Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 13 Trial Completed
"Snapped!!"

After a full-strength swing with over ten points of strength, everyone only saw an afterimage, and then heard an explosion.

Everyone's eyes were focused on the crushed toad in an instant. In addition to a flash of confusion in everyone's eyes, there was more of a glimmer of hope.

In contrast, the old lady standing next to Xiao Ran had cold flames flashing in her empty eye sockets. She stared straight at Xiao Ran, as if she wanted to see through his body and into his soul. Her face was full of disbelief.
"Ding……"

The sound of copper coins rolling down echoed in the silent crowd.

Immediately afterwards...

"Dingling...Dingling..."

More and more copper coins sounded, and a steady stream of copper coins rolled from their broken bodies to the ground.

As more and more copper coins fell to the ground, the bodies that were originally suppressing everyone began to become lighter.

"what!!!"

It was not until the old lady screamed that everyone woke up from this dreamlike scene.

Looking again, I saw black smoke and dust pouring out of the old lady's body, and her flesh began to fall off. Her body was twisting in intense pain, as if it was being torn from the inside by some unspeakable force.

Her face was distorted, her eyes were filled with hatred and curses, and she seemed to be in endless torment.

The air around them began to become pungent, with the smell of sulfur and corruption, making people want to vomit.

In a moment, her body became like Tao Ge'er and others, neither human nor ghost.

The difference was that her body was still disintegrating, and her black bones were gradually exposed amidst the blood and flesh.

Suddenly, the old lady opened her mouth and let out an ear-piercing scream. The sound was no longer human, but more like countless copper coins rubbing against each other in her mouth.

Xiao Ran, who was standing by, noticed that the black bones were covered with twisted textures.

"It's a curse mark!"

These textures looked familiar, somewhat similar to the black curse pattern in his body.

"what!"

Unfortunately, before Xiao Ran could look at it for a while, Tao Ge'er, who had come to his senses, could no longer conceal the madness on his face. He let out a roar, like a wild dog breaking free from its chains, and raised the axe to chop at the old lady in front of him.

"boom!!"

The axe hit the old woman's already decayed body, making a dull sound like wood.

The old lady, who had already suffered the backlash, trembled violently after being hit by the axe.

“Hahahaha, die, die, old thing, die!!”

Tao Ge'er's bulging eyeballs were full of bloodshot. The resentment that had been suppressed in his heart for more than a hundred years finally found an outlet at this moment.

But when he wanted to raise the axe to chop a second time, the old lady slapped him hard, and the huge force directly knocked Tao Ge'er away.

The old lady turned her head and stared at Xiao Ran. She opened her lips slightly but made no sound. However, the pronunciation of the word could be seen from her mouth shape...

"Kill, kill her!!"

The next second, everyone rushed forward like crazy, smashing the old lady's body with hoes, sickles, axes, and even dung shovels. Some people had no weapons in their hands, so they simply jumped up and kicked her a few times.

This old lady who had turned this village into a living hell and who had oppressed a group of people for hundreds of years, making them dare not even think of resisting, was knocked to the ground by the angry crowd.

Xiao Ran had already stepped aside at this moment, and through the gaps in the crowd, he saw that one of the old lady's eyes on her smashed face was still staring at him.

The old lady's mouth shape flashed through my mind, and I silently read out those two words in my heart...

go! !
For a moment, Xiao Ran couldn't help but feel a ripple in his heart.

But it was only a ripple. Xiao Ran looked up into the deep darkness in the distance. Compared with the lives that died at the hands of this old woman, the women and children who were abducted and sold, her fate made Xiao Ran feel nothing but sigh. He could only sum it up in two words...

"Deserve it!"

At this time, Tao Ge'er raised his head and saw Xiao Ran standing not far away. He was overjoyed to see that this boy had not run away yet.

He immediately picked up the axe and strode towards Xiao Ran.

In fact, he had no idea what had happened to Li Shang that he had actually smashed such an important golden toad. But that was not important. What was important was that this guy could not live.
No matter what, they must make this guy endure the pain that they have endured over the past hundred years.

Seeing a group of people rushing towards him with murderous intent, Xiao Ran frowned: "If I say that I am not Li Shang, can you let me go?"

"You're not Li Shang?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment. If he was not Li Shang, then the smashing of the golden toad seemed to make sense.

"Bullshit!"

Tao Ge'er curled his lips and said, "You are not Li Shang, how can you use Li Shang's tiger fist? The way you crawled out of the coffin said that you are not Li Shang, you are sorry for the slap on my face."

After hearing what Tao Ge'er said, Xiao Ran could only spread his hands with a helpless expression. He couldn't blame himself for acting too well. At least he was serious when he slapped him in the face.

"Stop talking nonsense. No matter whether you are Li Shang or not, you have to stay here with your life!"

"That's right, kill him. No matter who he is, even if he is not Li Shang, he cannot be allowed to walk out alive."

At this moment, everyone's eyes were already red with anger. They didn't care at all whether Xiao Ran was Li Shang or not. All they wanted was an outlet, a target to vent their resentment.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran sighed and looked at Tao Ge'er and the others: "So, if I slap you, you must give it back double, then..."

Xiao Ran's eyes gradually became sharper: "The villagers you killed, the women you abducted, and Yang Xuan who was tortured to death by you, their revenge should be doubled!"

Listening to the charges listed by Xiao Ran, some people hesitated and slowed down their pace, while others lowered their heads silently.

