"With your appearance, tell me, where do you look like a human being?"

Even Hidan couldn't help but retort after hearing this.

Most other people thought the same way, after all, how could a human have a goat's head?

However, Shinji, who had already realized something was unusual, didn't think that way, because he knew that some cursed spirits possessed the ability to transform people into monsters.

If it is the cursed spirit he suspected, then he must be careful from now on.

Because that special-grade cursed spirit's curses were terrifying, and they were extremely effective against his and Hidan's immortality.

In fact, it could be said that there is no solution.

After all, he had no means to defend against soul attacks.

"Tell me everything you know."

The goat-headed monster was about to try and bargain when the blade of the decapitation sword was already pressed against his neck.

Die now or die later?

Is this still a choice?

The goat-headed monster immediately revealed everything he knew.

loyalty?

It doesn't exist at all.

Who would be loyal to a monster!

And as he said, he was indeed a person, or at least he used to be a person!

As the goat-headed monster recounted its story, Tamamo Hotaru and the others' expressions began to turn quite grim.

It turns out he was one of the monsters here who captured him and forcibly transformed him into this grotesque form.

He had never seen the true form of the master of this place, only knowing that the master dwelled in the deepest part of this place, in a terrifying darkness, and that no one who had ever stepped into it had ever come out alive.

Even after being transformed into this grotesque form, he did not give up his will to survive, and thus temporarily became the manager here.

His usual duties include carrying out the orders of the Black Mountain Master, locking up captured people in a special space for transformation experiments like his, cleaning, and so on.

And according to him, this transformation is quite terrifying.

The mortality rate was originally extremely high, but it has now been successfully reduced.

The monsters he just led were actually defective products that failed to be transformed; they were cannon fodder who could only understand simple commands.

The very few remaining survivors will gain certain special abilities, most of which are related to shadows.

However, as time goes on, the more often this power is used, the faster one loses their rationality, eventually turning into an even more terrifying monster, and then heading towards death.

Shinji's eyes flashed, because he thought of the deformed guy he had seen in the Land of Salt.

It seems that guy was one of the experimental subjects who left from here.

The fact that the Black Mountain master let them leave was likely part of the experiment.

This practice is utterly inhumane!

what?

Are cursed spirits not human to begin with?

That's fine.

"Since you are also a 'successful' surviving modified individual, what special abilities did you gain?"

After hesitating for a moment, the goat-headed monster demonstrated, "I can temporarily turn a part of my body into shadow to make myself immune to attacks."

Shinji and the others saw that the guy's neck suddenly turned black, a shadow.

Strangely, even without a neck, this guy was still alive, and his head hadn't left his body.

Shinji tried to cut across the guy's neck with the knife, and it went across easily, but he didn't feel any physical contact.

And they were unable to kill the other party either.

This strange ability could definitely save your life in a critical moment.

“Take us to your ‘master.’ Since you claim to be human, you should know that your past actions deserve to be punished a hundred times over.”

The goat-headed monster immediately burst into tears and begged for mercy, saying, "I know, but I'm just afraid of dying. I just want to live. I didn't want to hurt anyone. Even without me, those people would still live."

"Since you didn't have a choice before, I'm giving you this opportunity now. It's up to you whether you can seize it."

The goat-headed monster gritted his teeth and said, "Fine! I'll take you there. As long as we can kill that monster, the remaining thousands of people here can all survive."

[Chapter 305 Dark Shadows]

Whether what the goat-headed monster said was true or false is no longer important.

Because he is already dead.

It wasn't Shinji and the others who did it; he just suddenly died, and then a black shadow seeped into the ground and disappeared.

Clearly, this guy's life and death were controlled by the Black Mountain Master from beginning to end.

"What do we do now?"

Shinji thought for a moment, "Let's save them first. If a fight breaks out later, it will be difficult to take care of them."

After all, it involves thousands of lives, and I had previously promised Princess Haruna.

Even if it's just an occasional act of great kindness.

Anyway, it was just something I did on the spur of the moment.

No one else objected, so the group continued deeper into the area.

Every so often, they embedded a few glowing fluorites in the wall. Luckily, they were well-prepared and had Afei as a mobile storage unit; otherwise, given the pitch-black environment, they might not have even known when they were ambushed.

Then they encountered a third wave of resistance.

This time it's a group of cursed spirits and modified monsters.

Even after learning that these modified monsters were originally innocent humans, Shinji and his companions showed no mercy and were not held back or allowed to have any wild thoughts.

Shinji's idea was actually very simple: since there was no hope, then death should be a relief. Otherwise, why should he become a monster and harm more people?

Moreover, back when I was in the evil god cult, what kind of trials didn't I go through?

All life is extremely fragile!

On this point, only Tamamo Hotaru hesitated, unable to bring herself to do it, and almost got injured several times.

If Sasuke hadn't helped her out a few times because of Shinji's orders, they probably would have already had a monument erected by now.

"If you're just going to be a burden, I suggest you get out of there later. Don't think someone will keep coming to your rescue."

"Not cute at all," Erzhuzi said coldly, looking at Tamamo Hotaru.

Tamamo Hotaru felt wronged. She already had no human rights, and now she was being scolded by a brat. What made it even more infuriating was that she couldn't even refute him.

She probably couldn't understand why Sasuke and the others could kill everything in front of them so easily, even though some of them had once been human...

Then she was pounced on by a monster that still retained a few human features.

And this time it seems no one saw it, or more likely even if they did, they pretended not to see it.

After all, she's probably had enough of being a nanny.

The promised payment was not received.

To save her, Jiaoyue transformed into a larger form and smashed into the monster.

However, these modified monsters are not to be trifled with. Although they have lost their intelligence and rationality, they still possess instincts.

So he raised his hand and gave Jiaoyue a hard slap across the face.

Upon seeing Kyogetsu being beaten, Tamamo Hoshino flew into a rage and no longer cared whether the other party was originally human or not. She immediately transformed into a giant fox and tore him to pieces.

After making the first move, the rest was just a matter of time.

Hidan was thrilled; after acquiring the new Bloody March Scythe, this kind of group battle was his favorite thing.

With each monster he kills, his strength increases dramatically, and coupled with his immortality, he can quickly move freely as if there were no one there!

Everyone present was completely unable to withstand a single blow from him.

Shinji, on the other hand, focuses on efficiency, using Crimson Blood Manipulation combined with incantations for area-of-effect attacks, and spamming various AOE skills like they're free!

With his current strength, anyone below the Special Grade would be instantly killed.

Then, at that moment, something unexpected happened.

Suddenly, a large number of sharp spikes shot out from Hidan's shadow, piercing the unprepared Hidan through the heart.

At the same time, Shinji and the others were also attacked.

Ah Fei, who had been slacking off and doing nothing all along, had three sharp blades slash his vital points: his throat, heart, and groin.

He didn't even see what attacked him before...

Nothing happened!

The three men who chose to ambush him immediately showed expressions of extreme shock, which upon closer inspection also included confusion and doubt.

This was their first failure.

Sasuke was instantly blinded, and everything went black before his eyes.

So he chose to persuade Chidori to quit!

He concentrated powerful lightning energy into his hand, while simultaneously listening intently to every rustle of wind and movement around him, ready to eliminate his opponent at any moment.

However, the enemy was far more cunning than he had imagined.

He attacked based on the sound but only managed to pierce an outer garment, a bait deliberately thrown at him, and he foolishly fell for it.

Just as he thought to himself that something was wrong,

A giant white fox instantly knocked away the enemy who was about to succeed.

Sasuke's eyesight was restored very quickly.

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