Why is my journey to the world of anime a strange tale of rules?

Gao Hai himself stood still and did not make any move to stop them, but simply watched the villagers fleeing in a sorry state.

Could it be that this guy is just bluffing, and actually has no real ability, only using the appearance of those strange creatures to scare people?

Many people couldn't help but have this thought in their hearts, and some even contemplated violence, pulling out knives and axes, wanting to take this opportunity to strike Gao Hai a few times. However, most people focused on escaping, believing that as long as they could successfully leave this place, they could find a way to continue living. In their struggle for survival, these scoundrels displayed remarkable speed and tenacity, to the point that even Gao Hai had to admire them.

So Gao Hai opened his mouth, adjusted his strength, and uttered those words:

"The Blood Moon has not yet risen, but the people who suppress evil will never stop."

The words were flat, devoid of any emotional fluctuation, and were merely spoken casually.

[The blood moon has not yet risen, but the demon hunters will never stop their work.]

But the moment he finished speaking, he received a response, a clear echo that resounded from the churning darkness around him.

[The blood moon has not yet risen, but the demon hunters will never stop!]

Then, the response turned chilling, accompanied by the crisp sound of armor clashing with swords, casting a heavy aura over the villagers who were struggling to escape.

Gao Hai turned around and looked at the villagers who had fled.

The villager who was running at the front, who thought he had found hope, laughed and glanced back at the others who were now caught in the chaos, howling and fleeing as they were chased by the monster. While secretly rejoicing at his good fortune, he turned back to continue his escape at a faster pace.

Bang!

Then he found himself crashing into solid armor.

Huh? What's going on here?

The villagers, who were not able to understand what was happening, were stunned for a moment, then looked up at the top of the armor.

The next second, he recalled distant memories, remembering that he was not yet bound by the power of the mountain god, and that when he was still human, his clan leader had made a grave mistake in order to deal with a group of extremely terrifying enemies.

The terrifying enemies, somehow attracted, were so powerful that the clan leader was powerless to defeat them. Forced to seek a stronger and more terrifying force, the clan leader apparently caused a problem with the seal, turning the Li family members into beings requiring blood sacrifices to survive. Therefore, many people harbored resentment towards the clan leader.

However, it must be admitted that if the chieftain hadn't done that, they really couldn't think of any way to deal with those terrible enemies, nor could they come up with any strategy to defeat them.

That fear has been forgotten for a very, very long time.

Over the centuries, as people have grown accustomed to sacrifices and the use of flesh and blood, few have remembered what happened back then. Of course, many secretly worshipped those people, for they were far too powerful and capable, far surpassing any other expert who had ever visited Li Family Village. Out of fear, some villagers, worried that those people might return to life, secretly worshipped their leader and hid personal information of the person who had been ordered to be torn up and burned by the clan chief. It is even said that some people erected a tombstone for him, even though the grave was empty.

From this perspective, it can be said that those people truly terrified the Li family. Even after they were finally wiped out, the Li family paid an incredibly heavy price, to the point that the entire village was reduced to something neither human nor ghost.

And now, that fear has been reawakened.

When they saw those things from back then again, that deep-seated fear was brought back to their minds.

"The Ghost Slayers!? How could it be you?!"

The people at the front turned around and tried to run away.

The people behind didn't have time to stop and bumped into the people in front, forcing them to continue getting closer.

Those further back began to scream in agony, forced to return to their companions who were being attacked by the monsters and search for another way out.

Splash—splash—

The sounds of armor clashing with weapons grew more frequent and louder.

Like an invisible wave, it trembled and spread within the sweeping darkness, echoing with each warrior who stepped out of the darkness.

Gao Hai could already clearly hear their shouts.

Hearing the words that they still remember after hundreds of years of suffering.

Hear their powerful roar, which is still feared by villains to this day.

Even if the blood moon rises, the demon hunters will never stop their work.

As the last words, seemingly tinged with a sigh, fell, the soldiers, who had already blocked the encirclement of the monsters, raised their spears and swords and launched a desperate charge towards the wailing villagers.

