The golden-armored puppet walked away with gratitude in its heart.
Wu Xiaode stood alone in the snowy landscape, slowly replaying everything that had just happened.
After going over the events again in his mind, he felt that the immortals were not reliable at all.
That’s not right.
They were immortals, so why were their considerations so incomplete, resulting in such a big problem?
Sigh.
It was only when he heard what the golden-armored puppet said that there seed to be a veil obstructing the truth, making it unclear.
Just then, the Holy Walk Wall suddenly trembled.
Rows of ice crystal characters erged:
"With the help of your ntor, you have passed the challenge of the golden-armored puppet and are no longer threatened by it."
"The current commission is complete."
"Your ntor has selected the following three treasures from your collection:"
"Ice Frost Youthful Beauty Pearl, Ice Frost Vitality Pearl, Frost Origin Power Treasure Pearl."
"The current commission has ended."
"Your ntor has sothing else to tell you, please check the ssage on the Holy Walk Wall."
Wu Xiaode read through the ssage, sowhat surprised.
The Ice Frost Youthful Beauty Pearl could make one’s appearance more beautiful and everlasting;
The Ice Frost Vitality Pearl could awaken the body’s potential;
And the Frost Origin Power Treasure Pearl was for those with chronic illnesses or serious injuries, its effects similar to the fruit Wu Xiaode had eaten, but even better, which was why he had been relunctant to use it.
The three Treasure Beads were precious, but there were even more valuable things in his own treasury.
So the other party only wanted the three beads?
Nevermind, maybe they really needed those beads!
He looked towards the Holy Walk Wall.
Indeed, there was a ssage from the other party:
"That was very dangerous."
"How was it dangerous?" Wu Xiaode asked.
Two more lines of characters appeared: "In fact, even though it had weaknesses, not every attempt to exploit them with words would succeed. If it failed, it would have imdiately killed you."
"You were lucky this ti."
Wu Xiaode stared at the screen for a while, gradually realizing.
Yes.
I was lucky, and it was unlucky.
——It seems that the power of the Heavenly Ghost, insubstantial and incorporeal as it may be, is quite useful in critical monts.
Wu Xiaode spoke:
"Thank you for your help. Can I have your contact information so we can work together in the future?"
Another line of characters popped up: "Sure, I’ve left it on your Holy Walk Wall. Leave a ssage if you need ."
"Goodbye."
"Goodbye."
The lights on the Holy Walk Wall scattered, leaving emptiness behind.
The live broadcast had ended.
Wu Xiaode turned his head and looked back at the Holy Walk Wall, where he saw a line of characters:
"To contact , just start a live broadcast. The object of the broadcast is:"
"A divine-level girl."
"If I sense you are broadcasting to , I will co to communicate with you."
Understood.
Still unwilling to et in person.
Just what kind of ntor was she?
Really curious.
——Forget it, I’ll deal with it later. It’s ti to go back now.
Wu Xiaode dispelled the power of the Heavenly Ghost, imdiately left the Death World, and reappeared beside the highway from before.
What now?
Right, the girl Desert Sword wanted to save——
Let’s see how she’s doing.
Wu Xiaode sped back the way he had co.
Before long,
He saw the ruins of the temple.
The girl was sitting on a rock, looking down at her phone.
"You ca back alive?" the girl asked in surprise.
"Yes, that guy and I hit it off, we’re friends now," Wu Xiaode said.
The girl was stunned, then let out a sigh, "What should we do now?"
Rembering the ssage he had received from the informant Demon Scorpion, Wu Xiaode thought for a mont and asked, "Miss, can I get an advance on my salary?"
"Sure, how much do you want?" the girl asked.
"Five thousand will do," Wu Xiaode said.
"Give your phone, I’ll transfer the money."
"Okay."
After a few monts,
Wu Xiaode found his account had been credited with two hundred thousand.
"You saved my life, use this money first, do not be polite," the girl said.
