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Chapter 199 Rewards Settlement, An Alternative Tomie Supernatural Event, Three Supernatural Items (6k)

After Hellstar withdrew from the conflict, Lu Ming returned to his original starting point—simply taking care of Tomie.

At this point, Lu Ming's supernatural abilities had improved significantly compared to before.

Under these circumstances, it wouldn't be difficult for him to deal with Tomie.

"What's wrong with Brother Lu? He was already strong enough before, but now he seems like a completely different person compared to before."

Both Hao Ren and Chu Jianhuan in the Ghost Painting World were utterly shocked by this scene.

"This enormous planet deliberately abandoned Tomie, as if it were afraid of something..."

Hell Star, capable of easily devouring even planets, has developed a fear of Lu Ming for some reason, which is simply incomprehensible.

Regardless, this is good news, meaning things have taken another turn for the better.

At this moment, Lu Ming had no intention of continuing to waste time with Tomie.

So many unexpected events have occurred, it's as if an invisible hand is controlling everything.

If this continues, no one knows what other unforeseen events might occur.

Click!

Lu Ming used the supernatural powers of the Deceitful Ghost and the red ghost scissors in his hand to cut off the medium connecting Tomie's neck.

As expected, a huge, bottomless rift appeared without warning, but no blood spurted out; only a thick, black liquid gurgled and rolled down from the rift.

Tomie Kawakami's face was contorted with rage as she instinctively tried to heal her injuries, but to no avail.

Her own power was already suppressed by the surrounding water, and she was no match for the supernatural power of the Deceitful Ghost and the Ghost Scissors.

So her body could only twitch in place, but she could never put it back together.

"If I push myself to the limit, I can still make three more cuts..."

Lu Ming's expression shifted slightly. He used the Ghost Scissors three times in succession to cut Tomie in front of him into several pieces, which were then all sunk into the depths of the stagnant water.

Before long, the supernatural power of the stagnant water will return these fragmented corpses to their original state, making them unable to split apart or revive.

The scissors had reached their limit; their original color was no longer discernible. All that could be seen were the grime covering them and the woman's tangled hair.

For Lu Ming, this was not a big deal.

Next time I return to the mysterious world of resurgence, I'll find an opportunity to cleanse the Ghost Scissors in the blood pool.

Meanwhile, Hellstar's enormous single eye spun around, realizing that Lu Ming hadn't restarted it, and quickly withdrew from the solar system's area.

Its speed is so great that it cannot even be detected by the naked eye, as if it is performing a spatial jump, appearing each time a light-year away, as if it is fleeing in panic...
Earth ultimately escaped a catastrophe.

However, after such a disaster, the Earth has become riddled with holes, and there are very few survivors.

As the rotation speed gradually returned to normal, the tsunamis and volcanic eruptions caused by the enormous gravity slowly subsided.

Such a harsh environment is no longer suitable for human habitation, but no one can say for sure whether the small group of survivors will be able to rebuild the Earth.

After all, humans are the species most adept at creating miracles in dire circumstances.

"Come out."

As Lu Ming finished speaking, Hao Ren and Chu Jianhuan left the Ghost Painting World.

They looked around at the scene with some disbelief.

Unexpectedly, Lu Ming returned to Earth in such a short time. This kind of skill is just like those immortals in ancient legends who can transform into rainbows and travel.

Hao Ren returned to normal from his human dice state, but he had suffered many injuries and looked quite disheveled.

He thought for a moment and said, "Brother Lu, we've discussed it. We were able to successfully clear the seven-star difficulty horror movie dungeon this time thanks to you. The reward points cannot be directly transferred, but if you need to exchange for any items later, you can let us know."

"In addition, we will also give you the supernatural items that you will receive as a reward after clearing this dungeon. Although it is nothing, it is a small token of our appreciation."

Chu Jianhuan, who was standing to the side, nodded in agreement; the two had clearly made a plan.

Lu Ming did not refuse or decline the offer.

He knew very well that even disregarding the points reward he received this time, the huge amount of attribute points he would gain after clearing the dungeon, as well as the achievement of clearing the "seven-star difficulty dungeon" itself, were all of great value.

Neither of them suffered a loss.

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Another moment passed.

Tomie Kawakami has finally lost all power over the rules.

A semi-transparent panel appeared simultaneously in front of Lu Ming and the other two.

Boom!
In a daze, the melodious sound of bells rang out, signifying the official completion of this round of "Tomie World".

The world around me began to slowly disappear, turning into an illusion.

To be more precise, it wasn't the surrounding world that disappeared, but Lu Ming and his two companions.

They have left the [Tomie World] and will soon return to the Main God Space.

Lu Ming looked at the main god panel in front of him, where densely packed small characters began to appear.

