I can see experience bars after being transported to another world.

Lu Yuan suddenly turned around.

The next moment, a barrier formed by time transmission landed on Adrian.

[Sanity: -40...146/140]

Almost simultaneously, he redeemed another Guardian.

[Your maximum sanity -40. Deduction failed because the sanity anchor point is locked.]

[Sanity: +50...196/140]

This momentary depletion caused Lu Yuan's rationality to drop to 196/140, but at the same time, a tremendous sense of detachment came from the depths of Lu Yuan's mind.

The once steady river of reason was now surging forward, and the enormous amount of reason that appeared out of nowhere made this already narrow 'river' teeter on the brink of collapse.

At the same moment, the blessing surrounding Lu Yuan shattered, and the golden light that had been swirling around him vanished instantly.

Then gray and white text appeared.

You are being watched by an unknown source.

Your blessing has been withdrawn.

Lu Yuan was stunned when he saw this, and immediately realized that he could only last for five more seconds.

Behind Adrian, the figure rushed over and reached straight for the archbishop's back, but the hand was stopped halfway by Lu Yuan's stillness.

Margaret had already gone to meet it, water swirling around her, and with a punch, she instantly forced the thing back.

At the same time, she seemed to have discovered something interesting.

"I've finally waited for this moment."

As Margaret spoke, the surrounding air grew increasingly dry.

Moisture began to swirl around Margaret.

The moisture was mixed with bright red, like blood, and also contained wisps of mist with green spores; the water she could draw from had long been contaminated.

But Margaret didn't care at all; her extraordinary abilities were undeniable, and these filthy things couldn't harm her in the slightest.

Behind Adrian was a special individual with some green mixed in with its body.

Lu Yuan's gaze swept over it, and it was almost exactly the same as the previous special individuals. The only difference was that it had something extra: parasitism.

[Detection Target: Ghoul (Atavism) (Induction) (Forbidden) (Parasitism)]

[A ghoul chosen by a special being, having endured countless long trials, has finally grown into its current form. Perhaps it has the potential to reach the progenitor of ghouls. But it also seems to be parasitized by something.]

Lu Yuan felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at the entry.

The ghouls born from the flesh and blood underground were contaminated by the forest seed.

This means that the pollution from the forest is actually present on that piece of flesh and blood.

Moreover, the logic behind this ghoul's behavior is clearly different from the previous two.

The moment he faced Margaret, the ground began to tremble, and a large number of plant roots spread out toward him. Thick branches, like long snakes, snaked up from the ground and coiled toward Adrian.

It is not as straightforward as those special individuals; it is more like a... fourth-order being.

But Adrian is no mere pretty face.

The old bishop turned and glanced at the thing that had attacked him, then looked at Lu Yuan.

The original compassion in those eyes gradually faded, replaced by a hint of coldness, with a faint blackness flashing within them.

But in the end, he didn't resort to any special methods.

The holy light emanating from him gradually intensified, and the phantom behind him burst into flames, distorting the surrounding air. The roots of plants that hadn't yet approached him withered at a visible rate.

Lu Yuan, who was leaning against Adrian, did not feel the heat wave.

He instantly understood that it was something like mithril, which didn't harm the physical body, but rather the spiritual and the eerie. Its destructive power over those things went far beyond the physical level.

"Don't worry about me, just focus on dealing with that thing."

Seeing this, Margaret knew she didn't need to worry about Adrian, so she didn't hesitate and went to meet the special ghoul.

The peculiar ghoul, seeing its sneak attack fail, showed a hint of surprise in its eyes, seemingly not expecting such a simplistic ending.

It looked at Adrian, whose shadowy figure was suspended behind him, and then turned its gaze to Lu Yuan, who was standing to the side.

Without any hesitation, he turned and left.

Just as the special ghoul was about to turn around and retreat, it realized that a faint film of water had somehow covered its back.

It was blocked at the door by Margaret.

The moment Margaret realized something was behind her, she had already quietly completed the setup.

It wasn't given a chance at all. At the very moment the water vapor swirled, a visible stream of bright red water vapor was forcibly extracted from its body and merged into the water vapor surrounding Margaret.

Then, looking at the somewhat bewildered ghoul in front of her, she wore an almost fanatical smile and went straight to meet it.

Meanwhile, on the Blue Knight's side, the special ghoul, whose limbs had been severed and which was still charging forward, seemed to know that this was not a solution. A bright red light suddenly flashed in its long, narrow eyes, and that gaze carried a certain ancient and ancient aura.

Suddenly turning back to look at her, the Blue Knight, moving at high speed, seemed to have her consciousness pulled away the moment their eyes met, her speed suddenly dropped, as if she had been frozen in mid-air by something.

