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At the same time, a chase was taking place between the three participants in the garden of the side hall.
The person being chased was Grasshopper, an art student labeled {Wood A}, and the two men chasing him were numbered {Wood C} and {Wood D} respectively.
It could be seen from their serial numbers that these three should be teammates.
In fact, the three of them, along with the dead {Wood B} Dashan, were all members of the “Heavenly Dragon Gang” and had teamed up this time to enter the B-level difficulty [Film], [Painted Wall of Souls].
It was a pity that now they have become sworn rivals.
Twenty minutes ago, {Wood C} and {Wood D} had just caught Grasshopper in the depths of the garden and were about to interrogate him about why he had pitted Dashan, when they saw a woman dressed as a maid, holding a meter-long knife in her hand, wordlessly rushing over toward the three of them.
At this time, there was no need to talk, as long as one’s intellect was still intact, they would know that this person was up to no good. They were 80% sure this girl was also a participant while probably carrying the identity of the [Ghost], and was trying to pass the identity along to them!
{Wood C} and {Wood D} quickly made a posture of reacting defensively to the enemy, but Grasshopper turned out to be a scaredy cat. Taking advantage of their distraction, he turned around and broke away from them, plunged straight into the bushes, and disappeared.
There was no time to go after and catch him, and the girl had already attacked.
The three of them fought fiercely.
{Wood C} and {Wood D} were both equipped with psychic abilities.
The ability of {Wood C} was producing an ice shield.
That was to say, he could instantly condense a half-arc ice shield with a diameter of about fifty centimeters and a thickness of ten centimeters from his wrist used to defend against swords, spears, and halberds. The ability proved very effective against all such sharp weapons. The slippery surface could also make the blade slip against it, and even cause the attacker’s posture to be deformed because of this, either becoming unstable or the upper body would stumble, thus revealing a serious breach.
{Wood D}’s ability, on the other hand, was to control two palm-length flying knives through the power of his mind, as long as it was within the scope of his vision, the throwing knives could fly along any trajectory he conceives.
The two of them had very complementary abilities, so they had been partners since they entered the [Peach Blossom Spring], and they had cooperated well together during several [Films].
However, this time, they faced an unexpectedly strong opponent. Although {Wood C} and {Wood D} wounded the enemy’s arm, the girl finally won.
After two minutes of an intense struggle, the girl broke through the ice shield defense of {Wood C}, flipped the man to the ground, and then passed the identity of the [Ghost]. Only then did she cease the fight, dragging behind a wounded arm, and soon fled out of sight.
Due to this, {Wood C} and {Wood D} naturally had no choice but to find a way to pass on the identity of the [Ghost].
They were sure that Grasshopper would not dare to appear in front of people carelessly at this time, and he would probably find a place to hide nearby, so they took any remaining player as their target.
At first, the two people in the garden did a good search, seeing the 15-minute deadline closing, and Grasshopper had not yet been caught, so they could only digest internally for a bit first. Eventually, the identity of the [Ghost] from the {Wood C} transferred to {Wood D}, to buy themselves some time.
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{Wood C} and {Wood D} drove Grasshopper out of the dry well and chased after him, they were determined not to stop until the person was caught.
To tell the truth, they had no other choice.
Right now, it was only the second hour after the game had begun and the two of them had already become a [Ghost] once. If they failed to pass their identities this round, then {Wood C} and {Wood D} would not be able to maintain their fragile, cooperative excuse of a relationship.
{Wood C} would never be willing to be a [Ghost] again, and {Wood D} would die if he couldn’t find a substitute soon- so they could only have the will to take down Grasshopper together so that there would be no infighting.
Although the movement of these three chasing around wasn’t extremely loud, it was impossible for no one to notice.
However, there were not many monsters in the depths of the garden. The yard guards and servants were all serving at the banquet. Occasionally, a little boy or maid passing by saw it from a distance, but they all just laughed it off, and no one came up to enquire further.
Soon, {Wood C} and {Wood D} forced Grasshopper to the dead-end of the orchid garden, pinned him left and right, trapped him, and like fierce tigers pounced on him and knocked him down on the ground.
His desire for survival made Grasshopper kick and struggle desperately, roll and bite roar and shout, and knocking over a row of flowerpots with orchid seedlings nearby—if it weren’t for the gardeners who had slipped into the banquet to eat and drink, they were afraid they would have alerted many people by now.
Listening to Grasshopper’s screaming, {Wood C} only felt annoyed, he simply condensed an ice shield on his wrist and then hit the back of the man’s head with the thick ice slab.
Grasshopper’s voice got stuck in his throat when he shouted halfway, and he lay face down on the ground, with a pool of bright red blood splattering the back of his head.
“Damn it!”
{Wood D} shrieked, “Are you trying to beat him to death?”
“Isn’t he still alive?”
{Wood C} was frustrated, withdrew his powers, and spoke back in a heavy voice, “Pass the [Ghost] to him!”
