Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 324 Prepare early
As soon as Xiao Ran finished speaking, the ice in the cup melted away.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran heaved a sigh of relief and thought to himself, "This Shuang Fei's strength is really terrifying. This cup of tea is both a reminder and a warning. If I dare to have any bad intentions, the other party will be able to kill me in an instant."

However, he had a clear conscience and was naturally not afraid that the Frost Concubine would attack him.

"The Locust God has arrived, but was stopped by the Frost Concubine this time. What about next time?"

Worry appeared in Xiao Ran's eyes. Shuang Fei's swordsmanship was indeed unparalleled in the world, but Huang Zai Jun was no pushover either.

War is never something that can be decided by just one or two people. Once the army sets out, the vast expanse of land is covered with scarlet blood, and no magic or curses will be effective.

"We need to improve our strength as soon as possible."

He sat in the chair and thought it over again and again, then took out his little notebook and started writing.

1: Upgrade [Head-killing Sword]

This is currently the most direct and effective way to improve your strength. As long as the spiritual level of the [Sword of the Head-Beheading] is raised, the lethality that bursts out at the critical moment will definitely be impressive.

2: Make a zombie.

This trip to the underworld made Xiao Ran deeply aware of the biggest advantage of being a corpse collector.

Simply stitching together corpses is no longer enough to satisfy him. He can create stronger and larger corpse slaves.

Just like the Stitched Monster in the game, as a war machine, it is capable of exerting unimaginable destructive power on the battlefield.

It just so happened that I still had a lot of corpse parts from the underworld creatures in my hands. These were all good things and needed to be fully utilized.

A good memory is not as good as a bad pen. No matter how meticulous your thoughts are, they will never be clearer than when they are written down.

The two points are not long, but they help Xiao Ran sort out the order and ensure that everything goes well.

After sorting out his thoughts, Xiao Ran decided not to waste any more time in the room and got up to leave the inn.

He found an empty corner and jumped onto the top of the wall. His lightness skills became more and more extraordinary as the wind blew. It was as if there was a divine wind under his feet. With a light leap he soared straight up, jumped onto the roof of the inn, and looked around Wancheng.

As far as the eye can see, there is still some evil spirit lurking in the city.

In fact, the first thing Xiao Ran thought of was the brothel he had visited before, but when he looked in the direction of the brothel, he found that the red auspicious evil spirit above the brothel had dissipated.

Apparently, after the last assassination attempt on Zhao Shixiong, this brothel was also closed down.

Without the girls, the brothel would naturally no longer have any dirty or evil aura.

Another place is the casino.

Pornography, gambling and drugs are the three places of failure, corresponding to the three poisons of greed, anger and ignorance in Buddhism. They have been the gathering place of evil spirits since ancient times.

Xiao Ran followed the guidance of the evil spirit and found several gambling houses. However, these casinos seemed to be aware that their businesses had too much evil spirit, so they all asked experts to make corrections. For example, they set up a Feng Shui bureau in the casino to turn the evil spirit that was not good for the casino into money evil spirit, Pixiu evil spirit and the like.

These evil spirits will be consumed along with the daily revenue of the casino. The amount itself is not large, and if it is consumed further, the amount will be even smaller.

Besides, places like casinos have too many people coming and going from all walks of life. After a careful inspection, Xiao Ran felt that this place was still not suitable.

Just as I was worrying, my gaze suddenly turned and my eyes were fixed on another place.

Where is it? The prison cell.

It's in an inconspicuous place in the northeast corner of the city.

This is the prison in Wancheng. Xiao Ran rushed over to take a look. He saw that there was an evil spirit above the cell, which was suppressed by a strong force. He glanced around the cell and found something wrong.

This prison is located on the north side, which is in the shade of the sun, and close to the city wall. There is not a moment of sunlight all day long, and the evil spirit inside is frighteningly heavy. However, I did not notice it at first glance. This is because there is a stone carving on the door of the prison to ward off evil spirits. This kind of thing can only be seen in tombs, and it was deliberately carved here as a talisman to suppress the evil spirit in the cell.

However, this person's magic of exorcism is ordinary. Although this method suppressed the evil spirit, it was only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution. Over time, not to mention the prisoners, even the jailers in charge of guarding would not be able to bear it.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran found a deserted place, took out his [Spiritual Robe], sneaked into the prison, and appeared in a cell.

At first glance, this prison was even worse than the ones in TV dramas. It was gloomy and without sunlight, just like a basement.

The ground was wet and it was hard to tell whether it was sewage or urine.

"Luckily, I escaped from the top of the prison this time." Xiao Ran muttered a few words in his heart and quickly moved through the prison along the wall.

The deeper you go into the prison, the more evil the atmosphere becomes.

Some cells were even filled with sewage due to the gathering of evil spirits, and it was freezing cold. If a normal person walked in here, he would only need to stay for a short while, and he would probably fall seriously ill when he walked out.

Not to mention that if I were detained here, I would probably be dead in a few days.

So the cells inside were empty.

Nowadays, prisoners are not held in such places unless necessary.

Precisely because of the special nature of this place, the prison bosses call it the Black Water Prison, and this phrase is circulated among them.

"Into the Black Water Prison, the flesh and blood will disappear in three days."

Of course, there are residents here. Xiao Ran discovered that there are quite a few ghosts hiding inside.

These ghosts feel more comfortable staying here than outside. There are at least hundreds of them densely packed here.

Some of the ghosts had red eyes. When they noticed Xiao Ran, a stranger, breaking in, they immediately began to surround Xiao Ran.

Different from ordinary wandering ghosts, these ghosts have eyes as red as blood and evil looks on their faces, and they have obviously turned into evil spirits.

