Dark Blood Path

The skeleton soldier was about to attack again.

Xiao Yu shouted loudly, exerting all his strength, and knocked it to the ground with a sweep of his legs; then he smashed the wooden club hard on its face. A sharp crackling sound was heard, and a crack appeared in the skeleton soldier’s skull. He hit the monster so hard to the point of damaging his own nails.

Han Kexin let out a girlish shout, hitting the same spot again with her weapon as the crack spread out rapidly.

The skeleton soldier leapt up from the ground after making a rattling noise. Its bone blade quickly swung left and right, but Xiao Yu deflected it repeatedly. He evaded every attack with the least amount of risk possible by relying on his vast fighting experience. He even launched one or two counterattacks. However, the difference in strength and speed between the two sides was too big, and the skeleton quickly forced him back.

At this moment, Han Kexin also rushed up, but the moment the club in her hand came into contact with the bone blade, she was sent flying.

“Crack!”

The skeleton soldier violently raised its blade, slashing at her. Han Kexin was unable to evade the attack in time. Her face grew pale with fright, and just as she was about to close her eyes and await death, a hand forcefully pushed her body from harm’s way.

The moment Han Kexin was pushed away, she clearly saw that the arm that helped her was directly chopped off by the bone blade instead. The blade appeared to be rather dull, yet it was actually incredibly sharp. Blood gushed out from the broken arm in an instant and splashed all over the ground.

Han Kexin looked in disbelief at the man who lost his arm to save her life; her heart stirred, and tears shimmered in her eyes as she cried out: “no, Xiao Yu!”

When it was entirely cut down, blood poured out of Xiao Yu’s severed left arm like a spring, yet he didn’t even flinch. For him, this sort of pain that could cause individuals to pass out never seemed to apply to him. He turned around and struck the skeleton soldier in the head without stopping.

The skeleton soldier swung its bone blade and slashed in retaliation. Flexibly dodging, Xiao Yu swung the club at an awkward angle. The soldier’s skull was largely fractured. Just one more strike could extinguish its fire!

Despite its low intelligence, the monster still recognized that it was about to perish. As a result, it accelerated the movement of its blade and stabbed Xiao Yu in the chest. At the same time, Xiao Yu raised his wooden club and struck the skeleton soldier in the skull once more. He ignored the stab rushing into his chest; despite being too weak from losing all that blood, he refused to stop his attack. If he missed this opportunity, he judged it would be harder to come by.

He twisted his body slightly so the attack would miss all his vital points.

‘Puchi’, Xiao Yu’s chest was pierced through, and a bone blade emerged from his back.

Bang!

With a muffled sound, the wooden club hit the skeleton soldier’s head fiercely, and most of the skull was shattered with a bang. The soul fire in its eye sockets flickered out a few times and finally completely extinguished. Ultimately, the skeleton lost all of its strength, and its body instantly broke, scattering broken bones all over the ground.

Xiao Yu sprayed blood from his mouth and nose, took five to six steps back, and let go of his weapon as he held the bone blade stuck in his chest backhanded before forcefully pulling it out. Fresh blood instantly stained the clothes on his chest, causing intense pain as it made him sweat profusely, but he never grunted, and even his expression didn’t change much.

Jin Shi, Wang Chao, and Han Kexin were all stunned and stood there in silence. They’d never seen anyone with such steady mental strength before! Especially Han Kexin, who felt gratitude and gratefulness toward him.

After the death of the skeleton soldier, two balls of essence emerged; one ball of energy the size of a ping-pong ball floated out and split apart automatically. A small strand of which flew into Han Kexin’s body. That energy was not inferior to two goblin slaves’ worth. The remaining nine-tenths turned into a stream and poured into Xiao Yu’s brows. A huge amount of power constantly poured into his body. Xiao Yu felt like a thousand-year-old volcano was about to erupt inside him!

This feeling was very familiar; he was about to evolve!

