2018
The road from the Third Ring Road to the Second Ring Road was easy.
In the Third Ring, if you weren't strong enough, you might be able to stay for a few days. However, in the Second Ring, if you weren't strong enough, then you wouldn't have any luck.
Xu Taiping and the others arrived at the entrance of the Second Ring Road.
There was also a wall here.
The height of this wall was much higher than the previous one.
Along the way, because of their reputation, no one came to stop them. Although no one knew what Xu Taiping looked like, it was still easy to tell when two men and one woman were together.
At the entrance of the second ring was a closed door.
The door was heavy, and in addition to the winter, it was frozen in ice and snow.
Why is it that people who aren't strong enough can't enter the second ring? If you can't even open the door, how are you supposed to enter the second ring?
There was a line in front of the door.
These people are here to challenge this door, and if you can open the door, then you can enter the second ring. Of course, you can also get someone to open the door for you, since the Spirit King did not stipulate that others cannot help you open the door, but when you want two people to enter the door, the Ghost General guarding the door will increase the weight of the door by four times, and the difficulty of opening the door will also increase by four times. Under these circumstances, if one of the two can open the door, then you will be able to enter the second ring, because this means that the person who opened the door possesses a strength far beyond that of a normal Ghost General, and this power is also sufficient to protect the person who is unable to open the door.
However, there were very few people who would bring their friends into the Second Ring, because this door was too difficult to open, and four times the difficulty of opening the door was even more impossible. Until now, there were only a few experts who spent a lot of effort to open the door that was four times more difficult to open in order to bring their best friend into the Second Ring.
Xu Taiping brought Mikaleira and Karwendi to stand at the very end of the line.
There were a dozen or so people in front of Xu Taiping and the others.
These dozen or so people lined up. Beside them was a Ghost General with the number eight badge on his chest.
Number Eight was one of the most powerful Ghost Generals.
This number eight Ghost General didn't look that tall, only around 1.7m tall. He had a medium build and wore a huge down jacket that wrapped around his entire body.
Xu Taiping saw Ghost General No.15 and Ghost General No.11. However, none of these two people were as scared of the cold as this Ghost General No.8.
Looking at Ghost General No.8's face, it was actually bright red, especially where his nose was, he could tell that he had been frozen to death with a single glance.
It was quite amazing that a Ghost General was so afraid of the cold.
"Come, open the door, someone." "Achoo!" As he spoke, Ghost General No.8 sneezed, then placed his hands in front of his mouth and exhaled a few mouthfuls of hot air.
The surrounding people were all silent, no one laughed at the Ghost General No.8's behavior, because a few minutes ago, when the No.8 Ghost General came into the Second Ring to retrieve his things, he pushed open the heavy iron door with one hand.
Everyone saw this scene and naturally understood that as the number eight Ghost General, no matter how afraid this person was of the cold, he was still someone they could not afford to offend.
A person walked to the front of the giant iron gate, stretched out his hands and pressed on the door.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The man let out an angry roar as the muscles on his arms bulged, causing his clothes to bulge. At the same time, the snow beneath the man's feet to be trampled down. This showed just how much strength the man had.
However, even with such strength, the iron door still didn't budge an inch.
"How is this possible? I just entered it half a year ago, why can't I open it now? " the man who pushed the door asked in shock.
"I forgot to tell you guys. Because of the cold weather, Achoo, the door was frozen, and now you need to use more strength to open the door. Achoo, you need to use at least 30% more strength than you did in the summer, so if you don't have enough strength, you should either … Achoo, don't, don't try anymore. If it's this cold, I'll freeze to death sooner or later. " Ghost General # 8 said as he rubbed his hands while sneezing.
"How can this be … Doesn't that mean I can't enter the second ring anymore? " the man who pushed the door asked excitedly.
"With this strength of yours, it won't be much use even if you enter the Second Ring, Achoo." The eighth Ghost General said this without any trace of politeness.
The man who pushed the door was very dissatisfied, but when he thought about how this number eight Ghost General had pushed the door open with one hand earlier, he could only suppress all his displeasure in his heart.
"You can scram now, don't block the way!" a black man behind the man who pushed open the door urged.
The African man was tall and well-built. He was at least two meters tall and was wearing only a single piece of clothing on such a cold day. The muscles on his body bulged out, making him look extremely valiant.
