northernbook #260 - City of the Dead
#260 - City of the Dead
Li Hu's eyes darted around.
Then he reached out his hand, about to touch Lei Zhen's body:
"It's not good for Hero Lei to be unconscious. What if some martial arts manual accidentally falls out of his clothes?"
"I must quickly find it and keep it safe for Hero Lei."
"I'll return it to him when Hero Lei wakes up."
Xiao Liu finally couldn't bear it any longer and grabbed Li Hu's wrist.
"Stop right there!"
Xiao Liu said in a deep voice.
Li Hu glanced at him, a look of disdain on his face:
"What? Do you think I'm a bad guy?"
"Do you think I would steal something?"
"Let me tell you, Tiger, I never stoop to stealing!"
Then Li Hu's hand suddenly shook.
Xiao Liu only felt a tremendous force coming from his hand, causing him to lose his grip, and he was even forced to retreat several steps.
He still wanted to raise his arm, but found that his arm had already been dislocated.
This forced Xiao Liu to quickly reset his dislocated arm, a look of anger on his face.
Just as Xiao Liu couldn't help but want to reprimand him.
Liang Jin spoke up:
"Liu Zi, don't get excited."
"This Tiger looks very kind, not like a bad person."
"Besides, there are gods watching three feet above our heads, the immortals are still watching from above."
As he spoke, Liang Jin pointed to the mountain god statue in the dilapidated temple.
In the dilapidated temple, a ray of moonlight shone through a hole in the roof, illuminating the dust-covered and cobweb-filled mountain god statue.
The mountain god statue had been damaged, making it impossible to see its face clearly.
Hearing this, Xiao Liu stopped talking and continued to stand behind Liang Jin.
He had witnessed Liang Jin's martial arts, which was his greatest confidence.
Li Hu smiled and said:
"See! This hero speaks like a human!"
"Speaking of which, you guys must have made a lot of money robbing government grain, right?"
"Now that you've escaped from prison, you must be going to retrieve the hidden money, right?"
Liang Jin smiled without saying a word.
Xiao Liu just snorted coldly.
Seeing that the two of them were not speaking, Li Hu planned to give them a warning.
He raised his hand and shouted loudly:
"Bring that woman over, the freshest liver should be tasted by these two heroes!"
With Li Hu's order, the four men immediately pinned the woman's hands and feet to the ground.
The woman screamed and struggled in terror, but how could a weak woman resist this group of strong men?
Liang Jin said indifferently:
He reached out to pull open the woman's clothes, grinning hideously as he said:
"This hero, you're too inexperienced, everyone does this these days."
The group of men cheered immediately.
Seeing this, Xiao Liu frowned and whispered:
"Hero Song…"
He was worried that if Liang Jin didn't take action, this group of villains would really commit such an inhumane act.
Liang Jin smiled slightly.
He didn't say a word, just clasped his hands together and closed his eyes, as if he was praying to the mountain god statue.
This puzzled Xiao Liu.
It's already come to this, what's the use of praying?
What Xiao Liu didn't know was that.
The moment Liang Jin closed his eyes, he had already entered the [Nine Empty Realms], and had also pulled this group of evil people into it.
… …
Nine Empty Realms.
Li Hu and the group of men only felt a blur before their eyes.
The next moment, they were inexplicably in a strange place.
The sky here was blood red, eerily red.
The earth was even colder, devoid of life.
"Whoosh—! Whoosh—!"
A black wind howled between heaven and earth.
Li Hu and the others looked around in confusion and horror, obviously not understanding why they were in this place.
"What is this place?"
Li Hu asked uncertainly.
He was clearly still in the dilapidated temple, how did he appear in this empty wilderness in the next second?
"Tiger!"
"There's a city ahead!"
One of the men pointed into the distance and shouted.
Everyone turned their heads to look, only to see a towering city appearing at the end of this empty black earth.
This city was pitch black, as if every brick and tile was made of black building materials.
This gave the city an evil and solemn pressure, and the edges of the city were particularly sharp, making the city faintly have a bit of a ferocious appearance.
And above the gate of the city gate, the plaque was engraved with the name of the city—City of Wrongful Deaths!
"Wrongful… City of Wrongful Deaths!!!"
"This… could this be… the Underworld?"
The men were so frightened by this scene that they were shivering and almost lost their souls.
This blood-red sky.
This black earth.
This silent City of Wrongful Deaths.
What else could this be but the Underworld?
Li Hu was also taken aback.
But the next moment, he steadied his mind:
"I don't believe there are ghosts in this world!"
"Otherwise, I've slaughtered so many people, why haven't I seen anyone turn into a vengeful ghost to avenge themselves?"
"Who is pretending to be a ghost here? If you have the guts, stand up for me!"
As Li Hu's voice fell.
A loud "Rumble!" was heard.
The earth was also trembling slightly.
The two heavy city gates of the City of Wrongful Deaths actually slowly opened automatically.
A surging black wind blew out from the gate, scattering the hair of the people.
Accompanying this black wind, there seemed to be faint wails of ghosts and wolves.