Silk strands protruded out from his body, wrapping Xiao Yu into a big glowing cocoon made of silk. Immediately afterward, several pieces of information quickly flashed through his consciousness… he advanced to the elementary level, comprehending one skill: the eyes of insight!

After a while, the light cocoon split open, and Xiao Yu emerged.

His body was intact, all of his injuries had healed, and even his broken arm had grown back. Xiao Yu clenched his fists tightly, feeling an enormous power in his body. At this moment, he was more than twice as strong as before, and he could exert a thousand catties equal amount of force with a random punch; he also received an innate skill. There were many ways to obtain skills in this world. Innate skills were kind; such skills were often very powerful and practical, getting stronger as they continued to evolve. Most people only had an increase in strength when they advanced, and rarely did they receive innate skills.

Wang Chao was stunned and said: “What the fuck, what happened to you? You just got fully revived!”

“I evolved!” Xiao Yu moved his arms around and said with joy for the first time: “I have entered the elementary realm now, and I am already at the same level as that skeleton soldier. So now, even if I fight it alone, I will not lose!”

Wang Chao swallowed his saliva: “is it actually possible to advance while fighting monsters? Why does this feel similar to a game?”

Xiao Yu had just entered the elementary level. He recovered from his injury and was full of energy. And so he was also in a good mood as he joked around, “Fatty, you guessed it correctly this time. This world is like a playground, a game created by gods. We, weak humans, are the players, and we must keep on surviving and evolving in this game, to finally become the perfect race in this world!”

Jin Shi seemed to notice an abnormality in Xiao Yu; he scratched his head and asked strangely, “hey, why did your eyes turn red?”

Xiao Yu’s eyesight greatly improved after advancing; now, he could clearly see every detail in his surroundings, even in this dark underground cave. He explained slowly: “Everyone’s evolution direction, part, and speed are very different. There are all kinds of strange evolutionary routes. Some are obvious, some are not, and the area I evolved in is my eyes.”

Han Kexin came over and said to him with a complicated expression, “Thank you for saving me.”

Xiao Yu smiled; in fact, he did that on purpose. Because he was well aware that he had already reached a bottleneck. as long as he killed that skeleton soldier, he would be able to advance smoothly, and all of his injuries would heal by then. It was totally a worthwhile gamble to exchange an arm for the gratitude and admiration of the “Bloody Queen”. Physical pain was insignificant to Xiao Yu anyway. However, this woman’s potential was limitless, and so she must remain firmly attached to his side!

Xiao Yu did not want to repeat his previous life’s mistakes.

Including the “Bloody Queen” Han Kexin and the other powerful people who have grown into giants, Xiao Yu has always believed that he was not in any way inferior to them. On the contrary, his battle awareness and pursuit of strength were even more superior. But there were only two things that he was lacking, that is ambition and a long-term vision.

In his previous life, Xiao Yu thought that if he was just strong enough, he could survive anything in this world. Because of this idea, he became a lone traveler who broke away from his group. A lone person haunting in dangerous places, a lone person killing all kinds of horrifying monsters, and this lone person’s eagerness for power grew stronger and stronger. A single person’s strength was, in fact, always limited. With the assistance of their comrades and teammates, those who formed forces early on leapt to kill stronger monsters, obtained better treasures, and grew stronger and stronger while he was left behind.

It could be said that his downfall was inevitable!

Xiao Yu fully grasped this truth after his death. His desire for power remained strong, but humans, after all, lived in factions and should not separate from their group. There must be a few people whom you can rely on, especially strong people! Because he has gone through it before, Xiao Yu had many more advantages that others did not. Hence he would make sure to reap more benefits this time around!

Jin Shi pointed to a gray ball of light floating around the body of the skeleton soldier as he asked, “Why is there another energy ball right there? Can it also be absorbed?! It’s huge, and it’s just floating there. Is it that it’s too big to be absorbed?”

Xiao Yu walked over and grabbed the ball of light; the light gradually dissipated, revealing a sharp bone blade held in his hand. This bone blade was gray and white all over, about three fingers wide and three feet long. It glowed coldly, with a row of tiny serrations on the edge. The hilt was decorated with a spiral pattern and a skull shape at the end.

