Nightmare Apostle

Shocked by the change, Yang Xiao immediately pulled away, but it was too late. The old man's remaining left hand tightly grabbed Yang Xiao's wrist, and Yang Xiao could not break free with his strength. What was even more terrifying was that the old man's body seemed to be alive on the ground. Rooted.

The real old man is dead, and his body has now been made into a puppet. It seems that the other party has long been aware of the presence of someone nearby, and set up a trap to lure him into the trap. Yang Xiao did not hesitate to pull out the kitchen knife and cut off the old man's wrist with a backhand knife. , desperately running back, the old man's laughter trailing behind him like bones.

But things were different from what he imagined. The old man just smiled but did not pursue him. This made Yang Xiao keenly aware of the danger. Almost instantly, he realized what the problem was. I am afraid that the time he was unconscious was not short, but in During this period of time, the tragic situation here was not discovered by the academy night watchers. Is this possible?

There is only one explanation. This space is isolated, and the restrictions set by the person before are still there, that huge net!

Thinking of this, Yang Xiao suddenly grabbed a broken piece of wood and threw it forward. Sure enough,

After flying 7 or 8 meters, the wood in mid-air seemed to be suddenly cut by an invisible blade and became fragmented.

This man could kill two elders one against two, which was definitely beyond his reach. Yang Xiao had never thought of fighting this man, so all he could do was escape.

The space is blocked, and the only chance is the soul-telling mirror!

The opponent seemed to have seen his strength, so he didn't panic at all. From the moment he was attacked to now, Yang Xiao didn't even find the location of the attacker. The gap in strength between the two was like clouds and mud.

At an extremely fast speed, Yang Xiao finally found the tree where he had been hiding. Not far from the tree was a pool of water. He held the soul-capturing mirror in his left hand, and his ability was about to be activated. The escape process was much smoother than Yang Xiao imagined. It made him inexplicably uneasy.

5 meters.

4 meters.

3 meters.

Until he could already see the pool of water that slightly reflected the moonlight, it was only the last two steps away. But at this moment, the uneasiness finally materialized, one step, two steps, three steps... Yang Xiaopao After more than ten steps, but before reaching it, the water in front of me was like a mirage in the desert. It was clearly visible, but it was ethereal.

The old man's laughter became more and more harsh. It seemed that teasing a junior like Yang Xiao made him feel very interesting. This was not a battle, it was just a game, a game of life and death that was destined to end from the beginning.

But Yang Xiao still didn't give up and ran as fast as he could. Suddenly, a cold light cut through him. When Yang Xiao noticed, the cold light was already close. Depending on the position, the cold light would directly cut his neck and chop off his head. Consistent with the death of the middle-aged elder, at the critical moment, Yang Xiao's left foot, which was still running, suddenly tripped, causing his whole body to lose balance. He watched helplessly as the cold light passed by his cheek, and he fell down. In one second, the whole person arched forward and fell into the stagnant water. The calm water surface did not waver at all, and Yang Xiao's figure disappeared instantly.

Just before escaping into the mirror world, he heard the old man's mocking voice behind him stop abruptly.

"Hu" Hu 7

After lying on the cold and wet ground for half a minute, Yang Xiao slowly got up. This time he fell very hard. Looking back on what happened just now, Yang Xiao confirmed that it was his good sister who extended a helping hand. When he tripped, he , the restrictions that kept him in place were also broken, which was the key reason why he was able to escape into the mirror world.

At the same time, being tripped also allowed him to avoid a fatal blow, otherwise his head would have been missing by now.

"My sister still loves me." Yang Xiao lowered his head and stared at the opera robe, thanking him sincerely, but the opera robe seemed dead and there was no feedback at all.

Although he was in the mirror world, Yang Xiaoyi did not dare to stay for a long time. Firstly, he was guarding against the ghost in the mirror. Secondly, he was worried about the guy who just attacked him. The opponent's strength was probably top-notch among the You class. Such a person would do it. It's not like he has any weird abilities. It would be really scary if he followed into the mirror world to find him.

