Why is my journey to the world of anime a strange tale of rules?

One by one, the brides, their bodies swollen, rotting, and deformed, reached out, trying to grab Gao Hai, who was standing in the courtyard.

The distorted and painful emotions continued to amplify.

It was as if one could hear the cries and screams sealed beneath the skin, wriggling slightly in the dim water before finally falling silent.

Bang bang bang bang bang——

The dazzling gunfire repelled the attacking monster in the next moment.

The gunshots, far more powerful than normal bullets, repelled and pierced through these strange creatures. The surrounding earthen houses exploded and collapsed with a roar, and in an instant, smoke and dust swept up, with only the muzzle flash of the Blessing Pistol in Gao Hai's hand remaining conspicuous in the darkness.

"This kind of tactic won't stop me."

Gao Hai addressed the surrounding smoke and dust.

"If you want to stop me, you might as well try summoning the Mountain God or the Fox Goddess. These monsters that were turned into victims of tragic deaths are no match for me."

Gao Hai's tone sounded somewhat arrogant.

In fact, this was the case in the first two playthroughs as well. Whether it was the villagers, the paper figures, or the various strange creatures, none of them posed a truly fatal threat to Gao Hai. What truly troubled him were things like the mountain god and the blood flower—things he couldn't contend with. Only those involving "gods" required Gao Hai to exert his utmost effort to deal with them. After navigating the three dungeons of Shirakawa Apartment, Red Nut Gray Hole, and Campus Ghost Stories, Gao Hai now possessed a power level far exceeding that of Red Moon-level players, making him difficult to defeat easily in a fight against someone of the same level.

no respond.

Although, according to the Taoist priest, these suddenly appearing strange creatures were likely not a reaction to the power of the rules, but rather the result of someone's conscious and deliberate manipulation, the other party remained silent despite Gao Hai's provocation.

From the small hut behind them, the Taoist priest Li Nianyou had already run out and was heading towards the well. Gao Hai followed beside the priest, letting him jump down into the well first to return to the other side before preparing to jump in himself.

hum-

But before Gao Hai jumped down, a group of brightly dressed paper figures surrounded him from all directions. The wedding dress-clad monsters that had been repelled by the pistols earlier also gathered together and reached out to grab Gao Hai.

Bang!

With a muffled thud, Gao Hai jumped up and kicked away an oncoming paper figure, but he was thrown backward by the recoil, crashing through the wall and landing in the now empty main house of the Li family compound.

These strange creatures immediately rushed forward, charging into the house in search of Gao Hai's whereabouts.

But they found nothing.

Gao Hai, who should be here, is not in the house at all.

The unattended status has been confirmed. The blessing transmission has been initiated, with the set point being the main house of the Li Family Compound.

With the power of the blessing at his disposal, Gao Hai didn't need to use the well at all. He easily returned to Li Family Village, or rather, Gao Family Village, which was under his control, and went back to the main hall on the first floor of the house that he had marked long ago.

The Taoist priest had not yet climbed out of the well.

The Night-level players in the surrounding houses were starting to panic, more or less, and began to worry about the wreaths that had appeared outside the village.

Zhenfei and Qianhua were the first to notice Gao Hai's arrival, turning their gazes in his direction. Among the three members of the "Fishing Gang" who had come with them, the strongest and most perceptive Cat Brother also noticed Gao Hai's appearance, watching with some surprise as he opened the gate and walked back into the courtyard.

"..."

None of the people present spoke immediately.

Gao Hai looked at the three people standing together in the courtyard: Maki, Kaguya, and Ichiri. Then he looked at Cat Brother and Xiao Guo by the well, and finally at the two twin players standing near the courtyard gate.

tread!

The next moment, the players present moved almost at the same time. The players from Gao Hai, Zhen Fei and Mao Ge all made their moves at the same time, and the two twin players also responded at the same time. The eerie and twisted tremors and shattering sounds instantly swept through the entire courtyard.

Chapter 62: An Unstoppable Powerful Player and the Name of the [Treasure Hunter]

Without even a word of communication, the players present immediately chose to take action.

