The excruciating pain made Qiu Ming open his eyes. The skin on his arm had been slashed open by a sharp blade, the flesh of his arm was turned inside out, and blood was gushing out.
Only at this moment did he realize that he was facing an incredibly powerful and cruel being, and that a quick and painless death was absolutely a luxury.
He thought of the three corpses he had seen earlier, and the horrific scenes of those people kept replaying in his mind.
That was his fate.
Fear made him sweat profusely; his clothes were soaked, and his breathing became rapid.
"Please, just kill me!"
At that moment, he no longer cared about his dignity and begged for mercy.
But his pleas for mercy had no effect whatsoever.
The warden wouldn't let him off so easily; he would only make his death more gruesome.
His weakness will only provoke the executioner's ferocity.
Another sharp pain shot through his body as the warden made the same cut on his other arm, the pain accompanied by the flow of blood.
He tried to struggle, but his entire body was bound by an unknown force, and he couldn't move an inch.
He could only let the pain fall upon him.
"Please, let me go!"
But now, there's nothing he can do but beg for mercy.
As the warden cut more gashes into his body and shattered most of his bones, Qiu Ming began to scream in agony.
Now, he was consumed by pain and his mind was no longer clear; he could only scream instinctively.
The warden stopped paying attention to him, because even if he did, he wouldn't live much longer.
Let him die slowly, and enjoy the last moments of his life.
Although these final moments may not be pleasant.
Shen Hao walked towards the bound evil spirit; it was time to deal with it.
Having already killed the evil spirit once, and although it had resurrected, Shen Hao didn't mind killing it again.
He pulled off the chains binding the demon, but the demon showed no resistance. It lay motionless on the ground, seemingly in submission.
It was terrified because it knew that in the Demon Domain, there was nothing it could do; it could not resist and could only submit.
However, the Demon will not accept its submission; the Demon only wants it to die.
Shen Hao took the Demon Blade from his inventory and plunged it into its arm.
The Demon Blade greedily absorbed the power within it, and a plume of black smoke rose from its body before quickly dissipating.
At the same time, the evil spirit also felt the torment of pain, screamed, and suddenly stood up from the ground, trying to use its last strength to resist.
However, within the realm of Demons, its meager power is meaningless, utterly incapable of shaking the domain, and naturally cannot cause any harm to the Demons.
It attacked the warden in front of it frantically, but all its attacks were in vain.
One of its arms rapidly dissipated under the corrosive power of the Demon Blade, soon leaving only half of it.
The power of the Demon Blade continued to corrode its body.
It didn't bother to continue its attack and immediately severed its own arm.
Although this will cause it to lose some of its power, at least it will prevent it from dying for the time being.
It looked at the Demon before it, terrified and helpless. Faced with such Demon, resisting would mean being tortured to death, and not resisting would also mean being tortured to death.
No matter what you do, you can't escape all of this.
At that moment, it even contemplated suicide.
It's better to be utterly destroyed than to die at the hands of this Demon.
However, the Demon would not give it the chance to commit suicide. The moment the thought arose in its mind, it felt endless power surging from all directions.
Now, all its power is restricted, and it has no ability to commit suicide at all.
If you want to die, you have to die like Demon.
After subduing the evil spirit, Shen Hao felt he had had enough fun and looked at Xiaobai.
If Xiaobai absorbs this evil spirit, its power should increase again.
Only in this way can this evil spirit be used to its fullest potential.
Xiaobai excitedly stepped forward. Its chest opened, and the core of the doll emerged from within. After the core touched the evil spirit, the evil spirit's power began to surge into the core.
Under the demon's eyes filled with resentment and pain, its body gradually dimmed and shrank until it completely merged into the core of the doll.
They offered no resistance whatsoever, completely suppressed by the Demon Domain.
After Xiaobai fully integrated with the evil spirit's power, Shen Hao began to observe its changes.
The doll's Mental Attribute has been improved and is now at 900 points.
This Mental Attribute is even higher than Shen Hao's after inheriting the warden's Mental Attribute.
In addition, Xiaobai also gained the ability to become ethereal; the puppet can transform into the form of a soul and can freely switch between reality and illusion.
Now the puppet's combat power has increased again, and its self-protection ability is also stronger. It is basically impossible for ordinary players to hurt this puppet.
This puppet is even more intimidating in the next Instance.
Shen Hao then turned his gaze to Qiu Ming was already dying in agony, finally finding release.
"Your prey died in fear, and you gained 2500 Fear Points."
Shen Hao heard the game system's notification.
He has now completed his hunt; all his prey has been dealt with.
He then looked at the enormous crystal, the core of the Home of Evil Ghosts. If he could destroy this core, the Home of Evil Ghosts would be destroyed, and he would be able to complete his second mission.
This task is much simpler; he could have completed it long ago if he wanted to.
Although this crystal contains immense power, destroying it would inevitably trigger a massive energy fluctuation.
However, he has completely merged the Demon Domain with the Home of Evil Ghosts, so destroying this crystal within the Demon Domain would be neither difficult nor dangerous.
With a thought, Shen Hao caused the crystal in front of him to shatter, and the immense power within the crystal scattered, but it was all contained by the Demon Domain and did not produce a huge explosion.
At the same time, the ground was shaking violently, and everything in the Home of Evil Ghosts was collapsing and perishing.
"You have completed your mission and destroyed the Home of Evil Ghosts. You may now choose to leave the Instance immediately, or..."
"Boom..."
Before the game system's voice prompt had even finished, Shen Hao felt a tremor in the Demon Domain, as if an incredibly powerful force was eroding his domain.
This surprised Shen Hao.
Since he obtained the Demon Domain, it has been virtually invincible; no power has been able to shake its power.
Those self-proclaimed gods of the Netherworld would only tremble in the Demon Domain; they were utterly powerless against Demon Domain.
And so is this supposedly very powerful demon.
But now, there is a force capable of shaking the Demon Domain.
Moreover, that power successfully eroded his domain, spreading into it.
The eye in the sky showed him what he wanted to see.
It was some eerie Mist.
The Mist encroached upon the Demon Domain, spreading within Demon Domain.