【Fujiang World】

[Mission: Find Tomie in the world of Tomie and completely eliminate her]

[Current task completed]

[Reward: 100 attribute points, one supernatural item (already issued)]

In addition to the basic main storyline rewards, the God panel also displays a points settlement screen.

[Lu Ming: 86000 points]

Generally speaking, completing a horror movie dungeon on four-star difficulty will only earn you a little over 2000 points.

Seven stars and four stars may sound like they're only three stars apart, but in terms of both difficulty and the rewards for completing them, they are worlds apart and completely incomparable.

Of course, Lu Ming was able to obtain a full 86000 points because he challenged a horror movie instance of seven-star difficulty.

On the other hand, it's because Lu Ming made such a big fuss and basically made all the contributions.

Therefore, under the judgment of the Main God Space, he received a high amount of points reward.

Including the previous 30320 points, his total points now reach 116320.

Unfortunately, the condition for advancing from a Tier 6 Challenger to a Tier 7 Challenger is no longer accumulating points, but rather clearing the Horror Movie dungeon on Seven Star difficulty three times.

Otherwise, with Lu Ming's high score, it wouldn't be hard to understand why he would be promoted directly after clearing the level this time.

Seeing that his available points had increased from 0 to 100, Lu Ming had an idea and, following the old rule, added all 100 points to his mental strength attribute.

Although this wasn't the first time Lu Ming had added points to his mental strength, it was the largest amount he had ever added at once.

It was exactly 100 o'clock.

It can allow a newcomer who has just entered the Main God Space to undergo a transformation in a certain attribute.

This gives us an idea of ​​the level that those unseen seventh-tier challengers have reached.

Of course, for other challengers, even if they achieve a transformation in a certain attribute, they cannot achieve such remarkable results as Lu Ming, who is unstoppable.

Because sheer mental strength alone is not enough to make a challenger invincible.

It's even better to just add 100 points to Physique and achieve Minor Success in Physical Body.

Lu Ming's terrifying aspect lies in the fact that his mental power can help him control vengeful spirits in the mysterious world of resurgence, breaking through the limits of a ghost tamer.

[Mental Strength: 109] → [Mental Strength: 209]

All 100 attribute points were added to mental strength.

The surging feeling in his mind was no less than the transformation Lu Ming had undergone in terms of mental strength before entering the dungeon.

With his mind clearer than ever before, Lu Ming looked ahead and could even see a brand new realm.

There's a saying: "The higher you stand, the farther you can see."

When one's own level of understanding is too low, everything around one seems insignificant.

After some time, when you make another breakthrough and look back on that period, you will find that you were too short-sighted back then.

When his mental strength completed its first transformation, Lu Ming thought he had reached the pinnacle of this field.

Just like when Yang Jian opened the music box, he felt he could defeat the headquarters' mascot, Old Qin.

It now seems that there is still a huge mountain in front of him.

"However, the progress afterward will definitely be faster than before. Everything is difficult at the beginning. Now, whether it is controlling the vengeful spirits or maintaining the balance of the vengeful spirits within me, I have a great advantage over ordinary ghost controllers."

Lu Ming had a premonition that once his abilities improved, both his future development and the completion of the original plans would go more smoothly.

At least he no longer has to be like other ghost tamers in the mysterious resurrection world, trembling with fear and walking on thin ice every time he rides a ghost.

Moreover, there will be no concerns about an upper limit.

After the basic information on the main god panel was displayed, another prompt popped up on the semi-transparent panel in front of Lu Ming.

Complete three additional phases of tasks.

[Reward: Master the basic skills of Tomie Kawakami]

As these small words appeared on the panel, Lu Ming did not immediately control the new supernatural entity as he had done before.

The reason is also very simple.

Tomie Kawakami's abilities are too complex and not compatible with Lu Ming's basic system of the Red and White Duo. Therefore, the God Space did not allow Lu Ming to directly control these abilities, but needed to obtain Lu Ming's consent first.

“Directly controlling her without regard for the consequences carries considerable risk, especially given the complexity of Tomie’s abilities.”

"There are only two options now."

"Either you can master one of Tomie's abilities at a time, and then use the supernatural powers of the Liar to gradually adapt... This might take a considerable amount of time, but it's a safer approach."

“Either I give up controlling all of Tomie Kawakami’s supernatural abilities and use another medium to carry them.”

Lu Ming thought of the Kumanthong doll he had drawn when he first completed a team competition mission.

At the time, we didn't know what this thing was specifically used for.

In retrospect, it is simply an excellent vessel for the supernatural.

Lu Ming then used the supernatural powers of Tomie to give the Kumanthong the power to completely control it, along with the supernatural powers of the Deceitful Ghost and the bloodstained old newspaper.

