However, Fang Zheng paid no attention to it.
With a sudden force from his palm, accompanied by a flash of strange light, a ghostly soul was forcibly pulled from Zhang Hu's body. The soul twisted and struggled, letting out painful howls, but Fang Zheng remained unmoved. With a sharp inhale, he devoured the soul completely.
In an instant, countless images flooded into Fang Zheng's mind.
Zhang Hu's entire life unfolded before him, from his naive childhood to his arduous cultivation journey. Every detail, every memory, was laid out clearly in Fang Zheng's mind. Not only that, but all the knowledge Zhang Hu had accumulated, his unique cultivation methods, and some hidden secrets he had kept to himself were all comprehensively read by Fang Zheng without any omissions.
After absorbing all these memories, Fang Zheng finally understood his current location.
He was in the Three Corpses Forest in Yingbei County, Fengqing City, Yan Yang Province, Da Qian Kingdom. It was a moderately sized monster-infested forest, teeming with dangerous creatures.
Fortunately, the nearest town was only 50 kilometers away. With Fang Zheng's strength, it would take less than half a day to completely leave this place.
A smile formed at the corner of Fang Zheng's mouth as he thought to himself, "As for you two, you'll join Zhang Hu on his journey."
His cold gaze swept toward the other two individuals who were pinned to the ground.
As soon as his words fell, Fang Zheng extended his hands and placed them on their heads. With a painful groan, the souls of the two were violently torn from their bodies.
Their souls hovered in mid-air, writhing and struggling, emitting faint wails.
At the exact moment their souls were ripped out, the once-living bodies lost all vitality and collapsed to the cold ground, their eyes vacant and lifeless, their deaths horrifying.
"Now that's satisfying," Fang Zheng sighed with a sense of exhilaration.
He stretched his wrists and turned his gaze to the corpse of the mantis and another person's body nearby.
Opening his palm, Fang Zheng gathered Chakra into a black rod.
He first approached the mantis's body and swiftly inserted the Chakra black rod into its critical parts. The mantis's body shuddered slightly, and its previously lifeless eyes gradually began to glow. However, its gaze transformed into that of the Rinnegan.
Fang Zheng had successfully turned the mantis into his summoning beast.
Next, he moved to the four corpses, using the same method to insert the Chakra black rod into their bodies.
As the black rods pierced their bodies, the four corpses began to stir. They slowly stood up, their movements stiff but full of strength.
Their eyes had also turned into the Rinnegan, and they could now share Fang Zheng's vision.
This meant that no matter where Fang Zheng was, he could observe everything around him through the eyes of these puppets, greatly enhancing his perception and combat capabilities.
"Not bad. Very not bad."
Fang Zheng nodded in satisfaction, admiring the four puppets he now controlled.
Usually, these puppets could be stored in Fang Zheng's unique system space. When needed, he could summon them with a single thought and deploy them in battle.
After finishing with the puppets, Fang Zheng focused on the system. A prompt appeared, indicating that he could use items to provide energy for a lottery. Without hesitation, Fang Zheng quickly gathered all the items from the four individuals and threw them into the system.
The system immediately absorbed these items, and after a moment, everything except for the spirit stones was spat out and scattered across the ground.
The 20 low-grade spirit stones were successfully absorbed by the system, converting into system energy.
As the spirit stones were absorbed, the system's progress bar slowly advanced from 0 to 0.7. However, Fang Zheng still needed an additional 99.3 to complete the required energy for the lottery.
Looking at the long progress bar, Fang Zheng frowned slightly, silently lamenting that there was still a long way to go before he had enough energy for the lottery.
"Alright, Fang Cang, let's go."
Fang Zheng organized his thoughts, briefly tidied up the items on the ground, and spoke to the figure behind him.
As evening approached, Fang Zheng and Fang Cang finally left the Three Corpses Forest. Fang Zheng felt the fatigue wash away like a receding tide, and even his breathing became easier.
They searched the town and eventually found a guesthouse at a street corner.
Entering the guesthouse, a faint smell of smoke and food wafted in the air. Wooden tables and chairs were neatly arranged.
Fang Zheng approached the counter, lightly tapped the table, and said to the innkeeper,
"Brother, two rooms, is it fine if I forgot my ID?"
After paying, he took the keys, and he and Fang Cang each went to their respective rooms.
Back in his room, Fang Zheng quickly washed up, feeling refreshed.
He had expected to fall asleep quickly after a day of travel, but lying in bed, staring at the beams above, his mind wandered, and sleep eluded him.
In his boredom, he took three chakra puppets from the system space.
A smile curled at the corner of Fang Zheng's mouth. With a flick of his Rinnegan, he began controlling the three puppets, sending them out of the window and into the town to observe this unfamiliar place.
At first, receiving three different perspectives at once was overwhelming.
The scenes in front of him kept intertwining and overlapping, causing his head to spin. He quickly closed his eyes, took a few deep breaths, and tried to adjust himself.
Fortunately, after a while, Fang Zheng gradually got used to this unique perception.
A glint of excitement flashed in his eyes as he thought, "Since I've adapted, let's try controlling the puppets in battle."
Under Fang Zheng's control, the three puppets silently flew above a bustling barbecue shop.
Although it was late at night, the barbecue shop was still brightly lit, with smoke rising and many customers sitting around chatting and laughing, their voices echoing down the street.
The puppets dropped silently from the air and landed in the center of the barbecue shop, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
"Yo, bro, are you cosplaying?"
Several young men who were eating barbecue looked up curiously at the puppets. One of them, a young man with yellow hair, jokingly said, "Where did you buy those contact lenses? They look really cool."
As he spoke, he stood up and, with a playful expression, reached out to touch the black rods on the puppet's face.
However, before his hand could get halfway, one of the puppets grabbed his wrist.
The puppet's grip was incredibly strong, and the young man instantly felt pain in his wrist, his smile freezing on his face.
"Bro, don't do that. It's just a joke."
At this moment, another young man in a black T-shirt hurriedly stood up and said,
"Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding. Let me introduce myself, I'm Yu Kai from San Zhong. On Discord, I go by the name Yu General. Let's be friends."
As he spoke, he pulled out his phone and waved it in front of the puppet.