A Guide to Surviving the Mysterious Dungeon and the Twelve Talismans

【Rule Item Blind Box】: After use, you can randomly obtain one rule-related item.

【Rule Skill Blind Box】: After use, you can randomly obtain a rule-based skill card.

[Martial Arts Tournament Champion]: You won the championship of the grandest martial arts tournament in a century with your overwhelming victory, and have gained the recognition of the rules.

Effect: Wearing this title grants +10 to all attributes and increases the power of all your skills or techniques by 30%.

【Soul Devouring Technique】: This technique opens the pores and meridians of the body through special methods, forcibly plundering free energy, the essence of living beings, the remnant souls and death energy, and the blood and energy of flesh and blood from the outside world, directly plundering the source of others and transforming it into one's own power.

Note: Because the cultivation speed is too fast, residual death energy and blood evil energy cannot be removed from the body, thus polluting one's own origin.

【Mysterious Dragon Body】: By using a special method to unleash one's own ghostly power and perform the Mysterious Dragon Body, one's movement speed can be doubled.

【Mysterious Nether Palm】: This technique uses special methods to condense one's own ghostly power and gather it in the palm, which can unleash three times the power.

Two rule-based blind boxes are considered veteran products and are standard for S-level ratings.

To Zhou An's surprise, the title of champion of the martial arts tournament could actually increase the power of skills and techniques by 30%.

The last item is three cultivation techniques, including the Soul Devouring Technique.

Zhou An never expected that this martial arts technique would be given to him as a reward.

Chapter 124 Escalation of the Situation, The Land of Rules

However, he had already cultivated the Soul Devouring Technique, the Mysterious Nether Dragon Body, and the Mysterious Nether Palm.

Does this mean that the cultivation techniques practiced in that instance cannot be used?

"No, no, no, that's not right, it shouldn't be like that." Zhou An immediately shook his head.

He discovered that these techniques were all powered by ghostly energy.

In the Eternal Night Continent, these cultivation techniques and martial arts skills require one's own vital energy to activate them.

Sending these techniques down as rewards now is probably intended to suit players who cultivate ghostly power.

Admittedly, if the original cultivation method were taken to the real world, an ordinary person could also practice it.

But what happens when you enter a dungeon and become a player, and your ghost power and blood power clash?

There was also the martial arts manual that Zhou An had obtained from Wang Yuyan using the Rat Talisman.

Li Shengsheng is capable of cultivation and can use ghostly power to activate it.

"It's too complicated. I'm not a living person, and there are some things I simply can't handle."

"In that case, let's leave it to the Bureau of Mysteries and let them investigate." Zhou An shook his head, dismissing these trivial matters.

The cultivation method of the Xuanming Technique began to appear in his mind.

The Xuanming Technique is a blood cultivation method from the Eternal Night Continent. He couldn't cultivate it, but he memorized it.

I'll transcribe it later and trade it to the Bureau of Ghostly Affairs so they can study it.

A loud "BOOM!"

Inside the subway tunnel, a burst of intense heat and a shockwave emanated.

"Ah~~!"

Chang Yu led a group of people out of the tunnel in a disheveled state.

They were all covered in soot, and some even had burns.

And all the hair, eyebrows and other hair on their heads were burned away.

"What's wrong?" Zhou An looked over with sharp eyes.

"Um... the tunnel was too enclosed, and when Captain Li used the fireball, it affected us," Chang Yu said, grimacing as he covered the burns on his face.

Seeing this, Zhou An shook his head: "This little girl really doesn't know her own strength."

Zhou An immediately stepped forward and healed all their injuries.

Chang Yu and the others, finding that their injuries had healed, looked at Zhou An with gratitude.

Zhou An waved his hand: "Next time you can stay away from Sheng Sheng. Also, you'd better go out and buy a wig."

After Zhou An finished speaking, he walked towards the tunnel.

He wasn't worried about Li Shengsheng getting into trouble at all. Li Shengsheng now possessed her own talisman power and several rule skills.

In terms of strength, she can be described as extremely powerful. At least at this stage, no one below the fifth rank can handle Li Shengsheng.

In terms of strength, he can inherit everything, but Li Shengsheng can only obtain three types of his own talisman power.

Currently, there are horse talismans, dragon talismans, and tiger talismans.

Whether it's the Rat Talisman or the Monkey Talisman, Li Shengsheng cannot use this ability.

However, Zhou An was able to manipulate Li Shengsheng's talismanic power.

For example, the power of Li Shengsheng's Tiger Talisman could be directly replaced by the Monkey Talisman.

Zhou An entered the subway tunnel, and before he had gone far, he saw Li Shengsheng running towards him.

