Six Paths Golem
An Hei glanced at Qiao Yan, whose expression had changed drastically, and continued, "Back then, you must have discovered something important. Afterward, you discovered that you, like the monsters in the 'inner' world, possessed immortality. The process was probably that you were killed by a monster you imagined, but then you came back to life, and only then did you realize this. But instead of telling us, you pretended to be insane and led us into the monster's trap. Your only purpose was to kill us. In the Inner World, the real enemy of the reincarnators is not the monsters, but the chosen ones!"
Qiao Yan was already sweating profusely. He struggled to move, but was struck again by a Flame Spear from An Hei, finally stopping him. The latter smiled and continued, "What made you do this was probably some kind of hint. The hint was likely that you could only obtain something by killing all the other reincarnators besides yourself. However, obviously, my spear ruined your plan, and you failed. But you weren't eliminated either, which means that the hint you received deviated from my reasoning... I also wondered if I would receive such a hint after entering the 'inner' world. Now it seems I didn't. So it's very likely that the hint didn't appear as a task, but was written on something unique, something that only the first chosen one could obtain..."
"Therefore, the thing that contains the important clue must still be on you. Not only that, you've also been cast into my 'inner' world. This means that the purpose of the mission is for us to fight each other, and only the victor can obtain that thing. You've received the clue again because if you don't kill me, you'll face the same danger as the other reincarnators. After all, this is my 'inner' world, and you no longer possess immortality..."
"But the only thing that I find strange is that when we returned to that living room from your 'inner' world, we didn't find you. I also checked the room, and your room did indeed disappear like the other deceased reincarnators. How did that happen?"
Qiao Yan, however, revealed a disdainful expression and sneered, "I thought you knew everything. Well, you still don't know why I was able to fool all of you, hahaha, you'll never know. I won't tell you!"
However, Qiao soon discovered that the An Hei eyes did not show the anger and embarrassment he had imagined, but rather a mocking expression.
"No way, he seems to know something... Impossible, he couldn't possibly know!" Qiao Yan swallowed hard, a chill running down her spine.
An Hei stared intently into Qiaoyan's terrified eyes, saying each word slowly and deliberately, "Even if you don't say it, I can guess. I think it's illusion magic. You used some kind of ability to create illusions for us, erasing your image, erasing your room, making yourself appear as if you're dead. This makes it easier for you to act, and it prevents others from noticing that the 'Chosen One' doesn't actually die in the 'Inner' world. However, before this, you didn't have that ability to create illusions. If you did, Li Wei, with his Eye of Perception, would have told me. So, the only possibility is that you obtained that magical ability in your 'Inner' world, and more likely, that ability is attached to the thing with the hint written on it..."
As she said this, Qiao Yan's eyes darted around in a panic, and her body involuntarily shifted slightly to the left. An Hei, who had been observing her closely, reached out and pulled a cloth bag from behind Qiao Yan.
"No... no, give it to me, it's mine!" Qiao Yan's reaction was too intense, his eyes almost popping out, as if what the An Hei had taken away was extremely important to him.
An Hei ignored him. He weighed the bag in his hand, then opened it, revealing a strange wooden mask inside.
"It's mine, it's mine!" Qiao Yan continued to struggle, but An Hei sighed, pointed his finger at the other's head, and unleashed the Flame Spear once more.
Bang!
This time, Qiao Yan's head was blown to pieces. Having lost his immortality, he was completely dead and would never be resurrected.
An Hei whispered, "I saw the truth in your eyes... Poor thing, trying to use this to blackmail me for my life? Too bad, you chose the wrong opponent from the start!"
Reaching out and taking the strange mask in his hand, An Hei immediately saw an indescribable person appear before him.
"Is it only those who come into contact with this mask who can see it?" An Hei swallowed hard, his eyes fixed on the other person.
This person was dressed in black armor, somewhat like an angry-faced demon in a temple, with a ferocious and menacing expression, emanating wisps of black energy. He had six arms, each holding something in its hand.
Of these six items, five were shrouded in black mist, making it impossible to discern their nature; only one remained unshrouded in black mist, but it was a terrifying eyeball.
At that moment, the Devil -like, furious Asura spoke.
And soon, An Hei realized that these words were what everyone who obtained the mask would hear, just like a recording.
The words were short, but each one struck like a thunderbolt. After hearing them, An Hei suddenly understood.