In this way, it is equivalent to controlling Tomie's supernatural abilities, and there is no need to worry about being affected by the supernatural and breaking the original balance of the Red and White Duo.

Lu Ming didn't know if his idea could become a reality.

Everything related to the supernatural is unknown.

But regardless, he had to try it after the supernatural item draw was over; after all, success would only bring benefits to Lu Ming.
In the higher-dimensional God's space.

Lu Ming is quite well-known here. Not long after he returned to the Main God Space from the dungeon, someone discovered his existence.

"It's him? Didn't he just enter a seven-star difficulty dungeon not long ago? I didn't expect him to actually come out..."

"No, not only did he get out, but even his two teammates who entered the instance with him did not die inside."

Everyone was shocked by these words.

Even for high-level challengers, the death rate in dungeons of five stars or higher is relatively high.

Not to mention this is a horror movie instance with a seven-star difficulty level.

For a challenger team capable of tackling a seven-star difficulty horror movie dungeon, it would be quite an achievement if even one member survives.

And Lu Ming's team had a 100% survival rate?!
Lu Ming ignored the shock of the onlookers.

The group arrived at the sphere of light representing the main city, chose to enter, and then began to draw supernatural items one by one.

Although Hao Ren and Chu Jianhuan both said they would give the supernatural items they had drawn to Lu Ming.

But since this is a reward they received themselves, they still need to draw it out by themselves.

[Clear the Horror Movie Dungeon, Tomie World, and you will have one chance to draw a supernatural item. Do you wish to draw the item?]

No/Yes

All three chose "yes".

It was similar to the previous scene.

A flash of golden light appeared on the vast sky, and another flash of silver light appeared on the sky.

These things can only be seen by themselves.

Lu Ming chose the golden orb, while Hao Ren and Chu Jianhuan chose the silver orb.

From Lu Ming's perspective, as the golden halo slowly flickered, a supernatural item appeared in Lu Ming's hand.

This is a worn-out flower basket.

The main body is woven from mottled bamboo.

The surface was covered with unknown stains, making it look very dirty and old, as if it had been through a long period of time.

Looking into the flower basket from the outside, it was pitch black, and nothing could be seen clearly.

But Lu Ming knew that this thing was definitely not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

Like a human skin pouch that can hold ghosts, this flower basket has a certain suppressive effect. If you add some supernatural stagnant water inside, you can indeed easily put ghosts inside.

But this flower basket has more uses than just that.

If a ghost tamer is placed inside, the resurgence of the vengeful spirit within the ghost tamer can be suppressed without killing the ghost tamer.

Although its effects are limited, it is still a fairly useful auxiliary ability.

Lu Ming put the flower basket away and looked at Hao Ren and Chu Jianhuan, asking, "What supernatural items did you draw?"

Hao Ren took out a severed hand.

The shape of this hand is very strange. Its surface is bluish-green, and you can vaguely see the blue veins under the skin. The knuckles are distinct, and the hand itself is very large, about the size of an adult's hand.

The broken edge of this thing didn't look bloody at all; there were no drops of blood. Instead, it looked as if it had been specially polished, appearing very smooth.

Hao Ren explained, "The specific usage is to let this severed hand grab your own hand. As for what will happen after that... to be honest, I don't know either. You'll have to try it yourself, Brother Lu."

Lu Ming accepted the severed hand that Hao Ren offered.

Chu Jianhuan, who was standing to the side, said, "The supernatural item I drew was a dusty makeup box."

She showed the makeup box in her hand to Lu Ming. Sure enough, the surface of the makeup box was dusty and looked obviously unusable.

Strangely, when Chu Jianhuan touched the dust on the surface of the makeup box, she didn't leave any fingerprints.

It's as if the dust was part of the makeup box all along, rather than something that accumulated because it had been sitting there for too long.

"I don't know what this makeup box is for, or even how to use it. I hope it will be of use to you, Brother Lu."

Lu Ming took the makeup box, opened it, and was immediately hit by an extremely foul stench of corpses.

The body must have been rotting for a long time to produce this smell, as it has decomposed into bodily fluids.

Moreover, the odor emanating from it was not just the smell of a corpse; it was also mixed with a pungent smell of paint.

The contents of the makeup box not only smelled bad, but also didn't look very appealing.

Looking inside, it was a sticky mess with lots of oily stuff, which was nauseating to look at.

It's hard to imagine anyone putting this on their face as makeup.

Lu Ming closed the makeup lid, nodded, and indicated that he would study it later.

At the same time, he thought to himself, "Judging from the results of this draw, the supernatural items that challengers can draw are not random, but are related to the person to a certain extent."