Looking down, he saw that half of the old man's left arm was still grasped on his wrist. Yang Xiao secretly said, "Senior, please don't blame me." He raised the kitchen knife and cut off several fingers one after another. Then he took off the half of the left arm and threw it aside. He turned around and followed the instructions in his memory. The road left quickly.

He walked for a long time, almost to the end of the mirror world he could maintain, and then he dared to come out. After returning to his own room in the apartment building, it was already late at night, and he was so exhausted that he had no time to wash up. Just fell down on the bed.

After resting for a while, Yang Xiao's dizziness was slightly relieved. He pushed open the bathroom door.

Opposite the door was a mirror. Just one glance made him break into a cold sweat. He saw that his face was covered in blood and his flesh was bruised.

No, no, it’s not his face, it’s the mask on his face!

In Yang Xiao's horrified eyes, the flesh and blood covering the mask gradually faded away, exposing the mask with the number 31 written on it. All this happened in the blink of an eye.

Afterwards, Yang Xiao understood that this was the opera's self-protection mechanism. Otherwise, once the number was memorized, the other party would be able to lock his identity and find him.

This narrow escape this time still took advantage of the opponent's underestimation. The next time we encounter him, it won't be such a good thing.

Suddenly, Yang Xiao's brows jumped, and he seemed to have thought of something. He immediately started to take off his clothes. Sure enough, while taking off his clothes this time, he tore off a large piece of flesh alive. It was about the size of half a palm at the heart. There is no free lunch in the world. , this is the price a good sister pays for her action.

After simply disinfecting with the medical kit prepared in the room, bandaging the wound, and eating something to replenish his strength, Yang Xiao leaned on the sofa and began to review what happened during this period.

Two elders were killed on their own territory. This is not a trivial matter. The Scholars Academy will definitely investigate strictly. From the previous conversation between the three people, it is very likely that the attacker is a family thief, that is, a member of the Scholars Academy.

The attackers said that within a month, the Confucian Academy would be expelled from the world, and said that this was punishment for their mistakes.

Yang Xiao didn't know what mistake the Scholars Academy had committed, but by linking recent events, Yang Xiao vaguely felt that this so-called punishment was most likely related to the Taoist-robed old ghost. He was chased and attacked by the Taoist-robed old ghost last time. If someone could completely release the old ghost in Taoist robes, it would definitely be a great disaster for the Confucian Academy.

If at this moment, there is another force secretly adding fuel to the flames, there are powerful enemies outside, and there are traitors inside to support it, it is not impossible that the Confucian Academy, one of the three bookshops listed above, will be in ruins.

Thinking of this, Yang Xiao immediately thought of Yang Cha. The Confucian Academy was Yang Cha's home. He didn't want something like this to happen. But after he took out his phone, he hesitated again. After all, the attacker's skill It was judged that this person's status in the academy must be high. If Yang Cha was notified rashly, once the news was leaked, not to mention that Yang Cha would be in danger, he himself would be in trouble.

After thinking about it, Yang Xiao decided to hibernate during this period, keeping everything as usual and observing in secret.

It was time for the attacker to panic, after all, he had escaped.

At the same time, Yang Xiao also thought of one thing. Before leaving the mirror world for the first time, he used a human bone stick to detect it and found no evil thoughts. However, judging from the series of facts behind it, the other party was hiding nearby.

Waiting for him, that is to say, his human bone stick detection ability has failed.

It seems that when facing an opponent who is far stronger than oneself, even if there is a magical weapon that can restrain or discover the opponent,

It doesn't have much effect either. In the end, strength has to speak for itself.

Nowadays, he has many good magic weapons on his body. It is not an exaggeration to say that he has a humanoid weapons arsenal. However, due to his weak mental power, his effectiveness against the enemy is very limited.

Now he knows that there are probably two ways to improve mental power. The first is to enter the nightmare world to experience, and the second is to use magic weapons in large quantities and frequently. But no matter which of these two points, it is very important for the apostle. It is tantamount to chronic suicide.

It would be great if I could grow to that level as soon as possible...

