Hyper-fusion, I have infinite forms

After saying goodbye to the county magistrate, Zhou Yan took the map of Mount Ogasa given by the magistrate and left the county town directly with Long.

"Master Yan, it's getting dark soon, don't you want to take a night's rest?"

Long followed in his footsteps and asked curiously.

"No need." Zhou Yan turned around and said, "The county chief said that even the professionals from the 'Demon Slayer' didn't give priority to coming here, which means they don't think this 'One Stepping Bellows' is that threatening. I'll just go and see what level of monster this is."

When he said this, there was a hint of playfulness in the smile on Zhou Yan's face.

Fortunately, his spiritual attributes were strong. During the communication, he noticed that the county governor's expression was not right. He left the malicious locusts in the yard and heard more secrets.

It turns out that the guy in white and black robe is the one from the legendary Demon Slayer Ryo. Why does he seem to have so much hatred towards Longliu?

Also, what is the other big monster hidden on Mount Ogasa?

Zhou Yan felt somewhat helpless. Why didn't those two people talk more even when there were no outsiders around? It was impossible for him to get more information.

On this side, after hearing Zhou Yan's analysis, Long suddenly understood.

"I understand." She followed Zhou Yan obediently, no longer having any doubts.

Lord Yan is the one who thinks things through, unlike me who has a confused mind.

The two chatted as they walked, and the sky gradually darkened.

Fortunately, the moonlight tonight is bright and clear, with no clouds in the sky, illuminating the suburbs.

No torches are needed to provide good visibility.

But everything changed after entering the mountain. The moonlight was blocked by the forest. Except for some brightness on the mountain path, the rest of the woods immediately became pitch black.

"The moonlight is so beautiful tonight."

Walking on the mountain path, Zhou Yan looked up at the moonlight and sighed. He now has unique skills and many hidden cards, and he is indeed a man of great skill and courage.

Instead, the girl who had mastered the so-called unparalleled sword technique of the Longliu sword was now tremblingly holding the corner of his clothes, looking left and right.

She spoke to Zhou Yan in a low voice, her voice trembling a little: "Master Yan, what are those green lights?"

"Green light?" Zhou Yan looked in the direction the girl pointed. In the dark jungle on both sides of the road, small balls of faint green flames were floating everywhere.

"Oh, this is called phosphorus fire. It is the flame generated from the corpse of a person or animal after death. Some people also jokingly call it ghost fire."

Zhou Yan, who was explaining casually, suddenly froze.

In the materialistic world of Earth, will-o'-the-wisp is of course phosphorous fire.

But this is not Earth, this is ancient Japan with monsters and demons.

Are will-o'-the-wisp just an ordinary scientific phenomenon?

While he was thinking about this problem.

Countless will-o'-the-wisp fires had begun to float out from the jungles on both sides, gathering together and converging in front of the two men.

Finally, the gathered will-o'-the-wisp fire turned into a ghost wearing white illusory feather clothes, with a triangular cloth on its forehead, and a pair of cold eyes filled with resentment on its pale face.

The ghost made an eerie female whimpering sound and pointed at Zhou Yan and Long. A large number of green ghost fires slowly flew towards them.

"No, there really are ghosts in this world!?"

Zhou Yan felt uneasy.

When he was on Earth, although he was a young man of the new era with a good family background, he had been influenced by many ghost stories since childhood.

I have also watched many classic horror movies.

To be honest, what scares him the most is not themes like cannibals and zombies, but the unsolvable horror movies of the Chinese and Japanese styles.

For example, Old Man in the Mountain Village, Midnight Bell, Curse X, etc.

A million zombies is not as good as a pair of embroidered shoes appearing out of nowhere at the door.

I'm not afraid of real things, I'm just afraid of this kind of ghost.

Therefore, the moment the ghost appeared, Zhou Yan had already summoned his Ye Lian Huo Sword, and the sword was burning with ominous flames.

