The circular blood waterfall rose against the current, almost reaching the sky.

Undisguised murderous intent spread like a raging tide.

The four groups of players originally gathered around the blood lake had long since retreated to a great distance, watching cautiously.

Before long, the soaring blood waterfall began to fall back, converging into a single point as if collapsing.

And the huge blood zombie... had disappeared without a trace.

When the Bloodthirsty Demon made its move, the blood zombie was clearly still standing in the center of the blood ring, but in just a few dozen seconds, this behemoth, like a prop in a large magic trick, vanished with the falling blood curtain.

"Ah..." The Bloodthirsty Demon stood on the shore of the blood lake, letting out a comfortable groan.

At this moment, it was using its second "mouth" to absorb the lake water in front of it, as well as the minced remains of the blood zombie.

This half-human, half-snake monster never actually used the mouth on its head to eat. On its abdomen, at the junction of the human and snake bellies, there was a strange gash. When this place opened, it could devour blood and spirit that had lost the ability to resist, like a black hole.

"Heh... this city is truly a treasure land..." The Bloodthirsty Demon quickly sucked up all the liquid in the entire blood lake, leaving not a single drop, "Every drop of blood here is attached to the power of darkness, and the monster's flesh... has a very high density of spiritual energy..." As it spoke, the scarlet insect shell covering its body gradually brightened, "If I could absorb the power of the entire city, perhaps I would become a god..."

The Bloodthirsty Demon's eyes revealed a greedy and ferocious look. But... this expression only lasted for two seconds, and then it turned into surprise, and... fear.

"How is it possible... how could it appear here!" The pupils of the Bloodthirsty Demon's snake eyes suddenly contracted, turning into two extremely thin black lines. When it saw the figure slowly approaching on the opposite bank of the blood lake, its first reaction was to run away.

And so, the Bloodthirsty Demon twisted its body and left, its upper body almost touching the ground, its snake tail writhing like a fluttering ribbon. It was originally the fastest of the Nine Dead Spirits, and now, exerting its full strength, it was extraordinary. Its figure turned into a flying shuttle, swimming towards the city like lightning...

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Southwest of the city, on the main road.

A fire truck with an orange-yellow exterior, loaded with various exotic artillery, was driving down the street.

Wang Tanzhi sat in the driver's seat of Golden Maggot Number One, carefully driving forward. Feng Bujue, on the other hand, rested his hands behind his head, propped up his feet, and casually "lay" in the passenger seat. Behind the two of them was the "gunner position," where there were the most levers and buttons, which was Matcha Su's responsibility.

"Brother Jue, driving on the main road is easy to attract attention, right..." Xiao Tan drove while looking around, "Such a big orange-yellow object moving on a wide street... even if the players don't see us, NPCs and monsters will be attracted." He paused, "You haven't forgotten the tragedy of Pufferfish Fighter Number One, have you?"

"I say... what is 'Pufferfish Fighter Number One'?" Before Feng Bujue could respond, Matcha Su, who was sitting in the back, couldn't help but interject.

"You can tell from the name that it's a combat robot." Feng Bujue replied.

"I'm too lazy to imagine its appearance from the name..." Matcha Su sighed and asked again, "And what does the tragedy refer to?"

"It's not a big deal..." Feng Bujue leisurely changed the subject, "What Xiao Tan means is that staying in such a vehicle-type mechanical creation is likely to be hit by a concentrated barrage of long-range fire."

"He's right." Matcha Su squinted her eyes and looked at Feng Bujue's back, "This is the most obvious drawback of riding in a vehicle, right..."

"Tch... walking also has its drawbacks. Anyway, I think riding in a vehicle is more beneficial than harmful." Feng Bujue replied, "Now we don't need to consume stamina at all, and we can directly use Golden Maggot Number One's firepower to clear the small monsters on the road. Whether it's the speed of progress or safety, there's a significant improvement."

"Okay... so what's your next plan?" Matcha Su said, "Are we just going to drive around and clear monsters? Don't forget that the main theme of this script is player-versus-player combat."

"I already said..." Feng Bujue said, "The next plan will have to wait until we get to the source of that 'bang' to know."

Just as Matcha Su was about to express her dissatisfaction with Brother Jue's "take it one step at a time" plan...

Suddenly...

"Ah!" Xiao Tan exclaimed and slammed on the brakes.

Feng Bujue's first reaction was to use his hands, which were resting behind his head, to grab the back of the passenger seat, while curling up his legs and stepping on the console in front of him.

Relying on this lightning-fast reaction, Brother Jue didn't move forward even half an inch after the sudden stop.

But Matcha Su wasn't so lucky. Her body rushed forward, and her forehead hit the back of the seat in front of her. Fortunately, it wasn't too serious, only causing a 5% loss of survival value, otherwise she might have immediately turned against the two of them.

"What are you doing!" Matcha Su shouted in dissatisfaction. At the same time, she quickly raised her head and looked forward through the gap between the driver's and passenger seats.

This glance frightened her, and her shock value soared.

Standing on the street less than two meters in front of the fire truck was a bizarre figure. It was a brown-haired woman in her thirties. Her face, neck, hands, and other exposed parts of her body were covered with stitches. Her eyes and mouth had been sewn shut with steel wire.

"Damn... you scared me to death..." Xiao Tan was already covered in cold sweat, his heart rate shooting straight to one hundred and eighty. Because the [Repenter] in front of him had suddenly appeared in the middle of the road, like a fleeting ghost in a horror movie... coupled with her terrifying appearance, it was impossible for ordinary people not to be frightened.

"Travelers from another world..." The Repenter's voice directly reached the players' ears. Her mouth and eyes were sewn shut, so naturally she wouldn't open her mouth to speak, but this didn't affect her ability to see and speak.

"Y-you... you heard that..." Xiao Tan's hair stood on end.

"Heard it~" Feng Bujue was the calmest one in the car. He responded weakly and looked at Xiao Tan with a contemptuous gaze, "You're supposed to be an expert... you're quite impressive when you're hacking people, but you're so scared by demons and ghosts that you can't even speak properly." He turned his head and pointed at Xiao Tan with his thumb, saying to Matcha Su, "Don't worry, this kid won't be like this when he's fighting..."

Before he could finish speaking, Brother Jue stopped, because Matcha Su's face was also pale at the moment, frozen in her seat, and the matter of hitting her head earlier had long been forgotten.

"Sigh..." Feng Bujue sighed softly, opened the car door, got out of the car, and walked up to the Repenter. He stood casually with his hands in his pockets and said, "May I ask... what's your guidance?" Brother Jue didn't care about the Repenter's appearance. Since she had taken the initiative to communicate with the players, it meant that she was an NPC that could be communicated with. Even if he couldn't get any benefits from her, he could at least get some information from her.