The rising sun shatters the darkness!

Chapter 450: The Escaped Old Friend (asking for monthly ticket)
Ning Ze stood at the fork in the canyon, looking up at the mountains in front of him shrouded in thick fog.

In the humid mist, the twisted outlines of dead trees can be vaguely seen, like monsters struggling to survive.

The intersections are exactly alike, with the only landmarks being the two trees at each intersection.

On the left is a dead tree.

On the right,
It is also a dead tree.

"From the outside, these things look exactly the same..."

Ning Ze muttered something and tightened his dragon elephant heavy armor.

He felt the horrible animal claw marks on his left chest and pondered, "Where to go? They all look the same. How about we split up and meet back here in an hour?"

"Do not."

Four out of five teammates behind him rejected his suggestion.

We had just arrived at this Death Ridge, and although we had done some homework beforehand, traveling separately was undoubtedly an act of courting death, just like the cannon fodder behavior in old horror novels!

"Okay then. Ning Xin, what do you think?" Ning Ze scratched his head and looked behind him.

"Wait a minute, the smell here... isn't right." Ning Xin walked out from behind this blood brother, his white Taoist robe particularly eye-catching in the mist.

This is a mature woman with a graceful waist and full breasts. The tighter she is wrapped, the more people can't help but feel their hearts fluttering. A copper coin is clamped between her slender fingers.

The old copper coin with unknown patterns turned over in her fingertips, making a slight buzzing sound and vibrating slightly.

The third stage of the "rogue" path is "The Butcher", whose perception of danger is far beyond that of ordinary people. He can avoid danger and seek good fortune simply by relying on his "bloodthirsty" talent.

And when this "butcher" changed his career and entered Taoism, and learned a set of divination techniques through hard work, his ability to avoid danger and seek good fortune was directly doubled, becoming extremely reliable.

That copper coin was Ning Xin's most commonly used divination tool, and its unusual movement at this moment was obviously not a good sign.

Hearing his sister say this, the fairly capable "Dragon Elephant" Ning Ze was quite surprised. He was stunned and said, "Your hexagram actually showed up? Isn't your master a charlatan? I heard that he was expelled from the institute."

"...If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."

Ning Xin glared at him fiercely, his eyes fell on the copper coin, his pupils contracted slightly.

The others behind her saw that her fingertips were trembling slightly, which had never happened before, and they couldn't help but become nervous.

For a moment, the whole team stopped.

"It's a disaster. It's absolutely a disaster."

After a while, Ning Xin finally spoke, her voice a little hoarse, "The hexagram is completely blank, nothing can be seen, this has never happened before."

"..." Everyone fell silent for a moment, looking at her big breasts, thinking, are you sure this is a bad omen, and not because you are not skilled enough to make divinations?

Ning Xin continued, "And my intuition tells me that both sides are equally dangerous. Why don't we find another way and go back the way we came?"

"It's not impossible." Although everyone felt that it was not very reliable, no one objected this time.

Obviously, compared to her unskilled fortune-telling, everyone is more willing to believe in the "butcher's" dangerous intuition.

Ning Ze said bluntly: "Can you stop talking nonsense? There are two forks in the road! Which one should we take? Are we stuck in a maze?"

Having said this, Ning Ze pointed behind everyone in annoyance.

There were two identical roads there, one on the left and one on the right, and two dead trees swaying in the thick fog.

In fact, this is not the first time they have encountered such a difficult choice.

This is "Sigaoling", but I don't know where it is in Sigaoling.

Everything was going quite smoothly when we first entered the "Night Parade of a Hundred Demons" today. We also destroyed two demon caves with third-level Yin Kings along the way, which was a fruitful harvest.

But things started to get weird from the moment we entered the Death Ridge from "Hokkaido".

According to past experience and the strategies collected by those who are curious, the entrance to Sigaoling should be a coastal port, a broken cliff, or a mysterious sewer exit.

But this time it was different. As soon as I came in, I fell into this foggy canyon, and it seemed that I could not get out no matter how hard I tried.

