My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 421 Volcano Hell
"You awaken again next to the shrine in Dragon City."

"Do you want to enter Dragon City?"

Jiang Xinghuo activated the teleportation function of the shrine and returned to Dragon City in the Beiyang area. This was also the first map he opened up after entering the game, and it had extraordinary commemorative significance.

"You choose to enter Dragon City."

"Where are you planning to go next?"

"Would you like to just walk around the city or go somewhere else to explore?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose to just take a quick look and stroll around.

He hadn't been to Longcheng for a long time, and didn't know if there were any new changes. He might as well take this opportunity to stroll around Longcheng, and then go to Baishui River to find the river god.

"You wander around the city. Although it's getting dark, there are still many citizens on the streets."

"You walked outside an alley and smelled the familiar smell of Fu Shou cigarettes. Several drug addicts were squatting on the street, staring at passers-by with shifty eyes."

"No matter what their identities or races were before, these drug addicts have degenerated into the most despicable race in the world since they became addicted to tobacco."

"In order to exchange blessings and longevity for those high-ranking monsters and demons, they are willing to use their wealth and even their wives, children and parents as bargaining chips to exchange for blessings and longevity cigarettes."

"Now, they are targeting ordinary citizens, wanting to use their internal organs to exchange for Fu Shou cigarettes in the meat cabinet of the pawn shop."

"However, due to the bone-sucking effect of Fu Shou Cigarette, the bodies of these addicts have become skeletons. They can't beat those strong people at all. They can only focus on those outsiders who look weak and fragile."

"And you were targeted by two drug addicts when you stepped into Dragon City."

"They have been following you secretly, wanting to cut your neck when you weren't paying attention. The price offered to them by the meat cabinet at the pawn shop is not bad recently. The amount of Fu Shou cigarettes they can get in exchange for a complete set of internal organs is enough to make them take risks and commit murders."

"You were attacked by two drug addicts."

"But unfortunately, they are no match for you. You broke the neck of one drug addict. Just when you were about to break the neck of another drug addict, it suddenly knelt in front of you and begged for mercy. It said that if you could let it go, it would tell you a secret. Do you want to spare its life?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought to himself that it wouldn't be that easy. Even if you died, I could still find out what I wanted to know.

"You rejected this drug addict's plea for mercy, well: you hesitated and broke its neck."

"You've killed, addict, x2."

"You have obtained, Incense +200."

"You took out the spirit-calling bell from your magic bag. The bell rang, and a chilly wind blew. You activated the spirit-calling bell's talent of talking to ghosts and corpses, and summoned the drug addict's soul back."

"You asked the dead soul what the secret was, but the drug addict's soul looked at you with hatred and said that you should never know the secret. How do you plan to deal with the drug addict's soul?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought that if he didn't accept my toast, then don't blame me for being rude, so Jiang Xinghuo summoned the Black and White Impermanence from the acupoint.

"You summoned the Black and White Impermanence imprisoned in your body, and revealed the fragments of the Blood Lake Hell and the Scorched Earth Hell in the bodies of the two evil spirits. If they don't tell you the secret, they will be forever trapped in these two hells and suffer endless torture."

"When the dead soul of the drug addict saw the Black and White Impermanence and the fragments of the two hells, he dared not continue to hide it, for fear of angering you and being thrown into hell and never being reborn. So he told you the secrets he knew."

"You have learned the clues to the remains of the Horse King God."

"The Horse King God is the god of carriages and horses in the secular world. He is also the god worshipped by sedan chair bearers and pedestrians. He can protect them from being attacked by evil spirits when they go out."

"But since the death of the Horse King God, the carriage and sedan chair business has lost its patron saint. There is a legend that the Horse King God's remains are in Dragon City, but the head of the carriage and sedan chair business has searched for it many times and has not found any clues."

"But according to the ghost of this drug addict, the remains of the Horse King God are in the secret room of Fuchun Teahouse."

"This is also information it discovered accidentally. It is guarded by seven elder storytellers, so it is difficult for outsiders to break into the secret chamber."

Jiang Xinghuo remembered that when he was in Peking, he met a giant toad in the Dongyue Temple and found a lot of secular gods' heritage in its belly.

Among them were the magical instruments left behind after the death of the Horse God, which were later transformed into the current sedan chair for the God of Joy by the Taoist Master Shengong.

