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Ghost Skill - Ghost Chef

Rank: Ghost God

Introduction: Capable of identifying various types of ghosts and using them as ingredients to cook, creating the world’s most delicious ghost cuisine. Automatically imbues cooking knowledge and can transform the bodies of ghosts into pure ghost food.

Attributes: Absorbs the ghost energy from the ghost food, rapidly enhancing oneself.

Characteristics: While consuming ghost food, there’s a certain chance of absorbing the original talents of the ghost, converting them into one’s own abilities.

The characteristics of Ghost Chef are, in essence, like a super bug in a system.

"If this card, which increases the success rate by a hundred percent, could affect the characteristic of the Ghost Chef, then just by consuming ghost food, one could acquire talents with a hundred percent certainty."

Alexander glanced toward his storage slot. What he looked at wasn’t any prince ghost food, nor was it a king-grade ghost food transformed from an Anlan corpse. Instead, it was a portion of ghost food he had had for a long time but never used: a specimen transformed from a Blade Ghost.

Up to this point, other than the teleportation talent from a Kimono Female Ghost, what Alexander envied the most was actually the Blade Ghost’s talents.

Among the talents Alexander had come across so far, the Blade Ghost was the only one to possess dual attributes: control over both thunder and blades.

Alexander had kept this converted ghost food precisely because the odds of triggering this transformational talent were exceedingly low, virtually infinitesimal.

Casting a glance at the three women sound asleep on the bed, Alexander, not wanting to disturb them, directly teleported to Surong’s exclusive instance using a Ghost Bead.

Nowadays, Alexander hardly ever needed this skyscraper instance. Even Surong had switched from absorbing ghost energy through plugins to doing so through ghost food. All the plugins once piled up here had been moved away.

Walking step by step to the rooftop terrace of the skyscraper, Alexander took out that card and chose to use it, targeting naturally the characteristic of his Ghost Chef skill.

"Current usage of the ’Ghost Chef Characteristic Success Rate Increase Card’ is activated. Target: Ghost Chef Characteristic. Success rate increased to 100% for a duration of 10 seconds."

A prompt appeared in Alexander’s mind. With only ten seconds to spare, he hurriedly took out the ghost food transformed from the Blade Ghost corpse and swallowed it whole, as if he were participating in an eating contest.

A warm current started to circulate within Alexander’s body, as tingling sensations slowly spread to every inch of him.

"Prompt: Esteemed Chosen One Alexander, you have acquired a new talent. Your attributes interface has been altered."

Chosen One: Alexander

Code: xjbxd44011

Strength: 196

Speed: 200

Stamina: 197

Ghost Energy: 78,100 (Fierce)

Talents: Unobstructed Social Communication Charm Syndrome (abbreviated: Social Bullshit Certificate, Social Syndrome), Thunderbolt Blade

Participation in Instances: 562

Ghost Coins: 673,100

Talent: Thunderbolt Blade 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Introduction: A pitiable young man, in life, he was a web novel writer. He sat in front of his computer every day, laboring hard to churn out only two feeble Chapters.

However, his novels were far from popular, and some readers even took the time to berate him, claiming that his content was utter garbage. An author, his toils unrecognized, even met with insults; a horrifying resentment began to accumulate within him.

Unable to bear it anymore, he committed seppuku with a long blade. Yet, his resentment attracted the heavens’ furious thunderbolts. Lightning struck his corpse repeatedly for three full hours, charring his body. Still, his resentment and obstinacy would not die, shooting up towards the sky.

This resentment and obstinacy allowed him to be reborn amid the thunderbolts, achieving his terrifying talent: Thunderbolt Blade!

Attributes:

Thunderbolt: Can transform a bolt of lightning within the body every minute. This can be used to empower a ghost or control the lightning to harm humans, with the quantity not exceeding 1% of the current Ghost Energy.

Blade: Every minute, a blade one rank lower than oneself forms within the body. It can be propelled by Ghost Energy to kill enemies. Its power will multiply if combined with thunderbolt energy. The number of blades cannot exceed 1% of the current Ghost Energy.

Thunderbolt Armor: Uses the power of the thunderbolts to form an armor, doubling one’s defensive capabilities.

