"You, you, you, you!"

Good grief, they're after me!

This law enforcement officer named Su Luo was just watching a show, enjoying all his struggles, treating him like a pet to be done with as he pleased! Everything was just a performance to serve his master!

However, if the elusive hunter is allowed to leave, his location will soon be exposed, and under the city-wide manhunt in Red Leaf City, he will have nowhere to escape.

We can't let him go!

With this thought in mind, Yang Zijing glanced at Su Luo, activated her Speed ​​Domain to its fullest extent, and disappeared like the wind into the starry night sky.

Watching the direction the man and the ghost had gone, Su Luo didn't chase after them. Instead, he found a nearby rock to sit on and began to examine the contents of the system.

'Ding! Congratulations, host, for destroying an ordinary ghost city. You will receive one thousand wandering ghosts (you can choose whether to send them to Luo Wang City), and one free skill upgrade (limited to the ghost skill contracted by the host).'

'Ding! Congratulations, host, you possess over a thousand wandering ghosts and spirits. You have earned the title: Impoverished Little Ghost Village and 4000 points. Activate now?'

'Ding! Congratulations, host, you have activated the title: Impoverished Little Ghost Village. Defense upgraded, capable of withstanding two large-scale attacks, maximum four stars, equipped with city-wide turrets, and can switch to automatic mode.'

Who would have thought that destroying a ghost city would result in gaining a thousand lonely ghosts? Although their abilities are not great, their numbers are an advantage. It's a pity. If that Lan Shan were a little more normal, she might have been able to send these ghosts to her own Luo Wang City.

But these are not the most pressing issues right now. The most important thing is still that free domain upgrade reward.

Unlike the first free offer, which was limited to her own abilities and allowed her to choose between the [Sage of Time] and the [Forbidden Eye], this time the free offer allows her to choose one from among the strange creatures she has contracted.

Perhaps... we should choose an ability with stronger offensive capabilities?

At this moment, Su Luo somewhat regretted returning Ye Qinglan's contract. Although his [mutation] didn't have high attack power, it had a great influence. If it were released on a large scale in the [Abyss], it would definitely be very interesting!

Unfortunately, this is just wishful thinking.

Of the remaining strange abilities, Su Luo immediately thought of Brain Brother and Klot. After upgrading them to domains, they might be able to distort minds, but...

After thinking it over, Su Luo finally settled on the ability of the Painted Skin.

To survive in the monster's lair, combat strength is important, but so is disguise.

Not to mention that the hunter just saw her face, those cat ears on her head were a big problem. Now they're just covered by a hat, but it's still troublesome.

Most importantly, she hasn't figured out the special nature of these cat ears yet, or why seeing them led her to believe she was a monster. Therefore, disguise is the skill she needs most right now.

"This is it!"

'Ding, detected that the host has selected to use a free skill upgrade. Selected upgrade skill: Drawing a person's bones is easy, but drawing their heart is difficult; a thousand people, a thousand faces, but never forget the heart. Belonging to the spirit: Painted Skin (already contracted, and intimacy level is higher than 8).'

'Ding, skill upgrade in progress...'

'Ding! Congratulations, host! Skill upgrade successful. Skill Name: [Painting Heart] Eight-Star Superior Domain. After activation, you can freely change your appearance, and even the other person's personality and domain talents can be 100% replicated, making you completely become them!'

Note: This area is less effective against monsters with a domain level higher than eight stars, and there is a risk of being detected!

Eight stars... Up!

Looking at the upgraded skill, Su Luo rubbed his hands together happily, eager to try it out.

If before it was merely a painted skin, only staying on the surface of the face, now it is a complete painting of the heart, imprinting the inner self as well.

Thinking of this, Su Luo slightly raised her hand, and the face of the Ghost Hunter she had just seen appeared on her body. She tried to move her hand, and a seven-star domain called [Concealment] emanated from her body, perfectly blending into the surrounding environment. It was impossible to see it unless you looked closely.

Born with assassination skills, no wonder he's a Ghost Hunter, it's like the heavens are feeding him!

Meanwhile, outside the Abyss, in the post-apocalyptic city of Shanshui, a small house stands.

The Painted Skin, who was soaking in the chilled spring with several roommates in the Ghostly Dormitory, suddenly felt a tremor in his heart and swelled up as if he were being inflated.

"Painted Skin, have you been eating too much lately? You've gained weight!" The gourmet, who had just come in carrying a plate of chilled fruit, looked at Painted Skin, who was almost as big as a ball, with surprise and asked.

"Something's not right. Didn't you guys sense that his aura has changed?"

"Five stars, six stars, seven stars..." Brain Brother shook his head and slowly counted the eerie aura emanating from Painted Skin, which was as gloomy as an inexhaustible sea, with surging waves crashing against Painted Skin's body.

"Frog Fun, is he... breaking through?!" Congratulations on getting rich, with his vast experience, carefully examined Painted Skin's body and exclaimed in shock.

As far as they knew, monsters weren't born with a fixed star rating. By constantly devouring other monsters or defeating high-star monsters and absorbing their monster energy, they could successfully break through. But they had never seen a monster suddenly jump to seven or even eight stars!

"Could it be... the chairman? (Boss, leader...)"

"Only the boss has the ability to defy common sense and make the Painted Skin instantly leap to eight stars!"

"Hey, I'm telling you, in the entire apocalypse, even those few in Ghost King City, apart from those in the Abyss, are only at least eight stars or below!"

Currently, the highest combat power on the entire continent is eight stars. If the Painted Skin skin can be promoted to eight stars, wouldn't they be... invincible?!

As everyone wondered, the skin on the painted skin's body gradually became transparent, and the balloon that had been stretched taut in reality burst with a 'pop' under the watchful eyes of all the ghosts!

The Deceitful Ones: ...

"Oh my god, the painted skin... it exploded!"

"What should we do? Should we try to save them?"

"How can we save them? Just smell the concentration of this eerie aura yourselves, it's at least eight stars! Even if we brought Ye Qinglan in, it wouldn't be enough to save us, this bunch of misfits!"

Just then, a green light enveloped the shattered body of the painted skin, gradually gathering, combining, and reshaping its body.

Seeing the familiar green light, the ghosts all got up and walked out of the dormitory. Sure enough, they saw Ye Lanshan sitting in the small house with Qianqian and her daughter in her arms.

Innate skill: [Life of All Things].

The talent that Su Luo displayed when the cabin was besieged, his superb healing skills, are now repairing the body of the painted skin.

At the same time, cracks slowly appeared on Qianqian's daughter's body, like a broken piece of porcelain. And on these cracks, faint traces of eerie energy could be seen, which in turn smoothed out the wounds on Qianqian's daughter's body...