He remembered that the big toad said that the Horse King God had been killed by the Master of Life and Death. How come his remains ended up in Longcheng and were taken by Fuchun Teahouse? ?
"What are you going to do next?"

"Do you plan to continue wandering the streets of Dragon City, or do you choose to go to Fuchun Teahouse to explore and see if you can find the remains of the Horse King God?"

Of the two options, Jiang Xinghuo chose the latter. If the mission clues were not triggered, he would just wander around the city for a while.

But now that we have new clues to the mission, we should naturally complete it.

"You chose to go to Fuchun Teahouse."

"You sent the dead soul of the drug addict back to the underworld, and then followed the route you remembered to go to Fuchun Teahouse."

"On the way, please wait..."

"You have arrived at Fuchun Teahouse."

"You walked into the Fuchun Teahouse, and the waiter immediately recognized you and led you to the VIP room on the second floor."

"You stand on the second floor and look down. You can see the storyteller on the stage preaching and talking eloquently. He is telling the story of the great dart king transporting darts for thousands of miles."

"You looked around at the interior structure of the Fuchun Teahouse. Through your treasure-hunting eyes, you gained a preliminary understanding of the teahouse."

"If the remains of the Horse King God are really here, do you think the most likely place for them is on the top floor of the teahouse? You sensed several auras there, all of which belong to masters with strong cultivation, as if they were guarding something."

"What are you going to do next?"

"Are you going to charge head-on, regardless of your status, and charge straight in with the Dragon King's Dao soldiers?"

"We should try to find another way to sneak in quietly without alerting other people and see what's up there."

It is naturally not difficult to choose between these two options. I believe that anyone with a sound mind knows which one to choose.

If he chooses the first answer, it would be equivalent to a direct break with the teahouse. He would become the enemy of Fuchun Teahouse in the future, and the storytellers organization would probably also put him on the blacklist.

That’s not to mention other privileges, such as the Golden Chamber Collection of Books and VIP treatment.

So, Jiang Xinghuo chose the second answer and sneaked up to see what was there.

However, before going upstairs, Jiang Xinghuo still had to make some preparations. He opened the niche shop in the teahouse, rummaged around, and bought a few paper figures to use as substitutes.

At least, he had to stay here on the surface. If something went wrong, if he was not here, wouldn't he be the first person to be suspected?

"You have obtained a substitute paper figure."

"You pierced your fingertips and used blood to open your eyes. A paper doll took shape and sat on the chair in the VIP room in your place. You then used an invisibility spell to hide your body in the air and left the VIP room quietly."

"Do you want to go up the stairs?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes, controlled the game character to step onto the stairs, and under the cover of invisibility, walked towards the top floor of the teahouse.

"You walked through the stairs on the third floor and came to the top floor of the teahouse. If you look from the outside, this teahouse only has three floors at most."

"But your treasure-hunting eyes have discovered a hidden staircase here, which leads to the fourth floor of the teahouse, which is the real top floor."

"Do you want to break the formation and enter it?"

"But if you choose to forcibly break this formation, it is very likely to alert the several storytellers guarding it."

"But if you don't want to force your way in, then you have to study this formation thoroughly. Only then can you enter and exit the formation freely."

After seeing the content of the game text, Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a moment. He didn't choose to act stubbornly because he was afraid of getting into trouble. Naturally, he would not choose to do so now.

"You chose to study this formation."

"You have triggered the talent of Tathagata."

"The Buddha's eyes in your eye sockets are shining with divine light, and you are beginning to understand the key structure of the formation of the boundary."

"Please wait……"

Jiang Xinghuo waited for almost half an hour, and just when he was about to give up, the game finally popped up a new prompt message.

"You have understood all the secrets of this formation and gained insight into its operating mechanism. Without alerting anyone, you have quietly broken through the blockade and arrived at the stairs leading to the top floor."

"You walked up the stairs to the fourth floor and found a dusty secret room. Several storytellers' elders were sitting outside in deep concentration."

"One of them suddenly opened his eyes and looked in your direction, as if he had noticed your presence."

"When you saw that the situation was not good, you immediately focused your mind and calmed your breath, causing the Qi and blood in your body to quickly become dormant. You were like a lifeless object, no different from the clay statue of the god next to you."

"After a while, the storyteller elder closed his eyes again. You waited quietly for a while, and then you were sure that they didn't notice you. What are you going to do next?"

