Abyssal Invasion, I Wield Dark Authority – Chapter 15

Ch 15: Promising

The bustling and lively vegetable market usually was noticeably desolate today. Most of the stalls were empty, and only a very few shops had opened their doors, with a few customers visible.

This is unavoidable.

After each Night of the Blood Moon, the entire city has to shut down for a day or two.

The mental pollution caused by the rampant weirdness is widespread. The official departments will be very busy on this day, and ordinary people are not at ease either… Most people will be more or less affected by some mental pollution, and this needs to be dealt with as soon as possible.

So, some breakfast shops in the community are actually not open today.

Everything will return to normal in about two or three days.

And Qin Jin-Nian is here to buy chickens and ducks.

Yes, chickens and ducks.

The goal is very clear.

His current vitality has reached 10, and his mental strength has reached 41, which already meets the minimum conditions for practicing Super Martial Arts.

But practice is practice, but he knows very well what his biggest reliance is…

It’s the panel.

It’s the attribute points.

Think about it, last night, he was still a weakling with 4 vitality and 6 mental strength.

In just one night, he had turned his life around.

Not only has his vitality and mental strength greatly improved, but he also possesses shadow superpowers.

Can this be brought about by practice?

Of course not.

So, for his most important golden finger, he naturally has to figure it out first.

The origin of shadow points is already known, that is, weirdness.

Now, he has to study the source of attribute points… and this is also the most important point for him to improve his cultivation in the future.

The priority is no lower than shadow points.

So how do you get attribute points?

You can only rely on ‘Shadow Devour’ to eat.

Now the description of ‘Shadow Devour’ is very clear, ‘Feeds on the flesh and spiritual energy of dark creatures’.

But…

Who said that ordinary creatures can’t be eaten?

Of course, there is a possibility that it won’t work.

But no matter what, Qin Jin-Nian has to try it first.

So this time, he’s here to buy things for experiments.

And what kind of creature is the easiest to obtain…

Of course, it’s chickens and ducks.

After searching around the vegetable market, he finally found a live poultry shop that had just opened in a corner… and then bought one chicken and one duck each.

It cost him two hundred and seventy yuan in total.

This made him stunned, and then his face twitched a little.

As of now, he’s still a student, and his monthly living expenses are only a little over two thousand yuan…

To be honest, it still hurts a little.

Carrying the snakeskin bag containing the chickens and ducks back home, and touching his pocket at the door, Qin Jin-Nian suddenly froze…

Damn, he was called out by Lin Yun just now, and he left the key on the bedside table…

Qin Jin-Nian was stunned for a moment.

After a moment, his mind suddenly moved. He looked around and saw no one. The next moment, the shadow under his feet came out, and then drilled into the lock…

After a moment…

Click…

With a soft sound, the door opened.

Qin Jin-Nian was stunned, and then a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

Sure enough, shadow superpowers are easy to use.

Especially in terms of shaping.

This mechanical lock is completely useless against Qin Jin-Nian’s shadow ability.

Walking into the house and closing the door, Qin Jin-Nian went straight into the bathroom, took out the chickens and ducks from the snakeskin bag, and placed them on the ground.

Looking at the chickens and ducks that kept ‘clucking’ and ‘quacking’, Qin Jin-Nian exhaled lightly.

“Whether it works or not, it all depends on this time…”

He looked at the chickens and ducks in front of him, his eyes focused. The next moment, the shadow under his feet spread out, covering the entire bathroom floor.

A sense of coldness permeated.

But the chickens and ducks, whose wings and feet were tied, were still ‘clucking’ and ‘quacking’ non-stop, with no change at all.

Qin Jin-Nian observed for a while.

“It seems that, at least living things, Shadow Devour can’t eat…”

Thinking, his gaze fell on the old hen. The shadow retracted. The next moment, a shadow tentacle, like a black snake, wrapped around the old hen…

The old hen seemed to sense the danger, and immediately screamed ‘cluck cluck cluck’, flapping its wings trying to struggle.