Xiao Ran believed that at least half of the prisoners sent in were tortured to death by these evil spirits.

"It seems that you think of yourselves as the masters of this place?" Xiao Ran stopped and asked with a sneer when he noticed that there were more and more evil spirits around.

"die!!"

An evil ghost with bloodshot eyes and bared fangs pounced towards Xiao Ran, but he didn't expect that an iron whip would come over and actually lock the ghost's neck directly. Then the iron whip just shook, and golden light flashed on it, which shattered the ghost into pieces.

However, the power of the [God-Locking Whip] failed to scare these evil spirits. Instead, it seemed to stimulate them, and they all made sharp cries towards Xiao Ran.

In an instant, a visible cold wind blew over, causing the strength of Xiao Ran's [Spiritual Clothes] to continue to decline.

"court death!"

Xiao Ran's face suddenly turned angry. He didn't want to kill them all, but these evil spirits actually dared to attack him.

[Evil Suppression Order: Corpse Hunter] Activated

Privilege 1: Underworld

After activation, you will be blessed with the identity of Hades Messenger, and gain the unique skills of Hades Messenger, the Evil-Repelling Seal, and the Demon-Suppressing Spell.

Xiao Ran lowered his eyes slightly, and the aura of the underworld on his body increased suddenly. He pinched a seal with one hand and pushed the evil spirit that was rushing towards him forward!
The evil-repelling seal turned into a small official seal in front of him, which actually froze the surrounding evil spirits in mid-air, unable to move.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Ran took out the [Guillotine]. The sword was shining with cold light and filled with murderous aura. The iron rings on it were clanging, as if it had developed some kind of spirituality.

As the spell patterns flowed into the blade, the sword actually emitted a series of low hums of desire.

“Kill, kill, kill!! Kill, kill, kill!!”

Waves of whispers echoed in the prison, and in an instant a big knife was seen swinging, and the evil spirit in front of him seemed to be forcibly dragged into the knife by a force.

This sudden change caught Xiao Ran off guard, but he did not stop it.

He could vaguely feel that the knife seemed to have its own consciousness.

As soon as these evil ghosts were swallowed into the blade, Xiao Ran suddenly had an illusion in front of him, as if he was at the execution scene and became an executioner. The evil ghosts that had just been pulled in were crawling in front of the guillotine, begging for mercy with horror on their faces.

"Execution!"

An indifferent and cold voice came from behind, followed by heads rolling down one after another. The moment Xiao Ran chopped down the big knife in his hand, he woke up from a trance.

When he looked up again, there was no evil ghost in the prison.

"This knife..."

Xiao Ran looked at the [Guillotine] in his hand and felt that the knife was becoming more and more extraordinary.

It seems to have some kind of spirituality now.

Just now it didn't seem like I was controlling the sword, but rather the sword was controlling me.

"Let's see what changes you will have in the future."

Xiao Ran put away the sword and found a relatively clean cell that was not locked. After Xiao Ran entered, he released the tiger and said, "You stay here for the time being and guard this beheading sword for me."

As he spoke, Xiao Ran took out the [Head-Beheading Sword] and activated it with a horizontal chain, then inserted it into the ground.

With the tiger guarding it, there is no need to worry about the sword being stolen.

Afterwards, Xiao Ran wandered around the cell again, and used the magic of Yan Sheng to make some repairs around the cell. After making sure that the evil spirits from the prison continued to gather towards this cell, he set out to leave.

"jingle……"

Just as Xiao Ran was about to leave, his ears suddenly moved and he looked towards the cell next door with confusion. He walked to the cell door and looked inside. Inside the dark cell, he saw several thick iron chains wrapped around a skinny man.

The man's skin and flesh were festering and emitting a strong stench. No one knew how long he had been imprisoned here. The iron chains had already rusted, but he was not dead.

"This guy is actually still alive?"

Xiao Ran was very surprised. If it were him, he could stay in this kind of place for as long as he wanted with his half-knowledge of Yin and Yang. But the other person looked like an ordinary person, yet he could still survive here and not be tortured to death by those evil spirits?

As if he sensed something, the man's eyelids trembled slightly. He opened one eye, glanced at Xiao Ran, and then closed it again.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran no longer paid any attention to him. He was not very interested in this man.

Although I am surprised that the other party is still alive here, but looking at his physical condition, he is almost a disabled person.

He didn't want to cause any more trouble, so he turned around and quickly left the prison.

As soon as I control the [Spiritual Clothes] and return to my physical body, prompt sounds will come continuously.

Spiritual Charm +300
Spiritual Charm +300
Spiritual Charm +300
"Not bad. It seems that the evil spirit in the prison is still quite strong."

Xiao Ran was quite satisfied with the speed at which Ling Yun was improving, but he didn't know how long the evil spirit in this prison could last. Now that the problem of the [Sword of the Head-Beheading] had been solved temporarily, the next things would be easy.

This cell was located to the north, which was a place where evil spirits gathered in the city. There were some poor people's courtyards nearby. Xiao Ran simply found a courtyard with a decent environment and took out some gold and silver to buy it directly.

Faced with this unexpected fortune, the family was naturally delighted. They didn't even pack up their things in the house and quickly left with their wives and children.

Xiao Ran sat in the yard with his eyes closed, thinking for a long time. Seeing that it was already dark, he got up and walked into the room behind him. He took out the headless corpse of Shou Ye and placed it on the bed, staring at Shou Ye's body for a moment.

"Have it!"

With a "Got it" sound, Xiao Ran's eyes flashed with brilliance, and he slowly took out some body parts from the space.

The yard was quiet at night, but if someone climbed on the door and listened carefully, it was not difficult to hear the sound of chopping meat in the house...

(End of this chapter)