Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 907 Turn Me into King
The treasure ship transformed into a streak of light that tore through the gray-white storm, instantly disappearing into the depths of the Hengming Wind, leaving behind only turbulent eddies.

"Bastard!"

On the silver treasure ship, everyone stared blankly at Xiao Ran and the others who were quickly putting distance between them, and then they all cursed angrily.

The wrecked ship indeed shot off like an arrow, its speed far exceeding expectations.

"Speed ​​up!! Quick! Speed ​​up and catch up!"

As Xiao Ran's treasure ship receded further and further into the distance, several burly men on the deck urged the slaves to speed up the ship.

Unlike Xiao Ran's treasure ship, the silver treasure ship has a particularly large power furnace. Simply burning jade can increase the power of the treasure ship and increase its speed.

A large number of slaves were seen throwing ore into the furnace, and the speed of the treasure ship increased at a visible rate.

Uda, who was in charge of the treasure ship's operation, stepped forward and said, "Don't worry, Holy Son, although they are fast, they can't keep up for long. If we increase our speed, we'll be there soon..."

However, before he could finish speaking, the treasure ship suddenly sank sharply, and its speed suddenly decreased.

The violent inertia caused everyone on the treasure ship to fall over.

The boy's face immediately fell, and he looked at Uda in silence.

Although he didn't say a word, it sent a chill down Wuda's spine, and he hurriedly ran to check the reason.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that countless barely perceptible, almost invisible fine lines suddenly lit up in the air around the treasure ship!

These are the sutures left behind by Xiao Ran.

These densely packed sutures resemble an invisible spider web.

Layer upon layer, so tightly packed, it made the treasure ship feel as if it were stuck in a sticky swamp, unable to break free anytime soon.

Now Uda had no choice but to immediately send people down to clean up the stitches.

Then they took some of the sutures and presented them to the Holy Son.

Looking at the sutures presented to him, the Holy Son casually picked one up and examined it closely. His eyes lit up, and his previous displeasure vanished instantly.

"Hahaha, this is truly a stroke of luck! I was just worrying about how to get the treasure, and now a divine object has fallen from the sky. Stop chasing and carefully collect all these silver threads first."

Looking at the silver threads in his hand, the Holy Son was overjoyed.

The mystery of this thing is incomprehensible to others, but he can see it clearly.

For a time, the urgency of hunting down Xiao Ran was no longer so great.

However, Xiao Ran's situation did not change after escaping the pursuit; on the contrary, it became even more dire.

Although he was forced to launch himself out by the pull of the [sutures], it only solved the situation behind him; the chaotic storm in front of him was still extremely turbulent.

The light of the [Crimson Gold Lamp] was compressed to its limit, barely enough to create a dim light shield that could just cover the treasure ship.

The raging winds of fate, like billions of ghostly claws, frantically tore at the light shield. Each impact caused Xiao Ran's sea of ​​consciousness to tremble violently, and his spiritual power was like a flood bursting its banks, surging away and being rapidly worn down.

Xiao Ran sat cross-legged at the bow of the boat, his eyes tightly closed. With life and death hanging in the balance, he had nothing left to hold back.

Soul Cultivation Technique at full power!
Simultaneous recitation of the Mahayana Sutra!

In an instant, Xiao Ran pushed these two techniques, which could be considered heretical cultivation methods, to their limits.

Mental energy swirled in Xiao Ran's mind like a vortex, while the black relic continuously emitted black impurities for Xiao Ran to refine.

Pressure! Unprecedented pressure!
His mental energy cycled wildly between depletion and rebirth, while his distracting thoughts roared and shrieked as they grew and were compressed. He forced these two opposing forces to their limits at the critical moment of life and death, tearing, colliding, and squeezing each other apart!
Right at this critical point of collapse.

As Xiao Ran fully activated the Crimson Gold Divine Lamp, its dim golden light shield tightly enveloped the treasure ship like a flickering candle in the wind, resisting the terrifying erosion of the Horizontal Destiny Wind that directly devoured the soul. Everyone on the treasure ship knew that life and death hung in the balance, and no one dared to slack off in the slightest.

All around, the wind and snow had twisted into a gigantic, gray-white curtain that blotted out the sky, and countless violent tornadoes, like the tentacles of a chaotic beast, were lashing out at the void.

The ship groaned under the onslaught of an invisible force, as if it might be torn apart or swept into the eye of the storm and reduced to dust at any moment.

