Damn, I Awakened With A Horror System!

Huff~

Manipulating the floating napkin within the atmosphere, lightly removing the forming sweat on his pale forehead that slightly hindered his concentration.

Leo couldn't help but let out a deep sigh of exhaustion, eyes constricted as he carefully manipulated the 10 drops of diluted blood within the withered corpse of the unknown devil in his grasp...

Feeling that some unknown rules, entity, or object was mysteriously hindering his progress, making him frown in vexation due to his slow progress.

Fortunately, he was already close to removing the blood within the body of the devil... Making him grit his teeth in determination as he could faintly feel his opportunity appear within his grasp.

An opportunity to upgrade his species above its current level! Making his overall ability to increase by at least 50% if that happened!

Keke~

"However, it was really surprising how a dead being from the unknown past could pose a problem to me.

"I even suspect that its realm was beyond the Nascent Soul realm..."

Unfortunately, most of its nutrition already withered due to the passage of time, leaving only at least 5-10% of its past glory.

Although it gives Leo a slight advantage, making it much easier to consume due to its Rules and Dao already dissipated toward the world. Leo still couldn't help but feel a slight regret within his being.

A normal behaviour of beings, similar to how they get the third prize on a free raffle yet still feel unsatisfied upon not getting the highest rewards instead.

***

Tap... Tap...

Soon, after another ten minutes of fully using his extraction skill. Leo finally managed to extract the blood of the devil's corpse from its withered being, manipulating it toward its mouth where he used his telekinetic ability to carefully take it...

Placing it into an empty bottle. Closing its cap afterwards before he slumped toward the cold ground, breathing heavily as the sensation of the ink black water lightly touched his being, cooling down his exhaustion as his body slowly began to relax.

Finally exiting his tense mode as he enjoys the tranquillity of the place, digesting the knowledge he gains upon using the extraction skill against the unknown devil, increasing its level by another 1 in the process...

Making him feel a faint sensation that it was about to advance toward its next rarity if he managed to upgrade it by another level.

Huff~

Sitting with difficulties, Leo slowly crossed his legs, calming his mind down as he began to cultivate peacefully. Wanting to recover his lost Qi in order to get back to his peak condition before attempting to advance his species' grade by consuming the devil's blood.

Although he could advanced by now, Leo wanted to avoid creating the same mistakes that could make his mental health damaged and unstable, causing him to again plunge into deranged status...

Already learned from experiencing it a couple of times, making him feel slightly embarrassed just thinking of the strange actions he did in order to calm his nerves down.

"I suddenly had the urge to bury my head under the water and shout in embarrassment...'

***

Ding!

Soon, after 5 hours of cultivating within the forsaken place, Leo slowly opened his eyes, reflecting the darkness within as he slowly exhaled the impurities that accumulated within his lungs due to the long hours of absorbing Qi.

Crack~ (Satisfying sounds of cracking bones.)

Stretching his pale physique. Leo unhurriedly shifted his gaze toward the far distance, toward the two silver skeletons that were now doing strange movements just to get accustomed to their current strength.

Further away, he even saw his puppets that managed to awaken their intelligence and soul upon being grazed by luck, watching with great interest...

Occasionally releasing a dreadful sound of an innocent laugh, cawing, and meowing upon beholding the two silver skeletons' difficulties.

Causing Leo to unconsciously reveal a horrifying smile on his pale face upon feeling that this life wasn't that bad, feeling that this place is where he truly belongs.

...

"Now where are we again?'

Waking up from his reverie, Leo hurriedly concealed the smile within his face, being replaced by anticipation as he carefully took out the bottle that contained the blood of the devil's corpse within the void.

Holding it within his right hand with unprecedented care as he slowly uncorked its cap, instantly causing his being to release a dangerous vibe that hurriedly spreads toward the far distance upon sensing the familiar sensation within the depths of his soul!

The sensation of familiar yearning, coursing through his illusionary veins upon seeing the opportunity to increase his species above its grade again!

Huff~

Taking a deep breath, calming his ranging desires that slowly surfaced within his mind, attempting to cloud his judgement again. Leo, without hesitation, hurriedly drank the blood in the bottle in his hand...

Entering his mouth in the next second, causing his face to contort in disgust upon tasting the rotting metallic liquid within the blood, lingering within his taste buds for a good while before the blood slowly entered his illusionary stomach!

Soon after, the intense sensation of heat and coldness abruptly emerged within his being, making him feel that half of his body was being bathed in hell while the other half was being soaked in the depths of Antarctica.

Causing his physique to unceasingly release an unending mist of heat and cold that hurriedly consumed the enclosed space...

Making the two silver skeletons and the puppets in the far distance curiously shift their gaze toward Leo's Location.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

***

At the same time, hundreds of miles away from the location of the bland cemetery, within the centre of the town...

The Nascent Soul realm being, the current mayor of the town, silently gazed toward the newly established house and glistening walls in the far distance.

Beholding how the almost destroyed town days ago already looked new after just days of construction, marvelling how magical spells could be on constructing and creating sturdy houses and walls with swift speed.

Unfortunately, with almost 2,000 deaths that occurred when they were not present, the current town looks empty and depressing to his old brown eyes...

Making him sigh in weakness and regret upon not finishing the newly ascended white snake, within the depths of the endless forest in the shortest time possible so they could come back in time before the calamity strikes, stopping the impending doom in the process.

"Sigh~ Unfortunately, there are no medicines for regret...'

...

Knock~ Knock~

As the old man was silently mulling to himself, a sudden knock on the door awakened him from his deep thoughts, causing him to leisurely raise his head toward the door before casually commanding the being outside to enter the room.

Creak~

"Hmm- Sebastian, did you finally discover who greatly injured the late stage of the core formation realm devil that night?

"Alleviating the disaster within the town and causing the number of deaths to decrease in the process?"

Seeing the familiar figure of his grandson entering the room, the old man hurriedly asked, still couldn't rid of the thought of that mysterious pale person that greatly helped the town that night.

Wanting to add him to their mids if it was possible, understanding that a being at the mid-stage of the core formation realm capable of posing a great threat to a devil that almost reached the peak stage of the core formation realm was a true genius!

Furthermore, with the limited number of offensive skills it used that night yet still managed to greatly injure the devil with the help of an early stage of the core formation realm human from the town...

The old man concluded that it was possible that the pale being still hadn't shown its full capability in that battle!

Causing him to feel that the pale man's strength could rival an Elite being at the very peak of the core formation realm equally!

...

"This...'

Hearing his old man's question, Sebastian couldn't help but show a complicated look on his face. Clearly hesitating whether to divulge his guess or not.

However, upon thinking of it carefully, couldn't find others that greatly matched the pale figure's appearance other than the man in his memory...

Sebastian could only helplessly sigh, burying the doubt in the back of his mind before replying to his old man.

"I don't know if it was the one we were finding or not, but based on the witness testimonies, the appearance of the pale man greatly matched Leo."

"That name sounds familiar..." Hearing his grandson, the Nascent Soul realm being couldn't help but raise his old brows. Delving within his memory in an attempt to remember the source of familiarity but only in vain!

Sigh~

Soon, upon seeing that his old man was having a hard time recalling the person. A normal occurrence since the old man only met the guy one time and it's already been more than a month since that happened...

Sebastian again opened his mouth, taking a light breath before speaking.

"It was the man who was living in that cemetery, the man with a class job that focused on Potion and Puppetry making."

***