Only Brother Tao and the people around him looked indifferent. Brother Tao even joked, "Yeah, but you let them come and seek revenge on me." Then, Brother Tao opened his hands and shouted to the surroundings:

"Where are you?"

"Come out!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a white shadow floated past Tao Ge'er's eyes. He grabbed it and took a look.

It turned out to be white paper money.

"call……"

A cool breeze blew over my head without warning, and more and more paper money fell like snowflakes.

"Brother Tao, this money..." The younger brother who followed Brother Tao looked at the paper money in front of him and suddenly shuddered all over. He whispered, "Isn't this the money we burned?"

After killing the villagers, the old lady took out a lot of paper money and asked them to burn it together with the villagers' bodies.

And now, the money actually appeared here.

Tao Ge'er's pupils tightened when he heard that, and then he turned around and scolded, "Shut up, what nonsense are you talking about."

He turned around and stared at Xiao Ran: "Don't play tricks, if there really is a ghost, I am also an evil ghost, you let them come to me, you...!!!"

Before Tao Ge'er could finish his words, a white shadow suddenly flashed in front of him.

He rubbed his eyes immediately, and looked again, only to see a woman's figure under the white paper money in front of him. She seemed to be there and not there, near and far away in the gaps of the paper money. Just as he was stunned, the woman suddenly turned around. That familiar face, without eyes, without teeth, and two lines of blood turning into tears, made Tao Ge'er tremble all over.

"Ghost, ghost! There's a ghost!"

Tao Ge'er took two steps back and felt that he had bumped into something. He turned around and saw two bloody figures standing silently behind him among the fluttering paper money, staring at him with empty eyes.

After seeing the two men's faces clearly, Tao Ge'er couldn't help but recall the night when he knocked on the door and then chopped the two men to the ground with an axe. He seemed to still be able to hear their screams and pleas.

"Fuck you, I'm not afraid of you!"

Fear turned into anger, and Tao Ge'er's head buzzed. He simply raised the axe in his hand and chopped at the two people in front of him.

"If you are alive, I can kill you once, twice, three times, countless times. Even if I become a ghost, I will be the worst and most vicious ghost..."

Tao Ge'er's eyes were red as he desperately swung the axe forward. Every time he swung, heart-wrenching screams could be heard.

It wasn't just Tao Ge'er. All the people who participated in the massacre were like this at this moment. They seemed to have suddenly gone crazy, waving axes and swords in their hands and killing people around them frantically.

Everything was just like the massacre that year, except that the targets this time were those silent people.

Suddenly, the scene in front of me was a mixture of shouting and screaming.

"Boom!!"

Xiao Ran was hiding aside watching the show, when he suddenly heard a gong sound behind him. He turned around and saw Li Ji standing behind him, looking at him with a smile.

"Let's go."

Li Ji didn't say where he was going, but just gestured for Xiao Ran to follow him.

"Little brother, I was mistaken. I didn't expect you to be an expert."

Xiao Ran was following behind, and was stunned when he heard Li Ji's words. This was the second time he heard this word.

The last time I heard these two words was when the old woman was throwing gold bars into her pocket.

Obviously, this "doorway" seems to be some kind of special symbol. If my guess is correct, it should be related to the curse pattern.

"It was just a fluke."

Not knowing the ins and outs of this, Xiao Ran didn't dare to reveal too much.

Li Ji smiled and said, "For those who have made it through the door, there is no such thing as luck. It's just that it's hard to get in, and the road ahead will be even harder. If you take a wrong step, you will fall into an abyss. Look at that old lady, she was originally a gold merchant, but she turned herself into this."

At this time Li Ji stopped and looked back at the village in front of him. He saw a ball of fire dancing in the village, and wherever it passed, a raging fire immediately broke out from the ruins.

"is her!"

Xiao Ran took a closer look and saw that the girl in white looked crazy and stupid, humming a little tune, but holding a torch in her hand. Sparks took root and the village was set on fire in a moment.

As the fire grew bigger and bigger, the girl stood in the sea of fire and danced lightly, letting the flames ignite her white dress. She looked in the direction of Xiao Ran, waved her hand, and jumped up and disappeared into the fire.

Watching the girl disappear, Xiao Ran felt complicated. If it weren't for her, he might not have noticed that something was wrong with the village.

But he had no ability to save her.

"Actually, you've done a good job. At least she is relieved."

Li Ji comforted Xiao Ran softly, and handed the oil lamp in his hand to her. "Take this lamp and keep walking forward, and you will be able to get out. This lamp is a gift from me. If you are lost, you might as well use it to look around."

Xiao Ran took the oil lamp and wanted to ask Li Ji questions with a lot of doubts in his mind. He felt that Li Ji was not like a wandering ghost in this village, but more like... a guide for newcomers.

But Li Ji had already waved his hand and urged, "Go, go quickly, if you are late you will miss the way back."

"Okay, thank you!"

After thanking Li Ji, Xiao Ran turned around and walked forward with the lantern in hand. Under the dim oil lamp, the white mist around him seemed to be gradually dissipating. After walking for an unknown amount of time, bright red blood words began to appear in front of Xiao Ran's eyes again...

“You have completed this maze city trial.

Complete the main quest [Help Niujia Village] (Rank F)
Complete the side quest [Soul Reaper] (Rank F)
This trial score: E,

We will settle the bill for you soon..."

(End of this chapter)