Chapter 381: The Missing Corpses, The Targeted Crowd

The function of the Gray Mist Realm needs no elaboration; it is equivalent to a special "communication tool."

If one leaves Gray Mist on a person and the other party is willing to accept it, they can enter the Gray Mist Realm to communicate and interact, equivalent to being granted a "member" status.

They can apply to enter the Gray Mist Realm at any time, as long as the holder agrees.

It has no concrete form, simply a mass of gray mist; a rather special piece of equipment that the holder can "bind" inside their body, the only outward manifestation being that when used, gray mist "permeates" the user's eyes.

The other few pieces of equipment are, relatively speaking, quite ordinary.

That white magic staff is called the White Dragon Staff; it can enhance a person's mental power and perception, and also comes with a skill.

For a God-Demon Walker who specializes in this area, it counts as a pretty good weapon.

There is also the Daylily Great Axe used by Wei Xin, named the Flaming Axe, which comes with a Flame Burst skill; its material is incomparably sturdy, a powerful piece of equipment not inferior to the Demon-Breaking Ice Spear.

All of these were given to Ao Yulie to put away for now.

As for equipment and such, Tang Luo didn't care; in fact, he had already planned to sell off the equipment on hand, including the Lightfoot Boots he was wearing.

The greatest use of the Lightfoot Boots to Tang Luo was the double jump.

Now that he had Flight Talismans, the Lightfoot Boots were no longer as important as before.

The Glazed Pure Garment still exists, and can fully manifest the shoes along with it, without any worry about damage.

There is no need to deliberately use the Merit Jade Lotus to consecrate and reinforce them anymore.

Of the equipment obtained this time, aside from the Gray Mist Realm, Tang Luo planned to sell all of it in exchange for healing items.

That White Dragon Staff, Ao Yulie liked it quite a bit, far better than the Western rapier, and planned to keep it.

The Flaming Axe would also be sold.

"Five Destiny Fragments."

Tang Luo wasn't in a hurry to consume them for healing; he first put away these five Destiny Fragments and asked, "Is everything settled on your end?"

"Hmm... oh, there's still one person's corpse; I'll go bring it over." Ao Yulie said, referring to Li Qiang's corpse.

Before long, Ao Yulie returned, frowning slightly: "Master, that person's corpse has disappeared."

"What?" Tang Luo said, "How could it disappear?"

Li Qiang had been pierced through the heart by his spear; he should have been dead. Could the Conversion have failed?

Because in terms of skill drop rates, Tang Luo was a thorough "African" — this time others besieged and killed him, and he died cleanly, leaving only Wen Hanfei who had been mentally Converted.

Yet there was still no sign of the aura belonging to a skill.

In this regard, his luck was truly black to the extreme.

Therefore, it is very difficult to use "the aura of a skill" to determine whether a God-Demon Walker is truly dead.

But Tang Luo felt he should have successfully Converted Li Qiang; in this aspect, he was still fairly confident.

"Go take a look." Tang Luo said, "Don't forget we came here in the first place for the Suit Man."

"But wasn't the Suit Man created by this group of people?" Ao Yulie asked.

"Not entirely. At the start, this was an urban legend, a ghost story type of thing." Tang Luo said, "The first time it appeared, the situation was clearly different from the later few times."

"I see." Ao Yulie immediately understood.

The first appearance of the Suit Man was staged by Wen Hanfei and the others as bait to lure Tang Luo.

But the later ones were not.

Then, could Li Qiang's missing corpse be related to the Suit Man?

Ao Yulie was still thinking when he heard Tang Luo say: "Go, bring Wen Hanfei back and ask him exactly what the situation is."

"Smack!" Ao Yulie slapped his forehead. Right, thinking so much here wasn't as good as bringing Wen Hanfei back and asking clearly.

Wen Hanfei hadn't gone far and was soon found and brought back by Ao Yulie.

On the surface he seemed calm, but in reality he was panicked to the extreme, deathly afraid of being mentally Converted by Tang Luo again and taking refuge in the Buddha.

Now, Wen Hanfei could also puff out his chest and declare: I, Wen Hanfei, have absolutely no fear of death.

Just don't let me be mentally Converted again.

"Regarding the Suit Man, what do you know?" Tang Luo asked.

Seeing the other party had no intention of Converting him again, Wen Hanfei let out a breath of relief and told their plan from start to finish, exactly as it happened.

"As for the later Suit Man, how much do you know?" Ao Yulie asked.

Wen Hanfei shook his head with some trepidation: "Regarding that Suit Man, we aren't clear either. The original plan was... after completing this matter, we would go hunt it down, each relying on their own abilities."

"Li Qiang's corpse has disappeared; does he have any resurrection skill?" Tang Luo asked.

Wen Hanfei shook his head.

Li Qiang had no resurrection skill; he was a standard melee-type God-Demon Walker, following a fairly mainstream path.

He also had defensive skills like the Sacred Armor Art, which he had already used to buff himself when facing off against Tang Luo.

It didn't have the slightest effect.

Resurrection skills — such skills are encountered by chance, not sought; one could say they are extremely rare.

"Little White Dragon, go check the seabed..." Tang Luo suddenly thought of something and said to Ao Yulie.

Ao Yulie nodded, plunged into the seabed, and reappeared in less than half a minute, not a trace of water on him.

Making Wen Hanfei secretly sigh in admiration in his heart: truly worthy of a man with the White Dragon Horse Destiny.

Named "Horse," but actually a "Dragon" — if he could, he really wanted one too.