Gao Hai, wielding a blood-red chainsaw, stood among these figures, joining them in facing the desperate villains.

Chapter 158: Sinners Will Surely Receive Their Due Punishment

Gao Hai was smiling.

Gao Hai was laughing heartily.

Gao Hai, carrying a blood-red chainsaw, moved forward while letting out an incredibly joyful laugh. His entire body was covered in blood, making him look as terrifying as a demon that had emerged from hell.

At least for these villagers, the only word to describe Gao Hai now is terror.

buzzing-

The blood-red chainsaw was spinning at high speed.

The blood-red residue was swept up and twisted.

With his flight ability activated by the blessing of nothingness, Gao Hai swept past at high speed like a fighter jet. Even though the villagers tried their best to resist or escape, they could only watch his afterimage appear and disappear, followed by one or more victims being torn apart.

Hehehehehe—

As the saw blade roared and spun, Gao Hai's figure suddenly disappeared and then reappeared, leaving a long, narrow trail of blood with his hand.

With a wave of his hand, three or four villagers were cut in half at the waist, their internal organs flying out and scattering everywhere, their shrill screams echoing continuously.

With another wave of his hand, another streak of blood flashed past, and seven or eight heads flew into the sky, while the headless bodies struggled, clutching their bleeding wounds.

“Waaaaaaaaaaaa——”

A villager gasped in surprise as his companion, who was standing right in front of him, was split in two. Then he saw a hand reach out from behind and gently put its arm around his shoulder.

"Dude, what good stuff did you see? You're grinning from ear to ear."

Gao Hai grinned and peeked out from behind the villager. Then, before he could let out a second scream, the spinning chainsaw roared as it pierced through his chest and then slashed upwards, splitting the man's head in two.

Click, click, click!

The image of shattered bones was exceptionally clear.

The crimson color danced like a painting.

The villager whose skull had been cut open was not truly dead; he continued to wail. His two halves of his tongue trembled together, and from his grotesque, tear-streaked expression, it was clear that he was enduring considerable pain.

Just like at the end of the previous dungeons, these individuals who gained the power of the strange creatures but lost most of their power as the dungeon gradually destroyed what remained to the end was an extremely strong vitality, making it difficult for them to truly die no matter how much they were tortured. Perhaps this is because [immortality] occupies a significant part of the essence of the power of the ghost stories. Gao Hai didn't quite understand these things; he just thought it was really great and particularly to his liking.

Isn't that right? When you finally reach the end after suffering all kinds of torment and hardship and win the battle, you find that the enemy who had previously hindered you and brought you all kinds of blows has not only lost its power, but also has not lost its vitality for a while and is impossible to kill no matter how hard you fight it. Isn't that the best thing ever?

"Madman...you bastard! Everyone run! Don't fight this guy!"

"Mountain God, have you truly ceased to protect us?"

"Where is the clan leader? Where did the clan leader go? Why has the clan leader disappeared?!"

From not far away came the trembling curses and shouts of other villagers.

The villagers, now completely engulfed in chaos, scattered and fled, pursued relentlessly by a vast number of monstrous creatures from all directions. For a time, the dark space was a scene of utter debauchery, a blood-soaked R18G film in every direction, without a trace of props or plastic; it was the kind of film that would bring a smile to countless faces if thrown into a river.

"Ahhhh-"

A villager was seized by the wedding dress-clad monster, and countless needles and threads began to appear on his body. The thick threads forcefully pierced through the woman's eyelids and lips, then violently tore them apart. Just as these villagers had done to their victims, this was being returned to the same way, bringing the villager immense pain.

"No... Help me... Someone please help me..."

A swollen, monstrous infant grabbed a female villager. Realizing what was about to happen, she let out a piercing scream and struggled desperately to escape. Then, the infant burrowed in, accompanied by the sound of bones cracking and intestines bursting open. The villager's stomach swelled up violently, followed by her chest expanding with even crisper cracking sounds. Finally, her throat and mouth were torn apart, and the head of the infant crawled out directly from the severed jaw.