This time, the game text did not provide any options. It seemed that Jiang Xinghuo wanted to play freely and it was up to him to decide what method to use.

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a while, opened the skill bar of the game, found Xiaoyao Mengdie, and then clicked to use it.

Since these storytellers are guarding outside, their skills must be very high. I will definitely not be able to gain any advantage by outnumbering them, so I'd better let Xiaoyao Mengdie take action.

It would be best to let them fall into a deep sleep without them noticing, so that you can save yourself a lot of unnecessary trouble.

"You released the Dream Butterfly from the acupoints, and bit each person's neck silently. The power of the dream immediately spread out, and soon dragged these storytellers' elders into the illusory dream."

"You can now explore with confidence."

"Do you want to enter that secret chamber?"

"You walked to the door of the secret chamber and found a complicated puzzle lock on it. You need to solve this puzzle lock before you can enter the secret chamber."

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo felt his phone vibrate, and a complex puzzle popped up on the screen.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the puzzle carefully, and after he had a general idea of ​​it in his mind, he began to solve the puzzle.

ten minutes later.

Jiang Xinghuo restored the puzzle to its original appearance, and the screen suddenly collapsed, with new game text popping up.

"You have successfully cracked the puzzle lock."

"You pushed open the door and walked into the secret room."

"Look at the furnishings in the secret chamber. Apart from a perpetual lamp, there are no other unnecessary items."

"A lifelike corpse was placed on the long table. It was the long-dead earthly god, the Horse King God."

"You have found the body of the Horse King God."

"Do you want to put it in your trick bag?"

"You chose to put the body of the Horse King God into the trick bag."

Jiang Xinghuo collected the body of the Horse King God, then left the secret room as quickly as possible and returned to the VIP room downstairs.

"You have found the body of the Horse King God. What are you going to do next?"

"Do you choose to continue listening to the storytellers here, or leave Fuchun Teahouse as soon as possible, so as to avoid unnecessary troubles for you when the storytellers wake up."

Jiang Xinghuo saw that he had already got the things, so there was no point in staying any longer. If he delayed, something might happen. It would be better to leave here as soon as possible.

"You choose to leave Fuchun Teahouse."

"You walked further along the street, but not long after you walked out, you heard an angry roar coming from the top floor of the teahouse."

"You just pretended not to hear the roar and continued to wander the street."

"You need to think carefully about how to maximize the value of this corpse."

"You can go find a great alchemist in the secular world and ask him to refine the Horse King God's corpse into medicine. After taking it, it can greatly increase your speed."

"You can also go find the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian and ask him to use this corpse as a forging and strengthening material to improve the level and capabilities of the Xi Shen sedan chair."

"Of course, you can also choose to refine it into a puppet, and perhaps even unleash some of the power it possessed when it was alive."

The game text gave three options, and Jiang Xinghuo thought about it carefully and they all seemed to be good choices.

But after careful consideration, Jiang Xinghuo decided to find the Taoist master Shen Ji Bai Lian to forge and enhance the level of the items.

He made this choice because of his own considerations.

First of all, if he were to go find a pharmacist, he might not be able to find the right person. Besides, it would be a waste to refine it into pills.

As for refining it into a puppet, Jiang Xinghuo really had no such plan in mind. Not to mention how much power it could exert after being refined into a puppet, the key point was that he did not have the ability to do so.

The only way is to use the White Bone Emperor Bell to control the corpse's movements. There are too many inconveniences in moving, and he has no shortage of help around him.

No matter whether it is the Black and White Impermanence or the Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Impermanence, none of them will be much worse than the corpse of the Horse King.

"You took out the Divine Machine Token from your magic bag, activated its teleportation function, and came to the blacksmith furnace of Taoist Master Bailian of the Divine Machine."

"Do you want to hand over the body of the Horse King God to the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian?"

"You explained your purpose and handed over the God of Joy sedan chair and the body of the God of Horses to the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian, allowing him to forge it freely for strengthening and upgrading."

"The Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian was overjoyed to see such a rare material, so he asked you to wait outside for a while. He has recently learned a lot of news from other worlds, which may be useful."

What happened in another world? ?
Jiang Xinghuo was stunned at first, but then he reacted.

What the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian said about seeing and hearing in other worlds should be referring to things on Earth.

