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I was trying to encourage you, but you didn't react at all. Is that polite of you?

So he put more effort into pulling the other person's shoulder.

Finally, the man turned around, and what appeared before him was indeed a terrifying ghost face.

Its eyes had bulged out of their sockets several times larger, its nose was sunken inwards and protruded upwards, its mouth was severely split open at the corners, revealing a mouthful of sharp, terrifying teeth, and its tongue had become long and thin. Its entire face was covered in a mottled, wrinkled mess, and its body had somehow become a horrifying skeletal form.

At that moment, the person who had spoken turned his shoulder and saw this magnificent sight. He was startled and screamed, falling backward to the ground, his screams continuing unabated.

The creature, now a monster, seemed to be awakened by the scream. A ferocious glint appeared in its eyes, and it pounced on the other man, its sharp teeth tearing furiously at his neck. Blood gushed out instantly…

The others were initially startled, but upon seeing the monster the man had transformed into, they scattered and fled in all directions!

Meanwhile, Zhao Hao and Marilena had just killed more than twenty small monsters they had encountered earlier and began to fight their way out.

These little monsters seemed to be native to the forest; there were quite a few of them, and they were always hiding, jumping out to ambush the two of them from time to time. Although they weren't very strong in combat, they still gave the two of them a lot of trouble.

In this situation, Zhao Hao bumped into Oliver head-on.

The burly man with brown skin ran as fast as he could, only to bump into a woman who looked like a cat and a milky-white, transparent ghost wearing a leather mask. He let out a howl and swerved to the side.

This was truly a case of finding something without even looking for it. Did Zhao Hao really think he could escape? He floated over and blocked his path.

Oliver was a tough guy; he gritted his teeth and threw a punch, which passed right through Zhao Hao's body.

"Stop!" Zhao Hao shouted as he unleashed his activated dragon tendons, instantly binding Oliver's legs and sending him sprawling.

"We mean no harm, we just want to know how you got here..."

After some explanation, Oliver was temporarily convinced. Of course, he couldn't disbelieve him anyway, since he couldn't escape.

Zhao Hao and Marina were both surprised to hear that they had arrived by subway, wondering if the subway was some kind of key location.

"You're in a very dangerous situation right now. This place harbors deep malice towards humans. Any living thing that sees you wants to kill you, so if you don't want to die, you have to pretend to be a monster..."

Finally, Zhao Hao decided to attach the little soft thing to Oliver's body, and then change its shape and color, thus creating a large, gray-black monster.

With the small soft thing attached to its body, it wouldn't give away any clues in terms of scent or smell, and it should be able to fool most monsters without any problem. At least it wouldn't be a target of being hunted down by everyone.

The three decided to leave the eerie forest first, since those little monsters kept appearing and relentlessly harassing them.

However, after walking for a short while, Oliver suddenly saw another person behind the tree, one of the people who had escaped with him earlier.

"Hey, I'm here." He called out quickly and was about to walk over when Zhao Hao stopped him.

"and many more!"

"What's wrong?" Oliver asked. At that moment, the man was gesturing for the three of them to come over.

However, Zhao Hao had already noticed the problem: the person was hiding behind the tree, but only their upper body was visible...

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Chapter 146 Indispensable Slaughter

"Don't go over there, he's not normal."

Ordinary people shouldn't have psionic reactions, let alone in Zhao Hao's eyes, where the psionic energy on this person was like a dozen different and colorful psionic energies pieced together.

Looking at the aura above, it was no longer human-shaped; it resembled a human form entangled by twisted, intertwined tree roots, and it was disintegrating. This person was dead, or rather, dead but not quite dead yet.

Marina tried to go around to the side to see what the person looked like behind the tree, but when she went around to a 60-degree angle, she still saw the same scene, as if she hadn't moved at all.

But Zhao Hao and Oliver told her that she had moved. It's just that the view from both angles was the same.

It could be a visual illusion or a delusion, since the human eye is often deceived and unable to see the truth.

