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2016

Three rings. This was a completely different place from the first two rings.

This was the second time Xu Taiping had entered the Third Ring.

The first time he entered the third ring was nine years ago.

That year, he was still a young man in his early twenties. He had just undergone some basic training, and was then sent by Old Z, Zhao Taixu, to the City of Fear. After staying in the City of Fear for a while, Xu Taiping felt that he had enough power, so he entered the third ring.

At that time, that Ghost General gave Xu Taiping the same feeling as when Xu Taiping saw Zhao Qingshan a year ago, a feeling of being unable to match up to him. However, even if that was the case, Xu Taiping still challenged that Ghost General and lost miserably, his legs were broken and someone threw him over the wall.

At that time, Xu Taiping was almost dead, but he was lucky enough to survive. Uncle saved him and protected him until he recovered. After that, he was taken away by Zhao Taixu and never had the chance to come back.

Xu Taiping didn't want to leave. He wanted to enter the third ring after becoming strong, but since Zhao Taixu wouldn't allow it, he had no other way. Thus, Xu Taiping left a timid impression on them. Of course, none of this mattered now, because the hound was dead, and even Blowing Snow was dead.

Compared to the Fourth and Fifth Rings, the Third Ring was much more barren.

As far as the eye could see, everything was covered in snow, whether it was the house or the road.

Due to the lack of people, the snow on the road here was much thicker than the four or five rings. If one were to walk on it, the snow would sink directly to the level of one's knees.

The people who entered the Third Ring were scattered out, and very few people would follow the path of the previous person, because those who entered the Third Ring were all looking for opportunities to get hit by the ghost. They wanted to find opportunities to become stronger, because these people were rivals to the ghost soldiers in the Third Ring, and the ghost soldiers who lived in the Third Ring would appear every night. Their numbers were limited, and those who stayed in the Third Ring would guard the city from the ghost soldiers, and those who were weaker had to hide from the ghost soldiers, and if they were lucky, they would get hit by the ghost soldiers.

Rather than say that the Third Ring was a residential area, it would be more accurate to say that it was a hunting ground. Ghost soldiers and ghost soldiers were everywhere. There were hunters and prey ….

"This is a very exciting place." Xu Taiping said as he walked.

"I can feel it!" Karwendish crouched down and grabbed a clump of snow from the ground.

The snow was already red, dyed red with blood. Underneath the snow was a pale human face.

Here, a man had died, and he had been buried by the snow.

Karwendi shook Xue off in disgust, then said, "We must enter the Second Ring as soon as possible. According to the information I have obtained, the Ghost Hunting Ground is located in the Second Ring."

"En!" Xu Taiping nodded, pointed ahead, and said, "Keep going. If nothing goes wrong, about half an hour later, you'll be able to pass through three rings and reach the second ring."

"It's not that simple if nothing goes wrong." Karwendish said.

Following Kavan and Dixu's words, two men appeared in front of Xu Taiping and the others.

The badges of Satan were hanging on the chests of these two men. From this, it could be seen that these two men were Phantom Soldiers!

One of them was squatting on the ground while the other one was standing. The person standing was carrying a huge knife on his shoulder while the other was squatting on the ground with a cigarette in his mouth.

They were both yellow-skinned men. One of them had a single eyelid, and from the looks of it, they were from the country of pickled vegetables. The other one had somewhat dark skin. He seemed to be from Southeast Asia.

"How dare a ghost come to the Third Ring?" The man squatting on the ground with a cigarette in his mouth looked at the skulls on their chests, then asked with a frown.

"We only want to enter the third ring. We don't want to fight." He was not afraid of the two people in front of him, the so-called ghost soldiers were basically Earth Stage warriors, and Duanmu Huanghun's strength could be considered the top here, not to mention him. However, Xu Taiping did not like to cause too much noise, they had brought their goal here, and they were definitely following the tail that Henry had arranged for them.

"Who really wants to fight? You guys want to look for ghosts, but only that many of them appear every night. If the ghosts get on your bodies, we will lose a chance of getting hit by the ghosts, so, anyone who isn't a Phantom Soldier here is our enemy. " The man squatting on the floor said.

"Alright then …" Xu Taiping sighed. Since these two weren't going to let him go, he had no choice but to get rid of them as soon as possible and move on.

