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Zhao Hao ruthlessly killed more than a dozen mutants along the way and finally arrived at the town mayor's house.

The mayor's house is located in the very center of the town. It is quite large and is said to be an old family house passed down through generations.

Zhao Hao kicked open the door, and several servants ran over upon hearing the noise.

These people have mutated even more severely, and are now very close to water demons. They are also stronger, and all of them are at the Black Iron level.

Zhao Hao shouted, "Close your eyes!" Then he drew the Dragon Slayer Saber and went up to deliver a decapitation strike!

After killing several servants who rushed at him with a few consecutive slashes, Zhao Hao rushed straight into the inner courtyard.

The old town mayor whom Zhao Hao had met once was sitting in the grand chair in the main hall.

On the wall behind him hung a huge painting of a golden dragon moving through the clouds and bringing rain.

His ears had taken on a strange fin-like shape, and his silver hair had transformed into curved, hard quills, much like the quills of a porcupine. At first glance, one might mistake him for a predator hunter.

However, compared to those people whose mutations are quite random, he seems much more human. While others exhibit a sense of uncontrolled demonic transformation, his is more of a controlled demonic transformation.

Thinking back to the "immortal transformation technique" that Xu Jinjiang, whom he had just beheaded, had mentioned, and considering the incredible transformation abilities of this old man's father, Zhao Hao had some guesses. He figured Xu Jinjiang had most likely been fooled by this old man hiding behind the scenes.

At this moment, Zhao Hao's anger level had reached its limit. At first, he was only agitated and nervous because of his own safety, but after Mr. Li died tragically, Li Tie committed suicide, and Sha Dan and Xiao Ni'er were almost thrown into the river as sacrifices, his heart was filled with rage!

That kind of anger when you witness innocent and kind people being ruthlessly destroyed by others for their own selfish desires!

Endless rage!

"You old bastard, you're the one who killed so many people?!"

Zhao Hao, carrying the still-dripping Dragon-Slaying Saber, blocked the gate, veins bulging on his forehead, eyes wide open, cheeks clenched tightly, and squeezed out these words through clenched teeth.

The old mayor's face was somewhat distorted, and his expression was unreadable, but his voice was quite calm.

"It's not a matter of causing death; after all, including myself, we've all died countless times. Young outsider, please hear me out..."

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Chapter 77 I'll stay and keep Xiao Ni'er company.

Zhao Hao gripped the Dragon Slayer Saber tightly, his hand even making a creaking sound, barely suppressing the urge to kill this old bastard with a single blow.

The old town mayor sat in a grand chair, his body hunched over. He stretched out his hands and looked at them, which had become sharp and webbed between his fingers.

"We've been trapped here for who knows how many years. We've faced life and death countless times. Every time an outsider comes here, we go through this process. It's just that most people don't remember it..."

“From the moment you went to find Guo Jiu, I knew you were different from the other outsiders. You were stronger; many of them were directly eaten by the river monsters. Guo Jiu is different; he's different from us…”

"You went to Wolonggou, didn't you? The fact that you managed to come back is astounding. I admit I overestimated you, but I still underestimated you. My father must be dead. There's nothing I can do; when he failed to transform into a dragon, he was already a half-dead monster. So many years, so many attempts. He could never complete it..."

“Don’t look at me like that. I know I made a mistake. I wanted to use this dragon transformation method to make my father a dragon, but I never expected it to become more and more bizarre. It killed so many children and ended up like this. I am guilty, that’s true! But now that it can’t successfully transform into a dragon, we can’t leave here! Leave this bizarre place…”

This old bastard seems to harbor resentment that his father didn't become a dragon among men!

"I know you really want to leave here, don't you? Me too. There's only one way now!"

The old town mayor glanced at Sha Dan and Xiao Ni'er, who were secretly peeking into the house from behind Zhao Hao.

"As long as the sacrifice is completed! This time we will definitely succeed! Although my father is dead, I can still transform into a dragon. As long as I succeed, we can all leave! When the flood comes, I will definitely be able to successfully transform into a dragon and then I will take you out of this closed world!"

