Damn, I Awakened With A Horror System!

"Is this the place?"

Looking at the ethereal door hanging upside down within the sky in the far horizon—a hundred meters away from the ground and continuously oozing with fragments of unknown rules—becoming more and more solid as time passes by.

Leo, who was noticeably utilizing his rules throughout his body, could be seen hiding within one of the thick branches of the towering trees, calculating through his mind as he silently gazed toward the far distance, where he could feel the aura of countless cultivators also waiting for the opening of the independent world…

Surprisingly, after utilizing his soul scan skill that could scan through hundreds of meters away from him, he shockingly found some beings nearby who were able to escape his divine senses, to the point that he couldn't even sense a trace of their aura and existence—causing his expression to turn slightly serious.

Moreover, there are even some who couldn't be gleaned by his soul scan skill, only showing fragments of their information and symbols that were beyond his understanding... A testament to their unknown skill and strength.

"It even attracts cultivators with unique or legendary skills; what's so special about this independent world?"

Secretly glancing toward the specific towering tree hundreds of meters away from them, where one of the unknown cultivators was hiding... But only for him to see nothing, Leo couldn't help but feel silent.

…

Shing~

"Those guys… are they from Serenity City?!"

As Leo was deep in his thought, Sebastian, who was fidgeting with his monocle beside him, couldn't help but suddenly yelp in surprise. His eyes were intently glued to the far horizon where a beast with four metallic wings that spanned up to 10 meters with a body akin to a tiger and the head of an eagle was slowly descending from the high sky—creating a strong gust of wind that swept around before landing on the ground…

Making Leo's brows rise in surprise.

However, although the beast looked tough, the thing that caught Leo's attention was the 5 people sitting comfortably on the back of the beast.

Noticeably, even though the distance between them was quite far, Leo could clearly see that the 5 humans gazes were high above, showing their irritable appearance that looked down to the cultivators around as their eyes casually swept toward the surroundings... Seemingly showing that the cultivators around them were not their equals.

"Indeed, that mount could only be found in that city."

Uttering those words, Sebastian's expression changes slightly, showing dissatisfaction on his face as if he had remembered something disgusting.

Speaking of it, other than the difference in populations, the difference between the villages, towns, cities, and provinces' capabilities and overall strength was also quite high.

If one wanted to build a village, one should have at least 100 residents residing within and a cultivator with a strength that reaches the core formation realm. Above that is a town, which should have at least 10,000 residents inhabiting it and a cultivator with a Nascent Soul realm guarding it!

As for the city, its population alone exceeded 100,000 in populace and has, at least, 5 Nascent Soul realm cultivators protecting it, with one of them even reaching the late stage of the said realm, hence the huge difference in overall strength.

"Being a sole city within thousands of miles, Serenity City indeed had the right to be arrogant; but, heh, I heard that one of their mid-stage Nascent Soul realm cultivators died due to one of their juniors...

"Tsk, arrogance really attracts trouble."

Speaking through divine senses, Jake, who was holding his exquisite bow and staring toward the 5 humans in the far distance, couldn't help but comment—showing a mocking look on his face...

"Jake, if you don't stop that habit of yours, you might be the second one who would attract trouble to a Nascent Soul realm."

Rosa, upon hearing Jake's words, couldn't help but punch the latter on his shoulder, making the latter yelp in pain.

...

Soon, time silently passed by...

Slowly, the number of cultivators around, waiting for the opening of the independent world, began to increase, already reaching hundreds... To the point that the forest 100 meters around the ethereal door already started becoming crowded.

However, despite that, Leo and the others could still sense many cultivators still hiding within the towering trees around—clearly wary of other cultivators or waiting for something to unfold.

"It's starting."

After a while of waiting, the cultivators around suddenly heard an exclamation in one of the branches in the distance. There, a man wearing a black vest could be seen gazing at the sky, pointing at the ethereal door with excitement coursing through his being.

Seeing this, Leo immediately shifted his gaze above.

Sure enough, there he saw the ethereal door releasing a dense amount of rules, making the space above churn as waves of rich spiritual qi began sweeping around the surroundings—further making the cultivators below excited.

Moreover, the ethereal door began solidifying, making its edges visible to the naked eye as the image inside the independent world began reflecting within the surface of the door...

Unfolding to the outside world, showing a utopia filled with resources, enough to salivate everyone around, Leo included.

"That's a fourth-grade spiritual fruit! Not only could it increase one's qi inside the body, but it could also cleanse the impurities within."

"Is that grade 3 spiritual herbs? Gasp, I thought they were grass!"

"Look, there are even spiritual chickens running around."

"Wait... That spiritual tree looks strange; they seem above the fourth grade!"

Soon, exclamation upon exclamation resounded around the solidifying door of the independent world... Causing the eyes of the cultivators around to turn red in agitation as some of them even activated their movement skills, clearly unable to wait for the ethereal door to solidify.

However, despite that, there are still some odd cultivators around that didn't show any excitement on their faces.

Although their bodies were eager to enter the independent world, their eyes showed wariness, as if doubting something.

"This feels strange; the more it shows the images of treasures and herbs, the more the independent world feels strange... As if it was a bait."

Feeling his transcendent senses tingling, Leo immediately shook his head, shaking off the effects of the unknown rules that the independent world ejected as his eyes hurriedly swept around.