At first, only some black footprints appeared on the plastic runway of the track, but later on there were numerous black figures silently passing along!
The figures didnât look scorched, more like collections of smoke and dust. As they ran, he could see smoke and dust scattering, as if it couldnât keep up with the speed of the black figures.
Then a burst of cheers rang out in their ears. It sounded like a lot of people stood together to applaud.
But as the voices got louder and closer, they seemed to be divided into individual voices. Countless voices burst into the trainersâ ears, screaming frantically and harshly.
Su Zimo could see that it was none other than the countless black shadows that appeared in the empty bleachers making those sounds!
The spotlights were lit, there were silhouettes running on the track, and there were silhouettes in the bleachers. The playground seemed to be hosting a fierce competition. If the facial features of the figures could be seen clearly, they may feel more safe.
Su Zimo glanced toward the library subconsciously. The harsh screams just now may have affected the library since it was closest to the playground at a certain moment, so it may have caused a certain supernatural event.
As soon as his thoughts turned back, Su Zimo found the light from the playground seemed much brighter than before and the sounds had become harsh and sharp.
As he turned his head, he found⌠the playground wasnât brighter from the light, but because⌠the entire track was ignited into a raging fire!
The plastic track originally circled the playground, so when the flames rose, not only was the smell of burning plastic unbearable, but walls of fire were enclosing the playground, making it impossible for people outside to see what happened.
Su Zimo retreated to a dark area where the light from the fire couldnât reach. He knew that every nightmare world had its backstory. The reason why so many supernatural events happened in this university may be related to certain events on this playground.
Of course, what happened at the beginning may not be as terrible as the walls of fire surrounding the playground now. After all, the nightmare world changes based on the experiences of the ghosts, just like Zhang Xiaoqingâs illusions and the bus that caused the accident on the endless road.
This raging flame may be just one of the abilities of the ghost on the playground. Itâs purpose was to completely entrap the trainers.
Such a growing flame was indeed troublesome for the trainers. Wu Qing found that piercing the track with the sword could frustrate the ghost, but now that there was a raging flame on the track, it was impossible for Wu Qing to approach without fatality.
But Su Zimo didnât enter the playground, like Lin Xiao or Jiang Wei, to see if Wu Qing could find a way to clear the task in this situation.
In Su Zimoâs opinion, Wu Qing had missed the best opportunity to attack.
He was scared stiff when he discovered that a human figure was bulging out of the plastic on the track and began to bleed, but that time may have been when the ghost on the playground was most vulnerable with the weakest defenses.
If Wu Qing used the cursed sword to attack the bulging human figure during that time, he may have been able to solve the entire supernatural event before the blackened shadows started running and the figures appeared in the bleachers.
But Su Zimoâs hindsight was useless. After all, even he himself may not have been able to time it correctly.
So Su Zimo couldnât help but ask himself: If it was him trapped on the playground just then, what would he do?
The simplest answer was to let Zhang Xiaoqing and Ghost Umbrella attack. They were ghosts, not humans, so they wouldnât be afraid of the raging fire.
But what if he was an ordinary trainer who didnât have ghosts around him?
Was it necessary to dig a hole on the spot to attack the track through the ground? Or rush into the flames while risking the ruin of half of his body?
Su Zimo admitted that method was stupid, but it was all he could think of after a while.
Because of the flames obstructing their view, even Jiang Wei and Lin Xiaom who were standing closest, couldnât figure out what was happening inside.
Just as Jiang Wei was about to climb into the playground and Lin Xiao wanted to go to the roof of the teaching building to watch from aboveâŚ
âWu Qing! You must not die!!!
A male roar came from the playground. The others didnât know what was happening inside, but the wall of fire ignited on the track began shaking violently to the naked eye, as if the originally unbreakable city wall was being shaken by the enemy. The defense against everything was beginning to weakenâŚ
Immediately afterwards, there was an explosion that made the entire nightmare world shake. Su Zimo used the black umbrella to support himself on the road under his feet, then looked up at the wall of fire on the other side of the playground.
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He didnât know how long it took, but the wall of fire on the track began to die out. The spotlight, which had seemed less important because of the fire, still illuminated the green field in the center of the playground.
On the playground, three people were kneeling or standing with complicated expressions.
Thatâs right, three.
Wu Qing, the eldest miss from the Gan family, and Xu Huanhuan, Gan Yuanâs friend.
The boy who used to be the president of the hiking club⌠apparently called Hu Lie, had disappeared.
âWu Qing, you will not die!â Gan Yuan knelt on the ground, weak but angrily cursing at Wu Qing. âHeâs right. You canât die unless I pull you to hell!â
âWhat did he do?â Jiang Wei saw Wu Qing and the others had dealt with the malicious spirit, but there was one less slave behind him. He couldnât help but contemplate carefully.