But how could it be a match for the shadow tentacles?

The shadow tentacles only exerted a little force…

Crack…

A sound of bones breaking, the old hen’s cry came to an abrupt end.

The old hen twitched all over, and after a moment, it stopped moving…

“The strength of the shadow tentacles is really quite strong…”

Qin Jin-Nian saw the whole process clearly. The shadow tentacles’ killing of the chicken was almost without any fireworks, which was enough to show that the strength was not small.

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“But if there’s a chance, I do need to study it. Where is the current strength limit of the shadow tentacles…”

Not only the strength limit, but also many limits need to be studied…

He’s only had the shadow superpowers for a short time, just one night.

And he leveled up again today, so it’s even more unclear.

And this could be fatal in battle.

Thinking in his heart, the shadow tentacles retracted under his feet.

Then he exhaled lightly, and the next moment, the shadow under his feet spread out again…

Qin Jin-Nian stared at the corpse of the old hen…

Soon, the old hen, on the ‘black cloth’ formed by the shadow, began to slowly sink as if falling into a quagmire…

Qin Jin-Nian’s eyes immediately lit up.

Then, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

“It works!”

Shadow Devour, can ‘eat’ creatures other than weirdness!

This discovery is too important for Qin Jin-Nian.

The operational space has suddenly become much larger.

“I wonder how many attribute points there will be?…”

He thought expectantly.

The old hen slowly sank into the shadow screen. It was slow, but in fact, after only ten seconds or so, it disappeared completely.

The next moment, the shadow retracted, and Qin Jin-Nian’s whole body shivered slightly. A feeling of warmth rose from under his feet…

But Qin Jin-Nian was stunned. It felt like this time, the feedback from the Devour was not as strong as when he ate the bugs before…

Qin Jin-Nian was thoughtful.

And at the same time, the text on the panel refreshed.

“【You activated ‘Shadow Devour’, devoured the flesh of a very weak ordinary creature, attribute points +0.1, and your mental and physical strength slightly recovered. 】”

0.1?

Qin Jin-Nian was stunned. Did it actually add so much?

Qin Jin-Nian was shocked by this data.

You know, the bugs he ate at the beginning yesterday only added 0.01 attribute points to him at a time.

Now, just a chicken, actually added 0.1 to him?

In other words, ten chickens… would give him 1 point?

Qin Jin-Nian’s eyes gradually brightened.

Although it only added attribute points, not shadow points…

But this efficiency…

It’s really a bit explosive!

Although what was improved was only attribute points, not vitality…

But this is also quite terrifying.

You know, ordinary people have to work hard for more than ten days or half a month to improve one point of vitality, sweating every day, and they also need to consume a lot of resources…

But what about Qin Jin-Nian?

He only needs to eat chicken…

Judging by his current vitality…

Twenty chickens?

Hiss…

Even if the cheater is himself… Qin Jin-Nian couldn’t help but gasp at this moment.

After a long while, he exhaled lightly, and then looked at the duck next to him.

The shadow under his feet immediately turned into tentacles and reached towards the duck that was still ‘quacking’…

After ten seconds or so.

【You activated ‘Shadow Devour’, devoured the flesh of a very weak creature, attribute points +0.12, and your mental and physical strength slightly recovered. 】

It increased by 0.12 again.

This duck gave 0.02 more attribute points than the old hen.

Looking at the number that became ‘3.39’ on the data panel.

Qin Jin-Nian exhaled a long breath.

Then he got up and walked out of the bathroom.

After confirming that ordinary creatures can also be upgraded, then he can also start…

The next step of the actual test.

But as soon as he walked to the door, his stomach rumbled.

This made him stunned, and he touched his stomach.

“So, what Shadow Devour eats can’t fill my stomach…”

He was a little disappointed, but then he didn’t think too much about it, and went out and downstairs.

First pay a visit to the five-viscera temple, and then talk about other things.