Mysterious Hunting Ground

Chapter 363 353. Exchange Rewards
Leviathan hell.

Above the empty and silent maze.

High Priest Nailhead stood in front of the golden prism, with the memory of the human nature reviving not long ago lingering in his mind.

He finally completely remembered his identity and past - Elliot Spencer, a British captain, suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder because he witnessed too much bloodshed and death in the war, and gradually lost his mind. Belief in God, he began to indulge himself after that. In 1921, he found the mystery box in India and fell into hell completely.

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Fast forward more than sixty years, and today, his thoughts have completely reversed.

The decision is made.

His fingers touched the prism lightly.

In the dark light, a bloody human figure was shaped on the surface of the prism.
"High Priest, you have made a big mistake and are not qualified to see Him. I am here to listen to your confession on behalf of Him. Let's get started."

"Lord in the Scarlet Realm, please allow me to tell you that for decades, all the severed limbs and broken bones I have created are all to serve you. Today I finally penetrated the burning boundary and reached the maze. The end, but I only see a layer of hypocrisy here," Nailhead said sincerely, "I am tired of this endless punishment, and I want to make changes, so I brought him into the kingdom of our Lord, But I didn’t want him to disturb my lord.”

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"Then before that, you continue to serve as the high priest. Now -" the prism behind the bloody man cracked a door, revealing a sea of ​​fire and a rotating torture column, "come in and atone for your sins."

Dean casually pulled out a piece of high-energy protein from the fantasy space, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it to suppress his hungry stomach.

The clock on the wall pointed to three o'clock in the afternoon.

Dean tried to summon a ray of life energy on his shoulder to wipe out the alien energy. As a result, the white gold only wiped out a trace of blood red, and was devoured by more blood-red monsters with claws and teeth.

How daring he was to sneak into the god's territory.

"No, I feel pretty good. How long have I been unconscious?"

"One day and one night, but I felt that your identity was very sensitive and it was inappropriate to send you to the hospital, so I took you back home without authorization..."

Dean frowned, but he didn't feel too surprised.

Then he discovered the terrible fact. A layer of spiderweb-like red fascia appeared between the internal organs, flesh and bones, and spread all over the body.

"Dean Lew, Kristen Cotton."

"I already have two candidates. They are also people who have just escaped. People that my lord values ​​​​and people with extraordinary talents."

"Say their names."

Dean nodded appreciatively at the girl, "Smart choice, you did it right."

"So what about the loss of my lord?" The bloody man looked around the maze. There were supposed to be countless monks living in it, but a large number of them died during the recent human invasion and it became extremely cold. "Who will make up for it, who will replace you?" ? Hell cannot be without a high priest for a moment."

Wearing a yellow leather jacket and jeans, the dashing girl opened the door and walked in. She caught a glimpse of the man sitting up on the bed, with an expression of surprise on her face.

Christine's eyes showed a smile when she heard this, "Are you hungry? I'll cook you some pasta, bread, sausage... whatever you want to eat, I'll cook it for you."

"He asks you, do you know the cost?"

Difficulty in removal is normal.

"I will remove my title, give up my power, and make the final sacrifice to Him with my own extreme pain."

"Kenny, you finally woke up! Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

"Please give me some time to guide."

As a result, the attribute panel was bright red, and all attributes were temporarily weakened by 20%.

This is a simple and warm bedroom, decorated with some pink curtains around it, and even the bed quilt is pink, full of the atmosphere of a young girl.

"I've seen all the sights of hell, I want to see the sky outside."

With a soft hum, Dean blinked and opened his eyes.

The gentle sound of the door opening interrupted Dean's thoughts.

"He has given you all these generous gifts over the years, but you are ungrateful!"

"Well…"

"I was almost transformed into a dehumanizing Hell monk by Leviathan. Even Ying was in a weak state and could not be summoned for the time being."

The high priest was silent for a long time and then spoke with difficulty, "I want to return to the real world as a curser."

In the hell world, Leviathan is the official god, representing the strength of level 7 or even level 8. His energy is at least one level higher than mine, which is hovering at the level 6 threshold.

"Is this...Christine's home?" Dean rubbed his swollen temples and sat up from the bed. Feeling the long-awaited weakness, dizziness, and electric shock pain from his toes to his brain, he immediately checked. Once over the body.

Nailhead lowered his head further, "I beg you, give me a new experience."

The bloody man said sarcastically, "You have made a promise to this hellscape, and you have sworn to serve Him forever."

In addition, when thinking of Leviathan, Dean recalled the strange transformation before. Under the unpredictable power of the god, the shadow was instantly shattered. He had no room to resist, his humanity and reason were deprived, and his soul was destroyed. Sinking into the icy abyss, his mind was twisted, and he felt strong pleasure from the pain of transformation.

“Thankfully I prepared the puzzle box in advance, and Christine didn’t disappoint.”

The special energy of hell is attached to these fascia, and like cancer cells, it invades and assimilates nearby tissues, transforming Dean's body.

crunch--

The bloody man was silent for a moment, as if listening to something, "If they can serve my Lord devoutly and wholeheartedly, you can leave."