"Hao Ren was a gambler, so he drew a severed hand. This severed hand easily evokes the image of a desperate gambler who lost everything and had his hand cut off."

"As for Chu Jianhuan... I don't know much about her, but since she's a woman, she must love makeup, which is why the supernatural item she drew was a dusty makeup box."

This conclusion is nothing special, nor is it worth delving into further.

But Lu Ming looked at the flower basket he had just put away and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

What does this flower basket have to do with me?
I'm not Meng Xiaodong.

They are completely unrelated.

"Judging by its size, it looks like the kind of flower basket that a little girl would carry. Even if a ghost bride carried it, it would look very out of place, let alone me."

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After a brief handover, Lu Ming parted ways with the two.

Before attempting to imbue the Kumanthong doll with Tomie's supernatural power, Lu Ming opened the Main God Shop in the main city.

Even if he accumulates points at his current stage, he still cannot advance to the seventh rank.

However, points can still be used to redeem supernatural items in the God's Shop, as well as high-level abilities.

Lu Ming currently has 116320 points, which is just enough to advance to the sixth rank. He still has the opportunity to exchange for higher-level abilities, so he naturally needs to see what suitable higher-level abilities are available.

Thinking this, Lu Ming opened a separate module in the God's Shop.

Exchange for advanced abilities.

Each time a Challenger's rank is promoted, three higher-level abilities will be randomly refreshed.

Just like Hextech enhancement.

If Lu Ming takes a liking to any of these three advanced abilities, he can exchange for them directly.

Conversely, if none of them appeal to you, you can spend points to refresh the page.

However, each refresh costs a high amount of points, which is simply unaffordable for most challengers.

It's quite possible to encounter the awkward situation where you refresh until the very end, finally manage to get the high-level ability you want, only to find that you've almost run out of points and don't have enough to exchange for it.

After selecting the advanced ability exchange module, three semi-transparent cards appeared in front of Lu Ming, just like a panel.

Each card has small white text explaining the current ability.

After seeing the three cards he had just refreshed, Lu Ming's furrowed brows relaxed a little.

"My luck is pretty good this time. It seems I won't need to spend extra points to refresh my abilities."

Within the halo, three high-level abilities were visible: [Sin and Punishment], [Causality Nullification], and [Mirror Image].

【Crime and Punishment】As its name suggests, it is a power similar to judgment.

The more serious the sins committed by the target of the "Sin and Punishment" attack, the higher the probability of being punished.

The so-called punishment was also very simple and brutal.

It means certain death.

Like the inevitable death curse in the mysterious resurrection.

Unless you possess a means of survival stronger than [Sin and Punishment].

Otherwise, they would die immediately after being put on trial.

The "Causal Invalidation" ability can completely nullify any supernatural attacks launched by the opponent.

The premise is that the rule strength of the other party's supernatural attack does not exceed [causal invalidation].

For most challengers in the God Realm, these two high-level abilities are considered divine skills.

Even a sixth-tier challenger in a high-dimensional god space would choose these two high-level abilities without hesitation.

But Lu Ming had a different idea.

He commanded many fierce ghosts.

Moreover, Lu Ming's mental strength far surpasses that of ordinary people, reaching a full 209 points.

In the mysterious world of resurgence, he has too many opportunities to control vengeful spirits, without even considering the upper limit of supernatural power that ordinary people can withstand.

Therefore, what Lu Ming needs to consider now is not simply increasing the intensity or number of supernatural phenomena, but rather ensuring the compatibility of his own system.

Simply put, the goal is to complete the puzzle around the red and white duo.

Choosing either "Crime and Punishment" or "Causality Invalidation" is merely icing on the cake.

However, the last high-level ability, [Mirror Image], reminded Lu Ming of another vengeful ghost he had obtained from an exorcism society in Japan.

At that time, besides the vengeful spirit that had merged with Freddy, there was also a ghost in the mirror.

The mention of mirrors easily evokes images of Sadako's superimposed designs.

"The person in the mirror can help me control the mirror world to a certain extent... If I choose this ability, I might have the chance to control the ghost in the mirror, or even make the two ghosts become pieces of the puzzle."

There are currently two main paths for Lu Ming to increase his supernatural abilities.

One option is to complete the known puzzle pieces, finish the wedding and funeral, perfectly control the ghost bride, and become an outlier among outliers.

The other path, like the Seven Elders of the Republic of China, is to move towards an infinitely cumulative direction.

The concept of "infinity" was perhaps still very distant for Lu Ming not long ago.

But Lu Ming is no longer the same person he used to be.

His mental strength and the supernatural abilities he has already mastered all indicate that his future development will be faster than imagined.

(End of this chapter)