Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 225: Jumping out of the bones and falling into the fire pit

"Da da da……"

The Bone Hell is very large. Xiao Ran is not sure whether this place has boundaries, but from his perspective, he cannot see where the end is in the distance.

Fortunately, the bronze horse he was riding was not affected by this, otherwise, if it were an ordinary mortal, it would probably turn into a skeleton after running for a while.

Follow the direction of the golden light and move forward.

Soon, Xiao Ran saw a black lake in front of him.

I don't know where the source is, but the water in this lake is dark and as thick as oil.

"My flesh, my blood..."

In the black pool, many skeletons soaked themselves in it, constantly trying to hang the liquid on themselves.

But the liquid seeped out from the gaps between their bones and soon flowed back into the pool.

Although Xiao Ran saw that they were skeletons, he could see that their souls were not extinguished, but were instead attached to the bones. However, most of them had lost their true spirits and thoughts, just like the wandering ghosts outside.

These skeletons are definitely not ordinary people, otherwise they would have been dead bones, so how could their souls still be immortal?

Xiao Ran observed around and found that some skeletons wrapped their bodies with clothes and then soaked them in the black liquid in the lake, so that most of the liquid could stick to their bodies as much as possible.

When Xiao Ran was observing these dry bones that still had intelligence, he didn't expect that these dry bones were also looking at Xiao Ran.

The image of Xiao Ran, fully clothed in armor and riding a bronze horse, undoubtedly made them feel frightened and uneasy, but a lively light flashed in his empty eye sockets from time to time.

Finally, a skeleton wrapped in clothes walked towards Xiao Ran.

Without waiting for Xiao Ran to speak, he knelt on the ground: "Kill me, kill me, even if my soul flies away, don't let me stay here, I beg you!!"

This place is almost indistinguishable from hell.

It’s okay for ordinary people who die here, their souls will just be scattered. But some people with strong souls and bodies will suffer a life worse than death.

They can't even commit suicide.

Xiao Ran's appearance made them feel both unfamiliar and frightened.

If there was time, Xiao Ran would be happy to try to help them, but now Xiao Ran really doesn't have time.

Every second you delay here will increase your losses a lot.

He could even feel his own corpse oil flowing down like sweat underneath the bronze armor.

He immediately ignored these people and rushed towards the place where the golden light was flashing.

"Wait, please, please..."

Seeing Xiao Ran was about to leave, the skeleton tried to catch up with him, but their speed could not keep up with the four legs of the bronze horse.

Until one of the skeletons fell down and saw the white grease on the ground. With some confusion, he stretched out his finger to touch it, then raised his head and actually burst into laughter.

"Ha ha……"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……"

"You too, are an unlucky guy, hahaha. Don't run away. You can't run away. You can't get out of this place. You will suffer here just like us, hahaha..."

The laughter behind me gradually faded away, and soon there was a rumbling sound in front of me.

In the center of the mountain of bones, a huge hole appeared there, as if a hole appeared out of thin air, and black liquid kept flowing into it, as if it could never be filled.

And the golden light that I saw was right below.

"Do you want me to jump?"

Xiao Ran jumped off his warhorse and took off his bronze armor. Suddenly, his whole body was covered with greasy liquid.

His figure was obviously much thinner than before.

Xiao Ran even felt extremely hungry, thirsty, and even a little bit like he had heatstroke.

You should know that your physical fitness has a bonus of 35 points, which is enough to make you half a superhero in reality.

But his current state showed that the extent of his blood and flesh loss had exceeded his limit. Even if he relied on the [Record of Corpse Dissection] to protect himself, his balance had been broken.

Xiao Ran immediately took out two chips and gave himself a set of recovery techniques, allowing himself to temporarily return to his best condition.

Then he walked to the edge of the hole and kicked down a bone.

But the bones fell in and disappeared without any echo. The dead silence made people feel panic.

But Xiao Ran noticed that the golden light was right under his feet.

"If I had known, I would have gotten more bird carcasses!!"

Xiao Ran felt a pang of regret in his heart, but no one could know everything in advance, so he could only blame himself for not thinking carefully enough.

"Jump!"

At this point, let alone a bottomless abyss, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, I have to jump in. If I don’t jump now, staying here will be a dead end.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran took out wet wipes and soap to wash off all the greasy grease, then found some clothes, tore them into strips and wrapped them around his hands, looked at the abyss in front of him, took a deep breath, and jumped down.

"call……"

All he could hear was the sound of rushing wind. Xiao Ran stretched out his arms and limbs, trying to maintain his balance as best he could.

The sudden cold wind blew over, causing Xiao Ran to squint her eyes involuntarily, and tears were about to be blown out.

Gradually, a warm current surged up from the dark abyss.