Such a thing was unheard of. As third-level masters, everyone was not so scared, but it was inevitable that they felt uneasy. They even began to think about finding a place to squat and wait for the incense burner to burn out and then be automatically teleported out.

After a long silence, Ning Ze spoke again: "Hey, Jun Moxiao, tell me the truth, is there something wrong with your trigger this time?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked to the end of the team, at the cold and ruthless young man who had repeatedly demonstrated his superb strength and means during this exploration.

He was of relatively thin build, carrying on his back a bronze sword with a scabbard of a dragon pattern on it that glowed faintly in the mist. His face was grim, and it seemed as if the words "bitterness and deep hatred" were written all over his face.

Although he is a "grand master", there is always a murderous aura in his every move.

Compared to the "butcher" Ning Xin who looks like a gentle Taoist nun, it is obvious that Jun Moxiao, the "Grandmaster", looks more like a butcher.

"Jun Moxiao, what do you think?" several people asked in unison.

"Lord Mo Xiao" Gu Pan raised his eyelids and glanced at his teammates, and said coldly: "What do you mean I should see it? This trigger is not obtained by me alone. It was you who said that you don't want to share the money and want to explore the Death Ridge directly. Why are you asking me?" (Note 1)

Speaking of this matter, Gu Pan was still a little angry.

She had been somewhat disgusted with the "Dragon Elephant" in the previous team because he was too weak compared to her own apprentice, and asked for a replacement.

I didn't expect that after the change, the strength might be a little better than the previous one, but he talks too much nonsense, which is really unpleasant no matter how I look at him.

Is there no other good "dragon elephant" in the world?
When the others saw that the thigh was a little unhappy, Ning Xin hurriedly said: "No, no, no, Jun Moxiao, you misunderstood, don't pay attention to my brother, he is an idiot."

"Brother Jun Moxiao, what we mean is that you decide how to go?" Ms. "Soul Catcher" Qianfa looked at Gu Pan with tenderness in her eyes.

"Yes, yes." "Evil Apostle" Huang Lili and "Warden" Shen Chongyang also echoed.

"Um……"

Gu Pan nodded, without saying much, he walked past the crowd and into the thick fog.

The soil under my feet was soft and damp, and I sank a little deeper with every step.

She could feel the vibration coming from the ground, which was the special perception from the high-level spell.

Something seemed to be wriggling under the land, and the movement was gradually becoming more violent and clearer, as if it was scratching the soles of one's feet, making one feel uneasy.

"Damn it! Even if I were to choose, I'm not a butcher. How would I know what to choose? This isn't a solution..."

Gu Pan, who seemed cold and ruthless in everyone's eyes and seemed to have made up his mind, frowned and muttered silently in his heart.

After thinking for a while, she tilted her head slightly and called softly in her mind: "Ancestor, what do you think?"

"There's something strange about this place~ This power seems somewhat familiar. Well, I mean only a little bit... Let me think about it first..." the ancestor said in a low and hoarse voice.

"Forehead."

It seems that apart from being able to provide power quickly, the ancestors are not very reliable. Well, this may not be a bad thing... Gu Pan frowned.

However, the current crisis has not yet been resolved.

This feeling of standing still and being trapped in a cycle made Gu Pan feel very uncomfortable. It reminded her of the time when she was trapped in an infinite loop in some underground fantasy world.

Sigaoling is so dangerous. I shouldn’t have come here if I had known.

Now that I’m stuck here, how can I get out?

Do you really hide and wait for the incense burner to finish? But it will be dark then. I heard that if you don't hide in the church once it gets dark, you're doomed...

Gu Pan frowned and thought about it, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

"There is a way." Gu Pan said.

Everyone gathered around in a hurry: "What's the solution?"

Gu Pan pointed to the top of his head and said, "Wait."

"what?"

When everyone was confused and thought she was just talking nonsense, Gu Pan added: "According to the rules here, there will be an alarm one hour before dark. At that time, no matter where you are, as long as you walk towards the church, you will enter within an hour, right?"

When these words came out, everyone was stunned at first, but then they suddenly realized what was going on. They all gave thumbs up and shamelessly praised, "You mean to use this rule to go directly to the cathedral?"