At this moment, Jin Chanzi suddenly stared intently ahead. He saw two huge gray-white tornadoes on the right suddenly twist and split, turning into several thinner vortices that rushed straight towards the treasure ship.

His expression changed drastically, and he roared, "Quickly, to the left!!"

Before he finished speaking, the golden toad had already leaped up and rushed toward the left side of the deck.

Wu Man grabbed the tiger demon beside her, while Lu Da pulled the Crimson Blood Horse. Together, they dragged their heavy bodies to the left.

Using their weight, the treasure ship tilted sharply to the left, its hull narrowly gliding past the edge of the splitting storm.

But just as they evaded danger, an even larger storm wall suddenly appeared ahead, blotting out the sky and sending chills down their spines.

"Quickly, turn right!!"

The golden toad screamed, its face deathly pale.

But it's obviously too late to get up and run to the right now.

At the critical moment, Lu Da let out a low shout and suddenly leaped to the right.

While in mid-air, he used the Thousand-Pound Drop technique, causing his body to plummet off the treasure ship.

At the same time, he gripped the edge of the treasure ship tightly with both hands, unleashing his full strength. He pressed down hard, forcibly pushing the treasure ship back to the right side, its bow just barely aligning with the weak gap in the storm, and it plunged into it.

"Rumble..."

The treasure ship trembled violently, as if it were about to fall apart at any moment. If it weren't for Xiao Ran's [Crimson Gold Divine Lamp], the ship would probably have been destroyed long ago.

Xiao Ran's face turned deathly pale instantly, and his mental energy plummeted. Even with both the Soul Cultivation Technique and the Maha Miscellaneous Sutra being pushed to their limits, he still couldn't keep up with the drain.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran could only muster all her strength. In an instant, countless distracting thoughts were released, and her spiritual power followed, enveloping the black relic like a vortex. As the two were frantically operating, they seemed to have some kind of repulsive reaction and began to show signs of collapse.

Xiao Ran also realized something was wrong. Seeing that the two seemed to be repelling each other, he didn't care about anything else.

He took out a thread of destiny and inserted it into his sea of ​​consciousness.

Silver lines flowed into his sea of ​​consciousness, and under Xiao Ran's control, the black relic was forcibly sewn together with his spiritual power.

Unexpectedly, this action actually worked.

This not only greatly alleviated the mutual repulsion between the two, but also made them more stable.

This discovery filled Xiao Ran with both surprise and joy.

At the same time, a crazy idea suddenly popped into my head.

Whether it's black relics or spiritual power, the reason they repel each other is that they are essentially the same.

Previously, I had always wanted to combine the two, but I overlooked the principle that like repels like.

The sutures, however, serve as a medium that brings the two together, despite their inherent differences.

If so...

In an instant, Xiao Ran felt as if a veil had been lifted from her eyes, and she had been enlightened.

All the previous troubles were immediately resolved.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran calmed down, took out the [Luban Hand], activated it, placed the Luban Hand on his shoulder, and then stitches were inserted from the Luban Hand into the top of his head.

"Click, click, click..." The fingers of Lu Ban's hand trembled, and the sutures were continuously being woven in Xiao Ran's mind according to her intentions.

Such a bizarre scene startled not only Jin Chanzi, but even the well-informed Lu Da.

"What is he doing?? Is he going to operate on himself?" Wu Man's eyes widened. He had seen plenty of ruthless people.

But I've never seen anyone hurt themselves so badly?
No? What is he sewing up?
Jin Chanzi shook his head, but seeing that the light of the crimson lamp in Xiao Ran's hand did not seem to be diminishing, he breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what Xiao Ran was doing, at least she seemed to be safe.

How could they know how bold Xiao Ran's actions were at that moment? No, to call them bold would be an understatement.

Because this guy was actually setting up a curse spell in his head.

These sutures that pierced his sea of ​​consciousness were like a mysterious bridge, cleverly connecting the two originally incompatible forces and achieving a delicate balance!

"So that's how it is... the medium! This suture itself is the most advanced medium for magical techniques!"

In a flash, a sudden inspiration struck him.

The essence of the "Yansheng Technique" passed down by the Gu family patriarch surged in his mind.

"Based on objects, techniques are used to develop methods and suppress evil spirits."

At this moment, isn't the suture thread piercing into the sea of ​​consciousness a ready-made "suppressing object"?

"You are both the bridge and the foundation... so let us use you as the bone to build my artistic platform!"

Xiao Ran's mind raced, and a surge of immense spiritual power flowed frantically through the sutures.

