Chapter 104
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Chapter 104: The Graveyard Master
In the talisman shop of Yunshan City, a standard Exorcism Talisman is priced at one spirit fragment.
These low-level legal symbols are perfectly capable of handling gray level Evil Spirits and can even weaken white level Evil Spirits.
The ten Exorcism Talismans that Wang Chen just unleashed were of master-level craftsmanship.
Although limited by the material and unable to surpass their rank,
their destructive power far exceeds that of ordinary Exorcism Talismans!
Ten bursts of pure yang spiritual light simultaneously engulfed the seven wandering souls, which instantly melted away like snow splashed with boiling water, vanishing into thin air.
Instant kill!
[Virtue +2]
[Virtue +2]
[Virtue +3]
…
In Wang Chen’s vision, a cascade of message prompts flowed like a waterfall.
It was either 2 points or 3 points, truly living up to the reputation of one of the weakest Evil Spirits.
Yet, the seven wandering souls contributed a total of 18 Virtue points!
A very auspicious number indeed.
Wang Chen felt as though he had sipped an icy drink under the scorching summer sun.
It was an extraordinary refreshment!
He decided that he would gather Virtue points here until there were no more to collect.
Wandering souls, lantern puppets, all come into my bowl!
The plan was set!
Wang Chen shifted his position.
This graveyard is vast, filled with numerous graves mostly covered in wild grass and bushes.
It resembled a labyrinth of the dead.
Having scouted the area multiple times, Wang Chen was very familiar with the surroundings.
Although he had not yet discovered any Evil Spirits other than the wandering souls and lantern puppets in this Evil Nest,
Wang Chen would not recklessly venture deeper into danger.
For his first hunt of Evil Spirits, he planned to conduct a guerrilla war on the outskirts.
He still needed to find a hiding spot.
Then he would use the Rain Summoning Technique, mix in his blood to lure the wandering souls, and annihilate them with Exorcism Talismans.
In the next battle, Wang Chen ceased using the Thousand Illusions Hand and instead began to affix Exorcism Talismans one by one on the monsters.
This way, his magical power and Spiritual Power consumption remained low, allowing him to sustain a prolonged period of combat.
Wandering souls lack Intelligence and act purely on instinct. As long as Wang Chen maintains his distance, he can easily dispatch them one by one.
Most importantly, he doesn’t have to worry about anyone trying to "steal his kills."
All cultivators know that as long as intelligent beings exist, Evil Spirits will never truly vanish!
Therefore, unless there is a genuine threat or a disturbance to the local peace, sects typically do not actively deploy forces to exterminate Evil Nests.
Evil Nests are impossible to completely eradicate. If one area is pacified today, another might spring up tomorrow.
They are more tenacious than weeds.
What’s worse, the benefits of clearing Evil Nests are minimal.
Evil Spirits are not monsters; once defeated, they yield neither meat nor materials.
The only valuable drop, the Evil Energy Pearl, has an abysmally low drop rate.
It’s truly a thankless task.
If even the sects hold such an attitude, loose cultivators from the outer regions are even less inclined to bother.
This is the fundamental reason why this graveyard teems with Evil Spirits, yet no cultivators come to cleanse it!
Wang Chen, however, is entirely different.
As long as he can earn Virtue points, he is more than willing to toil away, even at a loss!
Luring six or seven wandering souls at once and swiftly using six or seven Exorcism Talismans to eliminate them sends his specific number soaring.
Wang Chen nearly bursts into laughter.
The joy of monopolizing the area and clearing it solo is something only players who’ve experienced legendary server launches and the agony of “more players than monsters” can truly appreciate!
And with a stockpile of five hundred Exorcism Talismans, he can go all out without a care.
Tonight, Wang Chen reigns as the Graveyard Sovereign!
After luring four waves of wandering souls, his Virtue points are on the verge of breaking a hundred.
Just as Wang Chen prepares to move again, a wisp of eerie green fire drifts silently toward him.
Wang Chen narrows his eyes to get a better look.
Under the serene moonlight, a graceful woman in a plain skirt appears before him, holding a delicately painted lantern, her steps light and elegant.
Her brows are like emerald feathers, her skin as white as snow, her waist as slender as a tied ribbon, and her teeth as perfectly aligned as a string of pearls.
Without uttering a word, she smiles at him.
Her pair of peach blossom eyes is mesmerizing, brimming with endless charm and allure.
She extends a seductive invitation to Wang Chen.
Yet Wang Chen remains unmoved. With a blink, he activates the Spirit Eye technique.
The lantern girl instantly reveals her true form—a twisted ghost accompanied by phosphorescent flames!
Wang Chen snorts coldly and hurls an Exorcism Talisman toward the lantern puppet.
Lantern puppets excel in illusions, capable of transforming into handsome men or beautiful women to lure unsuspecting mortals or cultivators into the Evil Nest.
Once enchanted, they drain their victims’ vital blood and magical power to strengthen themselves.
In the mundane world, there are many strange legends related to lantern puppets.
But under Wang Chen’s advanced level Spirit Eye technique, their mesmerizing illusions have no effect at all!
"Ying Ying!"
The lantern puppet, struck by the legal symbol’s light, lets out a shriek and bursts into flames as it flies backward.
Its strength is undoubtedly much greater than that of wandering souls; it doesn’t collapse even after taking an Exorcism Talisman.
In the next moment, a blazing Fire Crow soars into the sky, catching up to the fleeing lantern puppet in the blink of an eye and enveloping it in a ball of flames.
And sunlight is unmistakably the nemesis of Evil Spirits.
This white-level lantern puppet disappears in an instant!
【Virtue +10】
【Virtue (Breakthrough): 107】
His specific number has broken a hundred!
After taking down this strange creature, Wang Chen’s Virtue points have finally exceeded three digits.
Just as he had previously guessed.
In the skill bar of his Cultivation Panel, the 【Metal Finger Technique (advanced level): 399/400】 has lit up the "+" sign.
Excited, Wang Chen doesn’t hesitate at all.
He directly adds points!
【Metal Finger Technique (Master): 0/500】
"Si—"
He gasps in surprise.
As the Metal Finger Technique upgrades, the oath seals binding this skill instantly crumble, flooding his Sea of Consciousness with countless pieces of information that nearly make his head explode!
Among all the skills Wang Chen has mastered, the Metal Finger Technique is the most lethal, but it always brings him some trouble with each upgrade.
Fortunately, Wang Chen’s spirit is currently very strong, so this discomfort only lasts for a moment.
His understanding and mastery of the Metal Finger Technique have reached an unprecedented level, and various ideas begin to flood his mind.
His right hand’s index and middle fingers twitch with anticipation, eager to try it out!
But Wang Chen suppresses this impulse.
The Metal Finger Technique is very sharp against cultivators and monsters, but it is not as effective against Evil Spirits as the Fire Crow Technique.
Right now, he is dealing with wandering souls and lantern puppets, so there’s no need to waste precious magical energy on it.
He can study it more thoroughly after he returns.
"Hmm?"
At that moment, Wang Chen suddenly notices a flickering glow on the ground where the lantern puppet fell.
He reaches out and draws in a silver-glowing crystal bead from the air.
Ha!
Wang Chen can’t help but smile.
He didn’t expect that the first lantern puppet he defeated would drop a valuable Evil Energy Pearl.
This pearl alone covers all the costs of tonight’s monster hunting and even leaves a surplus.
Now, Wang Chen is even more motivated!