As an NPC in the game, Shen Ji Bai Lian Taoist has certainly encountered more than one Exile player. It is not uncommon for him to learn some news about the Earth from other players when he is forging for them.

Jiang Xinghuo has also encountered a similar situation.

But this time the waiting time was a bit long. It was not until after ten o'clock in the middle of the night that the game text popped up.

"Forging is complete."

"Your wedding sedan chair has been successfully upgraded."

"The Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian integrated the corpse of the Horse King God into the Happy God Sedan, giving it extraordinary speed while also researching another form."

Jiang Xinghuo clicked on the text and took out the upgraded sedan chair from the magic bag.

The golden-red sedan is embellished with complex and exquisite decorations, like a painting that records hundreds of worldly scenes. Characters and scenes from various folk legends and myths can be found on it.

Moreover, these scrolls are not rigid patterns. If you look closely, you can see that the characters in them are communicating with each other, just like a bustling stage.

There was also a golden dragon-shaped shadow circling around the sedan chair, with the dragon's head hanging just above the sedan chair, emitting a terrifying aura.

This is the brand new vehicle that the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian has researched and developed by combining the corpse of the Horse King God with the God of Joy sedan chair and adding a large amount of mechanical materials - the Dragon God sedan chair! !
"It's quite intimidating..."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the sedan chair in front of him, a hint of excitement flashed in his pupils. Then he lifted the red bead curtain outside the sedan chair and sat in it.

He sat in the sedan and looked around carefully. There were many exquisite patterns and diagrams engraved on the side walls of the sedan, and there was a jade stone in the shape of the Bagua hanging next to it.

Jiang Xinghuo reached out his hand curiously, wanting to see what the Bagua jade was. Unexpectedly, the moment he touched the jade, a "cracking" sound came from inside the car.

“Kacha… Kacha… Kacha…”

The sounds of mechanical metal deformation and gear friction were heard, and the surprise in Jiang Xinghuo's eyes gradually grew, because the sedan chair under him was changing in a completely different sci-fi way.

The golden-red sedan disappeared in an instant, and turned into a majestic, luxurious, yet domineering dragon-shaped armor attached to Jiang Xinghuo's body.

The golden-red scales exuded a red luster, like layers of dragon scales tightly attached to his body. His hands were as sharp as dragon claws, but not clumsy at all. His head instantly transformed into a majestic dragon head, emitting two streaks of blood! !

A dragon tail covered with hideous barbs extended from the spine of the armor to the ground, connected to Jiang Xinghuo's spinal neurons, and could be controlled freely according to his mind.

"This..." Jiang Xinghuo subconsciously walked to the mirror, and the blades of the armor made clanging sounds as they rubbed against each other.

At this moment, the mobile phone on the bedside table suddenly rang. Jiang Xinghuo immediately went over to pick up the phone. The armor on his hand seemed to sense something and automatically retreated.

Jiang Xinghuo clicked on the message and took a look.

"Dragon Body Divine Armor (Legend), the second transformation of the Dragon God Sedan. The Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian combined his experiences from other worlds with the divine power in the body of the Horse King God and painstakingly created this armor."

"After wearing it, not only can you greatly increase your speed and strength, but you can also greatly increase your attack power, and you can stay in the air for a short period of time without being affected by any external environment."

"Dynamic duration: 10 minutes."

"Static duration: 120 minutes."

Jiang Xinghuo's mind moved, and the armor on his body disintegrated at a speed visible to the naked eye, and returned to the shape of a large golden and red sedan.

In addition, this new God of Joy sedan chair, no, it should now be called the God of Dragon sedan chair, has a third form of change.

Jiang Xinghuo walked to the side of the Dragon God sedan chair and pressed a button on the outside. The phantom of the coiled dragon surrounding the sedan chair immediately began to swim and kept compressing towards the center.

The Dragon God's sedan chair also began to change constantly. The sound of the gears turning was endless. Soon it turned into a fist-sized metal ball. All kinds of things in the world were played out on it like a revolving lantern.

Jiang Xinghuo held the metal ball in his hand and could change it into two other forms at any time.

"Fortunately, we got the body of the Horse King God. If we had missed this opportunity, the sedan chair of the God of Happiness might not have changed like this."

While Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about these things in his mind, he controlled the game character to leave the blacksmith shop.

"Where are you going next?"

"Are you planning to stay here, or are you going back to Dragon City to continue exploring?"

