I lay low and gave up, but my servants were caught in a cycle of life and death.

The previously agitated crowd instantly fell silent, intimidated by Lu Yan's icy killing intent.

They had no doubt that Lu Yan would kill someone, after all, a tall, thin man had just been killed.

The man with the triangular eyes turned pale and instinctively looked at his boss.

The burly man's face twitched. "Damn it! This kid's young, but he's stubborn and won't take the bait. If we miss today, once he absorbs the crystal core and becomes stronger, he'll have even less of a chance to snatch that divine weapon!"

"Attack!" the burly man roared, flames erupting from his palm. "Brothers, kill him, take that knife, and this territory is ours!"

Almost simultaneously, four or five figures suddenly sprang up from the crowd!

A bald man pressed his hands to the ground, and two vines quickly grew from the ground, wrapping around Lu Yan and the little girl's feet.

With a wave of her hand, another short woman conjured several sharp ice shards that flew straight at Lu Yan with a whooshing sound!

Three more flying knives, gleaming with a cold metallic light, shot towards Lu Yan's throat, heart, and brow!

The burly man then hurled the fireball he had gathered in his palm at the kitchen knife.

Fire overcomes metal!

If you can stop the cleaver for even a moment, that kid will die, the weapon will be ownerless, and the cleaver will be yours!

"Master!" The cleaver cried out in shock and anger, its blade flashing brightly.

Lu Yan's pupils contracted; in that life-or-death moment, his mind was unusually clear: A wall! I need a wall! "Roar—!!!"

A shrill scream rang out, and the little girl, who had been standing quietly, suddenly swelled up, her veins bulging like earthworms beneath her bluish-gray skin.

Just as Lu Yan had imagined, it transformed into a wall of flesh, completely protecting Lu Yan behind it!

Lu Yan was a little confused.

Is this his ability?

Can one's thoughts be conveyed to one's servants?

Bang! Bang! Bang! Sizzle! Sizzle!

The ice shards shattered! The throwing knife struck the little girl's seemingly metallic body, sparks flying, embedding itself deeply but failing to penetrate! The vines binding her were snapped by her ferocious strength!

Several deep gashes were blasted into the little girl's body, splattering with dark bluish-black blood. She swayed, but didn't retreat a step, desperately protecting Lu Yan.

"court death!!!"

The cleaver blade conjured a tiny figure, its hair standing on end in fury. In addition to the cleaver itself, it conjured scissors, a fruit knife, and a watermelon knife, all four of which shot towards the crowd simultaneously!

Before the burly man's ferocious grin had faded, he felt a chill on his neck and his vision blurred.

He saw his own headless body, and his companion whose head had also been sliced ​​off in an instant...

Blood gushed from their severed necks like fountains, and their bodies fell heavily to the ground.

silence.

A deathly silence.

A strong stench of blood filled the air, and warm blood splattered on countless faces.

"Ah... Ahhhh!!!"

The crowd screamed and cried in despair. Some collapsed to the ground, while others fled like headless flies; the scene was completely out of control.

"Run? You stole my stuff and you think you can just run away?!"

The cleaver's menacing aura hadn't subsided when another flash of white light appeared, and the heads of the fastest runners flew off as well.

The headless corpse ran a few more steps due to inertia before collapsing to the ground.

Suddenly, everyone was like ducks with their necks being choked; the crying and screaming stopped abruptly, leaving only the chattering of teeth and suppressed sobs.

"I said, you will receive the corresponding reward if you do as I ask, otherwise, you will die."

"Please spare us, Your Honor! We know we were wrong, we'll never do it again!"

The group of survivors in the square knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, some even breaking their heads from the kowtow.

A vacuum zone automatically formed around those corpses, as if they were afraid of becoming the next corpse.

"Xiao Dao, keep an eye on them as they hand over the crystal cores. Xiao Li, you sense which crystal cores have attributes."

As Lu Yan spoke, he opened his backpack, which was full of crystal cores he had picked up when he came downstairs.

