Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 834, Number 833:

"Boom!!"

A clap of thunder ripped through the night sky. The old man playing the erhu on the bridge suddenly stopped, looked up and glanced sideways at the mountain peak to the east, a look of horror appearing on his gaunt face.

He glanced back at the girl on the ground. She was still breathing faintly, her body curled up in the rain, her muscles twitching occasionally.

The old man walked up to Lingxi and said, "Child, please pass on a message for me."

……

On the other side of the hill, the dim, malevolent aura was slowly dissipating.

The once lush green hills are now covered in gray vegetation, withered and lifeless, giving the whole mountain a deathly atmosphere.

On the ground, Sakurai's body lay just five steps away from Xiao Ran, while in the distance, Kasa knelt on both knees, his body lifeless.

Only Rose was still holding on, but at this moment her facial skin had become loose, and her golden hair had begun to fall out one after another.

If it weren't for the long staff she was using to barely support her, and the various medicines she was constantly taking, she probably wouldn't have made it this far.

In Xiao Ran's curse, fortune, prosperity, longevity, wealth, luck, and career will be continuously stripped away. The longer the curse lasts, the more things will be taken away.

Rose was having trouble even breathing.

The Six Eyes' methods remained frenzied and domineering. The constantly gathering yin winds pounded against Rose's light shield, and with each impact, Rose's body swayed precariously.

"No... this shouldn't end..."

Rose's voice was dry and hoarse, and resentment and madness flashed in her cloudy eyes.

She suddenly poured all her remaining, almost depleted spiritual energy, along with her last remaining life force, into the runes at the tip of the scepter!

The scepter hummed, bursting forth with a final, blinding white light, like the last gasp of a dying star! This light was not an attack, but a prelude to a secondary explosion; she actually intended to detonate the core of this B-grade cursed artifact!
"court death!!"

A cold glint flashed in Xiao Ran's eyes!
The great sword that hung above the rose's head, symbolizing "karma," suddenly sank!
The sword tip did not slash down, but rather, like a huge black rivet, it was firmly "nailed" into the violent light source at the top of the scepter!
Business, carry on its work, and repay its fruits!
"boom!"

The anticipated devastating explosion did not occur.

Instead, they are forcibly bound, distorted, and collapsed by karma!
The intense light at the top of the scepter seemed to be swallowed by an invisible black hole, instantly collapsing inward. The violent energy had nowhere to vent, and could only frantically backfire on its master in this small area!
"what!!"

Rose let out a heart-wrenching scream, her body disintegrating like crumpled paper, visibly withering, peeling away, and scattering until only a skeleton covered in tattered, charred clothing remained, its empty eye sockets staring blankly at the leaden sky, frozen in place with its scepter raised high.

Six Eyes stepped forward and snatched the [Blade of the Goddess of Light] from Rose's hand.

Upon closer inspection, however, the B-grade cursed artifact had lost its luster, and the staff was covered with spiderweb-like cracks.

"Disappointment!"

Liu Mu casually tossed the thing on the ground.

He turned to look at Xiao Ran and said, "Actually, even if you don't make a move, I can still take her down."

Xiao Ran didn't speak, but glanced at Sanli.

Sanli remained standing in the same spot, maintaining her previous posture. Upon seeing this, Xiao Ran flicked her finger and a silver thread flew into Sanli's body, quickly stitching the split flesh back together.

Xiao Ran was very surprised by Sanli's change. This guy seemed to have made further progress in his swordsmanship. It was as if Xiao Ran had taken away Sanli's memories and swordsmanship as Senbei, which made Sanli regain his own understanding of swordsmanship.

Being able to do this shows that Sanli has the potential to continue to advance.

Sanri shook his body slightly, then silently picked up Sakurai's katana from the ground, raised his head, and said, "I'm out of swords."

"Understood, I'll reconfigure it for you when we get back." Xiao Ran waved his hand and took out the [Suppressing Calamity Token].

After activating it, with a gentle lift of his hand, the two memory books flew from the corpses of Casa and Sakurai respectively and landed in Xiao Ran's hand.

Why are there only two books?

The unfortunate Alsa was made into a snack by the butcher, while the woman named Rose was turned into charcoal ash.

After quickly glancing through the contents, Xiao Ran frowned and cursed, "These beasts!"

