Pre-death assessment

Everyone immediately chose to flee for their lives.

They, who originally held an absolute advantage, are now forced to flee when faced with opponents weaker than themselves.

Because their hearts were filled with fear and dread.

The reason why living beings in this world are weak and why we keep following the story is because... they are afraid.

Zhang Qin had been keeping an eye on Li Qingxue, but upon hearing Jin Jun's words, she immediately turned and fled without saying a word.

Her escape allowed Li Qingxue, who hadn't known her exact location before, to immediately pinpoint her location.

"Heh, it's too late to run now!"

Li Qingxue chuckled and then immediately activated her invisibility.

Amidst the towering buildings engulfed in flames, Zhang Qin was spotted.

As Zhang Qin continued her escape, she summoned various trees and vines from beneath the earth.

Her summoning ability allows her to summon plants to grow wildly.

Facing the top ten hunters, she knew she was no match for them.

So at this moment, of course, we'll use whatever means are available.

The dense vines she summoned could provide her with as much cover as possible.

Unfortunately, having already been targeted by Li Qingxue, she could no longer escape.

Just as she herself said before, for a sniper, revealing one's position is absolutely fatal.

Because unless the other party voluntarily gives up their sight, there is no way they can escape.

Top snipers all possess this skill.

At this moment, Li Qingxue did not have X-ray vision.

However, based on Zhang Qin's speed and ability, their exact location can be determined.

She seized an opportunity, leaped into the air, aimed her purple-gold-red sniper rifle at Zhang Qin, and fired a shot.

call out!

The purple-gold bullet shot out, piercing through a series of trees and vines, and hit Zhang Qin squarely in the head.

Zhang Qin managed to block the bullet thanks to the shield provided by her teammates.

But as the shield shattered, she immediately panicked completely.

Because she knew that the next shot from the other side could take her life at any moment.

"Don't run away! Come back! I'm the prey, why are you running away?"

While chasing Zhang Qin, Li Qingxue continued to communicate verbally.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Qin's heart pounded, and her face turned pale with fear.

Yes, at first glance, Li Qingxue did indeed seem like the prey.

But now that she knows the other person's identity, she can completely suspect that the other person deliberately asked her to keep an eye on them.

The other party was deliberately trying to make her feel that she had a chance of winning.

The reason why the top ten hunters did this was simply to make the hunt more interesting.

Thinking about Li Qingxue's disguise just now, and that Li Qingxue was one of the top ten hunters.

Zhang Qin felt as if she were now shrouded in some kind of shadow.

This is the feeling of being hunted, the feeling of being targeted.

Under the shadow of this feeling, she naturally felt even more panicked.

And it is precisely because of this panic that she doesn't dare to fight back at all.

What she didn't know was that, in a one-on-one fight, Li Qingxue actually didn't have much of a chance of winning.

But out of fear, she dared not.

She's like a rabbit being chased by a monster, not even thinking of fighting back.

All I can think of is living for every second I can…

……

the other side.

Outside the city, in front of the waterfall in the mountains and forests.

Nie Lei was about to fly into the waterfall.

As long as you enter the flower fairy's territory, you will have a chance to escape her pursuit.

Swish!

But just then, just as he was about to plunge his Steel Falcon into the waterfall.

Ling Wu's figure suddenly appeared in front of the waterfall.

Nie Lei immediately slammed on the brakes, his expression extremely grave.

Ling Wu glanced at Nie Lei, then looked back at the four words on the waterfall cliff.

When Jiang Liao was in the fourth level, did he use this place as his base?

She really does leave a mark on herself at every stage.

Actually... apart from the first level of markings being somewhat useful, the others are all dispensable.

Just like a top assassin, as long as he has a gun in his hand from the beginning, it is enough for him to break into someone else's territory and kill everyone.

Because once you have the first gun, you'll have plenty of others; you can use whatever you have on hand.

"Since you've been here for so long, then..."

Ling Wu then turned his gaze back to Nie Lei: "Do you know who the previous owner of this place was?"

Why are you asking this?

Nie Lei stared at Ling Wu and said in a deep voice, "Could it be that the previous owner here had some connection with you?"

"A very formidable prey."

Ling Wu smiled and said, "I am far more powerful than you, far more powerful than all of you."

"Yeah?"

Nie Lei sneered, not expecting such a thing to happen.

"So, the previous owner of this place was your rival?"

He then asked, "And that opponent, escaped?"

