"Bell...... Clang...... Bell ......

The distant sound of the bell pierced through the fog and struck nine times in this gloomy and dense forest space.

Mu Jianyun came back from his contemplation and looked up at the sky.

The overcast sky took on a rusty dark red, a far cry from the brightness of the early morning, and it was clear that the space was separate from the real world. In the dense forest square at the foot, hundreds of people gathered densely, all of whom seemed to be challengers who were teleported here by the spell of the "Ghost City Invitation" like Mu Jianyun.

Mu Jianyun stood up and turned his head to glance around. After the bell rang, the hundreds of people scattered around also raised their heads, as if they had ended their boring waiting state because of this ethereal signal, and behind this dense forest square, a huge black and white archway stood on it, and the three words "Ghost Gate" in the center of the archway looked a little shocking in the dim sky.

Eventually...... Still didn't come?

Mu Jianyun retracted his gaze, breathed a sigh of relief silently, and looked down at the black card in his hand.

For Mu Jianyun, it was not difficult to crack the spell mechanism on this card, and after being teleported to the alien space in front of him, which was the meeting point of the rumored "Ghost City Special Challenge", the first thing he did was to find Jiang Yao's figure. It's just that until the end of the "hour" agreed on the invitation, he didn't see Jiang Yao appear here.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't come, the risk of the 'ghost market' is unpredictable, and in his current situation, it is better not to participate......

Mu Jianyun thought silently, turned around and prepared to walk towards the open space where the crowd gathered in front of him. But at this moment, he only heard a violent roar behind him, and when he turned his head to look, he saw that more than a dozen frightened men rushed out of the "Ghost Gate Pass" door hole enchantment behind him, and what surprised him even more was that he found that among the last three people who came out, Jiang Yao's figure was among them.

"It's out...... Finally, finally came out alive!!hahaha......"

"Saved, we survived!"

"Woooooooooo......oo Thanks to our Boss Qiu!"

The men who rushed out hugged and cried with joy, and there was a sense of aftermath in the embarrassment, and the man in the T-shirt who was covered in blood and limping at the end of the group patted everyone's shoulders with a look of relief and comforted loudly:

"Brothers, since we don't die in a catastrophe, then we will have a blessing! This 'ghost market', we will definitely return with a full load!"

"Of course!"

"That's right, because our Boss Qiu is here!"

"That's it!"

……

More than a dozen people who were briefly carried away by the joy were noisy, but they didn't seem to notice that the crowd around them who had been waiting here for a long time was glancing at them with a kind of disdain, and their faces were very disdainful.

"Heh, a group of opportunistic hillbillies, they can't even break the magic mechanism of the 'Ghost Market Invitation', and they still want to go to the Ghost Market to get a vote?"

"That is, who is not a master who is qualified to participate in this 'Ghost City Special Challenge'?" the other man taunted. "It's up to them, hehe, I guess I don't know how I'm going to die by then......"

"......" Mu Jianyun glanced at the crowd with different expressions around him, and then quietly swept his gaze over Qiu Laosan and the others, and finally landed on Jiang Yao in the rear.

Although Mu Jianyun didn't know what Jiang Yao had experienced before, he stepped on the point and ran out of this 'Ghost Gate Pass' enchantment, but fortunately, the other party didn't seem to be injured, and his expression was not unusual, which also made Mu Jianyun feel a little relieved. It's just that he soon discovered that Jiang Yao seemed to be whispering something to the strange man with a pair of gold and silver eyes next to him, and it seemed that the relationship between the two was extraordinary.

Hmm? ...... this man?

Mu Jianyun looked at Lu Xingyue, who was chatting privately, and there was a moment of confusion between his eyebrows, and Jiang Yao at this time also seemed to notice something, suddenly raised his head, and cast his eyes in the direction of Mu Jianyun.

"......!" Mu Jianyun was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly turned his face away, but he immediately realized that this was actually an extra move, in order to participate in the 'Ghost Market', he had already disguised himself as a different appearance, and now he Jiang Yao couldn't recognize it at all. Sure enough, when Mu Jianyun raised his head again, he found that Jiang Yao had already looked away.

"What's wrong?" Lu Xingyue asked as she looked around at Jiang Yao.

“…… Nothing, I just felt as if someone was staring at me. Jiang Yao hesitated, but finally withdrew his gaze and looked at Lu Xingyue. "Maybe it's my delusion. ”

"It seems that there are hundreds of people gathered here, there are many people, and there seems to be an energy field interference in this space, it is difficult to distinguish everyone's breath, so it is better for us to be careful. Lu Xingyue said, looking around.

"But then again, all these people waiting here don't feel easy. You see, the one in front of you wearing a black vest is a famous "bounty hunter" in the "underground rivers and lakes", and it is said that he has killed many vicious demon fugitives, and his strength is extraordinary. ”

Jiang Yao followed Lu Xingyue's instructions, and sure enough, he found a burly man in a black vest leaning against a corner of the forest square, his eyes were quite sharp, and he was obviously not easy to mess with.

