I run a Taoist temple in a bizarre world.

Chapter 112 The First Battle of [The Body Outside the Body]

"Doesn't the Special Affairs Bureau's file record numerous unranked demons and evil spirits in the lakeside mountains?"

"They're still showing up in droves; could it be that we're seeing fake information?"

"Or perhaps the demons of Juhu Mountain were wiped out, or devoured by that mountain lord?"

"How come we haven't encountered a single demon?!"

Inside the main hall of Qingshan Temple, Chi Le asked in confusion.

With the shared line of sight provided by the "Outer Self," Chi Le can clearly see the situation at the location of the "Outer Self."

Besides the dry, fallen leaves scattered all over the ground, there were also some half-dead weeds.

Not to mention demons and evil spirits, the [body outside the body] couldn't even encounter a superfluous, movable object.

"However, I remember the records mentioning several areas with a high concentration of demons and evil spirits —"

[Body Outside Body] Turns its head left and right to check, making it easier for Chi Le to observe its current environment.

In order to compare with the information and map of Juhu Mountain in my mind.

"【Body Outside Body】We should be at the foot of the mountain, near the mountainside. From here, we are closer to the Water Crystal Lake."

Chi Le tapped his fingers on the armrest of the wooden chair, trying hard to recall the materials he had seen in the theory class at the training camp.

Juhushan is a place that many special affairs bureau staff members have visited.

Multiple reports on the Strange World operation unanimously pointed out that Juhushan was "untainted by the mud" in the dangerous environment of the Strange World.

There are many kinds of demons and evil spirits, most of which are low-level and pose little danger.

There are also many bizarre creations.

Moreover, compared to the [Strange Creations] in other regions, the [Strange Creations] in Lake Mountain are significantly easier to obtain.

For a time, the Special Affairs Bureau encouraged its staff, who had previously fallen into the haunted world at Kau-Ham, to continue their thorough investigations at Kau-Ham the next time they fell into the haunted world.

To enrich the information about the place called Juhushan.

For this purpose, the Special Operations Bureau is willing to offer a substantial reward.

Encouraged by the Special Operations Bureau, multiple operation reports were submitted, and according to the situation in Hushan, almost 90% of the information has been obtained.

Apart from the territory where the only third-tier demon resides on Juhu Mountain.

The information for the other places is already quite detailed.

According to records from Hushan as the "mountain gate," and Chi Le's understanding of the situation through Special Affairs Bureau materials, the area is a strange place with many low-level demons and evil spirits.

Therefore, Chi Le used it as a testing ground for testing the ability of "body outside body".

"I remember it's this way."

Having identified the location of the Crystal Lake, Chi Le was about to give the [Self-External Body] a precise instruction when the [Self-External Body] in the Juhu Mountain turned around and began to walk towards the location of the Crystal Lake.

"With just a vague thought, precise instructions can be executed, and there is almost no interval between the arising of the thought and its action; it's as if I'm using another body."

Chi Le was somewhat surprised by the reaction of [Shen Wai Shen].

I originally thought this ability was just a simple clone that could perform actions similar to those of current robots, requiring precise instructions to complete, which was already quite powerful.

But the reaction of [Body Outside Body] just now completely exceeded his expectations.

"This makes things much easier, so that we don't waste time thinking about specific instructions during battle and miss the opportunity to fight."

According to the lake and mountains, [body outside body] pushes aside the intertwined low shrubs and walks through the forest.

"Um?"

As soon as Chi Le had a thought, [Body Outside Body] immediately stopped.

Look at the bushes to the left front.

Above, the branches that were originally intertwined seemed to have been torn apart, revealing a large hole large enough for one person to pass through.

"Is anyone there?"

Looking at the obvious signs of human intervention and the messy footprints on the ground, Chi Le said.

"No wonder we didn't encounter any demons or evil spirits along the way; it turns out they were eliminated by someone else first."

"Are they the daytime returnees, or the original inhabitants of this strange world?"

The thought of doubt flashed through my mind in an instant.

With the meager information available at present, Chi Le has no way of knowing what kind of being it is.

I simply stopped thinking about it.

Moreover, in this eerie world shrouded in nighttime fog, he had no intention of traveling with those who left these traces.

He only wanted to test the strength of his ability [External Body] and see how his current strength was roughly.

"Let's go around it; there's no need to get involved."

The thought arose, and the [Outer Body] changed its route, avoiding the place where people had left traces.

I thought that by no longer following their path and arriving at a completely new one, I could encounter the demons and evil spirits that had not been eliminated by these beings through my [body outside body].

