Who wants to become a god? Aren't you all forcing me?

Li Chenqiu placed both hands on the door, not even turning his head as he said, "Push the door open, this place is quite strange, let's finish this quickly and leave."

Under Li Chenqiu's urging, the other seven people stepped forward and placed their hands on the palace gate.

"Let's start pushing!"

As the eight people exerted force together, the motionless gate finally began to shake, and patches of cobwebs fell onto everyone's heads along with dust.

Clang~

The heavy gate was pushed open a crack, and a pungent smell of rotten wood rushed out from the opening, invading everyone's nostrils.

"Ugh~"

"What is this smell... ugh~"

The people standing on either side of the door fell to their knees, covering their noses and dry heaving.

"You'll get used to the smell." Li Chenqiu patted one of them on the shoulder, and squeezed through the door, sideways, into the palace. Seeing this, the others endured the stench and squeezed in as well.

The hall was very dark, with no light source other than the moonlight shining in through the windows.

The terrifying atmosphere caused everyone to huddle together, cautiously observing their surroundings.

As the last person entered the hall, the gate slammed shut with a "bang", the sound echoing like thunder throughout the hall.

"Ghost!"

A revived person near the gate was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, grabbing his companion's trouser leg and looking at the gate in terror.

"Can you be a little more promising? People from the underworld are watching, get up quickly!"

"Oh..." The man nodded aggrievedly, and shakily stood up, leaning against the wall.

Li Chenqiu retracted his gaze and stepped forward. The moment his foot landed on the ground, a "whooshing" sound, like wind, rang out in the hall.

Immediately afterward, swaying candlelight spread from the walls on both sides of the gate, and in a short while, the hall was brightly lit, and the entire scene in the darkness was exposed before Li Chenqiu.

The hall was not large, only about two hundred square meters. There was nothing special about it, and it looked empty at a glance.

The only special thing was on the floor in the center of the hall, there was a tic-tac-toe grid that looked like it was drawn with red chalk.

"Welcome everyone to the Palace of Doubt, I am the master of this palace, I presume you are all here for the Key of Doubt!" A滄桑 voice came from all directions.

The scene fell silent, and after a few seconds, Li Chenqiu asked in a deep voice, "Where are you?"

"That's not important, what's important is the Key of Doubt, you are all here for it, aren't you!"

Li Chenqiu did not refute, and nodded: "Yes, where is the Key of Doubt?"

"I invite you eight to play a game. Whichever side wins, I will give the Key of Doubt to that side."

As soon as the words fell, several blood-red numbers appeared out of thin air above the eight people's heads. Li Chenqiu looked up and saw a number "1" floating above his head.

Li Chenqiu turned around and saw that everyone had a number above their head, the smallest was his "1", and the largest was the number "8".

"Hey, there's a number 6 floating above my head, what does this mean?"

"I don't know, I also have a number above my head, it's the number 7."

However, everyone's questions were quickly answered.

"From now on, the serial number above your head is your name, for my convenience." The palace master said with satisfaction.

Seeing that no one on the field had any objections, he continued: "Now I am going to divide you into two teams. As for how to divide, it will be palms up or palms down. Palms down are one side, and palms up are one side. If anyone dares to collude or wink, I will kill you all."

A gust of cold wind blew into the palace, and a bone-chilling chill rose from the soles of everyone's feet.

Li Chenqiu turned around and shouted to the others, "Don't waste time, hurry up."

The eight people formed a circle and stretched out their palms at the same time.

Three palms up and five palms down. Unfortunately, Li Chenqiu's palm was up. On his team were No. 3 from the underworld and No. 6 from the new world.

"This..." No. 6 looked at the final result in a daze: "The numbers are not balanced!"

"Heh heh," the palace master chuckled: "I didn't say the numbers had to be balanced. Alright, now that the teams are divided, let me tell you what game you are going to play. Do you see the tic-tac-toe grid on the ground?"

Everyone nodded upon hearing this.

The palace master "Hehe, the game we are going to play is tic-tac-toe, a very simple game."

"Tic-tac-toe?" Li Chenqiu raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect the so-called game to be this.

The so-called tic-tac-toe is when two people use circles and crosses to play on the "井" character. Whoever's symbols form a line horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, wins.

Li Chenqiu often played this little game with Qi Mingyue when he was a child, but because it was too simple, they often ended up in a stalemate.

"That's right, it's tic-tac-toe. Everyone has one chance to place a piece, a circle or a cross. Whoever connects a line first wins. The loser..." The palace master paused for a moment: "Then die here!"

As soon as these words came out, No. 6, who had been doing well in the New World team, widened his eyes and asked in disbelief: "Die here?!"

"What, do you think I can't do it?" The palace master said jokingly.

No. 6 took a few steps back in panic, and after a few seconds of愣, he shouted loudly: "I... I don't want to play anymore, I don't want the key, I want to go out!".

As he said that, No. 6 turned and ran towards the gate, but before he could run a few steps, a flash of cold light flashed under his feet.

Puchi!

Blood flew everywhere, and a foot was thrown high into the air. No. 6 fell heavily to the ground.

"Ahhh, my foot, my foot!"

"Wang Huan!!"

"Are you okay!"

The expressions of the people in the New World changed, and they helped No. 6, who had fallen to the ground, up.

"Don't worry, I won't let him die until the game is over. Play the game peacefully, don't make me kill anyone." The palace master said casually, as if killing people was as normal as eating in his eyes.

Before the people from the New World could speak, No. 3 from the underworld shouted at the top of his voice, "How can we compete? There are five of them and three of us. Isn't this a sure loss?"

Li Chenqiu also frowned at this moment. No. 3 was right. If one person only had one chance to place a piece, then his side would have no chance of winning at all, but if the result was already doomed, why didn't that person end the game?

"Don't be nervous, it's just one chance to place a piece. Whether you can place a piece depends on your own ability."

Li Chenqiu raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?"

"If a person wants to place a piece, they stand in the tic-tac-toe grid. Each grid has a different test. You can place a piece after completing the test." The palace master said slowly.

"If we don't connect a line in the end, how will this be judged?" No. 2 asked solemnly.

"Whichever side occupies more格子 wins. If it's a tie, um... let me think... right, then just kill everyone, isn't that interesting?" The palace master said expectantly.

Hearing this, a faint trace of killing intent flashed under Li Chenqiu's deep eyes.