Replace all the equipment with garbage because I have thousands of items in my bag now, so the chance of getting the Priest's outfit dropped is very low.
The ghosts on the sixth floor began to panic and jumped out. Actually, I could have escaped too, but I wanted to witness the consequences of my actions myself and enjoy it for a moment. Just this tiny thought made me not run away but instead head towards the bottom floor.
The cave finally collapsed, and I just entered the bottom floor.
The cave ceiling, after bearing the weight of the entire Beimao Mountain, emitted violent vibrations and then collapsed completely.
The God of Death shouted loudly, his voice filled with rage. Then, he and the sitting Bone Dragon stepped onto a teleportation array behind them and vanished.
Thousands of Bone Dragons roared, spat out black fog in the sky, and spread their wings to try to hold up the entire collapsing Beimao Mountain.
The thousands of Bone Dragons indeed had astonishing strength. The collapsed cave was firmly held up by them, but at the same time, from their heads, numbers like -10000, -13000, etc. emerged, as the force above increased, these hundred-level Bone Dragons finally fell one by one. Because it was a natural disaster, they still didn't leave any treasures, and the players couldn't cut anything from the corpses.
The falling stones from the cave ceiling didn't hit me yet. I quickly ran under a huge Bone Dragon, when the sky collapsed, it was supported by it, and I had the chance to enjoy my achievements more.
At this moment, the system suddenly started a series of prompts: "The Prison of Death has been destroyed. You gain 2000 points of reputation, 1 million experience points. You level up to level 40... You level up to level 41..."
"Love Goddess has been released by you. You gain 10 points of charm and 1000 points of reputation."
"God of Gun Skills has been released by you. You obtain the hidden profession 'God of Sniper', gain 1000 points of reputation."
"The Ancient Western Land God was crushed by your destruction of the Prison of Death and died. Your reputation is deducted by 1000."
"The River God of Qin was crushed by... and your reputation is deducted by 500."
"The Painting God was crushed by... and your reputation is deducted by 500."
"The Mountain God of Qi Yun was released by you. You gain 500 points of reputation." ...
"The guardian spirit of the Ghost City has... killed it. Your reputation will be deducted by 500 points." ...
Listening in a daze to the overwhelming system alerts, I forgot to rush towards the teleportation array that was not too far away. Then, the sound of crushed dragon bones was heard nearby, followed by a whistling sound. Looking up, I saw a huge rock hovering just ten centimeters above my head.
In the next moment, my vision went blank.
Reincarnated in the Ghost Village, I lost quite a few of my items, but fortunately, my main equipment was not lost.
I raised my head and was suddenly stunned by the scene before me. From the village and the wilderness, countless wisps of smoke rose, and the ghostly souls of the city disappeared right in front of my eyes, including the 100-level senior ghosts.
Millions of intelligent wisps of smoke slowly ascended into the dark sky of Hell. This scene was truly breathtaking!
I stared blankly at these wisps of smoke. Before they died, these ghosts were either the citizens or the soldiers of the Ghost City, or they were the kings' representatives sent to rebuild the Ghost City. In the underworld, they still stubbornly wanted to rescue the guardian spirit of the Ghost City. This was truly an inspiring spirit, but because of me, their wishes could no longer be fulfilled.
These ghosts, precisely because they were obsessed with their previous wishes, had not dispersed. Now, the guardian spirit of the Ghost City had died, and they lost their goal. Their souls dispersed...
From the village to the wilderness, tens of thousands of wisps of smoke rose, and suddenly, the surroundings became cold and quiet.
A horse hooves sound rang out, and a ghost rode a skeleton horse and galloped back to the village.
It was Aiman. He got off the horse and stared at me blankly: "You, Lord, why did you also come down here?"
I excitedly walked up and tightly grasped Aiman's hand, but I didn't know what to say. Perhaps, my emotions towards him and my guilt were beyond words to express.
Aiman nodded at me and then quickly asked: "Where are the others? Why did they all disappear?"
Just as I was about to speak, suddenly, the system alerted: "The time you have spent in Hell is only one minute left. Please be prepared. Now, start the countdown, 60, 59..."
I was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized that I was a spirit of the living, and the Dream Soul Jar brought me to Hell. It was just like a 100-level Taoist forcibly breaking through the gate of Hell, which was an "illegal smuggling", or just a "tourist visa" that was processed. When the time was up, I had to return to my original world.
There were still so many things to say. I wanted to tell Aiman that I miss him, but it was too sentimental. I'm sure Aiman would want to throw up at the thought. I wanted to tell Aiman that I hoped he would be resurrected. Unfortunately, that was just nonsense. Ghosts could not be resurrected. I wanted to tell Aiman that I would take care of his wife and son. Please rest assured, but if Aiman knew, the thing he was worried about was gone, and he would disappear like those ghosts...
At the last ten seconds of the system countdown, I finally managed to say a sentence: "Aiman, we are forever friends. Live well in Hell!"
Everything went black, and my soul was rapidly ascending. In my mind, I was thinking about Aiman's expression towards me. To be honest, it was a little cold.
