Level Cleared

Taking a moment to observe the current situation in the hallway, Pro noticed that the obese spirit didn't close its door this time as it has gotten stuck in between the doorway while it was struggling to get out. Mr. Long legs is still on the ground doing break dancing. Meanwhile, apartment 554's door is still shut.

"Well, guess I'll take care of what I can see first. Mr. Long legs certainly deserves my attention for that amazing performance," Pro mocked as he calmly strolled forward.

Skirting around the obese monster that was trying to grab Pro with its short, stubby hands, Pro continued down the hallway while wondering why so many spirits don't have the ability to phase through walls. He thought it was a natural ability of a spirit, but it seems that some only have physical forms. Or perhaps they don't have the intelligence to put their ability to use.

Not minding this major loophole, Pro approached Mr. Long legs of apartment 551. Sensing his impending doom, Mr. Long legs danced even harder as his legs wildly flung around, causing his body to tumble around like a rag doll in a physics engine.

"Ehhh ... seems like you need a little help there. Your legs seem to be too long for you to stand up with. Let me help with that," Pro told Mr. Long legs with an evil grin.

Shing! With claws out, Pro turned Mr. Long legs into Mr. Short legs. Well, to be precise, the legs were almost completely cut off. Now, the evil spirit could only wriggle on the ground like a caterpillar, but still to move anywhere as the sh*t still caused it to slip back down.

"I never thought a cursed piece of sh*t could be so useful," Pro muttered as he picked up the two legs that tried to stand up on their own.

Gripping the legs tightly under his armpit, Pro grabbed the head of the evil spirit with his other hand and dragged the poor guy through the hallway, painting a bloody trail of black blood all the way to the stairway door.

The evil spirit pitifully shrieked for help, but none of its neighbor came to help it. Well, most of them are dead, and the only one that stepped out to help was stuck.

Dragging the evil spirit through the door to his domain, Pro tossed the evil spirit's legs off to the side before turning back and grinning at the evil spirit who was trying to crawl back through the door. However, it could only watch in despair as the door slowly creaked shut in front of it.

"Well, you've lived ... long enough. Time to get a hands on experience of going to the underworld."

Pro's evil chuckle echoed in the stairway as a horrid scream of fear and screeches of pain mixed in to form a harmonious sound effect for a horror movie. It didn't take long for Pro to collect his bounty.

[Host has eliminated an intruder in your domain. Domain is now absorbing the remains of the intruder ...]

[Absorption completed. Intruder was determined to be a Lower-Level Baleful Spirit. System Library updated with new info.]

[After absorbing a powerful spirit, host gains 460 life points.]

"Eh? No possession object?" Pro blinked his eyes in realization before swiftly heading over to apartment 551.

After digging through the apartment, he easily found a long pair of pants that still had yin qi defusing from it. Pro hurriedly brought it back to his domain to absorb.

[Ding! Mysterious object with yin qi detected. Absorbing object ...]

[Host's domain has absorbed a possession object filled with yin qi. Host gains 100 life points.]

"I thought so! But it seems the possession object doesn't contain as much yin qi? Maybe it's due to the physical body failing to return to the object after death? Or maybe it has to do with the consumption to manifest the physical body in the first place?"

Pro didn't really understand the mysteries of being a ghost still, but after a couple moments of thought, he tossed the idea aside.

"I don't have time to care about research right now. The most important thing is points to increase my strength. I can always conduct research after I escape."

Recalling that the butcher also didn't have a possession object, Pro's eyes sparkled as he ignored the spirits for now and went to search apartment 550. Unfortunately, Pro didn't manage to find any possession object.

"It seems that the security room on each floor is unique in the way it generates spirits," Pro muttered, but didn't think much about it.

Walking back out, he calmly strolled over to the obese monster stuck in the doorway. As he approached, the obese monster angrily howled at Pro as if to intimidate him.

Pro smirked and gave the obese monster's belly a kick and watched it jiggle. However, his kick that could send most evil spirits flying didn't seem to have much effect on the obese spirit because they force seemed to be dispersed on its body.

Pro came up with some guesses about this evil spirit's power, "An evil spirit that is resistant to physical damage? Or perhaps just blunt attacks?"

Opening his mouth, Pro fired a yin needle and watched it penetrate the belly of the obese spirit. The obese monster howled in pain as a part of its belly was corroded black, but Pro watched in amazement as that corroded section transformed into a small mouth and ate itself! After eating the corrosion, the mouth disappeared and the belly returned to normal.

"Huh? A spirit resisting blunt damage in addition to being able to devour poison?"

