Forbidden Zone of Deception

Chapter 21 The Vengeful Spirit Reappears (Please read on! Please add to your favorites!)
Jiang Jin's heart skipped a beat: Hidden ability? Isn't it the Hunting Curse Blade?
He then continued to look at the text prompt that appeared in his left eye:
"Ability Description: This ability is positioned as food cutting/basic anatomy."
Suitable targets: food, living beings, dead creatures, spirits

The effect is:
1. Cutting Food: The Blood Disintegration spell can be used in any horror instance world. By cutting cooked meat (any blade will do, but never apply Resentful Moss Ointment to the blade; using a Resentful Bonecrusher imbued with malevolent energy will increase the success rate), there is a 5%-15% chance to obtain Spiritual Meat that can restore SAN (the amount of SAN restored depends on the skill's proficiency). However, there is a possibility of obtaining cursed and contaminated meat, which cannot be eaten, otherwise it will cause a significant drop in SAN.

2. Corpse Dissection (Not yet unlocked): Bloody Decomposition can quickly separate the bones, muscles, and internal organs of a corpse, with decomposition efficiency far exceeding that of forensic medicine, but it is limited to humans and small animals. The dissected body parts have a 35%-50% chance of becoming "blood bait" (the success rate of using animal body parts as blood bait is almost 0%). These can be used by Reincarnators to set up traps against evil spirits using the Bloodstained Imprisonment ability, increasing the success rate of attracting evil spirits into the trap.

3. Upgrade required; level 1 cannot view or unlock.

4. Upgrade required; level 1 cannot view or unlock.

Note: This ability is learned and activated by the reincarnator themselves, not directly granted by the reincarnation system. Therefore, it only deducts 1% of SAN value upon activation and lasts for 10 minutes (currently, this is the first time this ability has been activated, so special treatment is given: no SAN value is deducted, and the Blood Decomposition Technique can be maintained for 10 minutes). The cooldown time is 5 hours.

Activating an ability now only requires 1% SAN value, no longer deducting SAN value per second! That's incredibly generous! Absolutely incredibly generous!

Jiang Jin was immediately moved to tears. Sure enough, what he learned and mastered himself was better than what the system directly gave him. Mom no longer has to worry about me desperately losing SAN!
Then, he picked up the piece of char siu.

A text prompt appeared:

Food Name: Premium Char Siu Pork

Effect: This 'Premium Char Siu,' created through a bloody decomposition technique, possesses spirituality. Consuming this char siu replenishes SAN (it must be completely chewed and swallowed to take effect). This char siu temporarily halts the potential decline in SAN; the effect gradually decreases starting with the second piece consumed.

Jiang Jin picked up the char siu without hesitation and ate it!
After swallowing the char siu completely, he looked at his watch again.

"Huh? Only this much?"

7% SAN value, less than expected. But seeing 69% SAN, he finally felt... he was putting some distance between himself and the terrifying deep-sea shark behind him! And since it was said to be able to curb the decline in SAN value, the debuff from that pool of water would be significantly reduced!
7%... It seems that it's because I've only just mastered the Blood Decomposition Technique and my proficiency isn't high enough yet.

"Alright, it's starting to look like it." The boss continued, "Remember to practice your knife skills diligently at all times so that you can become proficient through practice."

"Hmm!" Jiang Jin thought to himself, "I should practice the Blood Decomposition Technique whenever I have time, so that the probability of cutting out top-grade char siu pork can be increased."

Then, the shopkeeper took a candle from under the counter, lit it, and placed it on the table.

"Watch closely, I'm only going to teach you this once."

He swung his knife sharply, the blade slicing through the flames—

The candle flame was split in two, with two separate flames burning independently, not connected to each other!
Jiang Jin's eyes widened, and a second later, the separated flames finally merged back together!

“That was just the knife skill for cutting meat. Now, this is the kind of knife skill you want, the kind that can deal with a deep-sea shark.” The boss’s voice was deep as he said, “Give it a try.”

Looking at the candle, Jiang Jin immediately understood that this... was the Hunting Curse Blade!

“Spirits are not physical entities, but they have ‘form’.” The shopkeeper stared at the candlelight in front of him. “Like this fire, it seems formless, but if you know its ‘path’, you can sever it.”

Jiang Jin stared at the flickering candlelight, thinking: Can he really do this?

Jiang Jin tried to imitate it, but when the blade sliced ​​through the flames, the flames only flickered and did not split.

“Too slow.” The boss shook his head. “Spirits are faster than fire; you have to be faster than them.”

He suddenly raised his hand, took the boning knife, and then, with lightning speed, the blade pierced towards Jiang Jin's throat—

In that instant, Jiang Jin felt an intense sense of impending death!
He immediately activated Hunter Vision!

Before the hunter's vision, the blade in front of him suddenly slowed down, and Jiang Jin discovered that he could clearly see the path of the blade.

Jiang Jin instinctively leaned back, the tip of the knife grazing his neck, a chilling sensation running through him. "Not bad," the boss grinned, "but not enough."

The boss struck again, this time the blade arcing through the air. Jiang Jin barely managed to parry, but then the boss changed his stance, the back of the blade lightly tapping his wrist.

“They are more terrifying than you think.” The boss sheathed his knife. “If you want to be a good hunter, you have to be mentally prepared. Otherwise, you will eventually become the prey!”

Jiang Jin gripped the hilt of his knife tightly, his eyes serious.

It seems that Hunter's Vision might be necessary to practice and activate the Hunter's Blade!

"Alright, you can practice here slowly. I'm going out to continue my business."

After the boss finished speaking, he turned the knife towards the table, closed the door, and left the kitchen.

The kitchen suddenly became much darker, with that candle becoming the only source of light.

Jiang Jin gripped the hilt of his sword tightly. Activating Hunter's Vision just now had consumed 3% of his power, bringing it down to 66%.

It seems these abilities consume SAN because Jiang Jin is currently too weak; the abilities are directly granted by the system, making them naturally expensive. Jiang Jin estimates that only by leveling up to LV2 will the SAN cost stop being deducted per second.

However, if he were to use Hunter's Vision at this stage, his SAN (Sanity Points) wouldn't be enough. Before the 10 minutes were up, he needed to cut out a few more pieces of premium char siu pork.

So he continued trying to cut the char siu.

In the flickering candlelight beside him, Jiang Jin was trying to recall the feel of the cutting process.

"Force... relax... untie... not chop..."

Jiang Jin focused his attention almost entirely on the char siu pork. After an unknown amount of time, he successfully cut out another piece of premium char siu pork!

"Let's see how much blood this can restore..."

Just as Jiang Jin was about to put the char siu in his mouth, Deathstroke's howl rang out again!
"Wow wow wow!"

Jiang Jin was startled and subconsciously looked at the corner of the kitchen counter.

But then he immediately turned his head away!

Next, Jiang Jin's eyes widened!
Because he saw... a grand master chair in front of another kitchen counter!

On the kitchen counter, there was a pair of bowls and chopsticks!
This scene was all too familiar. Just a few hours ago, he had seen it at the Huang family's old house. At that time, the chair and the set of chopsticks had mysteriously disappeared without a trace!
The death knell continued to howl urgently, while Jiang Jin gasped in shock.

No...didn't we dispel its resentment?
Then, in Jiang Jin's ear...

The sound of flowing water reappeared!

At the same time, the candle went out completely!

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