"Fuck, this is brilliant, why didn't we think of it!"

"You are so smart! You are so smart! You are worthy of being me, Jun Moxiao!"

Gu Pan said coldly: "Stop pretending, your acting is too exaggerated."

Having said that, she felt a little moved and still found it quite useful.

Everyone immediately waited on the spot and became alert. During this time, the fog became thicker and thicker, and the visibility gradually decreased from fifty steps to less than two steps.

The rustling sound under my feet became more and more rapid, as if it had already come to the surface from the center of the earth.

However, even after digging ten feet underground, no trace of the monster was found. This thing hiding in the dark was much more terrifying than a monster that killed people directly in the face, and it scratched everyone's heart.

At this moment, perhaps Gu Pan’s team of six are the only ones in the entire “Death Ridge” who are looking forward to the darkness coming soon.

After a long wait, finally, a bell sounded like the breaking of dawn from the distant horizon.

clang!clang!clang!
Twelve consecutive shots, very thrilling.

Soon, the so-called alarm sound "I'm so hungry and my brain is unhappy" whose pronunciation was incomprehensible resounded through the sky, and black and pink snow floated in the air, even dispersing the thick fog for a while, creating a strange posture of mutual confrontation and mutual devouring between the fog and the snow.

finally come!

The tortured people cried out in surprise, stood up at the same time, and looked at Gu Pan subconsciously.

Without saying anything, Gu Pan pointed in the direction of the bell sound and said, "Let's go!"

After saying that, she took the lead and walked quickly.

The teammates behind him were also following Gu Pan closely, and they could hear each other's footsteps and the sound of their clothes rubbing against each other.

They tried their best to keep in a straight line. If they had to turn, they would choose to break the stone wall with a sword, blasting a big hole directly and passing through it, determined not to be disturbed by this strange maze canyon.

They kept running around like this for an unknown amount of time. Suddenly, "The Butcher" Ning Xin grabbed Gu Pan's sleeve. "Wait." Her voice was very soft. "Something is following us."

"?"

ill?

Aren't we hiding from them?

Gu Pan glanced at the woman and immediately labeled her as a big-breasted and stupid person.

The next second Ning Xin said: "There are also some nearby, they have already caught up!"

"!"

Gu Pan stopped immediately, his right hand already on the hilt of the sword.

She closed her eyes and felt the movement around her.

Apart from the sounds of wind, snow and beeping, there seemed to be nothing.

But soon, she noticed something unusual - there was a slight noise in the air, which was the sound of some creature breaking through the air when it moved quickly.

"Right!" Ning Xin suddenly shouted, and at the same time retreated behind his brother Ning Ze, grasped the yellow talisman into a ball, and shot it out like a hidden weapon.

Pfft!
The yellow talisman ball hit an invisible and colorless object in mid-air, then dissipated, continuing to rush forward and heading straight for Gu Pan's face.

Gu Pan drew his sword almost instinctively. The moment the sword came out of the sheath, it let out a clear dragon roar, as clear as the sound of a piano. Suddenly, shadows of broken swords like numerous tombstones appeared in the air.

These phantoms trembled in an instant and turned into more abstract calves, with their heads roaring, their feet stepping on flying swords, and trampling forward.

"Prisoner of the Ox!"

"The sword tomb's ten thousand intentions!"

The enemy was fast and cunning, so Gu Pan did not hide his weakness when he attacked and used all his strength.

Although it was clearly an attack by a single person with a sword, it vaguely created an atmosphere of thousands of troops, which was breathtaking.

The sword tip and the bull head cut through the mist, tearing open space, and collided with something hard, splashing sparks. The air waves rolled like a tornado and swept the ten feet in front of them.

With the help of this momentary light, Gu Pan saw a distorted, oval human face - the thing was more than ten meters long, wearing a huge black cloak, with extremely white face with very anthropomorphic facial features, a nose as sharp as that of a long-nosed king, and the corners of the mouth were stretched to the ears, revealing sharp white teeth.

It had no pupils and looked very dull. It took Gu Pan's attack with its teeth and was blown to pieces.

However, when one of them died, dozens or even hundreds of identical ones would emerge.

