Chapter 80: Fishing in Troubled Waters
"What!?"
Lu Xingyue's face changed, and she hurriedly leaned over to make a vigilant posture, and at the same time took out the fireworks beads that were used for lighting on her waist, and threw them forward!
"Click-"
The crisp sound of light beads echoing in the corridor, reflecting the depths of this dungeon corridor at a glance. But to their disappointment, there was nothing in front of the promenade.
"Hmm, I said, are you mistaken?" Lu Xingyue scratched her hair and looked at Jiang Yao beside her blankly, but saw that the other party also had a surprised expression.
"Strange? I obviously feel ......" Jiang Yao was stunned for a moment, then thought of something, and hurriedly ran to the other cells on the left and right, looking inside through the panes.
"Hey, don't look, we didn't see any sound in those cells when we made such an obvious noise, it is estimated that most of them are empty, even if there are people inside, they are either dead or half-dead, it is impossible to run out and attack us. Lu Xingyue spread her hands and said.
"But ......" Jiang Yao looked at a few cells, and sure enough, he found that they were empty, and he immediately hesitated.
"And it's all at this time, how can you have the leisure to care about these things?Do you know what situation we are in now?" Lu Xingyue glanced at Jiang Yao and said. "The costumes of these two guards look like the costumes of the guards in the 'Imperial City', which means that we are probably inside the 'Imperial City' now. β
"'Imperial City'?" Jiang Yao looked at Lu Xingyue in surprise. "Could it be...... We're already in Si You's mansion!?"
"That's right, I'm afraid it's a crooked attack this time, and we're worried that we won't be able to sneak into the 'Imperial City' before. Lu Xingyue said in an excited tone.
"The 'Dragon Bone Key' should be here, we need to find the location of Si You's treasure house first. Now the two guards have changed into women's clothes for us, and it is estimated that we will not show our stuffing for a while, but we can't keep the long nights and dreams...... Let's go, let's hurry. β
After speaking, Lu Xingyue stopped talking nonsense, turned around and walked in the direction where the two guards came, and motioned for Jiang Yao to follow, and Jiang Yao couldn't say anything when he saw this situation, so he could only temporarily give up the idea of exploring the dungeon and was ready to follow, but before he took two steps, he was suddenly stunned, turned his head again, and looked at the corridor behind him.
It's the feeling again...... Someone always looks like they're staring at me?
"......" Jiang Yao stared at the darkness in front of him silently, and the feeling of being watched became erratic again, just when Jiang Yao was puzzled, he heard Lu Xingyue's urging sound again:
"Hey, hey, big brother, can't you leave? It's miserable to be discovered!"
"Oh...... Here it comes. Jiang Yao retracted his gaze, and could only temporarily suppress his doubts, then turned around and followed Lu Xingyue, and quickly left the dungeon corridor.
The dark dungeon once again returned to a deathly silence, and the fireworks on the ground gradually extinguished after a short period of flashing, and in the darkness, a black shadow quietly appeared in the depths of the corridor, facing the direction of Jiang Yao and their departure, watching, silent, and then ...... Disappear.
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"Rumbleββ!
A burst of lightning and thunder swept through the gloomy dark purple sky, and in the staggered light, a red phantom appeared on this vast and barren Netherworld border.
"Netherworld...... How long ago was the last time you visited......"
Gluttony raised his head, looked over the wide and quiet golden river in the distance, and threw himself into the looming netherworld on the other side of the river, only to see that under the dark purple sky, a stream of golden thunder shone in the distance, tearing at the peace of the netherworld for thousands of years.
"Hehe, 'that guy' is having a good time...... It's okay, it seems that Hades and they don't have time to pay attention to me for the time being. Gluttony looked at the other side of the Lethe River and snorted softly, a different emotion was faintly surging in his red pupils, as if hesitant and indifferent, but in the end it returned to the same calm and lazy appearance as always.
"Hmmm...... Woohoo......!!"
A low roar echoed on the banks of the Lethe, and the gluttony withdrew his gaze to look at the group of staggering black shadows that were staggering close to him, and a look of surprise seemed to cross his face.
"Puppet undead, what's the matter...... this number" gluttony muttered, but there was no panic, only to see him turn to the group of black shadows, his eyes glared slightly, and suddenly a fierce momentum burst out from his body, sweeping towards the surroundings like a storm, and the group of puppet undead did not have the slightest resistance in the face of this momentum, and they were immediately shocked into a scatter and fled.
ββ¦β¦ It seems that the Netherworld has also undergone a lot of changes over the years. β
Gluttony turned his head as he spoke, and looked at the strange walled city standing in the mist behind him, and then looked at the rickety figures that came out of the mist, and a mocking smile was hooked up on his lips again. "Hehe, but even after so many years, this Si Yu still doesn't welcome me......"
