Forbidden Zone of Deception

Chapter 297 Possessed by Evil
boom! ! !
The deafening gunshots echoed in the confined space, splinters flew everywhere, and a large hole was blasted through the door lock!
Jiang Jin kicked open the broken door and roared at Blood Lord and the others behind him, "You all wait outside! Guard this place and prevent us from being lured away! Remember, only I can go in!"

"Deathstroke! Sadie! Follow me!" Jiang Jin shouted, and the two undead hounds growled as they charged into the darkness of the basement.

Jiang Jin took a deep breath, gripped the shotgun tightly, turned on the tactical flashlight attached to the bottom of the barrel, and stepped into the basement without hesitation.

Behind him, the basement door seemed to be pushed by an invisible hand after he entered, and then quickly closed again!
Inside the doorway was pitch black; the beam of the flashlight illuminated only a limited area. Deathstroke and Sadie growled at his feet, sensing a profound danger.

Jiang Jin could clearly sense that the evil spirit that dragged Christine away, and the true source of terror in this house, lurked in this deep darkness, quietly waiting for him.

He didn't know where Christine had been taken, and could only rely on his hunter's instincts and the guidance of his two hounds to carefully make his way deeper into the basement.

In the darkness, he seemed to hear whispers in his ears, and felt cold breaths on the back of his neck. He knew that the evil spirits' game had only just begun.

The beam of the flashlight was so weak here that he had to rely more on the soul fire burning in Deathstroke's eyes to see.

"Christine!" Jiang Jin called out in a low voice, but there was no response.

He and his two undead hounds quickly searched most of the basement, looking for any possible hiding places, but found nothing. Christine seemed to have vanished into thin air.

He ordered Deathstroke and Sadie to infiltrate the contaminated layer to search, but even as they traversed in their ash form, the feedback they received was still the same—nothing!
The girl was dragged into an area deeper than the current contaminated layer, and it was clear that her chances of survival were slim.

A strong sense of unease suddenly struck, the hunter's instincts screamed warnings, and a chilling sense of crisis rose at the back of his neck.

Actually, Jiang Jin still had a choice; the cold, hard return-to-town rune stone in the Reincarnator's Watch space was still there. As long as he activated it, he could immediately leave this instance and return to Night Amusement Park.

However… Return-to-town runes are extremely precious, and each one used reduces the remaining supply. Moreover, once used, the Demon Hunter Crossbow, considered a “dungeon loot,” cannot be brought back, significantly diminishing all previous efforts and adventures. He must not resort to this last trump card unless absolutely necessary.

Just then, the death knell sounded an urgent warning! In its undead vision, behind Jiang Jin, the figure of a woman with a twisted neck and a bluish-purple face slowly emerged from the darkness, reaching out her pale, swollen hand to grab at the back of Jiang Jin's neck!
Jiang Jin felt a chill run down his spine. He whirled around, his shotgun instantly pointing behind him! But... there was nothing there!

A dead silence.

But the cold feeling of being spied on and touched by death was so real!

The SAN value on the watch screen is dropping rapidly...

Jiang Jin could clearly feel his rationality being rapidly eroded by the intense malice around him.

My vision began to distort slightly, and the whispers in my ear became clearer, filled with resentment and seduction.

He knew that if things continued like this, he would soon be pulled into the depths of the Lost Layer, and at that point, it would be uncertain whether he could return!
suddenly!

The ghostly flames in Deathstroke's eyes suddenly went out!
Even the flashlight beam disappeared!
Pitch blackness descended instantly, swallowing everything!
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Jin felt a cold hand suddenly grab his throat!

An immense force lifted him off the ground! A feeling of suffocation instantly overwhelmed him, and his vision began to darken.

Jiang Jin struggled desperately, kicking his legs wildly in the air, pointing the Silent Hill shotgun straight ahead, and pulling the trigger hard by instinct!

boom! boom!
Deafening gunshots rang out in the confined space, and scorching hot shotgun shells sprayed out, but all that could be heard was the sound of old furniture being hit and splintered into pieces!
The bullet pierced through the air and hit the material object, but had no effect on the invisible entity that was choking him!

Jiang Jin instantly understood. Although from a materialistic perspective, the space in front of him appeared to be his opponent, their true form actually existed entirely within the chaotic and distorted space of the Lost Layer. And he was still unable to locate the chaotic space of the Lost Layer and launch an attack!
Unless... unless he can truly advance to LV3 and possess even greater power to corrupt and interfere with the rules, he won't be able to reach the deeper layers of the Lost Layer!