{Wood D} was really afraid that Grasshopper would die, as dead participants could not be used as a replacement, and hastily reached out and pressed on the fallen youth’s back, and called out, “I caught you!”
[{Wood D} passed the identity of the [Ghost] to {Wood A}.]
The soft teenage voice’s prompt rang in their ears at the same time.
{Wood C} and {Wood D} looked at each other and both breathed a sigh of relief.
“Let’s get out of here.”
{Wood C} gave {Wood D} an elbow and raised his chin toward the Grasshopper lying on the ground.
“Just now the bastard screamed so loudly, in case those demons gather over, we are going to be finished.”
{Wood D} also looked at the Grasshopper, a trace of hesitation in the eyes, “But what about this guy?
“What about him? Just leave him here?”
“Or what?”
{Wood C} glanced at him: “Do you plan to take him with you?”
Predictably, {Wood D} immediately shook his head: “That’s not possible, wouldn’t I be looking for death if I brought him with me?”
“That’s right!”
{Wood C} sneered and quickly found a reasonable reason for the two men’s callousness towards their companion, “Just now this Grasshopper bastard also pitted Dashan, this is called one’s retribution for a sin, the law of heaven is just!”
With such a layer of psychological conditioning, the two people lost the last trace of their inner conscience.
They threw Grasshopper with the back of his head rammed open over a smashed flower pot, turned around, and left.
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Under the courtyard wall behind the wisteria arbor, Ji Dong sat next to the two female demons with his knees in his arms, listening to the two chattering away.
At this time, the chat direction of the two girls had already jumped to the “Empress” in the backyard.
Ji Xiao’niao was a national first-level athlete who had won a gold medal in an international competition. He had been addicted to training since high school and was also enrolled in a special sports class. There were forty-eight students in the class, and only seven were girls. It could be said that he had almost no experience with the opposite sex.
So this was the first time he had seen how much the conversation could jump when two girls—whether they were girls or banshees—got together, and in many cases, it was not like one can succeed just because one wanted to use words to guide.
However, thanks to the two little girls’ mouths that were especially good at chatting, Ji Dong unexpectedly gained a lot of information.
He had learned that this mansion, like a trap with its mouth wide open all year round, had been luring demons and humans in.
After the demons came in, they could not get out, but could only divide the class according to their power, and then become a part of the mansion.
If they wanted to leave, the only way was to exchange themselves with humans who entered the mansion.
Every time a human was captured, a demon could go out, and this rare quota, of course, gave priority to the demons with strong abilities and reputation, which was also in line with the law of the weak and the strong in the demon world, the weak obey the strong.
As for why the monsters should rush towards this unknown house like moths to a flame, according to the results heard by Ji Dong, it should be that the aura of this place was particularly rich, and the monsters couldn’t help but be attracted to it, as though they were being bewitched.
Moreover, there was an “Emperor” in this mansion…
“Hey, I think, ah, Empress Su should also lose favor.”
Ji Dong was wondering about the identity of the so-called “king” when he suddenly heard the little banshee with the light green lou dress open her mouth and sigh, “The Emperor hasn’t summoned her for almost half a month now, right?”
“Yes!”
Hearing these words, the girl in purple agreed.
“Although her maiden name is Su, in the end, she is not from the Tu Shan family…”
The two girls looked at each other and tacitly snickered.
After the spring of blossoms fluttered in disarray for some time, one of them abruptly nudged Ji Dong, who was listening silently all along, with her elbow.
“What about you? Which maiden do you think is the most beautiful?”
——?!
Ji Dong suddenly felt the hairs on his back stand up.
How could he possibly know how many maidens there were in the mansion? Let alone tell accurately which one is the most beautiful!
Besides, no matter how big the mansion is, it is not a real imperial palace. Even if the “Emperor” is rampant, his subordinates can command only these hundreds of demons. How could he really open three palaces and six courtyards like an emperor!
Ji Xiao’niao had to repeat the old trick, pretending to be gentle and pure, lowered his eyes, and replied softly with a blushing face: “All, all of them are pretty…”
“Hehe, hee hee!”
The two young girls smiled and laughed more joyfully.
“That’s right, if they’re not pretty, how would the Emperor notice them?”
The little banshee in the light purple covered her chin with her fan and exclaimed.
“If I were that beautiful, I would try to climb into the Emperor’s bed too!”
Hearing this, the girl in the green dress laughed and scolded her for her brazen words.
The two of them fooled around for a while more. As Ji Dong was starting to feel bored, he suddenly heard the girl in the purple shirt casually remark.
“Speaking of which, I haven’t seen the Emperor at the banquet this time either!”
The other one joined in.
“This time around, the guests I heard are a bunch of mountain bandits who fight and rob houses all day long?! Not to mention graceful beauties, there is not even a good woman, even the Emperor is too lazy to show his face!”
