Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 309 I haven't boarded the ship yet...

Xiao Ran carefully examined the golden coffin in front of him. Even though it was made of pure gold, it had been soaked in the underworld for who knows how long, and many places had been corroded and had pits and holes.

The original words and carvings on it are no longer legible.

"Who is buried here?"

After walking around the coffin, Xiao Ran looked at the alarm on the [Black Swan Brooch] on his chest, which was slowly fading away: "It seems that the owner of this coffin does not welcome my visit."

Although the golden legend is very tempting, Xiao Ran now has to give up this idea.

After all, compared to the golden legend, dog life is the most important.

The Golden Legend didn’t work, so Xiao Ran could only look at the other three blind boxes… Bah, they were coffins.

Coming to the sarcophagus, Xiao Ran looked at it carefully. Although it was made of stone, the degree of corrosion on this coffin was the least. There was a pair of phoenixes carved on it.

There were words on both sides, but Xiao Ran looked at them for a long time and couldn't recognize a single word, so he simply placed his hands tentatively on the coffin.

However, a faint red light began to flash on the [Black Swan Brooch·Scholar]. Although it was not as strong as the golden coffin, the dark red alarm still made Xiao Ran feel apprehensive.

Xiao Ran stood in front of the sarcophagus and hesitated for a long time, but ultimately decided not to take the risk.

When faced with this situation, most people would think that risks and benefits are directly proportional, but Xiao Ran was unwilling to take the gamble.

This is the underworld, and the things buried beneath the Yellow Springs are beyond the ability of one to deal with at this level.

There might be rare treasures in it, but I only have one life to save. What's more, I am still in the underworld. If something really goes wrong, I won't even be able to escape.

So he turned his gaze to the other two wooden coffins.

Yellow water was still dripping from the wooden coffin. Although the wood was corroded, it had not rotted away like the bronze coffin.

It just feels soft when you pinch it, like cotton soaked in water.

Place both hands on the coffin at the same time, one on the left and one on the right.

Xiao Ran looked down at his chest, waiting quietly for a while with anticipation.

This time, no alarm was sounded from the Black Swan Brooch.

"There's a show!"

A look of joy appeared on Xiao Ran's face. He summoned Senbingwei and the tiger, and slowly backed away.

"Amitabha, may the Jade Emperor bless me and bring me wealth and promotion."

Xiao Ran casually made the sign of a cross on his chest, and then controlled Senbingwei and Lao Hu to open the coffin.

When Xiao Ran touched the coffin just now, he noticed that it had been soaked and became very soft. As long as Senbingwei and Lao Hu pried it open with force, the coffin would tear apart like a soaked cardboard box.

The two men violently opened the box and soon opened the coffin lid.

Xiao Ran made sure there was no danger, then he walked to the coffin and carefully stuck his head out to take a look inside.

The coffin on the left was completely soaked and rotten. In addition to a scattered human skeleton, there were also some miscellaneous burial objects.

Xiao Ran picked up a bronze furnace at random.

It's not a cursed object, but the stove is beautifully crafted, so I'll keep it for now.

Continuing to explore, I found a jade plate with words I couldn't recognize on it. It looked a bit like hieroglyphics. The jade plate felt warm in my hand. Even after being soaked in the underworld for so long, there was still no sign of corrosion. It can be seen that this thing is not ordinary.

A bronze mirror that was already corroded beyond recognition, but not a cursed object, so it was just thrown away.

Following closely were some odds and ends of toys, but most of them had been corroded beyond recognition after being immersed in the underworld.

"Ok!"

At this moment, Xiao Ran felt a sudden heaviness in his hand, and he felt he had touched something. He took it out and saw that it was actually a bronze sword.

Xiao Ran took out the bronze sword and put it in his hand

The sword body was simple, solid and as smooth as a mirror.

The hilt of the sword was engraved with strange spell patterns, as if countless shadows were wandering on the hilt.

The blade was sharp and cold, and the surface of the bronze sword was covered with black clouds like smoke and dust, emitting a faint green light.

"Reminder! You have discovered a C-rank cursed item, the Head-Beheading Sword. The spiritual power of this cursed item has been severely depleted. Please repair it as much as possible."

"finally come!"

When Xiao Ran saw the treasure he had obtained, he grinned so hard that his mouth almost reached the back of his head.

Immediately try to activate it using [Horizontal Refining].

[Head-killing Sword·Horizontal Refining]

The killing blade is carefully crafted by the Qigong practitioner to strengthen himself by slaughtering all living things.

Spiritual Charm LV1: 10/10000
Privilege 1: Dispel Evil Spirits

After activation, the sword blade will dispel evil and launch a range attack on the target in front.

(Note: This skill consumes a lot of spiritual energy. The higher the spiritual energy level, the stronger the lethality.)
Privilege 2: Tunsha

It can absorb evil spirits of different attributes and transform them into high-quality spiritual charm. Looking at the attributes of the [Sword of Execution], Xiao Ran couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Is that all? ?
Normally, the effect of a C-level curse shouldn't be just this.

Like [Spiritual Clothes], as a C-level cursed item, the effect of [Spiritual Clothes] is simply ridiculously strong.

It can fly into the sky, escape into the ground, travel thousands of miles, and most importantly, it can add another life to itself. In comparison, in Xiao Ran's mind, the ability of this sword is simply... D or E level at best.

"Wait, isn't that the right profession?"

Xiao Ran thought about this and tried to use [Scholar] to activate the sword.
As the light blue spell pattern of [Scholar] flowed into the sword body, a light blue luster appeared on the blade.

