Chapter 3187: Life Hunter

Seeing these prompts, Su Xiao understood the situation. First, his main body would be trapped in one place after entering the Nightmare Land.

How to explore in the Nightmare World? The method was simple: explore through the avatar built in the Nightmare World, that is, his consciousness enters the avatar, treating it as a temporary body.

The avatar shouldn't be strong; the main point was being able to act in the Nightmare World.

A simple analogy was that the nine participants, including Su Xiao, were all trapped in their main bodies after entering the Nightmare World, acting with avatars. Each person had three lives. If three lives were gone, they would be kicked out of the Nightmare World.

The painting world was spreading madness. Every time an avatar died, the main body's Sanity Value would definitely drop significantly. That was death; the impact of the moment of death could be imagined.

Once the Sanity Value dropped below 1 point, he would be buried in the World in a Painting. Therefore, it seemed that there were three lives in the Nightmare World, but if he dared to act recklessly, the probability of the main body dying there was extremely high.

Su Xiao didn't enter the Nightmare World immediately. He opened the mission list to check the main mission.

【Main Mission: Winner! (This mission has only one stage)】

Difficulty Level: Adaptive

Mission Introduction: Win the Scroll Contest.

Mission Deadline: Until this contest ends.

Mission Reward: Determined by the degree of restoration of the painting world.

Mission Penalty: Deduct three pieces of currently worn equipment, randomly selected (the currently worn equipment has been recorded, and all currently worn equipment cannot be traded, transferred, etc.).

The mission content was simple and crude. It could be said that this was the clearest main mission Su Xiao had received since entering Reincarnation Paradise, and it only had one stage.

Regarding the mission penalty, although it wasn't forced execution, Su Xiao also felt it was very bad. If the three randomly selected pieces of equipment happened to be 【Zhan Long Shan】 + 【Fate Dominator】 + 【Black King's Reincarnation (Black King Armguard)】, then...

The importance of Zhan Long Shan didn't need to be stated, and neither did Fate Dominator. Without this equipment, Su Xiao's treasure chest opening gains would be very unstable. Finally, the Black King Armguard—the strongest ability of this equipment was not Death Silence Descent, nor Death Silence Extinction, but Undying Will (Passive).

Undying Will (Passive): Immune to near-death state until death.

Su Xiao closed the mission prompt. During the time he was checking the main mission, among the other eight people, five had already entered the Nightmare World, leaving only the autistic sisters and Sin Ays of the Meteorite Star.

"Bai Ye, what a coincidence."

Morey's expression was natural, and there was even a trace of a smile on her face. She and Moon Apostle had indeed been autistic for a while, but they recovered immediately. Past encounters couldn't defeat them!

"..."

Su Xiao looked at Morey with a smile. Morey, who had just regained her confidence, felt her heart twitch.

"Competing on the same stage again, revenge!!"

Morey suddenly shouted. Moon Apostle was startled, looking at Morey as if saying: "Why are you shouting so loudly?"

"Skin-broken-leg, the sky cleared, the rain stopped, and you think you can do it again."

Baja teased with a smile. Morey had always been receptive to Baja. She gave Baja a middle finger as slender as a scallion. She had cooperated with Su Xiao once and knew Baja's temper.

"Damn, skin-broken-leg, you just wait."

Baja said so in its mouth, but it didn't care. It was just pre-battle greetings. It treated this as entertainment. Moreover, Morey's greetings were too sweet. If it were it, it would have already launched a strike at the genealogy level, making the opponent's genealogy thinner and thinner.

The autistic sisters advanced to the Apocalypse sisters and entered the dream world.

The fire in the fireplace flickered. Only Su Xiao and Sin Ays remained in the reception hall.

"You first."

Sin Ays opened his mouth with a smile.

"Don't, you first."

Baja was even more polite, even calling him "you" (polite form).

"Just an entry qualification, no need to be humble."

Sin Ays clearly wanted to do something, which was why he wanted to be the last to enter the Nightmare World.

"Who are you being polite to? Single combat or group fight? You choose."

Baja's eyes flashed red. Amu, not far away, stood up. The Dragon Heart Axe appeared in its hand, and the axe blade hit the ground with a clatter, sinking into the ground a bit.

Sin Ays was silent. He certainly knew that single combat was him vs. Su Xiao + Amu + Baja + Xiang Bubu Wang + Benny. As for group fight, this was something Sin Ays couldn't think of, because group fight might also include Hunting Tide, as well as the Big Axe Brother summoned through items.

Sin Ays touched the "Nightmare Painting," and layers of ripples rippled. He entered the Nightmare World.

Regarding being hostile to Sin Ays, this wasn't important. With old schemers, even if one didn't offend the other party, they would eventually fight. It was better to show enough strength.

