Chapter 7: Should I avoid his sharp edge
As the Ghost-Faced Demon Spider hissed, Lu Cheng felt his legs turn to jelly.
However, he had experienced quite a few battles, so his body quickly reacted, directly unleashing the pseudo-energy within him and then running away as fast as a rocket!
As for fighting back?
Are you kidding? This ghost spider looked terrifyingly powerful; ten of him probably wouldn't even be enough to fill its teeth!
On the other side, a cat-faced youth stood behind a tree, quietly observing this scene.
Illusory Realm emphasizes the combination of reality and illusion.
Because the Spirit power gap wasn't too large, Lin An initially used some strange but not overly detailed and hard-to-notice elements, such as the sky and shadows, to first create a terrifying atmosphere.
To avoid revealing any abnormalities, Lin An even filled Chen Wei's corpse with rabbit skin and meat, then used a pseudo-core to disguise it before hanging it up; it wasn't a pure illusion.
This move proved highly effective; Lu Cheng's psychological defenses were completely shattered upon seeing the familiar corpse, and his emotional fluctuations reached their peak!
At this point, with the Ghost-Faced Spider making its appearance, even if the spider was a pure illusion, Lu Cheng at this moment was clearly unable to distinguish it.
After all, the cat face mask itself becomes more realistic the more the opponent's emotions fluctuate.
Watching Lu Cheng desperately expend his energy, trying to escape the Ghost-Faced Spider's pursuit, Lin An also silently waited for an opportunity to strike.
After all, emotions like fear have thresholds and are time-sensitive.
Once the opponent crosses that critical point, they will naturally gradually notice something amiss and eventually realize the truth of the Illusory Realm.
Taking a deep breath, Lin An looked at Lu Cheng, who had exhausted all his pseudo-energy, and approached him with light steps.
Theoretically, he could now return to Little Stone Pool Village and successfully complete the internal test mission.
However, having prepared so thoroughly, with deliberate intent against an unsuspecting foe, Lin An didn't believe he couldn't even defeat a monster one level higher than himself.
Should I avoid his Sharpness?
Draw the saber!
With a thought, the long saber appeared in Lin An's hand.
His only trace of Yuan Power was quickly mobilized and injected into the long saber.
At the same time, Lu Cheng in the Illusory Realm finally vaguely sensed something was wrong.
This ghost spider has been chasing me; now that I've run out of energy and can't run anymore, why isn't it chasing me?
Could it be... A strong sense of crisis surged into his heart at this moment, and a thought flashed through Lu Cheng's mind.
The next moment, the Illusory Realm shattered, revealing a man with a black cat face swinging a saber towards his heart!
Lu Cheng: "??!"
Although this Pseudo-human struggled to dodge, it was clearly too late to react now!
The long saber, infused with all of Lin An's Yuan Power, carried an incredibly sharp momentum, cleanly piercing through Lu Cheng's heart!
[Cross-level kill of a Level 3 Pseudo-human, experience points increased by 50%!]
As the kill notification sounded, it meant the Pseudo-human was completely dead.
Seeing this, Lin An slowly exhaled. This time, he didn't choose to decompose the Pseudo-human's corpse but dragged it out of the forest.
Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the forest.
A figure hurried and stumbled out, and this person was none other than the talkative elder brother who had chatted with Lin An earlier.
Upon seeing the group again, the elder brother quickly shouted, "Everyone, Lu Cheng is a Pseudo-human in disguise!"
"Quick, quick, hurry to the village now, it'll be too late if we don't go!"
The remaining dozen or so Refugees were all startled by the man's words, and for a moment, they couldn't make up their minds.
After all, compared to Lu Cheng, who had led them all the way, this ragged fellow in front of them was clearly more suspicious. What if they foolishly followed him and there was a trap waiting for them ahead?
The talkative elder brother was both angry and helpless at this sight, so he decided to ignore them and turned to run away by himself.
Just then, Lin An, who had removed his mask, stepped out from the forest.
"Brother Meng is right, everyone should hurry on their way."
"Bang!"
As he spoke, Lin An casually tossed out a corpse.
The characteristics of a faceless person were quickly recognized by these Refugees who had experienced many disasters, and the crowd instantly shook!
Lu Cheng, who had been leading them all this time, was actually a Pseudo-human!
Doesn't that mean they had actually been hovering on the brink of death?
"Brother Lin, you killed the Pseudo-human?"
The talkative elder brother looked incredulous. He had previously thought this young man might fall behind and not survive the night, but now he was being told that the other party was a master capable of solo-killing a Level 3 Pseudo-human!
Lin An nodded slightly at his words.
"I've always felt something was off about him, so I hid in the crowd to observe Lu Cheng's actions."
"I didn't expect him to actually be a Pseudo-human."
Having said this, Lin An didn't continue to explain, dragging the Pseudo-human's corpse and quickly walking towards Little Stone Pool Village.
In this world, the strong are respected.
At the same time, every village and town will try their best to recruit talents and strong individuals, because if there are no strong individuals to protect them, it is not uncommon for them to be forced to relocate or even be annihilated, like Bamboo Village before.
After chatting with the talkative elder brother earlier, Lin An also learned a lot about the rules of the villages.
If he joined Little Stone Pool Village as an ordinary Refugee, he would probably only be able to do odd jobs and hard labor for a long time in the future, thus having the opportunity to become an official villager.
Moreover, if he leveled up too quickly later, it might easily arouse suspicion from others.
But what if he joined the village from the start with the persona of a genius?
Doing so would not only allow him to become an official villager immediately upon entering, but also gain certain privileges and enjoy treatment far beyond ordinary people!
Even later monster grinding and leveling up would appear more reasonable.
Of course, it's naturally impossible to expose everything.
At least for trump cards like the cat face mask, Lin An would not let others know unless absolutely necessary, not even NPCs in the game.
Although they are called NPCs, it's really hard to treat them as a game, as everything in this world is too real, whether it's pain or the horrified reactions of others before death.
Moreover, Lin An still remembered that the previous prompt had said it was best not to let the native creatures of Guixu know his player identity.
Although he didn't know what the consequences of exposing his identity would be, in such an extraordinary and strange world, caution was naturally the best approach.
Continuing on, this place was not far from Little Stone Pool Village.
As the afterglow of the setting sun slowly faded, the group hurried along and finally saw bright torchlight before dark!
Speeding up, what first came into view were tall and thick city walls, providing a strong sense of security!
And directly ahead was a bronze gate built by unknown mechanisms.
What attracted Lin An's attention the most was the majestic and lifelike tiger head sculpture in the very center of the city gate; just looking at this sculpture could give one an inexplicable sense of deterrence!
The weary travelers looked at this scene, their hearts filled with excitement!
Little Stone Pool Village, they've arrived!