Chapter Twenty-Six: The Land of All Souls
For them, the darkness they had been accustomed to for a long time, the sudden arrival of light, seemed a little abrupt.
And behind the stone gate, there is no longer a passage.
It's more like a portal, pulling people who approach to the highest room of the tower.
It was strange here, sixteen seats were placed in the center, as if they had existed a long time ago, and they were covered with a thick layer of ash, as if no one had sat in them for a long time.
At the front is a small platform that allows only one person to stand.
Wang Xiaozhi and the others arrived first, looking at everything around them with puzzled eyes.
Then the fluctuations on the door came again, and Zhang Er and Wen Xiaoxiao walked in.
"Where have you been?" , Wang Xiaozhi turned his head and looked at the two, and Zhang Er's face was very unfamiliar, but extremely familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he had seen it.
"I...", Wen Xiaoxiao took a few steps back a little nervously and stood behind Zhang Er.
Her actions caused Wang Xiaozhi's astonishment.
"Why don't you take Xiaoshen seriously when you look at other little white faces?" , Liu Shuo's eyes showed a fierce glow, and he was about to step forward when he found that the flames that should have burst out from his palms disappeared.
"This?!" Seeing his expression, everyone tried, but their brows furrowed.
And the fluctuations at the door circulated again, it was Hao Dongran them.
"Zhang Er?! Are you here", they walked over in surprise, but when they saw Wang Xiaozhi and them, they stretched out their hands vigilantly.
"You're Zhang Er!"
This sentence is two people, one is Wang Xiaozhi, and the other is Wen Xiaoxiao behind him.
"You?!"
She looked at Zhang Er's face in disbelief, but then she exhaled and smiled. "It's okay, at least you're still you"
"You guys?" , Song Qin looked at Wen Xiaoxiao puzzled, and pulled Zhang Er's arm.
But the failure of their abilities made them inexplicably quiet here, and there were only fifteen people on sixteen stools, which also made them a little puzzled.
"Where the hell have you been? What's going on with her? Song Qin leaned into his ear, and his eyes swept over Wen Xiaoxiao very puzzled.
And Zhang Er showed a wry smile, how to explain it, saying that he gave her, and because of this incident, Wen Xiaoxiao's whole person was stolen...
At this moment, Zhao Liang's words that he shouldn't have said appeared here, "Zhang Er, the space backpack of your ability, bring me a bag of grilled sausages, starve to death"
"Okay", Zhang Er habitually stretched out his hand, but the moment he took out the bag of grilled sausages, his hand froze.
At the same time, he saw Wen Xiaoxiao's growing pupils, the incredulity and struggle inside.
Zhang Er took a deep breath, countless excuses flashed in his mind, but when he walked to his mouth, he became powerless.
It's a dead end... Maybe at the beginning, but there are so many possibilities in life, some choices are doomed, and some people's dreams are about to be shattered.
"I want to hear you say, you didn't lie to me", her voice was very small, but it turned into a thunderbolt in Zhang Er's ears.
Glared at Zhao Liang, what did you say? It was originally intentional for him, what explanation is there.
"I'm sorry...", he turned his head away, ashamed, more sorry for Wen Xiaoxiao.
"So I'm just like a fool, right", the moment she heard Zhang Er's name, she had a scene in the labyrinth, which could not be faked.
But the moment he took out the food, she confirmed her thoughts.
"So it's all just your revenge, right?" , her tone was very calm, and the calm made people a little frightened.
Wen Xiaoxiao glanced at the scar on Song Qin's face, and took a few steps back with a miserable smile.
"I'm so stupid"
"You're all for her, aren't you?" , Wen Xiaoxiao almost shouted out this sentence, and even Wang Xiaozhi, who was checking the platform in the distance, pulled their eyes over.
"I ???" , Song Qin looked confused.
"Let me follow your ass like a wretched wretch, in fact, I have been secretly laughing, mocking me, and ridiculing me!"
Everyone's eyes instantly locked on Zhang Er's guilty face.
"It's not... You listen to me."
"Have you eaten then?" , She looked at Zhang Er, tears slipped down her cheeks uncontrollably, but there was still a trace of expectation, even if he deceived himself, at least he could suffer together.
Everyone looked confused, what to eat?
"No", he shook his head slowly, but it completely shattered Wen Xiaoxiao's originally healing heart.
"Good... Very good", said in the corner of Wen Xiaoxiao's mouth, a line of blood was printed, I don't know if it was anger or the heart has withered, she looked at Zhang Er with a smile.
As if to remember his face at this moment.
But Wen Xiaoxiao left extremely quietly.
Seeing her and Wang Xiao get together again and say something to each other, Zhang Er couldn't help but sigh secretly, "It's all done by myself"
Song Qin looked at the two of them with some curiosity, seeing Zhang Er's sad face, he didn't dare to ask, and he would talk about it later.