Unfortunately, no.

Along the way, apart from fallen leaves and half-withered weeds, there were still no other moving objects.

"Is this considered bad luck?"

"We bypassed the area where the traces were, took a new route, but still didn't encounter any demons or evil spirits—"

At this moment, Chi Le had already moved from the main hall to the right side hall.

We continued our journey to Crystal Lake, bypassing any man-made traces.

His spiritual energy in his mental space was on the verge of depletion.

In order to test the approximate strength of the [Outer Body] tonight, he had no choice but to come to the [Right Side Hall] to recover his mental energy.

Fortunately, although he didn't encounter any demons, his test yielded another conclusion he wanted.

Looking at the incense burner in the open space, where a stick of incense had just finished burning, Chi Le nodded to himself.

"With my current mental strength, I can maintain the [Outer Body] state for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn."

"Given my current rank, this is still a long time."

"Right now, we're just walking, so the mental energy consumption isn't high. But how long could we maintain this [Outer Body] state during combat?"

With one result in mind, another question that Chi Le wanted to know the answer to arose in his mind.

Just as Chi Le was pondering, the "body outside the body" in the lake and mountains stopped.

Looking at the splash of water in the shared view of [Body Outside Body].

Chi Le knew they had arrived at the Crystal Lake.

Before the [body outside the body] could even move forward.

Chi Le then saw the unusual movement not far away through the shared vision of [Body Outside Body].

Fortunately, [Body Outside Body] also possesses the same perception of the eerie and cold atmosphere of the strange world as Chi Le.

Therefore, the moment the [External Body] sense swept over, Chi Le also felt the chilling coldness emanating from the place where the anomaly was coming from.

Rich and chaotic.

"We've run into a horde of monsters."

"Moreover, the intensity of his aura is not high, so he should only have the strength of someone who has not yet entered the next level."

"However, at a distance opposite the location of the [Outer Body], there is an aura far stronger than the surrounding area, estimated to be at the first tier, and—"

Upon sensing this aura, Chi Le's thoughts ceased.

It wasn't because they were afraid of the first-tier beings in the distance.

It doesn't matter if I go and bump into this being, since this is just an ability test, not a matter of killing all the demons I see.

At worst, we can summon the Twin Stars of Qingshan Temple and have the [Land God of Changxi Village] and the [Soul-Guiding Spirit Soldiers] work together to destroy this Tier 1 being. There won't be any problems at all.

Fortunately, he still has enough incense sticks left to summon these two immortals again.

It wasn't out of fear; he was simply reminiscing.

What truly prevented Chi Le from immediately setting off, causing him to pause for a moment and begin searching his memory, was that he felt somewhat familiar with this first-tier aura, but couldn't quite place it for the time being.

"Is this the daytime traveler who visited Qingshan Temple?"

"Who could it be?"

Since he started running Qingshan Temple, he has encountered many people returning home during the day and sensed too many chilling auras. This time, he could hardly find the face corresponding to this aura in his memory.

"The eerie fog around us has thinned out compared to before; it's almost dawn. Let's finish the test quickly."

Unable to find the memories, Chi Le directly sent the [External Body] towards the area where chaotic auras converged.

As the [Outer Body] approached, pairs of eyes glowing red appeared from the gaps in the bushes and grass.

"squeak!"

[Body Outside Body] continued to lift its foot and approach, and a sharp, threatening squeak rang out.

Ignored it.

[Body Outside Body] Continue to approach.

"squeak!"

This time, the threats were much sharper.

It felt like long, hard fingernails scraping across a blackboard, sending shivers down your spine.

Seeing that the approaching figure showed no sign of stopping.

The demon with blood-red eyes let out a threatening howl, which it could no longer tolerate.

It darted out of the bushes, transforming into a black shadow, and crashed into the [External Body] at an extremely fast speed.

After the shadowy figure darted past, the eerie, light gray mist belatedly began to flow, revealing a thin, elongated trail.

However, [the body outside the body] seemed to have sensed the shadow's movements in advance.

Using one foot as a fulcrum, and twisting the other foot forcefully, the body also shifts at an angle.

They easily dodged the attack from the dark figure.

The dark figure landed in a disheveled manner.

After twisting its body and repositioning itself to launch an attack, the small black shadow did not immediately rush towards the [Outer Body].

Having missed its target, it began to scrutinize the pure white figure.

Chi Le took this opportunity to examine the dark figure in front of him.

A rat as tall as a calf.

Its body is covered with coarse, shiny black fur, and its tail hair is sparse, with a few thick, black hairs occasionally sticking out.

