The Butcher's entire body stiffened, his pudgy face trembling slightly.
His first thought was, how dare this guy show up here!
His next thought was, what was he going to do?
Because.
He had seen Su Qi with a trace of a smile, the axe in his hand raised high in the dark night, gleaming with a cold light and with a 'snap', he chopped off the rope tied to the harvester.
The next moment.
The three huge oil drums on top of the harvester toppled over as they lost balance!
Not only did they knock the Butcher back!
"Whoosh!"
A large amount of liquid also poured out from the oil drums, drenching their bodies and the ground beneath their feet, and the unpleasant smell left the other Killers stupefied.
Is this gasoline?!
Maid Mary, ignoring the liquid on her body, lifted her head, her gaze fixed intently ahead.
She let out a sharp sound from her throat, "It's you, you bastard!!"
All the Killers looked towards that direction, their pupils glowing.
The prey they had been talking about all this time hadn't been hiding or running at all.
Instead, he had appeared right at the entrance of the church!
Facing so many gazes, Su Qi seemed completely at ease.
Leaning against the harvester, he looked at them and sighed slightly, speaking in an accusing tone,
"Leaving a guest aside while you lot are selfishly partying, is this your hospitality? American bullying just doesn't cut it."
Su Qi's figure in the darkness seemed quite lean as he watched a group of Killers slipping and struggling, their eyes shining fiercely with the desire to pounce,
he pulled out a matchstick, revealing a smile:
"But it's okay, I'll add a bit of atmosphere to the party."
The matchstick dropped onto the gasoline.
The raging fire shot up fiercely!
Not only the front area of the church doused in gasoline, but the surroundings of the church quickly turned into a sea of fire!
"Aah! It's so hot! I'm going to burn to death!"
"That damn beast! Kill him! Kill him!"
Screams and curses were incessant.
The fire, as if wishing to burn everything away, enveloped everything around the church.
However...
This group of Killers wasn't ordinary either, each one a madman.
Some, ignoring the flames covering them, struggled to break through and leaped towards Su Qi.
"Snap!"
Su Qi swung his axe without hesitation, the axe's momentum heavy and sufficiently sharp, like cutting through a cake, cleaving the man in two.
[Physical Strength -3, current 75]
As mentioned earlier, all actions would consume physical strength, and moving items in the storehouse had already taken a toll.
"Bang! Bang!"
Su Qi also raised his hunting shotgun, aiming not at those burnt by the fire but at others behind, their faces filled with shock and rage.
One shot, one head, no missed shots.
The church was completely enveloped in flames, the walls splitting from the fire, and thick smoke billowing. Those at the forefront were already emitting the scorched smell of meat, and inside, people were falling or roaring, trying to escape through the smoke.
And for those trying to break through the fire, Su Qi was merciless with his axe.
Other than the Hunter, the Woodcutter, and the Butcher, the rest had only ordinary human physiques, and their combat abilities weren't high once attacked by the great fire, barely managing to flail before getting their heads chopped off.
The Butcher had fallen, his body obese, sizzling with oil as it burned.
The Woodcutter had his head blown off by Su Qi's hunting shotgun at the first chance.
And the Hunter was vigilant, using the thick smoke and others' bodies as cover, while also finding the opportunity to leap over the flames on others' bodies.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Su Qi fired three consecutive shots, all dodged by the Hunter.
He frowned; the man's Body Movement Attribute was somehow boosted by a temporary burst.
"Die!"
The Hunter towered over him, holding a spiked plank, his eyes terrifyingly ferocious as he charged at Su Qi.
Su Qi unhesitatingly drew his butcher knife from his waist.
In the instant the knife swung.
Su Qi suddenly felt quicker, stronger, and he roughly knew the score.
The chill of the butcher knife slashed through under the Hunter's eyes filled with shock and doubt! He tried to block with what he had in his hand, but nothing could withstand the momentum of this knife!
Blood sprayed out profusely!
At the same time.
Su Qi also saw the words [Physical Strength -12, current 43], the consumption startling him, but the effect it brought was quite remarkable.
The Hunter's head hit the ground before his body fell down with a thud.
He slowly sheathed the butcher knife; it was powerful, but the physical strength it consumed was too much.
For now, he had to rely on this axe.
Ten minutes later.
Su Qi stood among the embers, covered in blood, surrounded by charred bodies with severed limbs, the church completely collapsed, and the fire gradually dying down.