Yes, although Gao Hai still can't be completely sure whether those wedding dress ghosts were summoned by Jackta, since the other party only disappeared after entering the well and there's no real evidence to prove he caused trouble, his disappearance and the abnormal changes in the dungeon are quite suspicious. So, for the players, instead of worrying about whether he caused trouble, it's better to take action to weaken the other party's team first.

Therefore, Cat Brother's three companions acted even faster than Gao Hai, immediately unleashing their deadly offensive artifacts at the twins. The two players, without any attempt to argue, also immediately countered with their own artifacts.

Click!

A chilling aura spread in an instant.

The ground of the entire courtyard was covered with a thin layer of ice at that moment, and an intense chill enveloped everyone present in an instant.

Then, a crimson light spread out in an instant. Kaguya took a step forward, and the crimson light covered the entire courtyard, immediately beginning to drain the life force of the twin players inside.

Cat Brother had already taken out a paintbrush. He made a few light strokes in mid-air, and black ink appeared and disappeared, then turned into black chains that appeared beside the two people.

A dark light then burst forth from one of the two men, transforming into a black lotus flower that emitted a putrid stench. This stained the crimson domain with an unclean hue, causing Kaguya herself to sway slightly, as if affected by some unknown force.

"laugh……"

The player, who was dressed as a woman but had an Adam's apple, chuckled. Then, his arms detached from his body and transformed into two giant centipedes that crawled rapidly on the ground, releasing thick, purplish-black smoke.

"call--"

But immediately, Xiao Guo stepped forward and blew a breath, and then gray smoke appeared, blowing the two centipedes and the purplish-black smoke back.

The power of more obsessive objects is spreading.

In just a few seconds of confrontation, at least twenty obsession objects were mobilized and released by both players in this small courtyard.

There's no way to break through immediately?

Cat Bro frowned. It was troubling that despite so many players simultaneously unleashing the power of their artifacts and blessings, they couldn't immediately subdue the two players. Although their superior numbers allowed them to completely suppress the opponents with their artifacts and blessings, preventing the two players' attacks from spreading and actually affecting them, for some reason, their own power seemed unable to harm the two players. It was as if some special force was protecting them, making them immune to all external influences.

This is very wrong.

Everyone here is a Red Moon level player. No one can absolutely overwhelm the other or be completely unaffected. Under normal circumstances, in such a large-scale clash of obsession items, the two should have been defeated long ago. It's impossible for them to be evenly matched like this now.

Was it the use of some special object of obsession or the power of blessing that we do not understand?

tread!

Gao Hai's figure passed through the courtyard covered by blood mist, ice mist, gray mist, and various obsessions in the next moment.

The man in women's clothing was about to grin again when he suddenly realized something was wrong and abruptly turned to look to his side. Then Gao Hai appeared directly in front of him and reached out to grab his head.

In the blink of an eye, the space around the cross-dressing man visibly distorted. He grinned at Gao Hai, and that smile instantly became incredibly alluring, as if filled with endless charm, reaching a level of perfection that was almost impossible for a human to achieve.

Gao Hai's fist slammed into that face the next moment.

"Are you laughing at my horse here?"

In a cold voice, the cross-dressing man's entire face was dented from the blow. Amidst the splattering blood, he took a step back, clutching his completely distorted face as he looked at Gao Hai. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but Kaguya shot an arrow from behind, piercing his mouth on the spot.

A machete suddenly appeared above Gao Hai's head and then slashed down fiercely.

But then Gao Hai's figure became like a phantom, impossible to touch, and the blade passed right through him without hitting anything.

The two, who hadn't expected this situation, showed expressions of horror and vanished from their spot, reappearing on the dirt road outside the courtyard the next moment. They turned around and tried to run away.

Gao Hai had already positioned himself at the end of the road, blocking their path.

"Are you in such a hurry to leave? You've come all this way to be a guest, you should leave some kind of gift, right? Otherwise, you're not being very appreciative of your hospitality."

The power of the land deed had already been activated as Gao Hai spoke, restricting the bodies of the two players and making them unable to move.

The two men's composure vanished, replaced by utter horror as they looked at Gao Hai. During their earlier exchange, they had repeatedly used various powerful objects imbued with their inner power, but this man seemed completely unaffected. No matter how they resisted, he showed no reaction whatsoever, easily subduing them.

