Damn, I Awakened With A Horror System!

Unfortunately, other than the two skills, the others didn't manage to pique his interest, making him hide the flickering scrolls inside his inventory.

When he returns to the town, he might sell them or trade them for something useful, maximizing their worth in the process.

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Ding!

[ Learning the skills "Colorless Poison (Elite)" and "Perfect Hyperopia (Rare)" would cost 15,000 horror points. (Accept/Declined)? ]

Subconsciously clicking his tongue upon seeing the price of learning skills— at least ten times their price previously.

Leo, without hesitation, immediately pressed the accept button.

Churn~

In an instant, Leo's horror points decrease by 15,000, leaving him with less than 200,000 points in his account...

Following the decrease in his horror points, a sensation of pricking irritation suddenly emerges within his eyes, akin to being stabbed by countless fine needles as thick and long as the stinger of the bees, causing him to instinctively close his eyes in pain—shredding tears continuously.

Slowly, as time passed by,

The vein within the corner of Leo's eyes becomes more pronounced, thickening visibly as the coursing black blood within could be faintly discerned with the naked eye.

Moreover, his gray retina seems to suffer mutation—containing a profoundness that couldn't be explained by words—deepening the sensation of mysteriousness it was giving.

Ding!

[ Congratulations on learning the passive skill "Perfect Hyperopia (Rare)" and the active skill "Colorless Poison (Elite)." ]

Huff~

Sighing in relief, feeling the pain within his eyes subside before vanishing completely, Leo unhurriedly opened his eyes, instantly unfolding the gray irises beyond that were tainted with darkness.

Deep within, faint runes, containing an unknown allure, flash faintly with an eerie glow—only to vanish in the next second as if it were simply a product of illusion.

"Hmm, my vision increased by at least two times. Furthermore, the farther the object, the clearer it was in my eyes."

Staring at the dew thousands of meters away from his location, silently falling toward the ground before creating a faint splash, Leo couldn't help but unfold a faint smile on his face.

Although it couldn't be compared to divine senses that allow one to gain a vision akin to quasi-omnipresent, allowing one to see beyond most obstructions, its usefulness was still clear.

With his current realm, although his soul and mental energy were beyond cultivators in the same realm, it could only shroud the area 500 meters, only a fourth of the area he could see with his naked eyes.

Moreover, if he upgraded the skill to the max level, his vision might increase by more than twice... Making his vision increase considerably.

"As for the "Colorless Poison" skill, its strength would only show if I combined it with the "Mist of Poison" skill."

Falling into deep thoughts, not hurried to upgrade the Perfect Hyperopia skill to its max level, Leo set his gaze towards the items nearby—gazing at the lonely purple lights with a mixture of eerie darkness above them before starting to inspect items of rare rarity.

With his soul-bound weapon "Scale of Revenge" at the elite grade, covering the area of offense and healing, in addition to some of the items that increase his escape capabilities, items below the rare rarity wouldn't be of any use to the current him.

As for the defensive items, it's natural that the higher their grade, the higher their defense would be.

Elite-grade items might not be able to defend themselves in a full-scale attack of the late stage of the core formation realm beings.

"A rare rarity boots and a single earring."

Staring at the boots that were seemingly covered with dark veins, slowly pulsating and at the same time flickering with pure darkness and silver starlights, Leo couldn't help but raise his brows, falling silent before casting his soul scan toward it.

Ding!

[ Traceless Boots (Rare) - Boots made from the skin of exotic shadow beasts, famous for their ability to freely traverse in darkness.

Effect: Passively increase speed attributes by 50 points. In dark places, speed further increases by 50 points. In addition to that, its wearer momentarily gains the ability to hide its aura upon being shrouded by darkness... ]

"It's not bad; unfortunately, its effects overlapped with my race's innate ability."@@novelbin@@

Wearing the "Traceless Boots" and sensing the feedback it had—giving him a faint sensation of weightlessness—Leo then shifted his gaze toward the silver earring.

A silver metal inlaid with a crystal blue gem, emitting soft light that weakly flashes in the dark night instantly reflected under his gray eyes...

Just staring at it, his mind instinctively calmed down, ridding his consciousness of any ripples as if he were staring at the vast ocean in the middle of the night, contemplating the beauty that the world held or reminiscing about the past.

Ding!

[ Origin Sea (Rare) - An item forged using an origin sea that could only be naturally formed in a thousand years. It has the basic ability to slowly strengthen the soul and mental energy.

Effect: Wearing this earring could rid oneself of distractions, boosting one's comprehension in the process. In addition, it could also prevent some mental demons from forming within the wearer's consciousness. ]

"An item that could prevent mental demons from forming? Didn't I could be considered a quasi-mental demon??

"If I wear this earring, would it affect me in a good way or a bad way?"

Fortunately, upon wearing the Origin Sea to his left ear, the thing that Leo feared didn't occur; instead, a cold sensation began to course through his mind, keeping his thoughts at peak and removing some of the unnecessary distractions that kept lingering within his head...

Making him feel a rare sensation of emptiness.

A sensation of emptiness that he found quite uncomfortable considering that he was used to the chaotic thoughts that kept plaguing his mind.

Following that, countless thoughts and mistakes that he had made in the past began to become clear in his mind, making him sigh upon comprehending how impulsive he was.

"This feels weird but at the same time normal.

"The things that I experienced in these past few months probably left a trauma within my subconsciousness—affecting my actions greatly and causing me to make reckless decisions."