Chapter 84 Obtaining the Item - Little Red Riding Hood

"It's coming..."

Auntie moved closer to her nephew, nervously grabbing his arm, pursing her lips, her whole body tense.

She looked like she was trying to be strong, but was still very scared.

"Don't be afraid," Zhang Yuanqing gently shook off his auntie's hand and instructed, "You squat by the bed and don't stay with them."

He had ulterior motives in saying this. Once the werewolf rushed into the wooden house, the primary target would definitely be the people gathered together. That way, his auntie, hiding on the other side, would be safer. Of course, he would do his best to prevent the werewolf from harming the civilians.

He just didn't know if he had the ability. Zhang Yuanqing mocked himself inwardly.

A Ruler-level item would require him to do his best just to protect his auntie. In spirit form, his methods were limited, his abilities were limited, and protecting his family was definitely the most important thing. Seeing Jiang Yu'er obediently shrink to the side of the bed, Zhang Yuanqing gave a satisfied "shush" gesture. His auntie's greatest advantage was her well-behaved obedience. Although she often acted like an elder in front of him, she was very obedient when it came to serious matters.

When she gets married in the future, she will definitely be a well-behaved little wife.

Zhang Yuanqing strode toward the fireplace, lowering his voice and warning, "Don't anyone speak." Under the coercion of the Golden Mask, the six people nodded repeatedly.

At this moment, heavy footsteps stopped outside the door. It was pitch black outside, silent and soundless.

For some unknown reason, the monster outside the door did not break in.

A strange silence fell inside and outside the wooden house.

Ordinary people's hearing was too weak, and their perception was not good either. Zhang Yuanqing listened for a long time, but couldn't catch any unusual sounds, so he had to slowly approach the wooden door.

In the silent darkness, he stared intently at the wooden door, taking each step with caution.

One step, two steps, three steps... Zhang Yuanqing held his breath and finally came behind the wooden door. He pressed his face close to the wooden door, trying to observe the outside situation through the crack in the door.

With this one look, his breath caught in his throat.

Outside the crack in the door was a ghastly green eye, filled with brutality and coldness, right up against the door.

It turned out that it had been looking at the prey inside through the crack in the door.

As the two eyes met, the ghastly green eye suddenly contracted, as if startled by the Golden Mask.

"Heh heh..."

Reflexively, it spewed out an extremely cold breath.

Amidst the slight freezing sounds of "ka cha ka cha", ice crystals spread in from the crack in the door, like the arctic winds.

Zhang Yuanqing, who was close to the wooden door, bore the brunt of it, feeling a numbness on his face as a thin layer of ice quickly covered half of his face. "Thump!"

The next second, the not-so-sturdy wooden door was violently kicked open, and a tall, dark figure, hunching over, squeezed into the house. At this time, the prepared Zhang Yuanqing had already dodged to the side, not being hit by the flying wooden door.

However, the ordinary people by the fireplace, facing the wooden door, were not so lucky, and took a solid hit from the wooden door.

"Ah..."

Screams instantly rang out, and the scene was a complete mess. _o_m

Zhang Yuanqing leaned against the wall, looking at the figure that had broken into the house. It was a werewolf nearly four meters tall, covered in steel-needle-like black fur, with snow-white abdominal fur, and black, sharp claws. Its tall body was slender and well-proportioned, full of power.

Its long mouth protruded from its cheeks, its fangs were sharp, and it spewed out wisps of bone-chilling cold air. Its pair of dark green pupils were filled with cruelty and bloodlust.

"Ka cha ka cha..."

The sound of ice crystals condensing continuously rang out in the house. Thin ice crystals, with the werewolf's standing place as the center, spread rapidly to the surroundings, freezing the ground, freezing the tables and chairs.

The clothes of the people, huddled by the wall and screaming, were covered in sparse ice crystals.

The werewolf, even hunched over, with its head almost touching the beams, lowered its head and cast its brutal, bloodthirsty gaze at the six ordinary people who were almost scared out of their wits.

He couldn't fight in the house. Two golden beams of light suddenly shot out from Zhang Yuanqing's eyes, cutting through the darkness.

He used the Golden Mask's attached skill - Mental Strike.

The werewolf suddenly froze, raising its head as if about to let out an extremely painful scream.

Deng deng deng... Zhang Yuanqing rushed to the werewolf's rear in a few steps, leaped up, and punched the werewolf's weak spot, the tofu waist. Peng!