The sutures that had been hanging alone in the sea of ​​consciousness suddenly "came to life." The fine threads moved like snakes, and in an instant, they outlined a complex and mysterious three-dimensional spell between the churning sea of ​​consciousness and the black relic!

This technique uses sutures as its warp and weft and black relics as its pivot, forcibly guiding the chaotic flow of thoughts into a specific trajectory.

hum!
His mind trembled violently! The moment the technique took shape, it was as if an invisible vortex was born at its core.

Xiao Ran opened her eyes, a strange glint in them.

"Om!!"

A strange ripple spread outwards from Xiao Ran's center.

Wherever the ripples swept, everyone got goosebumps.

Wu Man and the others looked at Xiao Ran in even greater shock.

At this moment, Xiao Ran is still the same Xiao Ran, but her whole demeanor has become completely different from before.

An immense aura emanated from Xiao Ran, as if he were sitting at the bow of the ship, an imposing figure that could not be shaken by any storm.

At this moment, Xiao Ran gently raised her hand; there was no joss paper or any talisman.

But a colorless baleful aura suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the void before them.

"A mere gesture can turn one into a demon?"

This scene shocked Jin Chanzi and the others behind him.

The methods Xiao Ran used were simply unbelievable. Even the great evil spirit, Madam Dongzhu, could only achieve this because of her special constitution and the various expensive aids she used.

But Xiao Ran didn't need anything, not even joss paper. With every move, he created a formation out of thin air. Such skill far surpassed that of Madam Dongzhu.

But what shocked everyone even more was yet to come.

With a gentle flick of his finger, Xiao Ran revealed that the colorless malevolent energy had enveloped the entire treasure ship, forming a faint white shield of light.

Despite the raging winds outside, the light shield was not damaged when it touched it; instead, it was absorbed by the wind.

As more and more storms are drawn in from the outside, a terrifying storm is taking shape in the crosswinds, centered on the treasure ship.

At this moment, the treasure ship seemed to have become part of the storm.

Such methods are even more powerful than those of ghosts and gods.

However, the treasure ship was completely silent at this moment. Even the tiger demon was curled up in a ball with its head in its hands. Anyone who didn't know better would think it was someone's pet cat.

Wu Man, Jin Chanzi, and Lu Da looked at each other, not daring to move an inch.

Even though the treasure ship was now stable, they felt their legs go weak.

Because no one knows what Xiao Ran's situation is at this moment.

Or is he a human? Or a ghost?

Xiao Ran ignored them and instead kept waving her hands. The fierce wind that could have taken their lives was now being manipulated by Xiao Ran like a little girl being played with at will, allowing Xiao Ran to dress her up as she pleased.

Such unrealistic scenes made everyone's hearts pound with unease.

After a moment, Xiao Ran suddenly stopped and frowned.

"As expected, it's still not perfect!"

Although he succeeded, the path was far more complex than he had imagined, and he needed to go further to perfect it completely.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran pondered for a moment, then took out the [Twin Masks] from his spatial storage.

After hesitating for a while, I simply put the mask on my face.

"Warning! You have activated a Grade A cursed artifact, the Twin Masks. This cursed artifact carries extremely high risks!"

As a warning sound rang out, Xiao Ran did not hesitate at all.

At this moment, the mask on her face began to melt away like a lump of mud on Xiao Ran's face.

They then quickly wrapped Xiao Ran's entire body up.

In just a short while, the lump of mud completely fell off Xiao Ran's body and then solidified into a dark, egg-shaped mass.

Xiao Ran simply tossed it over the shoulder and threw it off the boat.

The egg quickly disappeared into the wind, its whereabouts unknown.

Only then did Xiao Ran let out a long breath, turn around, and see a group of people with strange expressions staring straight at the three of them. She asked in confusion, "Why are you all staring at me like that?"

"call!!"

Upon hearing Xiao Ran speak, the three of them felt a sense of relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from their shoulders.

"Damn, I thought you were possessed by a ghost!"

After Wu Man stood up and finished cursing, her face suddenly changed: "I'm not saying anything more, I'm going to change my pants first."

Jin Chanzi and Lu Da immediately pressed, "No, what's going on?!"

Jin Chanzi pointed to the white light barrier around him, looking at Xiao Ran with disbelief. He then came to Xiao Ran's side to make sure that the boy hadn't changed in any special way before he felt relieved.

Seeing his nervous look, Xiao Ran calmly said, "It's not as mysterious as you think. Actually... I just turned myself into a 'technique'."

(End of this chapter)