"You...... What do you mean by that!?"

Qiu Laosan was stunned when he heard this, and asked sharply.

"Heh, what do you mean...... Do you see the guys down there? What do you think they're there for?"

Liu Mang sneered, and casually pointed to the crowd gathered at the bottom of the stone steps, and in front of those crowds was the red stone pillar known as the "end".

"This pillar is a completely enclosed pillar, and there is no exit from the body. And now the surrounding space has almost collapsed, and if you don't find an exit before the challenge time reaches zero...... Hmph, then all of us are waiting to die here. ”

"What!?" Qiu Laosan stared at Liu Mang suspiciously, but the other party's expression did not seem to be alarmist, and he suddenly hesitated.

"I can't control the grudge between you and the Black Shark Brothers, but there is not much time left for the challenge now, if you are entangled in this kind of thing now, I am afraid that none of your brothers will be able to escape by then. Liu Mang looked at Qiu Laosan's expression of being poked in the soft underbelly, and said slowly.

"Those who know the times are Junjie. Now that all the people who survived this challenge have gathered below, are you going to find the exit together, or are you going to waste time here?"

"Export" ...... Is it?

Jiang Yao raised his head and looked at the dozens of people gathered under the red stone pillar, and found that many of them were tilting their heads up, not knowing what they were looking at. Jiang Yao followed the gaze of those people and looked above the stone pillar, and his face suddenly changed slightly.

Hmmm, that's ......

"There is no way out at the bottom of the pillar, and the only exit can only be at the top of the pillar. And if you want to reach the top in less than two hours, you can only fly up through the "tool". ”

Liu Mang turned his little thief eyes, and suddenly turned his gaze on the white pheasant, and his tone was full of ill intentions.

"Your only way of escape now is in the hands of that woman, and if you want to make trouble, you should also look for her. ”

"This ......"

“…… Oh, is it really as you say, just go up and you'll be fine?"

Jiang Yao, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke, interrupting Liu Mang's bewitchment. He raised his head and pointed to a dark shadow above the red stone pillar in front of him, his face not looking very good.

"If what you're saying is true, the 'that' on the pillar...... And what?"

"On the pillar?"

Hearing Jiang Yao's words, Qiu Laosan and the others looked up one after another following Jiang Yao's instructions, and found that there seemed to be a black dot hanging at the top of the outer wall of the red pillar, looming in the swirling clouds.

"...... that?"

Mu Jianyun narrowed his eyes, and after carefully identifying it, his face suddenly changed.

"This, this black spot...... Is it a person!?"

Under the gloomy rust-red sky, a burly figure was seen hanging outside the stone wall, swaying unconsciously in the bitter cold wind. A sharp stone spear protruded from the stone wall in front of the figure, piercing its entire chest completely, and the torn black waistcoat, soaked in coagulated blood, was firmly nailed to the outer wall of the stone pillar along with the broken body that had no chance of survival.

"This man...... Looks like the famous 'bounty hunter'! how could he ......?"

Lu Xingyue recognized the fluttering corpse and was immediately shocked. In his cognition, it should be impossible for a master of that level to be carried up hundreds of meters of stone pillar outer wall, and to die tragically in front of the public in such an unbelievable way, there must be another hidden story behind it.

"Heh, you finally found out?"

Just as the expressions on everyone's faces were different, Liu Mang's yin and yang strange voice came over again.

"Do you think no one has ever tried to climb that pillar before you came? That guy, relying on his little climbing skills, climbed up on his own, and what happened......?

Liu Mang glanced at the swaying corpse above, and a sneer rose at the corner of his mouth.

"This pillar is not as simple as it seems, in fact...... It is 'alive'. ”

"Alive, how do you say that?" Lu Xingyue asked.

"Didn't you see? The stone spear suddenly pierced from the inside of the pillar, as if it was deliberately aimed at the person climbing on the pillar, what is it if it is not 'alive'?" Liu Mang retracted his gaze and looked at everyone again. "In fact, that guy is not the only one who died on it, as long as someone climbs the pillar, it is impossible to escape death. ”

"There is such a thing......

"Hmph, you finally understand now, why did we ask the woman to hand over the feather prop?" Liu Mang stared at the white pheasant's face and said slowly. "Only by reaching the top of the pillar without touching it can we find the exit!

"But as I've said many times before, I don't have any feathers in my hands anymore. The pheasant spoke again. "No matter how much you say, I won't be able to conjure it up and give it to you. ”

"Everyone has their own abilities in this challenge, and even if she has this item, there's no reason to give it to you. Jiang Yao dodged in front of the white pheasant, met Liu Mang's eyes, and said word by word. "I don't care what you're up to, but if you want to coerce her, get past me first. ”

"That's right, what's more, now that your 'hostage' doesn't exist, I want to see what you plan to threaten people?" Lu Xingyue scolded.