"The old bald man on the right with a melon skin hat and two beards, do you see it? That guy is not a human, but a thousand-year-old carp spirit. Lu Xingyue pointed to a fat old man in a horse coat on the other side and whispered. "Of course, this guy has long been out of the river, he has been mixed in the 'underground rivers and lakes' for hundreds of years, and he usually likes to resell some medicines, and he also has a place in the rivers and lakes. ”

"It seems that there are not only humans who participate in this 'Ghost City Special Challenge', but also many demons...... And they are all masters with a certain degree of cultivation. Jiang Yao observed the crowd around him and muttered softly. "You said that this 'ghost market' is obviously just an underground trading market, and it stands to reason that it should be a place frequented by rich and powerful gold lords, why are all these cultivators invited this time?"

"You don't understand this, do you? Many of those rich and powerful financiers are well-known figures in the white road, how can they personally participate in this shady black market? Of course, they are looking for someone to participate on their behalf. Lu Xingyue pursed her lips and said.

"Besides, this time the 'Ghost Market' put forward a strange request of 'Special Challenge', anyone can guess that the content of the challenge is not simple, coupled with a temptation as big as the 'Soul Stone', there is absolutely no room for error, and the people they sent to participate in the 'Ghost Market' must be all masters. ”

"Are you the best of the best...... Huh, the two over there, it seems to be ......?"

As if he suddenly saw something, Jiang Yao hurriedly pulled Lu Xingyue and gave him a look, the latter turned his head to look and found that the two figures not far away, one tall and one short, were the "Black Shark Brothers" who almost killed them at the beginning.

"It's them!" As soon as she saw those two figures, Lu Xingyue's face sank suddenly. "He actually regarded human life as a sacrifice to break the barrier, and this account must be recovered!"

"Wait, look, the man in the suit next to the two of them is Liu Mang, the executive manager of the Liu family's medicine store?" The sharp-eyed Jiang Yao stared at the man who was talking to the "Black Shark Brothers" with his head down, and immediately recognized this person as the guy who accosted them before entering the mountain.

"Hey, that's really the 'hooligan'...... They know each other?" Lu Xingyue narrowed her eyes, as if she was a little surprised. "Since that 'rogue' can get here, he must know how to crack the spell mechanism on the invitation. And since they were in a group, why didn't the Black Shark Brothers send it through the invitation, but they had to take the risk of reaching the 'Ghost Gate' through the sacrificial procession......?

"Unless they have colluded a long time ago and wanted to deliberately kill us in the procession of sacrifices on the mountain. Jiang Yao said, reaching out and caressing the lavalier hidden between the collar. "As for the reason, maybe it's because they saw the relationship between me and the Chen family, or maybe it's for the 'keel key'...... All in all, this beam is over. ”

"Those two sons of bitches! Don't try to run this time!"

Without waiting for Lu Xingyue to speak again, she heard a piercing scolding suddenly come from the side. When he turned his head, he found that Qiu Laosan and the others were angrily rushing in the direction of the "Black Shark Brothers", and it seemed that they had also discovered them.

"Hehe, I really didn't expect you to come out alive. The short and fat man in "Black Shark Brothers" glanced at the angry Qiu Laosan and the others, and sneered disdainfully. "Why, in order to maintain the enchantment rift, did you sacrifice a lot of people?"

"Shut up! If you hadn't deliberately framed you, you wouldn't have lost the lives of so many of our innocent brothers!" Qiu Laosan scolded angrily with red eyes, if it weren't for his leg injury, he would have stepped forward and fought hard.

"If you come out to mix, sooner or later you will have to pay it back. The short and fat man sneered. "The lives of your brethren are only a bill for your foolishness and greed. ”

"You ——!"

"Knock...... Boom...... Knock ......

Just as the atmosphere was tense, a thunderous drum suddenly echoed over the empty jungle square. Everyone's faces changed, and they looked up in the direction where the drum came from, and found that on the ground in the center of the square, a bluestone step gradually rose, and a bewitching man in a tight scarlet feather coat came from the top of the steps, and looked down at the people in the square with his waist in his waist.

"Challengers, long wait. ”

The noisy square suddenly fell silent with the man's words, and I saw the bewitching man caressing his waist-length black hair and smiling.

"When we first met, I was the captain of the Ghost City Guard Elephant Snake, and I was also the chief examiner of the 'Ghost City Special Challenge', and I was responsible for supervising the challenge process for everyone. But ......"

The snake's gaze swept over the people in the square, and finally focused its gaze on Qiu Laosan and the others who were facing each other, and the slender eyes turned around, and even his tone was a little colder.

"However, I, the examiner, am not a vegetarian, the 'ghost market' has the rules of the ghost market, I don't care how you came here, as long as you make trouble on my territory, I will let him walk around without eating!"

"......!" seemed to be shocked by the snake's fierce gaze, Qiu Laosan's face was a little ugly, but he had to temporarily swallow the anger in his chest and chose to shut up.

"Now that you're all here, without further ado, let me introduce you to the rules of this 'Special Challenge'. The snake retracted its gaze and looked down at the crowd and said.

"If you want to pass this challenge, it's actually very simple, there is only one rule. ”

The snake said, the corners of the vermilion lips smiling coldly.

"As long as you ...... To get out of here "alive". ”