"Don't cover up your heart with false words," the bloody black eyes on the surface of the prism looked at him, "He ordered you to express your ridiculous wishes. What do you want by bringing him in?"

"If you're not hungry, just give me a glass of water."

Kristine handed over the water and sat on the edge of the bed, peeling the apple considerately. Her slightly curly hair gently patted her shoulders and brushed her delicate side face, exuding a fresh fragrance. She had not long ago He must have just taken a shower.

A pair of moist eyes looked at the patients around him, shining with gratitude and curiosity, as if they were seeing a big star.

Dean noticed this look and immediately looked at his face from God's perspective, with a wry smile on his lips——

Perhaps due to the influence of the power of hell, the mimicking skills were quietly and automatically lifted, and the Mexican he disguised himself was restored to a young and handsome Asian young man with black hair and black eyes.

"Mr. Kenny, why are you pretending to be a Mexican?" Christine also asked her doubts at the right time, "You are obviously much younger, more handsome and more pleasing to the eye."

"Didn't you guess it just now? My identity is sensitive...so I can't let it out casually. Christine, can you keep it a secret for me? Never reveal my face to the outside world."

The girl nodded obediently and handed the apple to Dean, "No matter what you look like, you are the savior of our family. I will definitely keep it secret for you!"

Dean took a bite of the apple and let the sweet juice soak into his dry mouth. "Speaking of family, how are your father and grandmother?"

God's perspective did not reveal any other people in the house.

"They have completely recovered and are looking for the missing Julia..." The girl's face was happy at first, then her heroic eyebrows were raised, and she said hesitantly, "But they have also become a little different from before. It's different, I don't know how to describe it... They, they need human blood, so Larry secretly went to a friend's hospital to buy many bags of blood, and drank it all with Debra... Mr. Kenny, they are... Have you become a monster?"

"To be precise, they became cursers," Dean explained while looking into the girl's eyes. "After being tortured and transformed in purgatory, those who escape back to the real world will mostly become cursers and become longevity and hundred-year-olds. Disease is immune...but as a price, the curser needs to obtain nutrition and strength from human blood."

"Wouldn't that make him look like a vampire?" Kristine's face paled a little, and she pinched the corner of the bed nervously. The sight of her two close relatives with mouths full of blood flashed before her eyes.
"Don't worry too much. A curser can live like a normal person if he can control his bloodlust... I only know a few normal cursers."

The girl breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, with a sweet smile on her face again. She moved closer to the bed and said with emotion,

"Everything I experienced in hell, when I think back on it, it feels unreal. It's like watching an incredible horror movie...especially that big prismatic box. Is it actually a god?"

Dean's head moved, "By the way, where is the mystery box?"

"After I came back, I restored it and closed the door, but I didn't touch it again..." Chris opened a drawer next to him, took out the puzzle box that restored the cube and handed it to Dean, his long eyelashes fluttering twice. ,

"Can you tell me more about what hell is going on? And you...what is your identity, knowing so much, being so powerful...the spokesperson of God?"

Dean put away the puzzle box and gave the girl some basic knowledge about hell, monks, puzzle boxes, and this supernatural world.

The two chatted for more than half an hour with questions and answers. The luster in Kristen's eyes became more and more intense, and her body unconsciously tilted to sit next to Dean on the hospital bed, with her face leaning on Dean's shoulder. , said with lingering fear, "It turns out that there are so many terrible secrets in the world, which scared me at the time... Mr. Kenny, thank you for your answers and your help to me and my family."

"If you want to thank me, thank yourself. It was your bravery and cleverness that brought us out of hell."

"I only know that you saved me...you stood in front of me when we were in the tunnel, blocking so many terrible demons...and protected me." Christine pursed her lips, turned around and wrapped her arms around her. Dean's waist and his head pressed against his chest, "There has never been a man who has protected me like you and made me feel so safe, and Larry can't do that either."

Dean felt the warm body in his arms, and before he could refuse, the side of his face felt warm again.

Kristine made a lip print secretly, then sat down beside her obediently,

"Kenny, in order to help me save Larry and Debra this time, you completely offended the god and the monk. Are you in danger?"

"That's not the case. If they dare to come to the real world to catch me, I am confident that they will never come back." Dean's eyes were calm. After all, there are restraining laws in the real world, which are the natural nemesis of those powerful aliens.

"But you are no longer safe... You have potential, but you are only flesh and blood. If the monks find you, you will be easily harmed."

"What do you think I should do?" Kristen looked up and looked directly into Dean's eyes, with a trace of determination flashing in her eyes, like a female warrior wearing good armor and about to attack.

"Are you willing to leave Larry and Debra?" Dean asked,

"I ask you to help them get back on track and live like normal people, and then -" Kristen grabbed Dean's right hand and gritted her teeth and said stubbornly, "I have grown up, I should find a suitable job 'job', such as following you, I think I can learn a lot from you."

"Even if your life is in danger, you may die at any time?"

Christine took a deep breath and tightened her delicate face, "Then I also want to see the real side of this world before I die."

Dean nodded in agreement.