So this is one of the things' abilities?

Zhao Hao and Marina carefully retreated with Oliver; they had no interest in investigating what it was. All they needed to know was that the person was no longer human, and they just wanted to keep their distance.

Sure enough, seeing the three people moving away, the "person" panicked, its expression twisting into a ferocious grimace. It desperately reached out as if to grab the three, but its body remained firmly hidden behind a tree.

Before long, blood began to flow from his facial features, his eyes turned into two irregular black holes, and his entire body was distorted beyond recognition, as if something was struggling beneath his skin...

Behind the tree was not the ordinary scene the three had seen, but a shallow pit of considerable size, in which a strange vine was wriggling.

Besides these, there were many corpses and various kinds of monsters, such as the dwarf monster that Zhao Hao and his group had encountered before.

The vines burrowed into the corpses, supporting and hanging them like blankets, letting their bodies sway in the wind. When they encountered prey, they lured it closer.

The person's corpse, being relatively fresh from death, appeared perfectly intact, even before the aura surrounding it had completely dissipated, before being controlled by the vines. However, the vines could not leave this place, and their length was limited, so they could only wait for their prey to fall into their trap.

This forest is definitely not a good place; one should not stay here for long.

Zhao Hao and his two companions didn't bother to search for anyone else and retreated back the way they came.

Ordinary people like Oliver were unable to find their way due to the psionic interference in the forest, but Zhao Hao naturally saw no problem with that.

The three quickly retreated a considerable distance, but trouble soon followed.

Hordes of ferocious, savage-like monsters appeared and began attacking the three. They're quite vengeful!

They launched attacks with a variety of primitive and crude but extremely vicious weapons. Some charged out with a howl, while others hid in the bushes and canopies and used long-range bows, javelins and blowguns to ambush. There were even spellcasters!

Zhao Hao used a "splitting palm" to kill a small monster wielding a bone knife who jumped down from a tree and was about to split Mount Hua in two.

His palms were covered in a golden metallic sheen, indicating that he had already activated the Vajra Palm technique. Using the Mage's Hand technique at this moment would amplify the effect.

With a single palm strike, the golden mage's hand, fifty centimeters in diameter, snapped most of the little monster's bones in mid-air.

Just then, Zhao Hao suddenly sensed a malice. Turning around, he saw a dark green beam of psionic energy shooting towards him. His eyesight was excellent; he could even see a twisted, grotesque little monster's face violently shaking at the head of the beam.

This thing is so vicious, you can't even imagine what the consequences would be if you were hit by it.

He instinctively threw out a paper figure, which transformed into a human form to shield himself, while he flew backward.

The dark green psionic ray struck the paper figure, instantly turning most of its body dark green. Then it transformed into a psionic ghost head with its mouth wide open, biting the paper figure and desperately gnawing at it.

Behind a tree twenty meters away, a smaller, even smaller monster covered in scattered bone ornaments had just dropped a decaying skull. This thing was made at the cost of several smaller monsters' lives; it was very precious.

The dark green psionic ray was fired using the skull of the gruesome little monster as a consumable.

Because it uses poisonous materials as its consumption, this "Venomous Bone-Corroding Arrow" is as powerful as a level 5 Black Iron spell, and it possesses a relentless, corrosive quality, like maggots that gnaw at the very bones. It is extremely vicious.

If Zhao Hao hadn't used the paper figure to block the attack, even with all the protection and damage reduction, plus his spiritual energy resistance, he would definitely not have fared well.

This is an attack spell far exceeding the abilities of the little monster wizard.

However, since Zhao Hao has escaped, it is naturally the little monster wizard's time to die.

The next instant, it and the tree in front of it were enveloped by the barrier, which then instantly contracted and squeezed into a ball. The little monster wizard was like an orange in a juicer, gushing out juice. The next instant, the barrier shattered, and the little monster wizard, along with the tree trunk, was blown to pieces, leaving a pile of dismembered remains on the ground.

