Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 58: Spiritual Smoke and Eight Ghost Immortals

Xiao Ran swore that he just wanted to use the female corpse as a cover to make it easier for him to escape.

Who knows what's wrong with the night ghost holding a katana on the opposite side that he has to attack himself like this.

You feel good about it, right?

Then I have nothing to do with it.

Sure enough, when Xiao Ran was feeling ecstatic, the principal on the other side was obviously furious.

Xiao Ran was running for his life and he just took off his arm and threw it back, then picked it up at home and sewed it up and made it usable again.

The Japanese ronin's sword was so powerful that not even ashes were left.

"Damn it!!"

The principal's voice was filled with madness and anger, and a manic breath of death surged from his body. In an instant, countless thin blood vessels formed into a spear and stabbed towards the ronin.

The ronin suddenly raised his head, with red light flashing in his black eyes. Facing the bloody spear that was coming at him, he slightly bent his body and grasped the handle with one hand.

"cut!"

The ronin did not speak, but the moment the blade was drawn out, a cold and stern sound emerged in everyone's consciousness.

"Om..."

The curved sword drew a silver line as thin as a hair in the air and chopped the spear.

At the moment when the silver wire came into contact with the flesh and blood spear, a sharp tearing sound erupted in the corridor. With a flash of red light, the spear made of blood vessels was actually cut in half.

"Draw the sword and slash?"

Xiao Ran, who was hiding behind, was deeply shocked when he saw this scene.

As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, while insiders watch the door.

Although Xiao Ran has the basic swordsmanship and the memory of drawing the sword and slashing, others cannot see it, but he can clearly feel how big the gap between them is.

Drawing the sword and slashing is the foundation of Japanese swordsmanship and is almost a compulsory course for beginners in all schools.

But there are very few people who can truly unleash the power of this knife.

Laymen think that swinging a bladed weapon is like chopping, but if it is not controlled, the deviation in the blade's trajectory will lead to a significant loss of power, and the swing will be more like a strike, but with only momentum.

The real chopping is to make the blade and the trajectory of the swinging force as close as possible to the same, so that it appears as a single stream of light. This is the essence of chopping.

Xiao Ran learned from Xue Hongling's memory that there were definitely no more than five people in the major Japanese halls who could do this.

These people are all Xue Hongling, and even the master who taught Xue Hongling swordsmanship is beyond the reach of top masters.

In other words, the swordsmanship of the ronin in front of him is already top-notch in reality.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran's eyes became hot when he looked at the ronin.

A hint of disbelief flashed across the principal's eyes, but was immediately replaced by even stronger anger.

His body seemed to be controlled by some dark power. His skin began to take on an unnatural pale color. His limbs became thicker and his fingers turned into sharp claws. He then let out a roar, and the entire building began to tremble.

Countless thin blood vessels pierced into the surrounding walls, quickly growing pink tumors on them. As the tumors squirmed, faces popped out from the tumors, emitting desperate screams.

Xiao Ran, who was hiding at the back, felt as if his head was being hit by countless small hammers. Feelings of despair began to spread in his heart.

"Not good! Let's go!"

Realizing something was wrong, Xiao Ran quickly got up and ran.

Obviously, in a struggle of this level, if I stay here I will only be implicated. As for the corpses... I'd better save my life first.

“Swish swish!!”

At this time, several blood-red maple leaves passed by Xiao Ran. Xiao Ran turned around and found that the woman with the umbrella was following him closely.

"You are sick, why are you chasing me when you don't go help your mistress?"

Xiao Ran cursed inwardly and quickly quickened his pace, intending to use the ability of [Spiritual Movement] to get rid of this woman as soon as possible.

However, the woman just waved the umbrella in her hand, and the next second, a cool breeze blew around Xiao Ran, and maple leaves fluttered in front of his eyes. The next moment, Xiao Ran blinked, and there was a maple forest in front of him.

"Hallucination? Or a ghost wall?"

Now Xiao Ran didn't dare to run anymore and could only stand there and look around.

Killing people with illusions is a tactic often used by evil spirits.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is also called being blinded by a ghost. The best way at this time is to stand still, because you don’t know what is in front of you. Some people clearly see there is a road in front of them, but when the car drives past, they fall straight off the cliff.

"Crash..."

A wisp of cool breeze blew across the sky, and the bright red maple leaves on the ground rolled up, covering the sky and rolling over.

Having seen the power of these maple leaves before, Xiao Ran immediately put the [Strange Cloak] in front of him and activated the privilege 2 Iron Armor again.

