A Top Scholar in Everything-Chapter 198: The Function of the Black Moon Mark

The street was bustling with traffic, ceaseless and uninterrupted.

This road Baiyu had traversed many times, just an ordinary morning on his way to work, a path he took every day.

The surroundings were exactly the same as those on Earth.

"The scholar’s space is still here, proving that this should be an illusion realm. An illusion that even the Pupil of Chongming cannot see through, its power level has reached the realms of the divine spirit."

Baiyu became alert.

Thump, thump, thump...

Suddenly.

The gigantic footsteps drowned out all the surrounding noise.

Baiyu saw a blood giant walking through the city, its feet blocking out the sky, with each step crushing someone into a mush of flesh.

Yet, the surrounding people seemed unable to see it.

No screams, no panic.

Just like before, there was no reaction, those in a hurry continued, and those eating continued, the scene of busyness exuded harmony, harmony so intense it was frightening.

Baiyu didn’t know what hidden terror lay within.

Instinctively, he avoided the giant, observing its actions from afar. This giant had no eyes, its entire body continuously streaming blood, pouring like red rain from high up to the ground.

A primal fear assaulted his heart from the deepest layers of his soul.

Even knowing this was an illusion realm, Baiyu couldn’t avoid such a feeling. It had no relation to strength or anything else, but to the fear from a different level of existence.

In other words.

Humans... have their limits.

This was a life-level disparity, and only by ceasing to be human could one overcome this terror.

The giant gradually moved away, leaving a ground covered in corpses and blood.

The earth seemed to have been washed in blood, yet those still alive showed no response, continuing their work or study as before.

Meanwhile.

Baiyu also discovered this space was filled nearly everywhere with spectral inhabitants.

There were gruesomely dead specters with shattered bodies, drowned ghosts constantly dripping water... from Eastern to Western ones, it was almost a haven for ghosts.

These ghosts were active on the streets.

The ordinary people couldn’t see or contact them.

But Baiyu could clearly see these spectral inhabitants.

"What kind of ghost city is this, Tang Xiaoyu, can you hear me?" Baiyu called out into the satellite phone.

No response.

Neither Yuwen Ba nor Tang Xiaoyu were replying.

As expected.

He had to rely on himself.

Baiyu began wandering aimlessly down this street filled with ghostly presences and oddities.

He wanted to understand how large this place really was, or whether it even had boundaries.

An illusion realm couldn’t be infinite.

That was common sense.

Baiyu hailed a taxi, heading directly towards the city’s edge, and about two hours later, he arrived at the city perimeter, surrounded by layers of endless blackness.

But the driver seemed not to see it.

"I only drive within the city, handsome. If you want to go out, find someone else." His head shook like a rattle drum, waving his hands, refusing to drive out no matter what.

"I can pay more."

"It’s not a matter of money, it’s a matter of principle."

"Not enough?"

"Really not going, handsome. Find someone else."

Baiyu argued with him for a long time, and when the middle-aged bald driver started to get angry, Baiyu finally stopped increasing the offer.

The issue wasn’t insufficient money.

So.

He had to confirm something.

Vroom vroom.

The engine roared to life.

The taxi driver intended to leave, but Baiyu blocked his path.

"Kid, are you nuts!"

The taxi driver cursed profusely.

Bam!

The next second.

The driver’s eyes widened as this young man ripped off the hood of the taxi with one hand, folding it like paper several times.

A heap of scrap metal was tossed to the ground.

Crack.

Another punch.

The front of the car was deformed under the blow.

Baiyu stared at him intently, "Why don’t you dare to go out of the city? Because you can see, this is just a solitary ghost city, surrounded by voids of blackness?"

The driver turned pale: "What are you talking about?"

Baiyu frowned, stepping forward, his bloody-qi punch aimed at the driver’s forehead.

Right then.

The driver finally began to transform. free𝑤ebnovel.com

Grisly, bloody flesh emerged from his body, his eyes turned upwards, blood streamed from his seven orifices, and a flesh-crawling grinding sound escaped his mouth.

"A living person, there’s a living person here!"

It shouted loudly.

Of course.

This was on the city’s edge, so no one heard its voice, nor did any other ghosts come.

Bang.

This punch landed solidly on its forehead.

Baiyu retracted his fist.

The deadly specter faded away, turning into a black mist, merging into Baiyu’s skin.

To be precise.

Into the Black Moon Mark beneath his skin.

Originally just a thin slit, the Black Moon Mark swelled slightly at this moment, though just a little, it did grow, becoming fuller and more vivid.

"Eerie."

A speculation suddenly popped into Baiyu’s mind.

Every person in this illusion realm could potentially be a disguised ghost, making this a living ghost city.

"Killing a spectral inhabitant can make the Black Moon Curse more complete. The ghost I killed was likely the lowest level, hence only a slight increase. Could it be that holders of the Black Moon Curse might also slaughter each other for this reason?"

Baiyu rubbed the mark on his arm.

Killing a ghost could charge the Black Moon Mark, but what about killing a person who also had the Black Moon Mark?

A cloud of doubt.

Baiyu had too little knowledge about the Fifteenth Black Moon to draw conclusions, but finding a way out of here was now the most important.

This ghost city was exceedingly eerie.

Not to mention.

That gigantic eyeless giant bleeding profusely was definitely not something Baiyu could contend with.

Just as he thought of this.

A cryptic whisper seemed to echo beside his ear, the voice seemed to come from the sky, yet also right behind him.

Even Baiyu could feel a gentle breeze blowing by.

He turned his head.

There was no one.

The whisper’s message was simple.

"Kill ten ghost gods... kill ten ghost gods..."

The whisper continued repeating in Baiyu’s ear.

He gently touched the Black Moon Mark, and the whisper gradually faded.

"Kaz was merely utilizing the power of the Fifteenth Black Moon to create the Tenth District, in other words. The Fifteenth Black Moon, as a primal divine spirit without independent consciousness, operates more like a program, a set of rules.

He must have sufficient understanding of the Fifteenth Black Moon to use it.

Could I also utilize the rules to counter him?"

Baiyu’s mind hit upon this point.

It was indeed a viable method, but the primary condition was a thorough understanding of the Fifteenth Black Moon.

Baiyu decided to act according to the conditions given by the whisper.

The Black Moon Mark is likely the sole bridge connected to the Fifteenth Black Moon, the only method to leverage the power of the primal divine spirit.

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