She was being hunted down, so she became a magical girl.

Emerging slowly from the dark corridor was a reddish-purple monster that closely resembled the cult leader.

His torso had swelled into a sphere, and his limbs had transformed into several thick, reddish-purple tentacles. Only his face still retained some of the original features of the cult leader, without much change.

But no one would mistake him for the skinny old man he used to be.

The followers, who were stunned by the Eye of Fear, were also greatly frightened by the leader's terrifying appearance.

Although they were already under the control of the Eye of Fear and had virtually no extra capacity for thought, the cult leader's appearance was so terrifying that it instinctively startled them.

The followers, terrified by their leader, became even more fearful, and Xu Ting's control over them only deepened.

"Flesh and blood, give me flesh and blood!"

The cult leader's first words upon his appearance revealed his true nature as a monster.

This style of language is completely unrelated to the past leaders.

"My beloved believers, come to me and give me your flesh and blood."

Naturally, no one moved.

"Stay away from this monster," Xu Ting said.

Naturally, everyone ran behind Xu Ting.

Luo Ruoshan also took his sleeping sister and his bound mother with him.

Seeing that all the believers obeyed Xu Ting's orders instead of his own, the cult leader roared in anger:

"You traitors! Scum! Fools who have turned their backs on God!"

"I am your leader, I am!"

With that, he waved his tentacles and lashed out at Xu Ting and the crowd behind her.

Faced with the whistling blows, Xu Ting did not panic, but instead recalled the crow's earlier teachings.

"Evil beasts are monsters created by evil gods from beyond the realm, and they cannot be viewed with the eyes of normal creatures."

"Each evil beast possesses an evil power that distorts space and protects their physical body."

"Conventional firearms bullets are basically useless against them; only high-powered bombs or laser weapons can cause some damage."

"But this evil power was countered by the magical girl's magic."

"By simply infusing magic into the blade, you can attack the beast's flesh with it; this is currently the best attack method you can use."

"Once you learn more advanced techniques, you'll be able to use magic to unleash beams of light for attacks... but you can only learn these techniques after you survive this battle."

Xu Ting raised his military knife and infused it with the magic power within him.

The saber immediately gleamed and turned red, and an eye pattern was then imprinted on the blade.

She twisted the blade, positioning it sideways against the attacking tentacle, and suddenly exerted force.

The tentacle was immediately severed by the saber, and the severed tentacle lost control and crashed into the open space on the right, with purple juice splattering everywhere.

A crimson light seeped into the cut made by the military knife.

This is......

Another tentacle attacked from another direction. Since it wasn't aimed at the crowd behind him, Xu Ting didn't cut it off but chose to dodge.

She nimbly leaped up, dodging the blow, and casually left a scratch on the tentacle.

The scarlet light reappeared, and once again drilled into the wound.

But this time the light was noticeably dimmer than the last time.

Xu Ting already had a general idea in mind.

She charged forward with her knife in hand, adopting a posture of risking her life in a desperate attack.

Having the advantage of range, the cult leader was naturally unwilling to close the distance with Xu Ting. He exerted force downwards with both hands at the same time, and several tentacles rushed towards the fleeing Xu Ting like long whips.

The first tentacle was easily severed by Xu Ting;

The second tentacle was dodged by Xu Ting and then cut in two.

However, the third, fourth, and fifth tentacles are still attacking. They will intersect in the area in front of Xu Ting. If they continue to rush forward, Xu Ting will definitely be caught in a disadvantageous situation of being surrounded by multiple forces.

Xu Ting "helplessly" stopped and stood still to defend against the tentacles' attack.

The cult leader burst into maniacal laughter and attacked Xu Ting with even more tentacles.

He possesses the blessing of healing injuries, and he can create as many tentacles as he wants. Xu Ting has already been suppressed by him and will be hit by the tentacles sooner or later, ultimately dying in a vicious cycle.

In terms of injury exchange, Xu Ting is no match for him, who has the blessing of the Venerable Lord.

Sure enough, Xu Ting's movements gradually became more difficult.

Finally, a tentacle broke through Xu Ting's defenses and slammed hard into his back.

Xu Ting immediately lost her balance and staggered forward, but fortunately she recovered in time and did not suffer any greater damage.

Unfortunately, even the cult leader himself didn't expect that this tentacle attack would be met with a surprise attack.

But once is never enough. The cult leader has already begun to devise a trap, preparing to tie Xu Ting's body up when she loses her balance again, break her right arm, and remove her damned military knife.

The beautiful scene was so enchanting that the leader couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Luo Ruoshan, who was watching the battle from the rear, was extremely anxious.

Although he couldn't see the clash between Xu Ting and the cult leader, he could tell that Xu Ting was being suppressed in place by the cult leader.

"Sister Xu Ting, we can't keep taking this beating, we have to charge forward!"

Luo Ruoshan couldn't help but shout.

Hearing Luo Ruoshan's shout, the cult leader was even more pleased, and he responded loudly to this traitorous follower:

"It's not that she doesn't want to move forward, it's that she can't."

"She couldn't break through my defenses at all; I won this battle!"

—Stop.

Xu Ting's icy voice came from the center of the battlefield.

The cult leader, who was waving his tentacles, froze on the spot.

Clearly, he was influenced by Xu Ting's fearful gaze and forced to carry out Xu Ting's orders.

"How did he do that? He shouldn't have been afraid!"

As Xu Ting charged forward again with his knife, Crow asked in confusion.

The crow was right. The cult leader's mind was filled with many thoughts: anger at not being obeyed by his followers, a murderous intent to crush Xu Ting, the joy of suppressing Xu Ting, and a hunger to devour flesh and blood...

But there was no fear in it.

Xu Ting did not answer, but quickly ran to the cult leader.

The effect of the Eye of Fear had been dispelled, and the cult leader quickly summoned the tentacles on his arms for defense.

But with the door wide open, it was too late for him.

The saber slashed in from the cult leader's right shoulder, passed through his entire chest and abdomen, and then came out from the lower left.

Red blood gushed from the wound, briefly forming a blood mist in the air before strangely vanishing into nothingness.

The cult leader looked at Xu Ting with disbelief, then collapsed backward helplessly.

"That's right, he didn't experience fear."

"So I instilled fear into his body with this military knife."

The red light surging from the wound was Xu Ting's magic. That magic gathered within the cultist's body and ultimately caused his body to bypass his consciousness and enter a state of fear.

Therefore, Xu Ting was able to use the Eye of Fear to forcibly command the cult leader's body.

Although consciousness quickly detected the abnormality in the body and regained control, this brief opening was enough to secure victory.

"Simply put, this knife has a 'fear inflict' effect. If you deal enough damage with it, you can briefly inflict the 'fear' debuff on the enemy."

"I deliberately lured the cult leader into using a trade-off tactic for this final blow. Although I still unfortunately took a whipping from behind, my performance wasn't bad, was it?"

Xu Ting sought the crow's opinion.

But the crow looked at her with a strange expression.

"The spatial distortion has not disappeared."

"You don't actually think the cult leader who transformed into an evil beast is really dead, do you?"