Lang Yu flew from the other end of the broken stairs on a phoenix and landed next to Qi Mi.
"We can't defeat it, so let's go. We've rescued the person anyway." Qi Mi thought for a moment and picked up the wooden crutch on the ground. "Maybe it will return to normal after we leave."
Lang Yu nodded, waved his hand to open the barrier, and disappeared.
The two returned the same way.
At this time, Xiaoyun, who had escaped from the underground palace, happened to collide with the Kuai family team who came to look for crutches. The group started talking near the underground palace. When they heard that the statue had turned into a monster, Kuai Weitian immediately started to glare at Xiaoyun and angrily scolded her for talking nonsense.
"It's true, old master. That monster wants to eat me. Look, my body is covered with its smelly saliva." Xiaoyun was still in shock and her whole body was shaking.
With the mucus on his body as evidence, most people in the Kuai family believed it in their hearts and whispered to each other.
Amid the noise, everyone saw the sunken ground suddenly return to normal.
Qi Mi walked out of the barrier and returned the wooden cane to Kuai Weitian with both hands: "I'm sorry, I took your cane in a hurry. Now I'm returning it to you. Xiaoyun is right, that statue is indeed a man-eating monster. It's best if you don't get close..."
Before she could finish, Kuai Weitian was furious and snatched the crutch away. Seeing that it was cracked and stained with foul-smelling blood, he was so angry that his veins popped out: "I remember you! You are the outsider who trespassed into my Kuai family's manor! What are you doing in my Kuai family's underground palace?! What do you want to do?!"
"My Kuai family has always lived a carefree life, except for you! Ever since you, an outsider, showed up, everything has been thrown into chaos! You witch!"
Kuai Weitian pounded the cane hard, and the crack widened again. With a sound of wood splintering, the cane in his hand finally broke in two. Because it was so sudden, he didn't react for a moment, and stumbled forward before righting himself.
Lang Yu stared at him, his voice as deep as a cold pond: "Tell me again, what did you call her just now?"
"I said, she is a demon..."
Boom——!!!
A huge noise drowned out the word "female" in Kuai Weitian's mouth, and a large purple hand suddenly emerged from the ground, and in an instant, sand and rocks flew everywhere, causing waves of air.
The sound was so loud that the tremors were felt within a radius of several miles.
It's comparable to a very strong earthquake.
Zheng Yuanyuan and Du Rui didn't know what was happening and thought it was just an ordinary earthquake. They hurriedly took the kids from the Douding class out of the temple and came to an open area outside.
Chen Banxianer, Kuai Liang and Kuai Alua who was resting on the second floor also ran out quickly one after another.
But they soon realized that this was not an earthquake, because from the other side of the darkness came a howl that was not like that of a human, more terrifying than that of a wild beast, like an ethereal roar from ancient times, which could instantly arouse the most primitive fear in the human heart.
The children covered their ears and began to wail violently, which was a hundred times louder than the polluted music played by the vandals before.
Zheng Yuanyuan took a deep breath and tried to stay calm, ordering the summoned black ball to immediately heal the consciousness of everyone.
Seeing these children running around uncontrollably, Du Rui covered his ears and shouted, "Everyone, sit down! Don't move!"
Bang! Under the effect of the mantra, almost at the same time, ten children, including Zheng Yuanyuan, Chen Banxianer, Kuai Alua, and Kuai Liang, all sat down cross-legged.
The black ball surrounded everyone's head, using sound waves to help them with mental treatment, as if it had opened a small barrier, and everyone's emotions gradually calmed down.
Compared with them who were thousands of meters away, the Kuai family who were at the scene were not so lucky. When they approached the terrifying giant hand, the crowd fled in all directions like a pot of boiling water, but the sound was like exploding in their ears, making them unable to stand steadily, and they fell to the ground after running a few steps.
The crowd fell to the ground in all directions. For a moment, there was only the distant howling of the statue and the shrill roars of the crowd. The mixture was comparable to the Shura Hell.
Qi Mi covered his ears with one hand and quickly helped Xiao Yun, who was slumped on the ground, up with the other hand: "Run!"
Xiaoyun had just stood up when Kuai Weitian suddenly grabbed her other arm.