Kristine smiled happily and chatted with him for a while before going to contact her father and grandmother.

Dean smelled the fragrance lingering in the air, and a trace of thought flashed in his eyes. He locked his mind on a piece of leather paper in the space, opened it and took a quick look at the special letters and runes similar to torture pillars - Serente. Rune·Leviathan of Jealousy.

"Perhaps Christian can practice this rune?"

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Make a decision.

Dean finally turned his attention to the system and began to count the harvest——

After the killing spree in hell, the three combat abilities soared like a rocket:
Shooting lv5 (260→700/700)
Fighting lv6(123→300/900)
Shadow lv5(342→520/700)
"It is estimated that in hell, most of the souls have been harvested by Leviathan, so the soul essence has not been absorbed too much."

"But I finally gained proficiency in shooting."

promote!

Shooting lv5→lv6(0/900),

You gain 1 point of Perception and 0.5 Sensitivity:

Perception: 25.5→26.5
Sensitivity: 26.6→27.1
Awakening a new feature - Dead Silence Field: Shooting at level 6 will gain an additional feature, which is more powerful than the "accuracy" and "perception suppression" you have already mastered. When you open the field, you will get a 10 perception bonus.

Within one kilometer, all targets selected by you, if their perception is lower than yours, will be forcibly deprived of all senses and sink into the silence of nothingness.

This ability has no consumption, no cooldown, and no upper limit on duration, but it needs to be used continuously.

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hiss…

Dean closed his eyes suddenly and stretched out his fingers to draw a semicircle in the air. He felt that the interference of airflow and wind resistance on his own movement became weaker and weaker.

With the addition of 1 point of perception, the light in front of me instantly became so intense that it stung my eyes. The sounds of vehicles passing by within meters of the house and the sounds of insects crawling in the grass became as clear as if they were close to my ears.

But soon, the perception shield in the mirror shield weakened the amplified stimulation, allowing him to return to normal.

The sixth sense in my heart is getting stronger and stronger——

I'm on the right path - Sean, Vampire Monica and Peter, Christine... are all necessary links to get to Midian and can all help me achieve my ultimate goal!

"Dead Silence Field, crowd control skills, similar to Illusion Abyss."

"But the Illusion Abyss can only be used twice a day. The range is only 20 meters in radius. It affects the target's will and mental state."

"The Dead Silence Field exaggeratedly covers a radius of one kilometer. It can be used unlimited times to attack the target's perception attributes, and the control ability is more domineering...but it needs to be released continuously and is not very flexible."

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breathe…

He calmed down his restless mood and adapted to his numb and transformed body.

Dean turned his attention to the event "Journey to Purgatory":
You and Christine followed the high priest to visit places such as the Fire Pit, the Monastery, the Thought Cage, and the Personal Prison, and realized their respective functions and significance.

Finally, we arrived at the maze, the end of the journey, and saw the true form of Leviathan, greatly improving our progress.

You help the high priest recover his humanity and your progress improves.

You progressed by rescuing Christine's family, Larry and Debra.

You slaughtered a large number of Leviathan's tentacles and monks, and faced the awakened Leviathan. With the help of Christine, you escaped from the god's realm and your progress was greatly improved.

The event completion rate is 168%.

Withdraw rewards.

经验值+220，个人等级lv7(1020/1100)→lv8(140/1300)
As the level increases, you gain 2 free attribute points.

System capabilities:
God's perspective lv6 → lv7: Observation range 200 meters → 500 meters, insight is greatly improved, and the accompanying search (dark area of ​​the mind) effect is enhanced.

Limbo shuttle lv2 → lv3: The charging efficiency becomes faster and the duration increases.

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Depending on the level of completion, you can choose two special rewards from the following -

A. Specialty—Spellman

B. Specialty—Hell Monk

C. Expertise Upgrade - You have personally seen Leviathan, one of the lords of multiple hells, the god of flesh and blood, torture and suffering, and have endured his transformation, and come into contact with the power of the rules of suffering, and you have an understanding of "pain" The understanding of "desperation" and "despair" is deepened.

Your specialty "Master of Suffering" has been upgraded from primary to intermediate: your efficiency in absorbing negative emotions such as suffering and converting them into free attribute points has been greatly improved, and you can manipulate the pain of the target at will, or accumulate the pain to activate the body and soul. Double Whammy, no saving throw at level 6 or below.

(Significantly increase rewards.)
D. 1 point of divinity (from Leviathan)

E. 2 points of free attribute.

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"Breathe, breathe... As expected, God is the most generous being under system certification. This reward is more generous than the one given by the Fly Ghost King last time."

After browsing, Dean's eyes flashed with light without much thought.

"I choose C and D."

Lord of Misery (Beginner) → Intermediate.

You gain 1 divinity point.

After receiving the reward, Dean checked his personal attributes again, and then his face darkened and flames ignited in his eyes.

"Have all the attributes been weakened by the energy of hell by 7%? Then let's try it. Spend all 30 free attribute points and divinity points, and break through points in body and spirit. See if I can get rid of this damn thing of yours. The energy of hell! Break the boundaries!”

(End of this chapter)