274: The Underworld, Zhiweilou

Without any hesitation, everyone chose to end the game.

"Won't you reconsider? When only one person remains, you can get everything you desire."

The Beautiful Woman puffed out her chest, her curvaceous figure fully on display. Finally, she didn't forget to wink her right eye. That soul-stirring look instantly made the only male Spirit Tamer unable to stop himself from swallowing his saliva.

At an age where one "doesn't know the goodness of young girls and mistakenly takes a mature woman as a treasure," Tian Xiaolong felt for a moment that he was in love.

But it was only for that moment. When the outcome was decided, he witnessed the "Specters" imprisoned in the "Second World" being blown into a sky full of blood mist. Among them, three boys were his roommates; companions he had spent four months with turned into a sky of bloody water right before his eyes. He felt he would never be able to eat tomatoes or watermelons again in his life.

"What boring people! You have missed out on the best Spirit Treasure in the world!"

The Beautiful Woman shook her head and sighed. With a wave of her hand, she threw out all the survivors and then immediately fled.

She had a bad premonition.

But restricted by the rules, she had no choice but to let all the survivors leave.

Erupting all the Spiritual Qi in her body, the Beautiful Woman's speed increased by more than double. Only then did she barely feel at ease.

At her current speed, although the consumption was enormous, it was already comparable to a speed-type Spirit Treasure, ranking among the fastest in the entire Spirit Realm.

"Not good!"

An ominous feeling suddenly arose in the woman's heart. She saw a pale hand tear through the Void Realm and grab directly toward her.

"Damned persistent pest! I've stalled for so much time and you're still chasing? How are you so capable?"

The woman cursed inwardly and used her Skill again, her speed increasing slightly. But compared to that giant hand that covered the sky, she was still far too slow.

No matter how fast her speed or how strong her power, she absolutely could not escape that pale hand.

That was a god!

The woman stood still and shouted angrily, "Come out! Come out if you have the guts! A dignified Galaxy Level expert actually has the face to bully me, a Scorching Sun Level Spirit Treasure? Is this fun for you?"

Xu Le walked out from the nearby woods: "First of all, I am not a Galaxy Level expert. Secondly, it's precisely because I'm stronger than you that I'm taking action. Otherwise, I don't have masochistic tendencies, so why would I look for you?"

The woman was exasperated: "You... shameless! If I fall into the hands of someone like you, I'd rather die!"

A terrifying Spiritual Qi pressure permeated the air, and the Spiritual Qi inside the woman's body surged chaotically; she was clearly about to self-detonate.

Xu Le frowned: "Ghost, kill her!"

"Holy crap, you won't even let me self-detonate? You're ruthless!" The woman gritted her teeth. She liked testing humans, but she didn't like having a master over her head. "Even if you get my body this way, you won't get my heart."

"What I want is the Spirit Treasure. As for the intelligence born from this Spirit Treasure, don't worry. If you want to self-detonate alone, I won't stop you. If you don't know how, it doesn't matter; in a month at the latest, I will definitely find a way to erase the Spirit Treasure's intelligence."

"So ruthless?" The woman was a bit scared.

With her years of experience manipulating human hearts, she was certain the other party wasn't joking.

She wanted freedom, but not strongly enough for 'Give me liberty or give me death.' Otherwise, she would have self-detonated long ago.

The woman immediately changed her attitude and said sweetly, "Oh my, I've always wanted a handsome, mighty, decisive, and ruthless master, and you happen to fit the bill perfectly. From now on, Xiao Meng will recognize you as master."

"But I don't like people who harbor resentment toward me."

"Oh, Master. Xiao Meng likes and admires you the most. How could I possibly harbor resentment?"

"I came with friendship, prepared to play the game properly according to your rules. But you tricked me out and even threatened me." Xu Le kept a straight face, looking heartbroken as if he had been betrayed.

Xiao Meng suppressed the grievance in her heart and fabricated a list of eight excellent specialties, centered on Xu Le being a wise master for the ages, with her loyalty and capability as the two basic points, firmly supporting her new master, and so on. There was no sign of the decisiveness she had shown when she spoke of self-detonating earlier.

Under Xiao Meng's guidance and active cooperation, Xu Le began to input Mental Energy to refine her. Thanks to his terrifying Mental Energy and quality, he successfully refined her in less than ten minutes.

The original owner of this Spirit Treasure had a very grand vision. They had collected rare top-tier Materials from the Spirit Realm and used folk tales as a blueprint to forge a Spirit Treasure modeled after the Underworld.

Its appearance was that of a compass, containing four areas inside.

The first was Evil Dog Ridge, which contained a large number of mindless evil spirits.

The second was the River of Forgetfulness, where a large amount of Resentful Soul Grass was planted. However, if one touched the river water, they would be targeted.

The third was Wild Ghost Village, where hundreds of evil spirits were stationed. Over the hundreds of years, their strength had grown increasingly powerful, faintly posing a threat to the other three areas.

The last one was the Naihe Bridge, the very center of the spirit domain, where the power of rules was strongest. It even specifically activated the strongest Spirit Master—Meng Po.

Xiao Meng was Meng Po!

Xu Le almost spat out a mouthful of blood. The owner who created this secret treasure really dared to dream.

It was just that their ambitions were high, but their strength was average.

In the legends, the Underworld had a full twenty stops, but it was reduced to four stops here, and each stop was a scaled-down version.

At the very least, Xiao Meng, this Meng Po, didn't know how to brew Meng Po Soup, and the Naihe Bridge didn't look like a bridge either, let alone the terror within.

Xiao Meng nodded in agreement: "Exactly, she was just a chuunibyou girl who watched too many legends. Clearly, I'm only good at cooking, yet she insisted I play Meng Po. She even gave me old person makeup before; it was insane!"

Xu Le: "You said you were very loyal!"

Xiao Meng: "..."

If I say now that I'm loyal to my current master, will he think I'll say the same to the next one?

No, humans are too short-lived and have a strong sense of possession.

Then if I say I'm captivated by his looks... no, that makes me seem too shallow.

Life as a spirit is hard; I just want to roam around everywhere!

While Xiao Meng was on the verge of tears, Xu Le's voice rang out eerily: "Fine food can make people forget their troubles. I heard you're good at cooking. Show it off more in the future, and I can forget those unpleasant memories."

"Thank you, Master! I'll immediately make you Bigfoot Mushroom Stewed Chicken. It's an earthly delicacy; I guarantee you'll eat happily!" Xiao Meng was overjoyed.

Xu Le looked at the Spirit Treasure in his hand. It could attack, defend, trap people, pursue, and even store items. The only flaw was that it was difficult to take things out after putting them in, requiring Xiao Meng's assistance.

Continue using the name Little Underworld?

Forget it, that name is too low-class and doesn't show off his own style.

Better to call it Zhiwei Tower.

The other functions were secondary; could they even compare to Ghost? The key was still Xiao Meng's cooking. It had to be said, that bowl of meat soup back then was truly delicious.

Xu Le took out a motorcycle from his "paper ring" and headed toward Xu Huan's direction. With the Gourd Babies as a signal, there was no need to worry about going the wrong way.

Soon, Xu Le saw Xu Huan and the others.

"Brother, you're here!" Xu Huan called out very naturally, as if she had been calling him that since childhood.

Xiong Jingxiang solemnly extended her hand to Xu Le: "Mr. Xu, Captain Xiong Jingxiang of the Xuanwu Legion's Squad 325 greets you and invites you to join the Xuanwu Legion."