Thunderbolt Blade Skill: Uses the power of the thunderbolts to deploy a Thunderbolt Blade Domain. This skill has two modes—Area Attack: A 10-meter diameter is engulfed in a thunderstorm. Single Target Attack: All blades will target a single entity for ten seconds of intense attacks.

Powerful!

Although Alexander had anticipated that this dual-attribute talent would be incredibly strong, seeing these attributes still left him astonished.

After being transformed by the Ghost Chef’s characteristics, this talent also underwent corresponding changes. Now realized in Alexander, the talent’s details have changed, obviously strengthened to allow him to personally condense thunderbolts and blades.

Stretching out a finger, the tip crackled with a bolt of lightning. Amid the electric light, a sharp blade slowly materialized. A halo of lightning danced around the blade. With a casual wave of his hand, the lightning-infused blade instantly vanished from sight.

In the blink of an eye, a cracking sound emerged from a black, withered tree below the building. The tree was split cleanly in two.

As it fell, green smoke billowed from the cut, followed by a surging flame. The dry branches and the cut on the tree ignited simultaneously due to the high temperature of the lightning.

"So powerful!" Alexander couldn’t help but exclaim again. And this was just one blade!

His current Ghost Energy value is 79,000. If he were to consume an Abyss Crystal to ascend to soldier rank, that would become 179,000. One percent of that would be over 1,700 blades. The key point is that this figure is not his limit; Alexander could continue to rise!

If he were to reach the pinnacle of the soldier rank, he could create nearly 10,000 Fierce-level blades, each imbued with the terrifying power of thunderbolts. The damage inflicted by using the Thunderbolt Blade would be unimaginably cruel and horrifying. Any ghost would be instantly ground to dust!

Unable to contain his excitement, Alexander took out an Abyss Crystal.

Abyss Crystal

Rank: Soldier Level

Description: This is an Abyss Crystal, containing the most pure and original Ghost Energy.

Attributes: Upon consumption, instantly adds 100,000 points with no adverse effects.

Gripping the black Abyss Crystal, Alexander swallowed it without hesitation. His internal Ghost Energy soared in an instant, torrents of energy erupting from within, inflating his entire body as if it were on the verge of exploding. His skin turned red and slightly bulged.

In his attribute panel, the number representing his Ghost Energy began to skyrocket.

"Notification: Congratulations, esteemed Chosen One Alexander, your level has ascended to the Soldier Level!"

Code: xjbxd44011

Strength: 200

Speed: 204

Stamina: 201

Ghost Energy: 178,200 (Soldier)

...

Soldier Level reached! And in merely an instant, his Ghost Energy soared to a terrifying 178,200.

"It’s time!"

Feeling the abundant Ghost Energy within him, Alexander returned to the Haunted Apartment. This time, he wasn’t headed to the room where he had just been intimately involved with three women. Instead, he went to the suite that Annie had purchased on loan.

The room was evidently much larger than Su Rong’s home, featuring three bedrooms and a living room. Besides that, the two adjacent rooms had also been rented by Su Rong.

The room next door was occupied by Sam and Asfur. As for this one, not only were Terrence and Full Moon residing here, but so were the still-under-repair Angel and the Kimono Ghost.

As he pushed open the door and stepped into the room, Full Moon and Terence were engaged in playful antics.

A discreet cough escaped Alexander’s lips.

Despite Terence’s remarkable strength, her personality retained that of a young girl, making their playful frolicking together seem perfectly normal. However, the issue lay in the unfortunate timing of Alexander’s arrival. Full Moon was currently pinned down on the couch by Terence, who was playfully tickling her.

Both of them were wearing nothing more than short skirts, and in the midst of their playful scuffle, Alexander couldn’t help but easily catch a tantalizing glimpse beneath their skirts.

Terence was, at the very least, wearing lacy underwear, but Full Moon, on the other hand, wore nothing underneath her skirt, leaving her smooth and exposed intimacy directly before Alexander’s eyes.

"Mr. Alexander!"

"Bro~"

Upon seeing Alexander enter, Terence and Full Moon immediately stood up.

Terence hastily straightened his clothes, but Full Moon didn’t understand these things. She ran straight towards Mr. Alexander and leaped into his arms several steps away.

Full Moon was no longer wearing a biker suit; instead, she was dressed in a blue and white schoolgirl outfit that Terence had dressed her in. Several buttons on her chest had come undone during their playful interaction.

