Chapter 134: Seeking Death Brings Death (9/10, Autumn Subscriptions!)

Damn it!

No wonder this guy's moves felt a bit familiar — turns out he's one of the four 【Vomit-Finger Wraiths】 I missed yesterday during the day.

Now I've killed another one, so there should be one left outside somewhere. No idea where it ran off to.

"Force Control: 56.5 【Base: 36.5】 【Status/Boost: +20】."

"Force Release: 56.2 【Base: 36.2】 【Status/Boost: +20】."

Opening his stats to check the increase, Fang Yue sighed inwardly.

So little, the increase is so small!

Can't some powerful wraiths come so I can gain more stats? I'm the Night God of War, after all!

My combat power peaks at night — if you wraiths don't attack the village at night, then when? Come on, hurry up!

I need you wraiths to help me cultivate!

While Fang Yue was complaining about how few rewards the 【Vomit-Finger Wraith】 gave, he completely forgot that during the day he had fought tooth and nail to cultivate the Water-Sky Blade Technique, and only gained 0.1 in both stats combined. By comparison, killing one 【Vomit-Finger Wraith】 gave him 0.3 in both stats — the efficiency had multiplied by who knows how many times!

"I, I-I-I, my stats went up! My stats went up a little!"

While Fang Yue was still sulking about how little his stats had increased, someone among the players behind him suddenly let out an excited shout.

Hm?

"Stats went up a little" — that adjective, I know it well...

Fang Yue stole a glance over there.

Sure enough, after that person shouted excitedly, his expression visibly shifted from excitement to trembling, then to stunned bewilderment, and finally to disappointment and sadness.

Clearly, the so-called "stats went up a little" really was just a little — the numbers hadn't yet reached the point where they could show up on the stats panel.

But the others didn't react as quickly, still drunk on the wild joy of the system notification.

"Holy, holy crap! Me too! The system says I got an assist!"

"Wow! Brothers, me too, I think I've found the right path to leveling up!"

"Dammit, why don't I have one? Just because I didn't make a move earlier?"

"Obviously — you didn't even have the courage to attack the wraith, and you still want an assist?"

"Wait! Brothers, something's not right here! The system says my stats went up, but my stats didn't go up!"

"M-me too! I checked, my stats haven't changed at all!"

"Dammit! A feint? The system plays word games too? Screw it, give me back my stats! Give me back my stats!"

"Oh my god, where did my big chunk of stats go? So a 'slight increase' means it doesn't actually increase? What kind of screwed-up logic is that!"

Fang Yue twitched the corner of his mouth, watching the players fall into bewilderment and confusion, and didn't bother to enlighten them.

A bunch of assist-riders. Good thing he took the lion's share himself — otherwise, if they'd split it, the loss would've been enormous.

"Thanks for the help, Deputy Captain Ye!"

"Deputy Captain Ye is so amazing!"

"Deputy Captain Ye, can you teach me the Blade Technique?"

Compared to the players' "ingratitude," the Guard Team members clearly knew how to talk, crowding around Fang Yue and fussing over him.

Fang Yue watched the wraith corpse take forever to dissolve without condensing into a Black Ember, and couldn't help sighing.

He chatted with the Guard Team for a bit, told them to keep patrolling at night, and to notify him immediately if they spotted any wraiths.

Then, Fang Yue was about to leave.

Those players immediately grew anxious.

"Hey! Hey hey! Brother, add me as a friend!"

"Ye Ge is so badass, look out for me from now on, yeah?"

"Yeah yeah, Ye Ge, carry us!"

These people clearly wanted to cozy up to Fang Yue, and one even directly blocked his path.

"Don't leave so fast, brother. Let's be friends — more connections, more paths, right? Add me as a friend, teach me the Blade Technique, I won't treat you badly."

"... Move."

Fang Yue glanced at the man.

"Oh come on, what's the rush to leave? Brother, I'm a pro player, an old hand. You've just been lucky to have the strength you do now — give me your luck, and I could also..."

Hum!!

A flash of white light, and the man's voice suddenly cut off.

His gaze was rolling.

That was the gaze a head had when it hit the ground.

1178!

Thud.

The corpse hit the ground silently.

The surroundings instantly fell silent.

Fang Yue glanced at the players.

"Anyone else want me to teach them the Blade Technique? Step out all at once."

Those players immediately wore identical expressions of terror, faces ashen, shaking their heads frantically and stumbling backward in unison.

The ones who'd been talking big moments ago were now all silent, not even daring to fart.

"You don't want to learn? Then I insist on teaching you!"

Seeing them stay silent, Fang Yue instead took the initiative and walked into the crowd himself, slashing out several times in quick succession, leaving five headless corpses behind, before heading outside.

"You guys clean up the bodies."

At the end, he didn't forget to give the Guard Team members an instruction.

The Guard Team squad immediately sneered as they stared at these players, dragging the corpses away.

During this process, all these players kept their heads lowered, not daring to make any rash moves.

Brutal… way too brutal!

They had never imagined that Fang Yue would kill without the slightest hesitation!

And this village actually had no rules protecting people from being killed — the dead were simply left unattended!

In fact, someone did handle it — it was just that the Guard Team members were responsible for dealing with such matters.

But they only handled matters concerning villagers. Refugees were already considered beneath others, so if they died, they died — no one cared at all.

Let alone the fact that the one who struck was the Guard Team's Deputy Captain — dying would truly be dying for nothing.

The Guard Team squad only felt that all these players were idiots.

They clearly didn't even dare provoke the strange creatures, yet they dared to act arrogantly and speak to Deputy Captain Ye with that kind of attitude — they simply didn't know how the word "death" was written!

They truly didn't know how the word "death" was written, because they had never imagined Fang Yue would suddenly erupt and kill, and kill so cleanly and decisively — even taking out several in a row!

He truly repaid every grudge!

After Fang Yue walked far away, these surviving players finally couldn't hold back and let out a long exhale! They looked in the direction Fang Yue had left, still shaken.

They now fully understood — Fang Yue was not someone to be trifled with; if they could avoid provoking him, they absolutely must not provoke him!

And at this moment, a person came from afar, a tall and large figure, seemingly shouting something from his mouth. Listening carefully—

"Aba aba!"

……

Fang Yue was still on patrol.

But after patrolling a full circle, apart from the 【Vomit-Finger Strange】 from earlier, he hadn't seen any strange creatures, nor received any signal requesting support.

This meant tonight would once again be a peaceful and uneventful night.

If it were anyone else, knowing tonight would be peaceful with no strange creatures appearing, they'd probably be grinning so hard their mouths would go crooked with joy.

But for Fang Yue, this was absolutely bad news.

"Strange creatures! Strange creature bros, come out, just one! I need you all to help me cultivate!"

"Strange creature bros, stop hiding, it's time! Attack the village! Heaven, earth, and people are all aligned — I can feel tonight is your best time to strike!"

"Dammit! Why isn't any strange creature entering the village! It's working hours now, can't you see that big moon up there?!"

"So annoying! Without strange creatures, how am I supposed to use all this strength? Where am I supposed to put in effort? No good, tomorrow I must leave the village to take a stroll and try my luck!"

One more chapter to go, sleepy.

(End of this chapter)