Forbidden Zone of Deception

Chapter 144 Fierce Battle and Escape
Han Wei crushed a gray worm that was trying to crawl up his foot with the sole of his boot. The worm's corpse burst open, and the sticky liquid gleamed with a rusty color.

Jiang Jin could tell that the opponent was a very skilled hunter!

The Hunter class has one of the best growth potential among the ten Reincarnator classes, and its leveling difficulty is much higher than that of other classes, so the level suppression is quite obvious.

"That lantern?" Jiang Jin noticed that even though the battle had begun, Han Wei was still holding onto the lantern in his hand!
The buzzing of Gu worms echoed in the ears of the Death Knell, and the gray worm swarm commanded by Liu Yan was sharing [Swarm Vision] with this undead hound.

Han Wei was quite wary of the hound formed from the ashes of resentment, while the hound Demon Bone beside him seemed to have met its match, its fangs dripping corrosive saliva.

The two sides began to fall into an extremely strange standoff.

"You're Han Wei, right?" Liu Yan suddenly asked, "That infamous bounty hunter?"

"It's an honor that a beauty like you would remember my name," Han Wei said, holding up his pistol. "That's right, I am Han Wei."

Liu Yan raised her left hand and replied, "I'm sorry, I'm a married woman."

"Haha, who doesn't have the ambition of Prime Minister Cao?"

Han Wei deliberately provoked Jiang Jin with his words, hoping to provoke him into revealing a weakness.

When top hunters clash, the one who makes the fewest mistakes always wins.

Moreover, Jiang Jin is only a Level 1 Blood Pursuer!
He just couldn't understand how this couple had obtained more than thirty resentment crystal fragments? Were they running around in the Annihilation Layer in a rampage mode, harvesting Annihilation Corpses? What a joke, did they really think this was an online game?!
Han Wei, who had advanced to LV2, knew very well that anyone who actually thought the Reincarnation System was a data-driven online game system was going to die without even knowing how!

But Jiang Jin did not fall for his trick as he expected. Instead, he replied, "Based on what you just said, rest assured, I will definitely not leave you with a complete corpse."

Da Feng was hiding in the back, trembling all over.

Han Wei suddenly raised his gun barrel!
The moment the bullet tore through the night sky, Liu Yan's swarm of Gu worms had already formed a shield.

The light membrane of [Insect Armor Protection] appeared on Jiang Jin's chest, but Han Wei's bullet still pierced through the first layer of insect shield before stopping, and was then swarmed by gray threadworms and devoured into iron slag.

The two sides' undead hounds lunged at each other, and Deathstroke opened his blood-red maw, entering the [Undead Awakening] state, at which point each of his canine teeth was coated with [Gu Poison]!
Han Wei used his leather boots to break off a dead branch and leap backward, but he stepped on the [Blood Rust Gu] that Liu Yan had planted in advance.

The worm instantly burrowed through the sole of his boot, and spiderweb-like rust spots spread across his right leg—this was the combined effect of [Gu Poison] and [Hunting Curse Mark], and his SAN value began to drop rapidly!
This is already quite deep in the Lost Layer. If we continue to fall, the SAN value will drop to 30%! Although the Reincarnation System will lock SAN, he will also enter the gap between the Lost Layer and the Oblivion Layer!

"Death!"

Jiang Jin rushed forward at lightning speed, his boning knife stabbing out from an incredible angle.

Liu Yan told him that the opponent's tactical vest was bulletproof and could even protect the head, so the blade would be even more effective!
The blade was now crawling with gray worms, and it was aimed straight for Han Wei's throat!

As a legendary bounty hunter, Han Wei's response was textbook-perfect: he immediately sidestepped, letting the hunting blade slash his shoulder blade, while simultaneously slamming his bloodied palm into the ground!
He activated his countermeasures against Rusty Iron Hunt!

Thirty centipedes lurking in the soil suddenly sprang up, these Gu worms, enhanced by the hunter's curse power, turned their spears and pounced on Jiang Jin and Liu Yan!

Han Wei smiled coldly. If he could be taken down so easily, how could he have been chosen by a big shot like the Blood Lord to sneak into this instance to carry out a hunting mission?