The moment he held the blade, a message was transmitted right to his brain, it was the name of this weapon, and it was called— Blade of withered Bones!

“It’s our good luck; we got a weapon this early.” Xiao Yu spun the blade gently, and the wind blew by, making their cheeks feel sore. He explained to the three puzzled people: “This weapon is the monster’s soul. I don’t know the details. Let’s just think like this, since it is a game, it would be reasonable for monsters to drop out equipment. This weapon is called the Blade of withered Bones – it’s a gray-grade weapon.”

Wang Chao and Jin Shi looked at each other; both smiled wryly at the same time: “Damn, this is very messed up.”

Han Kexin questioned, her eyes piercing: “You just said that this knife is a gray-grade weapon. Does this mean there exist other grades besides this one?”

Xiao Yu nodded and said: “Gray weapons are the lowest kind, followed by white, green, blue, and purple weapons in that order. As for whether there are others, I don’t know. Each grade is divided into three tiers: high, medium, and low. This bone blade is a medium gray weapon, but even so, in the eyes of ordinary people, it is a magical weapon that can cut through rocks like mud!”

Han Kexin asked suspiciously: “I always had this question in mind, why do you know this world so well? Like you’ve lived here before.”

When Wang Chao and Jin Shi heard this, they immediately had the same thoughts in mind as they too asked, “That’s right, have you ever been here before?”

Xiao Yu smiled strangely and answered, “If I say I had dreamed of this place, would you believe me?”

“I believe you!”

Han Kexin’s eyes flickered.

Holding the bone blade in his hand, Xiao Yu said to the others: “It’s almost safe in here; the people above must be impatiently waiting for us. Let’s hurry up.”

The four of them immediately returned to ground level along the exit passage, and just when they walked out, they were surprised to find traces of battle outside. There were six to seven human corpses on the ground, as well as the dead bodies of six goblin slaves. Apparently, those monsters attacked them. A few humans died, but the total number of people had increased instead of decreasing compared to when they had just entered the cave. After the scattered students in the woods arrived one after another, a total of more than one hundred people gathered together. Among them, the number of girls was more than seventy, and the number of boys was barely above thirty.

This was mainly because the school was dominated by arts and design students, which mainly consisted of girls. There were also those who majored in liberal arts. Obviously, if you switch to a science and engineering school, the situation will be much different.

This ratio has another aspect to it, which is a personality aspect. The boys were just braver. Facing the attacks of goblin slaves, most girls tend to just run away, as goblin slaves don’t run that fast, so it was very easy to outrun them. However, after the initial fear, a significant number of males choose to fight desperately. As a result of this resistance, various people died, but others grew stronger as well.

“Teacher Han!”

Jiang Xiaowen’s skirt was stained with blood as she threw herself on Han Kexin, who just came out, crying loudly.

Xiao Yu gave her a rough glance, “Have you guys been attacked?”

At this time, a female student replied: “A group of students fled here, and six monsters were chasing them. Some of us reacted quickly and helped deal with the monsters. Jiang Xiaowen was extremely brave. She killed two of them on her own.”

“Oh?” Xiao Yu glanced at Jiang Xiaowen, who was crying, “Really? I seriously underestimated her this time!”

Jiang Xiaowen and Xiao Yu knew each other long before going to university. They both learned painting in the same studio. Jiang Xiaowen always gave him the feeling of a lively, beautiful girl with a pure heart. Not only was she very beautiful, but her family’s financial conditions were also excellent. Her father was a well-known domestic company president with hundreds of millions of dollars in wealth. In addition, she was sensible and obedient, so her family couldn’t wait to hold her in the palm of their hands and take good care of her, just like a princess. For those reasons, he didn’t expect a spoiled girl like her would show such courage in the face of danger.

People should never be judged by their looks.

Perhaps, her potential is higher than I thought!