Determining that everyone had entered the Nightmare World, Su Xiao raised his hand to touch the "Nightmare Painting." A pulling force came from his arm, and layers of ripples appeared on the "Nightmare Painting." His hand was pulled into the "Nightmare Painting."

There was a boom in his ears, and Su Xiao briefly lost consciousness. When his vision recovered, he was already in a closed room.

The walls and ceiling of this room were iron-black. Dim yellow light shone through the stained lampshade above, rendering everything in the room a dim warm yellow.

This room was about 20 square meters. Three old machines were embedded in the wall. Judging from the seats of the machines, the machines were very large as a whole, hanging down various energy filaments, some of which involved the transmission of consciousness, and some involved the soul.

Su Xiao looked at the opposite wall. There were two wooden doors on this wall, old, magnificent, and exquisite.

Su Xiao pushed open the two doors. In front was purple-black flowing mist, with starlight spots inside, and unknown insects flying around. A feeling of being both real and illusory came toward him.

As long as he walked out of this door, Su Xiao could return to the reception hall of the Main Painting World. Of course, this also meant he gave up exploring the dream world.

Closing the wooden doors, Su Xiao came to the machine embedded in the wall. After observing for a moment, he lay in a human-shaped groove. As soon as he lay down, the machine beneath him rose, and semi-circular metal plates emerged on his left and right sides. Strands of energy filaments spread toward him.

Liquid filled Su Xiao's surroundings, gradually submerging him in it. He didn't feel difficulty breathing. The energy filaments clinging to his face had formed a structure similar to an oxygen mask.

A needle-like subtle pain came from all over Su Xiao's body.

【Prompt: Nightmare body built based on your appearance, height, etc. Nightmare body Reincarnation Brand assignment in progress...】

【Assignment complete. This is a temporary brand.】

【Consciousness linking...】

【Brand synchronizing...】

【Synchronization complete.】

After receiving this prompt, Su Xiao suddenly opened his eyes. A kind of "discomfort" came from all over his body. He could feel that this was a weakened clone of his own body. No, calling this body a clone wasn't accurate; this body also had flesh and blood.

Su Xiao closed his eyes, adapted for a moment, and opened his eyes. He tried to release Green Steel Shadow energy, and then nothing happened. After all, this was just a temporary body.

【Prompt: Your storage space can be used normally, but items unrelated to the Nightmare World cannot be taken out.】

Su Xiao checked his storage space. Sure enough, the items inside looked gray, except for one item emitting purple light, which looked exceptionally different.

Seeing this item, Su Xiao narrowed his eyes. This thing might bring him unexpected help.

【Prompt: Nightmare body has been stabilized. The Hunter has 100% adapted to this body. You can view the Nightmare body's data.】

Su Xiao chose to view it. He wanted to see the level of this body's combat power.

Name: Bai Ye (Nightmare body state)

Health: 100%.

Mana: 1000 points (extra 200 points increased)

Strength: 30 points

Agility: 30 points

Stamina: 30 points

Intelligence: 30 points

Charisma: 0 points (due to special reasons, your Nightmare body Charisma attribute is 0 points. Nightmare is cruel, but also fair. Your body energy has been increased by an extra 700 points.)

Skill 1: Nightmare Eye (Passive), go kill, until you can "see."

The combat power of this body was clearly not great, but Su Xiao wasn't worried. The previous prompt noted that the initial body attributes of all participants' Nightmare bodies were constant, unless the situation was too special, such as Su Xiao's -9 Charisma attribute.

Su Xiao looked left and right. The place he was in was a dilapidated metal warehouse, and nutrient solution was still dripping from above. It should be that after his Nightmare body was built, it fell from above and entered this initial warehouse.

Taking clothes from the side, the style was exactly the same as 【Wild Night】, but they were just ordinary clothes. Checking their attributes, they were provided by the Void Tree.

Su Xiao left the initial warehouse. In front was a metal corridor. The metal walls everywhere were iron-black, looking heavy and solid.

Following the long and straight metal corridor forward, Su Xiao moved forward for dozens of meters, and the front suddenly opened up.

The night sky was illuminated by moonlight and starlight, making the night dark but not affecting vision. Su Xiao left the corridor and looked above the door hole behind him. The number 9 was written on it. On the left were eight parallel corridors, marked with numbers 1–8. Obviously, the "birth points" of the female spellcaster Roshi, fanatical believer Sin Ays, and others were also here. Presumably, this was also a "respawn point."

Leaving corridor No. 9, the front was a circular plaza that wasn't very large. The diameter of the entire circular plaza was 100 meters, surrounded by walls, and above were intersecting arched iron bars. A sense of danger came from above. Both the surroundings and above were places that couldn't be passed. To leave this plaza, one could only go through the door hole 100 meters directly in front. That was the only exit.

