Excessive ferocity due to caution

The green light came on again.

Few people attempt this path.

Only Zhao Yi and his companion remained.

Just as Zhao Yi had guessed, the adult figure chasing the three mischievous children suddenly stopped and turned around to look back.

There seemed to be a loud noise coming from behind.

It stood there for a moment, then suddenly pointed at the three mischievous children and said something before turning around and striding away.

Three mischievous children in shadow made faces at the adult's shadow.

They were also very interested in what was happening on the other side of the street. After observing for a while, they wanted to go and join in the fun, but when they saw that all the adults around them had gathered there, they hesitated for a moment and ultimately did not go.

The mischievous kid with the slingshot picked up some stones and fired them randomly. Some stones flew towards where Zhao Yi and his companion were, but because the area was wide, the stones did not hit Zhao Yi and his companion.

At this moment, the mischievous child with the slingshot asked two other mischievous children to pick him up.

Unfortunately, all three of them were short and stout.

Each person is 1.2 meters tall, and when lifted up, they are 1.3 meters tall.

They used to look at the knees, now they look at the buttocks.

It makes no difference.

They were so anxious that they scratched their heads and tried to climb onto a nearby house.

He fell flat on his face.

The three of them wandered aimlessly through the nearby streets, making Qin Bai's eyelids twitch wildly as he watched from below the slope.

He carefully memorized the locations the mischievous child had passed by; almost every spot on the street outside had been occupied by the child.

If they weren't hiding on the downhill slope, but were standing outside... their chances of survival wouldn't be more than one percent!

Ultimately, no one knew what had happened or how it was handled. After a long wait, the green light turned red.

Zhao Yi and Qin Bai disregarded everything else and headed straight for the lighthouse!

Finally, amidst the frantic flashing of red lights, the two arrived ahead of schedule at the circular area beneath the lighthouse that was not illuminated by the lamplight.

The strange restriction on his body also disappeared at this moment.

Beneath the black tower, the remaining three groups of twenty or thirty trial participants, having narrowly escaped death, reached the lighthouse.

Those who were still on their way to the trial could only watch helplessly as the red light above the lighthouse turned into... a cold blue!

"How...did it turn blue?!"

One of the trial participants exclaimed.

They were horrified to see that the dark figures in the distance underwent a terrible transformation after being illuminated by the blue light!

The shadowy figure unfolded like a demon, transforming into bizarre and ghostly shapes!

They roared and howled, as if they hadn't eaten for centuries, and rushed towards the trial participants illuminated by the blue light, relentlessly using all sorts of inhumane methods to modify them...

Zhao Yi glanced at it briefly before turning his gaze back to the lighthouse behind him.

It was then that he realized it wasn't a lighthouse at all...

It's a torture tower!

The massive, four-sided tower was wrapped in chains, its exterior resembling the scales of some creature, with clear patterns and numerous undried bloodstains, emitting a foul metallic smell.

"More torture instruments..."

Zhao Yi's eyes gleamed.

His first encounter with this thing was with the Church of the Skull.

I originally thought that the Skull Church was the product of some crazy group.

But the more he came into contact with the church and the instruments of torture, the more complicated things became than he had imagined!

Behind this church, which is spread throughout the chaotic world, lies a truly enormous entity!

After leaving the coroner's hall, Zhao Yi felt a vague sense of anxiety.

Few things around him were beyond his control.

Even when faced with unexpected situations, he can quickly find his rhythm.

But the cup of wine that Wu Guandian drank made Zhao Yi realize that he had one or many enemies who were so powerful that he could not understand them at the moment!

After this trial ends, he must break through to the Great Famine level as soon as possible, and then use Zi Buyu's supernatural powers to find a way to contact Ouyang Feng, who is in a deep sleep, and obtain the method for researching the Blue Poison project from him.

Blue Poison... apparently comes from the blood of an extremely powerful being within the Church of the Skull.

The power of the Jie Sect also needs to be expanded again.

Just as Zhao Yi was pondering, Qin Bai suddenly exclaimed:

"Brother Yizi, those hordes of monsters are after us!"

Zhao glanced to the side.

In the distance, amidst the blue light, numerous twisted and grotesque monsters, their mouths agape, were rushing madly toward the base of the execution tower!

The surrounding trial participants were extremely tense. They took out the cursed items they had found in the Infinite Trial, or some of the props they had brought with them, and prepared for battle!

At this moment, they no longer cared about any past grievances or conflicts of interest between them.

They were all stuck tightly together!

rumble!

At the critical moment, the gate of the execution tower behind them actually opened!

The group looked at each other, gritted their teeth, and slipped into the torture tower!

They had no other choice.

There were at least hundreds or thousands of ghostly figures outside, and the power of these trial participants was somewhat affected by the Boundless Seal. If they really started fighting, apart from Zhao Yi and a very few other trial participants who had come into contact with the power of the rules, the others would be instantly defeated!

Even Zhao Yi would find it difficult to survive in this ghost tide for long!

Every ghost inside possesses an unknown and eerie quality!

Once inside the Tower of Punishment, the horde of ghosts that had charged forward stopped outside, staring at the trial participants with greedy yet wary eyes.

They really want to come in.

But the unknown terror within the execution tower intimidated them!

Despite the ferocious tide of evil spirits, not a single one dared to step into the execution tower!

hum!

The giant gate of the execution tower trembled and closed by itself.

The group was then imprisoned inside the torture tower.

"Grass!"

"I told you, you shouldn't touch that thing!"

"You just won't listen!"

One of the trial participants suddenly started cursing and blaming his teammates.

The other trial participants also looked over with hostile eyes.

The man's face stiffened, then he coldly snorted:

"I was the one who touched the things... but you were the one who led us there with the compass!"

"Trying to distance yourself from the situation?"

"If we're really going to settle accounts, you're entitled to a share too!"

The trial participant who had spoken earlier felt several murderous gazes from behind. He pointed at his teammate, wide-eyed, and exclaimed:

"You...you...!"

"Nonsense!"

"It's definitely you!!"

At this moment, another female trial participant from the Qin family stepped forward, easing the tense atmosphere:

"alright!"

"Now is not the time for infighting!"

"The danger inside this tower is no less than, and perhaps even greater than, the danger outside; otherwise, it wouldn't be able to deter the hundreds of evil spirits outside!"

"If we unite as much as possible, perhaps we still have a chance to leave alive!"

She paused, glanced at the angry-looking trainees, and then said with a glint in her eye:

"And usually, the more dangerous the place, the greater the opportunity!"

"Isn't this what we came for in the Avici Trial?"

"In short... whatever grudges you may have, at least at this crucial juncture, don't act recklessly!"

With the prospect of mutual benefit emerging, the tense atmosphere finally eased somewhat.

"Miss Qin is right. Any grudges can be settled later. Right now, our priority is survival!"

Others also stepped forward to smooth things over.

"Yeah yeah!"

"Fortune and misfortune have always been intertwined. It's a stroke of luck that we've made it this far alive. If we can discover any treasures or legacies left behind by ancient powerful figures, we'll surely become renowned experts when we leave this world!"

PS: Second update.

That's 5000 words.

There should be two more updates today.