Damn, I Awakened With A Horror System!

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However, instead of heaving a sigh of relief upon seeing that the roots in the surrounding area became pulverized under the intense flame brought by his extreme flame of hell, Leo's brow couldn't help but further deepen...

His eyes constricting as he hadn't seen his exp points increase even though he had already burned the roots around him into powder!

Crack~

As unease descends from above, shrouding Leo's pale figure with dread that he couldn't explain, the earth in the encompassing land suddenly trembles.

Earthquakes with strength that could rival a magnitude of 8 abruptly spread around. This caused the bones and dirt that were hidden beneath to succumb in pure disorder, making their gray and brown fragments fill the atmosphere... as fissures that ran toward the depths of the unknown earth began to unfold around.

Rustle~

At the same time, when chaos shrouded the land around Leo, the towering tree in the far distance began to sway eerily.

The countless eyes hanging below its thick black branches constrict with hostility before staring toward the direction of Leo in unison... Creating frantic sounds of low shrieking, which caused the confused and horrified silver skeleton below to feel pain within his soul.

Still not done, an aura filled with malice and disorder began to ooze from the tree's wrinkled bark as deafening rustling sounds originating from its moving branches echoed from afar.

Its rotten roots began to move underneath the earth, increasing in length before moving toward the unknown direction with hatred.

Cra-crack!

Feeling the familiar sensation of danger gripping his mind, Leo hurriedly utilized his telekinetic ability, covering his tense physique with their imperceptible aura before manipulating his body to retreat far away from the ground!

Sure enough, not even a second passed by... Several thick roots covered in sharp thorns, with a thickness comparable to the trunk of a hundred-year-old tree, frantically emerged within the depths of the ground—akin to thick whips that heavily and swiftly whipped toward the direction of Leo...

Making the eyes of Leo widen in disbelief as he hurriedly manipulates his "Dying Immortal" skill to its maximum strength!

In an instant, intense wind surged toward the direction of Leo, causing his balance mid-air to become disarray as the thick roots, filled with thorns, heavily lashed toward his pale figure—unable to evade in time, making his physique receive its full brunt.

Whisk!

AUGHH!!!

With a cry filled with agony, blood, carrying a hint of blackness within, blossomed within the damp atmosphere, dyeing the thick root in an instant with their filth, causing their surface to release a repulsive scent and thick smoke due to the corrosion properties they carried.

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Bang!

Mid-air, upon receiving the whipping of the root... Leo's bloodied figure swiftly hurls toward the far distance, rolling countless times before heavily crashing toward the building on the far horizon.

Coughing out some blood from his mouth, feeling the agonizing pain coursing throughout his physique...

Leo couldn't help but grit his teeth, taking a sharp breath as he hurriedly manipulated his rules, focusing it on the injuries he received before forcefully expelling the rules that invaded his being.

After that, he swiftly gazed at the injuries he received. His eyes went cold as he stared at the blackthorn that penetrated his skin.

On his lower abdomen, a long thorn with a thickness of 2 inches deeply penetrated his pale physique. So deep, to the point that it almost becomes visible on his back, making his innards suffer considerably due to it.

At the same time, he could also feel the thorn's rough edges continuously grind his inside, causing the injury to worsen as the second passed by.

In just a second, his health had been reduced by 1%!

Ughh!!

Groaning painfully, Leo hurriedly extracted the thorn embedded within his abdomen, causing his flesh to gash out from his wounds in the process as his still-activated "Dying Immortal" skill began to mend the injuries he received...

Although the speed of healing wasn't that visible due to the hindrance of the rules inside his body, the pain he was feeling already lessened considerably—allowing Leo to finally glance at the closing roots in the distance with gravity in his eyes.

"This isn't their main body! I'm afraid that the one I was facing was a Nascent Soul being!"

Just based alone on the capabilities of the roots, which were already enough to greatly injure him, in addition to the vicious rules that were still invading his physique, Leo was at least 100% sure that the being attacking him had already reached the Nascent Soul realm!

As for the stage it reaches, it should be at the early stage, with extremely small chances of being at mid-stage!

"Furthermore, it wasn't a normal Nascent soul being."

Thud!!!

Seeing the approaching roots and sensing the strange aura they were emitting, Leo immediately took out a number of potions within his inventory, consuming them in a matter of milliseconds before hurriedly using his movement skill.

Augmented by Light.

In an instant, a yellowish glow, akin to a light that was emitted from the first ray of the sunrise, enveloped the soles of Leo, instantly giving him the sensation of warmth as his figure suddenly blurred from his current position.

With speed that was hard to track even with the senses of a peak stage of the core formation realm...

Leo hurriedly distanced himself from the approaching roots. His palms radiated with an eerie glow as he hurriedly pointed them toward the direction of the thick roots.

QI Bullets!

With a low shout, Qi bullets, which contained rules, suddenly shot out toward the roots at a hurried speed—akin to a machine gun as they continuously bombarded the roots, instantly creating holes with different sizes within their bark...

Causing the rules that the Qi bullets contained to unceasingly drill toward the physique of the roots, creating countless debuff effects on their existence in the process.

Slap!!!

Sensing the danger brought by the qi bullets and feeling the continuous wreaking of countless rules within its physique, the dark roots around halted in succession before suddenly drilling toward the depths of the earth—instantly vanishing within Leo's line of sight...