couldn't beat that Core Formation puppet even though his strength increased drastically. (Purely in Soul Power and Qi.)

Sigh, I should explore a new tunnel/passage for today...

Upon deciding, Leo didn't hesitate further as he began moving toward one of the dozens of tunnels within... Taking a deep breath, Leo prayed to the Goddess of Luck above, hoping that he wouldn't encounter danger.

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Squeak?

Squeaak!

As he was advancing deep within, Leo often and occasionally met Black rats on his way, making him pause in wariness as he hid his figure with invisibility.

Staring toward the place they originated, Leo casually scanned the place with his senses, trying to see if they were protecting Spiritual plants or Herbs in their territory...

"Still no?" He thought, staring at the black rats with disdain, feeling that they failed their race within upon not having a natural treasure...

Shaking his head, Leo was about to enter one of the passages in the distance to continue his exploration when suddenly, within the corner of his eye, he caught another figure of a black rat exiting one of the passages...

If it was just a normal rat, Leo wouldn't think too much about it... However, the rat that just entered the place was extremely strange from Leo's perspective.

Although it was still far away from his current location (50 meters apart) Leo could already feel the strange aura it radiating.

Its eyes which appeared piercing to one's senses scanned the place unhurriedly, advancing with its 3-meter tall stature, causing its beneath to crack continuously under its weight...

Surprisingly, although its weight could compare to a ton, it moves quite quickly, as if its weight didn't even hinder it by a bit.

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"This... A mutated black rat! Moreover, it should be on +2 or Epic race grade at least!"

It should be hiding a Spiritual fruit above grade 1!

Leo's eyes shadow couldn't but glint under his invisibility, quite wary as he didn't immediately approach the figure of the rat...

"What kind of skill are you hiding?" Leo quietly thought as he scanned it with his Soul Scan.

Ding!

[ Mutated Death Rat (Epic): A Rat that consumed a mysterious fruit, causing its life order to evolve above its natural grade!

Innate skill: Unhindered by Darkness (Rare), Decaying Aura (Epic).

Physics: Decaying Body (Epic).

______Atrributes______

Foundation realm level 18!

Health: 300/300

Qi Storage: 500/500

Stamina: 300/300

Strength: 250

Speed: 100

Qi Power: 200

______Skills______

Skill: Corrosive Saliva (Elite +2), Advance Senses (Rare +1), Advance Strength (Elite +2), Shriek (Elite +2), ???, ??? ]

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[ Decaying Aura (Epic): Passively releasing a strange aura that had a harmful effect on living beings! It could slowly lower/reduce the health and strength of the beings near it until they eventually die!

Activation: Passive! ]

Ding!

[ Decaying Body (Epic): Unaffected by Decaying aura! It could slowly increase its strength and Level by consuming treasure/corpse that was rich in "Decaying" Energy!

Activation: Passive! ]

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"This skill... Its epic skill is useless to me!"

Leo's eyes further glinted, feeling that the Goddess of Luck finally smiled at him... Although he was not too sure that his shadow body could resist its decaying aura, his other skill could!

Moreover, with his other skills that counter its other skills, Leo couldn't help but rub his shadow hands in anticipation, smiling deviously as he began waiting for the black rat to lead the way, toward its suspected natural treasure...

Then after that, I could kill it and get its corpse for further use! An Epic creature for creating puppets and potions!

Hitting two birds with one stone!

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