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"As expected, he was restrained." Chen Guan felt relieved. He didn't even need to exert much effort to deal with this weakest wandering soul; he could handle it simply by using the advantage of his weapon.

Without further hesitation, he darted through the rocky beach, the Nether Reaper transforming into streaks of black light, causing wandering souls to scatter wherever it passed.

The Soul-Absorbing Crystal was like an insatiable black hole, greedily absorbing the scattered remnants of souls. Now, in Chen Guan's eyes, these ghosts were no longer ghosts, but clearly a bunch of walking experience points.

After clearing out about a dozen wandering souls, Chen Guan arrived at a darker area on the other side of the stream. The gray mist here was almost solidified, and the ground was littered with the withered bones of some beasts or humans.

In my mental perception, I sensed several more powerful fluctuations, each carrying a distinct air of resentment.

"A vengeful spirit..."

Chen Guan slowed his pace. Wraiths are the product of dead souls absorbing more negative emotions or obsessions. They have simple consciousness and their strength is roughly equivalent to a strong first-tier superhuman. Physical attacks have little effect on them.

The efficiency of dealing with regular monsters is still too low; switching to higher-level monsters seems like a better option.

As Chen Guan remained relaxed, three writhing spirits with eerie green flames burning in their eyes emerged from the mist, letting out hateful roars as they pounced on Chen Guan.

They are much faster than ordinary ghosts, and their claws and teeth are wrapped in cold spiritual energy. Anyone who gets touched by them will be immediately entangled.

"Well done." Instead of retreating, Chen Guan advanced, his scythe surging with gray energy. His passive skill, Soul Tremor, was naturally activated, and an invisible deterrent force spread out, causing the three vengeful spirits to visibly pause, and the flames in their eyes flickered.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Chen Guan's Swift Boots flashed, and he moved like a ghost into the middle of the three vengeful spirits, sweeping his scythe horizontally.

Active skill: Netherworld Strike!

His mental energy was instantly depleted, and a deep, dark light erupted from the blade of the scythe. A power that struck straight to the soul burst forth with the attack of the scythe.

Puff, puff, puff.

The three vengeful spirits, like snowflakes thrown into a raging fire, let out extremely shrill screams the moment they came into contact with the dark blade light. Their forms were annihilated at a speed visible to the naked eye, even more thoroughly than the previous wandering souls.

Three much thicker strands of grayish-white energy were absorbed by the spirit-absorbing crystal. Chen Guan could feel a sense of satisfaction emanating from the scythe, and even the dark luster on the blade seemed to become more solid.

Chen Guan nodded in satisfaction. The Netherworld Strike was terrifyingly powerful against spirits, but it also consumed a great deal of energy.

With his current mental strength, he can only use it a limited number of times in a short period of time, so he needs to be cautious when using it in actual combat.

Although his stats kept increasing, he was only considered decent among his peers.

But it doesn't matter. Everyone else's strength is based on their own cultivation, and it's all superficial. But he's different. He's achieved his strength through cheating. Sooner or later, he'll surpass those people.

Chen Guan was in high spirits and continued to venture deeper, clearing away the wandering souls and scattered vengeful spirits he encountered along the way. The spirit-absorbing crystal was like a bottomless pit, constantly devouring the remnants of souls. Although he felt satisfied, he could never be satisfied.

About an hour later, Chen Guan arrived at the deepest part of the mission area, a small mass grave surrounded by several dead ancient trees. The spiritual energy concentration here was at its peak, and the gray mist had almost turned into liquid. Broken tombstones and rotten coffins were scattered on the ground, indicating that it was a place rarely visited by people.

In the center of the mass grave, a powerful entity, distinctly different from ordinary vengeful spirits, was slowly taking shape.

It was a three-meter-tall skeletal general phantom clad in tattered armor, wielding a rusted longsword. Two blazing, dark red soul flames burned in its eye sockets, and dense black resentment swirled around its body. Its aura had clearly reached the second tier.

"An elite monster guarding the pass?" Chen Guan finally understood why these ghosts were behaving strangely when he saw the skeleton general in front of him. It turned out that a big boss had appeared, and they had become restless due to the influence of the big boss.

The Skeleton General discovered the coffin and roared. Dark red soul flames flickered violently, and the rusted longsword in his hand pointed at the coffin. A deathly will surged forth.

The coffin remained as steady as Mount Tai; how could such a level of mental impact possibly tickle someone?

His assessment was that he was inferior to Baal; Baal didn't even get a one-shot kill from him, so what kind of trash was he?

The Skeleton General took heavy steps, brandishing his long sword, and a black blade of light slashed through the air.

Chen Guan retreated rapidly, and at the same time, a gray light flashed in his eyes. He activated the illusion technique Mirror Flower Water Moon. In the Skeleton General's perception, Chen Guan's figure suddenly became blurry, splitting into several afterimages that rushed towards it from different directions.

The skeleton general paused for a moment, then swept his long sword across, shattering several afterimages, but failed to find the true body of Chen Guan.

Hmm, this guy's a bit slow, but he seems like a good tool for practicing skills.

Chen Guan controlled his power, and his true form rushed in from his side and rear, his scythe covered in gray energy, and he directly activated his active skill.

A strike from the netherworld!

However, the Skeleton General suddenly turned around, his rusted longsword blocking in front of him, and a dense black aura of resentment formed a shield.

clang!

The dark scythe clashed with the black longsword, producing a deafening clang like metal striking metal, which dispersed the surrounding gray mist.

Chen Guan jumped away with ease. The black resentment shield on the Skeleton General's side fluctuated violently and dimmed considerably, but it did not break. The dark red flames in its eyes burned even more fiercely, clearly enraged.

However, it was only a moment of anger.

After Chen Guan had practiced enough, he easily ended its life. After that, Chen Guan was not very interested in bullying small monsters. He completed the task as quickly as possible, returned to the academy, and submitted the task.

"Hey, junior."

Li Yuqing, who happened to be there to hand in her task, waved cheerfully and greeted them. Then, her eyes darted around, and she casually started a conversation.

"Junior, club recruitment is about to begin, what do you think?"

Li Yuqing smiled, clearly understanding her thoughts. Huo Qixing chimed in, "I heard that the Star Patrol Club seems to be recruiting quite a few people this time. Junior, are you interested?"

The Star Chasing Society is one of the top three clubs in the academy. Its president is named Qin Wu, a third-year student. He ranked fifth in the four-school league during his third year, making him one of the strongest students in Huaqing University.

"I haven't decided yet."

Chen Guan didn't rush to agree; where he went depended on where An Changqing and the others went.

"If you've made up your mind, feel free to contact me anytime."

Li Yuqing stopped pretending and made it clear that she was the person in charge of recruitment for the Star Patrol Society. Even without considering An Changqing and the others, Chen Guan himself was enough to attract attention.

In the Four Schools League, Chen Guan has already proven his strength. Moreover, Li Yuqing has inside information that a being of the level of a demon god will appear in the final.

No one knows what happened inside, but in the end, no one died.

It is said that An Changqing and his three companions faced the demon god directly at that time.

Li Yuqing could see clearly which one of them was simple.