Alone and Infinite

"Snapped"

A pair of bare feet stepped into a pool of blood, the foul-smelling blood splattering and interrupting Li Xia's thoughts.

His gaze moved upwards from those filthy, thin feet.

Li Xia felt a chill run down her spine, and her chestnut pupils contracted repeatedly.

A hunched figure stood at the doorway, his bloodshot eyes bulging outwards, his canines strangely elongated, and his open mouth emitting a 'ho ho' sound.

He looked at himself as if he were staring at an extremely delicious dessert.

Li Xia's mouth was slightly open as cold air mixed with the stench of blood rushed into her abdominal cavity.

He already understood what the mission meant and what the monster in front of him was.

That's a ghost!

Hmm, the author is slow to start and doesn't know how to write a good beginning. If you can manage to read it, I would be very grateful.

The previous book had 400 initial subscriptions and 6,000 subscriptions by the end. This book will probably have less than 200 initial subscriptions. But as a man determined to achieve perfect attendance, I will still keep writing.

Thank you all for your understanding of what I wrote.

Chapter 2 Demon Slayer

The demon in front of them wasn't tall, maybe a little over 1.5 meters, and his cheap kimono looked baggy on his thin body.

Li Xia slowly adjusted his posture, desperately recalling details about the 'ghost' in his mind.

Without any warning, the pool of blood beneath the ghost's feet suddenly exploded, splattering foul-smelling blood onto the wall, forming chilling streaks of blood.

The 'ghost' was thin, but its speed was astonishing. Before the pool of blood from the explosion could be filled again, its hideous face was already in front of him.

With drool dripping from its mouth, it opened to an angle no normal person could possibly reach, and bit down hard.

Li Xia instinctively reached out to block.

"Bang!"

His raised elbow struck the iron pot hanging in the room.

The excruciating pain caused him to pull his arm back even faster, narrowly avoiding the gaping maw.

In the blink of an eye, the ghost, having missed its target, plunged headfirst into the swaying iron pot.

With a muffled 'thud,' the iron pot fit perfectly onto his head, creating a beautifully symmetrical effect.

The chain suspending the iron pot was quite sturdy. Under the enormous impact, the ghost was thrown high like a pendulum, then swung back sharply and slammed to the ground.

Li Xia stared in astonishment, but then quickly realized that now was not the time to be surprised.

There wasn't even time to open the properties panel.

In a critical moment, run to the street first; the room is too small and not conducive to hiding.

Thinking this, he rushed to the door, but suddenly stopped, his face looking rather grim.

Because there was a field of farmland right outside the house, and the nearest house was several hundred meters away.

The moon hung high in the sky, its cool light shining on the farmland, making the water shimmer.

Running hundreds of meters through muddy farmland is tantamount to suicide.

Li Xia took a deep breath, feeling her heart pounding. Her body was still a little stiff, and her hands were even trembling uncontrollably.

But he has gradually calmed down now, and he knows that this is a manifestation of the large secretion of adrenaline.

Looks like there's no escaping it.

Licking her dry lips, Li Xia turned around and walked back inside, her eyes scanning the room.

He picked up the rusty axe, feeling the rough handle with both hands, and gradually applied force.

Step forward!

"Snapped--"

Blood splattered everywhere, and then bloomed into bewitching crimson flowers on the wall.

"Clap--"

The force of his forward steps grew stronger, and his fear and unease quietly faded away, as if something was awakening.

My body trembled slightly again, burning hot, my eardrums throbbed, my heart pounded, and my blood flow accelerated.

"Clap clap-"

Two thin arms had already supported the iron pot, pulling it out forcefully, accompanied by a teeth-grinding scraping sound.

His lower half of his face, which had been rubbed raw and was covered in blood, was revealed.

Li Xia gritted his teeth, his muscles tense, and swung his arm in a wide arc, striking hard at the neck beneath the iron pot.

With a dull thud, the axe blade pierced flesh, slicing diagonally halfway down the neck, where it was now wedged by ribs.

Blood gushed out like a fountain, instantly leaving a pool of crimson blood on the ceiling.

In excruciating pain, the ghost let out a shrill scream and suddenly pulled the iron pot off with all its might.

Damn it! My aim was off the first time I tried to kill someone.

Li Xia mustered his strength and tried to pull out the axe to continue chopping, but the intense pain also ignited the demon's ferocity.

It shrieked and swung its hands toward Li Xia's face, its nails slicing through the air with a hissing sound.

Li Xia was startled. He released the axe, leaned back, and raised his arm at the same time.

Those jet-black fingernails, sharp as blades, easily sliced ​​through the muscles of the arm.

Blood stained the clothes, spreading large patches of crimson.

But this pain did not frighten him; instead, it shattered what he subconsciously tried to avoid.

As if some kind of shackles had been broken, Li Xia's nostrils flared, and he was panting heavily, his eyes bloodshot.