The old mayor could no longer maintain his calm expression. He stood up shakily, his hands trembling with excitement!

"Once I transform into a dragon, we can escape! Otherwise, if everything starts over, you'll become one of the people in this town, never able to escape, and forced to repeat this cycle again and again!"

The old town mayor stared at Zhao Hao, his eyes full of hope: "How about it? Just one. You can take the little girl, and you can take the boy with you! Save as many as you can!"

"I killed your father, don't you hate me?" Zhao Hao asked, staring at him.

The old town mayor looked impatient. "My father has been dead for decades. What difference would it make if he died again? Don't worry, I won't hold a grudge."

"Then you are truly a filial son!"

Zhao Hao smiled, lightly flicking the Dragon-Slaying Saber in his hand to shake off the blood droplets, revealing a blade as bright as the moon.

The old mayor sensed something was wrong, took two steps back, and shouted, "Don't be impulsive! If you kill me, you'll never be able to leave this town!"

"Fuck you!"

Zhao Hao cleaved the old town mayor's head with a single blow!

He wielded the knife with both hands and jumped up to chop!

The incredibly sharp Dragon-Slaying Blade cleaved from the top of his head all the way to his hip, splitting the old bastard in two! His internal organs and blood spilled all over the ground!

The old mayor's two halves of his body fell to the ground, his expression still shifting. He couldn't understand how someone could be so unafraid of death. Didn't he want to live?

In order to survive, he moved his father's grave to a deadly place and used evil magic to induce the birth of a dragon, eventually dragging the entire town into this bizarre place, repeating the tragic cycle time and time again.

But I don't regret it at all; I still want to live.

Why is this young man not afraid of death?

"Hey tui~" Zhao Hao spat out a mouthful of phlegm, "Even if I die, I'll kill you, you damned old bastard, first!"

However, that old bastard was right about one thing: after killing him, the spiritual energy in the entire eerie realm began to surge violently. If the previous large-scale anomalies in the town were caused by a strange and eerie surge of spiritual energy, then now this spiritual energy was exploding!

Visible dark clouds began to swirl in the sky, and lightning and strange cracks spread across the heavens, as if the sky itself had been torn apart.

The earth began to tremble slightly, the grass and trees withered and died, and the walls and buildings began to peel and crumble, presenting a scene of impending doom!

Zhao Hao quickly grabbed Sha Dan and Xiao Ni'er, rushed out of the house, and mounted the donkey!

"Damn it! I refuse to believe there's no way out! Run! Run!"

The donkey, sensing its life was threatened, ran incredibly fast, practically disappearing in a flash.

Suddenly, the fool shouted, "East! East! On the way Brother Zhao came!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Hao was overjoyed, feeling as if he had just found a way out of a difficult situation.

People with superhuman abilities tend to have accurate intuition, and when this happens, it usually means there is a real way out!

Zhao Hao spurred his donkey and galloped eastward. Behind him, the earth began to rumble and tremble violently. Cracks appeared in the ground, and buildings in the town collapsed one after another, falling into the ever-widening fissures.

The donkey brayed wildly, its hooves blurring as it sped eastward along the road beside the Yao River. Its speed was so great that Zhao Hao could barely open his eyes.

Sure enough, when I ran back to the road I came from, I saw a bamboo forest at the end of the road!

"Holy crap! There's hope!"

Zhao Hao quickly spurred the donkey on, but suddenly he felt the donkey lighten. He turned around and found that Sha Dan and Xiao Ni'er were no longer on the donkey!

The fool had just jumped off the donkey, while the little girl stood far away by the river, simply smiling and not saying a word.

Zhao Hao reined in his donkey, "Whoa!"

"Idiot, run! We're going to be too late! And little girl, what are you doing there? Come here! We can get out this way!"

The little girl smiled shyly, shook her head, and didn't say anything.

Shadan scratched his head and grinned at Zhao Hao, "Brother Zhao, you can go now. I'm not going out. I have to stay and keep Xiaoni company. She'll be lonely by herself."

Zhao Hao suddenly seemed to understand something...

He gritted his teeth and ran to the edge of the bamboo grove, but hesitated to take that final step. Looking back, he saw that the silly boy was already standing beside the little girl by the river, pulling her hand and waving goodbye to Zhao Hao!