"Heh, I, Liu Mang, do things, and never play with the word 'threat'. If you want to be a hero, I won't stop you, as long as you don't regret it then. ”

Seeing that his instigation did not shake Jiang Yao and the others, Liu Mang pursed his lips, so he didn't bother to talk nonsense, turned around and stepped down the stone steps directly, and left.

"That...... What Liu Mang said just now, is it true......?

Qiu Laosan's subordinates, who had been like vegetables before, finally regained their senses and gathered around one after another. They glanced at the corpse on the red stone pillar with palpitations, and quietly glanced at the white pheasant on the side, hesitantly wanting to say something more, but they were blocked by Lu Xingyue's white eyes and obediently closed their mouths.

"Regardless of whether what the man said was true or not, there was something strange about it. Mu Jianyun thought for a moment and said. "Even if they don't have this kind of aviation props, as far as I know, some Shikigami still have the ability to fly, and it is not difficult to fly on it, and I believe that there must be people in the hands below who have this kind of Shikigami. But why doesn't anyone summon the Shikigami and fly up on the Shikigami?"

"I don't think they're 'can't summon Shikigami', but 'can't summon Shikigami', right?"

Lu Xingyue glanced at the flickering light cord in his palm and sighed.

"Don't forget, this entire space has been absorbing our mana, and after so many previous tribulations, I think almost everyone under the pillar is now in a state of mana overdraft. Even if you barely summon the Shikigami Kami, if you want to manipulate the Shikigami to carry yourself to fly on such a high stone pillar, the difficulty is not ordinarily great, after all, this kind of operation itself will consume a lot of mana. And if the mana depleted god disappears after flying into the air, this is tantamount to asking for a dead end. ”

"This ...... Indeed......" Mu Jianyun lowered his head in confusion, and had to admit that Lu Xingyue's words made sense, even he himself could not continue to summon gods in this overdraft state.

"Anyway, it's not a way to stay here, let's go down and see the situation first. ”

Jiang Yao said, turning his head to look at Qiu Laosan and the others, and the latter saw that he had no other choice, so he walked down the stone steps with Jiang Yao and the others, and came to the bottom of the red stone pillar in front of him.

"At the beginning of the challenge, there were still hundreds of people, but now there are only so many left......" Lu Xingyue looked around at the few dozens of people around and couldn't help but sigh. And those who didn't show up, eighty percent have already died in this treacherous alien space.

"I just looked around, and the diameter of this pillar is not very large, but it is true that as the previous person said, the perimeter of the pillar is closed, and I don't see any entrances and exits. Mu Jianyun said while observing the stone pillar. "And the outer wall of this stone pillar is relatively smooth, and it is almost impossible to climb and flexibly dodge the stone spears that come out of it. ”

"Stone Lance ......" Jiang Yao looked at the red outer wall at the bottom of the stone pillar in front of him, thinking of the tragic corpse above, he couldn't help but feel a little stunned, and subconsciously took two steps back. "Do you mean that if you touch the stone wall a little bit, you will ......?"

"Not necessarily, it depends on the 'mood' of this stone pillar. ”

An old voice sounded from behind Jiang Yao, Jiang Yao turned around and looked, and found a fat old man wearing a melon skin hat and a horse coat standing behind everyone, twisting his beard twice, looking at Jiang Yao and them with a playful expression.

This old man...... It seems to be the thousand-year-old carp essence introduced by Xingyue before?

Jiang Yao and Lu Xingyue glanced at each other, but at this time, they heard the carp essence slowly open his mouth again:

"The reason why a few people who are not afraid of death want to climb the pillar is because the pillar does not jump out of the stone spear at the beginning, but when the people reach the middle of the stage, they will suddenly come out of the pillar and kill people. ”

The fat old man said, looking up at the corpse hanging above, and shook his head as if he was sorry.

"If that person had listened to the old man and cooperated with the old man, he would not have ended up in this field. ”

"'Cooperate with you'?

"Hehe, it's simple. The old man can show you one thing first. The fat old man smiled, and with a seemingly casual wave of his hand, he saw a golden brocade veil appear beside the old man, floating in the air.

"This 'flying yarn' is a precious prop that the old man has collected for many years, and it is not difficult to take a few people up to the top of this stone pillar. ”

The fat old man sat down on the tulle as he spoke, and the tulle floated in the air like a blanket carrying the old man, looking down on everyone from above.

"This prop can carry the weight of five adult humans at the same time, and the old man can send you up, and accordingly, you also need to pay me the corresponding 'price'. ”

"The price?" Jiang Yao looked at the fat old man's ghostly face, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Yes. It's just that the 'price' is not money. ”

The fat old man twisted his beard, looked down at Jiang Yao and Lu Xingyue meaningfully, and said slowly.

"What I want...... Your body. ”