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Soon, the cage was lifted up again. What used to take two people to carry was now handled by two mushroom monsters.
Luo Xiu felt himself being lifted high by some object and piled on top of another iron cage.
The image of the mushroom monster lifting two large iron cages with one hand flashed through his mind. He closed his eyes and held his breath.
After an unknown amount of time, the iron cage finally stopped moving, and with a heavy sway, it crashed to the ground.
"what--"
A woman's scream came from the iron cage beneath him. Luo Xiu was taken aback; the voice sounded so familiar.
He reached out and easily pierced through the curtain of the iron cage beneath him, creating a small hole.
Looking through the hole, Luo Xiu's expression froze.
Beneath the iron cage was a woman he had never seen before. She looked delicate and pitiful, but most of her body radiated a blue light, which allowed Luo Xiu to immediately identify her.
It was the same woman who had just done her and Hup's makeup.
How did she get here?
Luo Xiu recalled the events and immediately felt a headache coming on.
No wonder the woman looked so regretful when I said I didn't have a map. It turns out that when she asked me if I had a map, she didn't want one for herself, but rather wanted to ask me for one.
So when he said he'd stop after this job, he wasn't referring to putting on makeup; he meant he had another purpose after entering the inner city.
Luo Xiu felt a little sorry for the last girl he had never met. The woman's shop had four items in total, but three of them were fakes, leaving only one genuine item all alone.
Beneath her, the woman was still performing, making faint, trembling sounds as she curled up in a ball, shivering.
After noticing a hole in the curtain, she put on a powerful performance, her eyes conveying both the joy of seeing someone in the same situation as her and the uncertainty about the future.
She then calmed down, behaving like a girl who had calmly accepted her fate, as if she had only been startled by the sudden fall.
If she weren't still in a cage, Luo Xiu would have applauded her acting skills.
There were also some movements coming from the cages next to it, it seems that the "goods" from another shop have woken up.
"Delivery completed, hehe—"
A sharp sound rang out, seemingly marking the completion of yet another handover.
This should be the final handover, Luo Xiu thought to himself.
"Okay, wait a moment, I'll bring over the equipment for measuring rank."
Someone spoke up, and what they said startled Luo Xiu.
We need to test rank? I haven't heard anyone mention this test, probably because the woman was only in charge of the first handover between Rum Street and the casino, so she wasn't clear about this handover.
Sure enough, when Luo Xiu lowered his head and met the eyes of the woman below, they both saw a hint of nervousness in each other's eyes.
Chapter 162 First Kill! (Submitting the manuscript while stepping on the tail)
What should we do now?
Luo Xiu's thoughts raced. Although his supreme body could block [Judgment], whether it could block the item was unknown. Moreover, even if he could block it, there was still Xiu Pu.
When he and the woman locked eyes, they both understood each other's thoughts.
The woman was surprised that Luo Xiu had seen through her, so she stopped pretending and gave Luo Xiu a look.
Luo Xiu couldn't understand the specific meaning in her eyes; he didn't have true mind-reading abilities. However, he understood the chilling killing intent in her eyes.
With a sigh, Luo Xiu returned the woman's gaze, his own killing intent equally palpable, even stronger than hers, startling her.
Gallo on the stage didn't die unjustly; beneath that gentle exterior lay a ruthless killer. She thought to herself.
The two waited silently.
It wasn't until the curtain over the iron cage was slowly lifted, and dim light streamed through the bars, that Luo Xiu squinted and was able to see his surroundings clearly.
This appears to be the back door of a building, with a solitary white lamp hanging on the wooden door, illuminating an area of about a few square meters.
Above the white lights was a colossal building, its height unknown, reaching into the clouds and blending into the pitch-black night, like a gigantic beast crouching in the darkness, ready to devour its prey.
Ahead of the white light lay a vast plain shrouded in night, its edges blending seamlessly with the dim sky.
This is...the inner city?
The inner city was completely different from what Luo Xiu had imagined. When he first entered Kanriel, Bota, the head of the merchant guild, invited him to visit the inner city from the arena and assured him that he would love the place.
At that time, he thought the inner city was an incredibly prosperous metropolis, perhaps with the ground covered in gold or red velvet carpets, and everyone walking on it dressed in formal attire, chatting and laughing.
Later, Tata told him that the inner city was a run-down place with a broken river and a lousy casino, and he thought that maybe the inner city was too small and the scenery was monotonous.
But I never expected to see this scene.
Luo Xiu looked at the iron cage next to him. Xiu Pu was looking around in confusion. Unlike the woman in the cage below who was just pretending, this kid was really confused.
Seeing Luo Xiu looking at him, Xiu rubbed his eyes and then gave Luo Xiu a questioning look, as he still didn't understand the situation.
Luo Xiu made a gesture, signaling him not to act rashly.
He then pointed to two men standing next to the cage, one in a red suit and the other in a gold suit, warning Shoep that these two were dangerous individuals.