This scene frightened the men even more, and they cried out for their parents:
"It's over! It's over! Lord Yama is going to arrest us for judgment!"
"We did so many bad things in our lives; after death, we're probably going to the eighteenth level of hell!"
"I don't want to die! No, I'm probably already dead, but I don't want to go to hell!"
… …
These men were clearly terrified by the scene before them and were on the verge of madness.
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Seeing this, Li Hu raised his hand and slapped each of them.
At the same time, he cursed angrily:
"Bullshit! This must all be an illusion!"
"Someone is playing tricks!"
"We must have unknowingly fallen into a genjutsu; quickly hit yourselves. The pain will wake us up!"
Upon hearing this, the strong men hurriedly acted.
They either slapped themselves, bit the tips of their tongues, or twisted their thighs.
To escape this terrifying place, each of them struck fiercely.
The pain was real, so painful that tears and snot streamed down their faces.
But it had no effect whatsoever!
They were still standing in front of the City of Wrongful Deaths, not showing any signs of waking up.
"No… … It's not an illusion!"
At this moment, the men cried out even more frantically.
They desperately wished that everything here was a nightmare, but unfortunately, they couldn't wake up from it.
Li Hu also felt a bit frightened.
He gritted his teeth, pulled out the sharp knife from behind his waist, held it in his hand, and strode towards the city:
"I am the fiercest and most evil one!"
"If there really is a King Yama, then stand out and let me see who is more fierce and evil?!"
The other men were already scared out of their wits.
Seeing Li Hu's actions, they couldn't help but follow him into this City of Wrongful Deaths.
As they gradually stepped into the city,
they heard a voice.
This voice was neither male nor female, neither human nor ghost. Even Xue Yi wasn't sure if humans could make such a sound.
It seemed to resonate in the sky above the city and whisper in everyone's ears.
Like mumbling or auditory hallucinations, hazy and giving people an unreal feeling.
They only heard the voice slowly say:
"Husband and wife starve together in a year of famine, better for the concubine to go to the human market.
Get three thousand coins to help the husband return, a slice can travel a mile.
Heaven made women as meat is good, can make husband return to live to old age.
Alive buried in the stomach to fill a few people, but fortunately the crows and kites did not peck early."
The voice became more and more shrill towards the end, making people shudder, their scalps tingle, and their hairs stand on end.
A group of men were so frightened that they were almost on the verge of collapse.
They knelt on the ground, desperately kowtowing for mercy, no longer daring to take a step forward.
Seeing how useless these cowards were, Li Hu couldn't help but point his sharp knife at the blood-red sky and curse angrily:
"Damn it! If you're human or ghost, have the guts to come out and show yourself!"
"You really think Tiger Grandpa was scared big?"
"Damn your grandma! Come out!"
Li Hu's roar finally provoked dissatisfaction from the other strong men.
They pleaded with Li Hu not to shout anymore, otherwise, if he angered the gods, everyone would suffer.
Li Hu didn't expect his subordinates to dare to reprimand him and couldn't help but want to attack these cowards.
At this moment.
That voice suddenly spoke again:
"To avoid the suffering of Avici, you must harm each other, only the survivor can escape."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.
The next moment, they all quickly retreated, away from their companions.
Because this strange voice had made it very clear that to avoid entering Avici Hell, they had to kill each other, and only those who survived could escape the sea of suffering.
This would cause all companions to become their enemies, and no one dared to trust each other.
Li Hu hurriedly roared:
"The dog thief behind this just wants us to kill each other."
"Everyone is brothers; we can't listen to this ghost's bewitchment!"
"Everyone hold steady; we can't let our own people fall into chaos first."
However, at this time, these men, under excessive fear, could no longer listen to Li Hu's words.
Suddenly.
A man shouted and swung his knife at another man who was closest to him.
The two immediately raised their knives and fought each other.
Seeing this, Li Hu cursed angrily:
"Damn it!"
"Dare to disobey my orders?"
He was about to step forward to stop them.
But the next second, the remaining two companions also shouted wildly and began to kill each other.
Li Hu looked at his four companions, only to see them all with red eyes, their faces full of madness and cruelty, wanting to kill everyone.
Judging from their appearance, it was a fight to the death!
Also, because Li Hu had the highest martial arts skills, no one came to kill him for the time being.
But seeing his companions' madness, Li Hu couldn't help but become furious:
"You're crazy, you're all crazy!"
"Damn it! I'm going to find the dog thing hiding behind the scenes!"
Immediately, Li Hu rushed alone with his knife towards the center of the city.
He vaguely saw that there seemed to be a tall and majestic black palace in the center of the city.
Presumably, the person who was playing tricks here should be there.
But he hadn't been able to run far.
Only the sound of iron chains was heard.
"Clang clang!"
Li Hu stopped and turned to look.
A tall black figure appeared in the distance.
He wore a pointed helmet, a metal skull mask, and held a sword in one hand and a blood droplet in the other.
The shadow he cast on the ground was very long and had already enveloped Li Hu's entire body… …