"Where do you want to run to? Go back quickly! Now only you can appease the gods!" As he said that, he wanted to pull Xiaoyun to where the giant hand was.
Qi Mi reached out to stop her: "Are you going to let her die?"
"This has nothing to do with you!" Kuai Weitian shouted angrily, "If we don't send her back, we will all die!"
When Xiaoyun heard this, she hurriedly grabbed Qi Mi's arm and said, "Girl, I don't want to die. Please save me! Please--!!!"
"Save you? Do you want our entire Kuai family to be buried with you?" In a hurry, Kuai Weitian directly pried Xiaoyun's hand away from Qi Mi and warned Qi Mi, "This is exchanging one person for the lives of tens of millions of people. If you are smart, don't interfere!"
"don't want--!!!"
When the last finger was forced to separate, Qi Mi saw with his own eyes that Xiaoyun's face turned gray in an instant. It was the first time he saw that the blood color on a person's face could really fade in an instant, leaving it as pale as paper.
Almost as a reflex, she grabbed Xiaoyun.
Kuai Weitian's pupils shrank: "Woman, you don't want to live anymore! If she doesn't die, we must die too!"
"The lives of a group of people are lives, and the life of one person is also life. Why do you want her to die for you? Do you think the blood of the bride of the Kuai family has not been shed enough?" Qi Mi lightly tapped his left eye, and his bright blue eyes suddenly appeared.
Seeing the girls from the Kuai family dying again and again for such ridiculous reasons, she couldn't remain indifferent. What's more, this thing was not a god at all, but a monster of unknown origin. She had thought that the monster would be quiet if it left the underground palace, but now it seemed that no one here would survive if it was not killed.
Seeing Qi's dead eyes, Kuai Weitian asked in shock: "What are you going to do? Are you going to kill God?!"
"If you still think this monster is your [God], yes, I will kill it." Qi Mi drew his sword. "This kind of [God] who doesn't know how to treat humans with mercy is better off than me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the giant hand locked its eyes on Xiaoyun and pounced on her with lightning speed.
Stop!
Several halos flew out and instantly entangled the giant hand. When it was still two meters away from Xiaoyun, it stopped its movement with just a wave of air.
Qi Mi turned around and saw Du Rui running towards him, panting, with a halo around his neck that only appeared when casting a spell.
Du Rui nodded at her.
Qi Mi smiled, mouthed "thank you", and immediately swung out her sword, stabbing it fiercely at the bulging eyeball in the center of the giant palm. Relying on the gravity of her free fall, she used the sword to cut the eye open vertically, and blood gushed out continuously.
She spun around and landed on the ground, shaking off the blood on the knife, revealing its original metallic color. The next second, just as she was about to take advantage of the opportunity to strike again with the knife, she heard Kuai Weitian shouting for her to stop.
"Stop! The spirit is just angry that the bride ran away! Don't hurt it!"
“…”
Qi Mi glanced at him, ignored him, and attacked again without mercy.
Kuai Weitian was terrified and quickly knelt down to pray to the gods: "My Lord God, you saw it all! It was this hateful outsider who hurt you! If you want to bring down divine punishment, please bring it down on her, but don't let our Kuai family be implicated!"
"None of the brides in recent times lived to give birth to children. Are you dissatisfied with them? It's not a big deal. Our Kuai clan still has many women waiting to be married. You can choose freely!"
Qi Mi cut the palm of the giant hand horizontally, turned around and landed on the ground. She was hesitating whether to shut up the old man first, when she heard all the people from the Kuai family present shouting to stop her.
"Just leave it alone and don't hurt our God!"
"Just now I heard the master of the main family say that as long as the bride comes back, we will all be fine!"
"Really? Then the bride, hurry back! Hurry!"
This is the god of the Kuai family. They pray day and night to the god who can bless them, Kuaishi Zhuangzi, with peace and wealth. Everyone is making calculations in their hearts, fearing that their future lives will be affected after the god is gone.
Suddenly, there was a lot of noise, which was even more disgusting than the howling just now.
Xiaoyun thought she had escaped, but when she turned around, these people with the same surname and blood as her were staring at her with murderous intent. Even though they knew there was an abyss ahead, they would push her in without hesitation.
