Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 317 Slip away
"Woo~~~" the sound of the conch echoes on the top of the mountain.

As night falls, the starlight shines on the winding mountain road, as if guiding the way to another world.

On the top of the mountain, torches flickered, reflecting the devout and fanatical faces.

The priests dressed in human skin held hands, formed a huge circle, and danced a strange and twisted dance under the flag of the altar.

Their movements were rough and powerful. Although seemingly inappropriate, they attracted the blessing of the surrounding starlight. Each person exuded a dim aura that rushed straight into the sky.

The leading priest wore an ox bone mask and his bright red human skin robe was hung with bells that tinkled as he performed his strange dance moves.

"The heaven and earth are dark yellow, the great way blesses all living things. If the sky is lacking, the moon will make up for it. If the earth is lacking, the water will make up for it. If people are lacking, I will make up for it. The heaven makes up for it and makes it even!!"

The leading priest danced more vigorously, and the starlight bestowed upon him became stronger and stronger.

At this moment, Xiao Ran had already placed his physical body a hundred miles away, at the edge of Ruzhou, and ordered Qian Bingwei and others to guard it. He himself, relying on his [spiritual clothes], hid in the woods beside the river at the foot of the mountain, lurking and observing secretly.

He was also surprised when he saw this. He was able to draw all the starlight in the sky to himself. Although he didn't know what the effect would be, based on this point, even if the strength of this priest was not as good as the Yinshan Taoist, he was probably far superior to those evil spirits in the Zhenxian Temple.

"Could it be that there is some evil god secretly backing this Yellow Disaster?"

Xiao Ran thought of the Tieshan Niangniang Temple. What this world lacks the least is these sneaky and evil mountain spirits.

If the evil spirit hiding behind the scenes could be found and killed, then the Yellow Disaster would lose its backing and its strength would be greatly reduced.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a shrill scream in the distance, interrupting Xiao Ran's thoughts.

The elderly, the weak, women and children who were escorted here were ruthlessly pushed towards the altar.

Screams and cries were mixed with curses against these yellow thieves.

However, Huang Zaijun was already accustomed to these curses. They even looked like they enjoyed the curses, as if they were praising their atrocities.

As soon as the executioners who had been prepared raised their butcher knives, life and unwilling screams came to an abrupt end, and the blood flowed freely on the bluestone like a cursed river, gurgling down the mountain until it merged into the deep river.

Suddenly, a thin blood mist floated on the surface of the river below the mountain, and a cool breeze blew up in the forest, as if the earth was weeping, or as if invisible vengeful spirits were wailing in the night wind. After a moment, the blood mist on the water began to transform into a dim evil spirit.

Seeing this scene, the priests became even more excited, their voices were low and high-pitched, a primitive emotion beyond words filled the air, making every living being present feel a tremor from the depths of their souls.

"These guys!! Are they summoning something??"

After seeing this scene, Xiao Ran roughly understood that he had been wrong before. These guys were not here to prepare to start a bad luck, but were performing some kind of summoning ritual.

However, this had no effect on their plans. Whether it was the summoning ceremony or the preparation to activate the evil spirit, the evil spirit was the cornerstone of energy for them. Only enough evil spirit could push them to complete the ceremony.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran took out the [Head-Beheading Sword] and quietly activated it.

[Head-killing Sword·Horizontal Refining]

As a faint luster flashed on the sword, Xiao Ran smiled, threw it with his backhand, and the blade drew an arc in the dark and was thrown directly into the lake.

My mind moved: "Tunsha!"

Privilege 2: Tunsha, can absorb evil spirits of different attributes and transform them into high-quality spiritual charm.

As the privilege was activated, a dark red light flashed on the beheading sword that had sunk to the bottom of the lake, and it began to quickly absorb the dim evil spirit on the water surface into the blade.

In just a blink of an eye, most of the evil spirit disappeared immediately.

This scene made the priests on the top of the mountain suddenly panic. They cursed and told the executioner to continue killing people. At the same time, they shook the bells on their bodies frantically and recited the tongue-twisting sacrificial songs again.

