I, the creator of the evil god!-Chapter 20 - The Soul’s Projection? The Unlimited Potential of Skills!
Chapter 20: The Soul’s Projection? The Unlimited Potential of Skills!
With a soft sound, like the slicing of paper, the shadow beneath the grey rabbit was severed.
It was a genuine severance.
As though it had been split into two independent entities, the cut shadow, guided by an invisible force, was drawn into Lu Yu’s palm.
Meanwhile, the grey rabbit’s feet no longer cast a shadow. It was as if it had transformed into the ghostly creatures of folklore—those who, once dead, were bereft of shadows.
With its shadow stolen, the rabbit’s eyes dimmed, becoming lifeless and vacant. Its body trembled before collapsing inside the cage. The sudden movement startled the other rabbits, which began shifting nervously, their rustling audible in the quiet shop.
The store owner, engrossed in the latest news on his phone, paid little attention. Rabbit scuffles were a common occurrence, and Lu Yu hadn’t done anything conspicuous.
The headlines were dominated by the recent attack in the northern district, where twisted spiders had wrought havoc, leaving scores dead or injured.
Looking at the pixelated, grotesque images, the shopkeeper couldn’t help but sigh in relief that he lived in the eastern district. Otherwise, he might have ended up as one of those blurry photos himself.
“Maybe I’ll celebrate tonight by roasting a rabbit,” he mused.
Lu Yu continued observing the grey rabbit. Its lifeless eyes remained dull, its body visibly shrivelling before it slowly closed its eyes, its life extinguished.
The shadow in Lu Yu’s hand, however, grew lively as soon as the rabbit died. Under his mental command, it morphed into the shape of an arm.
“Stealing the shadow… does it take life along with it? No, that’s not quite right—it seizes the soul, or perhaps its essence, leading to sudden death and a collapse of vitality.”
Pondering the rabbit’s transformation, Lu Yu recalled ancient myths linking shadows to souls, portraying them as the soul’s projection.
By stealing the shadow, he had essentially taken its soul in another form.
But this connection must go deeper… Could it be the manifestation of the soul’s core material?
The ability bore an uncanny resemblance to a character from his past life’s anime, One Piece. Specifically, Gecko Moria, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
As a wielder of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, Moria could sever shadows with oversized scissors and implant them into corpses, creating zombies imbued with the original owner’s abilities.
However, the Devil Fruit’s powers had limitations. Shadows didn’t transfer their user’s abilities entirely, and those whose shadows were stolen couldn’t survive exposure to sunlight, relegating them to a life in darkness. Moria could also swap places with his shadow and absorb multiple shadows to gain immense power.
Lu Yu’s ability, on the other hand, was free from such restrictions. It had boundless potential.
This world was a real one. Though Lu Yu’s skills originated from monsters, extracted and solidified through the system, they were not governed by the rigid mechanics of a game world.
In games, skills could only be used as programmed, often constrained to perform tasks in prescribed ways, even something as simple as climbing a wall requiring a specific quest to unlock.
Here, however, everything was tangible. Though the principles behind his skills remained a mystery, he could wield them to probe deeper into the essence of their power.
For instance, the power behind Shadow Servants was rooted in shadows, while Hellfire Whip drew from the flames of hell.
Lu Yu refused to remain a mere skill user. He sought to reverse-engineer these abilities, delving into the origins of shadows and hellfire to unlock new potentials.
One day, when he fully understood shadows, hellfire, and even the vast power of time, he would no longer need the system to control his destiny.
Resolved, Lu Yu turned to the shopkeeper and asked, “How much for this entire cage of rabbits?”
By his calculations, the cage contained thirteen rabbits, including the now-dead grey one. Their shadows would be enough to create a single shadow servant.
He also wanted to test whether the shadow servant’s characteristics varied depending on the source creature. Comparisons required experimentation.
Hearing that a customer wanted an entire cage of rabbits, the shopkeeper leapt to his feet excitedly—only to bang his shin against the corner of the counter. His face contorted in pain.
“Ouch, ouch, ouch…”
After muttering a few curses under his breath, he forced a smile and said, “Thirteen rabbits in total. Normally, it’s 1,300 yuan, but for you, 1,200.”
At nearly 100 yuan per rabbit—and not even breeding females—Lu Yu thought the price was steep, especially since they might be farmed.
Still, he didn’t haggle, paying promptly. Although the grey rabbit’s death was subtle, closer inspection might reveal abnormalities.
To bolster his research, Lu Yu also requested some mice and birds, citing experimentation as his reason. The shopkeeper was thrilled, knowing he could profit handsomely from these “add-ons.”
The birds were the most expensive, priced at 200 yuan each. Lu Yu bought twenty. Mice, being smaller with weaker shadows, were cheaper; he purchased fifty.
By the end, he had spent over 7,000 yuan. The shopkeeper, grinning ear to ear, offered delivery services, which Lu Yu readily accepted. After all, transporting so many animals himself would be cumbersome, and most drivers would refuse the job due to the smell.
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Returning home, Lu Yu locked all the doors and windows before arranging the animals in neat rows.
Drawing from his earlier experience, he methodically severed the shadows from each creature.
As their shadows were taken, the animals became sluggish, their life forces ebbing away until silence filled the once-clamorous room.
Three large, ink-like shadow masses hovered in the air, pulsating and shifting…
