Chapter 3. Shadow Manipulation 2
As he walked down the hallway of the guys' dormitory complex, Xiao Bai had the nerves in his body tense and his muscles bulged slightly due to the tension.
Because today was Saturday, most of the guys in the dormitory had gone out to enjoy the good life. Most of them could have fun during the times when studying was not necessary as their families supported them from behind. Unfortunately, Xiao Bai's life was not so good.
The salary of his father and mother together could only afford to pay for the college expenses of one of them; Xiao Bai or Meng Qi. Because of this, Xiao Bai strongly refused to accept his parents' money and started working in a repair shop near the university. That way, he could study and his younger foster sister could study as well. Although she felt guilty, there were not many options for a poor family.
Lilith, who was following him step by step, suddenly said in a casual voice, "How about using the four free status points you have?"
Xiao Bai did not look back and replied while he shook his head, "No. If I use them casually now, I might regret it later. Right now I don't know which attribute could save my life in times of need and a sudden impulse might be my only hope."
Lilith was silent for a few seconds before nodding in understanding. She licked her lips as she looked at his back with glittering eyes and purred, "I like you more and more~"
Xiao Bai's breathing became slightly heavy as he heard that charming tone of voice and it took all his willpower not to turn around to rip the clothes of the beauty behind him. Something told him that if he tried to do something like that, he would probably regret it for the rest of his life.
Besides, even though she seemed to be helping him, Xiao Bai was a careful person by nature. Therefore, he was still with his guard slightly up against Lilith.
Suddenly three male zombies appeared at the end of the corridor, crawling towards him with trembling steps. Although these creatures gave the feeling that they might fall at any moment, their steps never missed and they held steady as they walked slowly but surely.
Xiao Bai could feel himself becoming somewhat anxious at the appearance of the three threats and quickly used his skill to forcibly calm himself. He knew that losing control over his emotions at such a crucial moment could be the cause of his death.
Lilith looked at his back with a smile. She was really curious to see how he would come out of this situation.
Currently, there was no trap set up nor was there any shadow except his own . While Xiao Bai could wait for them to come closer to use there shadow against them, but that would leave him exposed to more zombies coming out of the locked rooms as the sound of banging could be heard uninterrupted. Obviously, at this rate, many zombies would soon come out and seal the way out.
Xiao Bai took a deep breath and slowly walked forward while watching the movement of the zombies. They moved really slowly, but that didn't stop them from being terrifying in their own right and, as far as Xiao Bai had seen so far, a scratch meant death.
He tried to make use of his shadow Manipulation skill only to discover to his consternation that it seemed to have no effect against these zombies as they were a little far from him.
Lilith felt the flow of mana and knew what he wanted to do so she quickly explained: "Although your skill is really strong, the distance is practically your nemesis during the initial stages. wait for them to come closer!"
Xiao Bai's eyes flashed and he quickly understood what the succubus behind him meant. With a thought, he wait quietly for the zombies to come closer.
Not long, the zombies came closer, immediately.
Xiao Bai did not pass up the opportunity and spent thirty points of mana to create three shadow arrows from the shadow of the creatures , killing the three zombies at the same time.
[You have acquired soul power of Normal Zombie level 3].
[You have leveled up to level 3. You get 2 status points to distribute freely].
Xiao Bai had killed 2 other zombies after reaching level 2 in his room, one of them was level 4. With the accumulation of three other level 3 zombies, he leveled up again.
The only regrettable thing was that he could not acquire benefits from these level 3 zombies other than experience.
Every time Xiao Bai leveled up, his stats would recover to the maximum point immediately. In short, even though he had spent 20 mana points in his room and another 30 just now to defeat the zombies, his mana recovered because he had leveled up.
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Bai thought of something. Enduring the urge to vomit from the foul smell and bad appearance of the dead zombies, he walked over to the corpses and and press his hand on their chest to absorb their shadow.
Previously he had to wait for the zombies to come closer to use his skill. This kind of waiting was one he could not afford because what if as he was waiting, other zombies come from behind him. Although, he was now leveling up fast but he knew that things would not always be so easy.
Xiao Bai's hunting became much more efficient as he went down floor by floor.
Making use of the Shadow he had absorb before, he created small frozen shadow strings by spending only four points of mana, binding the movement of the zombies for a moment. Xiao Bai would take advantage of that brief moment to approach and stab the zombies' brains with the mutated bee stinger.
So far, Xiao Bai had killed a total of 33 zombies from the moment he left his room.
A thin strand of his Shadow slid silently across the floor, catching one of the legs of a zombie binding its body to the ground and stopping it in place.
Taking advantage of his 13 points of agility, which made him almost 50% faster than a normal person before the apocalypse, Xiao Bai quickly circled around and stabbed hard at the back of the zombie's head, raising the sum to 34.
[You have acquired soul power of Normal Zombie level 4].
[You have leveled up to level 5. You get 2 status points to distribute freely].
Reading the green message flashing on his retina, Xiao Bai let out a sigh of relief. To climb from level 4 to level 5 he was forced to kill about 16 zombies, which had drained his stamina quite a bit and several mana points.
Upon reaching the 1st floor, Xiao Bai's footsteps stopped and he looked at the zombie blocking his path in shock.
This zombie had two grotesque and powerful arms the size of a grown man's thighs. It was also taller, at least 2 meters tall.
Obviously, this zombie was a more dangerous species.
The hulking zombie also sensed Xiao Bai's life source less than five meters away and moved toward him.
Although this particular zombie was slower than Xiao Bai, it was at least twice as fast as normal zombies. Taken by surprise, Xiao Bai panicked and quickly moved his head to the side, dodging the zombie's fist by a notch.
Bang!
The zombie's fist caused a hole in the wall behind Xiao Bai and his face turned white as he realized that if that attack had hit him his head would have exploded like a watermelon falling from a tenth floor.
In the moment of crisis, Xiao Bai kicked with his 14 strength points forward, forcing the burly zombie back a few steps.
Before the zombie could attack again, Xiao Bai discharge his shadow on the ground without the zombies knowing and directly spent 40 mana points to create four Shadow chains.
Unlike the small strings of frozen Shadow, these Shadow chains looked much more robust and sturdy. After all, Xiao Bai only needed two or three mana points to create a Shadow string, but for these chains, he had used ten points each.
Under his control, the Shadow chains tightly wrapped around the corpulent zombie's body, throwing it to the ground.
Seeing his opponent incapacitated, Xiao Bai advanced and stabbed with the mutated bee stinger. However, to his surprise, the stinger that was even sharper than a knife had only managed to pierce a few centimeters before being stopped by the zombie's flesh.
The strange zombie began to struggle in an attempt to break free, but the chains of blood clung tightly and would not allow it to break free.
Still, Xiao Bai dared not relax and stabbed nonstop at the same spot over and over again. It was only after nearly twenty stabs with all his strength that he finally managed to crush the zombie's brain into a bloody mess.
[You have acquired soul power of Power Zombie level 15. Strength +6, Health +5].
[You have leveled up to level 6...].
[You have leveled up to level 7...].
[You have leveled up to level 8. You get 2 status points to distribute freely].
Xiao Bai felt his body become much more powerful than before in a matter of seconds and the tiredness he felt after stabbing with all his might twenty times disappeared completely.
"Ah! What is this?" Xiao Bai advanced and picked up a strange orb that had fallen from the corpse of the Power Zombie.
[Rare Treasure Orb: Contains a rare category treasure inside].