The Pseudo-Human Academy: Starting with a Bricklayer Personality

The monster trembled involuntarily as it sensed the terrifying pressure emanating from Xu Feng.

A fear originating from the depths of its soul, like a cold, venomous snake, slowly crawled up its spine to the top of its head, almost suffocating it.

How is that possible?

They're just humans... how could they possibly frighten me?

The ghost's mind roared incessantly, trying to dispel the heart-pounding fear.

Since it mutated into the Strange, it has never felt this emotion again.

In its perception, humans are nothing more than weak and vulnerable prey, food used to enhance its strength.

But the man before it made it feel an unprecedented threat, as if he could grind it to dust at any time if he wanted to.

This guy must be bluffing!

Yes, that must be it!

Gui kept encouraging himself, a ruthless glint flashing in his scarlet eyes.

It suddenly lowered its head and let out a sharp, piercing roar.

The next second, its body suddenly shot out, carrying a thick, fishy wind, and pounced towards Xu Feng, drawing strange arcs in the air.

However, with Xu Feng's reaction speed being 17.5 times faster, this strange speed was pitifully slow.

Like a slow-motion replay in a movie, Xu Feng clearly captured every detail and every movement of the approaching monster.

Its muscle contractions, joint rotations, and even the trajectory of its saliva drops are all extremely slow.

"Too slow."

Xu Feng uttered three words softly, his tone carrying a hint of disappointment.

He didn't even move his feet, but simply turned slightly to the side, dodging the strange attack as if he were strolling leisurely.

The sharp thorns, carrying a stench and deadly poison, whistled past his suit, narrowly missing his body, but ultimately failing to reach him.

In the instant the ghost missed its target, Xu Feng's body moved in like a ghost, and with a backhand swing, he raised the blood-stained teaching ruler and slammed it down hard on the ghost's back.

"Snap!"

The crisp sound of bones cracking was clearly audible.

The terrifying power contained in this strike directly shattered the ghost's spine.

Gui's body suddenly stiffened, his lunging motion abruptly stopped, and then he crashed heavily to the ground like a kite with a broken string, making a dull thud.

Its limbs twitched a few times, then it became still, with only a faint "hoarse" sound coming from its throat.

At the same time, a cold notification sounded in Xu Feng's mind:

[You have killed an unknown creature and gained 2 experience points.]

Unknown creature?

Xu Feng frowned slightly, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.

This thing isn't a ghost?

He clearly sensed the sinister aura emanating from the other party, which belonged to evil spirits, but the system classified it as an unknown creature.

This surprised him somewhat.

So, what kind of existence is this?

Just as Xu Feng was pondering, the unknown creature on the ground with its spine broken suddenly stirred.

Three seconds later, its finger trembled slightly.

Immediately afterwards, a cracking sound came from the broken spine, and the bones healed and reassembled rapidly in a way that defied common sense.

Beneath the bluish-gray skin, muscles and blood vessels writhed wildly, and in just five seconds, the broken spine was completely repaired.

"Heh...heh heh..."

Gui got up from the ground again. Although his movements were still a little stiff, the scarlet light in his eyes grew even stronger.

It twisted its neck, making a teeth-grinding sound, and looked at Xu Feng with a mocking and smug gaze.

Xu Feng frowned slightly as he watched it revive.

This resurrection speed is way too slow.

However, in the ghost's view, Xu Feng's frowning expression was because he was terrified by its immortality.

It grinned, revealing an ugly smile, its hoarse voice filled with smugness:

"Humans, do you see? I am unkillable! No matter how many times you kill me, I will rise again!"

"And as a human being, your physical strength and endurance have limits."

It approached Xu Feng step by step, the poisonous light flashing on its spikes:

"I can easily wear you down; you can't just keep killing me forever, can you?"

"So, humans, obediently prepare to die! Become my stepping stone to become stronger, it's your honor!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the ghost let out another sharp roar, accompanied by an even stronger stench, and pounced on Xu Feng.

This time, its attack was even more frenzied, crawling rapidly toward Xu Feng like a strange creature, attempting to pierce his body with its spikes.

Seeing this, Xu Feng remained expressionless, only shaking his head slightly.

They're really courting death.

He gracefully extended one hand, his wrist gripping Gui's throat with incredible precision at an unbelievable angle.

With a slight effort, Xu Feng easily lifted the ghost's body into the air.

This strange creature was born under the influence of a small body, which is why it is so short.

His limbs struggled frantically, his spikes flailing wildly, but he could never touch Xu Feng's body.

Its face turned bright red from suffocation, and the smugness in its eyes was gradually replaced by astonishment.

It couldn't understand how a mere human could possess such terrifying power.

With just one hand, it was unable to break free, as if it were being suppressed by an invisible mountain, making even breathing extremely difficult.

"You...you bluffing human..."

The eerie voice, broken and intermittent from suffocation, remained defiant:

"Stop spouting nonsense... You're probably terrified inside! After all... I'm immortal!"

"Fear? Why should I fear a pathetic weakling? A cunning old fox, daring to disguise himself as my enemy!"

Xu Feng looked at the struggling monster in his hand, a slight smile playing on his lips, revealing an elegant yet cruel expression.

His fingers gently caressed the rough, unnatural skin, his tone calm yet carrying a chilling undertone:

"Seriously, your resurrection speed is way too slow. In my opinion, it's nowhere near as fast as Hongxia's!"

Hongxia? Who's that?

A question flashed through Gui's mind, but it was quickly overwhelmed by the suffocating pain.

It struggled desperately to break free from Xu Feng's grasp, but his hands were like iron clamps, completely immobile.

"Tell me honestly, are there any other people like you around here?"

Xu Feng felt that having only one experience point was far too slow for leveling up.

Judging from Imamura Tano's reaction, there must be many similar entities lurking in this city.

If we could find them all, it might improve efficiency considerably.