The field increases by 1 ghost per second. I am the ghost king in Tokyo.

"Shua!"

The long sword flew out from the misty white smoke.

Ito Makoto was very skilled.

The red blade quickly cut along the strange lifeline in front of him.

A wailing sound arose.

It soon stopped.

The first-level strange thing that suddenly appeared was immediately killed and dissipated.

The remaining part of the soul was swallowed by Murasame.

"There is no soul crystal!"

Ito Makoto retracted the demon sword and sighed.

Behind him, Soma Ryo raised his hand and yawned:

"Don’t expect too much from the first level, because things like soul crystals only have high drop rates if they are high-level and weird."

Red Alert, who looked like a bowler hat, lay quietly on top of her head.

He imitated his master and lifted one of his front legs, gently placed it in front of his sharp mouthparts like scissors and shook it.

With those big black eyes as round as black plums, it looked a little cute.

It gave Ito Makoto the feeling that it was very similar to the cute little jumping spider Lucas in a certain English enlightenment cartoon in his previous life.

But Red Alert seemed to be more robust and majestic.

The two of them had not encountered many twists and turns along the way.

Most of the people they met were weird. There was no sight of any monster.

With Red Alert's warning and the cooperation of the two magic eyes,

Ito Makoto beat these weirds like a father beating his son - just having hands is enough.

After killing a few weirds, Murasame's originally silver and bright snow blade gradually turned light red.

As long as it was revealed, it gave people a sharp feeling that the skin was about to be cut.

There was nothing else.

It seemed that swallowing the residual soul of the first level did not improve it much.

If you want to obtain new sword skills, you have to kill stronger beings.

Ito Makoto glanced at his own panel.

Name: Ito Makoto

Yin power: 556 cards (second-level ghostmaster)

Spells: 11

Items: 8

Possession of weirdness: 53

Evaluation: Some achievements, but still need to be improved.

Ito Makoto turned off the panel and felt okay.

With the resources he currently has.

Plus the Yin power that Kayako feeds back every day.

He should be able to easily accumulate Yin power to 1,000 cards before the National College League.

Become a third-level ghostmaster with [Yin Palace]. What

Ito Makoto is most looking forward to is that when he reaches the third level, the ghostmaster will usher in a sublimation of the life level!

The Yin power transforms and creates the Yin Palace.

The qualifications will also get a chance to be reshaped.

From then on, he will completely leave the mortal body and step into the extraordinary realm.

Ito Makoto sorted out his mood and asked casually:

"How long until the fork in the road?"

"It's almost there, just a few minutes away, but I feel something is not right."

Soma Ryo took out the map and glanced at it, his eyes filled with worry.

Ito Makoto walked in front and led the way:

"What do you mean?"

Soma Ryo put away the map and touched Red Alert's head, which was very comfortable to the touch.

"According to the information provided by my mom, there should be many strange monsters and traps in the underground maze, but we didn't encounter anything except a few strange monsters along the way. As the most difficult level in the Hanasaki Abyss, I don't think the school would arrange it so carelessly. There must be a trick behind it!"

"What a coincidence, I thought so too, maybe the bigger one is still to come."

Ito Makoto agreed with this.

Soon, the two came to the three-way intersection marked on the map.

The spacious corridor was divided into two lanes on the left and right.

There was only a thick high wall in the middle.

This extremely important traffic artery was shrouded by a barrier.

It seemed that it could not be destroyed by brute force.

According to architecture, such a design is actually very unreasonable.

Because the large space in the middle is wasted.

It is not used at all.

Ito Makoto stopped and looked at the three-way intersection in front of him with something in mind.

He asked Soma Ryo to take out the map, and after a quick glance, he smiled.

"As expected, this is what the school was planning!"

"What are you planning?"

Seeing him like this, Soma Ryo's eyes were full of question marks.

Ito Makoto raised his hand and pointed at the map:

"Look at the distribution of the four important landmarks: the entrance, the three-way intersection, the central earth spirit spring, and the exit. Based on the route, it is not difficult to see that the real terrain of the entire underground maze should be a skewed empty set symbol.【∅】Put yourself in his shoes. If you were the person in charge of the school's underground maze level, where would you set the difficulty?"

Xiangma Liang looked at the place where his finger had drawn and was stunned.

The next second, she suddenly widened her eyes and exclaimed:

"So that's how it is. No wonder there is only this weird guard at the entrance!"

Because of the unique terrain of the underground maze, whether you go to the left or the right, you will eventually reach the Earth Spirit Spring in the center.

If she were the level designer of the school, instead of wasting time setting traps and inserting weird monsters in various areas, it would be better to directly place all the"chess pieces" in the center and the exit.

The absolute numerical advantage greatly increases the difficulty of the level.

This is simple and crude, not very sophisticated, but it is indeed very effective!

Ito Makoto raised his hand and touched the mottled wall wrapped in the barrier in front of him:

"Why is there a strong barrier in this place? Because the school is afraid that students will have wild ideas and directly break through the wall of the corridor to find another way to reach the Earth's Core Spring. Doing so can avoid the school's advance arrangement and greatly reduce the difficulty of passing the level."

What a pity...

Ito Makoto's right eye glowed red.

Dark lines that ordinary people could not see immediately appeared on the surface of the barrier protecting the wall.

That is... the lifeline of the barrier!

Just as Ito Makoto was about to draw his sword, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the inside of the corridor on the right.

Tap tap tap!

The sound gradually became clearer.

""Demon?"

Xiangma Liang heard the voice and immediately took out the Kui Niu wood carving and prepared for battle.

But after listening for a few seconds, his face became strange again.

"No, is this the sound of Yuko's Kelpie running?"

She had fought against Yuko many times before. She knew her friend's demons very well.

Soon, a handsome black horse galloped out of the corridor, followed by a big black dog.

The two looked at the girl with flying black hair on the horse, and both smiled.

"Yuko"

""Yuko!"

Hearing the call, the girl gently clamped her legs around the horse's belly.

The Kelpie neighed and stopped immediately, and the horse's hooves left several eye-catching drag marks on the wall tiles.

Ermu Yuko looked back and was a little surprised:

"Chengjun? Liang? Why are you two together?"

""Woof!"

Kuroko barked excitedly, his tail wagging like a windmill, and he quickly ran to Ito Makoto and Soma Ryo, rubbing his head against their legs. He was especially enthusiastic towards Soma Ryo.

He raised his two front legs and put them on the pink-haired girl, licking her with his tongue.

"Hahaha, Kuroko, you're still so enthusiastic after a long time."

Soma Ryo hugged the Inugami and laughed heartily, rubbing his head against its furry brain, then took out a bag of dog food from the spider sac that looked very high-end in packaging and handed it over.

"Here, the latest high-quality monster meat jerky has been prepared for you."

""Woof woof!!"

Kuroko's eyes lit up, and he rubbed his head against the pink-haired girl before taking the bag away, lying on the side and biting it open to swallow.

Ito Makoto looked at him eating with relish and couldn't help shaking his head slightly.

He is indeed a dog.

No matter where he goes, he can get food from beautiful girls just by being cute.

Futaki Yuko got off the horse neatly, patted the Kelpie's head gently, said thank you for your hard work, and then put it back into his brain space.

Ito Makoto put away Murasame and walked quickly to meet him.

"Yuko, are you okay?"