Liu Yan had not expected the Gu worms to turn against her, and immediately commanded the swarm to respond.

Meanwhile, the centipede swarm, which Han Wei had somehow managed to turn against them, collectively self-destructed three centimeters away from the two of them. The damage reduction effect of the [Insect Armor Protection] barely kept the corrosive liquid out, but even this protection was starting to crumble.

At this moment, Deathstroke and Bone were tearing each other apart. Deathstroke's canine teeth pierced through Bone's forelimbs, and the [Soul Devouring Corrosion] effect caused the wound to rust instantly.

But Han Wei actually laughed at this moment: "This is exactly what I've been waiting for."

He pulled a hunting knife covered in runes from his sleeve, and taking advantage of the moment when Deathstroke was biting the demon bone, he pounced on him and the blade pierced Deathstroke's eye socket with pinpoint accuracy!
This is a hunting blade specifically designed for vengeful ash forms, which he usually uses when hunting ash humanoids.

The amount of resentful ash in Deathstroke's body is higher than that of a regular undead hound, so this hunting blade is actually more effective!
The death knell tolled mournfully, and Liu Yan's shared vision of the insect swarm was completely cut off!

"Death knell!" Jiang Jin angrily raised the Death knell and aimed it at Han Wei, but just as Liu Yan said, even if the bullet hit the head, it would still bounce off!

"Calm down! Get Deathstroke out of the Lost Layer first!"

Liu Yan's words reminded Jiang Jin, and he let Deathstroke leave the Lost Layer first.

Then, the couple stood back to back, and Liu Yan's Gu worms formed a five-meter diameter encirclement around them, but the [Insect Armor Protection] wouldn't last long.

Next, Liu Yan took out a Gu sac and crushed it. The burst of insect mist caused a rusty rain to fall over the entire forest!

Han Wei's response was to pull the trigger.

The moment the bullet collided with the swarm of insects, the ultimate effect of the [Hunting Gu Pact] was triggered—the swarm of Gu insects split into a suicide squad, rushing straight at Han Wei and his hunting dogs!

"Little tricks!"

Han Wei sneered, raised his gun, aimed at the Gu worm, and quickly pulled the trigger!
His marksmanship was divine, never missing a shot! Most terrifyingly, a single bullet could pierce through multiple Gu worms simultaneously along its trajectory!
Han Wei has been a bounty hunter for so long without ever missing a shot. His accumulated combat experience and terrifying marksmanship are far beyond what Jiang Jin can match!

"Witchcraft, is it that powerful?" Han Wei sneered. As a reincarnator, he walked the path of defying fate and dancing with death! So what if you're a witchcraft practitioner? Could you possibly scare him? "You're among the best prey I've encountered in the past two years, enough to be the subject of my conversation when I'm drinking in bars for the next two or three years," Han Wei sneered. "The biggest weakness of Gu worms is related to the stability of their SAN value. This means that it's difficult for you to make Gu worms move stably on the same level; their speed will be the first thing affected."

Of all those Gu worms, not a single one could fly to Han Wei!
His gun was simply incredible. Not only could the bullets fire in rapid succession without any time limit, but some of the bullets could almost overlap to form a continuous barrage, instantly piercing through more than a dozen Gu worms!

The rust poison of the hunting dogs has also been suppressed!

Jiang Jin and Liu Yan both realized that the other party... was an unprecedentedly formidable enemy!
"I heard that Wu Qin died at your hands." Han Wei continued to hold up his gun and said coldly, "I thought you were so capable, but it turns out you're nothing special."

Jiang Jin said coldly, "Where did this rumor come from? I never killed the person you're talking about."

“Sigh, I also don’t think it was you who killed her. But the employer wants your head, so I have to complete the mission. Since your wife isn’t on my kill list, I can let her go.”

Jiang Jin held up the Mourning Cry; with the methods he had, it was almost impossible to deal with this enemy!

Han Wei is equally adept in close and long-range combat, and his combat skills are astonishing. Most importantly, he is a Level 2 Ghost Hunter!

He hasn't even used his LV2 class skill yet!
Suddenly, the death knell came rushing from behind Han Wei!

A masterpiece of bronze incantations!