"Thank you, miss," Wu Xiaode said.
He made a transaction and sent five thousand directly to Demon Scorpion.
——After all, it had been agreed before, one thousand per piece of information, and he had not paid until now.
As soon as the money was sent, his phone rang imdiately.
Demon Scorpion’s excited voice ca through the speaker:
"Brother Wu, you’re really sothing. I have another piece of information for you."
"Tell ," Wu Xiaode said.
"Ma Laoliu—that guy who was bragging about eating people at the bosses’ gathering—has now opened an amusent park for cannibals on his turf, and all the demons in the city are watching—"
"He’s eaten a lot of people already, and he’s declared he’ll eat every human on his turf!"
"Oh? I rember his turf is called sothing, Baining Mountain?" Wu Xiaode said.
"Yes, Brother Wu," Demon Scorpion said.
The call ended.
Wu Xiaode pondered for a few monts, then said, "I’m going to Baining Mountain, what about you?"
"Take with you," the girl said.
"You..."
"No problem, I’ve awakened divine power. I can handle the average demons. Besides, if you use that fog to hide like before, I’ll be fine."
"But it’s dangerous. Why do you want to go when you could be resting nicely here?" Wu Xiaode asked, puzzled.
"I can’t get in touch with the outside city anymore."
The girl showed Wu Xiaode the "call not allowed" display on her phone, "I must find out the situation of this city. It’s a decisive factor in whether I can survive."
——She had a point.
Then let’s go.
Wu Xiaode started the sports car.
The girl sat in the passenger seat skillfully and said, "From now on, we’re in this together. You can call by my na."
"What’s your na?"
"You don’t know?"
"Your dad only showed your photo for a second and then said, ’She’s at that bar, go protect her imdiately’."
"Shen Xiyao."
"All right, I’m Wu Xiaode. You can call Little Wu."
The sports car roared, speeding towards the direction of Baining Mountain.
...
Baining Mountain is not a mountain.
It is a district in the city.
The sports car had already turned off its engine.
Wu Xiaode stood on the fence next to the parking spot, looking out over the district.
"How’s it looking?"
Shen Xiyao asked from inside the car.
"...Not good," Wu Xiaode said.
"Then I won’t go. I’ll wait in the car for you, you go and check it out, then co back and tell ," Shen Xiyao said.
—She had insisted on coming along, yet now that she was here, she didn’t want to enter the community. How strange.
But Wu Xiaode agreed imdiately.
"It’s indeed not suitable for you to go in. Just rest here, and wait for ."
After he spoke, he waved his hand casually.
A fog suddenly flew in, covering the sports car.
"Don’t you dare die—without you, I wouldn’t stand a chance alone in this city plagued by demons."
Shen Xiyao’s voice ca from the fog.
"Don’t worry, I don’t plan on dying either," Wu Xiaode said.
With a light kick on the fence, his body, like a large bird, soared over the mass of buildings and landed within the district.
It was a scene of devastation.
High up on the street lights, a line of preserved human corpses hung, swinging constantly as the wind blew.
Looking ahead—
There were corpses hanging from every street light, with fresh blood dripping down continuously.
The ground was stained with blood.
A human head rolled over and stopped at Wu Xiaode’s feet.
He picked it up and saw that it was the head of a middle-aged man with an expression of terror and despair.
This was a very ordinary middle-aged man, whom one could find among supermarket security guards, on the street as cleaners, or even behind the counters of so bookstores and digital shops.
He was so ordinary.
Yet, at that mont, all that remained was his head, which Wu Xiaode held in his hands and examined carefully.
On the forehead of the head, the number "5" was engraved.
5...
Suddenly, a group of diverse demons surged out, laughing loudly, "Another living human has co!"
"Hahaha, this party is fantastic!"
"Look, he’s got a ticket!"
"Indeed, it’s a ticket!"
"Hahaha, this is going to be good show, Ma Wang certainly hasn’t had enough fun yet, bring him over quick!"