"Master, those three corpses have also disappeared." Ao Yulie said, shooting straight into the sky and once more vanishing from Wen Hanfei's sight.

Wen Hanfei stood at Tang Luo's side under immense pressure, his face involuntarily turning pale.

"It's none of your business anymore." Tang Luo waved his hand. Wen Hanfei, pardoned, hurriedly left.

He had to seize the time to quickly recover from his injuries; judging from the disappearing corpses, there was a very high probability they had been targeted by the Suit Man.

As for the reason, Wen Hanfei didn't know, nor did he have enough information to deduce it.

It might be related to their initial impersonation, which drew out the suited man; it's only normal for a fake Li Kui to be targeted by the real Li Kui.

The reason isn't important; what matters is that a vicious battle will likely break out between them and the suited man.

He absolutely cannot fight a suited man of unknown strength while burdened with his current heavily injured body.

Fortunately, Tang Luo only took most of his equipment; Wen Hanfei still has some healing items he can use.

To recover from his injuries at the fastest possible speed.

Tang Luo didn't physically transcend Wen Hanfei, meaning he didn't mind letting him live; naturally, he wouldn't be utterly ruthless.

If he truly wanted Wen Hanfei dead, physically transcending him directly would obviously be more straightforward.

But that's where it ends; if Wen Hanfei dies from his unhealed injuries, Tang Luo won't care either.

This is called stopping at the right point — I've stopped; whether you die or not depends on your own fortune and luck.

After Wen Hanfei left, Ao Yulie soon returned, holding a cool-looking sniper rifle in his hand, pitch-black all over; it looked like a Barrett XM109, but was actually a piece of equipment.

When Ao Yulie got there, the corpse of the one Tang Luo killed with a single bullet had likewise vanished.

Only the equipment remained; this equipment is rather similar to the "Ominous" Tang Luo used before, not requiring extra bullets.

But instead of being generated from the user's Qi and blood, it conjures a bullet out of thin air at set intervals, no different from a normal bullet.

It also comes with a passive no-recoil skill, and the firearm's power far surpasses a normal XM109.

Ao Yulie stowed this equipment; Tang Luo's Glazed Pure Garment was stowed away, revealing the casual clothes underneath, and a faint spiritual light could be seen flashing on the Buddhist beads at his wrist.

Glancing at the Buddhist beads on his wrist, Tang Luo said, "Let's go." The two quickly left this deserted port.

Back at the Cursed House set down in the uninhabited wilderness, Howling Celestial Dog also returned, reporting she temporarily couldn't find the suited man; the scent was a bit special, and she still needed time.

Tang Luo wasn't anxious either.

The enemy camp has been wiped out now; this mission can be said to be quite secure.

Moreover, the suited man's appearance, and the missing corpses reacting, reflect a fact: even if the God-Demon Walkers abandon the mission and plan to hide out, lying low for a year or half waiting for the mission to auto-fail and return, it's not that easy.

Because those "Strange Events" are also "seeking" the God-Demon Walkers.

There's a very high probability the two sides share a mutual "attraction" relationship.

Even if a God-Demon Walker does nothing, they'll still encounter Strange Events and run into danger.

Preserving one's life through the mission is very difficult.

Being targeted by the suited man is something worth celebrating for Tang Luo and the others — lying in wait, awaiting the enemy at ease; good thing!

Sea God Poseidon, Jue Wushen, Cheng Yaojin, Fear God Deimos, Thunder God Thor.

Five Destiny Fragments placed before him, emitting a faint glow, very much giving off a Wangzai Milk vibe.

"Want to eat one and try?" Tang Luo looked at Ao Yulie and asked.

Ao Yulie, who was fiddling with the sniper rifle equipment, shook his head; he wasn't Tang Luo, daring to eat randomly.

Tang Luo casually picked one up, not knowing which Destiny Fragment it actually was, and swallowed it in one gulp.

"As expected."

The situation upon consuming this Destiny Fragment was somewhat similar to the first time he ate an unknown monkey yaoguai's Destiny Fragment.

Tang Luo distinctly sensed a will hidden within the Destiny Fragment.

Then he slapped it into "total annihilation of soul and spirit" with a single palm.

This willpower wasn't an independent consciousness; strictly speaking, it was more akin to a certain "tendency."

It would make the Destiny Fragment holder align more closely with the "Destiny Fragment's original owner."

On one hand, it could make the holder's strength grow stronger at a faster speed; on the other hand, it was the situation everyone worried about — the Destiny Fragment is poisonous.

Of course, for Tang Luo, it was definitely a non-toxic, harmless, greatly nourishing treasure.

After he swallowed this Deimos Destiny Fragment, Tang Luo naturally wouldn't let the remaining Destiny Fragments off either.

Without delay, he swept them all clean in one go.

Among them, Jue Wushen's and Cheng Yaojin's Destiny Fragments didn't seem to contain any will; they counted as non-poisonous Destiny Fragments.

After consuming these Destiny Fragments, the Merit Jade Lotus atop Tang Luo's head entered a meditative trance state.

Ao Yulie's gaze was like lightning; the guard duty is left to him!

Howling Celestial Dog glanced at that Cabbage Dog Dragon, jumped onto the sofa and lay down; guard duty? Actually not needed at all.

Tang Luo was merely squeezing out all the power within the Destiny Fragments.

It's not the usual kind of "secluded cultivation for healing" where you can't be touched or trouble happens if you are.

If someone saw this scene and thought Tang Luo was healing and had an opening to exploit, they'd likely be pinched to death directly.