Sweet Harvest Too

It didn't take long for Pro to arrive at the door to apartment 447. Taking a peek inside, Pro noticed an apartment oriented similarly to apartment 446 and apartment 443, where the front door faces the wall with the other two doors, but the doors seemed of the bedroom and bathroom seemed to be gone in this apartment.

With a glance, Pro immediately noticed something out of place. The entire apartment rooms had scratch marks everywhere. The foam was spilling out of the shredded parts of the sofa while the other furnishings were toppled over, and the floor was also bruised to some extent as if something was trying to dig into it with its claw, but with no success. The walls have multiple deep gorges of claw marks in addition to traces of dried blood in the shape of scratch marks, and what stood out was a hole, big enough to fit a household pet, in the wall!

Frowning at this scene, Pro couldn't help but speculate, "Did the lingering spirit in this room devour its compatriots and then invaded apartment 449? Or is it the other way around? Did this spirit sense the danger from my cleansing of the floor and decided to power up? I'm sure other lingering spirits won't just stand by and watch the apartment get destroyed like this, so the most likely result is that they were all destroyed by something."

"Based on the damage to the room, if my guess is right, the final resulting lingering spirit should be a rather powerful one, or maybe it might have even promoted to a low-level baleful spirit!" Pro couldn't help but feel a bit excited inside.

Cautiously stepping into apartment 447, Pro vigilantly surveyed his surroundings as he moved towards the bedroom and bathroom to check on them. As he got closer, Pro was also able to see the same scratched up situation in the bedroom and bathroom. The bathroom even had shattered pieces of glass on the floor while the toilet seat and bathtub had cracks all over.

Seeing the empty bathroom, Pro examined the nearby bedroom and also found it devoid of life. The only things remaining were bashed up furnishing with scratches all over them.

"Well, if it's not in here ... then it must be in apartment 449," Pro muttered to himself as he glanced at the hole in the wall.

Strolling over to the hole, Pro peeked through it and saw an apartment room oriented similarly to apartment 447. It also had scratches all over, and the bathroom door was also missing, but the bedroom door was actually still there with no scratch marks!

Seeing the shut bedroom door, Pro smiled as he believed that he has found his target. Switching to ghost form, Pro stepped through the wall, heading towards the bedroom of apartment 449.

As Pro stepped into apartment 449, Pro suddenly felt a breeze from above and he swiftly raised his arm to defend.

Puff! Pro felt a sharp pain on this arm as he swiftly retreated away from his assailant. As he brought down his arm in defense, Pro was able to see a bloody scratch mark on it, albeit not too deep.

Tap. Hearing the sound of landing, Pro glared forward to see a black cat landing gently on the ground. However, what made Pro frowned was that it wasn't a normal black cat because it had nine eyes all over its small body! All the cat's eyes sharply glared at Pro before the cat hissed threateningly.

The cat then pounced forward once again. Knowing that the cat can injure him even though he was in ghost form, Pro activated his claw and gave the pouncing cat a strike.

With one strike, the cat was bisected into two pieces ass it hissed in pain. Pro then watched as the black cat explode into black mist that defused into the surroundings before it disappeared.

"That's it?" Pro couldn't help but mutter in confusion while feeling that it can't be that easy.

Suddenly, Pro felt something fall right onto his head from above before giving his head a couple of scratches. Feeling the faint pain, Pro growled in anger as he quickly swiped his claw into the area above his head. Pro didn't feel the claw hitting anything as he felt the assailant jump off his head.

Swiftly turning around, Pro saw the cat scurrying away after its sneak attack. The eyes on the body of the cat glared vigilantly at Pro, but Pro noticed that one of the eyes was closed and had blood leaking from it. Seeing this, Pro couldn't help but speculate, "Iz*nagi? Could this spirit have nine lives?"

Knowing this, Pro had no fear as he chased after the cat. Although cats may be able to run faster than normal humans, the speed gained from upgrading into a blood spirit helped Pro catch up to the cat easily. Then, with another swipe of his claw, the cat was smashed into black mist once more.

Pro then glanced vigilantly at his surroundings including the ceiling, but even after a while, he saw no cat pouncing on him.

"Well, if you're not coming to me, then I'll come to you," Pro snickered as he jogged towards the bedroom door with light steps.

Glancing at the closed door, Pro smirked as he commented, "Time to help you make this door match the surroundings. It's enough being a solitary cat, it's time to fit in with the rest."

Pro sharpened his claws using the other claw. Then, he smashed the claws down, sending the door flying as it split into pieces.

Bam! The door smashed into the wall before dropping onto the bed. With a sweep of his eyes, Pro locked onto litter box where a small pet collar with a tiny bell sat quietly. Pro sprinted forward intending to finish this once and for all; however, black mist escaped from the bell and gathered into a black cat, now with two eyes closed.