The little girl leaned close to Lu Yan, blinked her big eyes, and pointed to her nose, "Huh? Master, are you calling me?"

Lu Yan was instantly overwhelmed by the cuteness of the girl and couldn't help but reach out and ruffle her hair. "Yes, from now on you'll be called Xiao Li."

The little girl's eyes crinkled with excitement as she jumped up, "Yay! I have a name now!!"

"Stinky Cleaver! I have a name now, not Little Cleaver! My name is Little Li!!"

"Hmph, I have a name too, I'm called Little Knife!" The little figure on the knife proudly puffed out its belly.

Lu Yan sighed, raising a child is exhausting!

Stop joking around and come get to work!

The little girl gave a haughty snort, sniffed, and quickly rummaged through her backpack, pulling out a few crystal cores. "Master, only these have attributes; the rest don't. This one has wind attribute, this one has fire attribute, this one has water attribute..."

I just picked up over a hundred crystal cores in the alley, but only eight of them had attributes!

As Lu Yan listened to the little girl's soft, cute voice babbling on, "The last one has spatial attributes."

Lu Yan's eyes lit up. It has spatial attributes!

"Quickly, absorb all these crystal cores."

Absorption? How is it absorbed?

Xiao Li scratched her head blankly, licked her lips, and put the crystal core into her mouth.

With a "crack," the crystal core shattered.

The little girl's eyes lit up. "Delicious! It's candy! Mint flavor!"

"This one is lemon flavored!"

"This is strawberry flavored!"

In less than half a minute, the little girl had created all the crystal cores, and her aura surged, sometimes red, sometimes blue, sometimes green...

The crowd in the square grew increasingly fearful of Lu Yan.

Lu Yan had the little girl guard him, and he also held a crystal core in his palm and began to absorb it.

The kitchen knife diligently carried out Lu Yan's tasks. It could also do arithmetic. When someone came to hand over a crystal core, it immediately had its wages taken away.

The man felt as if he had been granted a pardon and hurriedly ran to the supermarket with the crystal core to loot supplies.

With Lu Yan, the god of death, around, no one dared to take over the supermarket. Even if a dispute arose over the grain, oil, rice, and noodles, no one dared to make a scene or attract Lu Yan's attention.

"Master, they've collected all the crystal cores."

Lu Yan opened his eyes and led the little girl to the pile of crystal cores. "Xiao Li, pick out all the crystal cores here that have attributes."

The little girl's eyes crinkled into crescent moons at the thought of more candy. "Yes, Master!"

The little girl picked and ate as she went, but she couldn't eat more than two.

Lu Yan realized that only after his ability reached level 3 could they continue to devour and grow.

Instructing Xiao Li to put the crystal core into her backpack, Lu Yan led the little girl and the kitchen knife to find the luxury car.

Luxury cars were the third target he wanted to influence today.

As for the daily necessities at the supermarket, well, with a kitchen knife in hand, he can go anywhere and buy things for free. Let him keep those supplies.

Lu Yan ignored the cars parked everywhere in the square. It's the apocalypse, why not treat yourself to a nice car?

His dream of owning a luxury car from his past life has come true today!

Lu Yan searched all the way, killing with a kitchen knife and picking up trash along the way, until he finally saw two luxury cars at the neighborhood committee: a Maybach and a Land Rover.

Lu Yan touched his chin, thinking it would be passable.

Although he wanted a supercar, supercars are usually parked in the garages of luxury homes, far away from his urban village. He couldn't possibly walk there on foot with a kitchen knife.

Lu Yan placed his hand on the hood of the Maybach—

"You are a super intelligent vehicle that can eventually run on the ground, fly in the sky, and swim in the sea."

Each time you consume a vehicle, you will automatically gain that vehicle's space and attributes.

Your starting energy is no longer limited to oil or electricity; a ray of light or a gust of wind can power you.

The corpses of the creatures you devour will provide you with super kinetic energy.