"Your prey are terrified of you; they are trembling. You have gained 1000 Fear Points!"
A system notification sounded in Shen Hao's mind.
He could clearly sense the fear in those people, and they certainly had reason to be afraid.
Qi Lin lay on the ground, letting out painful roars.
His severed arm rotted completely in just a few breaths, making it hard for anyone to believe that it had just been cut off.
The cut on his shoulder was also decaying rapidly; his life was slipping away quickly.
Before long, this rot will spread throughout his entire body, and he will be powerless to stop it.
Let alone the fact that there aren't Shaman-type Ability User in the team with healing abilities, even if there were, they probably wouldn't be able to heal such an injury.
He could only helplessly watch as the decay spread across his body.
How desperate must a person feel when they can only watch their body slowly decay and their life gradually slip away?
His reason was completely overwhelmed by pain, and he kept emitting shrill screams.
The screams reached everyone's ears, sending chills down the spines of the onlookers.
They knew very well that what Qi Lin was going through could happen to them.
But now they have no way to help their teammate.
This also means that when the same thing happens to them, they are helpless.
Despair and fear tormented them madly.
Qi Lin's screams gradually subsided, and soon, he couldn't even make a sound anymore.
Because the decay had spread to his neck, destroying his vocal organs.
The pain persisted without any sign of abating.
He was on the verge of death.
Soon, Shen Hao received another system notification.
"Your prey died in fear and despair, and you gained 900 points of Fear Points."
After Qi Lin died, the barrier shattered, and the remaining people lost their last barrier.
Shen Hao withdrew his Possession ability, and Lin Feng immediately regained consciousness, staring in shock at everything before him.
"What happened? What happened to him...?"
He was once matched with Qi Lin in the same Instance, and Qi Lin even saved his life.
Seeing Qi Lin's corpse on the ground, he found it hard to accept.
Han Rui said coldly, "You killed him, didn't you know?"
"How could this be, I..." He looked at Qi Lin's almost completely decomposed corpse, his heart filled with immense grief.
He did lose consciousness just now. Could it really be him who did it?
He found it hard to believe.
But seeing that the three of them were wary of him and kept moving away from him, he had no choice but to believe them.
He did do some things while he was unconscious.
"Did I really do it? I..." At this moment, he felt immense pain.
He actually killed the person who had saved his life with his own hands.
He lowered his head, filled with self-blame and grief; he even wanted to stab himself to death.
"It's the Headless Knight who's controlling you," Su Su said.
Lin Feng slowly raised his head, looking at the Headless Knight in front of him with immense anger, his eyes slightly reddened with intense rage.
Anger caused him to lose his temper once again.
At that moment, he was filled with nothing but anger; all other emotions were gone.
The phantom of a ferocious beast appeared behind him, and he faced the Headless Knight once again.
Seeing Lin Feng's expression, the others immediately understood that he was truly going to fight the Headless Knight to the death this time.
They had no intention of helping, because even if they joined forces, they had no chance of winning.
Now is the best time to evacuate.
Even if Lin Feng can only hold off the Headless Knight for a short time, it will still be an excellent opportunity for them.
The three of them seemed to be in perfect unison, and immediately fled in different directions.
The Headless Knight possesses the ability to control others, and his teammates have become untrustworthy.
Furthermore, even when the five of them were together, they couldn't defeat the Headless Knight, so there's even less reason for them to be together now.
If they run separately, the Headless Knight can't split into two, right?
Lin Feng didn't look at the three who had escaped; at that moment, he didn't care about them anymore. He only wanted to fight the Headless Knight to the death.
A true desperate struggle.
I will absolutely not back down again.
If he had been killed by the Headless Knight earlier, then he wouldn't have been controlled by the Headless Knight and killed his savior.
He is a moral person, and he cannot accept himself like this.
Perhaps death is the best ending for him now.
Lin Feng clenched his fists and charged toward the Headless Knight without regard for anything else.
Seemingly sensing his anger, the phantom of the beast behind him let out a roar, its voice equally furious.
The sound was so loud that the ground trembled slightly.
However, the Headless Knight paid no attention to any of this.
The Headless Knight kicked his warhorse, which neighed and charged forward.
The two collided, but it wasn't the violent collision one might expect.
The Headless Knight's illusory body passed through Lin Feng.
He didn't stop, but chased after Su Su, who was closest to him.
Lin Feng watched the Headless Knight leave, his heart filled with immense anger. Did he not even deserve to be killed by the Headless Knight?
He chased after him desperately, already resigned to his fate, a resolve that was absolutely unwavering.
He only wanted to die; the Headless Knight wouldn't leave unless he killed him!
However, he soon got what he wanted.
Although he could not catch up with the Headless Knight, a ghostly green flame suddenly ignited on his body.
A sharp pain instantly spread throughout his body.
Lin Feng stopped in his tracks, his body swaying from the intense pain, and he collapsed to the ground.
The collision with the Headless Knight had exposed his body to the eerie flames.
That flame uses souls as fuel; once it touches someone's soul, it will never go out.
The searing pain raged through his body; he gritted his teeth, desperately trying to suppress any screams.
This is a matter of dignity.
The Headless Knight could have easily killed them all, but he didn't.
They simply wanted to torture them and hear their agonizing screams.
But Lin Feng had already decided that he would absolutely not let the Headless Knight have his way.
This was his last act of defiance.
Even in death, one should die with dignity.
But the burning pain was so intense that his will was quickly overwhelmed by the agony, and he involuntarily uttered cries of pain.
"Ah--"
He finally let out a heart-wrenching scream.
Willpower is easily defeated in the face of pain.
The pain caused by burning by flames has long exceeded the limits of what humans can endure.
No one can endure the torment of fire.
His screams grew louder and louder; he ultimately could not die with dignity.
"Your prey died in agony, and you gained 500 points of Fear Points."
Shen Hao knew why the Fear Points was lower this time.
Because Lin Feng has almost overcome his fear, he is not too afraid even when facing death.
Because his anger had long since outweighed his fear.
But there are still three prey; surely they can all overcome their fear.
By this time, it was already dark; the night was when the Headless Knight was at his strongest.
Shen Hao could sense that the Headless Knight's power had increased, and the flames on his body were burning even brighter.
He checked his attributes:
Physical condition: 0
Spirit: (130 + 230) multiplied by 150%.
At night, the Headless Knight gains an additional 50% attribute bonus.
His current Mental Attribute is 540 points.
Compared to 180 points during the day, this represents a three-fold increase.
Now he is the true Headless Knight, the true terror.