They also looked silly, with their mouths wide open. A black ball of light was constantly condensing in their mouths, with terrifying energy collapsing inward, like a giant dragon about to exhale!
"It's a cursed spirit! Strange, this is different from the cursed spirits we killed before. They seem to have no reason and no will of their own! Damn, something is wrong. Why are there so many cursed spirits?"

Ning Xin stepped back quickly and at the same time pulled out a handful of talismans from his sleeve, folded the talismans into small stars, and scattered them out like a machine gun.

She is very sensitive and will interrupt the enemy's spellcasting immediately.

However, these strange white-faced, black-robed cursed spirits were very durable. Even though many of them were interrupted, many of them still fired the "cannons" in their mouths.

boom! Bang bang!

The black shock waves, as thick as a water tank, were like laser cannons, interweaving into a dense firepower coverage network, colliding and crashing into the Mavericks shot by Gu Pan one by one.

Amid the huge explosion, the "prison bulls" were shattered one by one, and the surrounding ground and stone walls were blown into pieces.

However, this attack, which seemed to be very destructive but was actually too scattered, was obviously of little significance to a group of third-level masters who were trying to escape.

Everyone used their best skills. Ning Ze, Ms. Qianfa and others began to fight back. For a moment, the cliffs collapsed and the air was filled with waves. The collision between the air waves offset the energy.

After running for a while, Huang Lili quickly took out a whip and a candle and put a "life blessing" on everyone, and then tried to connect the treatment of "vitality".

Of course, Jun Moxiao declined her kindness because she couldn't get hard.

Her attention was focused on the enemy in front of her.

Some of the black-robed cursed spirits gave up on long-range bombardment and instead chased after the enemy with close combat attacks.

The first bird to stick its head out gets shot. They seemed to be very hostile to Gu Pan and almost swarmed over her to bite her.

Gu Pan showed no sign of weakness. He spun, jumped, chopped and cut, with the tip of his sword drawing arcs, cutting the approaching cursed spirit in half.

Some of them exploded on the spot, leaving behind a piece of teeth, creatinine or something like that wriggling on the ground, while others retreated into the fog with screams to repair themselves.

But more dark shadows emerged from the mist, emitting shrill screams with dizzying power in their voices.

Each of these monsters actually has power close to the third level, and their number is endless, which makes people feel despair!
"Follow me closely!" Gu Pan shouted in a low voice, and the sword's momentum suddenly changed.

The internal energy infused the sword, and a faint golden light appeared on the sword edge. He swung the sword across, and wherever the sword energy passed, the row of cursed spirits blocking the way turned into black smoke.

"Care for the sky but not the earth, care for Qian but not Kun"!
At this moment, Gu Pan used the "Four-Gu Sword Technique" to its extreme. His long sword was unstoppable and there was almost no enemy that could match him.

With her leading the way, Ning Xin, Qianfa and others followed closely behind. Talismans, hidden weapons, and water dragons flew out continuously, repelling the cursed spirits that tried to attack from the side.

With the combined efforts of everyone, they fought their way out.

But the number of cursed spirits was too large, and there seemed to be something even more terrifying peering and approaching in the fog.

I don’t know how long this pursuit lasted. Everyone was almost unable to hold on and was almost in despair.

Suddenly, Ning Xin pointed to the front right, "There is a stone gate in front, and I feel some special aura!"

Gu Pan looked in the direction she pointed and vaguely saw the outline of a tilted stone tablet.

As the distance got closer, they could see the words on the stone door clearly - they were ancient runes, emitting a faint light, but they could not understand what they meant.

Almost at the moment of approaching the stone gate, the surrounding space seemed to vibrate, and then a huge change occurred.

The fog began to recede, visibility became better and better, and the originally narrow canyon walls disappeared, replaced by the ruins of modern buildings that were either leaning or collapsed.

Gray weeds grew on the white walls, steel bars pierced the sky, and the streets were filled with various smashed and rusted cars.

"It's the Sigaoling District!" Ning Xin's voice was filled with joy. After looking around, he emphasized, "We are back in the Sigaoling District!"

