Lu Yu’s smile was like a devil’s, his eyes piercing through Luo Hao’s soul.
Luo Hao indeed was hiding something.
He thought he had done a perfect job. After enduring so much torment, whatever he said would surely be believed.
Yet he never expected someone so young could possess such a vicious gaze.
“Talk, or I’ll cut off another one of your legs, leave you with just one arm, and deliver you to the monsters. Or maybe Blood Eye will be willing to eat you,” Lu Yu replied coldly.
Luo Hao glared at Lu Yu with hatred, staring as if trying to kill him with his eyes, before finally sighing and closing his eyes. “I did hide something. Reincarnation through possession requires your blood to be left on the bones you find. Of course, this can also achieve complete medium fusion, allowing your soul’s imprint to attach to the bones. However, the downside is a certain failure rate. If it fails, your soul’s imprint will be devoured, and your soul will fall into eternal darkness.”
“You said blood can also achieve complete fusion, meaning you’re hiding another method, right?”
“Reincarnation through possession can only be used once. The best method with one hundred percent success isn’t ordinary blood, but rather heart’s blood!”
“You mean tearing open the heart and dripping blood?” Lu Yu frowned. This was indeed somewhat difficult.
Besides, who would willingly rip open their own chest? Did they think the pain wasn’t enough?
“Hmph, now that you know, why ask me?” Luo Hao closed his eyes and slowly explained the detailed steps, withholding nothing this time.
“This time, you didn’t hold back anything,” Lu Yu said, separating the Demon-Slaying Sword from his right hand and throwing it to Luo Hao. “Commit suicide. I’m too lazy to do it myself.”
Luo Hao was stunned, staring at the sword before picking it up and examining its attributes. “Originally, this should have belonged to me.”
“You can take it?”
“Haha, I’m not an idiot. You’re giving me a chance to torture you again.” Luo Hao raised the sword, laughing maniacally, and slashed it across his neck, snarling, “I’ve killed people too. I’m definitely going to hell. But I’ll be waiting for you there.”
Luo Hao severed his own neck. The sword clattered to the ground, and his body burst into flames, turning to ashes.
Lu Yu retrieved the Demon-Slaying Sword and looked at the white skeleton in the center of the altar.
This skeleton must be connected to the Killing Star Soul.
And what lay beneath the altar that even bones separated by millions of years were willing to come here to suppress?
If he chose to use reincarnation through possession, would it affect the suppression?
Lu Yu hesitated for a moment before clenching his teeth. “I don’t care if they live or die. Even if there are demons here, so what? As long as I’m strong enough.”
He decided to give it a try.
But first, he needed to understand exactly what resonance existed between him and these skeletons.
Lu Yu knew that because of the Killing Star Soul, these skeletons couldn’t attack him.
Still, he cautiously walked among them, and none of the skeletons, including the one kneeling before the altar, moved.
“Just now, what caused these skeletons to awaken?”
Lu Yu recalled the previous process. After trying several times, he confirmed it was the murderous intent.
When he tried filling his entire body with murderous intent, the skeletons near him had their eyes flicker with blue light.
However, as if without a target, the skeletons stood still beside him.
After about two minutes, the blue light in the skeletons’ eyes disappeared, and they sat cross-legged again.
After trying several times, Lu Yu figured it out.
It wasn’t the murderous intent that activated them, but rather the fluctuation of the Killing Star Soul that provided the power for these skeletons.
When Lu Yu tried directing his murderous intent toward a piece of ruined building, the awakened skeletons treated the building as an enemy and chopped it to pieces.
“Dead for countless millennia, you still retain the will to obey?”
Lu Yu gazed at the skeleton on the altar, filled with respect. “After countless eons, you’re still willing to let your bones obey that person, believing that person to be your king. I’m honored to possess the same power as such a person.”
Lu Yu stepped back onto the altar.
He had already confirmed that this person on the altar shared the same Star Soul as him.
Just as Luo Hao said, before humanity, there had once been a civilization possessing similar, perhaps even identical abilities.
Completing reincarnation through possession using heart’s blood was no simple process.
It would consume a massive amount of time and life.
In the following days, Lu Yu seemed to vanish, unseen by anyone, and no one knew where he had gone.
Li Yi and others became excited instead.
Because with each passing day, they could gain more.
Strangely, the supply of Star Spirit Stones did not stop.
Lin Ting still managed to obtain Star Spirit Stones and sell them.
People speculated that the owner of the mine might already be among them, though they didn’t know it.
Time passed slowly, but with the steady supply of Star Spirit Stones, no one noticed Lu Yu’s disappearance.