"Uncle, uncle, help me! That weirdo is impossible to kill!" Li Shengsheng saw Zhou An and quickly sped up, shouting all the while.

"What's going on? With your abilities, you can't even handle this? A sixth-order anomaly?" Zhou An's expression immediately turned serious.

If it's a sixth-order anomaly, then Zhou An might have to run away too.

"No, it's not that. It's fourth-tier, but for some reason, it just can't kill that weirdo." Li Shengsheng came to Zhou An's side, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhou An can give him a great sense of security.

Zhou An didn't speak, but looked into the depths of the tunnel.

A middle-aged man wearing a subway maintenance uniform slowly walked over.

He was wearing a helmet on his head, and upon closer inspection, the helmet appeared to be the man's skull.

He was holding a thigh bone in his hand, and a strange smile was on his face.

Seeing this, Zhou An raised his hand and unleashed a fireball.

A deafening roar echoed throughout the subway tunnel.

Intense heat and shockwaves swept outwards to both sides.

When the flames died down, a large crater had been melted into the ground, but the strange creature was unharmed and continued to slowly walk towards them.

"This is... the rules?" Zhou An's pupils contracted slightly.

He understood why Li Shengsheng couldn't kill this guy.

Because this guy is protected by the rules.

He had just been able to sense a trace of the power of rules emanating from the strange creature.

"You are indeed very strong, but you can't kill me. This is my territory," he grinned eerily.

"Uncle, what should we do? Should we retreat? This guy can only stay in the tunnel and can't get out." Li Shengsheng was a little anxious.

"Retreat? Heh, no need. I have plenty of ways to deal with him." Zhou An chuckled, then stepped towards the strange creature.

Seeing this, Li Shengsheng wanted to say something, but considering Zhou An's strength, she let it go and simply followed behind him.

The strange creature paused for a moment when it saw Zhou An approaching, then its smile became even more eerie.

"Knowing you can't kill me, you still dare to come over. Humans, you're too arrogant." As the eerie voice fell, the thigh bone in his hand struck Zhou An directly.

Zhou An could smell the rusty odor permeating the air.

This thigh bone was removed from a fresh, living person.

Zhou An reached out and grabbed the other person's arm. He asked, "Sheng Sheng, how many people died in this tunnel?"

Upon hearing this, Li Shengsheng said with a touch of sadness, "This is where the strange events that happened last night took place; it's the last train."

"There were 24 people on this last bus, including the driver, and half of them escaped."

Half of the people escaped, which means that twelve people died here.

“Rules have been established for the scope of bizarre events, and the real world is becoming increasingly turbulent.” Zhou An sighed and looked at the bizarre phenomenon.

"Such strength, but it's useless, you can't kill me." Wei Yi sensed Zhou An's terrifying power, but showed no fear on his face.

A layer of eerie light suddenly erupted from his right hand, which then slashed directly at Zhou An.

With a thought, Zhou An saw the strange creature transform into an ugly old dog before the attack could land.

"Ah... what is this? How did it turn into a dog?" Li Shengsheng exclaimed.

"What...what did you do? Why did I turn into a dog?" The eerie creature was immediately shocked, its face full of disbelief.

“Although I can’t kill you, I’ve said I have a hundred ways to deal with you,” Zhou An said softly, squatting down and gripping the other man’s neck.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!" Weird cursed incessantly.

Zhou An took out the Momotaro rice ball, grabbed one, and stuffed it directly into the strange creature's mouth.

"Tell me, what exactly happened? Why can't I kill you?" Zhou An asked softly.

Upon hearing this, the strange creature was about to unleash a torrent of curses, but Momotaro Rice Ball suddenly unleashed its fury.

The strange creature immediately straightened up and said, "I don't know either. I only know that after I arrived here, this tunnel possessed the power of rules."

"Under the power of the rules, even a ninth-order Ghost Emperor cannot kill me unless he possesses the power to break the rules."

"Then how can I kill you?" Li Shengsheng asked hurriedly.

He glanced at Li Shengsheng with a strange look, too lazy to even pay attention to her.

"Uncle, why isn't he answering me?" Li Shengsheng asked, her face full of confusion.

"You didn't feed him any Momotaro rice balls," Zhou An chuckled, then continued, "How can I kill you?"

"If you find out the rules of this area, you can kill me using those rules. The rule inside the tunnel is that you can't make a sound. As long as you stay quiet, I can't attack anyone."

"I cannot be killed, I can only be killed by the rules. Within a week, as long as I do not kill anyone, I will be eliminated by the rules."

Wei Yi honestly recounted what had happened.

"Cannot be killed, but will be erased by the rules if no one is killed within a week?" Zhou An pondered, stroking his chin.