Damn, I Awakened With A Horror System!
Chapter 143: The Brewing of Despair...

Huff~

"I'm slowly approaching the level 18 mark...

"I only lack 5,000 exp points to advance, unfortunately, I could only increase my exp by 1,000-1,200 per day... And that is if I focus solely on circulating my cultivation technique at night.

"On the other hand, I could gain at least 1,500-2,000 exp per day if I consumed spiritual fruits to further the accumulation of Qi within me."

Pondering as he lightly touched his imaginary chin, as if thinking, he again weakly mumbled to himself.

"It would take me at least half a month to a month to advance toward the Core Formation realm. If I could get another grade-2 spiritual fruit, the speed could be shortened by days.

"Unfortunately, my luck these few days was quite bad."

Leo exhaled turbid air toward the surrounding darkness, nonchalantly stretching his shadow physics before rushing outside the forsaken pit.

Staring at the darkness above before slowly shifting his gaze toward the tall canopy that further shrouded the land in darkness...

Leo leisurely began traversing the damp cemetery, advancing toward his farm in the afar.

In the past few weeks after planting his spiritual herbs (that only cost 1,500 horror points each from the system shop), within the cemetery.

Leo could see their drastic growth every day... since he occasionally gives them nourishment (using decaying flesh of beasts for them to absorb ) causing their growth to fasten by leaps and bounds...

Not to mention that they were only ungraded to low grade-1 spiritual plants yet the nourishment he gave them was the corpse of late to peak foundation realm beasts!

Although they were already dead, their flesh still carried Qi within them!

Ding!

[ Congratulations upon learning the common skill "Basic Farming (Level-1)"! ]

Ding!

[ Basic Farming (Common): The basic knowledge of farming. Gaining the basic knowledge and ability on how to plant, care, and, harvest the plants and herbs.

Effects: Increase the speed, quality, and quantity of the spiritual herbs and plants within your care by 1%! (Only work below grade-2 spiritual plants!)

Upgrade cost: 50 horror points! ]

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"The second skill I learned on my own... But its effect is not worth mentioning."

Leo weakly smiled, still happy upon gaining free skill using his own effort.

Although it was only a common grade skill, if he used his Forceful Medallion toward it, the skill grade could still increase to the next level, making its ability increase greatly... The only problem is if he was willing to spend one for this.

Sigh.

"This is the problem of loneliness, it makes my mind think/ponder regarding almost all of the small matters."

Shaking his head, Leo casually spent less than a thousand horror points to increase the skill level to level 5, making its presence felt even though it was little.

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Ding!

[ Corpse Flower (Grade-1 common) (Growing): A spiritual plant that absorbs corpse energy to grow, It could help beings that have a high affinity toward Death to slightly strengthen their physiques upon long-term consumption. ]

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Kekeke~

Seeing the familiar figure of Leo, the Scarecrow uttered an irritating laugh of joy, waving its upper limbs that were akin to a long rope as it touched the shadow being 3 meters away from it...

Unfortunately, after the initial hindrance, its limbs directly pierce through Leo's body, causing its excitement to instantly vanish.

Kekeke?

-0.1 health.

"HAHAHA, Great, keep up the good work! You kept those little things healthy!"

Feeling slightly bad, Leo shook his head with a smile, taking out a bottle of "Pure Strengthening Potions" from the shop, costing him 1,000 horror points per bottle as he casually tossed it toward the puppet.

Watching its dark yet elastic face smiling under the veil of darkness, being slightly consumed by small bugs as its slightly decaying smell drifted toward the atmosphere... Leo unhurriedly squinted his eyes, watching it consume the bottle in bliss.

Kekeke...

+1 strength!

"Indeed, he was the only one on my current creation/puppets that could drink potions and digest them completely...

"Or probably the potions in the shop were quite special, nonetheless, I still found a way to increase its strength above its natural level!'

Kekeke!

"Yes, indeed your strength increases by a bit."

Kekeke?

"Yes, I will reward you with those if you keep those bugs away from the farm."

Kekeke!

Hearing Leo's confirmation, the Scarecrow saluted in a strange manner, making one's skin crawl with chills upon seeing its button eyes that revealed rich emotions within.

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Bidding his farewell, Leo immediately rushes toward the depths of the Endless Forest, travelling at a fast speed as he moves toward the direction of the town...

With his current speed, his every movement only issued a blur under the veil of the darkness, creating a weak rustling sound before instantly vanishing within the senses of the uncomfortable mortal beasts.

Huff~

Soon, in the blink of an eye...

Leo quickly halted his movement, staring at the clearing in the far distance in solemnity, silently gazing toward the dark town on the horizon...

The familiar farm that encompasses a huge mass of land entered his senses, their vibrant yet gloomy leaves that weakly rustle with the wind make his expression slightly turn dark.

Shifting his gaze above, toward the invisible atmosphere, he could see thick inconceivable dark clouds looming above...

Every second passed by its thickness and darkness were slowly expanding and increasing within his sight, causing his instinct to scream toward him to absorb its energy... Absorb their despair and fear, making it part of his strength.

"The Despair and Fear... Kekeke~ someone was secretly spreading chaos within the town."

Leo silently thought, quite surprised about how the thickness of the inconceivable clouds above increased dozens of times in the span of a few weeks.

Although he already absorbed the despair above 8 days ago, successfully giving him thousands of exp in the process, the size of it quickly reverted back in just a few days, making him quite excited as the taste of it still lingers in the corner of his being.

"Although I don't have any idea about your plan, I hope that you created more despair and fear... Helping me too quickly achieve breakthrough."

He laughed madly within the shadows of the forest, causing his being to twist malevolently as he silently activated his invisibility skill... Rushing forward in pure excitement and bloodlust.

"Since I couldn't escape my race (the disadvantage it brought) I will gladly embrace it!"

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