Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 44 Picking up an old man for free
"Come on, come on..."

Outside the dormitory door, the beggar waved a white flag in his hand and opened his mouth wide. You could see his Adam's apple moving irregularly and he made a low sound. Soon, two souls came out from the crack in the door.

The beggar nodded with satisfaction and walked to the door of the dormitory on the other side. When he saw two yellow talismans pasted on the door, he spat with a look of indignation on his face and turned to walk to the next dormitory.

He looked at the dormitory door, confirmed his expression, then raised the white flag in his hand and was about to continue calling the soul.

"clatter!"

Suddenly the beggar's ears moved and he looked behind him in confusion.

I heard the hurried footsteps in the corridor getting faster and faster, and soon a flashing black shadow was running towards me.

Looking at the black shadow running towards him, the beggar just let out a low howl with an unhappy look on his face, and anger spread from around him. Even night ghosts hated to have their own kind appear in their hunting range.

But instead of slowing down, the black shadow's speed suddenly increased in an instant.

The awakened ability [Spiritual Movement] was activated, and Xiao Ran's figure left a residual image in the dark night. The next moment he rushed in front of the beggar.

The small eyeballs as big as green beans in the beggar's eye sockets quickly locked onto Xiao Ran's direction. He waved the white flag in his hand and threw it towards Xiao Ran. The white flag made a piercing sound when it was waved. Even though Xiao Ran was in a trance, fortunately, the [Corpse Stitcher] had some resistance to hypnosis, illusion, charm, and negative curses. In addition, after Xiao Ran upgraded his ghost perception, his spirit was not bad. He came to his senses immediately after a trance, tapped the wall with his toes, and somersaulted over the beggar's head.

The moment Xiao Ran landed on the ground, he suddenly grabbed the beggar with both hands, but the beggar didn't even try to dodge and let Xiao Ran grab him with his dark blue nails.

Xiao Ran could clearly see the sarcastic expression on the beggar's face.

That’s right, with claws that were only strengthened to level 4, they couldn’t even tear open the dormitory door that had been slightly strengthened a few times, let alone pose any threat to the beggar in front of him.

All I heard was the sound of the claws tearing under the beggar's clothes, and it only tore the beggar's clothes a little more.

Through the torn hole, one could see the beggar's flesh underneath his clothes, which looked like the bark of a century-old tree, stained with patches of black stains.

My fingernails couldn't leave any mark on it.

The beggar waved his sleeves, and the faces on the white banner in his hand twisted, opened their mouths wide, and blew hard towards Xiao Ran.

In an instant, the temperature around him dropped sharply. Xiao Ran felt his whole body shivering and a biting chill came over him. He felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Although night ghosts are not human, they also have souls. Once this evil wind blows, if it were an ordinary night ghost, its soul would probably be torn to pieces in an instant.

Fortunately, Xiao Ran was not a real night ghost and had a flesh and blood body to protect him. He raised his cloak in front of him and blocked most of the evil wind. However, he was kicked by the beggar and rolled over. He slid more than ten meters to the ground before stopping.

"He's gone, he's gone!"

Xiao Ran got up and immediately ran towards the stairs.

When the beggar saw him running away, he had no intention of chasing him. However, after Xiao Ran ran a few steps, he shook the gourd in his hand with a smug look on his face.

The beggar's face changed immediately. He instinctively reached for his waist and found that the gourd hidden in his clothes was gone.

It turned out that Xiao Ran was not targeting the beggar just now, but found the right opportunity, used his magic hands, groped in the beggar's arms, and took out the gourd.

This gourd looks quite delicate and it is obvious that it is not an ordinary item.

If Xiao Ran hadn't been unable to speak after transforming into a night ghost, he would have said, "Thank you."

Unfortunately, he had no time to check what was inside the gourd. After discovering that Xiao Ran had stolen his gourd, the deathly aura on the beggar became stronger and stronger. The strong hatred instantly soared several times, and he chased after Xiao Ran barefoot.

"I can't beat you head-on, you'll be in trouble later!"

The beggar's speed was not slow, but Xiao Ran ran faster. With the blessing of [Spiritual Movement], if Xiao Ran wanted to, he could get rid of the beggar's pursuit in an instant. However, Xiao Ran deliberately slowed down and ran up the stairs.

Seeing that Xiao Ran was about to run away, the beggar was naturally unwilling to let him go, and followed Xiao Ran closely, his facial features gradually distorted, and he made a rattling sound as he chased.

Although he didn't understand what was being said, he could sense that the curse was probably quite dirty.

Suddenly, the beggar's left foot tightened violently, as if he had stepped on something. Immediately afterwards, his other foot slipped to the side uncontrollably, causing the beggar to lose balance and fall heavily on the steps, even knocking out one of his front teeth.

He lowered his head in confusion and saw an embroidered shoe on his left foot.

He was immediately filled with question marks and kicked hard a few times. However, the embroidered shoe was not thrown away but became tighter and tighter.

After struggling several times without success, the beggar looked up and saw Xiao Ran running farther and farther away. He did not care about the ill-fitting shoe for the moment and got up and limped forward.

"Hey!"

Xiao Ran looked back, grinned, took out the other embroidered shoe and held it in his hand. Although this evil object was a pair, it was actually one piece. Xiao Ran held one in his hand, not afraid that the other one would be disobedient, otherwise he could destroy it at any time.

Xiao Ran just shook her hand, and the embroidered shoes in her hand immediately responded. The beggar behind her immediately felt a shock under his feet, and his left foot began to move to the right uncontrollably, and his body almost rolled down the stairs.

This embarrassing scene made the beggar depressed and crazy, and he punched his thigh twice.

Then he looked up and stared at Xiao Ran, roaring loudly.