"You, you..." Xiaoyun pointed at them, her emotion changing from shock to sadness. She shouted, "You are the uncle and aunt I call you every day... You actually want me to die? You want to live, but don't you think I don't want to live too?"
Kuai Weitian: "If you want to live, you will disregard the lives of tens of thousands of people in our Kuai family! Why are you so selfish, woman?!"
He was probably banging the ground with his crutch out of habit. Even without the crutch in his hand, he was still waving his hand up and down in an exaggerated manner.
However, at this moment, the aura surrounding the purple hand dimmed, and Qi Mi suddenly took a few steps back. Then, he saw the giant hand raised upwards, and the gust of air it created instantly stopped the noisy crowd.
This time, the howling of the statue was even louder, and it caused the ground to vibrate violently. Everyone could not stand steadily and they all knelt on the ground, begging the gods to let them go.
Kuai Weitian led the crowd in trembling kowtows, over and over again, begging the gods to appease their anger. However, the gods showed no reaction, bursting out of the earth with a bang. The benevolent image with lowered brows and eyes had become green-faced and fang-like, with two stone eyes darting rapidly around, and heart-shaped lips opening and closing, revealing a strange and gigantic figure before everyone.
The next second, this huge mountain-like statue began to collapse, and the gray-black stone shell fell off, revealing the true purple-blue body inside.
Black runes were printed on every inch of his skin, densely covering his entire body.
As more and more stone shells fell, the huge hands like fleshy whiskers hidden in the stone statue stretched out densely among the flying sand and rocks. At first glance, it looked like a giant centipede engraved with runes.
When danger came, the Kuai family no longer cared about kowtowing, but all ran away crying and shouting.
Although Lang Yu didn't care about the life or death of the Kuai family, he knew that these people would inevitably become a burden to Qi Mi in a fight, so he coldly opened the barrier to prevent this big monster from harming innocent people.
【Go to sleep! 】
Following Du Rui's command, several light circles moved rapidly towards the head of the giant monster in front of him, but unfortunately they failed to reach it in the end and only managed to stop a few of its tentacles.
Du Rui's face changed, and just as he was about to use it again, Qi Mi raised his hand to stop him: "It's useless, Mr. Du. This monster is the incarnation of the Word Curse. You can't defeat him."
Du Rui was stunned.
After the statue's true appearance was fully revealed, Qi Mi could see clearly that each of the dense runes on the monster's body was actually a "rule" that bound everyone. Some were even unwritten "rules" spoken verbally, but they were carefully and clearly engraved on this so-called "god".
These words become shackles that bind people, imprisoning them day and night, and even for their entire lives. At the same time, it also explains what the "ghosts" that exist here are.
They are the souls of the cursed words. They are not real undead spirits, but souls that belong to these words [rules].
The runes of rules on this monster's body are its body, and its soul is spread out in all directions, jointly monitoring and controlling every word and action of every human being. If there is any behavior that violates the rules, the health points will be lost instantly.
As if furious that Qi Mi had seen through him, the monster roared towards the sky, a roar that shook the heavens and the earth. Thousands of strange tentacles suddenly danced, as if to intimidate.
Qi Mi curled his lips slightly, still looking at it fearlessly with the knife in his hand.
For a moment, the difference between huge and small sizes was reflected in this picture, and anyone who saw it would break out in a cold sweat for her.
The curse monster's tentacles, waving wildly, suddenly faltered, transforming into thousands of sharp blades, driving an air pressure attack. Qi Mi immediately swung his sword to block it, and then the blood-red phoenix flew over. The man and the bird worked together to immediately cut off several of the tentacles.
But the sword was also broken.
Qi Mi quickly turned around and dodged, avoiding the attack.
Perhaps because the tentacle was hurt by being cut, the monster did not attack immediately, and its body paused for a few seconds. However, because the attack did not hit the core, the severed tentacle grew wildly again in the blink of an eye.
Just like the deeply rooted [rules] that are difficult to break, they are broken and then reborn.
Qi Mi threw away the broken knife handle in his hand, and placed the dead eye in his left hand across his left eye, thus exchanging the amber eye with the dead eye.