The ghost smelled the blood of the living and became even more frenzied. Driven to the brink of madness by hunger, the ghost charged forward on instinct.

Without thinking, Li Xia raised her hands to block the monster that was charging at her, but its sharp nails still dug into the flesh of her arms.

In that instant, the red bar in the lower left corner dropped a little.

But who cares about health bars at this point?

Li Xia instinctively used a fighting move, grabbing his opponent and throwing him to the ground.

"puff"

The two men fell straight into a pool of blood, splattering blood everywhere as they churned.

Li Xia grabbed its neck from behind, and desperately leaned backward, causing the monster to uncontrollably curl into an inverted bow shape.

Perhaps they had just been transformed into demons and hadn't had time to replenish their flesh and blood, or perhaps they were an extremely weak human before being transformed into demons.

During the struggle between the man and the ghost, Li Xia was surprised to find that the opponent's strength was not that great.

Just as they were locked in a stalemate, a sickeningly loud cracking sound of bones twisting suddenly came from the neck that was being strangled by the arm. To Li Xia's horror, the monster's head actually rotated 180 degrees and was now facing him directly.

In a flash, Li Xia barely managed to dodge the monster's neck, but the monster bit his shoulder tightly.

"Gudu"

A disgusting swallowing sound came from the monster's mouth; the thing was drinking its own blood!

Almost instantly, Li Xia noticed that the monster, now replenished, seemed to have gained a bit more strength, and its bloodied face was hissing as white smoke rose from it, the fine wounds rapidly smoothing out.

What terrifying absorption and self-healing abilities!

Li Xia's brown pupils, reflecting the pool of blood, seemed to turn red as well.

He shouted sharply, twisted his body, stepped on the monster's waist, endured the excruciating pain in his shoulder, wrapped his arms around the monster's neck, and strained his waist and abdomen.

"Crack—Crack"

The monster seemed to be electrocuted, releasing its grip and letting out a shrill wail, its bloodshot eyes swirling wildly in disarray.

Amidst an exceptionally chilling tearing sound, Li Xia, like pulling up a radish, forcefully ripped another section off the previously cut wound.

"Danglang"

The stuck axe fell to the ground, and Li Xia released his grip, reached into the pool of blood, pulled out the blood-soaked axe, raised it with both hands, and frantically smashed it down on the monster lying in the pool of blood as if chopping meat.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang"

When Li Xia came to his senses, he realized that his hands were trembling so badly that he could no longer hold the axe, and he staggered back a few steps as if he had lost all his strength.

Under the moonlight, a body, its upper body smashed beyond recognition, lay silently on the ground.

It may not be dead yet, but it has reached its recovery limit.

"Hehe. Ha. Hahaha. Cough cough cough cough."

Thankfully, this is a newly transformed ghost, and hasn't had a chance to devour people yet. Thankfully, this ghost was very thin and weak in its previous life.

Luckily, I found an axe.

But I won in the end!

Li Xia covered her mouth and coughed desperately, even though every part of her body was in excruciating pain.

But I felt an indescribable sense of joy.

I just want to shout it out loud.

I wish I had a cigarette.

It was only then that he noticed a line of notifications flashing in his field of vision.

It's quite rare to see someone use an infinite flow strategy only after finishing a match.

At this moment, Li Xia was extremely relaxed and brought up his personal panel according to the memories in his mind.

Name: Li Xia

Rank: Tier 1 - Reserve Apostle

Vitality: 26.74% (Self-healing bonus 200%)

Mental strength: 43.47%

Physical strength assessment: 1 (First-order carbon-based organism)

Strength: 4 (Increasing this attribute will increase Strength)

Dexterity: 5 (Increasing this attribute improves attack speed and reaction speed)

Intelligence: 6 (Increasing this attribute improves spell model construction and complex fuzzy calculation capabilities)

Spirit: 5 (Increasing this attribute raises the maximum Spirit Power and reduces the cost of releasing abilities)

Physique: 5 (Increasing this attribute improves healing ability, cardiopulmonary function, and other endurance-related aspects)

Luck: 0 (Increasing/decreasing this attribute can increase the probability of low-probability events occurring and make the results tend to have a positive/negative impact)

Note: Earth, 22% oxygen environment, standard gravity, average attribute of a typical adult male is 5.

Skills: None

Equipment: none

Personal storage space: 0.5 cubic meters

Talent Ability: ??? (Locked, will be unlocked after completing the trial)

The other attributes were all normal. Li Xia's gaze lingered on Luck, and he remained silent for a long time.

Turns out I really am unlucky.

There must be a way to increase luck inside the hall. After comforting himself for a while, Li Xia looked at the prompt.

[Mission: Survive until sunrise (Completed)]

[Rating: Unexpectedly excellent (extremely good)]

Li Xia's eyebrows slowly furrowed at this assessment.

As an excellent strategy writer who excels at uncovering subtle clues, he immediately realized the problem.