Killing Their Way into the Forbidden Palace

Before entering Ghost Capital, Xiao Ran had imagined many things.

As he had expected, Ghost Capital was full of demons and monsters, with danger lurking at every turn. After they fought desperately, Huang Chao, the big boss, would calmly make his entrance.

But the reality was completely different from what Xiao Ran had imagined.

This place was more like a carefully scripted play. Everyone was forced onto a different path, yet without exception, they were all like puppets being manipulated, step by step toward their scripted endings.

Even though he had escaped the Li Family long ago, in the end, he was the one who had released those bloodthirsty fiends from the examination grounds.

And the mastermind behind it all hadn't even shown his face once.

If you won't show yourself, then I'll just kill my way in and see what's going on.

"We're going in!"

Guxin Hall looked up at Xiao Ran, then glanced toward the Forbidden Palace ahead. At last, as if he had made up his mind, he stood and held out his hand. The long sword Xiao Ran had sent flying seemed to sense him and swiftly returned to his palm. He sheathed it, rose without a word, and walked to Xiao Ran's side. "Count me in. What's the plan?"

Xiao Ran turned to the Tiger Demon behind him. "First, we'll find that lunatic. Then we'll talk!"

The person Xiao Ran meant was Shao Hongzhang. He had been wrong about the Imperial Examination, but Xiao Ran still had a use for him.

The sky grew darker and darker.

The wails and screams in the city gradually faded until the streets held nothing but blood and shattered corpses.

Now and then, four or five fiends could be seen in the shade, clutching corpses and gorging themselves,