In the past, when she used the Dead Eye, she only used her own eyes to borrow the Dead Eye's power. This time, she put the Dead Eye back in place, so she could fully unleash the Dead Eye's power.
This dead eye originally belonged to her, so she no longer had to worry about its consciousness being disturbed.
"Don't you call yourself a god? What a coincidence, this eye of mine is also divine... Do you want to see who is more powerful?" She slowly put down her hand, and the light in her bright blue eyes became even more intense, as deep and unfathomable as the vast universe.
Two crystal blue divine seals gradually appeared between her brows and the corners of her eyes, as if she were a messenger of God descending to the earth. Her aura was instantly overwhelming, and despite her tiny figure, she was not at a disadvantage in front of such a huge monster.
Seeing this, Lang Yu gently lifted the phoenix and let it fly onto her shoulder, and handed her an exquisite scimitar.
It was slightly larger than her homemade dagger. The scabbard and blade were both beautiful silver-white, with a few blue-green gems inlaid on them. Several beautiful runes were engraved on the handle, giving off a sense of aloofness and coldness.
It suits her very well.
Qi Mi took it. The silver-white blade reflected her blue eyes, which were extremely dazzling. She chuckled and handed the scabbard back to him: "This knife came just in time. Thank you."
"As long as you like it."
Lang Yu curled his lips. Just as he took the scabbard, boom! Thousands of tentacles attacked again.
The moment the two men dodged, a huge deep hole was smashed into the ground.
Amidst the smoke and dust, only the cry of a phoenix was heard, and a blood-colored figure circled and flew away rapidly with an unstoppable momentum, invisibly opening a shield for Qi Mi.
Qi Mi's feet were as fast as an arrow, so fast that they overlapped with the bloody afterimage. As she inserted her knife into one of the tentacles, she used the force of the tentacle's painful retraction to swing her body straight at the monster's head. At this time, the monster's face had not yet completely peeled off, revealing a half-stone statue, half-monster state. The two stone statue eyes were rolling around, giving it a very strange look.
There was a dazzling flash of silver light, and the silver scimitar cut the two eyes of the stone statue from left to right, and blood surged in an instant.
Suddenly, wails resounded throughout the world, and the monster screamed in pain. Its heart-shaped lips split open into a huge mouth of the abyss, and Qi Mi swung into its mouth. He held the scimitar tightly in both hands and relied on his own gravity to chop down along the tip of the monster's tongue, to the throat, to the esophagus, and finally fell into its food bag.
The bones in the food bag are piled up like a mountain, and the collision of white and red in this space makes it even more eerie and desolate.
Before, when she used her death eyes to look outside, she didn't see the [Death Gate]. This time, when she looked inside, the colorful and messy ball of yarn, like wool, appeared clearly in front of her.
A small shrine was embedded in the monster's flesh. From this shrine, dark red veins radiated outward like a spider web, beating rhythmically like a heart. Inscribed in black letters beside it were the rules: "Believe in the existence of gods, worship them, and pray for blessings. Only then will you obtain everything you desire."
Qi Mi sneered and tightened his grip on the scimitar.
[Object in view: Unknown shrine
Type: Clay handmade products
Death gate degree: high
Weapon in hand: Scimitar? Gu Le (lethality: 98%, recommended)
Suitability: Very high
Suggestion: Use the knife in your hand to deliver a critical hit! 】
So your name is Gu Le...
She silently repeated the name of the knife, curled the corners of her lips slightly, raised the scimitar high and chopped it down heavily.
In an instant, the shrine collapsed and broke apart, and the shrill roar of the monster in the ear stopped abruptly. The next second, the food sac tightened, and the monster's entire body made a final struggle and resistance.
Qi Mi simply thrust her knife deeper, slicing open the monster's abdomen and escaping with blood. As she stepped on the phoenix and landed on the ground, piles of bones mixed with bright red wedding clothes fell from the air, gradually scattering and piling up on the ground.
The giant monster whimpered and let out its last wail before death. After its whole body twitched violently a few times, it suddenly shot upwards and broke through the ground above its head.
boom--
Countless broken pieces of land collapsed and fell, bringing back the light that had not been seen for a long time.