Located in the center of the circular plaza was a verdant fountain. While the spring water circulated inside, a small amount mixed into the air.

A sense of comfort came from all over Su Xiao's body. Rich vitality was trying to heal him, but he wasn't injured.

Coming to the side of the Life Fountain, Su Xiao discovered that this was a facility of the Void Tree. He temporarily put away the idea of carrying it with him.

Female spellcaster Roshi, trickster Wood, and others were looking around in the circular plaza. Seeing this, Su Xiao took Xiang Bubu Wang and Baja and walked toward the exit.

Xiang Bubu Wang and Baja's appearance hadn't changed, but neither of them came in their main bodies. The five attributes of their current bodies were 20 points, weaker than normal participants, but each had one ability.

Xiang Bubu Wang's ability was "Dream Concealment." This ability was similar to its ability to blend into the environment, but the tier wasn't that high. Unless it held its breath, as long as it held its breath, the tier of its concealment ability would skyrocket.

Baja was "Sky Shadow." It could shuttle between nightmares, that is, virtualize its body and perform high-speed flight ignoring collisions. This ability could avoid attacks.

A simple analogy was that Xiang Bubu Wang could turn invisible, and Baja could walk through walls. It was just that simple. There were no other abilities.

This was the price of being able to "respawn." Su Xiao felt that using this body to explore the Nightmare World was actually a trap. The true function of the dream body was to find the correct method, let the main body get out of trouble, and then the consciousness would return to the main body, exploring the Nightmare World in a normal state.

Otherwise, the possibility of finding 【Scroll Fragments】 here was minimal. This temporary Nightmare body's combat power was too weak.

Regarding consciousness returning to the main body, there was no need to worry. Su Xiao now had a Reincarnation Brand on the back of his hand. As long as he performed "detachment," he could restore to a normal state, and his consciousness would return to his own body. However, this required more than 30 seconds to detach.

While moving forward, Su Xiao adapted to his current body state. He moved the five fingers of his right hand. Now he really needed a handy weapon, preferably a blade.

Compared to other systems, he had an advantage: technique-type abilities. Would he really lose his technique abilities because he changed bodies? The answer was, no.

Su Xiao couldn't fully open his blade technique. Blade Master Lv. 60 required a sufficiently strong body to be exerted. If he used too strong a blade technique now, he would hurt himself first.

Walking out of the exit of the circular plaza, a cold wind blew. In front was a large piece of ruins. Su Xiao jumped a few times and jumped onto a high wall, seeing the situation in the surroundings.

The location he was in was a venue surrounded by high walls on four sides. The height of the high walls in the east, south, west, and north was at least 100 meters. The wall body was not just vertical, but slightly concave inward. With his current physical fitness, without auxiliary tools, it was impossible to climb up.

The venue surrounded by these four high walls had a length of at least 4 kilometers and a width of about 3 kilometers, with an area of 12,000,000 square meters, which was 12 square kilometers.

The first half of this venue was ruins in an orderly manner, and the second half was maze terrain. From the height Su Xiao stood, he could vaguely see that there was a metal door at the end of the maze. That was the only exit. If one didn't go there, one could never explore outward.

Su Xiao jumped down from the broken wall and took Xiang Bubu Wang and Baja to explore forward.

Walking among the broken walls and ruins, Su Xiao could often see blood-stained handwriting on the walls. He didn't recognize these handwritings. It was clear that in the past, many people had come to the Nightmare World.

Clatter, clatter~

The sound of iron chains colliding came. Su Xiao looked at the source of the sound, and a figure came into his view. The other party wore black-red clothes. The clothes didn't know what material they were, slightly heavy, and the defense was at least close to leather armor, or even higher.

On the other party's head, he wore a metal mask. This mask had many air holes in the mouth. Looking at it as a whole, this mask not only wrapped the face, but the loose white hair behind was also integrated with the mask. That white hair gave people a sense of inexplicable cruelty.

Apart from these, the figure walking in big strides held a one-meter-long hand axe. The streamline of the axe blade was more suitable for chopping. The axe handle was made of all metal, just like a curved spine. In most cases, only perverted murderers liked to use such weapons.

This was a Life Hunter, a Life Hunter of the Nightmare World, fierce, ruthless, killing whoever he saw. The only way to survive encountering a Life Hunter was to run.

The sound of chains got closer and closer. Xiang Bubu Wang beside Su Xiao swallowed his saliva.

"Retreat."

Click!

A beast trap suddenly appeared. Judging from the blood-red patterns on it, it was enough to briefly bind a sixth-tier contractor.

Su Xiao's legs instantly lost sensation, while Xiang Bubu Wang and Amu were bound by a kind of blood-stained metal wire.

Su Xiao looked at the two broken legs a few meters away. Trying to escape now, the probability of survival was 0%. Doing nothing was also not right. This was the first time seeing a Life Hunter. He might have to deal with this monster later. Before being "killed," he had to figure out the general action pattern of this monster.