From his memories, Xiao Ran learned that there were three teams that entered China this time. Besides the fact that two teams' goal was to kill him, there was another main task: each team had to find a way to obtain 500,000 souls.

The three teams combined comprised 150 million souls. Neither of them remembered what these souls were supposed to do; they only knew it seemed to be some kind of massive magical ritual. "Damn it!"

Xiao Ran snorted coldly. If the other party had only come to take revenge on her, Xiao Ran would not have been angry. But these people clearly wanted to come to China to harvest souls.

How could Xiao Ran not be furious about something like this?

What angered Xiao Ran even more was that the contents of the memory book confirmed their previous suspicions: Changchun was helping these people, and that Changchun had leaked all her information. In fact, it was Changchun who led the way when she entered the country.

However, the memory book did not mention the three words "Changchun Association". It only vaguely mentioned that each team would have a separate contact person.

This liaison will not be one of them, but an elderly person acting as the liaison between them.

After searching through his memories for information on the other two teams, Xiao Ran threw the corpses, along with Liu Mu and the others, back into the Yin Soldier Gourd. Then, with a leap, he disappeared into the heavy rain.

After returning to the hospital, Xiao Ran briefly explained the situation to Lu Cheng, Wu Man, Jin Chanzi, and Tang Zhishang from the company.

Upon seeing the contents of the memory book that Xiao Ran had taken out, everyone's expressions turned extremely ugly.

"One and a half million?!"

This number made Tang Zhishang stand up and slam his fist on the table, cursing, "These bastards, do they really think China is their vegetable garden? They just throw around 150 million. Damn it, I'll kill them sooner or later."

"Where are the remaining two teams?" Wu Man immediately seized the key point, her eyes flashing with murderous intent. "Do you have any clues in your memory?"

“There are general locations and target points, but not precise.” Xiao Ran flipped through the illusory pages of the memory book. “These people are all in one-way communication. They know each other, but they can’t keep track of each other’s movements.”

If Xiao Ran's estimation was correct, some of these people had already entered Ruzhou.

As they were talking, Xiao Ran suddenly paused, her brows furrowing sharply, her piercing gaze like lightning striking the heavy rain outside the window.

"Lingxi is injured!" Xiao Ran's voice instantly turned cold, devoid of any emotion, yet it caused the temperature in the room to drop several degrees.

Xiao Ran's mental energy spread out like invisible tentacles, accurately capturing that familiar yet chaotic aura in the rain.

Lingxi was seen staggering towards the hospital in the rain, clutching her lower abdomen.

"Brother Lu, ask the hospital to prepare a bed. I'll go pick her up."

After saying that, Xiao Ran's figure shot out of the ward like an arrow.

Lingxi was now very close to the hospital, but with each step she took, her body ached as if a bone had broken.

With the hospital just ahead, the excruciating abdominal pain made it difficult for Lingxi to continue. Just as she was about to faint, the surrounding rain seemed to be suddenly frozen in mid-air by some force.

Xiao Ran's figure suddenly appeared in front of them.

A quick scan with his spiritual power revealed that Lingxi's injuries were extremely severe; her abdomen had been cut open, and even her internal organs had been severely damaged.

Such injuries would have killed a normal person long ago.

Fortunately, Lingxi is no ordinary person. More importantly, with Xiao Ran here, even if he were torn apart by five horses, he would have the ability to pull the person back from the brink of death in the first instance.

"Don't move, I'll heal your wounds!"

Xiao Ran took out a suture and inserted it into Lingxi's body to quickly stitch up the wound in her abdomen.

The sutures are as fine as hair, yet they contain powerful vitality and restorative abilities.

The wound, precisely embedded in Lingxi's abdomen, was like a living silver snake, darting swiftly between the damaged internal organs and torn muscles.

The wound was quickly and thoroughly stitched up.

Lingxi immediately felt a sense of relief. Her dazed consciousness snapped back to reality, and she saw Xiao Ran standing beside her. Only then did she relax completely.

"Durian, this is... left behind by that old man, who specifically asked you to come and see it."

After taking the envelope, Xiao Ran suddenly paused, turned to the woman, and asked, "What are the characteristics of that old guy?"

"Skinny and short."

"There's no mistake!" Upon hearing this, Xiao Ran opened the message, only to see the first line: "Disciple, how have you been..."

(End of this chapter)