Xiao Ran could sense a strong sense of resentment from the other party's emotions. He shook the gourd in his hand slowly, raised his ring finger provocatively towards the beggar, and turned to walk to the sixth floor.

"Just climb slowly. I'll go up and take a look first."

Xiao Ran was not in a hurry to fight with the beggar.

He remembered that there was also a safe house on the sixth floor. There should be quite a few people there. If he led the beggar there, he would not have to worry about no one dealing with him.

Of course, there would be people who would come to deal with him, but this was exactly what Xiao Ran wanted to see. The forces in this dormitory building were complicated, and he could just take this opportunity to get a good feel for these people.

Climbing up the stairs to the sixth floor, the smell of blood in the air was replaced by a musty smell, and all kinds of words began to appear on the walls cluttered with debris. Most of them were written in red paint, and the words were filled with resentment and various negative emotions.

There were more and more debris in the middle of the corridor. Xiao Ran noticed that many of the doors of the dormitories on both sides had been smashed. There were all kinds of debris piled inside. It was obvious that they had been abandoned for a long time.

In theory, dormitories here are a relatively precious resource, but there are so many abandoned dormitories here and no one lives in them.

There must be something wrong when something is abnormal. Xiao Ran tightened his strange cloak and then walked quickly towards the east side of the corridor.

Not long after, Xiao Ran heard a familiar burst of shouting and cursing.

"Hurry up and smash it, hurry up!!"

That was Yang Kai's voice.

"Isn't this guy on the third floor? How did he run all the way to the sixth floor?"

Xiao Ran stuck his head out and took a look, only to see that at the end of the corner, Yang Kai and several others were surrounding an old man, and were throwing black plastic bags at him repeatedly. The plastic bags were filled with feces and urine, and they immediately broke when they hit the old man, spilling feces and urine all over him, making the old man's whole body sizzle. The old man cried out in pain, and his flesh was dripping to the ground like a burnt candle.

The old man's eyes were red and he wanted to pounce on him several times, but there were two bronze mirrors hanging on the dormitory doors on his left and right sides.

The old man was stuck in the mirror and couldn't move.

There were two crooked couplets hanging next to the door, and from time to time a strong light flashed and hit the old man.

"No wonder!"

Xiao Ran hid in the corner and saw it clearly, and he immediately understood.

The so-called safe house is actually a trap for these night ghosts. People like Yang Kai are used as bait, and the purpose is to lure the night ghosts into the trap.

Xiao Ran glanced around again and noticed that there was a dormitory at the back. The door of the dormitory was open and a bearded man holding a machete was staring at the movement here.

"Initiate!"

This is the third beginner Xiao Ran met in the mystery city, besides Huang Le and the boy who called himself Leek.

Looking at the other person's body, with a body full of muscular muscles, he looks like a tough guy.

"Throw it away quickly, throw it away quickly, this old thing can't hold on any longer."

Seeing that the old man's body was about to burst apart, Yang Kai and the others immediately urged everyone to go all out, and at the same time shouted to the two younger brothers behind them, "Quick, bring another box, I'm running out of urine bombs here."

Upon hearing this, the two younger brothers hurriedly turned around and walked towards a room at the side, where there were more than ten boxes of various sizes.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran frowned slightly, and his figure hid in the shadows and groped over quietly.

"hurry up!!"

At this time, Yang Kai threw the urine bomb in his hand and habitually opened his hands behind him.

Looking at the hand stretched out towards him, Xiao Ran grinned and placed his hand on it.

Yang Kai felt that the feeling was not right, and slapped Xiao Ran's hand away: "Get lost, I want to pee! Hurry up, don't delay my progress."

Seeing this, Xiao Ran looked around and saw two younger brothers carrying boxes coming out of the dormitory next door. When they saw Xiao Ran standing behind Yang Kai, their eyes widened, their whole bodies trembled, and they almost threw the boxes away.

The eyes in Xiao Ran's skull were flickering with blue fire. He gestured to the two of them to keep quiet. Then, in front of their horrified gazes, he took the box, picked up a urine bomb wrapped in a black plastic bag with his fingers, and handed it to Yang Kai.

"That's right!"

Yang Kai took the urine bomb and immediately threw it at the old man with full force. As he kept throwing, the noise around him became quieter and quieter, until finally, only Yang Kai's hearty laughter was left.

"Smash you to death, smash you to death, hahahahaha..."

Yang Kai didn't realize the problem at first, until he looked up inadvertently and found that his brothers had run to the other side without him knowing when.

Not only his own brothers, but the expressions on the faces of the others varied, ranging from fear to confusion, and some even looked like they were enjoying a good show.

At this moment, no matter how slow Yang Kai was, he realized that something was wrong. He felt a chill on his back. He slowly turned his head, and when he looked at the skull sticking out from the shadows behind him, with its head almost touching his face, he suddenly felt the blood in his body run cold. His eyes rolled back, and his body swayed a few more times before he fell straight to the ground.

"Fainted?"

Xiao Ran was speechless for a moment when he looked at Yang Kai lying on the ground. With such courage, he was still a team leader. It seemed that this independent team leader was really not good enough.

Faced with the sudden appearance of Xiao Ran, the others were caught off guard, but the beginner standing at the dormitory door became interested. He looked at Xiao Ran with one hand on the hilt of the knife.

The two looked at each other, and there was a cold flash of fire in Xiao Ran's eyes.

The entire corridor began to quiet down, and everyone held their breath involuntarily, looking from time to time at the leader and the night ghost in front of them.

only……

The next second, Xiao Ran suddenly picked up the old man, turned around and ran towards the stairs...

"I found an old man for free, so happy!!" ((((┏(;￣▽￣)┛

(End of this chapter)