Chapter 110: Counter-Kill? Double Kill!

I’m Really Scared

【Soul Burning Whistle (Level 1)】

【Effect: Blowing the whistle invokes the resentful flames of the burning soul, incinerating the soul entirely, leaving no chance for reincarnation.】

【Description: A sound beloved by the wraiths of the deepest hell, mournful and melancholic, like a song from the lost.】

This was a skill Guan Shan had purchased from the shop to replace the now obsolete 【Neural Magnetic Field】.

He thought this skill would be perfect against ghost-type monsters. The only issue was what if the user couldn't whistle? Well, even if you couldn't whistle, the simulator could help...

"Jingle... jingle..."

Guan Shan shook the 【Soul Capture Bell】, and its clear, distant chime rang out. Sound waves rippled from the bell, spreading slowly.

Or perhaps... not so slowly?

Guan Shan noticed the monsters' movements slowing, feeling that the bell's activation might be creating a brief bullet-time effect.

It was his first time using this item, and he was pleasantly surprised, "This is quite handy; the item has an extra use."

"Shake it anytime, and if it extracts a monster's soul, great. If not, enjoy the bullet-time."

The visible sound waves rippled through the massive flesh lumps, meeting resistance, then pausing momentarily.

Then, like hooks, they pulled out tattered souls from the flesh lumps.

These souls vaguely resembled human forms, but their insides were twisted into knots.

Once the souls were extracted, the flesh lumps lost their aggression and growth vitality. The giant mouths closed in confusion, the raised parts collapsing to the ground, shrinking to a third of their size and writhing aimlessly.

"Damn!" Guan Shan felt nauseated, "The simulator's description wasn't lying; these things really are just a bunch of meat that eats."

Even without souls, these flesh lumps could still move, like paramecia, driven only by basic survival instincts.

The souls, however, opened their mouths wide, screaming in pain, trembling violently like candles in the wind.

Guan Shan blew the whistle; the 【Soul Burning Whistle】 had no specific method required.

With a sense of mischief, he whistled the famous tune from "Kill Bill," "Twisted Nerve," often used in horror videos.

Fitting!

"Boom!"

As the eerie whistle sounded, the souls were instantly engulfed in blue flames, turning into blazing torches.

"Ahhh—"

The souls screamed in agony within the flames, writhing, begging, kneeling, all to no avail.

The whistle continued, the flames unwavering.

Surrounded by hellish scenes, Guan Shan whistled while wielding the Demon Blade, slashing through the "Tumor Patient" flesh.

【EXP +4500】【EXP +4000】...

These monsters had considerable HP.

After killing the last monster, Guan Shan heard a faint humming.

The humming had accompanied the whistle all along, faint and elusive, buried under the whistle and soul screams.

Now, as the souls burned to ashes, the ashes were swept away by the flames, leaving nothing behind.

The humming became clear, gentle, and seemed to come from behind.

"Why does this voice sound familiar?"

Guan Shan turned instinctively, but there was nothing.

As he tried to identify the voice, the humming ceased with the whistle.

Simultaneously, the bullet-time effect of the Soul Capture Bell ended, and a gunshot rang out, as the doctor fired at Guan Shan.

Guan Shan moved to dodge, but the remaining black fog surged, entangling him.

The dying counterattack squeezed him like a python constricting its prey.

"Not good!"

Guan Shan's pupils shrank, dodging the first bullet, but then the 【Infection】 status appeared, slowing him down.

"Hahaha... you devil! Die, devil!"

The doctor laughed maniacally, crazed with fear, trembling yet efficient, reloading and firing a barrage of bullets at Guan Shan.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

Amidst the gunfire, Guan Shan was riddled with bullets, one even destroying his right eye and passing through his right brain.

"Ugh..."

Breathing became difficult, vision halved, blood red filling his sight along with a critical health warning.

The black fog tightened, lifting him, crushing his bones and organs.

Guan Shan hallucinated scenes from his past: "Is this the end..."

"No! Damn it, there's still a chance!"

The last Tumor monster lay on the ground before him.

Having fought from the ward to the hall, Guan Shan's EXP had reached 【39540/40000】.

Just a bit more, and he'd level up! And leveling up meant instant full health and status!

Guan Shan, with determination, used painkillers to hold on, then gripped his blade, forced a gap, and threw it with 【Gravity Control】.

The Demon Blade spun, a brilliant silver arc, slicing into the last Tumor monster.

"Whoosh—"

"Slash!"

The sharp blade pierced the Tumor monster, ending its life.

The simulator's notification sounded.

【EXP +4200】

【lv.13→lv.14】

【Current EXP: 3740/50000】

【Current HP: 5079→6079】

Guan Shan felt warmth from the simulator's cold voice, nearly moved to tears.

Leveling up, he summoned the Demon Blade back, slicing through the black fog, landing near the doctor.

The black fog's last HP dwindled, solidifying into a mangled human skeleton, crumbling to dust.

"No, no... don't come closer... I can't die here... my research, my future..."

The doctor, terrified, crawled back, his sewn eyes wide with fear, darting around.

Guan Shan opened his hand, the Demon Blade returning, slicing off the doctor's head.

The fluid motion, a double kill!