Su Xiao picked up a stone. The Life Hunter walking in big strides didn't stop. Seeing this, Su Xiao took an item from his arms. The Life Hunter's footsteps paused, and then he rushed forward at full speed, the sharp axe in his hand chopping toward Su Xiao.

"Want it? Wait for me here."

Su Xiao put the item in his hand back into the storage space. Severe pain came from his neck.

【Prompt: You have died.】

【You have consumed Nightmare body x1, remaining Nightmare body x2.】

【Your Sanity Value dropped by 36 points (originally dropped by 102 points, the debuff has been reduced by Willpower, Soul Strength, and Blade Master effect).】

【Your consciousness has entered a new Nightmare body.】

【New Nightmare body activated.】

Su Xiao's vision was pitch black for a few seconds. He suddenly opened his eyes. He returned to the metal warehouse at the "birth point." He "respawned," and his consciousness entered a new Nightmare body. Remaining respawn count: 1 time.

Before long, Xiang Bubu Wang and Amu fell from above. If Amu and Benny were also there, it would be the whole family being wiped out neatly.

"Boss, that thing seems unbeatable head-on. The combat power gap is too obvious. However, its speed is not fast. This is a good thing."

"No, this is a bad thing."

Su Xiao walked toward the corridor in front. When he reached the circular plaza, he encountered Yanki Soyeg and the female spellcaster Roshi. It wasn't that the Arcane Eternal Star people were slow, but Su Xiao died too fast.

"You... died once?"

The female spellcaster Roshi couldn't help but ask. She looked at Su Xiao with disbelief. She really didn't expect Su Xiao to die so quickly.

In fact, encountering a Life Hunter wasn't necessarily death; running away was fine. As for whether one could run away, it depended on luck.

The reason Su Xiao died so quickly was because he stepped on a trap. That thing didn't seem to be set by the Life Hunter; he was purely unlucky to step on it.

Ignoring Roshi and the other, Su Xiao left the circular plaza. Following the route in his memory, he wandered among the walls of the ruins. Soon, he returned to the place where he "died." The corpse had disappeared, leaving only a large area of bloodstains.

Near the blood-stained beast trap, the Life Hunter was standing there, holding a ferocious hunting axe. His eyes were pitch black, and his pupils were blood-red. That pair of eyes made people feel cold and terrified.

Su Xiao took an item from his storage space. This was called 【Dream Clock Fragment: Small Piece】. This was when he was in the Dark Star World, and Umbrella Brother solved the time-stop problem in the dream world. Later, Su Xiao also received a reward, which was this thing.

This was the Nightmare World, and 【Dream Clock Fragment】 was the only item Su Xiao could take out from his storage space. Obviously, this thing had a huge attraction to the existences in the Nightmare World. The fact that the Life Hunter was willing to wait here explained everything.

The Life Hunter made a move to rush over.

Crack~

A tear appeared on the 【Dream Clock Fragment】 in Su Xiao's hand. The Life Hunter stopped immediately. It pointed at Su Xiao and then at its own head. That was asking what Su Xiao wanted to get.

"Your hunting axe, and your class."

Su Xiao estimated that the Life Hunter's sharp blade would be very special. Moreover, he really needed a weapon now. Without a long blade, a sharp axe would also do. The weight of that thing determined its chopping power was amazing. As for the class, he just said it casually.

The Life Hunter hesitated. It stood in place for a long time before taking off its mask, revealing a head and body composed of mist.

Clang, clang~

The Life Hunter threw out the hunting axe, metal mask, long clothes, etc. These things piled up between it and Su Xiao.

Seeing the Life Hunter's action, Su Xiao felt quite surprised. At this moment, Reincarnation Paradise's prompt appeared.

【Prompt: Do you pay the Dream Clock Fragment: Small Piece to trade with the dark residents of the Nightmare World?】

【If you continue this trade, your Nightmare body will change class to Life Hunter.】

Seeing these two prompts, Su Xiao had an idea, which was to complete this trade, let this body change class to Life Hunter, and go to clean up the other participants.

Ask, how to obtain more 【Scroll Fragments】? Fight wits and courage with others? No, chop them all out of the Nightmare World, and Su Xiao could safely search for 【Scroll Fragments】 here.

Moreover, the current venue was very suitable for hunting. The first half was ruins terrain, and the second half was a maze.

【Prompt: You have agreed to this trade.】

【You obtained Life Hunter set (weapon, mask, clothes...)】

【Your Nightmare body has changed class to Life Hunter!】

ps: (Two chapters today. The second chapter is a 5600-word big chapter. It feels incoherent to split it into two chapters, so I made it into one.) ===== CHAPTER 3188 =====