An Eerie Secret Manual

"Just one step away, there are ghosts everywhere. They aren’t ordinary ghosts—they’re even harder to deal with than Ghost Fiends. Someone has set up a Soul Locking Array here. It locks not only souls, but also an enormous amount of Essence Blood Energy."

A sea of blood-red clouds seemed to appear before Gu Sheng’s eyes. Yue Qiluo’s century-old reserves—the Essence Blood Energy that had been completely destroyed by Wu Xin in the original story—had practically materialized here. Heaven knew how many people Yue Qiluo had killed back then.

When Liu Daimei heard Gu Sheng say this, her aura changed. Sharp claws and fangs emerged, her pupils turned pale red, and she had switched to her vampire form. The mass of Essence Blood Energy before them also appeared in front of her.

Although she couldn’t see ghosts, she could still see things like blood energy that benefited her.

"There’s so much of it. How many people died here?"

Liu Daimei was deeply frightened. The strong man at Qingzhu Pavilion had nearly died when Yu Xiaozhu extracted that much from him. The amount here was more than a thousand times greater than that.

"Wait here!"

Gu Sheng spoke to Liu Daimei. He reached out with his right hand and took out the Demon-Sealing Mirror, then stepped into the Soul Locking Array. The ghosts around them stirred up the Essence Blood Energy and sent it surging over, like a current with roiling, turbulent undercurrents. They were clearly trying their hardest to attack the living outsider. They wanted to seize his body and be reborn.

"Bzz~~"

Gu Sheng raised his right hand, and endless white light poured from the Bronze Mirror. The previously empty ground twisted violently, as streaks of blood-red fiendish energy and evil ghosts wailed and shrieked as they charged toward Gu Sheng at the center.

As the white light shone over them, a Whirlpool seemed to appear in the mass of blood clouds, drawing countless Ghost Fiends into the Bronze Mirror. The wails around them grew increasingly shrill. Countless evil ghosts seemed to realize how powerful Gu Sheng was and tried to flee, but the Soul Locking Array restricted the area, leaving them no way to escape.

"Roar~~"

The wails grew more and more shrill, but the sound gradually weakened. The seemingly solid Essence Blood Energy around them began to fade and thin. When the final stream of blood energy was drawn into the Bronze Mirror, the entire Soul Locking Array was broken, and Yue Qiluo’s reserves now belonged to Gu.

"Who is it~"

The instant Gu Sheng broke the Soul Locking Array, within the Gu Residence Well Seal in Wen County, a petite, delicate young woman dressed in red suddenly opened her eyes inside a coffin suppressed by talismans.

"I spent a hundred years building up those reserves. Who was it!"

The petite young woman shouted furiously. "When I get out, you’d better pray I never find you. If I find out who you are, I’ll make sure you can never rise again for all eternity."

"All done!"

After collecting the final stream of blood energy and confirming that there was no danger nearby, Gu Sheng nodded at Liu Daimei. Liu Daimei let out a quiet sigh of relief and walked over. Her strength wasn’t weak; her overall combat ability was even stronger than Chu Xin’s (Third Star Level), who didn’t know how to use her power.

But Wu Xin: The Monster Killer was a B-ranked world suspected of having Fifth Star Level powerhouses. Experts above the Third Star Level were not uncommon. Yue Qiluo’s lair was also one of the most dangerous places in the entire world. Even Chuchenzi, whose cultivation was formidable, would die if he came here alone.

As a technology-side warrior, Liu Daimei was at a tremendous disadvantage in this strange world of mystic arts when facing an unfamiliar mystical opponent. It was one thing if the enemy was right in front of her; at least she had a target. But in a situation like this, she truly had no way to fight back. If she had come alone, she wouldn’t even have known how she died.

"I’m never coming to a place like this again, even if you beat me to death!"

Liu Daimei secretly breathed a sigh of relief and made up her mind to study up on the mystical side later. Only after entering the world of Wu Xin: The Monster Killer did she realize how powerless pure science-fiction methods were against these inexplicable things.

When technology-side development reached its peak, it was extremely powerful. Setting aside planet-destroying weapons, even slightly lower-tier powers were enough to flatten and sweep through every obstacle before them. However, in the early stages, the technology side was often the one at the greatest disadvantage.

To put it bluntly, with sufficient preparation, a First Star Level beginner wizard or sorcerer could completely show up a group of First Star Level modern warriors relying on technology.

Of course, the technology side wasn’t the one suffering the most in the early stages. That would be warriors and martial artists. At least the technology side had all kinds of advanced technology. What did martial artists and warriors have? In the early stages, they could only rely on close combat. Hidden weapons were basically ineffective beyond a hundred meters, leaving them with an extremely severe lack of ranged methods.

"Your talent also belongs to the psychic category. It’s just different from Chu Xin’s ability to sense good and evil. Yours involves hypnosis, illusions, and reading memories. Although it’s very weak, it’s still suited to supporting attacks. In fact, you’re very well suited to cultivating mystical arts."

Gu Sheng walked ahead, his voice slowly reaching Liu Daimei’s ears. "I thought it over carefully. Among the three of us, setting aside the fact that I have no special talent, you and Chu Xin should both develop around your talents.

"Leaving aside the words ‘good’ and ‘evil’ in Chu Xin’s ability to sense good and evil, the core of her power lies in the word ‘sense.’ If developed properly, this ability can let her predict the enemy’s moves."

As Gu Sheng spoke, he thought of that girl Chu Xin and their adventure in the wilderness. Back then, she had provided him with tremendous help. It was relying on her ability that his seemingly flawless yet risky plan had been completed successfully.

"What about my ability? Hypnosis? Gathering intelligence?"

Liu Daimei took Gu Sheng’s words very seriously. She had never underestimated Gu Sheng’s abilities, even though he hadn’t been among the first Chosen Ones to possess a unique talent.

Yet after entering the Lord God Space and experiencing only a single mission world, he had surpassed every known Reincarnator and become the strongest person in the Lord God Space and even the entire world. How could someone like that be simple?

"Illusions! Supporting attacks! The core of your ability lies in the word ‘illusion.’ You have excellent talent for illusions. If you can learn spells related to illusions and develop your talent, you can bewilder your opponent, create an opening, and kill them in one strike."

By the time Gu Sheng finished speaking, he had already led Liu Daimei to the end of the underground palace. A sacrificial altar could vaguely be seen ahead, with something apparently being worshiped at the top.

"Illusions!"

Liu Daimei’s heart stirred. Ideas leaped through her mind one after another, and the light in her eyes grew brighter. She felt as though she had grasped the core of the path she would follow from then on.

"Stop!"

Below the Altar, Gu Sheng halted and raised his hand. After signaling for Liu Daimei to stop, he held the Bronze Mirror and climbed onto the altar.

At the top of the altar, what was being worshiped were three strange blood-red bones. Crooked, twisted characters resembling writing covered them. If nothing unexpected happened, this was the evil secret manual Yue Qiluo had studied here back then.

"What an eerie secret manual!"

Gu Sheng looked at the three bones and walked in front of them. The moment he reached out, a scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood appeared before his eyes, accompanied by the terrifying howls of evil ghosts.