Fresh blood, reeking of decaying plants, was continuously poured into Father John's body.
He struggled desperately, but was unable to move due to the strong binding of the Three Bamboo tentacles.
" Defiled Blood, do not even think of defiling sacred blood."
Suddenly, Father John shouted in an Anger tone.
His body hair suddenly stood on end, the stiff black hairs piercing right through his trench coat.
His strength suddenly increased dramatically, and Liu Zheng almost couldn't hold him down for a moment.
"Hey, show me what you've got, or I'll start treating you like a burden."
Liu Zheng turned to Xia Kai and said.
"Oh, yes, yes, I'll be right there."
Xia Kai paused for a moment, then immediately jogged over.
He took a syringe from the system space and inserted it into Father John's neck.
Name: Muscle Relaxant
Type: Item
Quality: Excellent
"Effect: Reduces the opponent's strength by 30% (maximum 20 points), duration is negatively correlated with the opponent's constitution."
"Note: You've mixed up muscle relaxants and truth serums again, haven't you?"
"Can it be taken out of the instance: Yes"
Father John twisted and writhed, his hard muscles snapping the needle in two.
However, the clear liquid was still injected into his body.
Soon, his struggles lessened.
After this final, desperate struggle, Father John gradually became despondent.
"Wow!"
Liu Zheng pulled out the tentacle, and Father John also spat out a mouthful of blood.
The vomited blood fell to the ground and separated automatically, just like before.
One bite, two bites, three bites.
He vomited repeatedly, like a drunkard.
The only difference is that the drunkard vomited food scraps and stomach acid, while he vomited his own blood and the blood of others.
As Father John coughed up more and more blood, the Beastification symptoms on his body gradually lessened.
The black fur turned white again, and the outstretched claws transformed back into human hands.
Finally, he stopped spitting blood and collapsed backward.
"Dad!"
Fula couldn't hold back any longer and broke free from Anke's embrace, running over to him.
" Fula."
Father John cried out weakly, and then fainted.
"This... this..."
Anke also ran over, pointing at Father John, trembling and unable to speak.
"Don't worry, you won't die. You'll just lose a lot of blood. You can eat more pig's blood to replenish it."
Liu Zheng glanced at it and said.
"No, I mean, how was his Beastification Disease cured?"
Anke asked in shock.
"It's not cured, it's probably just that the symptoms have lessened."
To truly cure it, I estimate I'd have to vomit all the blood out.
Of course, that way the Beastification Disease might be cured, but the person would still be dead.
"This is already quite remarkable. No one who has ever Beastification has ever been saved before. Those hunters, all they do is hunt and burn them."
Anke said excitedly.
"Mr. Liu Zheng Yate, if only you had come sooner! So many people wouldn't have died. Yate wouldn't have been burned."
He spoke incoherently.
"Wake up, I wasn't even born forty years ago."
Liu Zheng slapped his hand without any politeness.
"Besides, even the Beastification Disease rejects my blood, so what good do you think it could be?"
"You're right, I was overthinking it."
Anke covered the spot where he had been slapped and sighed.
"Let's go back to the church first."
Liu Zheng picked up Father John and said.
Given Father John's abilities, he should know more than that young hunter.
"Um!"
Fula responded loudly, then grasped her father's hand with one hand and Liu Zheng's cloak with the other, a happy smile spreading across her face.
"Uh, boss, how should I arrange this?"
Xia Kai asked cautiously from the side.
"You? What is your mission?"
Liu Zheng asked.
"The main objective is to survive for 48 hours; there are three side objectives."
"The first task is to collect the God's Child's Umbilical Cord."
"The second is to collect more than ten Holy Grail."
"The third is to hunt down a Higher Being."
Xia Kai said without reservation.
If the system panel weren't something only he could see, he would have loved to give it to Liu Zheng as a sign of sincerity.
"So your mission clashes with mine?"
Liu Zheng opened the City Hall's list and glanced at it; sure enough, it also listed a need for the God's Child's Umbilical Cord.
"Huh? Could this be a main quest?"
Xia Kai asked, his heart pounding with fear.
"Are you scared out of your wits? We're just having a main quest collision, why would I waste words with you? I'll just chop you down with one strike and be done with it."
He rolled his eyes.
"Oh, it's alright, it's alright. It's okay if I can't complete the side quests. With my abilities, I never even considered doing side quests in the first place."
Xia Kai a sigh of relief.
He was very self-aware; the idea of a God's Child's Umbilical Cord or hunting Higher Being was obviously an impossible task.
He just needs to survive for 48 hours.
Of course, it would be even better if we could persist a little longer to improve the rating.
"Speaking of which, what are the benefits of completing side quests?"
Liu Zheng asked.
"Don't you know?"
Xia Kai asked the question before realizing that this person was entering the dungeon for the first time, and he was immediately filled with mixed emotions.
Being crushed by geniuses in real life is bad enough, but to be humiliated by them in a game is just too much suffering.
Of course, no matter how envious, jealous, or resentful you may feel, you still have to cling to those powerful figures.
"Completing side quests can significantly improve your mission rating, and it also adds extra special exchange options at the end. I've heard there are other benefits as well, but I don't know them yet."
Xia Kai said honestly.
"I see. Did you have any side quests during the beginner dungeons?"
"No, there's only one main quest: escape from prison."
Xia Kai replied.
Is it difficult?
Liu Zheng asked curiously.
"This is a rather complicated matter. How about we talk about it as we walk?"
Xia Kai asked tentatively.
"Alright, then you can come with me. But let me make this clear: if anything happens, I won't go to great lengths to save you. And if I catch you doing anything underhanded, I won't give you a warning; I'll just kill you."
He said coldly.
"Understood, understood. Don't worry, sir. I'm known for being honest and upright, and I definitely won't cause you any trouble."
Xia Kai patted his chest and assured him.
"If you're so honest and law-abiding, how did you end up being chosen by the Hell Game?"
Based on his own experience, Liu Zheng felt that the players chosen by the Hell Game were all "sick," whether physically or mentally.
"I don't know. I was looking at the Steam new game rankings the other day when a pop-up asked if I wanted to play something more exciting."
"And then you ordered it?"
Liu Zheng answered quickly.
"No, I thought I had some kind of virus, and I was about to launch the antivirus software when the mouse started moving by itself and selected 'yes' for me."
Xia Kai said helplessly.
Very good, as expected of Hell Game, it truly is hellish.
"Let's go, carry the priest on our backs, and talk as we walk."
He left Father John to Xia Kai.
A leader who doesn't utilize his subordinates is not a qualified leader.
Besides, he would feel more at ease having Xia Kai do something.
"Okay."
Xia Kai, beaming with joy, carried Father John on his back.
"I'm sorry, I don't think you can just leave like this."
However, they hadn't gone far when a group of hunters dressed in white suits blocked their path.