Damn, I Awakened With A Horror System!

Caressing the exposed rooting flesh of the lifeless devil puppet in his grasp, Leo couldn't help but gulp with desire. Suppressing the raging instinct within his being as he hesitantly hides the body of the devil puppet on his inventory.

However, unfortunately, probably due to its half-alive and half-dead status, Leo couldn't put the mechanical body of the devil puppet in his inventory. Making him sigh in helplessness as he could only manipulate its body with his telekinetic ability...

Making its body glide through the damp and dark atmosphere as it closely followed Leo's figure toward the depths of the cave.

"There should be a spiritual plant hidden in this cave, I wouldn't believe that the devil puppet could recover on its own with only its weakened capabilities...'

Leo lightly thought, already entertaining the thought that something helped the devil puppet's reasoning to its fast recovery.

Although it was possible for it to rely on its own ability to slowly recover, its ability to jump from the early stage of the core formation realm to the peak stage of the core formation realm in a span of a few weeks was beyond his imagination.

Not all beings have the help of the system!

...

Hmm?

As he was traversing the depths of the catacombs, Leo suddenly halted in his tracks... Sensing the sudden surge of Qi on his current location.

Frowning he looked below his feet, toward the depths of the black ink water beneath him as the sensation of thick death and life Qi, caressing his soles appeared within his being.

Making him reveal a cold smirk on his pale face as he leisurely bends his front knee.

...

"Keke~ Found you. Who would have expected that you were hiding in the depths of the water?'

Soon, after taking a deep long breath. Leo, without hesitation, suddenly deactivated his movement skill, making his weight revert back to normal, instantly causing his body to slowly submerged toward the ink black water beneath.

Splash!

In an instant, the cold water, capable of penetrating the depths of one's soul touched Leo's physique, drenching his whole body in the process as the unprecedented darkness devoid of any light reflected to his vision.

Unable to see the depths of the dark water nor his surrounding area, Leo immediately spread his divine senses, allowing him to perceive objects and lifeforms 50 meters in diameter.

"As expected..."

Soon enough, upon spreading his divine senses toward his surroundings. Exactly 45 meters below him, a small tree with unknown colour and appearance appeared within his divine senses...

Making him clench his fist in anticipation upon feeling that his premonition was again sending him a strange signal to hurriedly consume the small unknown fruits connected to its branches.

Fortunately, probably due to the devil puppet guarding the place previously. Other than 5 fruits missing within the branches that were probably eaten by that devil puppet... Leo managed to obtain 7 unknown fruits from the unknown tree branches!

Making him smile with glee as he hid it within his inventory!

Ding!

[ Fruit of Underwater Demon Tree (Grade 3-Low): A Fruit that could only be found in the depths of a death sea where Yin and Death energy were at its thickest. In order to mature, they consume thick death and life force within their surroundings.

Effect upon consumption: Permanently increase Death and Life affinity by 5, and Soul, Mental, and Qi power by 25!

Effect 2: Greatly increase the Qi inside the body by a considerable amount! (Only effective below the Peak-Nascent Soul realm stage!)

Effect 3: There's a small chance of comprehending the rules related to Death and Life!

Note: A being could only consume 3 raw Fruit of Underwater Demon Tree (Could consume an extra one if the Thousand Souls and Decay fruit were processed into a potion!) ]

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"Jackpot! I finally got my first Grade 3 spiritual fruit!'

Suppressing the anticipation within his being, Leo hurriedly swam toward the surface of the ink black water. Activating his movement skill, causing his weight to decrease drastically before he hurriedly dragged the mechanical body of the devil puppet toward the entrance of the catacombs.

Huff~

Soon, after 5 minutes of running, upon arriving at the familiar place where the exit from this forbidden place could be seen above the ceiling...

Leo, feeling exhausted, directly slumped toward the cold wet ground, staring at the hole in the ceiling for good minutes. Calming his thoughts down as the lingering excitement and desires within his being slowly vanished toward the void...

