Game: I'm a Hunter in the Blood Curse World

Bang! Bang! ...

The remaining four blood bullets struck the suddenly appearing emerald green figure, nearly blasting its chest open.

And it is another mantis beast!

clang!

It crossed its blades to block Vane's butt-saw.

Van En's pupils contracted; he could hardly believe that a mad beast would save its own companion.

But he has no pity for non-human creatures, monsters born from human-animal hybrids.

The fully extended meat saw was heavy, and Vann was also very strong.

He also realized that although the mantis beast was incredibly fast, its defense was very poor, making it a fragile assassin.

Click! Click!

Van En pressed down hard, and the mantis beast's bladed limbs began to crack.

clang!

It raised its other pair of bladed limbs, once again bracing against Vane's meat saw, and even glanced back at its still unconscious companion.

"Beep! Beep~~~"

It emitted a melodious chirping sound, which made its drowsy companion sway.

click!

Click!

While it was distracted, Vann used his other hand to press down on the back of the saw blade and slashed into the mantis beast's shoulder.

呲——

click!

Driven by a bloodlust, Vann didn't care about anything else. He used all his strength to cleave the upper body of the mantis beast in front of him in two with a single stroke.

The shattered insect shell resembled the outer shell of a chocolate bar, cracking into pieces, and the tender white insect flesh spurted out transparent insect blood, which splashed onto Van En's face.

Fan En grinned maliciously as he licked the insect blood from his lips, only to find it was actually sweet.

The mantis beast, whose upper body had been severed, gradually lost the luster of its black insect eyes and its body went limp.

But Van En noticed a hint of a smile on its triangular face.

hum-

The sound of wings trembling rang out, and the mantis beast, which had been paralyzed, awoke. After letting out a mournful cry to the sky, it dragged most of its companion's corpse and flew rapidly into the sky.

boom!

With half of the mantis beast's carcass in his hand, Vann raised his single-barreled shotgun and fired a gunpowder bullet into the air.

But the mantis beast, dragging its companion's corpse, flew incredibly fast; the bullet only grazed its side.

Van En lowered his single-barreled shotgun, staring at the blurry green shadow in the air, wondering to himself:

Not only will they sacrifice their lives to protect their companions, but they will also run away even when they know they are outmatched. Furthermore... they are deeply saddened by the deaths of their companions and will even snatch the bodies from the enemy. The intelligence of this mantis is already quite close to that of a human...

Looking at the small half of the mantis beast's corpse in his hand, Fan En felt that these gains were not bad.

The church doors were right in front of him; he no longer needed to fight the remaining mantis beast to the death…

As Fan En tossed the half-mantis into Lao Ba's pack and was about to take a step forward, he suddenly felt a buzzing sound like a bomber coming from above his head.

He looked up and saw a crimson shadow, like a sharp sword falling from the sky, piercing straight towards him.

Van En used a quick-thinking, accelerated maneuver to narrowly evade the attack, taking a large step back.

Bang!

The crimson shadow brushed past Vann, landed on the ground, creating a small hole that blocked Vann's path between him and the church door.

"Beep! Pop—"

Its sharp mandibles hissed at Vann, and its dark, hollow eyes gleamed with hatred; it was the same mantis beast that had flown away earlier.

When it reappeared, its once pleasing emerald green body had transformed into a dangerous red.

Its two pairs of transparent bladed limbs also turned black, making them look even sharper and more deadly.

Vann was on high alert, knowing that the mantis beast had reappeared not only to stop him from entering the church, but also with intense hatred, seeking revenge against him.

hum!

The Crimson Mantis Beast flapped its wings, but instead of taking off again, it lowered its body, keeping close to the ground, and raised its two pairs of bladed limbs to stab at Van En.

In Level 2 Vision, the crimson mantis resembled a bullet fired from a gun, its circular trajectory stretched into an almost straight line.

"Wow, that's fast! Three points faster than before!"

Van En was startled and managed to dodge the attack by accelerating, but his shirt was torn open and a layer of oily skin was cut through.

The slight stinging sensation excited Van En, who had already felt the battle had abruptly ended and he hadn't had his fill of fun.

Seeing his opponent become faster and stronger, his hunting instincts were ignited. In the ensuing battles, he had already realized—

For a hunter, the only goal in life is to conquer and kill powerful beasts.

"Another excellent collectible head, worthy of being hung on my carriage."

Van En smiled like a villain, and even beckoned to the Crimson Mantis Beast that had missed its target.

Seeing that its attack had failed, the Crimson Mantis Beast turned its gaze to Katya and the others not far away.

Just now, it and its companions had shown great martial virtue by not attacking these "weaklings," but now its ferocity had been aroused, and it naturally wanted to make Van En taste the bitterness of losing his loved ones.

hum-

It flapped its wings again and flew towards Katya and the others.

But in the next instant, Vann, who was originally beside it, ran up to it by accelerating again.

A dark gun muzzle was pointed at its chest, and the insect-eating bird's mouthparts on the muzzle, which made it tremble, retracted.

call out!

boom!

The blood-soaked bullet, coated in paralyzing venom, slammed into its face and exploded instantly.

The Crimson Mantis was slightly startled, but its expression remained cold and stern.

It flapped its wings, and with a buzz, twisted its body, getting only a tiny drop of paralyzing venom on itself.

The numbing sensation in its body stiffened it, but it was currently in a berserk state and had not absorbed much paralyzing venom, so it still maintained extremely fast speed.

But compared to its previous rapid speed, it was about a minute slower.

Van En gave a cold laugh:

"Just because you're dead doesn't mean I can't protect my comrades!"

He gripped the blood-red hunting rifle in his left hand and raised the meat saw in his right, entangled with the crimson mantis.

The gray-black human figures and the crimson insect shadows were locked in combat, with the occasional gunshots, the mechanical whirring of a meat saw, and the sharp whirring of a crimson mantis's blade all intertwined.

Vane and Crimson Mantis were evenly matched, each inflicting wounds on the other from time to time, but neither could completely kill the other.

However, Vane was far more ruthless than Crimson Mantis, and his occasional sneak attacks with his bloodshot rifle eventually put Crimson Mantis, who only had "melee weapons," at a disadvantage.

Seeing that it was gradually losing ground, the Crimson Mantis tried to charge at Katya and the others more than once, but Vann had already seen through its command priorities.

Whenever the Crimson Mantis charges toward Katya, he charges toward the church door.

This forced the Crimson Mantis to not only fail to achieve its goal each time, but also allowed Vane to ambush it several times with his Bloodshot Rifle because of the constant switching of combat targets.

Outside the battlefield, Katya continued to sing, and because she couldn't see whether Vann had the upper hand, her anxiety and worry made her sing louder and louder, amplifying the effect even more.

Lorinsa also made a move, but it was a 'small' one.

Of all those present, she saw things most clearly and had already noticed that Van En was gradually gaining the upper hand. She shone her Judgment Silver Blood Lamp over him to help Van En detect the Crimson Mantis's movements and position in advance.

Although Sir Francis couldn't offer any real help, having a knight in full plate armor protecting the two girls made Vann feel more at ease.

clang!

Vane's saw blade finally struck the Crimson Mantis's shoulder.

This beast, its ferocity fully unleashed, offered no resistance. Instead, despite its severe shoulder injury, it stretched out its bladed limbs and lunged forward, attempting to pierce Van En's body and perish together with him.

Bang!

boom!

……

Van En raised his single-barreled shotgun and fired the remaining four gunpowder bullets, blasting the Crimson Mantis three meters away.

"Hmph! You want to fight me? Do you even have the strength?"