However, the Demon Bone was prepared and pounced on Deathstroke in his undead awakening mode!
The next moment, the death knell suddenly fell to the ground, and a strange, blood-red net appeared on the ground, binding it!

[Hunting Territory]!
LV2 Ghost Hunter Class Skills!
"Finally, the domain is activated." Han Wei shrugged. "The only drawback of this move is that the wind-up time is a bit too long. You're now inside my hunting domain, and from this moment on, there's no escape!"

Then, he suddenly raised his hand and actually pierced his left eye socket, and then removed his own eyeball!
The magazine was opened, and he pinched his eyeball and stuffed it into the magazine!
Jiang Jin recognized it at a glance: it was one of the Ghost Hunter's class skills, [Ghost Eye Bullet]!
He then raised his pistol.

"The prey marked by my eyes within the hunting area will be 100% pierced by my Ghost Eye Bullet! One shot can take away 15% of your SAN! In that case, I can send you to the crevice between the Lost and Annihilation layers! I'd like to see if your turtle shell, oh no, your insect shell... can withstand this Ghost Eye Bullet?"

Da Feng, standing behind Jiang Jin and Liu Yan, was completely stunned by what he saw and couldn't utter a single word!
As he spoke, his empty left eye socket had completely recovered, and a new pupil had formed!
Each Ghost Eye bullet consumes 5% of Han Wei's SAN value, but it's worth it for him right now. Even if one shot doesn't break through the insect armor's protection, it will be their last gasp. Moreover, he feels that this shot has a 90% chance of breaking through the armor!
Liu Yan gritted her teeth and said, "He must have top-tier protective gear; the Gu poison has no effect on him. It seems his employer gave him quite a few good things."

Jiang Jin sighed as he watched Deathstroke desperately tearing at the net but unable to break through.

"This is the only way!"

“You can think about it again,” Han Wei continued. “Your wife can leave now, but you can stay.”

If you push a sorcerer to the brink and they resort to a suicidal attack, Han Wei will be in serious trouble. Therefore, letting Liu Yan leave is the best course of action. Not being afraid is one thing, but minimizing unnecessary trouble is another. For a hunter, the key to hunting is to achieve the greatest results with the least loss.

Suddenly, on the ground, next to the countless corpses of Gu worms, lumps of flesh began to rise rapidly!
This caught Han Wei completely off guard!

what's the situation?
He quickly switched to normal bullet mode and started shooting at the fleshy lumps one by one!

But... the shattered mass of flesh began to swell rapidly, forming even more bizarre lumps of flesh!

Soon, the mass of flesh began to transform into human-shaped outlines, and one after another, fair and beautiful women's faces appeared.

"Handsome guy..." the woman exclaimed in Japanese, "You look so handsome!"

I like you so much!

The women began to speak in human language, and Han Wei, holding the gun, was unable to pull the trigger for a moment!
They all have the exact same face!

Liu Yan breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, the other party is male. Tomie's charm is enough to make his SAN value drop drastically."

Then, one by one, naked women approached Han Wei, who held his gun for a long time but couldn't fire it!
His protective gear is powerful, but it lacks protection against cognitive contamination!
And Tomie's allure was indeed terrifying; before long, one Tomie after another embraced Han Wei, and then...

Suddenly, Tomie snatched his gun, and another took the lantern!

"No!"

Suddenly Han Wei came to his senses, drew his hunting blade, and slit the throat of one of the men in front of him, Tomie!

But it was too late.

The lanterns have been taken away!

Tomie threw the gun and lantern to Jiang Jin and Liu Yan!

Another Tomie-like figure helped Deathstroke untangle that massive net!
What's terrifying is that even the undead hound Demon Bone could be charmed by Tomie! She's probably a male dog.

"go!"

"asshole!"

Han Wei's roar could be heard faintly behind us! Soon, it disappeared from our ears.

He got lost again in the Lost Layer!
Jiang Jin, Liu Yan, Da Feng, and Sang Zhong ran wildly through the woods, and guided by the lantern in front of them, they finally emerged from the woods and arrived at Teacher Park's house!
Finally... they made it out!
Jiang Jin released the Blood-Eating Crow, which flew into the house in front of him, ready to investigate!
(End of this chapter)