"So that's how it is! Qiao Yan got the hint from it!"
This angry-faced Asura calls himself the 'Six Paths Golem'. He wields six heaven-reaching magical artifacts, and the black mist enveloping these artifacts is a kind of seal. The only eyeball not sealed by the black mist is called the 'Phantom Demon Eye'.
Qiao Yan was lucky to get the mask. While being chased by monsters, he hid in a cellar, where he found the mask.
Once this mask is worn, one can use the ability of the 'Phantom Demon Eye' to influence others and create illusions. However, it cannot be used in the 'Inner' world.
Furthermore, these 'Six Paths Golem' also revealed an even more important piece of information to An Hei.
That is, if he is the only one who survives this mission, he can unlock one of the five sealed magical artifacts.
An Hei knew that this was probably the real reason behind Director Qiao Yan's play.
This is the nature of human nature: to gain more powerful special abilities, they choose to sacrifice the lives of others. Qiao Yan meticulously planned to kill the other reincarnators, which is why he lured them into the corpse trap and constantly created terrifying monsters through imagination to attack them. If An Hei hadn't seen through Qiao Yan's trick and shot him, the reincarnators would have truly died there.
However, Qiao Yan, who was later resurrected, came up with another plan. After returning to the living room, he used the 'Phantom Demon Eye' to make everyone believe that he was really dead, thus concealing the secret that the 'Chosen One' could not actually die in his own 'inner' world.
Then, he wants to find An Hei in this mission, kill him to end the 'inner' world, and then repeat the same trick, control An Hei and use illusions to make others believe that An Hei is dead. In this way, he can kill all the reincarnators without them noticing, and he will then unseal another artifact of the 'Six Paths Golem' and obtain even greater power.
Having grasped the darker An Hei of the matter, he let out a long sigh.
This mission was actually not difficult at all; the Main God merely manipulated people's hearts to make it so terrifying. If Qiao Yan had told others about this from the beginning, everyone would have been able to navigate the mission more effectively. However, the demons within people's hearts made this extremely simple method incredibly difficult.
After glancing at the completely dead Qiao Yan, An Hei put away his mask.
In his own 'inner' world, being killed by monsters only results in endless resurrection; only being killed by a reincarnator will end the scene, and An Hei will be teleported back to the living room at the same time.
As for suicide, An Hei was unwilling to try it; who knew what the consequences would be? Just then, a huge roar came from afar. An Hei recognized it as the 'Axe Man's' voice and hurriedly rushed towards the direction of the sound.
The one who clashed with the Axe Man was Li Wei and his two companions.
The three of them still couldn't completely erase the Axe Man's influence from their minds. Whenever they thought of him, the monster would appear, and with each battle, the Axe Man would become significantly stronger.
Even knowing they were now in spirit form was useless; the Axe Man's threat remained. Along the way, Li Wei and his companions were incredibly unlucky, encountering not a single crow. If it weren't for Li Wei's extraordinary combat prowess, the three would have long since perished at the Axe Man's hands.
Even so, Li Wei knew he couldn't hold on for long.
Not to mention Zheng Yutong and Meng Liang, even Li Wei couldn't control his imagination of the Axe Man's power, and every time he imagined it, it would come true.
The Axe Man was now more than twice the size of his previous form, and the power generated by each of his attacks was so great that even Li Wei, who possessed the Behemoth's Power, could not withstand it.
Left with no other choice, Li Wei summoned the Ink Dragon again, which barely managed to stabilize the situation. Watching the Axe Man locked in combat with the Ink Dragon, Li Wei simply retreated to the side, panting heavily, while Zheng Yutong and Meng Liang had already collapsed to the ground, unable even to escape.
"No, this monster is too strong. We've already reached our limit on just the fourth day. If this continues..." Meng Liang shouted breathlessly. Even if you chased him with a knife, he probably wouldn't be able to run anymore.
Zheng Yutong, standing to the side, was in no better shape. She was also exhausted. Indeed, when facing an immortal monster, even the strongest person was helpless.
Although the Axe Man was powerful at this moment, he was still no match for the Ink Dragon. After a few rounds, he was shattered by the Blackwater Sword and turned into a pile of minced meat.
However, the pieces of flesh soon began to writhe violently, then coalesced together, and the Axe Man stood up again.