Seeing this, although everyone remained vigilant, they all felt a little relieved in their hearts.

clang!
Followed by another loud bell sound, the surrounding fog rolled violently and then completely receded.

The cursed spirits roared unwillingly, but soon all the sounds disappeared.

When his vision was completely restored, Gu Pan found himself standing in front of a huge, ancient church.

On the surrounding streets, countless figures swarmed in from all directions like ants.

Their expressions were rather dull, but their facial features were three-dimensional and clear. They were not the cursed spirits just now, but seemed to be ordinary residents here.

All the people poured into the church from the main gate and knelt in the square in front of the foyer. One by one, they began to stand up devoutly, their cheeks throbbing, and faint hymns could be heard.

"Hahaha, we're finally here!" Ning Ze wiped his sweat, "This is the Cathedral of the Dark Mother Goddess. The information on the upgraded network is indeed true. We can get there within an hour. Let's go in quickly!"

As he said this, he took the lead and entered the big iron gate, and the rest of his teammates followed closely.

Gu Pan frowned.

Somehow, this church felt to her as if it was more dangerous than the foggy canyon outside.

In the faint sound of the hymns, there were some discordant notes, as if some people were crying and some were laughing wildly?
Gu Pan frowned and then was pushed by someone.

Looking back, it was the "butcher" Ning Xin.

The fake Taoist nun who was "big-breasted and brainless" in Gu Pan's eyes glanced at the endless stream of "people" coming over, leaned over and whispered, "Jun Moxiao, did you feel it too?"

"Hmm?" Gu Pan raised his eyebrows, unconsciously keeping a little distance from Da Lei who was pressing against him, and asked back calmly.

"These guys are not human at all. I have read some intelligence documents. These local residents of Death Ridge are not undead. I don't know what they are, but they seem to be deliberately imitating humans.
"They would come to the church to pray after dark and disappear during the day. Later, someone discovered that they seemed to be living underground, surviving in a strange way similar to human society.

"Some people have done experiments. If you communicate with them, you can even fall in love with one of the women, get married, have children, etc. Of course, the person didn't say what exactly was born, but it's definitely not a normal thing."

As she spoke, she winked and pointed at a "local girl" with a very nice figure not far away, and hinted to Jun Moxiao: "Have you noticed that the women here generally have good figures, even this girl who looks less than ten years old. Why don't you try and see if she will fall in love with you?"

"..."

I didn't notice this problem!

Gu Pan was quite speechless and did not respond. He just said casually, "Be careful, this place is not normal," and walked into the church courtyard.

Ning Xin shrugged and followed behind.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and there seemed to be black crows circling overhead, screaming loudly, but they were nowhere to be seen.

……

……

According to the rules of "Death Report Ridge", you have to stay in the church after dark.

After Xie Xiaochan repeatedly emphasized the dangers hidden in this unspoken rule, Xu Shu naturally would not take it lightly.

Therefore, even though they had seen that the "local residents" pouring out from all directions were not real humans, but some unknown ghost creatures, and they were unwilling to travel with these guys, they had no other choice.

After a brief hesitation of 0.01 seconds, Xu Shu jumped down from the roof and said to his teammates who had just recovered less than five minutes ago: "How are you? Can you run? If not, we will continue to drive the train."

As he said this, he patted his chest generously and raised his eyebrows at Xie Xiaochan who also jumped down.

Xie Xiaochan rolled her eyes speechlessly: "No, I can walk by myself."

She didn't want to continue to be pressed in such a sensitive spot by that damn mermaid's feet. Damn, it hurts!
Once she took the lead, the others naturally felt embarrassed and said they could leave.

Yan Huoxing, on the other hand, glanced at Xie Xiaochan dimly, limped to Xu Shu's side, and said in a very low voice: "Brother, thank you for saving my life. But do you think I was telling a lie? The reputation of Dragon Elephant and Black Heart Rose is well-deserved. I'm afraid we will all die at the hands of this woman today!"

"What are you whispering about?" Xie Xiaochan noticed sharply.

"No, nothing." Having said that, Yan Huoxing subconsciously looked back and took several steps away from Xie Xiaochan.

(End of this chapter)