At this moment, Xu Chao knew very well that he had absolutely no hope of surviving.
Fear and despair overwhelmed him, leaving him weak and barely able to stand.
The boss in front of him was much more powerful than he had imagined. He even felt that the boss could have killed them all on their first meeting.
But this boss didn't do that, not because he couldn't, but because he wanted to play a little longer.
This was the most terrifying boss he had ever encountered in any Instance.
He had completely lost the will to resist.
"Don't come any closer!" Xu Chao shouted desperately, his mind on the verge of collapse.
His Mental Attributes were unknowingly reduced by more than half by the puppet, and then he was almost killed by the evil spirit that He Ru had transformed into.
Now he learns that all his teammates are dead, and he is about to be killed by the boss.
His mood fluctuated drastically in a short period of time, and his Mental Attributes also declined significantly.
His Mental Attribute now only has a few dozen points left.
At this moment, he couldn't even use his abilities; the immense fear made him completely unlike a battle-hardened Ability User.
He's not much better off than the average person now.
He begged desperately for mercy, wanting to live.
But that warden was just a heartless ghost; how could he possibly care about someone's pleas for mercy?
Such pleas for mercy will only fuel his ferocity and lead to a more gruesome death.
Xu Chao was clearly unaware of this; he desperately begged for mercy, but instead of mercy, he received only chains.
He huddled in the corner, trembling, while the chain was already around his neck.
A cold sensation spread from his neck throughout his entire body.
"No! Let me go—"
Xu Chao roared and tried to struggle, but it was all in vain.
The ruthless warden tightened the chains, and he could no longer make a sound.
He experienced that suffocating feeling once again.
He gripped the chains desperately, trying to gain a moment's respite, but his strength was utterly insignificant.
He will not get any respite.
Blood rushed to his brain, turning his face bright red, and his mind became dizzy from the surge of hot blood.
Despair and fear kept assaulting his mind, and he completely lost his reason.
The pain of suffocation contorted his body; he desperately kicked at the floor, his body twisted into an unbelievable position.
But all his efforts were in vain; he could not break free of the warden's chains.
Gradually, he lost the strength to struggle, and just as he was about to resign himself to his fate, he suddenly breathed in fresh air again.
He no longer cared about why this was happening; he just greedily gasped for breath, his oxygen-deprived brain regaining life.
As fresh air rushed into his body, his consciousness gradually returned. He hurriedly looked around, hoping that the warden had already left.
The warden was nowhere to be seen, and even the barrier had disappeared.
"Is he planning to let me go?" Xu Chao found it hard to believe.
Surprisingly, that cruel ghost actually let him go.
A spark of hope rekindled in his heart. He had not died after all.
Xu Chao hurriedly stood up; now, he had only one thought in his mind: to get away from here.
Now, he didn't care about anything else; he desperately wanted to escape the room.
But he didn't run far before he saw the warden at the gate.
He did not leave.
Because he won't let his prey escape.
The warden held a massive axe chained to his hand, the axe radiating a terrifying chill.
Xu Chao screamed, not having the slightest courage to resist, and turned to run away.
A huge axe flew from the warden's hand, slicing directly at Xu Chao's thigh.
One of his legs was severed.
Blood gushed from the wound, and excruciating pain spread from his thigh throughout his body.
"Ah--"
Xu Chao let out a hysterical scream.
His newly ignited flame of hope was extinguished completely at that moment.
He stared in terror at the warden before him, having lost all hope.
The reason he didn't die just now wasn't because the warden was merciful or capable, but because the warden wanted him to live a little longer.
Xu Chao was utterly desperate; he only hoped that this cruel ghost would kill him this time.
He had completely lost the will to live under this torment.
This time, he finally got his wish; the warden lifted the axe still attached to the chain.
The axe fell, this time aimed at his neck.
He wasn't strangled; instead, his head was chopped off, and blood gushed out and splattered everywhere.
Looking at the blood on the ground, Shen Hao felt a great sense of satisfaction.
The smell of blood and the fear of the prey mingled together, creating an intoxicating aroma.
"Your prey died in extreme fear and despair, and you gained 2000 points of Fear Points."
This time, he gained a lot of Fear Points because Xu Chao had been tortured so badly by him.
He then looked at the other three people, who were now Possession by him and could take their lives at any time.
In this way, he killed all five members of the first team.
Just as he was about to make his move, he suddenly felt his consciousness attached to the other three people being pushed away, and suddenly they all disappeared.
He looked at the three people in front of him again; they had regained their senses.
The three looked at him in fear, then glanced around at their surroundings out of the corner of their eyes. They could roughly guess what had just happened.
Clearly, the warden had killed another of their teammates.
Although they are still alive, they are not out of danger.
Looking at the three panicked people, Shen Hao also felt something was strange, because it was impossible for these three to break free from his Possession ability.
Because he inherited the warden's basic attributes, with his current Mental Attributes, once he successfully Possession, these three people will have no chance of escaping.
However, this is not a big problem; he can still easily kill the three of them.
But before he could make another move, the three figures suddenly vanished.
Looking at the location where the three people had disappeared, Shen Hao suddenly understood.
This is a new game mechanic; if the difficulty of Instance changes, players will receive a temporary bonus.
It now appears that this bonus is not just a change in attributes or abilities.
The game system even dispelled the Possession effects on them and teleported them out of the danger zone.
However, Shen Hao didn't care about that; on the contrary, he found it interesting.
Now his prey was finally able to put up a little resistance.
He finds prey completely defenseless boring.
The temporary special bonus only intensifies the struggles and screams of these prey.
This doesn't change anything.