But the special ghoul ignored her. Its purpose was clear. Its blood surged, and the black and red blood clung together in the air. In an instant, it reattached its severed limbs to its body.

The instant it caught, it had already rushed to the side of the Great Ascendant.

The Ascended One immediately sensed the approaching special individual. Knowing he couldn't be careless, he didn't hesitate. His body temperature surged, silver flames began to rise, steam spewed out from the gaps in his joints, and a silver-white beam of light shot out from his chest, heading straight for the special individual in front of him.

But this one's fighting spirit was clearly much stronger than that one that had been hacked to pieces.

It had no intention of confronting the enemy head-on. Its body transformed into a cloud of blood mist and passed directly through the pillars of light. The violent attack of the Great Ascendant only took away a few traces of blood from the ghoul in front of it.

The next moment, the blood mist reformed into a human shape, and a hint of disdain flashed in the slit of that single character.

Almost simultaneously, its bloody palm collided with the fist of the Great Ascended One, and with a loud bang, the Great Ascended One was forced back several steps.

The strength of a Great Ascended Being is no greater than that of this thing before them.

Lu Yuan could see clearly that, in terms of physical skills, only the Blue Knight could probably match it, or rather, only the Blue Knight, who was currently enveloped in so many blessings, could barely put up a fight with it.

The peculiar creature grabbed at a pile of flesh and blood on the ground.

The mass of flesh seemed to possess a spirit, instantly merging with it and covering its surface.

Its already hunched body quickly became bloated, with twisted, proliferating flesh and charred flesh writhing on its body, forming a simple layer of armor.

The Great Ascended One did not step forward to stop him, because he realized he could not.

Klaus, enveloped in golden light, completely ignored the corrosion around him and charged into the side of another special individual.

But this one wasn't as conscious.

It even walked on all fours, like a wild beast or a ghoul.

It opened its mouth and roared, trying to stun Klaus, but the golden light on Klaus suddenly surged, blocking most of the impact for him.

With the acceleration provided by Lu Yuan, Klaus's speed suddenly increased, narrowly missing the fan-shaped area of ​​the roaring shockwave at an odd angle.

At the same time, another Klaus flashed behind the special ghoul, and a longsword formed from green crystals slashed down with a roar.

The expected sound of armor being pierced did not come.

This special ghoul's defense was ridiculously strong, and its combat instincts were so powerful that it could see through the illusion behind it at a glance, and not Klaus's real body. It turned around and pounced straight at Klaus's real body in front of it.

The two collided the instant the bone armor materialized on Klaus's body.

The Blue Knights, on the other hand, had already broken free from that suffocating stagnation.

This time, however, her goal wasn't to stop the special individual that was entangled with the Great Ascended One, but to rush directly towards Klaus.

Clearly, she knew in her heart that she couldn't handle the thing that had fought against the Great Ascended One.

"But why hasn't this acceleration dissipated yet?"

The special ghoul that fought the Great Ascended One didn't seem to have intended to linger in the battle.

It tried to shake off the Great Ascendant's entanglement while retreating in the direction it had come from.

Just as the Great Ascended One closed in, it suddenly launched an attack, its flesh and blood exploding into countless sharp spikes, forcing the Great Ascended One back.

Taking advantage of the moment, it darted away and disappeared into the dark gap.

Almost at the same moment it disappeared, a large number of roots suddenly surged up in front of the special individual that had fought with Margaret, forcibly breaking through the water membrane that Margaret had set up.

Then, the somewhat withered body, under the cover of the roots, gradually retreated into the darkness.

The moment they disappeared, the large number of ghouls that had been guarding the passage seemed to receive a command and began to rush madly into the cavity.

At that very moment, from the deepest part of the darkness, a tremendous heartbeat suddenly crashed down.

Boom, boom, boom.

As if receiving a command, the roaring ghouls let out a deafening howl in unison.

Their speed suddenly increased dramatically, and the surrounding pollution spread at a visible rate.

At the same time, Lu Yuan's timekeeping effect finally faded.

[Rationality: 135/140]

The real hunt has begun.

While Lu Yuan and his group, who had descended into the abyss, were trapped underground, the guards on the surface of Bronze City suddenly noticed that the entire ground was trembling.

The next moment, almost simultaneously, all the smaller, previously collapsed gaps, except for the main collapse, sent back the message: the giant ghouls had begun their invasion.

Near the boundary between the inner and outer city, a large collapse occurred, and the Night's Watchmen stationed there were unable to withstand it.

Upon hearing the communication, Rex, who was stationed at the central command, instantly vanished, enveloped by a swarm of insects, and rushed towards the collapsed area.