What’s even more bewildering is that Full Moon, in her current state, clearly doesn’t know what underwear is, so even though she’s wearing clothes, it’s as if she’s wearing nothing at all.

Alexander hastily reached out, buttoning up Full Moon’s collar, and inquired, "How are Richard and the Yoko doing?"

Hearing Alexander shift to serious matters, Terrence promptly approached and said, "Yoko is still the same, her mind is too deeply controlled by Mr. K, and she won’t be swayed. Angel is still recovering, and we don’t know when she will wake up."

"Since she can’t be swayed to our cause, let’s strip her of her talents and leave her to fend for herself outside the city," Alexander nodded, pronouncing the grim verdict.

For any ghost, venturing outside the city is a one-way ticket to doom.

Yoko, stripped of her talents, would inevitably fall at the hands of Hell’s Warriors if she were to leave the city.

In showing such restraint, Alexander considered his actions just and necessary; there was no room for such individuals in this dark hell. This was the only viable solution.

Taking out the Talent Transfer Card awarded to him, Alexander walked towards the room where Yoko was confined.

Inside the room, Yoko was bound to the bed with black ropes, her pose a textbook example of traditional bondage, her sensuality displayed in full measure.

"Ah, what a waste; if only she hadn’t been so deeply brainwashed by Mr. K," Alexander lamented.

Half an hour later...

Alexander stood up, Yoko on the bed had already fallen into unconsciousness. The card in his hand glowed, and his attribute panel registered a new talent: Blink.

Description: She was a top-notch researcher, an expert in robotics and artificial intelligence. After expending years of painstaking effort to create a truly realistic android in her own image, she died suddenly from exhaustion just before activating it.

Driven by her relentless obsession, her spirit possessed the robot she had created, gaining this extremely rare talent: Blink—a physical manifestation of her obsession.

Attributes: Upon activation of the talent, she can instantly appear at any location within her field of vision, but can only be used once every 24 hours.

The talent is powerful, even if its 24-hour cooldown is a bit surprising. The ability to teleport to any location within sight is terrifying.

What’s more intriguing is that Alexander apparently also has the Ghostly Piercing Vision talent, which ignores range. Can he use both at the same time?

If so, could Alexander instantaneously reach any location within the realm of ghosts, wielding these two abilities?

That would be terrifying, especially given that he also has the silver bell, which makes him impervious to the mist and Hell’s Warriors.

Mr. K wants to lay siege, doesn’t he? Couldn’t Alexander go to the gates of the Endless Abyss and ring his bell, calling forth Hell’s Warriors to surround the city?

Once the warriors emerge, the Endless Abyss would be completely isolated; nobody would dare to enter or leave.

This talent is invaluable for Alexander. He immediately activates his Ghostly Piercing Vision.

His eyes peer through the bedroom door, walls, and even through Full Moon’s and Terrence’s clothing.

Wow, their breasts, both larger than imagined, with pink nipples. Furthermore, both of them have smooth, hairless genitals.

Ahem! Now is not the time to be distracted by such sights, Alexander hastily turns his gaze elsewhere, and then uses his Blink skill.

However, clearly, his imagination was too rich this time. Blink wasn’t as powerful as he’d hoped, and there was no change in Alexander’s physical state.

So, it seems the plan of utilizing Hell’s Warriors to attack the Endless Abyss is off the table. Lucky Mr. K!

"Full Moon, do you want to regain your memory?" Alexander asks as he steps out of the room once more.

The damage to Angel’s bike is extensive, and even the most crucial components like the engine and fuel tank are damaged. Self-repair to a point of revival is clearly not an easy feat.

But Alexander has another plan.A pact!

If Full Moon’s favorability reaches 100, there’s a high chance a pact can be initiated.Then Full Moon’s loyalty would solely lie with Alexander.

This obviously conflicts with the methods Mr. K has employed on Full Moon.

Alexander knows how powerful his talents are; they operate on something akin to game rules. No matter how advanced Mr. K’s methods, they could undoubtedly be overridden.

By then, if Full Moon’s memory hasn’t completely faded, there’s a high chance she could regain her memory.This would naturally trigger the main storyline: the Battle for the Ghost City.