The dazzling sunlight suddenly returned to this land. Qi Mi's eyes could not bear such strong light, so he quickly raised his hands to block it.
The monster was already lifeless at this time, drooping its body, and its purple flesh suddenly exploded, turning into yellowed old papers that fell all over the sky.
[Women are not allowed to eat at the table or go out at will.]
[Women should have slim waists, and men should be strong and muscular. They should each fulfill their respective responsibilities.]
[Men should have three wives and four concubines, and women should obey the three obediences and four virtues.]
[In life, I am a member of the Kuai family. In death, I am a ghost of the Kuai family. The dead must bless the living.]
[Pray a hundred times before death, and be reborn into the Kuai family.]
…
…
The shackles of words fell like rain, but at this moment, the prison was finally opened, and hope came to this land again.
These things that shouldn't be alive are no longer active, but are just old pieces of paper that are stepped on by people, nothing more.
Everything is peaceful.
Qi Mi tried to put down her hands and slowly opened her eyes. Through the big hole above her head, she saw the blue sky and freely floating clouds. Her mood instantly became much better, and the corners of her lips slightly raised.
Under the brilliant golden light, she held a silver knife in her hand, her body stained with blood, as holy as a god who saved the world. It was a shocking scene that could not be described in words.
Everyone lowered their heads, not daring to look directly.
Lang Yu put away his small fan, bowed slightly, lowered his eyes, and looked solemn and pious.
What he liked most was her resolute and decisive attitude towards life and death, her brightness and elegance, and he only wanted to follow her.
Qi Mi shook the blood off the knife and looked down. The paper at his feet, which had the words "The living can only live underground, the dead can only live above ground," had broken in two. Perhaps it was this ironclad rule that imprisoned humanity, causing the people here to gradually forget that they were the creatures who were meant to live under the blue sky.
She turned and walked to the intersection of light and darkness, and took back the scabbard from Lang Yu. The moment the dead eyes returned to her left hand and replaced with amber eyes, the two divine seals on her face disappeared.
The aura dissipated and Qi Mi returned to his usual self.
She glanced indifferently at the expressions on the faces of the Kuai family, not wanting to pay attention to them. She turned to look at Du Rui who was not far away and waved her hand: "Let's go, Teacher Du, go home for dinner!"
Her tone was so relaxed, as if she had just crushed a small insect.
Du Rui was shocked and nervous. He nodded blankly and gave her a thumbs up from the bottom of his heart.
Qi Fan smiled and said, "Teacher Du is also great."
Du Rui shook his head, but the smile on his lips still revealed his inner joy. He was very happy that he had finally helped Qi Mi a little this time and was able to not be a drag during the fight.
He was feeling excited in his heart, but when he looked up, he found Lang Yu looking at him expressionlessly. After staring at him for two seconds, he turned his head away indifferently.
That look is exactly the same as the black cat in the Midnight Apocalypse.
Du Rui: “…”
Then the three of them walked side by side and left in a leisurely manner under the silent gaze of everyone in the Kuai family.
At this moment, Kuai Weitian, who had been in shock, seemed to have thought of something. He pointed at Qi Mi and shouted, "I remember now. It's you, it's you—!"
Perhaps he was too excited, as soon as he shouted this, he suddenly couldn't breathe, and his limbs twitched uncontrollably. Everyone rushed over to help him.
Qi Mi turned around and saw a lot of people making noise together, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
The Kuai family gathered together, talking about carrying Kuai Weitian back to the room. At this time, the other people in the house suddenly ran out screaming: "Bugs, why did all our food turn into bugs! Ugh——"
When everyone rushed back to their homes in a hurry, they found that all the food on the table, on the ground and even in the warehouse had turned into disgusting purple-blue worms, wriggling and tangled together, emitting bursts of fishy and foul odor.
Kuaishi Zhuangzi was immediately thrown into confusion. Even as they were almost at the temple, Qi Mi could still hear those faint cries. He guessed that those people must have discovered that the food they ate every day was full of insects, which was why they had such a strong reaction.
"Teacher Qi! Teacher Du! Langyu's brother!"
Looking up, Zheng Yuanyuan and her ten children were standing by the vegetable field, waving excitedly at them.