Its limbs are thick and strong, especially its hind legs, one of which is half the size of its own body.

Such deformed hind leg muscles give it unparalleled explosive speed.

"【Black-haired Jumping Rat】, an unranked demon, prefers to act in groups. Its main characteristic is its high speed. It kills by jumping up on its hind legs and accelerating to a terrifying speed, then ramming its hard head into people."

"The downside is also obvious: due to the high speed, it takes some time to readjust the body posture after landing."

When Chi Le saw the appearance of the shadowy figure, the relevant information in his mind came to mind.

Fortunately, before graduating from university, he prepared for the postgraduate entrance examination for a period of time. Although he failed to pass the exam, it made his brain, which had been rusty since the college entrance examination, start working again.

Taking notes during theoretical courses at the training camp isn't too difficult.

"squeak!"

After observing for a while, the black-haired jerboa let out another threatening cry.

The tone of voice had changed, and it didn't sound like the first two shouts.

"squeak!"

"squeak!"

Two more sharp cries rang out.

Two black jerboas with scarlet eyes slowly emerged from the grass and bushes.

It was clear that it had also vaguely realized that the pure white figure in front of it was not easy for it to handle alone.

Therefore, a just and coordinated attack is the best option at this moment.

"Squeak!" ×3

The three black-haired jerboas let out a strange cry in unison.

At the same time, their limbs were bent, and their abdomens were about to touch the ground directly.

Especially its unusually thick hind legs, which were now completely bulging, with even the needle-like black hairs on them standing up.

It looked like two hedgehogs were clinging to its legs.

This is the stance it will adopt when launching an attack.

Faced with these three black-haired jerks whose movements were almost identical, Chi Le only gave one thought to the [External Body].

"Slay the demon that appears before you!"

Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh!

The three sounds of air being torn apart seemed to overlap.

The next moment, a dark shadow appeared on the left side of the body's waist and abdomen, the back, and the right side of the body's chest.

Faced with such a comprehensive attack, [Body Outside Body] did not have a good way to deal with it.

It had no choice but to step back and face the attack from the black-haired jerboa on its back.

As for the two black-haired jerks on the left and right, they crossed their hands and spread their palms, trying to stop it with their hands.

Boom!

An extremely dull sound rang out.

The back of [Body Outside Body] took a solid hit from the full force of [Black Fur Jumping Mouse].

Fortunately, the defenses of both hands worked, and each blocked the [Black-haired Jumping Mouse].

Moreover, after being hit from behind, [the body outside the body] acted as if nothing had happened.

He gripped the head of the black-haired jerky tightly with his hands, his ten fingers like iron clamps, holding the two black-haired jerky firmly in place.

"Squeak!" ×2

The two black jerboas immediately squealed in pain.

[Body Outside Body] tried to crush the heads of the [Black Fur Jumping Rat] with his bare hands but failed; he only made the two black rats scream even louder.

So, [Body Outside Body] gave up on the idea of ​​crushing their heads, raised its hands, bent over, and slammed the two [Black Fur Jumping Rats] hard to the ground with all its might.

Snapped!

pat!

The two black-haired jerks smashed two holes in the ground and bounced a few times before stopping.

He lay helplessly on the ground, looking like he was about to die, barely breathing.

The black-haired jerky that crashed into the back of the "body outside body" was still in a daze and couldn't come to its senses for a long time.

It was as if what I had just bumped into was not an external body, but an indestructible boulder.

Before the black jerboa could even react...

[Body Outside Body] bent down and reached out a large hand towards the [Black Fur Jumping Rat] that was not yet dead, but was a little dizzy.

Then they treated it the same way they treated the first two [black-haired jerboas].

He slammed it hard onto the ground.

However, this time it did not slip away. After the [Black-haired Jumping Rat] touched the ground, [Body Outside Body] picked it up again and held it in front of its eyes.

It seemed to be checking on the extent of its injuries.

Finding that it was still breathing, [Body Outside Body] pressed it to the ground again and rubbed it forcefully left and right a few times in the crater it had created.

Click, click.

A tooth-grinding sound of bones being crushed rang out.

At this moment, [Body Outside Body] lifted the bloodied and mangled [Black Fur Jumping Rat] and placed it in front of his face.

Check if there are still vital signs.

This gruesome scene caused the group of people with bloodshot eyes, who were still hiding in the bushes and grass nearby and observing the situation, to shrink back.

"Is it a demon, or am I the demon?"

Such a thought flashed through the minds of all the Black Fur Jerboas who witnessed this scene.