The man who pushed open the door frowned as he glanced at the African man before walking to the side.
He wanted to see if the black man could open the door. If so, then he would pretend he didn't hear what he said. If not, then he would let the black man know what it meant not to be too arrogant.
The African man saw the person walking away and sneered. He walked to the door and pressed both hands on it.
"Ha ha!" The black man roared and pushed his upper body against the city gate.
Bang!
A muffled sound rang out.
The ice on the city gate shattered to pieces on the ground, and the gate was pushed open a little!
Seeing this scene, the man who pushed open the door turned around and left. If he could push open the door, even a tiny bit would be more powerful than him!
However, this door had only been slightly pushed open.
The African man exerted all his strength and his veins bulged. However, even so, he could only push the door open a crack. Then, he was no longer able to open the door.
"Bastard, why is it so heavy? Bastard!" The African man roared and used all his strength, but it was still difficult for him to move forward.
"I refuse to accept this!" The African man shouted as he moved his hand towards the crack in the door and stuffed his fingers into the crack, trying to force the door open.
"Idiot." Ghost General # 8 snorted coldly, then suddenly sneezed again.
With the sound of the sneeze, the black man seemed to have exhausted all his strength. Hong, the door was closed, and the black man's hand was still by the door.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The African man let out a series of screams. His hand was clamped by the door and was unable to pull it out.
"What a waste of my time." As Ghost General # 8 spoke, he walked to the door, reached out a hand, pressed on the door, and pushed.
The door was pushed open, as if it weighed nothing.
Ghost General Eight's intention was to help the African man. He did not expect that the African man did not retract his hand. Instead, he rushed forward as if he wanted to pass through the gap between the doors of Ghost General Eight's room!
"You're courting death!" Ghost General # 8 snorted coldly and suddenly let go.
Bang!
A muffled sound rang out.
Xu Taiping raised his hand to cover Mikaleira's eyes.
Fresh blood spurted out from the gap in the door, accompanied by broken limbs …
The black man was crushed to death by the door.
More accurately, he had been crushed into a flat cake.
"Wasting my time, aiya!" As he spoke, Ghost General No.8 took a huge basin from the side, picked up the broken limbs on the ground and put them into the basin. Then, Ghost General No.8 put the basin to the side, put his bloody hand into his mouth and blew a whistle.
Along with the whistling sound, an enormous figure appeared in the distance.
This figure was very large from afar. Moreover, this figure was flying over from afar at an extremely fast speed.
The figure ran like a bear, but when he got closer, he realized it was actually a man, and a man covered in fur.
This person's height was conservative, estimated to be at least 2.2 meters and 500 kilograms. His body hair was longer than normal people's, and all of them were white.
This should be a person with both hirsutism and albinism, but what was strange was that this person was actually moving his limbs forward, just like an animal.
This person came close, and after seeing the contents of the iron bowl, he happily let out a low roar. Then, this person actually directly laid down on the surface of the bowl and began to eat the contents.
The expressions of everyone present were normal, as if they had all seen this person before.
Xu Taiping narrowed his eyes and looked at the man carefully. He saw a collar with a number seven on it.
This man was the seventh Ghost General!
From the looks of it, this person could no longer be considered human. His actions and actions were no different from those of wild beasts.
"Alright, continue. Achoo, the sun is about to set. Achoo, it's getting colder and colder. You, you, Achoo, all of you hurry up. Otherwise, Achoo, I'll get angry!" Ghost General # 8 said.
With the command of Ghost General Number Eight, the team continued to move forward slowly.
Xu Taiping looked around. Out of the ten people who tried to open the door, only one had opened it. The chances of it opening were very low.
Xu Taiping looked behind him and saw that there were more than ten people lined up behind him. There was no comparison in the number of people in the party compared to the number who had entered the third ring. There were also a lot of people who had skeleton badges on their bodies.
Not long after, Xu Taiping arrived at the door.
Ghost General # 8 looked at Xu Taiping and said, "You guys line up, one at a time."
"The three of us together." Xu Taiping said.
"Join the line too. Achoo, laozi hates those who disobey laozi's rules the most." Ghost General # 8 said.
"I mean, I opened the door alone and they came in with me." Xu Taiping said seriously.
"Ah?!"
When everyone heard this, they were all stunned.