“There are indeed some differences.”

Xiao Ran's heart moved, and the properties of the sword were exposed to him again.

[Sword of the Head-Slayer - Scholar]

Spiritual Charm LV1: 10/10000
Privilege 1: Flying Blade
When activated, the blade can fly and kill enemies according to the user's will.

(Note: Blade flying requires extremely high mental strength. At the same time, each action will consume a part of the spiritual charm. The higher the spiritual charm level, the stronger the lethality of the blade.)
Privilege 2: Spirit Explosion.

After activation, the spiritual energy stored in the sword will explode violently, producing terrifying magical power.

(Note: The power of the Spiritual Explosion is determined by the level of the Spiritual Rhythm.)
Spiritual Charm LV1: Spiritual Pressure Blast

Consumes 5000 points of spiritual energy each time

Lingyun LV5: Lingyan Explosion

Consumes 20000 points of spiritual energy each time

Spiritual Charm LV10: Spiritual Lightning Thunder

Each time consumes 80000 points of spiritual energy.

Looking at the skill attributes that reappeared in front of him, Xiao Ran's eyes flashed with brilliance: "Flying sword? Spirit Explosion?" Combining the two together, Xiao Ran couldn't help but imagine himself controlling a flying sword and exploding in front of the enemy.

Four words popped up in my mind: "Dongfeng Express?"

"My goodness, if this thing is paired with my [Spiritual Clothes], it would be a perfect match!"

When he got the bronze sword, he was still a little worried. After all, he didn't know swordsmanship. If he were to use this sword to kill someone, even if it was of a higher grade, in Xiao Ran's mind it was not as practical as the [Guillotine].

But I didn't expect that I was overthinking. The ancient masters would not let you fight with the dagger at all. They would just use it as a cannonball. If they didn't like you, they would send you a Dongfeng Express from thousands of miles away, and run away after the explosion. It was so cool.

The only problem with this sword now is that it has been soaked in the Yellow Spring for too long and has lost all its spirituality. I need to find a way to replenish its spiritual power.

The skill of [Horizontal Refining] just now already has a way to devour evil spirits to quickly restore spiritual energy. This is too easy for me. I am proficient in the art of exorcism. I want to find a toilet... Bah, the evil spirit pool is not a piece of cake.

He happily put away the sword and put his hands together: "Wulian Tianzun, Amitabha, senior, please continue to sleep, I will not disturb you."

As he said this, he asked Senbei and Tiger to close the coffin lid again.

Then Xiao Ran looked at the other coffin with anticipation.

"what?"

What was different from the previous coffin was that the body in this coffin had not yet rotted. Not only that, but even the skin on its face looked lifelike.

This startled Xiao Ran, but after observing carefully for a while and making sure there was no danger, Xiao Ran still tentatively lay down beside the coffin and whispered: "Um... Senior? Senior? Wake up, it's time to get up. Has your delivery arrived?"

After shouting for a while, Xiao Ran breathed a sigh of relief and saw that the person in the coffin had no intention of waking up. At the same time, his heartbeat began to accelerate. He stared at the corpse in the coffin with his eyes becoming hot.

A corpse that existed for who knows how many ages could bury itself in the underworld, which was enough to prove the strength of the owner of the corpse when he was alive.

In Xiao Ran's eyes, such a corpse is more powerful than those cursed objects.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran's eyes became even hotter, and he couldn't help but stretch out his hand to grab the corpse.

"boom!!"

Suddenly! There was a loud bang, and the whole ship shook violently. Xiao Ran was almost overturned by this sudden change, and his body tilted and he was about to be thrown out.

Fortunately, at this moment, Senbingwei reached out his hand in time and grabbed Xiao Ran, while the other three opened like spiders, firmly grasping everything around him that could be grabbed.

Tiger then grabbed Qianbingwei and pulled hard, pulling Xiao Ran and Qianbingwei, who were already thrown into the air, down together.

But before Xiao Ran could relax, he heard a shrill cry, and then the cabin behind him was torn apart again, and a scaly tail pierced through the deck above.

"I……"

Xiao Ran looked at the tail and felt completely furious. As the saying goes, when gods fight, mortals suffer.

Seeing the hole getting bigger and bigger, the dim yellow spring water mixed with some strange things was about to rush into the cabin. Xiao Ran could not think of anything else at the moment. He put away the Senbingwei and turned over to lie down in the coffin beside him. Then he asked Lao Hu to get the coffin lid.

However, at the moment when the tiger grabbed the coffin lid, a dark tentacle stretched out from under the water and wrapped around the tiger's body. A huge force followed with a twist, and there was a sound of bones breaking. The tiger was twisted into a dough stick. Fortunately, the tiger was a corpse after all, and it relied on instinct to close the coffin lid for Xiao Ran.

"Boom!"

After the coffin lid was fastened on the coffin, the world suddenly became pitch black. Xiao Ran could feel a violent turbulence outside and the sound of the coffin colliding everywhere, and he could vaguely hear the woman's curse from before.

It was unknown how long it had been, but when the noise outside became quieter and quieter, Xiao Ran reluctantly breathed a sigh of relief. He tried to carefully open a corner of the coffin lid and poked his head out to take a look:
"broken!"

Looking at the bone ship slowly moving away in the distance, Xiao Ran's face turned pale, and he quickly opened the coffin and shouted, "Don't leave, I haven't boarded the ship yet!!"

(End of this chapter)