Damn, I Awakened With A Horror System!

"An item that could allow one to teleport!"

Leo was moved upon seeing the forbidden item's description. Although its ability to teleport one randomly was quite risky and its time of activation was quite long, if he used it correctly, he could escape from any dangerous situation and certain death.

"Sigh~ it's just that I need to activate it before doing something risky; furthermore, the risk should be high enough to warrant me to activate this item."

Thinking of it, Leo couldn't help but recall the battle earlier, feeling that the man became complacent due to his realm, ending him from not activating the wooden token ahead of time.

Hence, this causes the man his death.

"I should imprint these experiences on my mind; I couldn't repeat his mistake..."

With a thought, Leo covered the materials inside the dying inventory with his divine senses, transferring them into his system inventory afterward before burning the empty stone with his extreme hell flame.

In the blink of an eye, a chilling flame purely made of ominous darkness enveloped the dark stone, chipping its surface slowly, causing its glow to dim before it completely turned charred black after a minute of burning.

Cra-crack!

Under his gaze that lacks emotions, Leo then clenched his fist, deactivating the extreme hell flame and, at the same time, making the charred stone on his palm turn into a powder, being carried by the wind afterward as its traces vanished with them.

As for the mutilated corpse on the ground, Leo decided to bring it along with him, planning to see if he could make it into a new puppet.

With its realm, he might be able to create a puppet with strength comparable to a core formation realm, with a huge chance of reaching the middle stage and a small probability of reaching the late stage.

Even if it was the former, he would still be happy with the result.

"I remember that I still have dozens of intact corpses inside my inventory; it should be enough to create numbers of puppets that have strength comparable to the core formation realm...

"Unfortunately, I still had no idea how I could fuse rules with the core of the puppet."

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Soon, after an hour of traversing the endless forest, Leo finally arrives at the periphery of the bland cemetery... Only for him to halt on his location as seriousness replaced his emotionless face.

Within his line of sight, the scenery of destruction, encompassing the cemetery and its periphery, entered his gloomy eyes.

The mutilated and incomplete corpses of the quasi-devils and beasts were still on the ground, slowly decaying as the bland earth of the cemetery began to consume their essence... Causing the corpses to be filled with remnants of soil on their surfaces and become engulfed by the aura of decay, allowing the process of their decaying to hasten.

Surprisingly, although the ground was littered with corpses, the land lacked blood, as if the earth had already consumed them without missing a single drop.

At the same time, the aura and bizarreness of the cemetery slowly increase as time passes by. Although the increase wasn't noticeable to others, as the owner of the place, Leo could sense the faint changes it was experiencing.

Following that, their nauseating scent silently drifted to Leo's senses, while the white maggots, lively wriggling within the rotting flesh of the corpses, reflected in his eyes.

"As expected, the cemetery also didn't escape the invasion."

Although Leo's expression was calm when he said those words, the anger within his eyes couldn't be concealed.

It could be said that most of his foundation was hidden in this place, and them being destroyed could affect his cultivation speed by a considerable amount!

"Those beings. I didn't create them to let the enemy destroy this place! If they couldn't give a reasonable excuse, I will entertain the thought of replacing them!'

With killing intent brewing within his consciousness, Leo began advancing toward the center of the cemetery. On his way, his emotions often fluctuate with instability upon seeing the devastation of the place.

He even paused in certain locations where his spiritual herbs were growing, only for him to behold that the herbs he was patiently waiting to harvest had become flattened... akin to a thin paper, as if something huge trampled them.

In addition to that, he also saw a number of broken puppets motionlessly lying on the ground. Their core was broken, and their pieces scattered around the flattened land.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

This scene alone lets Leo form an image within his mind, causing the killing intent within his consciousness to lessen considerably.

Clank- (Master...)

Cra-crack!

In the distance, two silver skeletons covered with cracks in varying degrees slowly approach Leo, creating a continuous sound of creaking that reverberates within the bleak cemetery.

Their figures emit a baleful aura that caused the atmosphere around them to unconsciously twist, while their unstable realm spread around them, giving a sensation of weakness to those beings who saw them—a testament to their injuries.

As they slowly advanced, the dimming flame on their eye sockets revealed fear and regret as they kneeled behind Leo obediently, who was still gazing at the dilapidated farm in deafening silence.

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Soon, after an indefinite period of time trembling, being tortured by the coldness Leo was unconsciously releasing...

A deep sigh of helplessness escaped Leo's mouth; his eyes revealed calmness as he shifted his gaze from the remnants of his spiritual herbs toward the trembling skeletons behind him.

After a moment of silence, Leo then opened his mouth before asking in his usual deep voice.

"Tell me what happened; don't hide any information from me."

Tremble~

Hearing this, instead of feeling relieved, the two silver skeletons felt their consciousness sink further, feeling extremely uneasy upon seeing that their master didn't show any anger on his face. Explore more at empire

This is the first time they have seen this side of their master.

It was calm without any hint of facade, yet they still felt that their being was being submerged into the depths of the cold ocean.

It was simply tortuous and uncomfortable!

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