âDo you know why slaves are so obedient? If I just exploit them while they canât attack me, theyâll surely provoke some pests even if they canât kill me.â Wu Qing sneered indifferently. âTheyâre so obedient because I, the one whoâs wearing the first medallion, can decide how a slave will die.â
Gan Yuan and Xu Huanhuanâs faces were dark.
Su Zimo seemed to know why Gao Yang could so easily exchange the souls of his slaves for ghost tools from the mysterious merchant.
Once they wore the medallion and became slaves, they would no longer be able to control their lives of their own accord.
Thatâs why Gan Yuan and the others chose to follow Wu Qing without saying anything.
âHu Lie died by rushing into the fire, suffering fearlessly, to attack the track with the sword until he died.â Wu Qing seemed to be explaining for Jiang Wei and Lin Xiao to hear, with a tiny expression of pity on his face.
âWu QingâŚâ Gan Yuan, who was kneeling on the ground, raised her voice as much as she could and looked pleadingly up at Wu Qing. âI was the one who said to bully you. If youâve played enough, let me go to hell. Huanhuan is just a normal girl. Sheâs done nothing wrong to you. Let her go!â
Jiang Wei couldnât help muttering as he stood outside: âItâs my fault, Iâm a step too slow.â
Without further ado, Jiang Wei took advantage of the fact that they hadnât yet left the nightmare world and took out the âCell Phone of the Admired.â He dialed Wu Qingâs number, which had already been saved to it, as quickly as possible.
A cell phone rang abruptly in the empty playground.
Wu Qing took out his phone, which had been useless for so long, with a strange expression. He found that the call was from an unknown number. Faced with a mysterious phone call while in the nightmare world, Wu Qing didnât intend to answer it. But then he leaned into the light and saw Jiang Wei outside with a phone to his hear, looking at him with a serious face.
âCan trainers in the same nightmare world call each other?â Wu Qing answered the phone with a confused expression.
The moment Wu Qing answered the phone, Jiang Wei said without hesitation: âWu Qing, remove the slave medallions from the two people behind you. Set all of your slaves free!â
âWho do you think you are, IâŚâ Wu Qing blurted out and wanted to refuse, but his body stiffened. âWhatâs wrong, I seem toâŚâ
Seeing Wu Qing stop and stand there stiffly, Su Zimo knew that things werenât going as smoothly as heâd expected. Whether the person answering the phone would obey the order was based on a competition of willpower between the two parties on the phone.
But Wu Qing seemed to have eliminated the ghost, so there wasnât much time left.
Su Zimo took out âGhost Callâ and let Zhang Xiaoqing pass through the barbed wire fence, setting up an illusion throughout the playground! Although cell phones were useless in the nightmare world, most trainers still carried them with them. Even Jiang Wei, who didnât have a cell phone, was holding the ghost phone in his hand.
In just the blink of an eye, Zhang Xiaoqingâs illusion covered all the trainers present. They felt that they were standing on a playground in the middle of the night at one moment, but then appeared in a⌠metro station.
The metro station created by Zhang Xiaoqing was of course different from the one in which Wu Qing met Su Zimo. However, most metro stations are similar, so it succeeded in shocking the Wu Qing and the other two trainers.
Wu Qingâs stiff body began to tremble.
Su Zimo asked Zhang Xiaoqing to make an illusion palace for a reason. The âCell Phone of the Admiredâ came from Zhang Xiaoqingâs fantasy world, so when the phone returned to that world, the cell phoneâs ability would become more powerful under her influence.
In other words, the cell phone in this environment was no longer just a one star ghost tool!
Moreover, the illusion created by Zhang Xiaoqing was tailored to Wu Qing by Su Zimo, which may decrease Wu Qingâs willpower to lower than normal.
The enhancement of the ghost tool and the decrease in Wu Qingâs willpower would increase Jiang Weiâs chance of success with the cell phone!
[Wu Qing. You must not die.] A slightly vague figure appeared next to Wu Qing. His voice was a bit distorted, but the people familiar with the environment of the metro station could recognize the figure as Xiao Yuyang, the veteran trainer and Gan Yuanâs boyfriend who Wu Qing had killed before.
The reason why it was so vague⌠It was mainly because Su Zimoâs impression of Xiao Yuyang was also vague.
[Wu Qing. I wonât let you go if you die!] Next to Wu Qing was Hu Lie, who was scorched all across his body. There was no unmarked skin anywhere on his body, and his bare eyes stared at Wu Qing.
How could this be?
Wu Qing could feel his heartbeat accelerate rapidly, as if it was trying to escape from his body. He was holding the phone in his stiff hand, and had at some point began trembling.
âWu Qing. Free all of your slaves!â Jiang Wei shouted into the phone again.