Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 893 Lei Hai meets the enemy
When Wu Man and Jin Chanzi saw this scene clearly, their expressions changed drastically.

They'd seen plenty of hail, but never anything this bizarre.

The gloom was rapidly enveloping us.

"Go in there!"

Xiao Ran scanned the rock wall with his spiritual power. There was an inconspicuous little hole at the bottom of the rock wall. Upon seeing this, Xiao Ran drove the sled and took out the [Decapitation Sword] from his space. After activating it with the paper craftsman, the sword flashed and suddenly spun up. The sword blade hummed and vibrated, and then locked onto the rock wall and split into countless sword beams.

Privilege 1: Spirit Demon

Once activated, the sword transforms into a malevolent force, unleashing a ranged attack on targets in front.

"Boom!"

Countless pebbles were sliced ​​apart by the sword light, instantly turning what was originally a hole no bigger than a washbasin into one half a person's height.

The sword's edge even forcibly carved out a space of about five square meters within it.

After Xiao Ranren pulled the horse into the narrow crevice, he even turned around and stood the sled upright, blocking the way outside.

“Swish, swish, swish!!”

Just as the sled was erected to block the cave, countless hailstones covered the cave and froze the entrance in an instant.

A bone-chilling cold emanated from the gaps in the carriage, causing the temperature inside the cave to plummet.

Fortunately, although the temperature was cold, it did not have much of an impact on the three of them.

Wu Man quickly took out the prepared firewood from her spatial storage, blew on it gently, and the flames ignited, quickly raising the temperature.

Xiao Ran turned to look at the ginseng spirit, her eyes suddenly turning cold.

Wu Man grabbed the ginseng spirit's head and shoved it right into the tiger demon's mouth, saying, "You old bastard, you dare to play dirty tricks on me?"

"No, no, I don't know why it suddenly started hailing. I...I...I don't know."

Faced with the tiger's mouth that was delivered right in front of him, the ginseng spirit trembled with fear and hurriedly begged for mercy and pleaded for forgiveness.

But how could his little scheme possibly escape the notice of Xiao Ran and the other two?

Even the tiger demon could see through his little scheme.

Just as the ginseng spirit was trembling and stammering in protest of his innocence, the golden toad beside him spoke up with a cold laugh:

"Unaware? Hmph, who can you fool with your wicked thoughts, you spirit creature?"

Jin Chanzi narrowed his eyes, with an all-knowing understanding: "Since ancient times, ginseng diggers have all understood one principle: when they find ginseng that is over a hundred years old, they must tie it firmly with a red rope soaked in old cow's blood and wrapped with copper coins, commonly known as a 'club lock'. Otherwise, the ginseng spirit will vanish in an instant, like a drop of water entering the sea, and will never be found again!"

"You're planning to wait until we're frozen outside so you can escape, aren't you?"

Having his thoughts exposed by the Golden Toad, the Ginseng Spirit's body trembled involuntarily.

At this moment, Wu Man added, "Or rather, are you planning to take this opportunity to turn the tables on us?"

"without!!"

The ginseng spirit knelt on the ground with a thud, trembling and completely paralyzed with fear.

"Immortal, spare me! Great Immortal, spare me! I...I know I was wrong! I will never dare to do it again! I will never dare to do it again!"

It kowtowed repeatedly, as if afraid that Xiao Ran and the other two would tear it to pieces right there.

Xiao Ran walked up to the trembling ginseng spirit with his hands behind his back, the shadow enveloping its kneeling body: "What other dangers lie ahead? If you hide even half a word... I'll boil you into soup right now."

The ginseng spirit trembled violently and cried out urgently, like beans spilling from a bamboo tube:

“I said! Thirty miles ahead there is a dark, deep pool. By day the water is as black as ink, and at midnight the obsessive illusions of the drowned rise up.”

Hidden in the western rift is the Bone-Corroding Flower Mist, whose pollen, once swallowed, turns flesh and blood into mud, leaving only a skeleton to walk on.

The most dangerous part is the Suspended Staircase on the north slope. Stepping onto the third step causes a temporal distortion; some have walked for a hundred years and are still trapped on the stairs, their bones still lifting their feet!

Wu Man gasped in shock, but Jin Chanzi narrowed his eyes and asked, "Anything else?"

The ginseng essence suddenly stopped, its eyes darting around.

Xiao Ran sneered, took out a piece of paper money from his spatial storage, and casually pinched it, turning it into a three-inch paper figure.

Seeing this, Wu Man immediately understood and suddenly raised her hand and pressed it against the ginseng spirit's crown! "Ah—!"

Amidst a piercing scream, a semi-transparent, ginseng-shaped spirit was forcibly extracted by Wu Man.

He then shoved it into the paper figure's chest cavity.

In a short time, blood-red veins appeared on the surface of the paper figure. The ginseng spirit twisted wildly a few times, but quickly merged with the paper figure.

"You little rascal, you're not being honest. We haven't harmed you, yet you're plotting against us first."

Xiao Ran poked the paper figure's head: "If you're not honest, then we won't be polite either. Now that you've lost your body, if you still want to live, you'd better behave, or we'll burn you to ashes."

The paper figure trembled violently, and only then did the ginseng spirit realize the ferocity of the three people in front of it.

He immediately dared not hide anything any longer and told the truth honestly.

"Our road is called the Road of No Return. It's easy to go up the mountain, but there's no way down. One day on the mountain is equivalent to a year outside. There are some towns on the mountain, all built by our predecessors. If you want to get in, you have to be skinned alive."

The ginseng spirit revealed everything it knew.

Xiao Ran and the other two then temporarily let him go, but Wu Man put his ginseng body into a box: "When we reach the top of the mountain and no longer need you to lead the way, we will return this ginseng to you intact."

