Day of Imprisonment

Luo Xi neither admitted nor denied it.

However, Akikusa knew that even breathing in the elevator just now wouldn't have triggered the vengeful spirit to kill.

"This guy did it on purpose." Her neck turned red again, this time from anger.

Luo Xi seemed to see through her thoughts completely, shaking his head and saying, "The deception brought about by lies is not always malicious; sometimes it can be benevolent, or even just some pointless jokes with no purpose!"

Akikusa was stunned.

She naturally knew that Luo Xi's words were meaningful, and then she thought about it carefully, suddenly realizing a possibility.

"You know I'm monitoring you?"

She shouldn't have asked, but Akikusa couldn't help it.

There was no way around it; in terms of mental state, she and Luo Xi were simply not on the same level.

Luo Xi remained noncommittal, clearly too lazy to answer the question.

Soon, Akikusa's attention was drawn to something else.

Logically speaking, this should be the fifth floor, where the homicidal maniac who attacks on sight is located, but he wasn't here; instead, there was something else.

A temple, built inside the building.

It was that kind of Buddhist temple.

This scene was very surreal. Although the building was very large, with each floor being roughly three to four thousand square meters, it was still a bit of an exaggeration to fit a temple in here.

Luo Xi was used to it, but Akikusa was dumbfounded.

At this moment, the aloof image she had maintained for so long completely collapsed.

Her mind was full of questions.

Why did the homicidal maniac here turn into a temple?

Also, what's in the temple?

But no matter what, she was sure of one thing: this was part of the level's scenario, and the difficulty of this fifth floor definitely exceeded the difficulty of her own fifth floor.

Luo Xi's voice suddenly sounded in her ear at this moment.

"As the most difficult level scenario within the Day of Confinement so far, even if I've cleared it before, the previous walkthroughs are useless, because the trials and games here are different every time."

Akikusa was stunned.

That is to say, this challenge for Luo Xi is equivalent to a brand new challenge. Apart from the route that has already been explored, which is the elevator on the first basement floor, the challenges encountered on the 5th, 10th, 15th, or even higher floors are different from before.

Equivalent to a truly meaningful re-challenge.

Moreover, the fifth floor already has such a large and bizarre temple, making the difficulty much higher than dealing with a homicidal maniac.

It could be said that Luo Xi had left her far behind in terms of difficulty alone.

Realizing this, Akikusa was completely dumbfounded.

She didn't want to believe it, but reality wouldn't pity her self-esteem, and was slapping her face right now.

At this time, Luo Xi had already walked into the temple, and Akikusa reacted, immediately following him.

The temple was quaint and antique. If you didn't look up, you would really think you were in a secluded mountain, in a precious temple.

But after all, it wasn't a real temple built in the mountains, so it still seemed very small here. In front of a miniature Mahavira Hall, there was a Buddha statue. The Buddha statue's hands formed a mudra, the 'Wish-Granting Mudra.' On closer inspection, there were actually seven golden rings connected between the hand seals.

The seven golden rings were connected in sequence, emitting a faint light.

Looking closer, under the Buddha statue, there was a table with words engraved on it: "Buddha suppresses seven demons, sealed in the pagoda chamber, Vajra Dharma rings, subdue demons and slay devils. The bell rings once, take one ring to seal a demon; no more, no less. Ring the bell several times, take several rings. To separate the rings, a golden ax can be used to break them."

Luo Xi thought for a moment, then said, "Translated, that means there are seven rings. Ring the bell once, take one ring to seal a demon; ring the second time, take two. But the rings are connected together and cannot be taken off individually. The solution is to use an ax to break them open."

Akikusa had no objections to this.

The words above meant exactly that.

Just then, the entire temple suddenly shook, and the next second, a melodious bell rang.

"It's starting!" Luo Xi said indifferently.

At the same time, a bell on the eaves of one of the small houses on both sides of the temple began to ring rapidly.

Akikusa quickly went over to take a look.

At the same time, she was also thinking about how to solve this problem.

Akikusa felt that this matter was not difficult. Just go over, find the golden ax over there, cut a few of the seven rings, and take off the iron rings separately. Take one ring for the first time, two rings for the second time, and so on, to suppress the seven demons according to the rules and pass this challenge.

She looked at the golden ax over there.

She was a little eager to try.

Luo Xi walked over at this time, took the golden ax in his hand, and then walked to the seven connected golden rings, raising his hand to chop down.

Clang!

With a crisp sound, a notch was cut into one of the golden rings.

But at the same time, the golden ax actually cracked into dozens of pieces with a snap.

Akikusa was shocked.

She hadn't expected this situation.

