Ink Dragon Versus a Thousand Axes

After killing one person, the Axe Man became even more frenzied. He suddenly swung his fire axe, aiming directly at the reincarnator named Wu Fei.

The latter's expression changed drastically, but he quickly chanted an incantation. With a wave of his hand, a bolt of lightning descended from the sky, forming three shields that surrounded him and protected him.

"Lightning Shield?"

Li Wei saw through this special skill at a glance. It could be said that this was a unique spell of the shaman, and it seemed that Wu Fei was no ordinary person.

The fire axe then slammed into the Lightning Shield, unleashing a burst of intense lightning. In just moments, one shield shattered, followed by a second, and so on, until the third shield barely withstood the Axe Man's sweeping attack.

Wu Fei, however, turned pale and hurriedly retreated. If the opponent had used any more force, he would have suffered the same fate as A Cai and been cut in half by the monster.

Fortunately, Li Wei then engaged the Axe Man in battle with his Beast Soul, allowing the reincarnators to breathe a sigh of relief.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye. The Axe Man was incredibly fast. At that moment, the blood that had splattered after A Cai was killed finally fell to the ground.

"Among them, only Li Wei can rival this monster." Zheng Yutong's arrows were all dodged by the Axe Man with incredible speed, let alone the attacks from the other reincarnators.

Besides Zheng Yutong, another woman, Luo Yurong, went over to comfort Wu Fei. Judging from their actions, they should be a couple.

"I was so scared just now, I thought..." Luo Yurong's eyes reddened, but she hugged Wu Fei and said, "This damn mission, I don't want to play anymore, I want to go home, Fei... let's go home together, okay?"

Wu Fei, who had narrowly escaped death, also held her, nodding repeatedly. However, they both knew in their hearts that in this bizarre mission, no one could guarantee that they would survive. Perhaps the Axe Man would kill them at any moment.

He began to have uncontrollable fantasies, and fear slowly began to grow in his heart, like a wisp of black smoke rising from his body, eventually forming a dark shadow behind them.

No one noticed any of this.

The Axe Man was incredibly strong; Li Wei could clearly feel every clash between his axe and the Beast Soul. Even Li Wei kept thinking that if the Axe Man were any stronger or faster, he might not be able to withstand him.

However, he soon discovered that the Axe Man he was fighting was getting faster and stronger.

This is not an illusion

Li Wei considered a possibility, so he continued to charge forward, wielding his Beast Soul and engaging in fierce combat with his opponent.

But in his mind, he began to deliberately fantasize about something. Soon, the Axe Man roared loudly, and then an even more deformed long arm grew from his back, holding a small hand axe.

"Just as I thought!" Li Wei's expression changed drastically. He quickly took a step back and shouted to the people behind him, "This monster is born from our fear. After it comes into contact with us, it absorbs our imagination and becomes what we imagine. So don't think about anything right now..."

Li Wei's words are simple, but in reality, controlling one's thoughts is an extremely difficult thing. Sometimes, the more you try not to think about it, the more intensely you think about it.

Especially Wu Fei and Luo Yurong, after hearing Li Wei's words, they felt a strong wind coming from behind, but before they could react, they were cut in half at the waist by an axe.

Behind them, another Axe Man appeared out of nowhere.

Seeing Wu Fei and Luo Yurong die tragically, Meng Liang was terrified.

"Damn it, another monster has appeared. Do they have a way to transform into thousands of different forms?" His mind started racing with wild thoughts. Although he had heard Li Wei's warning, sometimes people just can't control their imagination.

But it was too late for Li Wei to stop him.

From the surrounding thick fog, one after another, dark figures appeared, densely packed, numbering in the hundreds.

These shadowy figures surrounded Li Wei, Zheng Yutong, and Meng Liang. At this point, unless they sprouted wings, they had no chance of escape.

Upon seeing this, Li Wei gave Zheng Yutong a wink. Although she was also pale, she suppressed her fear and swiftly stepped forward to knock Meng Liang unconscious with a single blow.

At this point, the surrounding shadows stopped growing, but although they hadn't reached the tens of thousands Meng Liang had mentioned, they were still in the thousands.

As the shadowy figures drew closer, Li Wei felt a chill run down his spine.

These are all deformed Axe Man. Dealing with just one is already so troublesome; one can only imagine how difficult it would be to deal with a thousand.

"Yu Tong, don't let your imagination run wild. Control your thoughts and don't let fear control you," Li Wei shouted loudly, his voice booming like thunder, which invigorated Zheng Yutong.

She knew Li Wei was right, so she tried hard to control herself from overthinking, even biting her lip hard to distract herself with the pain.