Wang Xiaohu put his hands to his mouth, acting as a natural megaphone, and shouted, "Teacher Zheng said you guys went to fight monsters. Is that true?!"
"Yes, we won!" Qi Mi waved his hands proudly.
"I knew Teacher Qi was the best!" Zhao Yize clapped his hands excitedly and started running over. When he was still two or three meters away from Qi Mi, he saw that her body was stained with blood and various unknown, foul-smelling mucus. He immediately braked and frowned, "Is Teacher Qi hurt?"
"No, it's all the blood from the monster." Qi Mi replied naturally. Maybe she didn't even notice it herself. Now she can frankly let the child see that she is covered in blood.
Fang Xinyue pinched her nose and fanned away the stench with a look of disgust: "Teacher Qi, you stink too much. Go take a shower."
Zhao Yize echoed, "Yes, Teacher Qi, go take a shower quickly. I want a hug."
Yu Jiaojiao: "I'll go find some clothes for Teacher Qi!"
"I want to see Teacher Qi wearing that white dress!" Ye Shuci also ran in.
Unconsciously, the Douding class has found the most harmonious relationship among all the students.
Qi Mi is responsible for fighting in the battlefield, Du Rui and Zheng Yuanyuan are responsible for rear-line support, and these children are their natural spiritual healers, who can give them hope when they are most tired and desperate.
In the past, they were Qi Mi's weak points, but now they are her strongest armor.
In order to protect these little hopes, she can be invincible.
After Qi Mi finished washing and changed into clean clothes, she just walked downstairs and saw Lang Yu leaning against the wall at the stairs, as if waiting for her.
Lang Yu looked up and was stunned for a moment. She had just taken a shower and her hair was casually scattered. There were a few water droplets hanging on her fair neck. She looked so majestic just now, but now she looked like an ordinary girl next door, giving people a rare sense of intimacy.
Especially when her eyebrows curved, she could instantly touch the heartstrings without making any sound.
He was distracted for a moment before remembering to get down to business. He turned his head and said, "...Zero is here to report. That piece of paper is indeed not a pass. It's just ordinary burning paper. It's probably the monster's own deception ability. It gives whatever people pray to it for."
Qi Mi thought thoughtfully: "Then we have to continue looking for the whereabouts of the pass."
"Um."
"Oh, that knife." She pointed upstairs and said, "I've already cleaned it. I'll get it for you."
"Ah, that..." Lang Yu quickly stopped him, his eyes flickering unnaturally, his mind quickly searching for an excuse: "Well... your knife is broken, isn't it? I'll give you that knife. I don't use it often, so it's useless to carry it with me."
Qi Mi was suspicious: "But that knife is new, you don't need it?"
Lang Yu avoided her gaze and coughed lightly: "No, you use it."
After saying that, he quickly found an excuse to leave.
The knife, seemingly made of silver, was actually a rare metal, used to create statues and magical instruments in the temple. It was incredibly powerful. He had searched through many apocalyptic worlds before finally finding the legendary old blacksmith who had crafted this artifact. He had always wanted to find a way to give it to Qi Mi, but he had never found a legitimate reason to do so.
This was a rare opportunity, and he finally gave the knife away.
Lang Yu felt a little excited in his heart and smiled slightly with his head down.
As he walked into the yard, he looked up and saw a plate of fragrant green vegetables suddenly in front of him.
Chen Banxian, who was confused, casually handed the dish in his hand to him and said, "You're just in time. Bring it over and get ready to eat."
Lang Yu: “…”
A few minutes later, everyone sat down, their eyes flicking back and forth across the table. Although they had heard that Qi Mi had already destroyed the curse monster inscribed with rules, none of them dared to challenge the rules after being suppressed for so long. As their eyes flickered, they all landed on her again.
Qi Mi raised her eyes and found that more than a dozen pairs of eyes were staring at her eagerly.
She clearly raised the cup of boiled water and said, "Although the rules have been broken, everyone still needs to remember that you can't talk while eating, otherwise you'll easily choke. So, let's just have a small celebration! Cheers!"
Everyone was delighted and raised their glasses: "Cheers!"
Finally, a party filled with laughter arrived in this world.
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