Damn, I Awakened With A Horror System!

Opening his character panel, Leo immediately locked his gaze toward the "Skill Fusion Feature" below.

Silently staring at the mesmerizing and extricate surface of the ancient black cauldron, pondering how he could gain it without spending a single horror point- still couldn't rid of the thought that its surface carried traces of all the rules and Dao within.

Sigh~

Signing softly, dragging his two new Elite skills, Leo leisurely tossed it inside, beholding how the lid of the cauldron swiftly closed with a loud booming sound- loudly resounding within his senses, deafening it momentarily as the familiar notification unfolded in his front.

Ding!

[ The compatibility of fusing the "Assistance of the Wind (Elite)" and "Lightning Step (Elite)" skills is 80%.

Cost of Fusion: 7,500 horror points!

Cooldown: 4 days!

Note: Failure to combine the skills wouldn't allow the user to recover the cost of the fusion of the skills. ]

"An 80% compatibility isn't that bad. Considering that my restraint skill already entered (Rare +3) rarity yesterday after using medallions of forceful upgrade to forcefully increase its capability...

"The jinx skill temporarily wouldn't be able to affect everything around me if I didn't deliberately weaken my restraint skill.'

Unfolding a smile on his face, feeling that the debuff passive skills would no longer trouble him. Leo, without hesitation, accepted the deal.

Instantly reducing his horror points by 7,500... causing the black exquisite cauldron in his front to fluctuate crazily, sending waves of chaotic wind toward the surroundings- consuming the imperceptible horror points that Leo releases.

Followed by that, the sound of churning lightning, deafening his senses, began to unceasingly echo toward his ears... Giving him the illusion that an intense battle was currently unfolding within the interior of the cauldron, making him slightly tense and expectant about the new skill he would get.

Boom!

Soon, after waiting for an unknown period of time, the deafening sound of an explosion suddenly resounded in Leo's mind- making it slightly unstable as he instantly beheld the charred scroll within the centre of the cauldron, making his face black as faint premonition suddenly emerge within his being.

Ding!

[ Congratulations upon failing to fuse the two skills for the first time!

+1 Low Charred Scroll! ]

Ding!

[ Charred scroll (Low)- A failed skill scroll that could give random skill toward the user.

Chances of getting certain rarity skills: Common (50%), Uncommon (25%), Elite (15%), and Rare (10%).

Note: It's too random to the point that it could bestow a curse skill that negatively affects one's physique, mentality, and soul! ]

...

This...

"System, come here, I just want to peacefully talk to you...'

Seeing that the extricate design within the surface of the cauldron began to fade- a testament that it was currently on cooldown. The face of Leo couldn't help but instantly darken, feeling that the system did something about the probability of the fusion causing it to eventually fail. Couldn't believe that his luck would be that bad.

Furthermore, considering that the fusion in the past few days was successful even though that the jinx skill couldn't be completely suppressed... Leo was inclined to believe that the system was doing something behind his back, causing his luck to decrease somehow!

Ding!

[ System: ..I.. ]

"F*ck, what does that even mean!"

Seeing this, the corner of Leo's lips couldn't help but twitch, feeling that his anger was increasing drastically... Making him grit his teeth as he read the new notification that emerged on his front.

[ It means that luck wasn't on your side. Don't blame the system for being unlucky! ]

***

Feeling helpless, Leo ignored the notification that kept flashing within the corner of his eyes- carefully grasping the charred scroll within his hand, caressing its rough surface before hurriedly ripping it afterwards, causing it to disintegrate within his palm as intense darkness momentarily shrouded his vision.

Twinkle~

Followed by that, specks of dark light, releasing intense uncertainty within suddenly entered Leo's being, coursing within for a while before vanishing toward its depths- making him puzzled about the strangeness of activating the charred scroll.

Although there were notes below that mentioned that the charred skill scroll could give a Curse skill to one's being (if unlucky). Leo wasn't too worried regarding that, with his newly upgraded restraint skill he was sure that he could somehow handle it... Causing him to gamble in the hope of gaining a random skill that he could use.