For me, Aiman's self-sacrificing behavior to protect the lord, and his desperate efforts to earn money for his wife and children, were memories that I would never forget. But for Aiman, I was just his employer, and a stingy one at that. His life was lost because of my greed.
The meeting with Aiman ended like this, but my heart finally calmed down a lot.
My soul returned to my body, and in that instant, I seemed to see another soul within my body, perhaps the one that had been exerting a powerful influence, my subconscious.
That fleeting shadow made me suddenly think of a familiar person? I was about to think carefully, but I was suddenly frozen by a chill.
Quickly opening my eyes, I saw a huge ice block pressing down on my head.
I jumped up in shock and threw the ice block away. Then I realized that there were ice blocks all around me.
The Yusra in front of me stared at me blankly. This girl was tormenting my body while I was away. I was about to scold her, but then I noticed the tears in her eyes and the damp veil.
This Yusra could actually cry! She never cried when she was sick. Was she feeling sorry for me? No way, definitely not!
Yusra quickly wiped her eyes with her hand. Suddenly, her expression changed and she shouted loudly, "What are you doing? I thought you hadn't woken up for a long time and was worried that your body might deteriorate, so I froze you with ice blocks. Why are you so ungrateful and hit her when we met?"
I was still touched in my heart, so I didn't reply but just smiled, "Thank you. I mean it. I'm very glad to have such a good friend like you."
Yusra was stunned for a moment, then her face turned red and her voice lowered, "Who is your friend..."
I suddenly saw a huge ice block on the ground. Inside the ice block was a beautiful girl.
I exclaimed, "What's going on?"
Yusra said, "I went to the ice house of the Great Belly God to look for ice blocks. I found this and I didn't dare to melt the ice block."
I summoned Little Fat: "Little Fat, what's the matter with this girl?"
Little Fat looked at the girl in the ice and his expression changed. "I won't say it."
Yusra gasped, "Little Fat? You were called that before, so cute. By the way, Little Fat, tell me, is this girl the one you like?"
Watching Yusra gently caressing Little Fat, I felt like fainting.
Little Fat's eyes rolled around, "Like someone? Well, you can say that."
I walked up to the ice block and carefully examined the girl's clothing. It seemed to be from ancient times. Looking at the emblem on her chest, I suddenly smiled, "Little Fat, do you like the food she cooks?"
Little Fat blushed and scratched his head embarrassedly, "Yes, she was the only god-level chef on the continent back then. I moved here because of her in this city."
Yusra said, "Then why did you freeze her? Was she dead?"
Little Fat said, "Yes, she was probably dead. After all these years..."
I suddenly said, "What about the girl's father?"
Little Fat was startled, "What are you saying?"
I slowly said, "I'm talking about the girl's father, the chief architect of the Ghost City! Where is he?"
Little Fat looked at me in surprise, "How did you suddenly become smart... No, how did you think like this?"
I said seriously, "Melt the ice block."
Little Fat shook his head repeatedly, "I don't have that ability."
I shook my head and cast a fireball spell at the ice block, watching it melt bit by bit.
Little Fat's face turned pale and then turned blue. Yusra also started to cast flame magic, and most of the ice block melted. We stopped and made a fire nearby, waiting for the ice block to melt.
Little Fat watched from the side, always looking sad. Suddenly he shouted, "Boss, you should put me in the space again. I don't get along well with her. She wants to kill me the moment we meet!"
I looked at Little Fat, "Did you kill her father?"
Little Fat shook his head, "I have never killed anyone in my life!"
Suddenly, a soft "ah" was heard. Under the heat of the fire, the girl slowly woke up.
Little Fat immediately ran behind Yusra to hide.
The girl opened her eyes, looking at us in surprise, "Who are you?"
Yusra said gently, "We are here to rebuild the Ghost City. We found you in the ice blocks and rescued you."
After a while, after a series of explanations, we finally understood the story that happened in ancient times. The girl's name was Julie. Because she was favored by the goddess of cooking, she became the only god-level chef on earth at that time. Her father was the chief architect of the City of the Ghosts.
When the battle between gods and demons began, the fat demon god was afraid that she would die in the war and "stealthily" took her out of the city. However, other demon gods discovered this and threatened Julie's life to force the fat demon god to send Gorging to devour the founding stone of the city.
Julie's father was pressured by the demon gods, and with his love for his daughter in mind, he revealed the location of the founding stone. But he was also killed by the other demon gods. Under the pleading of the fat demon god, Julie was only frozen.
Julie's eyes were red: "If I see that fat demon god, I will definitely kill him to avenge my father and the people of the City of the Ghosts!"
I looked at Yusra and said: "Julie, the fat demon god is actually just greedy, not a bad person. He saved your life, so don't hate him. You should hate the other demon gods instead."
Julie said: "From beginning to end, I was confined in this ice chamber and only saw the fat demon god. I will look for him!"
I sighed quietly and secretly waved my hand, bringing the chubby boy back to his pet space.
Now that the guardian god of the City of the Ghosts is dead, our mission is probably impossible to complete. With Julie, I and Yusra returned dejectedly to the City of the Ghosts.
Julie suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "The guardian temple of the City of the Ghosts has emitted a white light!"