They only cared that their own interests remained unharmed.
In this city, monsters ceased appearing two months after the apocalypse.
People began to venture out of the city, and in the plains and wilderness, powerful life forms awaited them as if they had always been there.
Another battlefield became even bloodier.
More powerful monsters, more powerful artifacts.
People began to want to carve a path to other cities.
On the 67th day of the apocalypse, Fanggang welcomed another team.
An expedition team from another city, claiming that not many cities in the north had been destroyed.
This expedition team stayed in this city.
In the following days, more teams and individuals arrived from other cities.
The city, which had once been reduced to fewer than 50,000 people, became lively again.
Specialized trading markets emerged, and restaurants reopened.
However, without electricity or machinery, the city resembled an ancient one more than a modern one.
It carried the flavor of the age of wandering knights.
If not for the towering skyscrapers and luxurious hotels, people might have thought they had been transported back to ancient times.
Each arriving team had a clear goal.
The mine!
When they inquired about everything related to the mine from the people of Fanggang, the first warning they received was—”Don’t approach unless you want to die!”
“Why?” someone asked, puzzled.
The person handed over a Star Spirit Stone.
Soon, they received the information they wanted.
The news shocked them.
“What? Over a month ago, someone could already kill a level one peak monster?”
“Can one person take down someone’s head in a thousand people?”
Stories about the mine owner, the mine itself, and Lu Yu were dug out piece by piece, each one shocking enough.
Some people went to the edge of the mine but were blocked by the domain.
While shocked, these people also realized that seizing the mine wouldn’t be easy.
As long as the ore continued to come out, they would definitely find a way to locate the owner.
A well-meaning person warned them, “Don’t cause trouble. If you offend the person inside, you’ll pay with your life.”
“You’re too cautious. This world isn’t meant for you.” One person arrogantly replied.
Among those who came, were the elites from their respective cities.
Even though they were shocked by Lu Yu’s strength, they weren’t frightened enough to back down.
Without some courage, how could one stand tall in this world?
To surpass others, one must first become strong.
In the following days, they finally discovered a little girl bringing out Star Spirit Stones from the mine.
“We checked. Her name is Xiaoxiao. No one knows her identity. She seems to be close to Lin Ting.”
“A little girl definitely isn’t the mine owner. I guess she must have some connection to the mine owner. If we capture this girl, we should be able to find the real mine owner.”
Teams from two cities joined forces, preparing for a capture with over a hundred people.
However, they underestimated how strong a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl could be.
Perhaps she was just the daughter or relative of the mine owner, carrying a pink little backpack. Who would believe someone so foolish would carry such a bag in this world?
Only someone innocent and pure might do such a thing.
They believed this little girl had always been spoiled and didn’t possess much strength.
The plan for a hundred-person capture was reduced to twenty.
But they were wrong.
The moment the capture began, they realized how gravely mistaken they were.
The girl, with an innocent smile on her face, fought like a ruthless killer.
In an instant, three of them were already dead.
“Call for help! Hurry and call for help!” The remaining seventeen immediately felt the pressure.
This girl wasn’t as weak as she appeared.
She was already a level two Star Soul, with maximum HP, and an attack power of 7,600.
In this city—
No, even among these elite outsiders, she ranked as a top expert.
“Damn it, who turned this little girl into a killer?”
One escaped, and two more died.
The remaining fifteen finally managed to stabilize the situation and surrounded Xiaoxiao.
Reinforcements arrived—not just their own people.
The camp’s people came too.
Li Yi and others had to act.
Not because of their deal with Lu Yu, but because they admired him.
They didn’t want anyone connected to Lu Yu to get hurt.
Lin Ting had to come.
She had spent time with Xiaoxiao and understood how ruthless the girl could be when she got serious.
Another team arrived too—those who had previously asked Lu Yu for the Blood Demon Bear information.
Over a hundred people from two cities arrived, while Lin Ting’s side had only about thirty.
With help, Xiaoxiao escaped and returned to the domain.
“Finished.” The people of Fanggang understood that all those people could expect was death.
“Damn it, a little girl became a killer. What exactly did the person at the mine do?”
The warriors from the two cities suffered no casualties, but six were seriously injured, and five were dead.
And they still couldn’t stop a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl.
“No, gather everyone and break through this barrier.”
“I think it’s better to wait. I heard someone discovered a cave outside the city yesterday.”
As soon as someone said this, sharp glints appeared in the eyes of the crowd.
“It’s the kind that rises from underground,” said the speaker, who looked more like a leader, his expression serious. “Let’s concentrate our forces and seize the cave first.”
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