CHAPTER 86: CHAPTER 86 [DEATH TELLER (EXTRAORDINARY)]_1

It’s now 3:05 a.m. Lu Yuan took out his phone and checked the time. He looked up at the eastern sky, where the morning stars were already faintly visible. He didn’t plan on going home anymore.

With his current ghost-like appearance, he doubted he could make it home without causing a scene. If his family saw him, they would probably be scared to death. Even if he went to a hospital, it would probably take a month or so to fully recover. It might be better to wait here for someone from Yellow Bear to show up. Maybe they could use their high-tech medical methods on him, and he could be jumping around happily by dawn.

The Strong Divine Servant of the Crow God Sect is probably in a very bad state. The Black Qi that initially covered his entire body is now thinning out towards the back. If it weren’t for Zhou Ling and the others setting off a mushroom cloud on him, blasting him until he was a spent force, I might not have been able to catch him off guard...

Out of boredom, Lu Yuan slowly peeled off the dead skin on his knuckles. It was all because of the Black Qi from the Crow God’s Divine Servant that he had touched when he punched him. He didn’t know what this Black Qi was, but just a little bit of it made his skin this disfigured.

No wonder Zhou Ling said that the rat man doesn’t even qualify as a normal Divine Servant. Compared to this Extraordinary power, the rat man really does seem insignificant.

To Lu Yuan, the rat man’s Gray Gas, which could heal injuries and amplify strength and speed, was already very powerful. But now that he had witnessed the bizarre Black Qi of the Crow God’s Divine Servant, he realized what true menace was.

It’s incredibly hard to resist with just a flesh and blood body!

Lu Yuan figured neither Lin Zhiquin nor Qin Feng would be able to withstand it. No wonder the task of hunting down an Evil Divine Servant was relegated to Yellow Bear’s Modified Humans. Modified Humans didn’t fear injury, and their internals were mostly metal skeletons, making them largely immune to the erosion of such bizarre power.

Suddenly, his face felt itchy. Lu Yuan casually scratched his face and noticed that his fingernails were full of dried blood. His full-force outburst earlier had made each punch more than twice as powerful as usual. In addition, it seemed that he had activated the Flash of Insight passive effect several times in the middle of the fight, leading to him throwing Crane Cry Punches with even more "critical hit" potential. Even with his constitution raised to 13 points, his body couldn’t handle the strain, resulting in damage to his muscles and blood vessels. Even the capillaries on his face had burst from the exertion, causing a tearing pain with every facial expression he made.

However, the effect of having a constitution of 13 points was gradually showing. Minor injuries on areas like his cheeks were beginning to heal. He’d initially thought it would take a month to recover naturally from his injuries, but now it seemed like he might be completely healed in a week.

With that thought, Lu Yuan couldn’t help but bring up his profession panel to check—

[You have experienced a battle, Profession Experience +1,002]

[Your Advanced Fist Skills were enhanced, Experience Points +23]

[Your Advanced Fist Skills were enhanced, Experience Points +45]

...

He was met with a string of message prompts that dazzled him, followed by an intense surge of joy. His Profession Experience had jumped by more than a thousand points! His Fighter profession, at LV5, only required a total of 1,600 Experience Points to level up to LV6; this single gain amounted to nearly two-thirds of the progress needed.

No wonder he was Extraordinary; and not just an ordinary one! Even in a weakened state, the experience gained from defeating him was almost four times more than what the rat man provided. It’s equivalent to defeating dozens of opponents ranked as eighth or ninth dan amateurs!

The Experience Points for his Advanced Fist Skills also skyrocketed, increasing by more than one level to reach LV3. Its experience progress even surpassed that of his Advanced Leg Skill, which had previously been in the lead.

Lu Yuan then looked at the skill point that represented the "Crane Cry Punch." This trump card skill, which shone brightly like a morning star high in the dark upper part of the panel, still wasn’t fully unlocked. However, the skill point’s brightness had significantly increased, and it seemed very close to being completely comprehended.

It seems like it’s just a thin layer away from breaking through... Perhaps it will be fully understood with the next punch, or the punch after that, or the punch after that...

