5 Chapter 4

'is it plausible?' 

Watching the Striped Rograst's every movement, Zuyuan contemplated if he could kill it in one shot. 

'Or… should I go for the smaller ones instead?' 

Three short bursts of movement from the Ghost walk was all he needed to kill the minions in two seconds, but he would eventually have to fight against the leader after that. 

'It takes so much Qigong after all... ' 

It took a lot of Qigong for the move, and not to mention he would definitely need to use another martial art to kill all of the minions. 

'Let's do my best to get rid of the boss first.' 

Eyes filled with determination, Zuyuan took his stance, with his body slightly leaning in the Rograst direction.

'Let's finish this as fast as I can!' 

Letting out a breath, Zuyuan started to fill each part of his body with Qigong. After the flow of Qigong was surging through his body, Zuyuan moved, and in the blink of an eye, he was in front of the blue striped Rograst and stabbed his spear to its head. 

Suddenly, a phantom-like spear materialized right beside Zuyuan's spear. The spear and the phantom spear moved together at the same time as if the phantom is just a reflection of the original spear. 

'Phantom's sword.' 

A martial art of the second layer of the Path of the Banshee. This martial art focused on the way of the sword, as it was able to multiply the user's sword's attack power and at the same time make any weapon the user had, twice as sharp. Zuyuan had only reached the expert realm in this martial art, instead of perfection. 

Unexpectedly, the striped Rograst moved its head to the side. As if by pure instinct, the direction in which its head moved was completely opposite of the phantom spear, causing the phantom spear to completely miss the target. But the real spear was still able to stab right at its cheek, digging deep till it reached the creature's skull. 

'I guess I'm forcing it too much huh, it's a sword technique, and I should be able to create four phantoms.' 

With his expert mastery, Zuyuan was able to form four sword phantoms, but as he had a spear this time, he could only create one phantom instead. 

As he pulled out the spear, the greenish blood started flowing down the Rograst's head, as it slumped to the ground. Turning his body to face another two Rograsts, Zuyuan used Ghost Walk again and his body moved so fast that it only left after-images. And in a heartbeat, both of them were killed. 

'Ten more to go.' 

"Grrrooowwlll." 

Seeing that their leader was dead and another two of their brethren had met the same end, all of the Rograsts started to rush towards Zuyuan. 

'Oh? They are running in a line, great.' 

Zuyuan's body took its stance as he readied the spear in one hand, his right hand, and pointed it towards the rushing Rograsts. 

'One second…' 

That's all he needed to finish them all. With that in mind, Zuyuan started to rush towards them. Qigong poured down as Zuyuan executed Ghost walk and Phantom's sword at the same time. 

Within a single breath, his spear plunged forth and killed all of the Rograst before they could even react. 

"Huff..huff.." 

Out of breath for a while, Zuyuan started to direct his sight towards the building's entrance. Stealing his gaze, Zuyuan immediately dashed inside with Ghost walk. There, he found out that there were three pathways, which were right, middle, and left.

Frowning, Zuyuan looked at the red arrow that was hovering over his head. The arrow pointed towards the middle pathway. Not wanting to waste any more time, Zuyuan ran towards the middle pathway of the mansion. 

'Hmm... this place is bigger than I expected.' 

Rushing for some time, Zuyuan noticed that instead of going above, the pathway was leading him underground. 

'What's this feeling…?' 

Feeling that something was wrong, Zuyuan raised his guard and became more wary of the surrounding. Seeing that nothing was happening, Zuyuan could not help but feel uneasy. 

'What is it that-' 

*BOOOMMM* 

Before Zuyuan could react, a black tentacle as big as his thigh came out from the ground and started to grab his ankle. The metal pathway below him crumbled instantly as everything around him began to shake. 

[Special mission has appeared!] 

[Special mission: Even after its race has come to extinction, it is still preserved, for it believes that the day it will be saved and taste revenge will come, sooner or later. Find it, for you will be its salvation and it will be your {key}. 

Reward: Unknown 

Punishment upon failure: death] 

[Main mission has been updated!] 

[Warning: The Sentry has caught up on you, now you will face The Sentry's wrath.] 

[Hint: your {key} is near The Sentry's nest.] 

Rows of blue text started to appear right before Zuyuan's eyes, as he was being pulled by the black tentacle to deep darkness below the ground.

"What the-"