?

Closing his eyes, another figure appeared in Yang Xiao's mind, with silver hair and a silver gun. Just standing there alone seemed to be standing tall against the sky.

The silver-haired captain left a deep impression on Yang Xiao. This person should be the one Yang Xiao has met so far. The strongest person in the patrol department, Mr. Yang, the deputy captain of the investigation brigade directly under the Provincial Office, is far behind this person.

Lu Wencheng has more knowledge than him. He once commented that this person's strength is not weak among the Nether level. The two team members, a man and a woman under the demon, are not bad either. It is estimated that even if he has not entered the Nether level, he has only half a foot to step into it. The threshold is reached, a ruthless person who can kill the entire investigation team he belongs to just by picking one out.

But for the silver-haired captain's final performance, it was still too dazzling. He could even resist the attack of the Taoist-robed old ghost in a short period of time, which was not something a ghost-level apostle could do.

As Lu Wencheng said, the silver-haired captain was dead. He was awakened. Something awakened him and lent him his power.

No need to ask, this must be the work of his good sister. After the silver-haired captain's body collapsed, Yang Xiao vaguely saw a red figure behind the splashing smoke.

There are still many questions that he can't figure out, and there are no answers. The fatigue gradually eats away at Yang Xiao's last energy, until he tilts his head and falls asleep.

He slept until noon the next day. Yang Xiao was awakened by a rapid vibration of the phone. When he opened his eyes, it was already bright outside.

Picking up the phone, it was Yang Cha. Yang Xiao pressed the button to answer the call. Before he could speak, an anxious voice on the other side sounded: "Why did you answer the phone?"

"What's wrong?" Yang Xiao asked, "What happened?"

"Something happened! Last night, more than a dozen people were killed near the apartment where you lived. The death was horrific.

Among them were two elders from the academy, and the dean was shocked! "You could hear Yang Cha was so panicked, his voice was trembling.

Yang Xiao's head was already dizzy and aching, and he couldn't react for a moment. Hearing this, he was shocked and said: "What?

The dean is also dead? ! "

The other side of the phone was silent for three seconds, then suddenly said: "Where is this? The dean is still alive. No, the dean is fine. He is just furious. This is the first time in so many years that an elder is in the academy." Killed inside!”

Yang Xiao recalled that he only saw two elders killed last night, and immediately asked: "Except for the two elders, who were the others who died?"

"There are night watchmen from the academy, a few other students, and, by the way, two contestants who are here to compete in a secret match." Yang Cha reminded: "There will definitely be chaos during this period. The academy has sent extra personnel to set the whistle. Secret whistle, the elders are in a meeting now, and this matter must be brought to light. Don’t go out and walk around at will during this time. "

"Don't worry." Yang Xiao assured.

"There's one more thing I want to tell you. Your roster for the next game is out, and there are two people in it that you are definitely interested in." Yang Cha said mysteriously.

Yang Xiao felt something, "Who is it?"

"Tianzi No. 97, Prisoner No. 44." Yang Cha lowered his voice.

Hearing this, Yang Xiao couldn't help but frown. These two people were both from Rongcheng. Unexpectedly, they had also passed three levels and survived. Originally, four people came from Rongcheng. The one with the dragon number 243 was Yu. The No. 1 leader of the Xiu Sect of the Resentful Sect was killed by him in the amusement park mission.

Yang Cha couldn't help but sigh, "Brother Yang, your Rongcheng city is really talented. They can pass three levels. These two are not ordinary people. If you encounter them, you should be more careful."

"Can we find out the rest of the information about these two people? Anything is possible." The ominous premonition in his heart became more and more obvious, and Yang Xiao couldn't help but ask.

The other end of the phone was obviously embarrassed. After a moment, Yang Cha was embarrassed to say: "Brother Yang, there is really nothing I can do about this. To tell you the truth, the academy maintains a very high level of confidentiality regarding personal information.

Let alone me, even if the elders wanted to check, it would be difficult to find out. This is the rule. "

"It's okay, I'll be careful." Yang Xiao looked at the mask that had been taken off and placed on the corner of the table, and suddenly asked: "Let me ask you something, what will happen if you take off the mask during the mission?"

