Chapter 1: Mortal Body, Hunting Demons
"System!"
Lu Yao sat on the edge of the bed, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and shouted softly.
As his words spoke, an invisible curtain of light visible only to him appeared in front of him.
Name: Potential Burst System
Host: Lu Yao
Potential development direction:
D-Rank Strength: Level 0 (+)
D-Rank Speed: 0-level (+)
D-Rank Overdrive: Level 0 (+)
D-Rank Super Stamina: Level 0 (+)
D-Rank Telekinesis: Level 0 (+)
D-Class Spatial Ability: Level 0 (+)
Potential upgrade points: 0
Note: Potential upgrade points can be obtained by killing D-level monsters or above.
"D-class monsters." Lu Yao looked at the plus signs, which were all dim, took back the system panel, touched his chin, and thought about it.
This thing, called the "Potential Burst System", was suddenly obtained by Lu Yao when he celebrated his eighteenth birthday last month.
According to the information on this system panel, he, an ordinary person, actually has six paths to abilities that have the potential to awaken.
It's just that the possibility of a successful awakening can only be said to be similar to the gold drawn from the card, and the probability is there, but it's rare for decades.
What's special about this system is that you can light up any of the six abilities, or even every one, as long as you use the "Potential Upgrade Point".
In this era of the Great Awakening, who wants to be a background passerby, so since he got the system, he has been studying how to get an upgrade point every day.
It took nearly a month to finally get ready, and I was sure of killing the D-class demon beast.
Lu Yao stood up, went to the bathroom to wash up, and when he wiped his hair, he looked at himself in the mirror, white and clean, with good facial features, it is not an exaggeration to say that he can be called a handsome guy.
After all, his parents are both handsome men and beautiful women, and if you count his sister, he is actually the ugliest in the family.
Thinking of his parents, Lu Yao's eyes couldn't help but be a little gloomy, when he was twelve years old, his parents died in a disaster caused by a monster riot in the city, and in the next few years, he and his sister depended on each other, relying on the official relief money to survive.
Two years ago, my sister awakened a powerful ability and was specially recruited into the prestigious Shenzhou Academy.
In the past two years, the connection between the two sides has gradually faded a lot, this is what my sister took the initiative to ask, the world of the awakened is not peaceful, and she doesn't want him to get involved.
He also silently accepted this protection, accepting the fact that he was an ordinary person in the Great Awakening era.
But that was before, there was no hope before, so it was ordinary, now there is a possibility, he has to fight, he doesn't want to be like his parents who are powerless to die in an event that won't even be reported in the news, and he doesn't want to even be out of touch with his sister's current circle.
Isn't it just a D-level demon beast, fight once, and you won't necessarily lose.
After washing up, having a hasty breakfast, Lu Yao changed into his school uniform, sat on the sofa, and pulled out a string of flying knives from the gap in the sofa.
As for why we say skewers, it's because their scabbards are connected into a string, which resembles a belt. He tied the heavy string of throwing knives around his waist.
In the past month, what he has done the most is to practice flying knives hard, and his arms and wrists are extremely sore every day, and his palms and fingers are often ground into blood blisters.
It took a month, and it was finally a little accurate.
Then he pulled out another thin wire rope and wrapped it around his arm.
Finally, there is a dagger quenched with snake venom and inserted into the leg bag at the calf.
These three pieces of equipment are the preparations made by Lu Yao in order to deal with demon beasts, and every day when he goes out, he will take these three things with him.
As soon as the clothes were covered, the trousers were put down, the sleeves were pulled, and then the shoulder bag was put on his back, he couldn't see what murder weapon he had on him, and he was a good student alive.
Lu Yao changed his shoes, closed the door, took the elevator downstairs, and came to the street.
In the era of the Great Awakening, Anzhou City, the ancient cultural capital, ushered in a super-high-speed development, and in just a dozen years, it ranked among the top ten big cities in the Dragon Kingdom, and Anzhou No. 1 Middle School, where he is located, can be regarded as a top high school, not far from his home, less than ten minutes walk.
At this time, there were already many vendors and classmates from the same school on both sides of the street, and Lu Yao walked among them alone, looking a little lonely.
But he didn't think so, and walked on the road like a walk.
Just when he was feeling a little relaxed, suddenly, he felt a slight shake in front of him, as if an area in front of him was shaking.
Lu Yao paused, instinctively feeling that something was wrong in his heart, his brows furrowed slightly, and he carefully leaned against the telephone pole on the street.
In just a few seconds, there were strange changes in the space of more than twenty cubes in front of him.
Half of the pancake cart in this space suddenly disappeared, the section was extremely smooth, like a bean curd cut by a knife, and a large piece of bricks in the ground also disappeared, revealing the wet soil.
Immediately after that, the pale green river water of the same size as the vanishing space appeared in place, and the water rushed in all directions.
Screams rang out, and the pancake stall owner was washed away from his post by the water.
When the water is flattened to the ground, the contents of the water are revealed.
A giant fish with eight legs in its belly, a mouth full of fangs, and a body length of nearly three meters was exposed in front of everyone.
"That space is reversed from a certain part of the ocean! I even happened to bring a monster with me! Lu Yao's breath stagnated.
He didn't expect that he would encounter a space swap incident on his way to school.
After the revival of the aura, such events emerge one after another, and for unknown reasons, the space is often chaotic, causing the position of the space to be randomly reversed from one space to another, with no fixed time and no fixed place.
Most commonly, a concrete floor suddenly turns into grass or something like that, and everyone is surprised by this.