What could the ginseng spirit say in response? It could only obediently agree.

"Huhuhu..."

The wind outside grew stronger, and the earth rumbled. Inside the cave, they could hear it even more clearly, as if a mudslide was rolling forward. But upon closer inspection, they realized it wasn't a mudslide at all, but rather the sound of ice blocks, frozen solid, sliding down the mountain.

These sounds were inaudible outside, but after being transmitted through the earth inside the cave, they became exceptionally clear.

"What's the story behind the hail outside?" Xiao Ran asked the ginseng spirit.

"It freezes everything. No matter how great the supernatural power, it will be frozen inside. However, it does not harm people. As soon as it is exposed to light, these ice crystals will melt immediately, leaving not a drop of water behind."

The ginseng spirit explained to Xiao Ran and the others, confidently assuring them that what he said was true.

However, after the ginseng spirit finished speaking, it looked up and saw Xiao Ran looking at it. Its heart tightened, and it immediately sensed a strong danger. It whispered, "But after the hail, there may be a lightning strike."

"You must be honest."

This time, Xiao Ran didn't criticize the ginseng spirit anymore. As long as the kid confessed honestly, he didn't want to make things difficult for him.

"Rumble..."

The noise outside was getting louder and louder.

Just as the ginseng spirit had said, after the hailstorm, thunder rumbled outside.

However, when Xiao Ran extended his spiritual power and perceived the scene, it was completely different from the "lightning strike" described by the ginseng spirit; the difference was far more than just a little bit.

Above the sky, thick, twisted bolts of lightning, like molten, viscous soup, poured down from the rolling dark clouds!

They are no longer flashes of light that strike in an instant, but rather a torrent with a heavy, textured quality.

When these blazing white, blindingly bright, lightning-infused lava rocks crashed onto the earth covered in eerie ice crystals.

It exploded instantly! What burst open wasn't soil or ice shards, but countless blinding plasma sparks that shot in all directions!
Countless tiny lightning bolts, like living silver snakes, frantically darted, leaped, and darted through the gaps in the shattered ice crystals! Everywhere you looked, there was a net of silver threads, leaving no gaps to penetrate.

"Is this what you meant by a possible lightning strike??"

Xiao Ran glared at the ginseng spirit with annoyance.

Just then, amidst the deafening, bizarre thunder, a burst of wild, unrestrained laughter was heard.

"That felt great! That felt great!"

The laughter seemed to ignore the roar of thunder, piercing clearly through the sea of ​​lightning.

Xiao Ran was startled!
There was someone there? Not only someone, but someone who could laugh so heartily?
Confused, Xiao Ran's mental energy surged forth like a tidal wave, forcefully penetrating the thick ice layer formed by hail outside the cave and the violent electromagnetic field of lightning.

It was fortunate that Xiao Ran's mental strength was strong enough, and because of the Soul Cultivation Technique, Xiao Ran's mental strength was not like that of an ordinary person, which was condensed into a ball of thoughts, nor did it condense into the legendary primordial spirit.

This is a characteristic of the Soul Cultivation Technique, although it will cause Xiao Ran to lose the ability to cultivate primordial spirit-type supernatural powers.

But in this formless and intangible state, his mental energy was more free and unrestrained.

Even in lightning strikes, it can move freely and is unaffected by the lightning.

Soon, after passing through the layers of thunderstorms, Xiao Ran saw a few points of silver light flashing in a crater in the distance.

Surprisingly, this place was not frozen. Hot silver liquid poured down from the sky, falling into this pit and gathering into a pool of lightning.

Within the Thunder Pool, there sat a person.

A monk!
He was shirtless, his bronze skin bulging with muscles, and he sat completely unprotected in the boiling silver lightning!

Countless fine silver snakes writhed and exploded wildly around him, and sparks of plasma danced and flickered on his body, yet they failed to harm him in the slightest.

His eyes were slightly closed, his expression a mixture of enjoyment and near-mad ecstasy, as if the terrifying sea of ​​lightning, capable of destroying everything, was nothing more than a warm bath for him!
Even Xiao Ran was shocked by what she saw.

The silvery magma appeared calm, but it was actually a highly powerful liquid of lightning.

For an ordinary person, let alone taking a bath, even touching him would turn him to ashes.

Even with a physical body possessing 400 points of physique, Xiao Ran dared not touch it directly.

And this big monk in front of us was actually taking a bath in it.

How strong must this guy's physical body be?
Just as Xiao Ran was shocked, the big monk suddenly turned his head and glanced in Xiao Ran's direction.

His face turned cold; "You're asking for death!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the monk suddenly raised his hand and slapped Xiao Ran in the direction of his large hand, which was wrapped in silver lightning.

In an instant, the void seemed to be torn apart, and the next second, the void seemed to be blown apart.

Inside the rock wall, Xiao Ran frowned, suddenly opened her eyes, her face turned cold, and a prompt appeared before her.

Your mental strength has been damaged, permanently reduced by 20%.

That slap just now shattered Xiao Ran's spiritual power.

Although a 20% loss of mental energy is extremely high, it has no impact on Xiao Ran. With the Soul Cultivation Technique, he can quickly recover from this loss.

But this matter was clearly not over yet, for a loud rumble was heard, and the entire cave began to tremble.

It was clear that the great monk had shattered his own spiritual power and was now searching for his whereabouts.

"It's not over, isn't it!"

Upon seeing this, Xiao Ran's expression instantly turned ugly. She had only glanced at him out of curiosity, yet the other party dared to chase after her.

Xiao Ran immediately snorted coldly and turned to Wu Man, saying, "You guys wait here, I'm going out to have a fight."

Having said that, he went to the cave entrance, kicked the sled covering the entrance away, and then his whole body was covered in black dragon scales. He leaped into the sky.

(End of this chapter)