Honestly, Pro felt that this evil spirit was a bit troublesome. Pro can easily kill most evil spirits because they don't have the power to tank his attacks due to the level gap, but this obese monster seems to be able to do so.

"Well, it'll eventually die won't it? I don't believe I can't grind a baleful spirit to death as a blood spirit," Pro confidently thought.

Shing! With claws out, Pro began to help the obese monster lose weight.

"You have too much fat on you, let me help you cut some off," Pro calmly stated as he swung his claws repeatedly.

The obese monster howled in pain as the claws made deep cuts on its belly. Due to the fact that it was stuck, it couldn't retreat even if it wanted to. To counterattack, its belly transformed into a giant mouth and it attempted to devour Pro's hand that was swinging the claw!

"Whoops!" Pro quickly reacted and pulled his hand back as he watched the jaws of the mouth snap shut with a clack, "Seems it does have a trick or two, but fortunately it doesn't have ranged attacks."

Backing off a bit, Pro began to fire yin needles at the stationary target. He also activated the rarely used toilet abilities. Most of the time, it was used for harvest, and Pro knew it wasn't too effective on evil spirits unless they have a physical body. Even if they have a physical body, it is more efficient to just slash it dead with his claws, but now he can finally use the abilities on this evil spirit that is resistance to damage.

"A big one like you should have a lot of shat out after eating right? Don't worry, pooing is good for your diet ... this is an expert opinion from self proclaimed Doctor Pro."

Chuckling in mirth, Pro vigilantly paid attention to apartment 554 on the other side while he watched the obese monster writhe around in pain, but wasn't able to go anywhere.

Uwuuuu! The obese monster howled in pain as it rubbed its big booty on the ground. Seeing the jiggling stomach as the obese monster squatted in place trying to force something out, Pro felt his eyes getting corrupted by an awful image.

"At least it's not actually letting it out, but just squatting in place for now," Pro inwardly thought as he backed away a bit to avoid the explosion that would come one the ability is deactivated.

After a couple of minutes, the obese monster's howl of pains finally turned into weak huffs and puffs. Unfortunately, Pro didn't get any points from the spirit as it was not in his domain. Pro felt it was a waste, but it wasn't like there was a way to move the evil spirit to his domain if it was still alive.

"Well, I guess I can finally give you the chance to let it out," Pro muttered as he deactivated .

Pro could feel the evil spirit seemed to feel some sort of relief as it actually glanced at Pro with thankfulness and a hint of fear. Then ...

Splat. That was it. Pro didn't even want to describe the situation. Imagine a monster the size of an elephant dropping a bomb.

After relieving itself, the obese monster blankly stared up at the ceiling with dull eyes as its belly began to deflate rapidly. It didn't take long for the evil spirit to become a scrawny corpse that eventually turned into black mist that dissipated.

Pro's heart skipped a beat. Seeing the corpse disappear, he began to worry, "M-My points won't just disappear like that right?!"

Pro swiftly dived into apartment 555 and searched through the rooms like a storm. Pro breathed a sigh of relief once he found a old stripe of measuring tape. When he grabbed onto it, he felt his vision distort as he saw another cut-scene.

A thin, scrawny boy was chowing away at a table. Voices echoed around him as they insulted him.

"Look at him, it's like he has never eaten before. What is a poor country bumpkin like that doing at an event like this?"

"I heard he was the illegitimate child of the CEO. His mother was a countryside villager? No wonder he ended up with such horrible manners."

"If the villager bumpkin's mother didn't vehemently bite the CEO like a mad dog, who would take in such a child? Now that his mother is finally cold ..."

The scene faded in darkness as muffled voices echoed from afar, "Just sell him to that man in exchange for a chance for my son to enter the hidden side."

With that, the memory ended. Blinking his eyes, Pro realized he had returned to reality. Leaving the apartment, Pro shrugged as he coldly muttered, "Not my problem."

Bringing the strip of measuring tape back to his domain, Pro collected another hefty sum of points.

[Ding! Mysterious object with yin qi detected. Absorbing object ...]

[Host's domain has absorbed a possession object filled with yin qi. Host gains 570 life points.]

"Harvesting like a pro," Pro chuckled to himself as he activated the linked door to teleport back to the fourth floor.

Returning to his apartment, Pro entered the toilet to recover his energy. After all, it's time for the final fight, and if his guess was correct, it should at least be a mid-level baleful spirit just like the other floors.

After a full recovery, Pro set the linked door to the fifth floor and used the fourth floor door to teleport up quickly. Now that there was only one baleful spirit left on the floor, there was no worries that his teleportation would disturb the whole floor.