His fist felt like it had hit an iron plate, no, an iron plate inlaid with steel nails. The rough, hard black fur stabbed his fist, leaving it bloody. Its physical defense was comparable to that of a Level 4 Mountain God, better than expected. (This chapter is not finished!)

Chapter 84 Obtaining the Item - Little Red Riding Hood

Weak, ah. Could it be that this item is not Ruler-level? He'd lure it outside first. Zhang Yuanqing turned his head and ran, summoning the Ghost Bride to protect his auntie.

This was to prevent the werewolf from not taking the bait and slaughtering the ordinary people in the house.

The Ghost Bride, holding a small baby with sparse lanugo, floated towards his auntie, standing by her side.

"Aba aba." As soon as the little rascal saw Jiang Yu'er, he acted like a disobedient child, struggling desperately, trying to climb out of the Ghost Bride's arms and rush to his new mother's legs.

But the Ghost Bride raised her black-nailed hand and gently stroked the little rascal's head, and he didn't dare to move.

After rushing out of the house, he summoned the Red Dancing Shoes, activating the wearing mode, stepping on a dim red light, and quickly fleeing away.

At this time, the werewolf's mental pain had just eased, and a burning pain came from its waist. It angrily turned around and swung its claws, but the cunning human had already escaped the wooden house and was running towards the distant dense forest.

"Awoo~"

It let out a short, loud roar, lowered its body, and chased after the enemy on all fours.

As soon as Zhang Yuanqing rushed out of the house, he heard heavy but rapid footsteps behind him. Turning his head to look, he saw a giant wolf, with a shoulder height exceeding that of an ordinary adult, sprinting under the moonlight.

As its limbs flew past, the mud and weeds quickly condensed into white frost, freezing inch by inch.

In the blink of an eye, it caught up with him, leaping high and pouncing over to kill him.

What the hell is this speed? Zhang Yuanqing was taken aback.

The light above his head dimmed as the giant wolf's huge body blocked the moonlight. Just as it was about to pounce on Zhang Yuanqing, he suddenly accelerated while running, sliding out ten meters, causing the giant wolf's pounce to miss.

In terms of dodging, the Red Dancing Shoes never disappointed. @Essence\/Book Pavilion·First Release~~

High defense, strong power, and fast speed. It simply walked into the confusing Yi shape and, moreover, had a city fridge skill. There was simply no way to fight it in close combat. Zhang Yuanqing sadly discovered that, in this dungeon-like world, he had no way to defeat the werewolf.

At least, possessing the body of an ordinary person, he had no way to defeat the werewolf.

After the slide ended, he got up and continued to run wildly. One man and one wolf chased each other under the moonlight, and wherever they passed, frost froze all living things.

Zhang Yuanqing gradually discovered that the Red Dancing Shoes' dodging was becoming difficult. Several times, he was almost pounced on by the werewolf, and his back was grazed by its claws twice. Although he dodged at the critical moment, the frostbite injured his muscles.

On the one hand, the Red Dancing Shoes' dodging was not a rule, and had an upper limit to what it could withstand. On the other hand, the werewolf's frost damage was eroding his muscles piece by piece, freezing his blood, causing his movements to begin to slow down.

He couldn't continue like this. If he couldn't fight in close combat, he'd try the Wraith's methods. Without hesitation, Zhang Yuanqing immediately summoned his wife to help.

In the wooden house, vast and dense Yin energy surged out. The Ghost Bride, wearing a bright red wedding dress, with her skirt fluttering, crashed herself into the werewolf's body.

The werewolf, who was chasing after the enemy, suddenly stiffened.

Its steel-needle-like hard fur stood on end, it bared its teeth, and its four-meter-tall body convulsed and trembled.

Clearly, all of this monster's abilities were in its physical body. Faced with the Wraith's possession, it was helpless. However, even a Saint-level Spirit Servant could not suppress its spirit and seize the dominant control.

Eh, why didn't the little rascal come along? Zhang Yuanqing was slightly surprised, but at this moment, he couldn't think too much. He continued to run wildly, running to the edge of the forest. His spirit left this body and floated towards the werewolf, possessing it.

The moment he entered the werewolf's body, Zhang Yuanqing felt a crazy, violent, all-killing aura, powerful and chaotic.

This was the werewolf's spiritual aura. He immediately understood why the Ghost Bride couldn't suppress the werewolf.

His entry broke the balance, and the werewolf completely lost its dominant control.

With the assistance of the Ghost Bride, Zhang Yuanqing suppressed the werewolf's mental power while manipulating this body, raising the left claw and fiercely stabbing it into the heart. If he couldn't fight in close combat, he'd break through from within the enemy.