"You chose to return to Dragon City and continue exploring."

"You activated the shrine's teleportation function and returned to the Baishui River Shrine in Dragon City."

"You opened your eyes at the shrine at the Whitewater River."

"Since you killed the corrupt White Water River God, the Compassionate Monk has become the new River God."

"The Baishui River is no longer as closed to strangers as it used to be. Fishermen's lives have improved. The corpse recovery team makes a living by fishing. Few people sink to the bottom of the river anymore."

"You have come to the river god temple of the White Water River God. It is now late at night. The temple keeper is sleeping soundly in the corner room. The figure of the compassionate monk has also walked out of the river god statue."

"When old friends meet, they exchange pleasantries. Then, you explained your purpose. You wanted to take advantage of the midnight when the Yin energy is thick and flow into the underworld."

"The compassionate monk took out a talisman from his bosom and handed it to you. He also told you a piece of news. It was said that the underworld has been in turmoil recently. It seemed that someone was going to become the new Lord of Hell, and the Lords of other Hells were attacking him."

Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows and thought what a coincidence, he didn't expect someone would get there first and get there ahead of him.

But it’s better this way. With someone attracting fire for him, the possibility of him being noticed is much smaller.

According to what the old man in the ancestral hall told him, if he wanted to occupy an ownerless hell in the underworld, he must resist the attacks from other hells.

Although the underworld is vast and can accommodate the birth of many lords of hell, those who have become lords of hell may not be willing to share their power.

So, there is only one way to solve this situation.

That is to launch conquests against each other. When both sides think that they cannot do anything to each other for the time being and the situation falls into a stalemate, then it can be considered temporarily stabilized, and then other steps can be carried out.

Jiang Xinghuo had also made preparations long ago. It would be best to choose a relatively far place, so that he would face fewer enemies.

According to the current structure of the underworld in the secular world, there are ten lords of hell under the lord of the underworld, which are the so-called ten hells of the underworld.

The fragments of "Blood Lake Hell" and "Scorched Earth Hell" that Jiang Xinghuo had obtained were all broken by the lords of hell when they were fighting each other.

The Lord of the Cemetery is also one of the masters of the "Ten Hells" in the underworld, but based on its current state, it might be more appropriate to change the Ten Hells to the Nine Hells.

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head, put these thoughts aside, and began to concentrate on his own affairs.

"You have obtained the Passing Yin Talisman."

"Are you going to the underworld right now?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes. After leaving the River God Temple, he came to the Baishui River and took out a land dragon boat from his magic bag.

"You put the wooden boat in the river, and the small boat grew in the wind and turned into a small black boat."

"Then you put the Gu Yin Talisman on the bow of the boat and floated down the clear river."

"Soon after, thick fog rose from the river surface, gradually engulfing the small boat you were riding on."

"You can only hear the sound of running water, but you can't see the scene in front of you clearly."

After an unknown amount of time, you suddenly feel the boat under you docked at an unknown shore. When you look up, the fog gradually dissipates and you have arrived at the Yellow Springs Ferry.

"You have successfully arrived at the underworld."

"You walked to the shore of Huangquan and put away the land dragon boat. Not far away, a ferryman is looking at you. Do you want to go over and say hello?"

"You walked up to the ferryman and found that he looked very strange. He was not the ferryman you knew."

"You asked, and they said the ferryman was no longer alive. Not long ago, ghosts rioted on the boat, and the ferryman and those ghost marriages were all buried under the Styx."

"The judge of Huangquan Ferry Office came but could not find any trace of the ferryman. I don't know where he drifted to."

After Jiang Xinghuo saw it, he thought it was a pity.

He had some friendship with the ferryman and helped him quell a riot, but he didn't expect that the other party still couldn't escape the disaster.

"You took out the map of the underworld."

"You can identify the locations recorded above by yourself. You will find that the locations of these hells are distributed in different directions of the underworld. Do you plan to go there directly or ask someone?"

Ask someone?
After Jiang Xinghuo saw the prompt in the game text, he understood what the game meant. It should be asking him to find the ferryman to inquire about the information.

"You handed the distribution map in your hand to the ferryman and politely asked him what he thought of the map."

"The ferryman looked at the map in your hand and didn't say anything, as if he didn't see it at all."

Oh, I got it!

Jiang Xinghuo immediately understood that when asking someone to do something for you, you can't do it empty-handed. It was his own mistake.