After a while, the gate set off a ripple again, and Hu Tian squinted his eyes and walked in.
"Snails?" , Zhang Er looked at the man who walked in, and was a little afraid to confirm it, after all, the difference was a bit much, although he was a little handsome at the beginning, but now he is like a strategist.
looks profound, and deliberately hides all the emotions that can be expressed.
"It's finally here"
At this moment, a deep voice sounded around the ceiling, and everyone was startled, and they all looked up, but there was no living thing.
"Please look here, and then take a seat~", the man's voice was at the platform, and before they could move again, their bodies were lifted up as if they were lifted by a pair of hands, and everyone sat in their seats.
Even Hu Tian couldn't struggle and forced him to press on his seat.
"Ahem~ You must be very confused, right?"
"Please be quiet, let me speak slowly~", it can't be said that it is a person, and the man standing on the platform is a transparent body, and his body seems to collapse at any time as he walks.
"Who are you!" The voice came from a person in Wang Xiaozhi's team.
The thunder flashed quickly, and he was immediately lifeless.
"It's all said to be quiet~", the phantom waved his hand irritably.
This scene also made everyone present hold their breath, as if this person was a god, and his breath could control the life and death of mortals.
"I'm the administrator of this place of trials, and you can call me the god of war."
He seemed to be laughing as he spoke, but the phantom was a little blurry but a little invisible.
"Presumably, you have already passed the battle of the monsters in the labyrinth, and you have gone through hardships to reach it", he said to himself, obviously not seeing, Zhang Er, Wen Xiaoxiao. and Hao Dongran, with the strange expressions on their faces.
But only the horses galloped, and their eyes showed sadness.
"By the way, and you", he said and looked at Hu Tian.
And Hu Tian just looked at him coldly.
"You shouldn't be here, but you have a place, why, I don't know, but it's all the will of the Lord God"
"Maybe you, is there something you haven't figured out?"
The Phantom pursed his lips with a playful smile.
"In this place, the last trial also starts with me, and there are two ways to go, whether to go to the third trial, or to turn back and give up the identity of the trialist"
"Of course, free choice," he smiled and walked back to the stone platform.
"Can I give up?" , A person in Wang Xiaozhi's team seemed to be very entangled, and after making a decision, he asked this sentence.
"Oh? Do you want to give up~", the man inadvertently disappeared, and reappeared already standing in front of this person.
He nodded.
The phantom also agreed, "That's right, it's too scary here, isn't it~"
"Then you go home," he said, and his hand landed lightly on the top of the man's head.
Suddenly, Zhang Er's pupils shrank, this gesture! He's too familiar!
And a thunderbolt in the phantom's hand instantly sank into the man's head, and there was no sound for a moment.
Everyone was shocked, and some wanted to say something, but they also held back their words.
Fear is an absolute fear of the unknown.
"Well, that's the trickster of the trialists," he said, looking at the crowd with satisfaction.
"This place and the place where you started are just a key and a door, and the real trial has just begun"
"Oh, by the way, your oracle will be there too~"
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, and before everyone could react, the dome suddenly cracked, and light fell from the sky in an instant, enveloping all the people in an instant.
"The next time we meet, how many people will be left, it's really exciting"
The phantom pressed the void again, and everyone in the empty room had completely disappeared, leaving only the dark mark on the ground, which was a triangular pattern.
Zhang Er just felt dizzy, "What was it just now?" ”
He was already sitting on a lawn, and there was a man standing next to him.
Who else could it be but Ann?
"Waste, get up, how long are you going to sit here", An impatiently pulled Zhang Er back to reality.
"What is this place?" , Zhang Er shook his head, and the feeling of grogginess was reduced a little.
"Here?"
Ann had a smile on her face, as if she was very happy.
"The Third Proving Ground, the Land of All Souls"
In the endless grassland, there seem to be some dwarf bulges in the distance.
"You're all scattered to all corners of the region, and that's where it ends."
Ann said, holding out her hand and pointing to the sky.
Zhang Er looked in her direction, it was very blurry, like a looming palace.
"Whatever", he lay back tiredly, although there were not too many thrilling battles during this time, but whenever he thought of Wen Xiaoxiao, he felt a deep guilt.
"What's wrong? Don't want to go to the front and have a look? An sat down and looked at the reminiscence in his eyes at the sky, as if he was sighing.
Once upon a time, she never thought she would be able to return again.
"What's there to see, it's just a group of demonic beasts, and all kinds of disgusting people", he said this, An didn't hear what he meant, but Zhang Er said it again.
The breeze blew, provoking Ann's long hair, which slowly fluttered with the caress of the wind.