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His position was precise, and his strength was solid. His arm did not tremble at all.

It was perfect!

Lu Ren was rather narcissistic about his move.

Whether it was basic combat or basic swordsmanship, his skills had already allowed him to have a deep understanding of the vital parts of the human body, or where to hit to instantly cause a person to lose his combat strength.

After a skill had been formed, his body seemed to have thoroughly tempered this move. Countless mysteries naturally flowed in his mind.

One blow to subdue the enemy, one blow to kill was what Lu Ren pursued. Unfortunately, the other party’s heart seemed to be in the wrong place.

System: “Ding.. The fat woman has taken notice of you and wants to take you for herself.”

The monster, which had sensed the intense pain, let out a roar. Her two hands grabbed crazily at Lu Ren, who was in mid-air. However, Lu Ren had already touched and gone. His body twisted upside down, and he was already like a spider, stepping on the monster’s head and shoulders with two feet and one hand, barely avoiding the two sharp metal claws.

Then, he jumped away with all his might and rolled forward the moment he landed. He only stood up after he was five meters away.

At this moment, he was already standing in the corridor of this floor.

Lu Ren looked at the iron piece in his hand. There was dark brown blood, and drops of monster blood were slowly sliding down from the tip of the iron piece to the ground.

[Ding.. As you have been fully focused on brandishing the iron piece, you have suddenly comprehended something. Your basic swordsmanship proficiency has increased by 30!]

This was really..

He turned around and saw the monster, which was dancing with her hands and swaying her layers of fat, roaring as she charged at him. However, the high heels on her feet made her speed seem especially slow.

At least, in his opinion, it was quite slow.

He could not take her head-on. He could only use his strength or rely on his agility to dodge.

“Damn you, you’re still alive.”

He was certain that he would have pierced the monster’s heart if the other party’s body structure was identical to that of a human.

Lu Ren bent down slightly and with a burst of strength from his back, he shot forward. Then, he suddenly raised his body and half-knelt on the ground to slide forward, avoiding the pair of fat hands which came with a violent gust of wind. The sharp iron piece in his hand hit the other party’s waist, hitting the handle wrapped in cloth.

Seeing that the other party seemed to have no sense of pain and was about to turn around and pounce on him, Lu Ren did not dare to stop at all. He immediately turned around and lay on the ground on his back. He attacked and he kicked hard at the other party’s feet.

Seeing the other party pounce on him, Lu Ren cursed and exerted strength in his trunk to turn sideways to dodge.

Dong!

Hundreds of kilograms of fat suddenly made contact with the ground. Even Lu Ren could sense the slight vibration in the corridor on the ground.

Ignoring the series of notifications in his mind, Lu Ren turned around and got up. He picked up the sharp iron piece and stabbed it hard at the fatty’s neck.

Chi!

With a soft sound of flesh being cut, the force from Lu Ren’s arm and trunk directly sliced through the monster’s neck.

Immediately, Lu Ren did not stop. His mental strength, which had exceeded the average attribute value, could see the monster’s movements clearly. He dodged the other party’s claws by a hair’s breadth, pulled out the iron piece in his hand, and then slammed it down again.

After more than 20 slashes, most of the monster’s neck had been cut off, leaving only some skin and flesh stuck to it.

It could be said that her head had been cut off. The monster’s body even flailed for a minute before it calmed down and stopped moving.

Panting, Lu Ren stood up and looked at the hard metal piece in his hand. He had to find time to sharpen it, otherwise, it would be difficult for him to exert his strength.

What shocked him even more was the astonishing vitality of the other party’s body. It could still struggle unconsciously for a long while after her head had been cut off.

[Ding.. As you have been constantly wielding the iron piece, you have finally killed the fat monster with much effort. Your basic swordsmanship proficiency has increased by 40.]

[Ding.. As you have been dodging, your Agility Proficiency Level has increased by 1.]

[Ding, As you have..]

The large number of System notifications in his mind took Lu Ren some time to sort out. He had not expected that his proficiency level could depend not just on his usual training, but also on killing powerful opponents to obtain a higher level of proficiency value.

This induced him to take the initiative to search for killing. It felt like an entrapment.

For a moment, the corridor was a little noisy. The room became quiet, and everything fell into darkness. Apart from Lu Ren’s heavy breathing, everything became calm again.

There was a hint of strangeness in the silence.

Lu Ren looked at the dark corridor ahead and behind him. After he had recovered, he quickly calmed his breathing and walked slowly step by step toward the hiding place in his memory.

He tried his best to open his eyes, but he could only see a general outline in the darkness.

With the light on the ground from the other people’s phones, Lu Ren took out his phone and turned on the flash. His pupils constricted, and he saw two halves of a corpse in the corridor leading to the door of the middle room.

Someone had been cut in half at the waist!

No, it was not just the waist that had been severed. The neck had also been severed by a sharp blade, so there was no sound.

Upon closer look, it was actually Feng Zicheng, the quiet, honest man in a work uniform.

What had done this?

Before Lu Ren could think further, he felt a sharp sound cut through the air from the back of his head, causing his expression to change.

[Ding.. You have received the gaze of a blade in the dark. The other party has expressed curiosity about you and wants to be close to you.]

What the heck is with this System?! Why is it spouting nonsense the moment it encounters an enemy?

He automatically skipped the System notifications and his entire body suddenly tensed up. As he could not do anything to dodge, he could only raise the iron piece in his hand and stab it diagonally across the back like Lu the Progenitor’s sword.

Clang! Clang!

Two sounds of metal clashing sounded almost simultaneously in the relatively spacious corridor.

The powerful force coming from behind made Lu Ren’s body stagger a few steps forward. He then used the momentum to lunge forward and roll twice before he braced himself to stand firm.

[Ding.. You have suffered a sneak attack by the Bamboo Node Blade and have successfully defended. Your Agility Proficiency Level +1]

[Ding.. You have suffered..]

His physical constitution, agility, and strength had all been adjusted by several proficiency points. The achievements he had obtained through life and death were really exciting!

The attacker was hanging from the ceiling!

Ignoring the System notifications in his mind, Lu Ren held his phone tightly in his left hand. Under the light of the flashlight, the figure hanging from the ceiling appeared extremely slender and tall.

Its entire body had a grayish-white carapace. Instead of feet, it was more appropriate to say that it had two sharp metal ingots with a metallic luster. Its sharp feet easily pierced through the ceiling like stabbing tofu and enabled it to hang upside down.

A pair of arms, or rather, a pair of slender blades, were extremely sharp. With a slight shake, they could even produce a faint sound of wind breaking.

Its head was as sharp as the vertex of an iron mountain. It had no facial features, like a piece of iron covered in rust.

It was like a four-segment bamboo insect.

An agile monster.

[Ding.. Due to the sudden stimulation of your potential between life and death, you have blocked the attack of the Bamboo Node Blade in the nick of time. Your Agility Proficiency Level has increased by 30.]

At this moment, a layer of cold sweat had already formed on Lu Ren’s back. It had been too dangerous just now, and he had not even reacted to the situation. He could not think, and he could only rely on his most instinctive actions.