The feeling of suffocation intensified, and his consciousness began to blur. Just as he was about to give up and was about to use the return-to-town rune—

hum!
A burst of intense dark red light suddenly erupted in the basement, instantly dispelling some of the darkness!
Jiang Jin was astonished to see a terrifying figure in front of him—the demon nun Valak—who was dressed in a black nun's robe, had a distorted face, and was covered in soul power chains.
Its withered hand was tightly gripping the neck of another figure!

The figure being choked by Valak is the very source of this house—the evil witch spirit Basshiba!
She was dressed in a colonial-era witch's robe, her face contorted with rage, her eyes filled with malice!

"Hiss—" Valak opened his mouth, and a jet-black venomous snake, flashing with eerie runes, suddenly darted out and bit Basshiba's neck!
Basshiba immediately let out a shrill, inhuman scream, and the black resentment churning around him paused for a moment!
It's now!

Valak's appearance and attack acted like a bright beacon, temporarily "fixing" and "revealing" Basshiba's location deep within the Lost Layer!

Upstairs, the Blood Lord, having retrieved the Soul Refining Jar, was releasing a massive amount of soul power chains to forcibly restrain Valak. After all, it would take forty-nine days to refine Valak into a ghost slave using the Soul Refining Jar, and in such a short time, he could only use soul chains to forcibly bind and control her for a short period. This was a high-risk act, which could backfire on the Blood Lord himself at any moment! The Blood Lord's face was extremely pale, as if he would suffocate and die at any moment!

In the basement, the instinct for survival and the will to hunt enabled Jiang Jin to unleash his final power!

He suddenly took out two pieces of meat that could quickly replenish his SAN value and stuffed them into his mouth, forcing them down!
At the same time, he took out the Demon Hunter Crossbow with his other hand!

There was no need to aim at all. At such close range, Basshiba was completely pinned down by Valak and was a sitting duck!

"Go to hell!"

Jiang Jin roared and pulled the trigger of his crossbow!
Whoosh!Whoosh!
At such close range, the two crossbow bolts were almost in a straight line, piercing Basshiba's skull with unparalleled accuracy!
puff!puff!
Dark red, foul-smelling blood spurted from between Basshiba's eyebrows and from his mouth!

She let out an even more painful and furious roar, her resentment boiling violently around her. She suddenly broke free from Valak's grip and her figure once again vanished into the endless darkness!

After Basshiba disappeared, the demon nun Valak glanced at Jiang Jin with her burning eyes before being pulled back by the soul power chains. The basement was once again shrouded in darkness, leaving only Jiang Jin's heavy breathing.

Jiang Jin clutched his neck and coughed violently. The flashlight beam returned to normal, and the soul fire in Deathstroke's eye sockets reignited.

He survived...

He struggled to his feet and staggered toward the basement door, which was now open again.

Outside, Blood Lord and his men immediately surrounded them.

"How about it?"

Jiang Jin shook his head with a grim expression and said hoarsely, "The evil witch... Basshiba... I hurt her, but I couldn't save Christine... She escaped back into the depths of the Lost Layer."

In the living room, the Perrins were completely devastated by the loss of their two daughters.

Roger slumped to the ground, his eyes vacant.

Caroline knelt on the ground, clutching the fallen crucifix tightly in her hands, tears streaming down her face. With all her might, she prayed to God: "Lord! Please! Save my last daughters! I am willing... I am willing to believe in you and serve you for the rest of my life! Please show me your power!"

However, what responded to her was not a miracle.

The moment her prayer ended, her body suddenly stiffened!
The sadness and despair in his eyes quickly faded, replaced by an emptiness and deathly stillness, which was then gradually replaced by an extreme resentment and ferocity!

Her facial muscles began to contort unnaturally, and she made strange gurgling sounds in her throat.

"Not good!" Blood Lord's expression changed drastically. "She's been possessed! Basshiba took advantage of her moment of despair to forcibly merge into her body!"

As soon as the words fell——

"Roar!!!"

A roar that didn't sound human, a mixture of female and beastly voices, burst from Caroline's mouth!
All the lights in the room flickered wildly, as if there was a malfunction, going on and off!
Photos on the wall fell off one by one, and furniture moved without reason!
When the lights finally stabilized after several violent flashes, everyone was horrified to discover that the two reincarnators in the team who had been almost invisible, Li Zheng and Yao Xixi, had disappeared!

And "Caroline," who was just standing there, has also disappeared!

Blood Lord's heart sank to the bottom. His worst fears had come true.

Once the core consciousness of the evil witch Basshiba is deeply integrated with Caroline's material body, she will no longer be just a ghost wandering in the contaminated layer.

She will be able to use this body as an anchor point to move directly in the material layer, while simultaneously drawing upon its terrifying power originating from the depths of the lost layer!
The threat level of a possessed person who has a physical body and can wield supernatural powers will increase exponentially!

The real nightmare is only just beginning.

This house has been completely turned into her hunting ground!
(End of this chapter)