"You gifted the ferryman 1000 incense points."

"The ferryman looked at the incense you gave him, shook his head, and said that these hells are too far away from you, so it's best not to join in the fun."

Jiang Xinghuo took a look and understood. It seemed that he thought it was too little. Well, since it had been given away anyway, he might as well make up the total.

"You gave the ferryman another 1000 incense points."

The game text that popped up remained unchanged, and the ferryman continued to talk about other things and did not answer Jiang Xinghuo's question.

After repeating this several times, Jiang Xinghuo invested a total of 5000 incense sticks before he got a new answer.

"The ferryman carefully looked at the map of hells in your hand and said that two of the hells already have owners, and one hell is surrounded by enemies on three sides. Only the remaining two hells have not been occupied by anyone, and their geographical locations are relatively suitable."

"These two hells are located in the north and south of the underworld respectively. The ice hell in the south is cold and gloomy, with constant snow and wind all year round. The volcanic hell in the north is just the opposite, with a large amount of flaming magma. It depends on your own ideas which hell you choose."

"But for the sake of those incense sticks, the ferryman has another piece of news for you. The underworld is not peaceful recently. More than half of the ten hells are involved in wars and chaos."

"If you want to become the new Lord of Hell, now is the best time. Otherwise, once the situation stabilizes, you may face encirclement and suppression from multiple parties."

"Which hell do you choose as an anchor point to build your beacon?"

Jiang Xinghuo began to think in his mind. Since he had to choose a hell to build a signpost, he had to choose an environment that suits him.

According to what the ferryman said, the environment of the volcanic hell should be more suitable for him.

Among the ten hells of the underworld today, there is no Volcano Hell. The only one that is similar in nature is the Scorched Earth Hell.

Moreover, the Red Lotus Karma Fire can also serve as the origin of the Volcanic Hell, and the power of the Red Lotus Karma Fire can be enhanced by burning the sinful souls.

"You chose to go to the volcanic hell of the north."

"With the help of the ferryman, you crossed the Styx with your living body and arrived at the other side of the underworld."

"You are on your way to a volcanic hell."

"Do you want to use the Dragon Sedan to speed up the journey?"

"You have used the Dragon Shrine."

"On the way. Estimated to arrive at destination in about three hours."

"But you'd better make some preparations in advance. Even though that hell has no owner, it doesn't mean that there are no monsters living there."

"Every hell in the underworld is inhabited by a large number of native creatures. If you want to become the master of that hell, you must first conquer the native creatures in that hell."

"If you can do this, then these indigenous ghosts and gods will be your future ghost yamen team."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the description of the game text without any other thoughts in his mind. He decided to go and check out the market first.

The worst outcome is just a fight. Either you get beaten to death by those monsters, or you subdue them yourself. There is nothing to worry about.

Jiang Xinghuo put down his phone and went to the kitchen to make himself some midnight snack. He ate with relish while waiting for the prompt in the game.

It was not until about two o'clock in the morning that Jiang Xinghuo heard the sound of the game in a daze and took a look at his phone.

"You have arrived at the Volcano Prison."

"You walk on the devastated scorched earth, with a strange fog in front of you, crows crying on the dead trees, countless souls drowning and wailing in the underworld, and human head flowers blooming on the road to the underworld."

"In addition, there are paper money flying all over the sky, broken coffins all over the ground, and countless charred skeletons..."

"In the hazy fog and smog, there are still hundreds of towering mountains. Countless charred corpses are walking alone on the mountains, and there are countless corpses climbing up from the bottom of the mountains..."

"And you can clearly see that corpses keep falling down the mountain, with flames still burning on their bodies. After they hit the ground, they have turned into a pile of bone debris."

"You have triggered the talent of Tathagatagarbha."

"Put your sights on the high mountain in the center of the volcanic hell. That is where the origin of the volcanic hell lies."

"As long as you climb to the top of that mountain, you can obtain the essence of the volcanic hell and become the master of this volcanic hell."

"Are you going to try to conquer that mountain?"

"Be careful. The underworld of the secular world has a unique set of rules. If you want to become the master of the volcanic hell, you must rely on your own strength to reach the top of the mountain. Not only must you endure the high temperature and burning brought by the volcano, but you must also guard against interference from other competitors."

"Those corpses crawling and walking on the mountain are your enemies on the path to enlightenment. They will do everything they can to kill you."