The demons surrounded Wu Xiaode.
A monster that resembled a crocodile snatched the human head from his hands, tauntingly said:
"Kid, do you know what this ticket is for?"
"Not really sure, please enlighten ," Wu Xiaode said with a smile.
The demons were sowhat taken aback.
Every human they had captured before had been crying in despair, collapsing weakly, and so had even been scared to death on the spot.
Could this one be insane?
"I rember now!"
One of the demons exclaid, "He’s that man who can do radio calisthenics!"
The man who can do radio calisthenics?
Every demon stepped back synchronously, looking at Wu Xiaode with caution.
"Tell , why is this human head a ticket?" Wu Xiaode still said with a smile.
The demons’ arrogance subsided.
A demon picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "Attention, the man who can do broadcast gymnastics is here."
Whoosh—
A flash of cold light.
Of the 24 demons present, 23 were instantly slain.
Their bodies were blown away by the fierce sword wind, turning into blurred flesh and blood in the air, saring on the nearby wall, where they remained for a long ti without falling.
——Only the crocodile-like demon remained.
Wu Xiaode casually flicked his sword, cleaning all the blood stains from the blade.
Only after the blade had regained its snow-like translucency did he sheathe his sword, contented. He turned around and said gently:
"Mr. Crocodile, I was asking a question. Don’t you have any manners?"
The demon was almost on its knees as it forced out:
"Ma Wang built a ghost house in the community, saying it was his favorite pasti before."
"Please, continue," Wu Xiaode said.
"Now that the divine beings are gone, Ma Wang has all the demons around him dress up to scare humans into entering the ghost house."
"Once a human is terrified inside the ghost house, they are imdiately eaten on the spot, and my brothers find it very amusing and enjoyable——"
A gleam of sword light flashed.
The crocodile monster was slashed and sent flying, severed into several pieces in mid-air, embedding into the wall opposite, and making a dull thud.
Dead silence resud all around.
Wu Xiaode lifted the severed head to take another look and whispered, "Rest assured, I’ll go to the ghost house right away to settle your affairs and claim so debts back."
The head t his gaze and slowly closed its eyes.
Wu Xiaode carried on holding the head.
More and more demons lined the streets, but none dared to make a move.
After all, everyone was talking about the fierce human who had taken out the vampires blocking the hospital earlier in the night.
This formidable person had yet to be dealt with, and they had to await Ma Wang’s command.
Wu Xiaode followed the street all the way to the end.
There was a square ahead and indeed, a huge ghost house stood on the square——
It clearly had been moved directly from an amusent park, and magic had been used to prevent it from collapsing.
A high-pitched, sharp laugh ca from the ghost house:
"Human, are you here to wreck my venue?"
Carefully, Wu Xiaode set down the head and cupped his hands around his mouth, yelling towards the ghost house:
"Hey, it’s a misunderstanding! I actually have no interest in your venue."
His voice carried far.
"Then what are you here for?" The voice sounded sowhat surprised.
"You’ve killed a whole block of people; according to the law, you all deserve to die. I’m just here to carry out justice and settle the matter," Wu Xiaode said.
"Good! Good! Good! Brothers, get ready for . If this kid dares to co in, we’ll play him to death right here in this ghost house!" The voice shouted.
Countless demon voices ca from inside the ghost house.
——They were ready!
If Wu Xiaode dared to enter the ghost house, they were going to kill him!
Then, various demons started appearing on the surrounding buildings.
Soon.
The walls, rooftops, towers, and street lights were crowded with demons who had co to spectate.
——They had all received news from other districts and had co to see what was happening.
Under the watchful eyes of all.
Wu Xiaode silently put his sword away and took out a pair of black fist wraps, putting them on his hands.
"Using the sword..."
"You’d die too comfortably, and I wouldn’t be satisfied."
He flexed his wrists and walked toward the ghost house.
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