New concept of the mysterious way to ascend to immortality

Chapter 80 I want you to help me practice!
Yuan Zhu also sensed a familiar aura from the human-faced clock. This face, or this clock, was the culprit behind the previous manipulation of the [Space Maze] to perform 'Space Severance'.

The evil spirit in white dress that he had killed with his hammer and the culprit who had severed his right arm were actually two different people! Was she just venting her anger at being killed by him by mistake?

Xiao La Tiao: "What? He's already dead. How lame!"

This human-faced clock was probably killed by the backlash when the spatial maze collapsed. No wonder the Tiger Demon had such a smooth journey when demolishing the haunted house, without encountering any serious spatial counterattack.

Today, its seven orifices are covered in black marks, contaminated by the same disease as the smelly germs in the puppet's head.

This human-faced clock and the evil spirit in the white dress, one active and one static. One controls the puppet dolls, the other controls the distortion of space, together forming the complete defense of the haunted house.

Unfortunately, he broke them all with one force.

"Boss, there's something strange about this mirror! It's like, uh... it's connected to another dimension?"

Xiao Latiao interrupted his thoughts and looked back at the mirror. Sure enough, there was a hidden spatial fluctuation.

A ball of holy light rose from the palm of his hand, constantly condensing and heating up, like a laser beam hitting the mirror, burning and purifying all the stains and mold, revealing the clear and smooth mirror surface again.

A strange scene appeared. The smooth mirror did not reflect his own appearance. Instead, it was like a one-way glass or a display screen, showing another strange garden world.

Through the mirror, Yuan Zhu saw a spring garden. The sky was a blue sky, white clouds, and bright sunshine, a rarity in Running. Roses blossomed, sunflowers swayed, and a swing entwined with vines swayed gently in the breeze. The exotic flowers and plants were a dazzling display of color, almost unreal.

Yuan Zhu, however, sensed its strong spatial properties: "Is this... a door? A spatial door? A portal to another dimension?"

He suddenly thought of the hierarchy of transcendents on the Duling planet. Above mortals, the first rank was "Seed," and the second was "Gate." He wondered what this mirror had to do with it.

Xiao La Tiao: "I think it looks a lot like it! Do you want to go in? We've defeated the final boss. Now, could the final reward be hidden in this mirror?"

After being bewitched by Xiao Latiao, Yuan Zhu felt that he was unwilling to leave after working so hard to break into the haunted house.

He had to make up for the huge expense he had put in, and if the company came to inspect the project and demanded compensation for the renovations, he would have to get some substantial compensation to comfort his heart.

Even if there's no treasure inside this 'mirror', it can still fetch a good price, right?!
"Try?"

Greed filled Yuan Zhu, unable to contain himself any longer. He had already defeated two final bosses, so what else was there to fear?

He took a bold step and successfully crossed into the mirror. The next second, a sense of time and space reversal made his internal organs churn. The moment his feet touched the ground, he felt a soft, springy touch on his soles, and his nostrils were immediately filled with the smell of rust.

Opening his eyes and looking around, his expression changed drastically. The world in the mirror had undergone a complete 360-degree reversal. As beautiful and unreal as it had been when he was outside the mirror, now it seemed just as terrifying, strange, and eerie.

This was a closed world of limited size, where the boundary between heaven and earth could be clearly seen. There was no blue sky, white clouds, or sunshine. Instead, the sky was a gloomy blood-red, dotted with tumor-like clouds. Dark red, sticky "rain" seeped from the clouds and fell to the ground on the breeze.

The earth sucked with a greedy, hungry sound, and countless fleshy vines burst forth from the soil. The earth trembled rhythmically, and some hard lumps of flesh and blood broke through the soil, exposing themselves on the surface, with plants taking root and growing on them.

The bark of the tree revealed veins, and occasionally black knots ooze blood-red sap. From the treetops dangled heart-like fruits, their surface cracked, coughing violently and spewing black spores.

The flowers and plants at the feet also showed the characteristics of coexistence and symbiosis of flesh and blood tissues and plant structures. Inside the pink, red and yellow flowers were curious eyeballs, twisting their stems and looking curiously at Yuan Zhu who suddenly broke in.

This is a horrific garden world with a strange and horrifying style, where flesh and blood are mixed with plants, disease occurs everywhere, and it breeds diseases!
One after another, the eyeball flowers and coughing mouths were pointed at Yuan Zhu as if they were frightened, making him stand there in a daze, not daring to make any rash moves.

"Nima, what the hell is this place?"

In this disease garden, there was no longer any 'smell of evil spirits'; instead, the air was filled with the scent of 'disease pollution'. The concentration was so high that he was forced to activate the [Shelter] for full isolation.

The good news was that his action hadn't provoked any reaction. Despite the size of the garden, the high pollution levels, and the sinister, terrifying native plants, none of them seemed to be aggressive.

Instead, after being illuminated by the dazzling holy light, the flowers groaned in pain, closed their buds, wrapped their eyeballs, and changed direction, no longer looking at Yuan Zhu.

The taller flesh-and-blood trees and vines also retreated from the holy light. Some areas illuminated by the holy light emitted a sizzling sound, and puffs of black smoke rose up, as if the source of pollution was being burned and purified.

Xiao Latiao calmed down at this point. Looking at the strange and vast garden of disease, he said to Yuan Zhu awkwardly, "Oh! Looks like we've discovered a big secret that's about to be silenced."