"Do you want to go over and give it a try?"

Death? This is what I am least afraid of!
This is the advantage of game players. When they encounter the treasures they want, they can just risk their lives on it. Anyway, they will not really die. The creatures in the mortal world do not have this advantage. Once they die, they are dead.

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo controlled the game character to walk towards the mountain. If he was lucky, it might not take long to occupy this hell.

"You have arrived at the foot of the mountain where the origin of the volcanic hell is located. The air around you is filled with a pungent smell of burning, and several fire boys with carbonized bodies immediately pounced on you."

"You wield the Dragon King's Dao soldiers and stand with these fire boys. Their muscle tissues have been thoroughly explored, and their bodies are much harder than ordinary ores."

"When your Dragon King Dao soldiers land on their bodies, they can only leave some inconspicuous marks, and it is difficult to destroy their heavily carbonized shells."

"What are you going to do now?"

"Are you planning to temporarily avoid a direct confrontation with these fire boys, or are you planning to use some other means?"

Jiang Xinghuo felt it was a pity. The best way to deal with these monsters with extreme attributes was Tiangongye's fossil magic. Unfortunately, after coming out of the Wild Ghost Village laboratory, he could no longer use this magic.

"Try this..."

Jiang Xinghuo thought of a way, clicked on the skill bar, and used the Red Lotus Karma Fire.

"You waved the Dragon King's Dao Soldier in your hand, and the Red Lotus Karma Fire swept out, entangling the several Fire Boys in front of you."

"Under the terrifying power of the Red Lotus Karma Fire, the spiritual consciousness of these fire boys was completely wiped out in an instant, and they became walking corpses that could be slaughtered at will."

"Without the obstruction of these fire boys, you followed the narrow scorched earth path and climbed up this towering mountain."

"During this period, many evil spirits tried to stop you, but they were all injured by your red lotus fire, leaving only their bodies with no consciousness left."

"Soon, you arrived at the halfway point of the mountain, and attracted the attention of those relatively powerful monsters. They exchanged glances with each other and attacked you at the same time."

"Your Red Lotus Karma Fire was also devoured by the opponent's item. You were caught off guard and fell directly from the middle of the mountain. Your body was also burned to ashes by the flames."

"Do you want to activate the scapegoat's ability?"

"You are activated, straw man."

Jiang Xinghuo activated the characteristics of a scapegoat and avoided being reduced to ashes.

But those evil spirits did not let him go, and they joined forces to attack him every time.

Jiang Xinghuo originally wanted to release the evil spirit in the acupoint, but the game prompted that the soul-binding method could not be used temporarily.

The game's review mechanism should treat those evil spirits as external forces, not Jiang Xinghuo's own real abilities.

Moreover, Jiang Xinghuo discovered that those evil spirits seemed to have done it on purpose, as if they were waiting halfway up the mountain to target anyone who climbed up.

After a little thought, Jiang Xinghuo understood what was going on.

Those monsters and demons did not come here to fight for the origin of the volcanic hell. The purpose of their existence is to eliminate future troubles for certain beings.

Maybe they signed some kind of contract with each other, or maybe they were ordered by higher-level monsters and demons.

Simply put, they are not fighting alone, but should be a team with clear division of labor.

This made Jiang Xinghuo a little troubled.

Others were forming gangs and groups, causing trouble here, but he was alone, and the evil spirit imprisoned in his body could not be used.

How about asking Jiang Miaozhen to come over to help? ?

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head and rejected his idea.

Although Jiang Miaozhen is a staff member of the Public Opinion Survey Bureau, she is also a participant in this archaeological operation and has no time to log into the game these days.

Therefore, I have to rely on myself these few days. If it really doesn't work, it won't be too late to bring Jiang Miaozhen over after the archaeological work over there is finished.

"On the move..."

Jiang Xinghuo clicked on the text and came back to life. The number of times he had died as a substitute for a straw man had been used up. Now he had to rely on the dog food to endure the hardships.

This is also his greatest advantage. He can kill as many people as he can. When he is the only one left, then he will be done.

Today I will update 10,000 words, and tomorrow it will be 4,000 words. It is the last day of this year. I have to go out and buy some things tomorrow, and then do a thorough cleaning of the house, throwing away what should be thrown away and washing what should be washed. It is a new year and a new beginning.

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(End of this chapter)