Although Hugh was somewhat confused by Luo Xiu's gaze, he immediately became alert when he remembered that he had suddenly fallen asleep for some reason.
Luo Xiu looked at the two men, one of whom looked almost exactly like the one he had seen before.
They were all dressed in gold formal wear with tight pants, had faces that looked like they were painted on, dead smiles that revealed a row of teeth, and made giggling sounds from time to time. They were all fourth-tier.
The other one, with a deeper voice, was wearing a red tuxedo and baggy trousers. He was a little shorter than the man in the gold tuxedo, but still very tall, with a round belly like a watermelon.
Its body radiates yellow light; it is a third-tier creature.
Luo Xiu frowned. Logically speaking, this should be the first time he had seen this type of mushroom monster, but it seemed strangely familiar.
"crunch-"
The wooden door was pushed open; it must be the person who went to get the testing equipment returning.
To Luo Xiu's surprise, the person who came out of the wooden door was actually a human boy.
He was dressed as a waiter, and the light emanating from him was only orange, which meant that his strength was only at the second level.
However, the young waiter showed no respect whatsoever when faced with two mushroom monsters of far higher rank than himself, casually tossing the huge stone plate he was holding in front of the mushroom monsters.
"Hurry up and test it. I just moved it here and it took me a while. If this test disc is separated from the main body of the prop for too long, it won't be very effective."
The boy spoke, his expression dismissive and indifferent:
"Hurry up and finish the formalities so you can go back and rest early."
"Okay, hee hee—"
The man in the gold suit nodded, showing no disrespect for the young man's low rank; on the contrary, he was quite respectful.
Luo Xiu watched this scene unfold and pondered it carefully.
It was only then that Hugh realized they were going to do a test, and he quickly gave Luo Xiu a look, wanting to know what to do.
But at this moment, Luo Xiu's mind was elsewhere, and he completely failed to notice Xiu Pu's crazy hints.
The woman beneath Luo Xiu noticed and responded to Xiu Pu.
Heap ignored the woman's response because he could no longer recognize her.
That guy must be an idiot.
He watched the woman wink and made faces, and that's what he was thinking.
That fucking idiot.
The woman looked at Hugh, who was ignoring her, and this is what she was thinking.
The man in the red suit standing to the side had already picked up the stone plate.
The stone plate that the young waiter needed two hands to lift was now as light as a feather in his hands. He picked it up with one hand, even tossed it into the air and spun it twice before catching it steadily.
The man in the red suit approached the cage. He was in charge of moving "goods" from another shop, so he was closer to the ordinary men and women and started the testing from there.
The men and women in the iron cages were all scantily clad and had beautiful faces. When faced with the inspection by the man in the red suit, they showed some fear, but they weren't that scared.
Because in their eyes, the man in the red suit had absolutely nothing to do with monsters, and no one would think that way.
As the man in the red suit walked past the cages with the stone plate, almost reaching them, Shup's face contorted with rage, while Luo Xiu remained oblivious.
When the man in the red suit walked up to Schup, Schup's expression froze, and he stared wide-eyed as light appeared on the stone disc, as if it were about to form a certain number.
The man in the gold suit saw the light appear, turned his head, and immediately became interested. His smile became even more chilling as he walked towards Schup with a grin.
Hupper was at his wit's end. Just as he was about to shout desperately to wake Luo Xiu, the man in the gold suit suddenly stopped, his laughter ceased, and his eyes, which had been darting around, became empty.
Beneath Luo Xiu, the woman sighed:
"You just want me to make the first move, don't you? Is it really necessary? This is your friend."
"Not a friend, but a junior."
Seeing the magical fluctuations emanating from the woman, Luo Xiu finally confirmed that her specialty was indeed mental attacks.
The disguise she painted on her face was extremely well done, but what truly worked was the spiritual power she left behind while applying the makeup.
Luo Xiu had sensed it then, and now he has finally confirmed it.
The moment he finished speaking, the iron cage he was in was twisted by the aura emanating from him, and a large hole instantly appeared in the bars.
His figure swept past at incredible speed, like a ghost in the night. The waiter boy didn't even have time to react before he was struck in the neck and knocked unconscious.
Without any pause, and without anyone in the room being able to see his route, they only felt a gust of wind sweep across their faces before Luo Xiu appeared in front of the man in the red suit.
puff--
A hole the size of a dinner plate appeared in the chest of the tall man, through which Luo Xiu's hand pierced. Dark blood slowly seeped from the wound, and a putrid smell permeated the air. The man in the red suit's body looked like a lump of rotten flesh, as if he had been dead for a long time.
Luo Xiu's eyes flickered. That's it, that's the feel.
Chapter 163 Double kill!
The fat man in the red suit had his chest pierced by Luo Xiu's punch, but he didn't seem to have suffered any serious injury.
His smile froze, a hint of anger flickering in his eyes. He looked down at Luo Xiu and reached out to grab the arm that Luo Xiu had stuck in his chest.
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