Beside him, Oboro behaved in the same way as him. The moment he saw the enemy appear, he put away his fear and drew out his katana, which was filled with a faint light infused with demonic power.

Faced with the large number of will-o'-the-wisp fires rushing in front of them, the two men retreated cautiously while quickly slashing with the sharp blades in their hands.

puff.

Zhou Yan saw the ghost fire disappear instantly under the blow of his black flame sword, and immediately thought to himself - as long as it works!

When facing this kind of ghost, the most frightening thing is that it is irresistible and impossible to communicate with. Even if you run away, it may turn around and kill you.

Now that his method works, it will be easy.

He glanced back, and after confirming that Long's magic sword could frequently disperse the ghost fire, he stepped forward with confidence and rushed towards the ghost.

The ghost seemed to have discovered his thoughts, and a large number of ghost fires shrank and blocked his way with extremely high density.

This sky full of ghostly lights looks very imposing, it is——

Zhou Yan curled the corner of his mouth, and the flames of the sword in his hand suddenly increased. The narrow sword body was completely wrapped and obscured by the flames, almost turning into a black flame sword.

Strong on the outside but strong on the inside!

He did not stop and slashed with the black flame sword at an extremely fast speed. The dark green ghost fire was scraped away by the black flame and disappeared like paint on paper being erased by an eraser.

The next second, Zhou Yan's sword-dancing figure broke through the fire wall created by ghost fire and shot towards the ghost like an arrow.

In just a moment, he rushed in front of the ghost, and then the black flame sword made a very fast vertical slash.

歘!

The ghost was cut in half by a sword.

The black flame sword chopped the ghost apart without any hindrance.

Although Zhou Yan did not feel any physical sensation of being hit, he saw with his own eyes that the ghost could not even open its mouth to scream before being completely burned to ashes by the ominous black flames.

[Kill the "ghost" and gain spirituality 112]

At the place where the ghost was burned, a ghost fire finally condensed and quickly became thinner and thinner.

Zhou Yan immediately stretched out his left arm and touched it.

【ghost】

[Type: Remnant Soul]

[Description: Under the influence of the disaster, a person who died with strong hatred turned into a thing. It can control will-o'-the-wisp, has no entity, and almost ignores pure physical damage, but is extremely afraid of strong energy and mental damage.]

[Rating: 0 stars, level 1]

[Attributes: Physical strength 0, Agility 7, Spirit 10]

【Note: I, really, hate it! 】

Very unique monster

To be honest, although the attributes of this ghost are very poor, Zhou Yan is still somewhat tempted and wants to include it as material.

The other things are fine, but he was mainly attracted by one characteristic of this ghost - its extremely strong resistance to physical damage.

If he merges his life equipment with the ghost, maybe he will have the ability to transform into a "non-entity". Just thinking about it can enable him to do a lot of cool things.

This level is too low.

Zhou Yan hesitated slightly, but the ghost fire did not wait for him to think and quickly dissipated into the air.

He sighed and withdrew his left arm.

Well, he was just thinking about it.

There is only one chance to collect or replace materials each time you travel through the world of disaster. It is really a waste to waste it on a low-level material that you are not sure can perfectly inherit the characteristics.

Long behind him followed - after Zhou Yan killed the ghost, all the ghost fires that were entangled with her also dissipated.

"Lord Yan, are you okay?" Long saw Zhou Yan pass through the wall made of ghost fire with his own eyes, and couldn't help feeling a little worried.

"It's okay." Zhou Yan shook his head. "He looks scary, but he's actually a very weak guy. Long can easily destroy him if he comes to deal with him."

He smiled and said, "I don't know how many monsters and demons there are in this mountain. It's better to be careful and continue to look for the bellows."

The two continued along the mountain path and soon arrived at a specific point marked on the map.

A fork in the road with a signpost.

Zhou Yan took out the map and checked it while looking at it. He casually asked the girl who was standing guard beside him: "Long, what kind of monster is this Yiben Taling?"