How can there be such an unbelievably powerful player?

Even a Red Moon-level player shouldn't possess this kind of strength. Is he even a player? How can such an unreasonable person exist?!

The plan went awry.

This unknown player named Gao Hai and his team initially went completely unnoticed. Even though he was on good terms with members of the "Slacking Off Gang" and the "Red Society," those unaware of the inside story would only assume he might have some talent worth investing in. After all, he had only participated in two or three dungeons. Although it was unclear why his participation records before the "Campus Ghost Stories" dungeon were missing, it was obvious that the "Slacking Off Gang" and the "Red Society" had jointly found a weakness in the "Campus Ghost Stories" Red Moon-level dungeon, which was why they dared to send a newcomer like Gao Hai into the dungeon to gain experience.

Therefore, their highest prediction of Gao Hai's strength was that he was just an ordinary Red Moon-level player, perhaps with a little bit of ability. He was the kind of clueless newbie that any veteran Red Moon-level player could easily defeat. That was all.

But now, having truly faced Gao Hai in person, these two players who had previously looked down on and despised him felt as if they were confronting the core obsession of the Red Moon-level dungeon, utterly powerless to fight back.

"Are you ready to surrender, or are you ready to die?"

Gao Hai had already appeared in front of the two of them and reached out to grab their heads.

hum-

The two figures became illusory in the next moment, seemingly trying to escape through some kind of spatial artifact.

Gao Hai's gaze sharpened, and he immediately mobilized the power of the land deed to stop them, but he was still a step too late, and the two of them escaped.

Of course, after Goto Ichiri gently plucked the strings, creating a clone to warn Takami in advance, the timeline changed. Takami used the power of the Earth Deed to suppress the spatial obsession before it could activate, successfully keeping the two of them trapped.

Bang bang!

With two heavy thuds, Gao Hai's large hands gripped the heads of the two players, covering their heads completely.

The unreasonable mental force directly washed over the brains and souls of the two players. At this moment, Gao Hai unleashed a mental force that could easily destroy the players' thinking functions, and took the same action as when he faced the younger version of Li Ziyong.

"Ugh oh oh oh oh oh—"

"Eeya yaaaaaa—"

A series of piercing screams erupted from the two players. Enduring excruciating torture akin to having their flesh torn out, they struggled violently and released their artifacts once more. This time, Gao Hai sensed the aura of a Red Moon-level artifact. It seemed that in this life-or-death situation, these guys couldn't care less about anything else and started pulling out their valuables.

"Ah."

Gao Hai grinned slightly and chuckled.

Without turning his head, Gao Hai maintained his posture and made no response. The strange forces that attacked him either lost their target and could no longer lock on, or were interfered with by mental power and could no longer maintain their effect.

"Ah...uh...how can this be..."

Unexpectedly, even using a Red Moon-level artifact had no effect. The two players struggled even harder, but they couldn't shake off Gao Hai's fingers, which were even more indestructible than iron pincers.

Floating nearby, Kita Ikuyo let out a soft breath, calming her mental energy. While Takami was focused on eroding the two players' mental energy to find clues, she had acted as his second pair of eyes, quickly pinpointing the direction of the strange force's attack and responding accordingly. It proved that while Kita's situation as a Red Moon-level player was somewhat dire, she still possessed considerable skill; she successfully identified all the attack directions and, by utilizing a portion of Takami's reserved mental energy, successfully deflected these attacks, protecting him.

{Well done, thank you this time, Kita}

Gao Hai expressed his sincere gratitude during the spiritual connection.

{It's nothing, Mr. Gao. Did you notice anything unusual about them? These two... wait, something's not right with them!}

Kita Ikuyo floated beside Takami and answered softly. Then she noticed that the two players whose heads were being held down by Takami were emanating an unusual aura, as if some kind of power was producing a ranged effect within them.

Let go.

Gao Hai, who also sensed the problem, took a big step back.

Then the two players' bodies went limp, turning into human skin without bones, internal organs, or flesh.

Did something take these two away? How could it possibly counteract the power of the land deed? Is it the effect of some power of the same or higher rank?