"It's good if it was a skill that could give the system a body... So I could talk to him and give him some bruise in the process...'Nôv(el)B\\jnn

As he was entertaining the thought of beating the system, feeling that it was deliberately giving him a hard time for not giving him good offensive skills since day one, the familiar sound of heavy metal hitting another metal loudly echoed within his head- making Leo rub his hands in anticipation as he hurriedly checks the description of the new skill.

Ding!

[ Congratulations upon gaining a "Light Steps (Elite +1)" skill from the charred scroll!

System Note: Not bad, your luck still suck! ]

Ding!

[ Light Steps (Elite +1) (Level 1): Making one's step as light as a feather, allowing one to step above the water without sinking, and allowing one to fall from the high ground without sustaining injuries!

Furthermore, running or moving using the skill wouldn't create a loud sound- making infiltration or escaping silent.

Activation: 1 Qi per 5 seconds.

Effect 1: Permanently increase one's speed by 10 points!

Effect 2: Upon activation, further increase the speed by 20 attribute points! ]

...

"This... the skill is not that bad, at least much better than the two skills earlier."

Nodding his head, feeling that it would work for now, Leo leisurely upgraded the skill to level 5- further reducing his horror points by 2,500 and at the same time increasing the capability of the skill by 250%!

Making the initial 10 free attribute points on speed increase to 25 points!

Furthermore, the effect #2 of the skill upon activation further increases to 50! Allowing him to gain 75 free speed points once he fully activated the skill!

Unfortunately, the consumption of the skill also increases, burning 1 Qi for every 2 seconds, only allowing him to use the skill for 10 minutes max!

...

Taking a deep breath, Leo silently activated the skill, wanting to gain mastery over it so he wouldn't lose control (due to the sudden increase in speed) upon activating it in the near future.

Flash~

In an instant, upon activation, traces of weak light slowly gather under his soles, giving him the sensation of unprecedented weightlessness, making the rippling current under his feet inexplicably quite down- a testament to its good effect of making one weight as light as a feather...

Furthermore, his gliding ability mid-air also drastically increased! Boosting his combat ability mid-air by an amount!

...

Soon, after a couple of minutes testing his skills, Leo unhurriedly deactivated the skill, instantly extinguishing the soft light beneath as his weight reverted back to normal (20kg), creating waves within that travelled toward the far distance- disturbing the inhabitants within as he slowly sits toward the wet cold ground.

"Keke~ it's finally time... I finally have spare time to curse!

"Hehe~ Do you think leaving traces of your rules to others' physique is funny? Well, it is, but the premise is... that I was the one who did it!

"I am the only one qualified to make others feel fear and despair! Just wait a little longer you lowly devil, I will ensure to make your life a living hell...

...

"Wait, I forgot that devil lives in hell, he would probably love that.

"Since that was the case, then I will ensure that your life would suffer an intense agony!"

Kekeke~ Kekeke~

Grinning demonically, Leo excitedly took out the black cauldron within his inventory, placing it in his front as he slowly cleaned its exterior- laughing in a deranged tone as the hatred hidden within his being slowly resurfaced within his consciousness...

Slowly clouding his judgement, making his eyes glint with malicious intent as he hurriedly fed the lamp beneath with his liquified Qi, instantly causing its flame to illuminate the far distance- evaporating the black ink water beneath as its dark fog slowly and slightly shrouded the enclosed space... Making the scene especially forbidding to one's sight.

Stretching his hand toward the void, Leo slowly took out a withered yet crimson shoulder within his inventory...

Curling his pale lips slightly upon sensing the faint fear and despair that drilled toward its bone, making him unconsciously happy as the image of the devil beholding its shoulder mysteriously separated under its eyes resurfaced within his mind...

Lessening the anger within his being... But still not enough to extinguish it.

***

In the far distance, in the depths of the Endless Forest, hundreds of miles away from the bland cemetery.

The familiar figure of the late stage of the Core formation realm Devil could be seen suddenly halting on his track- warily inspecting the tall canopy above as the intense premonition of danger suddenly emerged within his mind.

Making his expression change drastically as the feeling of the unknown appeared within his being... Making his still gravely injured physique bend down as dark blood with a mixture of flesh and live worms within suddenly came out from his mouth...

Instantly causing his eyes to constrict in pure horror upon seeing the wriggling worm beneath... Unable to comprehend the things that were currently happening within his physique.

"This...'

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