Chapter 52: Corpse Puppets

At this time, Li Si was sitting under a tree on the cliff, by the campfire, his face pale and his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

It was unclear whether this was due to the tiger’s earlier swipe or because he had witnessed the tiger spirit devouring its child.

Li Si now felt weak all over, occasionally coughing up blood.

In his current state, he was not fit to leave the mountains, mainly because he was too weak.

If he encountered any wild beasts, he would surely die.

However, even if he could leave these mountains now, Li Si had no intention of doing so. He was determined to kill this cunning tiger spirit.

Li Si stood up and ladled out some meat soup from the pot, drinking it. He had just found the herb baskets of the three herb gatherers nearby and discovered some excellent ingredients in them.

So he used these ingredients to make a pot of soup.

The main ingredients were bones and rock ear fungus, which tasted very delicious. The rock ear fungus, in particular, had a unique flavor when coated with the bone soup.

After drinking the soup, Li Si suddenly felt the environment change, and he found himself sitting in front of the tiger spirit.

“Didn’t expect this, did you?” The tiger spirit giggled, extending its half-broken paw towards Li Si, slowly pacing towards him in an odd manner.

At this moment, Li Si could clearly see that the tiger spirit’s stumps were wrapped in tiger skin. This tiger spirit had actually used its child’s skin to bandage its own wounds.

Li Si watched the slowly approaching tiger spirit and chuckled lightly, “Is this your final trick?”

Seeing Li Si’s demeanor, the tiger spirit’s expression changed slightly, then it snarled, “You didn’t expect me to bring you down here, did you? Prepare to die!”

As it spoke, its face became ferocious, occasionally letting out low growls.

“Your acting is truly poor,” Li Si rubbed his forehead, saying helplessly.

As soon as he finished speaking, a series of miserable screams were heard, and the illusion before his eyes disappeared. His surroundings changed, and he was back on the cliff.

Li Si stood up and continued to ladle soup, while a series of messages entered his mind.

“Killed low-level ghost creature—Corpse Puppet, gained 3 soul points.”

“Killed low-level ghost creature—Corpse Puppet, gained 2 soul points.”

“Killed low-level ghost creature—Corpse Puppet, gained 4 soul points.”

“Killed low-level ghost creature—Corpse Puppet, gained 3 soul points.”

“…”

Li Si sat back down and continued drinking the soup. He had long been prepared for the tiger spirit’s tricks. He understood very well that this tiger spirit was extremely cunning, so he had reconsidered if there was anything he had overlooked.

Indeed, he had found something – the Corpse Puppets. This tiger had been entrenched here for so long, it couldn’t possibly have only Tu Feng and Miao Qing An as Corpse Puppets. There must be others.

So as soon as night fell, Li Si had released Xiao Yu and Xiao Duan, waiting for the tiger spirit to send out its Corpse Puppets.

Fortunately, his wait paid off. It was also fortunate that Xiao Duan’s soul strength had reached 30 points. Even though injured, it was not something these Corpse Puppets, who could only play deceptive tricks, could defeat.

This brought in 49 soul points at once.

He quickly calculated: before coming here, he had 113 soul points. Then the original owner contributed 78 points, plus the 2 points from killing Tu Feng and Miao Qing An earlier, totaling 193 points.

Now, adding these 49 points, he had broken the 200 mark, reaching 242 soul points.

“Roar!!!” At this moment, a furious roar came from the bottom of the cliff.

Hearing the tiger spirit’s roar, Li Si immediately smiled.

But his smile quickly faded. He walked to the edge of the cliff, picked up a stone and threw it down, cursing, “You fool, can’t you let people have some peace at night?”

The tiger spirit, caught off guard, was hit once. It immediately looked up at Li Si, letting out a low growl.

Its eyes seemed to be spitting fire, as if it might charge up the cliff to tear Li Si apart at any moment.

However, its front paws were already useless, it had lost a lot of blood, and was poisoned. So while it had the will, it lacked the strength.

At this point, it was starting to panic a bit. Was this person really determined to kill it?

Thinking of this, its heart again filled with overwhelming hatred, dispersing the panic. It walked to the tiger’s corpse and began to gnaw on it. Once it recovered, it would be this person’s time to die.

Seeing the tiger spirit still eating its child’s corpse at this time, Li Si clenched his fists and cursed in a low voice, “A beast is just a beast.”

After saying this, Li Si sat down at the edge of the cliff, watching the tiger spirit below.

However, at this moment, his thoughts focused on the system store in his mind, looking at the refresh countdown at the bottom of the store.

Next product refresh time: 22 hours 58 minutes 23 seconds.

There was still one day left, about tomorrow afternoon at the Hour of Dog(7-9pm). He would be able to see the refreshed products in the store.

Last time, he was able to purchase so many items because of the special sale. However, that special sale was a one-time event and would not happen again.

So Li Si could only pray that this time’s products would be more useful and cheaper. If there was another protective charm like before, that would be even better.

Withdrawing his thoughts from the store, although Li Si now had 242 soul points, he did not intend to exchange them for the 1 year of lifespan.

Because he clearly knew how difficult it was to obtain these 242 soul points, exchanging soul points for lifespan was too wasteful.

Li Si continued to watch the tiger spirit on the platform below the cliff, as if trying to see something emerge.

Feeling uncomfortable sitting there, he found a rock to sit on, changing his angle to continue watching the tiger spirit.

He didn’t plan to sleep for the next few days because the tiger spirit was right below, and it could cause trouble at any time.

Having lost the protective charm, Li Si truly felt no sense of security now.

However, after lying down for a while, he closed his eyes.

After about half an hour, an old man in tight-fitting clothes climbed up from below the cliff. His eyes were bloodshot as he stared at Li Si, then his mouth slowly split into a grin, revealing a mouthful of sharp yellow teeth.

He then slowly picked up a head-sized rock and quietly walked to Li Si’s side.

After reaching Li Si’s side, the old man smiled even more happily, his mouth stretching wider, drool flowing out.

At this moment, a pair of small hands suddenly grabbed his left and right thighs.

The old man’s body stiffened, and he slowly lowered his head.

Rip~ A sound like fabric being torn came, and this old man was torn in half.

“Killed low-level ghost creature—Corpse Puppet, gained 9 soul points.”

“Roar!!!” Another roar came from below the cliff.

Li Si opened his eyes at this point, smiled, and began to rest with his eyes closed again.

He had long guessed that with the tiger spirit’s cunning nature, it wouldn’t release all its Corpse Puppets at once.

So he had placed Xiao Duan by his side to protect him. Sure enough, there were still Corpse Puppets sneaking up.

Li Si even suspected that this tiger spirit still had more Corpse Puppets it hadn’t released.