Chapter 661: Out of Control (3/10, Autumn Subscription)

What kind of bizarre Blade Technique was that?!

Even with his full defense, his Qi and Blood churned, his meridians damaged—he couldn't withstand it!

Looking again at Fang Yue's casual, offhand manner, it seemed he was still far from his limit, even controlling his force, afraid a single slash would chop him to death.

Sure enough, having only entered the early Human Rank for three to five years, he was still far from being able to face such a powerhouse head-on!

The person Lord Rat wanted alive—no wonder he's no simple matter!

Watching Fang Yue raise his blade and dive down, Zei Lao Shi noticed that Fang Yue's eyes had turned pitch-black, looking utterly uncanny!

As his pupils contracted, he cried out, "I-I'll tell you everything!"

Squelch!!

Fresh blood sprayed.

Zei Lao Shi stared wide-eyed, struggled twice, then his pupils gradually lost their color, and he went still.

The tenth on the Thief Ranking, Zei Lao Shi, has fallen!

Yet despite clearly having won, Fang Yue—who had run his blade clean through Zei Lao Shi—wore a look of bewilderment, and the pitch-black color in his eyes receded completely.

"I... didn't mean to kill him..."

Just now, Fang Yue had clearly only intended to sever the man's arm and ask for the full story, but for some reason, the moment he made his move, it turned into taking a life.

It was a completely subconscious act, almost as if his body was out of his control.

"How could this happen?"

Fang Yue was shocked—he had never experienced anything like this before.

And while he was puzzling over it, the back of his hand suddenly began to burn faintly again.

A black ring the size of a palm slowly condensed into being, hovering above his head!

……

"What?!"

Lord Rat's face showed wild joy, the excitement in his tone too much for even his mask to conceal.

That guy is an experimental subject with a pseudo-Ghost Spirit Root!

And one with an extremely high degree of completion!

The Heiqing Shanmai actually produced an experimental subject with this level of completion? No wonder the higher-ups want this person taken alive!

Lord Rat was so excited his whole body trembled.

He had never seen an experimental subject with such a degree of completion!

Even the intense killing desire that 【pseudo-Ghost Spirit Root】 influence inevitably produces, the cravings, and the side effects like losing control due to the killing—all of it could be suppressed by personal will!

Perfect!

Lord Rat saw only the word "perfect" when he looked at Fang Yue!

But as the black ring slowly condensed above Fang Yue's head, Lord Rat was instantly stunned.

What the hell was that thing?

Could it be a new form created by an excessively high degree of completion?

Regardless, this person must be taken!

If possible, Lord Rat even wanted to bypass Lord Ox and deliver him directly to the Third Heiyu, or... Lord Feng Wang and Lady Huang Hou!

A sharp glint flashing in his eyes, Lord Rat issued the order: "You lot—attack together! You must take this man down for me!"

"Yes!"

When Lord Rat spoke, none of the others dared disobey!

Besides, Zei Lao Shi below had already used his own life to probe Fang Yue's true capabilities.

In terms of combat power, he was very strong—definitely at the level of a veteran early Human Rank—but in terms of internal energy quality, he was very weak!

The weakness was so obvious that if they simply avoided clashing internal energy and played a war of attrition, they could basically wear Fang Yue down in minutes!

"Taking this man alive won't be hard!"

This thought flashed through everyone's mind, and they hurried down the mountain path.

And the moment their front feet left, Lord Rat noticed the ground beneath his feet suddenly turn soft, as if he were stepping on fluffy cotton candy.

His expression shifting slightly, Lord Rat leaped up, aiming to land on the roof of the Yi Shi Ting behind him.

The instant he left the ground, a Nuo Mian Mian hand suddenly shot out, swiping toward his right leg.

Clang!

Drawing his sword to sever it, Lord Rat successfully landed on the roof, and when he looked down, his pupils immediately contracted.

He saw the ground all around the Yi Shi Ting sinking as if into a swamp, and hundreds of Nuo Mian Mian hands—colorful, vivid, and adorable—drilling up from the earth, waving wildly!

Screams soon rang out from inside the Yi Shi Ting, but it sounded as if they were being dragged into an endless hell, and in no time at all there was utter silence.

"Ghosts..."

Lord Rat's face darkened.

The commotion caused here was still too great.

It had actually attracted the ghosts from the surrounding area.

Dongliu Mountain was not a city, merely an outpost.

Without a Di He, without guards, and with people gathered together, ghost attacks were frequent, and casualties were heavy.

This was also one of the reasons the Night Thief ranks in the wild had never been very numerous.

Fortunately, there were usually Thief Ranking experts stationed here, so unless they ran into ghosts that were too powerful, they could all be cleared out.

As for ghosts they couldn't beat, naturally the whole group would withdraw and move back once the ghosts left.

In the wild, there was no truly safe place—even Lord Rat, every time he came out here on business, was on edge and extremely cautious.

If the Phoenix Organization hadn't issued a Black Feather-level mission internally, forcing him to obey orders and handle it, he wouldn't have wanted to provoke that freak Ye Niuniu.

Watching every spot on Dongliu Mountain fall into chaos, as one after another soft, fluffy little hands poked out from tree branches, from stone piles, from corpses, from all sorts of unexpected places to attack the people around them, Lord Rat understood that he had provoked something truly bizarre.

Just didn't know what specific level it was.

Looks like preparations for running away need to be made in advance too.

……

Fang Yue looked at the black ring above his head, felt the burning sensation on the back of his hand wrapped in the handkerchief, and recalled that earlier feeling—his heart sank.

Something's off… my current physical state is very wrong!

Fang Yue opened the status panel and discovered that next to 【Curse: Black Rain】, an almost transparent status name had appeared—one he couldn't make out with the naked eye—but there was indeed an extra line of text, as if this status hadn't fully formed yet and was still in some unstable stage.

"Status: Curse 【Black Rain】, ——."

Recalling that strange feeling when he killed Zei Lao Shi earlier, Fang Yue vaguely sensed that this situation might be related to that previous state.

He clearly wanted to hold back and question for intel, yet his body betrayed his own intent, reacted on its own, and killed the man outright…

This sudden feeling of losing control left Fang Yue feeling rather uncertain.

Could it be… I've really fallen into demonic deviation?

But killing people raises attributes, so even if I've fallen into demonic deviation, it doesn't affect my leveling up…

He glanced at the system notification.

"System Notification: Congratulations to player 【Yese Liming】 for killing 【Thief Ranking's Tenth Head】, Comprehension +0.1."

"System Notification: Congratulations to player 【Yese Liming】 for killing 【Thief Ranking's Tenth Head】, rewards: Control Force +0, Disarm Force +100, Lifespan +1 year, 【Bizarre Realm】 progress +5%."

"System Notification: Congratulations to player 【Yese Liming】, Control Force value has reached the realm cap, converted into 【Realm Breakthrough Progress】."

Thief, tenth on the Thief Ranking?

That guy just now??

Fang Yue froze, then the next moment rushed over to collect the head.

This thing's worth a fortune!

Excited for a moment, Fang Yue beamed from ear to ear. As for the black ring above his head that looked like an angel's halo, he couldn't figure out what it was either, so he could only wait until the matter was settled before finding someone to ask.

(End of this chapter)