……

Zhao Hao only used a small portion of his abilities against Marilena, but it was enough for him to protect himself and kill the enemy.

Marilena wielded two high-frequency psionic daggers, darting and leaping like a shadow among the tree trunks. Her daggers swiftly reaped the lives of smaller monsters. Her strength was surprisingly formidable.

Oliver didn't need to worry. The soft material wrapped around his body blocked a lot of damage. When the bone knife came at him, it not only didn't hurt him, but it also absorbed a layer of the bone knife.

Little Soft's tiny eyes roamed all over Oliver, and it even took the initiative to attack him.

Oliver was a tough guy. After overcoming his initial fear, he raised his fists and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the little monsters. Once he caught one, he could smash it half to death. But his real trump card was the softies.

Little Soft can often suddenly pop out a sticky hand from strange angles, stick to a small monster, and then quickly "eat" it up, as if it's been absorbed!

This terrified Oliver, who felt a chill run down his spine at the thought of being encased in this strange green jelly.

The three fought their way to the edge of the forest. The smaller monsters finally stopped chasing them; instead, the monsters from the towns that had followed the trail into the woods began to hunt down the smaller ones, even tearing them apart and eating them!

The scene was extremely bloody, but the monsters seemed used to it.

Some monsters sensed something was wrong and moved closer to the three, especially one with a long nose that resembled a canine.

The monster had a long nose, a face that looked like an elongated dog's face, a long but hunched upper body, and long arms that reached down to its knees.

It kept twitching its nose around Oliver, getting closer and closer with an excited look on its face.

Just like that pervert who spotted a woman going commando on the tram.

Zhao Hao sensed something was wrong and worried that the dog-nose monster might have smelled something, so he quickly gave Oliver a wink.

Oliver, quick-witted as ever, instantly understood Zhao Hao's meaning and swung his fist, smashing it into the dog's nose. The dog-nosed monster fell to the ground immediately, and Oliver followed up with two more kicks, making it howl in pain.

The dog-nosed monster didn't come alone; it had three or four companions with it, and they immediately charged forward. Zhao Hao and Marina also moved closer to Oliver, and the two sides immediately engaged in a fierce battle.

In the end, the dog-nose monster and his gang of five monsters were thoroughly beaten up and lay on the ground bleeding from their heads.

Amidst the monsters' evasive gazes, Zhao Hao and his companions successfully returned to the town.

……

This Demon Town is very strange; it has a certain order, but this order is built on chaos.

For example, there are taverns and inns here, but they don't charge money; instead, people barter.

There were also some strong and powerful monsters who simply beat up the boss as payment.

And then there are the weaker monsters, who are ambushed and killed by other monsters in the middle of the night.

In short, there is no such thing as peace in this town. Mutual killing and violence are as commonplace as eating, drinking, and breathing; they are no longer routine but indispensable.

Zhao Hao and his two companions found a tavern to stay in, but they couldn't eat there. The meat they served there was completely unidentifiable.

It was simply for lodging and to gather information.

Believe it or not, I actually found out some information.

First, there's the matter of those humans who unfortunately fell into the Demon Town. Many of them died, but some were captured alive.

In this Demon Town, there are some powerful monsters who occupy a very high position.

A few humans were captured alive and then handed over to those powerful monsters. What they were used for, however, remains unknown.

Zhao Hao and his two companions even witnessed one with their own eyes.

They had just found a hotel when they heard a commotion outside, saying that humans had been captured.

The three ran outside and saw a white man with his hands tied being carried on the shoulder of a burly monster with a bull's head and horns, heading into town.

The man was terrified and appeared to have fainted, but Zhao Hao noticed that thick, coarse black hair had sprouted from his back.

Moreover, observing his aura, it also presents a very chaotic and tangled form, as if it has been invaded by something and is undergoing a transformation.

Adding to what Oliver had said earlier about one of them suddenly turning into a monster, Zhao Hao had some guesses.