If all seven golden rings were to be split open, it would take six chops.

As a result, the ax broke after one chop. How could it be chopped now?

"It's broken!" Akikusa's mind also buzzed, subconsciously thinking that this challenge had failed.

And the consequence of failing the challenge was most likely that the seven demons sealed in the temple would appear and kill her and Luo Xi.

She sighed and looked at Luo Xi: "It seems that you can only stop here, but to be honest, this challenge cannot be passed no matter who it is placed on. The golden ax can only be used once; this condition was not informed in advance, so..."

Originally, she was going to comfort Luo Xi. This result was indeed difficult to predict in advance. Just as she was thinking about this worst outcome, Luo Xi over there ignored the broken golden ax on the ground and instead took the golden ring with a notch cut into it, using the broken notch to remove the golden ring from the surrounding rings.

At this time, Akikusa realized that Luo Xi had just chopped the third of the seven golden rings.

Luo Xi took it off, which was equivalent to dividing the original seven connected golden rings into three parts.

They were two connected golden rings, a broken single golden ring, and four connected golden rings.

Afterwards, Luo Xi took the single golden ring, walked to the door of the trembling pagoda chamber, and started sealing the demon according to the instructions at the door.

The so-called sealing the demon was actually placing the corresponding number of golden rings on a platform inside.

The platform had a 'One' written on it.

Meaning, only one golden ring can be placed.

After it was placed on, the mechanism on the platform was pressed down, and with a snap, light surged, and the originally trembling pagoda chamber gradually stabilized, accompanied by a burst of Buddhist sounds lingering in the ears.

Akikusa frowned.

"This is just the first one. There are six more afterwards, Luo Xi. You have no way to complete all seven demon seals..." She couldn't help but remind him.

Luo Xi didn't respond.

Because immediately afterwards, the second pagoda chamber with the word 'Two' written on it began to shake.

Time was very tight, hardly giving the challenger much time to think.

Luo Xi calmly walked to the Buddha statue, took away the two connected golden rings, and then put the golden ring in his hand back.

At this moment, Akikusa was stunned.

The expression on her face was very wonderful at this moment, because Luo Xi's operation did not violate the rules of this challenge item, that is, each time, take one more than before.

Take one golden ring for the first time, two for the second time, and so on.

At this moment, Luo Xi had already taken the two connected golden rings and walked to the second demon-sealing pagoda chamber, completing the 'demon-sealing process' according to the previous process.

Almost at the same time, the third pagoda chamber shook.

Luo Xi walked over, picked up the single golden ring, and in this way, the golden rings in his hand became three.

It complied with the rules, and at the same time, he performed the third demon sealing.

Seeing this, Akikusa already knew Luo Xi's solution.

It could be said that Luo Xi cleverly used the rules. Although he had only performed the demon sealing three times, the final result was already without suspense. Luo Xi could already pass this demon-sealing challenge 100%.

Sure enough, for the fourth time, Luo Xi put down the previous three golden rings and took away the four connected golden rings.

For the fifth time, he took away the single golden ring again, four plus one, exactly five.

For the sixth time, he put down the single golden ring and took away the two connected golden rings, four plus two, exactly six.

For the seventh time, he took away all the golden rings.

When the last demon sealing was completed, the bell rang continuously throughout the temple, and the Buddhist sounds were endless.

Immediately afterwards, the seven golden rings merged together and turned into a golden talisman with the 'Six-Syllable Mantra' written on it. Touching it, the golden talisman transformed into a card.

Number 092 [Demon Sealing], activation requires six [Mana], a golden talisman engraved with the Buddhist Six-Syllable Mantra. It is said that this talisman once suppressed a monkey—there are no demons that it cannot suppress.

Seeing this card, Akikusa knew that this was the reward for passing this challenge.

Moreover, this reward was too strong.

Just this numbered card alone was worth the trip.

That is to say, leaving this scenario now would be a guaranteed profit.

"Will he exit the scenario?" Akikusa glanced at Luo Xi. As long as they were Memory Retrievers, they all knew the value of numbered cards.

Especially this card, which could seal all demons, was too powerful.

Luo Xi was exploring this floor at this time, and soon waved to Akikusa.

"Continue!"

After speaking, he went to press the elevator.

"Do you still need the elevator? The ghost inside can transform," Akikusa reminded, but the next moment she realized something and looked at Luo Xi with a surprised look.

The ghost in the elevator, no matter how powerful it was, was useless, because Luo Xi now had Number 092 [Demon Sealing].

"Will he use this card here? Just to continue upwards, to clear the level?" Although Luo Xi didn't say anything, Akikusa could see that Luo Xi was most likely planning to do so.