Under the scorching air waves, Xiao Ran's falling speed suddenly slowed down, but the temperature ahead was getting higher and higher.

After an unknown amount of time, a ray of fire gradually became clearer. "Fire?"

Xiao Ran roughly understood that the hell above was the hell of bones and the hell below was the sea of fire.

The Hell of Bones turns human flesh and blood into a fat-like liquid, which gathers into a river and flows down continuously.

The fat and bones become fuel for the sea of fire and hell.

He wasn't sure whether the real Eighteen Hells of the Underworld were designed like this, but the design in front of him was quite clever.

But he didn't care whether there was a sea of fire or a mountain of swords below. He just watched the golden light getting closer and closer.

Xiao Ran couldn't help but hold his breath and stared with wide eyes at a dark hole that appeared on the cliff on the left.

And the golden light comes from inside.

“That’s it!!”

Looking at the direction of the flashing golden light, Xiao Ran tried to open his arms and control his direction to move forward.

But the speed of descent is getting faster and faster.

"Five hundred meters..."

"Four hundred..."

"three hundred……"

"Two hundred...get ready!" Xiao Ran opened his arms towards the cave entrance.

With a "whoosh!" sound, Xiao Ran's figure flashed through the cave entrance and continued to fall downwards...

……

About ten minutes later, a hand holding a dagger stretched out from under the cliff at the entrance of the cave, stabbed it hard into the edge of the cliff that was as smooth as a mirror, pulled it hard, and climbed up almost crawling.

Xiao Ran was seen holding a rope with one hand, one end of which was tied firmly to a pillar next to the cave.

"It's so exciting!"

Only after crawling into the stone cave did Xiao Ran breathe a sigh of relief and take a breath. Then he stood up and shook his hands.

"Whoosh!!"

The rope tied to the stone pillar was quickly untied and returned to Xiao Ran's hand. The rope was made very delicately. At the head was a golden locust with its wings spread, looking vivid and lifelike. There were traces of curse patterns flashing on it.

F-level cursed item: [Locust Hook·Scholar] (from Chapter 183, one of the three cursed items left by Shen Kuaidao)
Made of special materials, it is immune to water and fire, and cannot be damaged by physical damage that is not above level D.

Perk 1: Locust Claw
It can throw out flying claws to grab targets within 300 meters of line of sight.

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Privilege 2: Locust Ghost Net

After casting the Locust Claw, activate it before grabbing the target. After activation, the Locust Claw will split into an extra-large spider web.

Thanks to this thing, this seemingly insignificant little thing unexpectedly became my life-saving amulet.

"It's a good thing this stone pillar is strong enough, otherwise it would be fatal."

Xiao Ran sighed in his heart that he was lucky. He put away his locust claws and looked up at the strange cave in front of him.

This cave is so hidden, could it be hiding some secret? ?

Since the golden light leads here, the way out may be here.

Put on the [Gilded Cloak] and take out the [Guillotine]

After both of them were activated, Xiao Ran deliberately released Qianbingwei and let this guy walk in front to explore the way for him.

The cave was very deep, but fortunately there were no forks in the road. Not long after he walked in, he found that his physical condition seemed to no longer be affected by the hell of bones.

Xiao Ran immediately released the corpse technique on his body and then pulled out the silver needle.

As his heartbeat gradually began to recover, blood began to flow rapidly around Xiao Ran's body.

But in just a moment, Xiao Ran's skin color and mental state had returned to their original state.

Although I still lost a little weight, fortunately it didn't have much impact on me. But after I go back, I must ask Wu Man to make more food for me to replenish my body.

After a careful observation, Xiao Ran found that the skin was indeed no longer shedding. He relaxed and walked forward along the cave.

Finally, the narrow intersection in front of me suddenly became bright after passing through a hole.

A huge cave appeared in front of Xiao Ran.

The cave is very large, but there are four coffins placed inside.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran's heart moved: "Isn't this a compensation for myself?"

After all, where there is a coffin, there is a corpse. No matter whose corpse is enshrined here, as long as it falls into your hands, it will be your treasure.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran's heart became hot and he signaled Senbingwei to open one of the coffins.

Senbei stepped forward, inserted the blade of his knife into the gap of the coffin lid, and pried it open with force.

With a "click", a hole was pried open in the coffin. It didn't look like it was sealed tightly, otherwise it wouldn't be so easy to open.

After letting Senbingwei push the coffin open completely, Xiao Ran raised his knife and put his head close to the coffin, looking inside the coffin with his eyes squinting.

"Ah!! Why is it him??"

Looking at the familiar face in the coffin, Xiao Ran opened his mouth wide, quickly put down the knife, rushed into the coffin, and shook Yang Fengchui who was still sleeping inside: "Fengchui, Fengchui..."

(End of this chapter)