Hell's Handbook-Chapter 384

Su Jin continued to watch the battle from the rooftop of one of the houses. A silver glow covered his body as he used his psychokinesis to form a protective layer around himself. This way, the monsters in the Challenge would not be able to detect his presence unless they were of a certain level and above.

“How foolish. There’s no way a Level A Challenge would let you earn points this easily. Side quests are clearly traps to lead owners to their own deaths.” Su Jin couldn’t help but shake his head. He could guess what the three teams were thinking by now. They had clearly decided to join hands to kill as many demons as they could, and to retreat once they ran into one they couldn’t handle.

If this were a Level B Challenge, that tactic might work out well. But this was a Level A Challenge. Level A Challenges were bent on killing the owners, which meant that even if you were in a relatively safe area away from monsters, there would be something else that could kill you.

From what Su Jin could see, the strategists of the three teams were not stupid. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have managed to help the teams get to a point where they were worthy of a Level A Challenge. But they had too little experience with Level A Challenges, and their greed for more points had caused them to make a foolish decision.

Meanwhile, Liu Bowen was panting heavily. The 16 demons were still all at Rank D, but it was getting harder to slay them. The number of demons was about the same as the number of owners, so they weren’t able to outnumber and overcome the demons like the last two rounds.

“We’ve got to retreat once we’re done with these demons! Otherwise, we’re going to die!” yelled the strategist from Team Sunday. He could sense the impending dangers coming their way, and he was getting very frightened.

The 16 demons were not very formidable, but they were fearless and didn’t care if they died or not. Some of them could still fight even if their heads were cut off. To make sure they had really slayed the demons, the owners had to hack them to pieces, which consumed more energy.

But the owners were still stronger than the demons at this point, so they eventually managed to slay all 16 demons. Immediately after the last one was killed, Liu Bowen shouted, “Let’s go! We can’t stay here any longer!”

Before they could run away, more clouds of black mist transformed into demons.

“There’s 32 of them!” Liu Bowen trembled as despair filled his eyes. By now, everyone understood what was going on. The new batch of demons always had twice the number of demons that were killed.

He could probably kill these 32 demons if he used Spirit Power, but what would happen after that? Of course, 64 more would appear. And even if he could kill those 64, another 128 would appear.

Despair welled up in the hearts of the owners, and some looked like they were about to have a breakdown. Was this what a Level A Challenge was like? An illogical massacre that ignored whether the owners could handle it or not? The dangers they were facing were way too much for them. It seemed like the Challenge had only one aim, and that was to kill off all the owners.

“Everyone, pull yourselves together! We just need to make them back off enough so that we can run! We still stand a chance!” Liu Bowen was someone who had gone through a Level A Challenge before, so he quickly tried to encourage the rest, because he knew that if the owners gave up fighting, they were all doomed for sure.

A little hope was ignited in their hearts. Liu Bowen was right. Even if they couldn’t defeat the demons, they could always run. As long as they used Spirit Power and their weapons, they could get away from 32 demons.

The entire group immediately either activated their Spirit Power or used weapons to slash their way through the demons. But 32 demons were no fun to fight. The demons surrounded them on all sides, and they didn’t fear death, so the owners struggled to fight them.

Su Jin shook his head and sighed again. If he went over, he would definitely be able to rescue them from this situation. But the chance of these people dying later on was still very high.

“Help! Save me! Save me!!” screamed one of the owners. He was caught by one of the demons. The demon had a head of black hair, and it was so long, it dragged on the ground. But if one looked closely, you would realize that each strand was alive and wiggling away. Su Jin could even see that there was a tiny mouth at the end of every strand.

“A demon with hair that eats, huh,” murmured Su Jin. It seemed there was no hope for that owner. The demons had pushed him away from the rest of his team, and his team was close to escaping the demons. If they went back for him, they’d have to be surrounded by the demons all over again.

“Save… save me!!” The owner was from Team Blazing Sun. He sank into despair because he could see his teammates running away without even turning to look at him. None of them were going to come and rescue him.

Just then, a flash of silver flickered next to him and the hairy demon turned to powder. The owner who had left the restaurant by himself, appeared. If he remembered correctly, this man’s surname was Su!

“Are you alright?” asked Su Jin. He didn’t want to help at first, but when he saw the owner in desperate need, he couldn’t help but step in.

“I’m… I’m alright! Thank you so much!” The owner was so grateful to Su Jin.

Su Jin smiled back, and the owner noticed something. After Su Jin appeared, the other demons quickly ran in the other direction. The owner knew it couldn’t be because of him, so it had to be because of Su Jin.

And because the demons had run away from Su Jin, they had gone for the bigger group of owners. The group was horrified to find even more demons coming for them, and the group that had nearly made it out was stuck again.

“Keep retreating and gather together before we attempt another attack!” Liu Bowen commanded the rest. The number of demons coming toward them had increased, so if they just kept fighting like that, they would suffer great losses. They had to gather and rethink their strategy.

Liu Bowen prayed hard that they wouldn’t lose too many owners in this process. Before the demons surrounded them, they could slash their way through by themselves. But now that the demons had fully surrounded them, that tactic wasn’t going to work. He could only hope that most of them would be able to stay alive and uninjured so that they could try and launch a combined attack.

But when he was about to turn and run, he noticed a man engulfed in a silver glow was killing the demons around them. The demons resembled clouds as they vanished into the air instantly upon contact with the silver glow. More than ten demons had died in the blink of an eye.

“Mr. Su!” Liu Bowen was surprised when he realized that man was actually Su Jin.

“Gather around Mr. Su!” This was a pleasant surprise for Liu Bowen. He knew that Su Jin was formidable, but he did not know that Su Jin was this formidable.

The rest of the group didn’t need him to give them that instruction. Everyone had already started moving toward Su Jin, and he had helped to rescue a few of them from the demons.

The three teams quickly gathered around Su Jin. He said, “I will create a path for you guys, run westward immediately and keep out of harm’s way for as long as you can. If things get bad, there’s a City God temple in the east of the town, you should be able to receive some protection there.”

“Mr. Su, you’re not coming with us?” asked the strategist of Team Sunday when he realized why Su Jin was giving them these instructions.

Su Jin shook his head and said, “I still have other things to do, so you guys just focus on running.”

The group was shocked, but they had no right to say anything, since they were all counting on Su Jin to survive.

Su Jin grabbed the air in front of him and a longbow made from psychokinesis appeared in his hands. He pulled the bowstring back, and a silver arrow appeared there. When he released the string, the silver arrow flew out and turned every demon in the way to powder.

“Now!” yelled Su Jin after he released the arrow. The 15 owners immediately ran after the arrow and disappeared into the distance quickly.

The surviving demons immediately tried to run after the group, but Su Jin stood in front of them and said with a smile, “Did I say I was going to let you guys off?”

The demons were clearly frightened of Su Jin, and they were able to sense that Su Jin was very powerful. Just then, a wave suddenly moved through the mist and a gigantic figure walked out.