Yang Xiao was only reminded not to take off his mask in the mission world, but he didn't know exactly why. Could it be that he was worried about confusing humans and ghosts?

"I know this. The mask will hide your identity, and the ghosts will regard you as the original existence of that world. You can understand it this way. Once the mask is lost, the ghosts in the world will quickly sense it.

And look for it. "

After a pause, Yang Cha added: "Also, this is also the most important thing. After the mission is over, only the person wearing the mask can be transported back to the original world. The material used to make the mask is very special and will be maintained by the power of the nightmare world. Repelled."

"No matter whether there are words on the mask or not, it will be sent back, right?" Yang Xiao made the final confirmation. "That's right." Yang Cha nodded.

After repeatedly asking Yang Xiao to pay attention to his safety, Yang Cha was about to hang up the phone, "Wait!" Yang Xiao subconsciously interrupted him.

"What's wrong?" Yang Cha asked confused.

After hesitating for a moment, Yang Xiao gave up and shook his head, "It's okay, this period of time is not very stable.

You also need to be more careful. "

"Don't worry, take care."

"The same to you."

Yang Xiao didn't trust telephone communication, and there were some things he couldn't explain to Yang Cha. However, the murder of two elders was not a trivial matter. It had already caused shock to the academy's senior officials. These people were much more experienced than him, and they would definitely be able to find out. Some clues.

In the evening, Yang Xiao received the notification of the next competition. This competition was level B, with a total of 10 people participating. Different from the previous games, there was no limit on the number of survivors this time. As long as they could leave alive, they would be fine. pass.

But Yang Xiao is not too optimistic. Based on the experience of the previous games, the survival limit is almost useless. Many crazy guys will kill without limit. If their strength allows,

Hopefully all the contestants will stay.

At 9 o'clock in the evening, Yang Xiao had just finished washing and planned to rest early when he heard a series of footsteps coming from the corridor outside. Soon, the footsteps stopped outside his door.

"Boom, boom, boom."

Someone is the door.

"Is it Dao No. 31?" A man's voice came from outside the door. It sounded like a middle-aged man, and he was very confident. "We are from the academy law enforcement team. We hope to find out some information from you. Please open the door."

Yang Xiao remained calm and didn't make a sound, but the next second he panicked. The people outside only asked once. After waiting for more than ten seconds, when there was no movement inside, they opened the door. They...they had key!

After the door opened, Yang Xiao happened to walk behind it. He saw 7 or 8 people standing outside the door. The leader was a middle-aged man wearing a college uniform. He was about 40 years old, tall and had an old age mark on his right cheek. Jiu Scar, with a pair of leopard eyes showing a vigilant look, stared at Yang Xiao and asked: "You are at home, why don't you open the door?"

"Headache." Yang Xiao replied: "I just came here and you...

"What are you doing here rashly? This goes against the way of hospitality in your Confucian Academy." Yang Xiao turned against the guests.

Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man at the head did not buy his account at all, and said calmly: "We want to find out some information from you today, and please correct your position. You are not a guest invited by our academy, you are yourself. Sign up."

The two sat down on the sofa. The middle-aged man asked straight to the point: "Where were you when the murder happened last night?"

Yang Xiao had received a message from the academy not long ago, warning them that a murder had occurred in the academy and asking them not to go out unless necessary to avoid misunderstandings. However, the message did not mention the time of the murder.

"I don't know the specific time." Yang Xiao looked at the man.

According to my investigation, you went to Guansi Pavilion last night. You should have passed the crime scene just when you returned. The middle-aged man raised his head and stared at Yang Xiao, his tone suddenly changed, "I would like to ask, why did the murderer kill everyone who passed by that time period, but only let you go?" "

The middle-aged man was not angry and proud. The necklace he wore around his neck rubbed violently and made a "rustling" sound. This was a good magic weapon. If an ordinary person faced such a battle, he might panic, but Yang Xiao No, he resisted the pressure of the middle-aged man, stretched out his hands, and put them together in front of the middle-aged man. This scene confused the middle-aged man and the few people he brought.