Stopping in front of apartment 554, Pro solemnly sharped his claws.

Shing. Shing. Shing! Bam! Ah, that last sound effect was not the claw sharpening sound but the sound of a door being smashed apart.

Glancing at the apartment room that was fairly tidy and clean, Pro raised his eyebrow.

"It seems even an evil spirit knew how to clean," Pro muttered as he set his gaze on the bedroom.

Sensing the intruder, the bedroom door slowly creaked open. Pro then saw a head appeared from above the doorway as its neck continued to extend out. The crackling of a tree bark was heard as the wrinkly old woman's head turned to glare at Pro.

SCREEEE!

A sound wave blasted out and struck Pro, but Pro only felt it was like a breeze. If he had a cloak right now, it would look very cool with the cloak flapping behind him, but Pro didn't have that sort of protagonist treatment.

"Eh, it recovered its head so fast. As expected of a mid-level baleful spirit," Pro muttered as he watched the head shoot towards him with mouth wide open.

"You think you can fit me in that small mouth of yours? Heh!" Pro sneered as he bisected the incoming head with his claws.

The head shriveled and dried up once more as the neck swiftly retreated while a scream echoed in the room. Not hesitating any further, Pro dashed forward and into the bedroom.

In there, he saw an elderly lady's wrinkled body sitting on a rocking chair. The retreating neck shrunk and returned to being a stump on top of the body. Then, Pro watched in amazement as a new head slowly grew out from the stump!

Well, Pro isn't so stupid to just stand and watch. With a couple of skips, Pro approached the lady and smashed his claws onto her body. Respect the elders? Sorry, Pro doesn't discriminate when it comes to points grinding.

Sensing the danger, the old lady's neck extended and flicked towards Pro in order to defend its body. Thud!

Pro felt watched the neck hit him like a whip and sent him flying backwards. Crashing into the bedroom wall, Pro gently landed back on the ground without even flinching. Even though the force from the attack sent his light body flying, it didn't even hurt his strong physique.

"I have never gotten serious ever since becoming a blood spirit, let's try a bit now," Pro decided as he kicked off the ground.

Boom! A couple of cracks appeared on the ground as Pro blasted off towards the old lady who has now stood up by the rocking chair. With his claw extended forward, Pro was like a missile as he pierced the stationary target before it could react.

THUD! The force from his attack carried the pierced body of the old lady and continued on its trajectory until Pro's claw pierced the wall! Pro sneered as he easily pulled his claw out, leaving a wide open gap in the old lady's chest. With a couple of swipes of his claws, he sliced off the old lady's hands and feet.

To Pro's surprise, there doesn't seem to be blood splashing out. Pro frowned a bit in thought as he watched the incapacitated old lady's body slowly recovered. He then glanced at the rocking chair and dashed over.

The old lady's neck extended once more and whipped towards Pro from behind. This time, Pro dived forward and rolled on the ground as he watched the neck whip away above him. Bouncing back up, Pro stopped in front of the rocking chair and smashed down his claws with no hesitation.

Boom! The chair was easily smashed into pieces as splinters scattered into the air. The old lady gave a loud, continuous horrid scream as its neck began to whip around randomly.

Seeing the incoming whip, Pro smashed his claws down and bisected it in half while being pushed back a little. He then continued to smash the rocking chair to dust. It didn't take long for him to do so, and the room finally regain silence.

Pro then looked around for a skip button, but the usual cut-scene appeared instead.

"It's that creepy old lady again. Haven't you heard? She's always trying to spy on our secrets."

"I saw her staring at me through the window at night, it really scared me. I told her family to send her away."

"Finally, even her own family can't tolerate her. I heard she's finally being sent away to live alone at an old apartment building."

Creak. Creak. Creak. An old rocking chair appeared in the scene, rocking on its own. The old lady was nowhere to be scene, but a hoarse male and an old lady's voice echoed from outside.

"With that, that leaves the last spirit left to replenish. There's only you left, madame. You've seen too much."

"N-no ... please ... I will never tell anyone what I saw. I-"

"Ah, it doesn't matter, no one cares about you anyways. After all, your own child placed you here."

"... If I had known ... I shouldn't have-"

The chair slowly creaked to a stop as the scene faded away. An intact rocking chair appeared in front of Pro, but Pro could only sense the yin qi slowly defusing from it.

Carrying the chair with both hands, Pro hurriedly strolled back to his domain.

"This level is finally cleared. Time to bring this back. I should have enough points for another big expansion now! Top-level blood spirit is no longer a distant dream!"