I saw a neat cut on the cloak.

Xiao Ran felt a little sad when he saw this, because this cut was made by the ronin's knife just now.

The knife not only cut his cloak, but also left a deep cut on his chest.

Fortunately, I am now in the state of a night ghost. The wound is very deep, but it has little impact on me. I will find a chance to return to the dormitory on the second floor, restore it to its original appearance, and then sew it up myself.

"Da da da..." Xiao Ran had just used his cloak to block the insects for a while when he immediately felt something was wrong. He hurriedly rolled up the cloak and swung it back. Only then did he see that the cloak was covered with red bugs.

The cloak was originally torn, and now the outside was full of holes due to being eaten away.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran's face turned dark.

This cloak has saved me many times, but I didn't expect it to be destroyed like this.

"Hehehe..."

There was laughter all around, but Xiao Ran could not see the woman. At this time, dense maple leaves rolled over again. No, it should be said that it was dense insects.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Xiao Ran hurriedly used [Night Walk], and at this time he didn't care about whether he would fall down the stairs if he ran around.

Without the protection of the strange cloak, so many bugs would pounce on him and eat him till nothing was left in a moment.

At the same time, he immediately raised the mourning ring, trying to summon the Red Skull.

But I didn't expect that this group of people would refuse to come out at this time.

"waste!"

Xiao Ran understood what this thing meant instantly. He thought that he could not defeat this woman, so he simply hid away and waited for himself to die so that he could change his master.

No wonder the introduction says this thing is born rebellious.

Now Xiao Ran had no time to cause trouble for this guy. Seeing that the mourning ring could not be used, several other cursed objects quickly flashed through Xiao Ran's mind.

Black swan brooch, evil-suppressing order, dormitory manager's ballpoint pen, soul-calling banner...

and many more!

There is one more thing.

Xiao Ran stretched out his hand and quickly took out a bottle from the space.

Eight Immortals Snuff Bottle (from Chapter 36)

Xiao Ran was not optimistic about this thing before because of its serious side effects.

But he couldn't care less about that now. The most important thing was to save his life first.

"activation!"

As the curse patterns quickly flowed into the snuff bottle, the Eight Immortals on it seemed to begin to come alive. However, these Eight Immortals were different from the eight kind-hearted gods in reality. Instead, they were demons with hideous faces and strange postures.

Xiao Ran opened the snuff bottle and took a quick puff.

After taking the first sip, I immediately felt a coolness rushing into my head, as if the entire top of my head was clear.

This feeling is just like eating a mouthful of mustard.

Without even having time to catch his breath, Xiao Ran took a second deep breath.

"hiss!!"

After taking this bite, Xiao Ran shuddered all over. The previous bite was mustard, and this bite was mustard and garlic. If he was not still in the state of a night ghost, he would probably have tears and snot flowing out.

"You gain a special curse blessing!"

However, after taking the second sip, Xiao Ran also gained some power of curse.

"You are cursed, bad omen!"

Bad Omen: Your attacks can cause continuous corrosion to the enemy. The more times you attack, the stronger the corrosion effect.

This curse is not bad, but it is useless to him now, so he can only pin his hopes on the third bite.

Putting the snuff bottle under his nose, Xiao Ran took a deep puff.

"hiss……"

As wisps of green smoke poured into Xiao Ran's nostrils, his head buzzed and the world in front of him began to distort. In a trance, Xiao Ran heard a burst of hahaha laughter.

A fat man with a boy's bun on his head, big eyes, a green face and fangs, holding a fan, with his chest and breasts exposed, and his belly split open with a bloody mouth, walked towards him...

　F-level cursed item: Eight Immortals Snuff Bottle, Corpse Stitcher

　　A special snuff bottle.

　　Privilege 1: Spiritual Smoke

　　Amount of Spiritual Smoke (8/10)

　　One puff can make you feel refreshed in a short time.

　　Taking two puffs grants you a random curse.

　　The third puff will allow you to gain the blessing of one of the Eight Ghost Immortals at random.

　　Attention! After the blessing time of the spiritual smoke is over, you will also experience a certain degree of mental depression. The more times you inhale, the stronger the negative effect will be.

　　Privilege 2: Accumulation of Fragrance

　　Every time you sew up a corpse, you can gain a portion of the corpse's energy to restore the amount of spiritual smoke.

　　(Note: If you encounter a special corpse, there is a chance that you will get spiritual smoke of special properties!)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)