Just as Xu Taiping was about to make his move …

Xiu Xiu! *

Two sonic booms suddenly rang out.

The two men in front of Xu Taiping pushed open the door!

The two arrows pierced into the spot where they were standing.

"Someone else came?" The man with the cigarette frowned as he looked towards Xu Taiping and co. 's side.

Xu Taiping looked to his side.

He saw that about a dozen meters away from him, a few people were standing, and two of them were actually holding bows and arrows.

This place didn't allow hot weapons, but cold weapons were still allowed.

"Don't let them go!" shouted a golden-haired man in the crowd.

Following that, the group of people charged straight at the two ghost soldiers. At the same time, a few people suddenly jumped out of the house behind the two ghost soldiers. These people blocked the path of the two ghost soldiers!

These group of people who had suddenly appeared were roughly a dozen or so in number, and all of them were wearing Fiend emblems.

"It's you guys?!" The expression on the face of the man with the cigarette changed, then he turned around and ran.

However, he was still too slow.

A dozen or so people had already surrounded all of their escape routes. After that, the dozen or so people attacked the two people like a violent storm.

In less than half a minute, the two were decapitated, and their Satan badges were taken away.

"You don't have to thank me." The blond man smiled as he walked up to Xu Taiping. "Those of us who came in from the Fourth and Fifth Rings should be helping each other."

"This..." Xu Taiping felt a little awkward. He really did not want to thank her, but since she said so, he would have to thank her.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Elvin." The blond man said.

"Oh, thank you for saving us, Mr. Elvin." Xu Taiping said.

"You're welcome, haha. What's your name?" Elvin asked.

"I'm called Little Xu." Xu Taiping said.

"Little Xu? Are you Chinese? Why didn't you find an organization when you came to the Third Ring Road? It's very hard to survive here alone, why don't you join us? When a dozen of us gather together, we're still very strong. Basically, when we see the ghost soldiers, we can kill them all! We'll stay together until night, and then we'll find a place with many ghosts. When that happens, the chances of us getting carried away by the ghosts will be greater, and when we do, the others can even help protect you, which is much better than the few of you! " Elvin smiled and extended an invitation to Xu Taiping.

"No need, we still have things to do." Xu Taiping said.

Hearing Xu Taiping's words, Elvin's face turned dark.

"Are you looking down on us?" Elvin asked.

Xu Taiping didn't expect the man to change his mind so quickly. He said awkwardly, "We are indeed busy. Our target is not a ghost."

"Heh, which one of the people who entered the third ring didn't come for the ghost? Aren't your words a little too untrustworthy? Are you worried that we will outnumber you and steal your ghosts? Let me tell you, in this place, other than you being strong enough, if we were to fight two or three people together, only death awaits us. I advise you to join us. Elvin said coldly.

"No need! The three of us can do it. " Xu Taiping shook his head and walked on.

"Tch, who do you think you are? Just a moment ago, the two ghost soldiers were so scared that they didn't even dare to move. Someone said in disdain.

"We are waiting to collect your corpses." someone called after him.

Xu Taiping pretended not to hear her and walked forward.

After walking for a few meters, Xu Taiping stopped.

It was not that Xu Taiping wanted to refute these people, but he saw that there were a lot of people in front of him!

Elvin and the others also saw the group of people that had appeared.

All of those people had Satan badges on their chests!

The Satan emblem meant that every single one of them was a powerhouse in the Phantom Soldier realm, and the total number of these people … There were over a hundred of them!

Hundreds of ghost soldiers suddenly appeared, blocking Xu Taiping's path. At the same time, they blocked his path of retreat.

There were more than a hundred ghost soldiers surrounding Xu Taiping, Alven, and the others.

The faces of Elvin and the others changed. They never thought that they would encounter over a hundred ghost soldiers in this place.

"Bastard, we've been ambushed!" Elvin called out in excitement.

"Ambushed?" Xu Taiping frowned, looking at the ghost soldiers.

Following that, a brown haired, muscular ghost soldier walked out from the crowd and stood in front of Xu Taiping and the rest.

"I've finally caught you guys!" The brown haired ghost soldier looked at Elvin coldly and said, "You have entered the third ring so many times, and each time, you have formed a team and killed so many ghost soldiers. This time, we will form a team as well. Don't even think about leaving!"

Hearing this, Elvin's face turned as white as paper.