This was the strength of a Night Wanderer.

If it were another Orderly profession, faced with this situation, they could basically only wait for death, unless they were Peak Saints. "Pu!"

The claw pierced through the chest with some difficulty, digging out the fresh, beating heart.

With a gentle grip of the werewolf's claw, the heart was crushed.

Just as Zhang Yuanqing breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly, the werewolf, in its dying state, struggled. (This chapter is not finished!)

Chapter 84 Obtaining the Item - Little Red Riding Hood

To raise its head and howl at the moon.

"Awoo, awoo~"

The loud howl of the wolf echoed in the night, echoed in the mountains and forests.

The moonlight suddenly brightened, and Yin energy grew in the forest. In the werewolf's empty chest cavity, a strong throbbing was produced again... It actually grew another heart.

At the same time, the Yin energy nourished and strengthened the werewolf's spirit, and a chaotic and violent mental tsunami swept through his sea of consciousness.

Zhang Yuanqing and the Ghost Bride were ejected at the same time.

Howling at the moon? It could actually howl at the moon too? No, this kind of amplification was even more terrifying than howling at the moon. Zhang Yuanqing couldn't believe it. Since becoming a Night Wanderer, he had never encountered a monster that was better than a Night Wanderer at borrowing the power of the moon.

Although Night Wanderers belonged to the Yin, their power was more inclined towards the Wraith domain. The werewolf in front of him, however, was a pure Yin being. The former used Yin energy, while the latter seemed to be Yin energy itself.

To put it more figuratively, the werewolf was a Night Wanderer specializing in lunar power, just without the authority of the spiritual domain.

At this time, under the nourishment of Yin energy, the werewolf's physique had expanded even more, its height breaking through to five meters. Under its rough, hard fur, its muscles were knotted, and its whole body exuded a terrifying black aura. Thin ice quickly condensed on the ground.

"Heh heh~"

The werewolf's dark green eyes were covered with bloodshot, filled with chaos and brutality.

It stared intently at the Ghost Bride and Zhang Yuanqing in the air, pouncing and biting, but each time it missed.

Although it was a Yin monster, it did not have the means to attack spirits.

"Ah!!"

Suddenly, a scream rang out from the edge of the dense forest.

The young man who had been possessed by Zhang Yuanqing had regained his will, and then was horrified to find that he had left the wooden house, and that terrifying monster was not far away.

Fear exploded, and he couldn't control himself from screaming.

This scream attracted the werewolf's attention. It twisted its huge head and looked at the young man in the distance.

Driven by the instinct to kill, the werewolf let out a low growl and turned into a black shadow, pouncing over.

Damn it!

Zhang Yuanqing's expression changed slightly. Without hesitation, he urged the Golden Mask. In his spirit state, two golden beams of light shot out from his eyes, cutting through the darkness.

There was no other way. He decided to adopt the most extreme method: seizing the body!

Directly devour the werewolf's spirit.

But before that, he had to use Mental Strike to weaken the werewolf's spiritual strength first.

"Awoo!"

The werewolf, running at full speed, was as if someone had hit it with a club. Its spirit suffered a terrible blow, losing consciousness in an instant, but its body continued to roll forward due to inertia.

+?+. The huge body rolled all the way and stopped in front of the young man.

The werewolf staggered to its feet, dizzy. It shook its head a few times, finally waking up.

The black energy surrounding its body had obviously weakened.

The young man sat down on the ground, raising his pale face and looking at the ferocious and terrifying monster. A stream of heat flowed between his legs.

Two golden rays of light shot out from Zhang Yuanqing's eyes again. Not giving the werewolf a chance to catch its breath, he used the last Mental Strike.

The werewolf's body suddenly stiffened, and the black energy on its body weakened again.

"Wife, possess it." Zhang Yuanqing let out a roar that only the Wraith could hear.

The Ghost Bride's wedding dress fluttered as she took advantage of the werewolf's mental confusion to successfully enter its body and complete the possession.

On the other side, Zhang Yuanqing raised his head and howled at the round moon in the sky.

A bright beam of moonlight descended from the sky, shining directly on him. His spiritual aura instantly soared, and the vast Yin energy, as if summoned by a king, clustered around him. Then, he raised his hand and quickly smeared it across his face.

Instantly, a dark, earth-yellow color covered the golden paint. The red and black colors at the corners of his eyes, forehead, and mouth also changed, outlining a violent and angry mask.

Yellow Mask's attached skill: physical fitness and skill strength increased by 20%.

