Under the cover of night, an ascetic monk was slowly walking in this direction.

"Damn it! You hypocritical Buddha! What right do you have to judge me?!"

Master Zha Pian tried to get up, but his body felt like it was about to fall apart and he couldn't control it at all.

"Amitabha." The ascetic monk put his hands together in prayer. "It is only people who are hypocritical, not Buddha. Buddha has always been Buddha, and has never changed."

"No! No! You're a Buddhist! You can't kill! Please, spare me... I beg you, please spare me, I promise I'll stay far away from here!"

"Not killing is doing good, and eliminating evil is also doing good."

The ascetic monk raised his right hand, and a great light of Buddha shone forth. Master Zha Pian was finally reduced to ashes in the Buddha's light!

"master!"

Xu Ying hurriedly and clumsily put her hands together, while protecting Ren Xiaodie behind her. After all, Ren Xiaodie was in a soul form, and Xu Ying was worried that the Buddha's light would have an effect on her.

“Amitabha Buddha, young friend, there is no need to panic. The Buddha’s light removes evil, but only evil.”

The arrival of the ascetic monk and the passing of Master Zhapian foreshadowed the end of this world.

Seeing this, Aransta also began to slowly move in this direction. Jiang Ran was not far from here before, and Han Xiaodong also returned here quickly. The two of them waited for an opportunity to move and were ready to move closer at any time.

"You two!" Xu Ying turned and glared at the two men. "Brother Jiang Ran and Sister Yu Cheng have been helping us from beginning to end. If you dare to take another step forward now, I will kill you!"

Ren Xiaodie hugged Xu Ying from behind, her body gradually dissipating into the wind, leaving only a piece of yellow jade in Xu Ying's palm.

Xu Ying gripped the jade pendant tightly; he knew she had always been there for him.

[Congratulations to Jiang Ran, the Ghost Storyteller from the Dragon Kingdom, for clearing the S-rank Ghost Story World: The Wedding Hall in a Remote Village, with an overall rating of 95 points, Excellent]

Gwen [Nico's Helper] Quantity: 3/6.

The live streams from all countries were simultaneously cut off. Han Xiaodong, Aransta, and Yu Cheng were sent out of the world. Everything in the world came to a standstill. Only the ascetic clasped his hands together and bowed to Jiang Ran.

"The suffering in the world is predetermined. The more suffering you and I endure, the less suffering the world will endure."

An ascetic monk—no, perhaps we should call him an "ascetic monk" now.

"What exactly are you? Are you gods? And what exactly are gods?"

Having continuously cleared S-rank and above supernatural tale worlds, this wasn't the first time Jiang Ran had encountered them!

"I am the [Ascetic], and we are the [Twelve Gods]."

"Twelve gods?"

"【Director】【Gravekeeper】【Pope】【Emperor】【Impermanence】【Night Wanderer】【Great Sin】【Doll】【Black Crow】【Ascetic】【Shackles】."

Before Jiang Ran could ask any more questions, he was kicked out of the world of supernatural tales.

"The Twelve Gods... Director, Gravedigger, Pope, Emperor, Impermanence, Night Wanderer, Great Sin, Puppet, Black Crow, Ascetic, Shackles... No, there are only eleven people no matter how you count them?"

Jiang Ran was kicked too quickly and didn't even hear the title of the last of the "Twelve Gods".

What exactly are the Twelve Gods?

What is the relationship between the Twelve Gods and the world of ghost stories?

What is the relationship between the world inhabited by these strange individuals and them?

How is the talent of ghost story tellers created?

What is their ultimate goal?

Countless questions lingered in Jiang Ran's mind, but he probably wouldn't get the answers anytime soon.

Since the Mysterious Apartment, Jiang Ran has completed seven S-level or higher ghost story worlds in a row, including one SS-level world, where two foreign SSS-level ghost story masters died at his hands.

This impressive record would be absolutely number one in any region!

April comes around, and next month another SS-class ghost story world is coming!

To this day, no ghost story master has ever cleared an SS-rank ghost story world twice, not even the former SSS-rank ghost story masters.

Most people who have participated in an SS-level world once will never touch a dungeon of that level again. Most of the few challengers die in it, and only a very few manage to come out alive.

In the last SS-level ghost story world, only Jiang Ran survived and left, with a terrifying death rate of 29/30. White Eagle and Northern Alliance also lost their only SSS-level ghost story master in the country, and they have not filled the vacancy to this day!

Ten days before the start of the Ghost Stories World, Lin Changqing solemnly summoned Jiang Ran to his room.

"Xiao Ran, are you still going this time? If you don't participate, we won't have any objections. In fact, we would rather you live than take risks."

SS-level supernatural tale worlds are too risky. Not to mention Lin Changqing, even Jiang Ran himself is not 100% confident.

"If I can't even avoid an SS-level world, how can I possibly muster the courage to go to an SSS-level world later?" Jiang Ran smiled slightly. "Uncle Lin, don't worry, I came back alive last time, and it'll be the same this time!"

"SSS level..." Lin Changqing sighed, "Since this is your decision, I can only wish you a safe journey."

"Xiao Ran, you must be careful this time. First of all, there's Velens of the British Empire and Alansta of the White Eagle. It's almost certain that these two will be going to the next world."

"They are indeed a considerable problem," Jiang Ran said, his eyes darkening. "But if they dare to come this time, I will definitely find a chance to kill them!"

"Well, then there's Yamagami from Sakura. He refused Sakura Country's arrangements in the last world, so this world definitely can't refuse again. Sakura Country will definitely send him!"

No matter how unpleasant things were between him and the higher-ups at Sakura, once they entered the world of ghost stories, he and Jiang Ran would still be enemies!

"Besides these three old adversaries, there are also signs that SSS-level ghost storytellers from the Iron Tower Country and India are making their moves!" Lin Changqing's expression grew increasingly serious. "In other words, the next world will truly be a chaotic mess of demons!"

A truly high-level game!

“Since you’ve decided to go, I need to arrange some real help for you.” Lin Changqing stood up and took a stack of documents from the bookshelf. It was a list of S-level and above ghost story tellers in the Dragon Kingdom.

“I originally wanted to arrange for Zhuge Shensuan and Yu Cheng to help you. Both of them are trustworthy and have worked with you before. However, the Zhuge family refused to let Zhuge Shensuan participate in the SS-level supernatural world, while Yu Cheng readily agreed.”

"So I have someone else in mind for this vacant teammate position." Lin Changqing pulled a list from the documents and handed it to Jiang Ran. "Take a look, what do you think of him?"

Ye Ye, an SS-rank mystery writer from the Dragon Kingdom!