"Although I didn't follow the system's mission, killing them all should count as completing the instance, right?"
He was nearly at his limit now, with only 11 points of physical strength left, almost depleted; excessive consumption of physical strength reflected in his physical state as fatigue.
Once below 30%, he could regain strength with a bit of rest. The lower the physical strength, the faster the recovery, with the chance to restore up to 30% this way.
After Su Qi's physical strength had recovered to 30, he gradually breathed evenly and walked towards the ruins holding his butcher knife. A [?] symbol appeared on the central Sheep Head pillar, he decided to explore it.
Along the way, he saw the tragically dead Mary and couldn't help but lament, "Next time, remember to add coriander."
Su Qi bypassed the burning ruins and walked straight to the open space in the middle.
Strangely, even though the church had collapsed into this state, the open space remained undisturbed.
His gaze turned to the ground.
The old priest lay stiff on the ground, having slit his own throat with a ring and poured a large amount of blood onto the pattern around the Sheep Head column. The old man had committed suicide to complete the ritual.
But... was the ritual finished?
Su Qi looked at the Sheep Head, its two long horns inscribed with various spells, its eyes tightly shut.
Questions marks appeared with information.
[Abnormal God's Shrine]
[It is a terrifying entity from the Abyss]
[It holds ancient and evil power]
[It is one of the sources of the Despairing World's collapse]
[It is now somewhat angry; its ritual was disrupted, but its power cannot penetrate this world, and it is currently observing you through the shrine with a trace of thought]
One message after another appeared.
"No wonder I felt a chill at my back," Su Qi said, looking at the Sheep Head. So it was peeping?
At that moment.
Su Qi's eyebrows suddenly raised as a deep red [!] popped up on the Sheep Head.
The darker the color, the more dangerous it indicated, and the higher the reward would be.
[If you kick its head around like a ball and juggle it twenty times without letting it touch the ground, you might receive an extremely astonishing reward]
Su Qi: "..."
Look at this... there's nothing normal about this behavior.
At the same time.
Su Qi also understood the malice in this message; once he started kicking, he would stir up trouble with such a terrifying entity.
But the reward seemed quite tempting. Should he give it a try?
Moreover, the entity's power still couldn't infiltrate here.
Su Qi hesitated for only a second, then decided the next moment.
Damn it, just do it!
After all, this instance was almost over, and once he left this world, it would be goodbye.
Su Qi had indeed practiced ball games, not only basic juggling but also knee bumps, sidekicks, and all kinds of fancy moves.
And at this moment, a figure in the distance was staring blankly at this scene.
He was the guard at the town's exit. After waiting a long time without any movement, he grew curious and hurried over.
What he saw were all his companions turned into charred corpses.
Most importantly.
The horrifying god's Sheep Head that they revered was being kicked around like a ball by that young man!
Su Qi's eyes naturally noticed this guy.
But he didn't pay him any mind.
All his attention was now on the Sheep Head before him, whose [?] was about to burst.
[This terrifying entity feels violated]
[Its rage is rising!]
[It is beyond furious!]
[It wants to kill you!]
[It is trying to use the barriers between worlds to send its power over!]
[It is being intercepted]
[It tries again]
[Intercepted again]
[It tries again]
[It's successful!]
Su Qi: "????"
This wasn't what was supposed to happen.
All of a sudden.
The entire night sky turned blood-red! Thick clouds opened up an abyss-like giant hole.
Wild winds came from all directions!
The Sheep Head's apparition suddenly rose from the column, forming a colossal shadow of a thousand meters!
An overwhelming evil aura shot into the sky!
The guard immediately rolled his eyes back and fainted on the spot.
Meanwhile, Su Qi's vision became bloodshot, a cacophony of strange shrieks filled his ears, and his spiritual power dropped rapidly.
This horror wasn't just for show.
Just a mere apparition was enough to bring him to the brink of a mental collapse.
At that moment, Su Qi hurriedly grabbed the eyeball that had fallen from the Sheep Head, which should be the so-called reward.
But it was too late to see what attribute the eyeball had.
A warning panel suddenly popped up.
[Instance no. 6823765 has encountered a severe error, data anomaly!]
[Correcting! And forcibly expelling players from the instance!]
The next moment.
Everything went black before Su Qi's eyes.
He was sent back to the login space.