At the same time, Xiao Ran's mouth was almost laughing to the back of his head.

"Hint! You have activated the privilege, Tunsha, and after absorbing the pure yellow evil, you will gain spiritual charm +100."

"Spiritual Charm +100"

"Spiritual Charm +100"

……

The constant reminders made Xiao Ran full of expectations for the [Sword of Head-Beheading]. This cursed object that had been soaked in the underworld for who knows how many years not only did not decay, but also still had its sharpness. It's just that the spiritual charm in it had disappeared completely, and now it was just the right time to replenish it.

"It's just... it's hard for those women and children."

After smiling, Xiao Ran had to sigh slightly. Heads were chopped off on the top of the mountain, and the blood almost dyed the cliff red.

Xiao Ran was powerless to do anything about these women and children.

No matter how strong a person's power is, it is ultimately limited and cannot influence the direction of the entire situation. All Xiao Ran can do is try his best to stop the Yellow Disaster Army from harming more people.

It’s not that he is particularly righteous in his heart, but because of his nature and Lu Cheng, he stands more firmly on the side of justice.

"what happened!"

At the top of the mountain, the leading high priest opened his eyes and looked at the yellow evil spirits that were still difficult to gather at the foot of the mountain, with a hint of suspicion in his eyes.

"High Priest, I don't know what's going on. The evil spirits gather and then disperse, and never come together. Could it be..." A priest covered in human skin knelt on the ground. This priest looked to be about 45 or 46 years old, but he had no beard, no eyebrows, and even no hair. He lay on the ground and did not dare to raise his head. He just raised his eyelids and looked at the high priest in front of him carefully and said, "Could it be that the locust god does not want to come?"

"Fool, we are following the order of the Locust God to repair the land. This is destiny. The Locust God is with us. How can he leave us now that the great cause has not been accomplished?"

High Priest Wang Xian glared fiercely, causing Priest Duan Fuxing to nod in agreement repeatedly.

However, Duan Fuxing immediately changed the subject and said, "High Priest, what I mean is...is the problem in Ruzhou? News has it that the new governor of Ruzhou is like a god sent from heaven. In just two months, he has wiped out the three evil spirits in Ruzhou. Wherever he passed, the evil spirits fled. It is said that he is a god sent to the world." Wang Xian frowned when he heard this. He had also heard of this rumor.

Although he certainly didn't believe it in his heart, it would be a lie to say that he didn't have some fear. This fear was not because of the other party's identity, but because this person had brought together the scattered forces in Ruzhou in just two months. This talent was undeniable.

The most important thing is that they really didn't gain much supplies in Hedong.

Thinking of this incident, Wang Xian cursed in his heart.

They thought that the army's rush into Hedong would surely strengthen their team. However, after rushing into Hedong, they found that the situation here was even worse than their hometown. It was a thousand miles of barren land, all the grass and trees had been eaten away, and all they saw were bare tree trunks with all the bark eaten away.

You can imagine, they had been rushing all the way, their horses were exhausted, and when they saw a city, their eyes lit up, shouting for women, flesh and blood, and food. They rushed in excitedly to take a look, only to find that in the huge city, there was nothing left except broken bricks and tiles.

I searched every corner of the city, but didn't see any food, not even a pig or a dog.

The reason why the garrison troops cannot move forward right now is, on the one hand, because there is not enough food, and on the other hand, they have to wait for another team to join them and annex Ruzhou together.

After all, there are not only ordinary people in Ruzhou, but also many evil spirits. The Nuo Sect in Wancheng and the Taiyin Society in Runing are forces that cannot be underestimated.

Now there is one more Jiedushi of Ruzhou. If they rush in now, they may end up being besieged by three parties if they are not careful.

Ruzhou is the throat leading to the Central Plains. No matter how slow the imperial court is, it should have responded. That is why we have to be cautious.

"When will the general arrive?"

"It's almost there. We'll be able to join them in about three days."

"Three days..."

Wang Xian counted on his fingers and said, "Let's continue. No matter what, we must first ask the Locust God to come down and bless us today."