Being replaced by the deafening silence that unceasingly echoed toward Leo's consciousness. Allowing him to deeply ponder about the intense fight earlier.

Although he made some small mistakes earlier, solely on the delayed activation of some of his skills, Leo concluded that the fight earlier was much better than he expected.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

He didn't expect that he, as a newly advanced mid stage of the core formation realm could actually defeat a peak stage of the core formation realm puppet without destroying its mechanical body!

Making him assess his true combat ability and strength...

"Sigh~ don't think too much, the reason why you managed to defeat that puppet was because it was greatly weakened.

"Furthermore, it doesn't have access to Rules and Domain, making its combat ability weaker than a normal Peak stage of the core formation realm.'

...

Sighing deeply, feeling that his guess makes sense, Leo wearily sat on the ground, not caring about the cold water that touch his butt due to his destroyed short as he hurriedly took out the unknown fruit within his inventory.

Soon, upon retracting his hand from the depths of the void, the tantalizing fragrance, enough to move the souls of immortals abruptly waft toward the almost enclosed cave...

Waking the skeleton #1 from its deep cultivation in the distance as it stared at the fruit that was akin to a dark mango within Leo's grasp... Making the corner of its jaw water due to the intense desire within its being, understanding that it would surely mutate if it consumed the fruit in Leo's hand.

Cla-clank? (Heartless mas... I mean, Master do you need help to check the fruit whether it was poisonous or not?)

Unable to suppress the instinct within the depths of its silver bones, Skeleton #1 couldn't help but speak to Leo. Hoping that its master was tired enough to believe its nonsense and allow it to consume one of those strange fruit.

...

Hearing the incoherent voice of Skeleton #1 in the short distance, Leo silently stared at its being, quietly activated his soul scan skill as he stared at its current level and stats.

"Hmm, not bad, currently at level 18 of the foundation realm... Skeleton #1 was probably working hard behind my back.'

Leo thought, unaware that his reputation with his puppets and residents above already got tainted due to the mouth of Skeleton #1.

Pondering slightly, feeling that he couldn't rush on consuming the Fruit of Underwater Demon Tree on his hand in order to hastily increase his level... Afraid that his foundation would become damaged and feeble, causing his advancement in the future to become filled with dangers and difficulties.

Furthermore, he also noticed that his level and realm increased at a swift speed, causing his combat ability and instinct to lag behind. Not allowing him to fully unleash his combat ability due to the lack of experience...

Leo nodded slightly before replying to Skeleton #1 in the short distance.

"Sure, call skeleton #2 above so the both of you could mutate at the same time."

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Crack~

Soon, after 5 minutes of waiting, Leo finally saw the two silver skeletons drop from the large hole above, hitting the ink blank water beneath as cracking sounds of bones could be heard within... Destroying the bland bones beneath them due to their weight that reaches 30 kilograms. 7.5 kilograms came from their silver sword behind their back.

Clank. (Master.)

Seeing the pale figure of his master, Skeleton #2 hurriedly issued a bow of respect, not even taking a glance toward the mesmerizing fruit within the hand of his master- a testament that it could suppress its desires and instinct better than Skeleton #1 in the short distance.

Nodding his head in satisfaction upon seeing how respectful skeleton #2 is compared to skeleton #1 in the short distance...

Leo secretly shook his head, deciding to bury the annoying thoughts behind the back of his mind before he casually tossed the two dark fruits to the two silver skeletons in the short distance.

Beholding how their expression changed slightly under his deliberate prying, closely watching them distance themselves from him before they hurriedly consumed the dark fruit in their grasp in one bite...

Unfolding a rich expression of ecstasy on their silver skull as the familiar darkness, originating from the void and the unknown depths of the place abruptly consumed their beings.

Forming a large sphere of pure darkness that fully encased their being within... Creating a sound of grinding as they began to rotate at a fast speed around their physique.

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