However, sometimes, there happens to be wild monsters in the space that is being transferred, or there happen to be people in the space where they are transferred, and if that happens, it often causes panic and casualties.
This situation is known as a "spatial reversal event".
In the past, Lu Yao had only seen this situation on the news, and the closest thing to the disaster was when he learned that his parents had died in such a disaster, and today, he encountered it firsthand.
This fish-type monster often appears in the courseware, it is a common amphibian monster in the tropical rainforest, the scientific name is gastropod ghost fish, and the grade is rated as D!
The screams sounded around the location of the gastropod ghost fish, and the pedestrians began to desperately scatter in all directions, but several girls who were close were so frightened that they forgot to escape.
The strange and terrifying appearance of the ghost fish directly scared their legs weak.
Unlike the girls, after a short period of panic, Lu Yao became calm again, and even faintly excited in his heart.
The space reversal event transferred a lone demon beast, which was a dream start for him who hoped to have a blade demon beast in his hands.
In any case, it is much more difficult and safe than running out into the wild to hunt.
He took a deep breath, did not choose to run away, and decided to seize this opportunity.
On the other side, the gastropod ghost fish shook its head, and the fish's eyes flashed with an eerie light, staring at the nearest female student.
Immediately, it leaped high like a jumping spider and pounced on the frightened girl.
"Whoosh-"
At this moment, the sound of breaking the air sounded, and three flying knives that were deeply pierced into the body suddenly appeared on the tail of the gastropod ghost fish, the ghost fish was in pain, the direction was slightly deflected, and it fell to the ground, and the fish's eyes suddenly stared at the direction of the flying knife.
I saw that Lu Yao appeared on the other side of the road at some point, pinched the handles of three flying knives in his hand, and looked at each other calmly.
Even a stupid demon beast like the gastropod ghost fish realized that Lu Yao was a threat to it, so it immediately turned around its attack target, and its eight claws waved wildly on the ground, making deep scratches one after another, and shooting quickly in the direction of Lu Yao.
Lu Yao, who had expected the attack, did not panic, and suddenly threw out the flying knife.
The three flying knives brought a fierce wind and attacked the demon beast.
However, these three knives were dodged by the ghost fish's extremely flexible body, and Lu Yao flew out of the three knives again at the fastest speed, and was dodged again!
In the blink of an eye, the distance between the demon beast and Lu Yao was less than two meters.
At this time, Lu Yao did not choose to continue throwing the flying knife, looking at the gastropod ghost fish rushing towards him, he wiped his waist with his hand, and his figure suddenly flashed to the right.
Normally, it would be impossible for an ordinary human to dodge the attack of a D-class agile demon beast, but something magical happened.
I saw that this fish, as if it had just come ashore and was not familiar with the land, suddenly stopped, fell to its knees and fell to the ground, and its head was still half a meter away from Lu Yao.
Naturally, the predator could not have made such a superficial mistake, and the real reason for its fall was the straight wire rope between the telephone poles on both sides of the road!
From the moment Lu Yao sensed that something was wrong, he began to wrap the wire around the telephone pole, and by the time he shot, the wire had been completely entangled, just waiting for the beast to throw itself into the net.
The biggest difference between humans and animals is that people can use tools, a tightrope blocking the road, whether in the wild or in the city, can become an invisible trap.
The extremely slender steel wire, even the moment it came into contact with the ghost fish's forefeet, it was not surprising.
After the ghost fish fell, Lu Yao didn't hesitate for half a second, raised his hand and threw out a knife, which hit the ghost fish in the eye socket.
The blade sank into the fish's eye, and blood splattered out, causing it to fall to the ground in pain and wriggle its body indiscriminately.
It has four flying knives in its body, and the tips of these knives are also stained with snake venom, these snake venom are the D-class demon beast snake venom that he bought from someone, and he saw blood to seal his throat.
It's just that the effect of the snake venom on this ghost fish is not obvious enough, and so far, it has only paralyzed its body.
There are only two throwing knives left, and if this guy survives the toxin, he will definitely die without the wire rope trap.
Looking at the gastropod ghost fish that had not yet eased up, Lu Yao was ruthless in his heart, ran two steps, jumped violently, rushed to the back of the gastropod ghost fish, and firmly buckled the opponent's gills with his hands to prevent it from falling.
The gastropod ghost fish has an obvious weakness, that is, its claws and teeth can't reach its back, and its back is equivalent to its dead end, which is why Lu Yao dares to have a hard head.
The ghost fish, who noticed a foreign object on his back, began to struggle desperately, but Lu Yao clamped his legs tightly and grasped his hands firmly, how could he be thrown off so easily?
Lu Yao's body was lying on the back of the fish, his eyes were extremely calm, no matter how the ghost fish tossed, it was as unwavering as if it was growing on it.
Then, he pulled out his two remaining knives and stabbed them in the back.
The gastropod ghostfish's struggle became more and more intense, but it was only a dying struggle, and the toxin entered the brain, making it struggle less and less.
Lu Yao didn't relax in the slightest, pulled out the dagger from behind his leg, stabbed it into the back of the fish, and tightened the handle of the knife, letting the blade slash freely in the flesh of the fish.
The dose of snake venom on the dagger was much higher than the point on the throwing knife, and as soon as it was inserted, the results were immediate.
After a few minutes, the gastropod ghost fish finally stopped its activity completely.
At the same time, a clear prompt sound appeared in Lu Yao's mind.
"Congratulations to the host for killing a D-class demon beast and gaining 1 potential upgrade point."