"Yes!"

Duan Fuxing retreated carefully, shouting at the executioner behind him to continue killing.

In a moment, blood flowed like a river, and heads rolled down from the top of the mountain. In a moment, the entire surface of the river was dyed blood red.

The dim evil spirit on the river surface became thicker and thicker. When the sky was about to brighten in the distance, a force had gathered on the water surface and was rising rapidly at a speed almost visible to the naked eye. On the other side, the reminder sounds in Xiao Ran's ears were also continuous.

Spiritual Charm +100
Spiritual Charm +100
Spiritual Charm +100
"Spiritual charm reaches LV2! Tunsha ability is improved, spiritual charm +300"

As the level of spiritual charm increases, the power of the [Sword of the Head-Beheading] also increases across the board, and even the speed of absorbing evil spirits increases dramatically.

In just a moment, most of the yellow evil that was slowly rising on the river surface was swallowed up.

"how so!!"

At this moment, Duan Fuxing and several other young priests showed panic expressions on their faces. They stood up suddenly and stared at the rapidly collapsing pond under the cliff.

"wrong!!"

Wang Xian stood up suddenly. If the evil energy had gathered slowly before, he could understand that. But the evil energy had already gathered before his eyes, but suddenly it was reduced by more than half. How could Wang Xian not notice that something was wrong?

He stood up suddenly and walked to the edge of the cliff. His eyes were as bright as lightning and his body was shining with starlight. He could see through the void and the deep pool on the water. He immediately saw the bronze sword inserted under the water.

"There is indeed something!"

Wang Xian immediately leaped up, spread out his sleeves, and jumped down from the hundred-meter-high cliff straight into the water.

"broken!"

Seeing this from a distance, Xiao Ran felt something was wrong. After the spiritual power of [The Head-Beheading Sword] was enhanced, it absorbed the evil spirit too quickly, and the flaw was seen through by others at a glance. Xiao Ran did not dare to hesitate and immediately hid in the ground and ran straight towards [The Head-Beheading Sword]. He could not let this treasure fall into the hands of the opponent.

"thump……"

Wang Xian sank into the water. The cold river water had no effect on him at all. It just slowed him down a little. In a flash, he could see the sword flashing with cold light at the bottom of the water.

"There is such a magical object hidden in this water!"

Seeing the cold light flashing on the bronze sword blade, Wang Xian's eyes lit up and he stretched out his big hand to grab it.

But just as Wang Xian's palm was about to grab the hilt of the sword, suddenly a fierce murderous intent made Wang Xian's eyelids twitch. Before he could look around, a figure underwater jumped out of the mud, holding a big knife in his hand, and chopped up from bottom to top.

Although the sword was in the water, its sharpness was not diminished at all. The murderous intent was even colder than the river water, catching Wang Xian off guard. He immediately waved his hand to block it in front of him. In an instant, dazzling starlight flashed from his palm, illuminating the entire water surface.

"boom!!!"

With a loud bang, a three-foot-high wave suddenly appeared on the water surface. Under the huge thrust, Wang Xian jumped out of the water. A hideous wound appeared on his palm, and three fingers were cut off and bleeding profusely.

But Wang Xian didn't care about all this. He was extremely angry and took out a golden scepter from his sleeve. He pointed it at the water surface and countless golden lights flew out of the scepter and shot into the water.

"Bang bang bang..."

Golden light continued to explode from the bottom of the water, and in a moment the water surface began to boil.

Just as the golden light gradually dissipated, hot mist rose from the water surface. But when Wang Xian looked again, not only did he not see the killer underwater, but even the bronze sword was nowhere to be seen. He could not help but roar in frustration.

“Rat!!”

The roar of anger echoed in the valley, but Xiao Ran had already appeared a thousand meters away, crawling out of the soil. Listening to the roar behind him, he glanced at his [Spiritual Clothes] and saw that the strength value was almost reaching the bottom. He curled his lips and said, "I just chopped you with a knife, are you so angry? I'll slip away..."

(End of this chapter)