Yuan Zhu gave a polite yet awkward smile. "Was my cleaning a bit too aggressive? Now that I think about it, this haunted house didn't even need a 'Shelter'. Just the basic 'Vinyl Buddhist Sound Looping Transformation' would have been enough to achieve the goal. They'd left a way out." Only after he'd fought his way through this 'Garden of Disease' did Yuan Zhu realize belatedly that this haunted house was simply a cover. The mastermind behind it had deployed multiple measures to prevent exposure.

Since the incident at the villa area, no one has died, which shows that the problem is not serious at all. Otherwise, [Fire Fang] would not have assigned new personnel to handle it.

If it were an ordinary newcomer, they could easily deal with the "evil spirit" in the haunted house and restore the community to normal by simply following the "Exorcism Manual". This is the first floor.

Even if you encounter a 'professional' who sees through this haunted house and sees that there are other hidden problems, you only need to kill a few 'puppet dolls' to eradicate the 'hidden dangers'. This is the second level.

At worst, you have to force out the evil spirit in white skirt, fight a bloody battle, end the battle, and completely resolve the hidden danger. This is the third level.

The clock face, along with the "time-space maze and spatial severance," were undoubtedly the ultimate trump cards. All of this was done to conceal this "disease garden."

In order to conceal the existence of the "Disease Garden", some minor problems were deliberately created and then cleaned up by professionals. This kind of "haunted house" is less likely to arouse suspicion from the outside world.

Unfortunately, the mastermind behind the scenes had planned everything, but he didn't expect that a new cleaner would use too much force, triggering the ultimate defense with his first move, and then he would force his way through the three realms and shatter the void, and land in this garden.

After Xiao La Tiao figured it all out, he felt a little confused. Was it because my family's Lao Da was too strong? "What should I do?"

Yuan Zhu looked up at the disease garden with a bloody and fleshy style. This was definitely a top-level pollution source, and it looked even more evil than the Buddha Eggplant in [Xiao Xi Hongjie].

"I'm suddenly a little panicked. Have we ruined a certain big boss's plan?"

Xiao La Tiao: "It doesn't count, right? We just smashed their 'security booth' and broke into their private office area, peeking into their business secrets, but we didn't cause any substantial damage. It's probably not too late to admit defeat now, right?"

Yuan Zhu: "But we killed the security guard they sent, and we uncovered a hidden secret. According to traditional logic, shouldn't we contact the security bureau and report it? And then accept official protection?"

Latiao: "It's not good, right? We're here to clean up the pollution, and we've already reported it. If there's any problem, the victim can track down you by following any clues. I think it's better not to report it. If you can cause such a big scene, there's no reason why we can't find you. If you take the initiative to provoke, it will be a fight to the death."

Yuan Zhu: "But the haunted house has been destroyed. Isn't it too late to admit my mistake now? If it were me, silencing him would be the most cost-effective option."

Latiao: “I think so too!”

Yuan Zhu was a little melancholy: "What should I do then?"

Latiao: "This is what I think. If I were to arrange the ultimate defense of the haunted house, I would definitely not be careless. Instead, I would use the most reliable and powerful means at hand and arrange it carefully. Don't you agree?"

Yuan Zhu nodded: "Yes!"

"Then, the ultimate killing move of this haunted house at least reflects some of the strength of the real culprit behind the scenes, right?"

Yuan Zhu seemed to be lost in thought. "You mean, I can penetrate the last resort set up by the mastermind behind the scenes? No matter how strong or terrifying the opponent is, the gap won't be so outrageous as to defy the heavens. Should I compare it to the 'Human Face Clock, White Dress Evil Spirit', and increase it seven, eight, or nine times? So, even if I really fight head-on, I won't die without any chance of fighting back?"

Latiao: "That's right! We can't underestimate our opponents, but we can't overestimate them either. Lao Da, you're not bad either. You used [Tiger Demon Stance] to destroy the entire haunted house without taking any damage, and even reverse-refined it! You have to have confidence in yourself."

"Fellow Daoist Yu Jingzi is right! I was too pessimistic, but this garden..." After looking up and seeing the huge cloud of tumors and the ubiquitous disease pollution, he felt guilty again, "Oh damn! This garden looks quite scary."

Fellow Daoist Yu Jingzi followed his gaze and also felt a little timid. "Well, I think you, Lao Da, must not give in, let alone be pessimistic or passive. The Security Bureau can be used as a fallback. At worst, you can escape to the Happy Home, or you can join the Holy Hall and join the Taihuang Avenue to curry favor... In short, there are many fallbacks. You must maintain strategic confidence."

Yuan Zhu calmed down, thought about her idea seriously, and nodded in agreement: "You are right, there is no need to panic. This garden..."

His gaze once again swept over the endless array of extremely evil, diseased flesh and plants, suddenly becoming resolute and menacing. "Snake, you're right. There's no need to panic. At worst, run away. If you have the guts, fight your way through the foam and come to Happy House to confront my [Furry King]! Since I've already offended you, why not do it even more thoroughly? I see this garden is filled with sin and filth, and it desperately needs purification from the Holy Light!"

"Lao Da, you want to..."

"Forge the Holy Seal! It's not that we lack soul embers to forge the seal, the higher the quality, the better. I see this garden of disease, filth everywhere, and every bit of it is top-grade fuel, worth burning! Burning this garden will help me complete the Holy Seal and condense the soul crystal!"

"The prison is mighty! The prison is mighty!"

(End of this chapter)