"What do you mean?" the middle-aged man frowned.

"I killed the person." Yang Xiao said calmly.

"Nonsense, can you alone kill the two elders of our Law Enforcement Hall?" Another man standing aside, who seemed to have a lot of status, said angrily.

"You're not stupid, then why did you come to me?" Yang Xiao asked doubtfully: "If you want to hand over the task as soon as possible, just take me back to make up the numbers. I don't know the level of your elders. Anyway, I am a middle-to-lower Li level. "Little apostle, do you think your leaders believe it?"

"Excuse me." The middle-aged man said nothing, stood up and left, and the rest of the people in the room followed the middle-aged man out.

Sure enough, these guys had no evidence and were just here to deceive themselves. The middle-aged man had just used a magic weapon to find out his depth. He also knew that he was no match for the two elders, so he left.

But Yang Xiao didn't intend to tell these people what he saw. Who knew who sent these people?

Once he was the subordinate of that guy last night, he would have fallen into a trap.

But now Yang Xiao also smelled danger. He planned to write down what he saw and send it to Yang Cha before he entered the next game. To open the file, he needed to enter verification information, so he decided to set it to Three words: Brother Sui.

Yang Cha is a smart man, he can definitely guess it.

The middle-aged man came for him. After checking himself, he left. Yang Xiao came to the window and opened a corner of the curtain. He saw the middle-aged man leaving with a group of people, but he looked at it.

Yang Xiao suddenly realized that something was wrong. They had only a few people come in before, but why did it feel like... there were fewer people there?

Yang Xiao has good observation skills. He recalled carefully that there seemed to be 8 people who entered the room just now, including a middle-aged man, but after leaving... He looked downstairs and counted them one by one, only 7 were left.

So... where did the less one go?

Yang Xiao was not sure whether his idea was true. It was just a guess, because he tried desperately and couldn't figure out what the young man looked like, his height, gender, and clothing. He just had a vague impression.

But the more this happened, the more frightened he became.

After a few minutes, he couldn't sit still anymore. He first put on his opera robe, then used a human bone stick in one hand and a ghost lantern in the other. He lit the flame in the ghost lantern, and then checked in the room, first in the bathroom, and then under the bed.

Yang Xiao looked behind the sofa, in the closet, and even outside the window, but found nothing. The room was very clean.

Then, as if something suddenly occurred to him, Yang Xiao raised his head, looked at the ceiling, and raised the lantern in his hand.

"Huh, still nothing. Yang Xiao gasped, took off his mask, and sat on the sofa. His eyes kept patrolling the room. He didn't know what he was expecting. Was he expecting to find an abnormality or not?

He couldn't tell himself.

He walked to the bathroom and turned on the faucet. The cold water flowed out. Yang Xiao rubbed his face vigorously with the water.

He turned off the faucet, held the sink with both hands, and stared at himself in the mirror. Now he looked very haggard. The experience during this period made him so nervous that it would be an exaggeration to say that everything was in danger.

He leaned closer to the mirror and opened his eyelids, only to see that his eyes were full of bloodshot eyes. His skin color was also very pale now, and he could see blue blood vessels floating under his skin.

Originally, he just wanted to come to An'an to play a secret game and find a way to solve the ghost in the mirror, but he didn't expect that he would get into big trouble because of it.

The people in the Confucian Academy of Sciences were not idiots, and they could not catch him back to do business. Yang Xiao sighed, wiped his face in the mirror, turned around, walked out, and turned off the light in the bathroom, but he would never have thought that... In the darkness behind him, the self in the mirror did not synchronize with him, but stood silently in the mirror, looking in the direction he left.

I don’t know how long it took, but Yang Xiao in the mirror gradually started to move. His body was stiff and motionless, and his left arm was slowly raised up. Soon, a human head with silver beard and hair covered in blood appeared in the mirror, and he was caught in Yang Xiao’s hand. in hand.