His spiritual power soared again, and the surrounding Yin energy showed a tendency to boil.

After doing all this, Zhang Yuanqing, carrying a tidal wave of Yin energy, crashed into the werewolf's body, occupying the other party's sea of consciousness.

This time, he did not suppress that chaotic and powerful spirit, but instead used Soul Devour, directly devouring it. @Essence\/Book Pavilion*First Release Update~~

In an instant, Zhang Yuanqing felt like he had drunk a glass of poison. (This chapter is not finished!)

Chapter 84 Obtaining the Item - Little Red Riding Hood

That crazy and chaotic spirit contained negative emotions such as killing, bloodlust, and violence, tormenting his consciousness and polluting his spirit.

This spirit had no memory and was made up of pure negative emotions and instincts.

If it hadn't been weakened by Mental Strike, hadn't been boosted by Howling at the Moon, and hadn't had its attributes enhanced by the Yellow Mask, he suspected that he would have directly fallen into an Evil Spirit.

Even so, Zhang Yuanqing still felt his rationality rapidly disappearing, turning towards madness.

There was no Demon Subduing Pestle or Evil Breaking Talisman here.

Damn it, you can't eat medicine randomly, and you can't eat spirits even more randomly. Zhang Yuanqing forcibly gathered a trace of rationality and switched to the Military Soul Mask, activating the Blue Mask.

Blue Mask attribute: Straightforward and unruly nature: Never afraid, always having a rebellious heart, never giving in. Endurance increased by 50%, and can be immune to three mental attacks.

With the endurance bonus, his spirit became extremely tenacious. The crazy thoughts were no longer difficult to resist, and rationality gradually returned. Zhang Yuanqing's spirit popped out of the werewolf's body. One of his eyes was evil and chaotic, and the other was clear and bright, strangely and evilly.

He had been polluted by the evil spirit. The endurance bonus provided by the Blue Mask was essentially to increase his spiritual resilience, allowing him to maintain his rationality in the face of the impact of negative emotions.

But the pollution would not disappear unless it was purified.

The pollution from a Night Wanderer's devouring of spirits never disappeared. It was just that those pollutions were bearable, like toxins deposited in mental strength. Once there was an excess, he would become mentally deranged or his personality would change drastically.

It just so happened that this was not a mental attack, and the Blue Mask could not grant immunity.

The werewolf's spirit was even more turbid than that of an Evil profession. He had killing on his mind because it belonged to a pure monster. Was that why the mental pollution was so terrible? While Evil professions were, at least, human and possessed humanity...

He couldn't fight in this state. If he still couldn't take his auntie out, he could only leave here first and return to reality, using an Evil Breaking Talisman to purify the negative emotions in his heart. Thinking to himself, Zhang Yuanqing looked down at the werewolf's corpse.

He had already made the worst plans. Although the werewolf was powerful, it didn't seem to be Ruler-level. This was obviously not compatible with the level of the item. Then, there must be an even more terrible monster waiting for him.

But Zhang Yuanqing had another guess: the "Little Red Riding Hood" was not a Ruler-level item, but rather a Saint-level item with special functions.

For example, it had integrated some of the Ruler-level functions of the Eternal Night profession.

Although it showed some Ruler-level characteristics, its lethality had not reached that level.

This situation was not uncommon. The best examples were the Sliding Shoes and Perfect Human Skin.

The characteristics of the two items were definitely not at the Saint level, but compared to genuine Ruler-level items, they were much worse. This kind of item was usually a top-grade item at the Saint stage. The Yin Yang Reversal Disk was also an example.

Based on the Little Red Riding Hood that had never appeared from beginning to end, Zhang Yuanqing thought that the latter guess was more reliable.

This wasn't a dungeon to break through. There was no reason for a big boss to endure and not come out. It was more likely that there was only one danger here: the werewolf, and the werewolf was Little Red Riding Hood. The information left by the owner of the wooden house could also confirm this. No Error Update@

Another piece of evidence was that the werewolf's spirit had no memory. Even animals should have memories, unless it was not a real creature, but an item. As his thoughts turned, Zhang Yuanqing saw a thick cloud of black smoke rising from the werewolf's corpse, then dissipating.

In its place was only a triangular red hat.

The Ghost Bride emerged and floated back to her husband's side.

Sure enough... He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and only felt relaxed all over.

Zhang Yuanqing landed in front of the triangular red hat, bending over to "pick up" this item and check its properties.

ps: My temples have been throbbing all the time, like I drank fake alcohol. There's only one chapter today. My condition is too bad to write a second chapter.