"Bang ββ!!"
A rapid phantom flew towards the gluttony like a sharp arrow, and in just a moment, the ground under the taotao's feet was instantly torn apart, but at this time, the taotao was no longer in its original position. I saw him easily leap into the air, and before the Gu Eagle could pull its sharp claws out of the ground, he was trampled his head into the ground by a gluttonous kick.
Bursts of roars like babies crying sounded from the Gu Eagle's team one after another, and in the face of the gluttonous attack, those hideous monsters did not have any intention of retreating, but rushed forward one after another, and began to besiege the gluttony.
"Bang!
The gluttonous figure quickly shuttled through a group of rickety phantoms, even if he was besieged, his face still had that easy-to-use expression, and he didn't even stretch out his hand from his pocket, and the whole person was like a red meteor, cutting the Gu eagles' formation layer by layer, gradually shattering. In just a few minutes, several broken corpses of Gu Sculptures had fallen under his feet, and he himself was unharmed.
"What, do you still want to continue to look for death?" Tao Tao kicked away the corpses at his feet and looked up at the remaining Gu Eagles, whose bodies trembled slightly, and finally gradually retreated in a vigilant low roar, disappearing into the fog around the Walled City.
"Tsk, the clothes are dirty, it's disgusting......" Gluttony patted his trouser leg with disgust, but quickly remembered something, then straightened up, turned his head and looked at the corner of the fog not far away.
"I say, how long do you want to hide?"
Gluttony sneered and paced towards the shadow in the fog.
"Get out. β
Seeing that the gluttony seemed to have discovered himself, the figure of the shadow in the fog trembled slightly, and after standing for two seconds, he turned around and ran! However, before he turned around, a tall figure appeared in front of the shadow's eyes, and he saw that the gluttony had blocked behind it at some point, looking down at it indifferently.
"Spare your life, gluttonous lord!!I ...... I didn't mean to peek!"
A frightened and unpleasant voice sounded in a panic, and I saw a chubby figure suddenly show its original form from the fog, this guy was none other than the intern ghost who was thrown into Lethe by Lu Xingyue before-Frog Yellow.
"Huh, toad?" the gluttony raised his eyebrows, reached out and grabbed the frog's back collar and carried it in front of him, looking left and right with interest.
"People...... People aren't toads......! Family...... It's called Frog Frog, and it's a ghost...... "Frog Frog blinked his big green eyes and looked away weakly.
"...... the ghost?" Gluttony looked at the crumpled intern ghost suit on the frog coat, and then glanced at the pitiful face in front of him, the corners of his mouth hooked, and he let go of his hand. "Hehe, since it's a ghost, why are you looking for me?"
"IβI'm not here for you...... Just passing by......" Frog said with a finger and a twist with her head down. "Besides, how dare we find you, quack...... A century ago, you made a big fuss about the Netherworld, and who in the Netherworld doesn't know ......"
As he spoke, he secretly raised his head and glanced at the gluttony, but when he saw the other party looking at him with a gloomy face, he suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly shook his head and begged for mercy: "Yes, I'm sorry!!! I, I mean, I'm here just to catch a fugitive, that's all!"
"Oh, I don't know when you ghosts have the courage to enter the 'Nine Springs Walled City' to arrest criminals?" said Gluttony as he looked at the frog and said with a smile. "If you don't tell the truth, believe it or not, I cooked you?"
......"I really didn't deceive you, Lord Glutton! If it weren't for the 'living dead', I wouldn't have come here to ......."
Frog was halfway through his words, when he suddenly realized that he had missed his mouth, and hurriedly covered his big mouth, but it seemed to be too late.
"...... 'living dead'?" Gluttony crouched down and looked directly at the frog with a smile, but there was no smile in his eyes. "Is the person you want to arrest called Jiang Yao?"
"How do you know ......?" the frog was stunned for a moment, and covered her mouth again. "IβI don't know what you're talking about...... What the living dead? Did you hear it wrong~"
"Hehe......" gluttony was not annoyed, but "kindly" put his hand on the round head of the frog and caressed it "gently". "I thought about it, or ...... Still braised you, didn't you?"
"Quack!!Don't, gluttonous adults!Frog me...... It's not delicious at all! IβI'm still poisonous......"
"It's okay~ Anyway, I'm not poisonous. Gluttony licked her lips lightly, her face full of "friendly" smiles, and such "kind smiles" made Frog Stud almost pee.
"Gluttony...... Spare Frog Strider! Frog Stud really, really can't say......" Frog Stud was so anxious that tears were about to flow out, but the red-haired man in front of him had no intention of letting it go.
"Listen, I'm not very patient, and I hate people fooling me the most. Gluttony looked at the frog, and a cold light flickered in his red pupils.
"I'll give you one last chance, say it, the 'living dead'...... Where exactly. β