Lu Yuan had gained a lot from this battle. But his mood dampened when he thought about these rewards coming at the expense of Yellow Bear members, like Zhou Ling, who had been severely injured or even lost their lives.

Zhou Ling had a tragic death...

Even now, Lu Yuan was still deeply moved by Zhou Ling’s act of desperately blocking the Crow God’s Divine Servant to let him escape. Zhou Ling, probably thinking he was going to die after being ambushed, had instinctively tried to secure a chance of survival. Regardless, Lu Yuan was deeply grateful for his sacrifice.

"Yellow Bear... Yellow Bear..." Lu Yuan muttered these words under his breath, his eyes flickering with thought.

FLUTTER FLUTTER—

The flapping of a bird’s wings brought Lu Yuan back to reality. He turned his head in the direction of the sound and saw several crows circling overhead, attracted by the smell of blood. They descended to peck at the flesh and blood of the Crow God’s Divine Servant’s corpse.

Lu Yuan tugged the corner of his mouth. The more he watched, the more ironic the scene seemed. The Crow God’s Divine Servant, who prided himself on being a follower of the Crow God, had killed so many people to offer sacrifices to the so-called Crow God. While alive, he could command a flock of crows, a terrifying figure that seemed to have walked out of a fantasy film. But after death, his corpse was still fought over and pecked at by the crows.

Lu Yuan watched quietly, surprisingly undisturbed by the sight.

Suddenly, he saw several crows retreat from the bloodied chunks of flesh, dragging out a piece of black, leather-like material. Along with it, a blood-red orb was pulled free. As the orb rolled away, a crimson glow flickered for a moment in the dark night.

What is that?!

Lu Yuan looked startled. His memory was excellent. He immediately recalled the red light emerging from the cloud of crows when he first encountered the Crow God’s Divine Servant, a light his phone camera had captured. Was it emitted from this orb?

A surge of curiosity arose within him. He forced himself up from the ground and shooed away the feasting crows. He searched around and found a tree branch about a foot long on the ground. Then he carefully used the branch to extract both the black leather piece and the blood-red orb. He stepped on the two items and rubbed them hard against the ground with his feet, managing to wipe off most of the bloodstains.

Lu Yuan first picked up the black leather piece, giving it a light shake in his hand. The limp piece of black leather immediately transformed into a strange mask with a beak-like protrusion at the front.

Huh?!

Lu Yuan was taken aback. Wasn’t this the mask the Crow God’s Divine Servant wore on his face? His first punch had landed on the Divine Servant’s face, and he had continued to target that area. Despite his flurry of blows turning the Divine Servant’s head into pulp, this mask remained intact. He had no idea what it was made of.

A good item, indeed. Just a bit ugly.

Lu Yuan casually examined it for a while but failed to figure out anything interesting, then turned his attention to the other object—the orb.

The orb was about the size of a child’s marble. The hardness was similar, too. It was a deep red all over. Lu Yuan held it between two fingers, squinted, and examined it against the light from a nearby fire. He noticed a black line inside the orb, surrounded by a small circle of white light. It looked like an eyeball. A crow’s eyeball.

Wasn’t it supposed to flash red? Lu Yuan wondered.

Right then, the orb in his hand shot out a crimson light. Lu Yuan instinctively dodged.

However, several profession panel notifications suddenly popped up in front of him—

[Congratulations, you have obtained a Profession Advancement Material. Do you choose to advance your Profession?]

[Prerequisites not met. Advancement failed.]

[Initiate Profession Panel Fusion?]

[Prerequisites not met. Fusion failed.]

[Congratulations, you have unlocked a new Profession Panel—[Death Teller (Extraordinary)]!]

As the last notification appeared, the blood-red orb in Lu Yuan’s hand suddenly shattered with a CRACK. A deep red liquid, as thick as blood, flowed out from within. The liquid quickly flowed down Lu Yuan’s fingers and seeped into his skin.

Before Lu Yuan could react.

BUZZ—

His head felt as if it had been struck hard by something. He fell back, eyes closed tight.

At the same time, large groups of crows suddenly gathered in the night sky. The crows circled and danced around Lu Yuan, cawing loudly. They quickly lifted him and flew swiftly into the distance.

Just like... how the Crow God’s Divine Servant had first appeared.

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