Zhao Hao even saw Guo Jiu standing in the water waving at him before gradually sinking into the river.

The earth finally collapsed to the banks of the Yao River, and the river water, carrying countless lives and the past, flowed underground, and the river dried up.

Zhao Hao rushed into the bamboo forest and ran to the well in one breath. He put away the Thousand-Mile Donkey, hugged the Orange Seat in one hand and Xiao Ruan in his arms, and plunged into the well.

Time seemed to slow down around us, and the dark well walls gradually transformed into a series of images.

Zhao Hao saw that the aging town mayor had acquired an evil technique. In order to prolong his life, he exhumed his father's remains and moved them to a dangerous and desolate place. Then, he used a water demon to haunt the town and frighten the people. Through a wandering sorcerer, he forced the town to sacrifice young boys and girls and used the water demon to steal corpses as materials to help his father transform into a dragon.

This event even led to the rise of a powerful black water demon, which killed the original river god. The demon then haunted the riverbanks and was worshipped, known as the Black Fish General…

This sacrifice lasted for more than ten years, with one child born each year!

That year, the lot was drawn from the Xu family, a wealthy household in the town. However, the Xu family bribed everyone to sacrifice the fatherless little girl.

Little Ni'er was mute from a young age, and her only playmate was a somewhat simple-minded boy named Sha Dan. On the day of the sacrifice, Little Ni'er was thrown into the water, and Sha Dan jumped into the river with her.

As a result, Xiao Ni'er's mother, who had gone mad, muttered to herself as she carried a wooden washbasin and walked into the bamboo forest, a forbidden area in the town from many years ago. She cried and wailed by the well in the bamboo forest, praying to the Heavenly Venerable of Boundless Blessings, and finally plunged into the well.

That night, the Yao River swelled by ten zhang (approximately 33 meters), completely leveling the riverside town. When the floodwaters receded, not a trace of the town remained on the ground.

And this waterside town appears in the eerie realm, endlessly repeating the events before its destruction.

Many people who entered the eerie realm for various reasons eventually became members of Linshui Town after the destruction, repeating the cycle of death and destruction time and time again.

When Zhao Hao opened his eyes and came to his senses, he found himself back in his dream!

He quickly left the bamboo forest, reopened the barrier to envelop the dream, and then stood under the red torii gate to observe.

Beneath the bamboo forest, something enormous seemed to begin to writhe, slowly rising and then creeping and meandering deeper into the sea of ​​spiritual energy...

Zhao Hao wanted to see more clearly, but suddenly his eyes stung, his inspiration surged, and he felt as if his soul had flown away!

He quickly covered his eyes, realizing he had acted rashly; he felt blood seeping through his fingers!

Just as he had almost seen the towering black shadow clearly, Zhao Hao nearly lost his soul!

Even if he closed his eyes in time, he couldn't escape injury. His eyes bled, and he almost went blind.

Fortunately, this is a dream, so it won't affect my physical body.

Nevertheless, Zhao Hao's spiritual vision attribute in his mind also surged to 38!

This is almost to the point where you'd be making eye contact with some being in the ocean of psionic energy as soon as you open your eyes!

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Chapter 78 Placing the Mysterious Realm

"Wake up, wake up!"

The fat man, who was sitting in a chair dozing off, suddenly saw Zhao Hao prop himself up and sit up, and quickly called out.

He, Gou Quan, and Uncle Tie had been keeping watch over Zhao Hao all night.

"Holy crap! Ritian, are you alright?" The fat man quickly grabbed Zhao Hao's arm.

Zhao Hao gave a weak smile. "I'm fine. I'm back alive... What time is it now? How many days have passed?"

"Now?" The fat man looked at the clock on the wall. "Isn't it six o'clock? It's only been a night. Wait, what's wrong with your eyes?" He noticed that Zhao Hao's eyes had been closed the whole time.

Zhao Hao suddenly understood: "So that's how it is. No wonder I didn't sign in. I thought you couldn't sign in in the eerie realm. It turns out I only stayed there for one night!"