The black cat picked up the collar in its mouth and dashed between the pouncing Pro's feet. Pro smashed his claw down, but was only able to cut off the lower half of the cat, causing the black cat to slide forward with its remaining momentum before it dissipated into black mist.

Taking a step closer to the collar that rolled away on the ground from the momentum, Pro intended to smash his claws down, but the black cat condensed once more to take the collar away.

Missing his attack, Pro chased the cat and killed it once more. Unfortunately, before it dissipated, the cat actually managed to accurately throw the collar through the hole in the wall!

Feeling how troublesome this is, Pro didn't give up, but also dashed through the wall in pursuit only to see the cat dashing into the bedroom with the collar. Chasing in, Pro was welcomed by a black cat pouncing through the air and at his face. With a swipe of his claws, the cat was shredded into black mist once more.

Another black cat, now only with four eyes opened, popped out from under the bed while holding the collar in its mouth. Seeing this, Pro smashed the black cat into black mist as it threw the collar towards a corner of the bedroom. Seeing this, Pro pounced forward and with a swipe of his claws, the collar was diced into pieces.

Pro watched as the remnants of the collar fell to the ground, but he only frowned because he saw no black mist defusing from it! It was then that he noticed that the bell on the collar was gone!

"I just got outsmarted by a cat!" Pro concluded with a bit of anger, but he calmed down as he thought, "It won't change the final result anyways. Let's see how long you can hide."

A tiny bell was a bit difficult to find, but Pro still had plenty of time left out of his 10 minutes. Pro began to recall when he last saw the bell, and realized it was missing when the cat threw the collar through the wall!

Heading back to apartment 449, Pro searched the area and saw no bell. He swiftly dug through the furnishing with his claws before heading back into the bedroom. Checking all the drawers and underneath the furnishing, Pro still wasn't able to find the bell.

Swiftly dashing into the bathroom, Pro also did a full search of the area but with no result. He then dashed into the kitchen where there was actually another litter box. Pro then quickly searched all the drawers in the kitchen before he glanced at the litter box. Strolling over, Pro was about to lift the litter box up to check underneath when a black cat condensed on the litter box and pounced towards his face.

Pro sneered as he slashed through the pouncing cat with his claws. He then kicked away the litter box to reveal a small bell sitting on the ground beneath it. A black cat, with only two eyes left on its body, materialized and picked up the bell in its mouth, intending to run.

How could Pro let it escape? Pro's claws came crashing down at the cat's head and chopped it off smoothly. The cat's head spun in the air and tossed the bell outwards as another cat condensed in the air near the bell before catching the bell in its mouth.

The black cat landed and dashed off with its hair standing upright. Seeing only one open eye left on its body, Pro did not hesitate to dive forward while smashing his claws down.

The cat hissed in pain as it was smashed into black mist once more. The bell rolled on the ground as another black cat condensed to protect it. This time, all the eyes on the body of the cat was closed and the cat only stood in front of the bell as it hissed threateningly at Pro.

Pro ignored its protest as he brought his claws down to end it all. The claws smashed right through the black cat and right onto the tiny bell. Pro watched as black mist gushed out from the bell that was diced in half. The mist swiftly gathering to form multiple black mist objects in order to depict a scene.

In the scene, a black cat made of black mist was rubbing its head against the leg of an unknown person. The bell on its collar rung as it snuggled with its owner. A couple more unknown cats also came to seek attention from the owner as they pushed the black cat away.

A mellow voice then echoed in the room, "Honey, the children are hungry ... we can't afford to get more food for them ... what should we do?"

The room fell silent for a while before a giant black hand seemed to reach down upon the snuggling cats. In the scene, the black cat with the collar backed off in fright as it watched the other cats disappear one by one as they came into contact with the black hand.

It didn't take long until it was its turn. The cat tried to run but the hand homed in on it. A meow of pain and sadness echoed in the room as the black cat formed from black mist dissipated along with the scene. Only a cracked bell laid quietly on the ground.

Pro silently picked up the bell as he internally sighed a bit, "Animals are also living beings, but reality is harsh to them. There are probably an uncountable number of poor animal spirits out there can't rest in peace."

After a moment of silence, Pro hurried back to his domain before too much yin qi escapes from the remnant possession object.

[Ding! Object with yin qi detected. Absorbing remnant yin qi. Host gains 510 life points.]

"Yes! Harvest two is also a sweet harvest, too!" Pro pumped his fist in excitement.

Glancing at his 5020 points, Pro's eyes twinkled with anticipation as he finally had enough to expand to the hallway! Without holding back his urge, Pro turned towards the wall connected to the hallway and excitedly gave the command, "Expand towards hallway!"