As for Li Wei, he also tried hard to control his imagination. At the same time, he cursed inwardly, thinking, "How could An Hei's heart be so dark?" Clearly, this Axe Man was a monster created by An Hei. That was one thing, but why did he give this Axe Man such terrifying abilities?

Absorb fear, then transform it into reality.

This is the most terrifying nightmare. If it were just a dream, that would be one thing, but everything now is reality. If I'm killed by the Axe Man, I'm dead. I will never wake up from this dream.

A Cai, Wu Fei, and Luo Yurong died because of this fear.

Li Wei even suspected that A Cai was initially afraid that the Axe Man's axe would shatter his scales, and it was this fear that made his fears come true.

I absolutely cannot let my mind wander, or I'll die... Even S1-level combat power can't overcome the fear in my heart.

Faced with thousands of Axe Man, ordinary special skills were no longer effective. Li Wei directly withdrew his Beast Soul and began to use his S-rank special skill.

The psychic spell 'Ink Dragon's Protection'.

After all, it's impossible to completely control one's thoughts. If I had chosen to use the flight card to escape just now, would these monsters have also sprouted wings...?

Just as he thought of this, Li Wei bit his tongue hard.

You absolutely must not let your imagination run wild.

Ink Dragon burst forth from the tattoo on Li Wei's back, soaring straight into the sky, its powerful aura spreading instantly. Even the fearless 'Axe Man' paused for a moment under the pressure of the Ink Dragon.

"Blackwater Sword, rise!"

Li Wei changed his hand seals, but the Ink Dragon in the sky took a deep breath and spat out thousands of black water swords, piercing through all the Axe Man on the ground.

The Blackwater Sword is one of the escape techniques mastered by Ink Dragon. Its power is far beyond what ordinary attack skills can match. Almost instantly, thousands of Axe Man were shattered into pieces upon being hit by the Blackwater Sword.

With a single move, he wiped out over a thousand Axe Man.

However, the Axe Man who had appeared first quickly stood up again, while the rest of the Axe Man truly died.

Li Wei was taken aback when he saw this.

"Could it be that only this Axe Man from the An Hei Conjecture possesses immortality, while the others are merely figments of Meng Liang's imagination, thus meaning that killing him results in true death?"

This is highly likely.

Fortunately, this was the case. Otherwise, if the thousands of Axe Man had truly become immortal, even Ink Dragon would have been worn down and killed by them.

Even with just one Axe Man, Li Wei didn't want to entangle with such a terrifying monster any longer. He grabbed the unconscious Meng Liang, and with Zheng Yutong in tow, Li Wei quickly fled.

He didn't care about the direction, as long as he got away from the Axe Man.

Li Wei was incredibly fast, covering several thousand meters in just a short time, leaving the Axe Man far behind. After chasing for a while, the Axe Man caught the scent of another group of people, let out a howl, and ran in that direction.

These are the five reincarnators who parted ways with Li Wei and the others after entering the 'Inner' world. One of them has B3-level combat power, while the rest are between C-Rank and B levels.

Several black crows circled overhead.

"Hey, I say, these crows have been following us for over ten minutes. Could there be something wrong with them?" One of the reincarnators looked up at the crows in the thick fog and muttered to himself.

"It's hard to say. In this godforsaken place, anything could kill us. By the way, aren't you good at ranged attacks? Why don't you shoot down these annoying crows?" another reincarnator chuckled.

The suggestion was immediately agreed upon by the others. So, the reincarnator who had spoken first chuckled, took out a crossbow, and nocked three arrows.

"Let me show you my three arrows fired simultaneously!" he said, drawing his bow and releasing the arrow.

At the same time, he activated a special skill, increasing the speed and power of the arrows to a higher level. Three streaks of light shot upwards, and three crows were shot down with a cawing cry, while the third crow flew away in fright.

"Haha, it's done!" The reincarnator put away his bow and ran towards the slain crow. But when he returned with the crow's carcass, he was taken aback.

The four companions who were just standing here have disappeared.

"Hey, you guys are kidding, this isn't funny at all." The reincarnator looked around but saw no one, though he did hear a few strange noises.

He followed the sound and saw a figure on the ground seemingly swinging something and smashing it.

At this moment, cold sweat finally broke out on his forehead.

He discarded the crow's carcass, switched to what he considered his best weapon—the crossbow—and continued to approach, asking, "Hey, who are you?"

Suddenly, the figure opposite turned around, which terrified the reincarnator. There were four mutilated corpses on the ground, obviously killed by sharp blades, and the figure was a monster with a twisted face and deformed limbs, holding a bloody axe in its hand.

With a scream of "Oh my god!", the reincarnator released the arrow nocked on his bow, but it did nothing to stop the monster from getting closer.

The axe was swung high and then brought down heavily; everything returned to calm.

This reincarnator died without ever realizing that he himself had strangled his own path to survival and brought death upon himself.