"It wasn't me! I didn't kill you! Go find someone else! Don't come near me! No! Noooooo!"

Several Liu family members, disguised as monsters, and a few soldiers also seized a villager. The villager struggled desperately, crying and begging. But the monsters only grabbed his hands, feet, and head, then pulled hard together. With a "thud," the villager transformed into his 5/5 form.

The extremely bloody torture continued unabated.

These malevolent spirits, still harboring resentment, surrounded over a thousand villagers from Li Family Village, relentlessly tearing them apart and pulverizing them. Crimson light surged and swept through the dark space, staining more and more areas. The villagers screamed in agony as they tried to escape, but they could never truly break free from the clutches of these terrifying creatures, unable to escape the sins they had committed.

Gao Hai himself mingled among the vengeful monsters, wielding a chainsaw and hacking away, inflicting even more pain on the villagers who tried to escape.

The vast majority of villagers, realizing they had lost the protection of the mountain god's power, were fleeing for their lives, completely lacking the courage to confront the strange creatures. However, occasionally, there were a few seemingly stronger individuals, perhaps due to gaining more of the mountain god's power, who possessed a degree of resistance even in this situation. Undoubtedly, these were the very targets Gao Hai would specifically target.

whoosh-

A gust of wind suddenly swept past my ear.

Sensing hostility, Gao Hai tilted his head slightly and saw an axe coming down on his head.

Oh, someone actually reached out to me?

Gao Hai couldn't help but smile. He didn't dodge at all, but directly activated the power of the Void Transformation Blessing, causing the axe to pass through his illusion and strike another villager who was trying to escape. Then, as the villager who had been hit on the back for no reason let out a wail, Gao Hai instantly disappeared from his spot and appeared in front of the villager who had thrown the axe the next second.

It is Li Duosun.

Gao Hai looked at the man, whose expression was slightly shocked and who seemed not to understand why Gao Hai could appear at a speed of almost instantaneous teleportation. He watched as the man gritted his teeth, his face full of anger, and raised another axe to chop down.

"You bastard, what have you done?!"

Even as he was chopping, the guy was still cursing Gao Hai, as if Gao Hai had committed some heinous crime.

Bang!

After a muffled thud, Li Duosun was slightly startled. He turned his head and saw that his axe, along with the hand holding it, had disappeared completely from the elbow down.

The intense pain made his veins bulge, but he stubbornly endured it without uttering a sound, clenching his fist with his other hand, wanting to strike Gao Hai again. However, before that, Gao Hai saw a blood-red wedding dress-clad monster emerge from behind Li Duosun, and saw the monster's resentful gaze fixed on Li Duosun.

Gao Hai smiled slightly, reached out and gently pushed Li Duosun, causing him to stumble.

Before Li Duosun could understand what Gao Hai was doing, the strange creature in the wedding dress reached out and grabbed his shoulder, its ten fingers piercing his flesh and drawing blood.

【dad……】

The next moment, the voice of a girl who was at most ten years old came out from the mouth of the swollen and rotten wedding dress monster.

"This...this voice...this is impossible! I have already offered my daughter to the mountain god. You already belong to the mountain god. How could you possibly come back to me?"

Just moments ago, Li Duosun was furious, as if he had suffered a great injustice. But the moment he realized who was grabbing him from behind, his expression changed, and his body even trembled involuntarily.

[Daddy, hug me...]

The next moment, the hands of the wedding dress-clad monster tore apart Li Duosun's shoulder blades.

Li Duosun, who was already enduring the pain, finally couldn't bear it any longer and howled, trying to struggle to escape the monster's attack. But no matter what he did, he couldn't escape his daughter's grasp while his shoulders were firmly held, just like the little girl's hands that couldn't break free from him when he personally took her to be sacrificed.

"Ahhh, Daddy's doing this for your own good! Daddy's trying to help you! Stop! Ugh! Don't come back and hurt Daddy! Daddy did nothing wrong! Go away! Go away! Get out of here, you good-for-nothing!!!"