Long frowned and thought for a moment after hearing Zhou Yan's question. "I haven't seen it either, but I've heard from the old folks in the village that this is a scary monster that occasionally appears in the deep mountains and forests. It will leave huge and unique single-legged footprints on the mountain paths or forest roads where people pass by. If someone follows this single-legged footprint to see what kind of strange creature it is, they will die."

"Single-foot footprint." Zhou Yan put away the map, turned his head to look around, and then walked in one direction.

Then he stood still and made a slightly surprised sound: "Oh wow, if this is a footprint, it is really big."

On the ground in front of him was a huge footprint that was two meters long and more than one meter wide. Looking forward, he could see that there was an identical footprint every three or four meters, extending into the depths of the dense forest.

Long followed, looking surprised: "Such a big footprint!?"

Then she became a little worried: "The feet are so big, then how exaggerated must the body of this pedal bellows be, Lord Yan, why don't we go back."

"Long, don't be afraid." Zhou Yan smiled, "I, your master, am very powerful."

After saying that, he quickened his pace and headed in the direction of the footsteps.

"Sir, wait for me." The girl hurriedly picked up the knife and followed.

The two chased the footprints through the dense forest. During the period, several small monsters such as ghosts and imps appeared. They were all killed one by one by the two. Zhou Yan also took the opportunity to get another "Physique" rune factor.

After installing them on the spot, the number of his runes reached seven, and he only needed three more to upgrade his life equipment.

However, considering that there is no need to waste too many special runes, it is still necessary to explode a few more basic attributes to replace them, so that the cost-effectiveness will be higher.

Zhou Yan's eyes revealed desire

I hope there will be more powerful monsters later on, so that he can achieve his goal of advancing tonight.

He made a preliminary summary of the reward rules for the golden finger for killing his enemies.

The drop rate of "level 0" trash fish is extremely low. If you are unlucky, even if you kill a hundred of the same kind within the gold finger limit, no rune will be dropped. After killing more than a hundred of the same kind, the drop rate is equivalent to zero.

"Level 1" minions have a certain probability of dropping rune factors, but they have only dropped runes of the three basic attributes of "physique, agility, and spirit", and have never dropped other runes. They may also drop some small props like "micro life essence".

"Level 2" elite monsters will most likely drop special runes such as "Curse, Gift" and most importantly, "Rune Circuit Core". If you're lucky, you can also drop special equipment like "Ghost Spider Spinner·Modified" like the spider boss in the previous world.

Only one "Level 3" monster has been seen so far, which is the last monster in the previous world, the "Malicious Locust". After killing it, it dropped four runes and a core. Because the number of killing samples is too small, it is not certain whether it will drop other things.

As long as tonight's opponent is at the level of "Malice Locust", he can easily achieve his goal of upgrading his life equipment.

***

Third update

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 86: A Stepping Bellows (Fourth Update)

As they thought and moved forward, Zhou Yan and Long came to a sunken valley, where the huge footprints disappeared.

The moon in the sky was obscured by clouds at some point.

The valley was filled with thick fog, and there were some thunder-like noises.

Before getting close, I could already sense the ominous aura ahead.

"Lord Yan, the demonic power coming out of there is somewhat scary." The girl slowly pulled out her knife.

"It does feel a bit oppressive, let's go in and take a look." The Ye Lian Huo Sword in Zhou Yan's hand ignited with miasma flames, and he took the lead and stepped into the fog with a smile. The moment his figure was covered by the thick fog, his breath disappeared in the hazy perception.

"Master Yan!"

The girl was suddenly horrified, picked up her knife and rushed into the fog.

Huh.

After Long suddenly entered the fog, the original thick fog dissipated inadvertently. She raised her head and looked around, but she couldn't see Zhou Yan's figure at all. She couldn't help feeling panicked.

"Lord Yan! Where are you!?" she shouted, hoping to get a response from Zhou Yan.

But the only response she got was a roar like thunder.

Rumble——