"Young man, can you lend me a torch? I've used up all these glowing eggs...... Reading in the dark is not very good for my eyes. ”

In the darkness, an old voice came from the side, startling Lu Ran.

Turning her head, she saw an old woman with a withered face and wrinkles standing beside Lu Ran...... I don't know how she got close, and I want to suddenly 'refresh' beside me.

Bai Yu had already accumulated corrosive mucus at the first time, aiming at the old woman and planning to spray it out.

Who knows, Lu Ran waved his hand and signaled Bai Yu to stop attacking.

With a smile, he handed the torch in his hand to the old woman.

"Thank you so much, young man."

The old woman took the torch, did not have any tendency to attack, and walked happily towards the front...... Also because of the lighting effect of the torch, Lu Ran saw the scene in the center of the bottom of the mountain.

A large tree about 50 meters tall stands in the center.

As for the clear water that flows through the "Aquatic Pearl", it also flows through this tree.

It seems that this tree is the key to suppressing the "Hundred Ghosts".

Under the tree, there is a stone bench and table, and a special black book is placed on the stone table...... It is clearly visible that the current book is open, and some purple resentment is constantly escaping from the book.

This book is the 'source of resentment' in the cave.

"Should this old woman take a torch!?"

Lu Ran reacted in an instant, thinking that this old woman was going to use the torch to burn this big tree that was the 'eye of the array'.

However, just when Lu Ran switched to the "other" form and was about to step forward to force the war.

I saw the old woman inserting the torch into the small hole on the side of the stone table, so that the firelight covered the entire tabletop, and the words in the book could be seen clearly.

Pick up this book full of resentment and start reading it...... It was clearly visible that the ground around was full of withered and no longer glowing eggs, as if the old woman had used these to illuminate her reading.

"Can't feel her intensity...... She has no blood in her body. Bai Yu, what about you? ”

"It's weird...... It stands to reason that even if Lu Ran was fighting against that lowest-level hundred ghosts in the river before, the worms in my body would sense it and alert me to the danger through wriggling and insect chirping...... But now the insects in the body also have senses, but the target is not this old woman, but [book]. ”

"Books?"

Recalling, it was really strange for the old woman to suddenly appear beside her just now.

Lu Ran thought to himself:

"According to Bai Yu's "qualification" problem of the demon cave, no matter how powerful the "Ten Ghosts" are, they can't be so strong...... Appeared beside me in an instant, if it was really at this level, it would be impossible for me and Bai Yu to defeat at all, there was only one possibility......

Lu Ran secretly told Bai Yu the method he thought of through the domain transmission.

In fact, I have encountered a similar situation when playing a horror game before, and we must not be misled by habitual thinking...... Keep your brain awake at all times and be clear about who the subject is.

Bai Yu stayed where he was.

Only Lu Ran stepped forward alone.

"What book are you reading?" Lu Ran asked tentatively.

"A nice book, are you going to read it?" Although the old woman was answering the question, she stared intently at the book.

As for Lu Ran, he focused on the old woman as much as possible, and didn't look at the books in her hands...... so as not to be negatively affected by books.

"Yes." Lu Ran agreed to the invitation to read the book.

"Come and see!"

The old woman did not hand over the book in her hand to Lu Ran, but wanted him to sit on the stone bench and watch.

Lu Ran's attention was highly concentrated, and he cautiously walked towards the stone bench, where the resentment was more than ten times stronger than in other areas at the bottom of the mountain, and he used the painful realm to repel resentment, and sat on the cold stone bench.

However, Lu Ran's head always remained buried in the shape, and he did not look directly at the books on the table during the whole process.

"Bai Yu, do it!"

Lu Ran quickly slapped the old woman's body on his side into two pieces.

When the body divided into two sections was thrown into the air, Bai Yu directly spat out a large amount of corrosive saliva, which corroded the old woman's body almost instantly.

Lu Ran switched to the "Hell Form" with lightning speed, and drove the [Hell Demon Fetus] with all his might.

This made Lu Ran's whole body covered with lava lines, and the steam continued to overflow.

Grab the book on the table with your left arm, and release the maximum amount of infernal lava heat.

"Yikes!"

As puffs of green smoke rose from the surface of the book, a miserable cry of pain echoed at the bottom of the mountain.

Lu Ran's idea is right, this book is the body of the "Ten Ghosts", and the old woman before is just a 'servant' constructed by the book in some way.

It was built directly next to Lu Ran, so Lu Ran didn't notice the process of the old woman's movement.

The ultimate purpose of books is to lure Lu Ran to read books.

…………

A few days ago.

Hell's Monastery - Lord Harris's artisan room.

Lu Ran, who had learned the basic usage of the Hell Chain through the relevant books, leaned against the upper fence and asked.

"Lord Harris, the Chains of Hell belong to the Monk's signature ability...... Will my trip to the [Demon Cave] be useful to those strange creatures inside? ”

Harris, who had just designed a blueprint for a torture instrument, scratched her skull:

"At the same level, even if it's one level higher than you.

As long as you are proficient in the use of the Infernal Chains, there is nothing you can't do...... Let me tell you a deeper message.

Why is the attitude of the major demon kings in hell towards me described as 'awe'? There is one reason why we are strong, and another reason is that the [Hell Monastery] traces its roots to the supreme culture of the ancient hell, which is inviolable.

When the abilities associated with monks are revealed, the things in this small demon cave cannot be withheld. ”

"Okay."

Hearing this, Lu Ran's evaluation of the [Hell Monastery] went to a higher level, and he also strengthened his determination to work hard to cultivate.

…………

The screaming continued for a full five minutes before it completely subsided.

The stone table has been completely melted down, and even a small lava has formed on the ground.

"Is it done?"

When Lu Ran tried to find the remains of the book in the lava pool with iron chains.

"Be careful!" Bai Yu in the distance smelled the danger and shouted.

Sou!

A spike shot out of the lava pool, piercing Lu Ran's chest with precision, shattering his heart.

Just as Lu Ran knelt on one knee and opened his mouth with his bleeding chest, he saw a book with a completely burned cover, jumping out of the lava pool and flying towards the edge of the mountain.

【Regeneration】

Lu Ran's broken heart healed quickly under the shroud of a white vitality, and he threw the torch in the direction where the book fled for the first time.

I saw that where the torches were lit, a large part of the books that had been burned were frantically absorbing the resentment at the bottom of the cave...... At the same time, a few black filaments were detached from between the pages, and some kind of terrifying lifeform was being weaved.