"They've gone to the fifth level!"

Ling Wu slowly said, "She is probably the top challenger to reach this fourth level so far. I feel quite unhappy that she was able to complete the challenge."

"So...you plan to vent your anger on us?" Nie Lei asked with a stern face.

"Why did you insist on living here?"

Ling Wu smiled faintly and continued, "Your name is Nie Lei. I know you. You were already infamous when you were in the third level."

Nie Lei has always been a rather morbid person, and he committed some evil deeds of shouting and cursing during the third level.

Even after killing those beast kings, he would carry the corpses of the beast kings and those wild beasts and leave them at the gates of the four major cities.

They deliberately provoked the people of the four major cities and intentionally hurt the feelings of ordinary people in those cities.

He seems to find it amusing to hurt other people's feelings.

Or perhaps, for him, it seemed that only those kinds of things were interesting in the world.

He's a complete scoundrel!

"Infamy? Ha!"

Nie Lei chuckled; he didn't care about any of that.

He just found everything boring, and he could only find some pleasure in tormenting other people's hearts.

This virtue was cultivated in this life.

An extremely wealthy person has already enjoyed all the spiritual and material satisfactions that most people in this world cannot experience.

Of course he was already tired of it.

In the end, all that remained for him was tormenting others.

Only that kind of thrill, tinged with taboo and cruelty, can satisfy him.

Are you scared?

Ling Wu continued, "I'm afraid that everything you've done to others will happen to you."

Upon hearing this, Nie Lei's expression became even more serious.

The bad things he has done to others are countless.

After arriving at the fourth level of this pre-death assessment space, he learned a lot and experimented with many things himself.

He had done it all before: skinning, dissecting, live dissection.

He knew how to make a person die in the greatest pain.

He knew how to evoke a person's deepest, most instinctive fear.

Do you know what the most painful way to die is?

Ling Wu then asked.

Nie Lei didn't speak; he knew, of course he knew.

Because he had done it to others more than once before.

"you do not know!"

But at that moment, Ling Wu said, "What you have done is nothing more than making people feel as much physical pain as possible, and then die in that pain, but that is not the most painful way to die."

Upon hearing this, Nie Lei frowned.

Isn't that right?

What would be considered the most painful way to die?

"You can let your imagination run wild."

Ling Wu then whispered, "Guess which method I'll use next to torture you to death."

Imagination is the source of fear.

This is the main reason why fools are always fearless, while intelligent people are always afraid of this and that.

Nie Lei didn't speak. All he could think of at the moment were the things he had done to others in the past.

For example, dismembering a person piece by piece while they are in a state of absolute consciousness.

For example, they could make an incision in a person's head and then pour mercury and foul-smelling water full of viruses and bacteria into it.

For example, cutting open the skin and flesh of the body one slice at a time with a knife.

For example, roasting a live person over a fire, eating only the parts that are cooked...

He didn't know if Ling Wu would do that to him next.

He didn't know what could be more terrifying than these things.

"But don't worry, you still have some time, because until then... I prefer watching my prey struggle."

Ling Wu continued, "How long you can struggle depends on your own abilities."

"Heh, you really do live up to your reputation as... a top-tier hunter."

Nie Lei chuckled.

The next moment, he controlled the steel falcon to shoot towards Ling Wu.

He then turned and dashed into the dense forest.

In mid-air, Ling Wu simply threw a powerful punch, and the steel falcon instantly fell apart.

Then his gaze locked onto Nie Lei, and he gave chase.

Nie Lei disappeared into the primeval forest, his eyes scanning his surroundings as he fled.

Faced with the pursuit of the number one top hunter, he knew that he probably wouldn't even have a chance to escape.

So in this situation, the only thing he could think of was finding a place to hide.

After the other person disappears, slowly emerge.

This primeval forest, with its obstructed view, is the best place to hide.

Where should we hide?

Of course, it's impossible in the bushes; the other side could easily find him with a single fire.

Inside the cave?

No, that won't work either. The other party has the ability to blast a mountain to pieces, so they'll still be able to find me.

Where else?

Just then, as he was fleeing, he suddenly saw a swamp.

He immediately summoned a robot and sent it running into the distance, making as much noise as possible.

This led Ling Wu to mistakenly believe that the robot was himself.

He then darted down into the swamp.

His entire body transformed into metal, and then slowly sank into the swampy mud.

It sank straight to the bottom!