However, although these bugs seemed numerous and fierce, they didn't attack Xu Youyou, who had switched to his specter body state. They probably had no interest in specters.
Before long, the bugs all began burrowing into the ground.
Xu Youyou didn't make a move either, simply watching.
Once the bugs had completely burrowed underground, only a dry, tattered human skin remained of the player's corpse in its original spot.
In truth, Xu Youyou wasn't afraid of bugs at all. Holding his phone, he described the scene he had just witnessed to Zuo Lin'an in a flat tone.
Zuo Lin'an thought for a moment.
“These are probably practitioners of some kind of 'Gu' in the 【Paranormal World】. I'm not entirely sure either.”
“Wait.”
“I remember you're not afraid of bugs. Why didn't you take a photo for me?”
Xu Youyou's eyes instantly went blank.
“Uh?”
He scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed. It had looked quite novel just now, or rather, he had never seen it before, so he had forgotten about it while watching.
“No worries, there are still four over there. I'll take a video in a bit to broaden your horizons!”
“Yeah, don't forget.”
Xu Youyou casually cast the human skin aside and quickly vanished, concealing his figure.
As for the bugs that had burrowed underground in a frenzy earlier...
They were originally the player's items. Now that the player was dead, everything they brought into the dungeon would naturally disappear.
Thus, even though those bugs were currently hiding underground, they would naturally vanish along with that tattered human skin.
Xu Youyou's figure flashed rapidly as he quietly approached a valley.
He happened to see a monk covered in a faint golden glow, chasing after someone with a solemn expression...
A human?
Xu Youyou took a closer look and finally recognized that this person was one of the four who had fled earlier. He was just extremely unlucky to be chosen by the monk as the second target.
However, he didn't look like a normal person at all right now.
Dense blackish-red lines were appearing on his skin, as if something were squirming beneath it, causing various parts of his body to constantly bulge and ripple.
At times, a patch of skin would suddenly bulge outward by more than ten centimeters, looking as though it could be punctured at any moment.
It looked as though he had cultivated some kind of evil technique, and now, overusing his power had triggered a backlash.
Xu Youyou was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly took out his phone to record a video.
He had promised to let Zuo Lin'an broaden his horizons, so he couldn't forget this time.
“You damn bald donkey!”
“Motherfucker!”
“What did I ever do to provoke you?!”
“You're like a fly I can't shake off!”
His voice was incredibly hoarse and unpleasant, sounding as if it had been scorched by fire.
Yet, no matter what profanities or ugly words he spewed, the monk clearly didn't take in a single syllable. The expression on his face only grew more solemn, and the murderous intent in his eyes intensified.
“Save your breath!”
“Evil creature practicing with Ghost Gu, make haste and accept your death!!”
The moment he finished speaking, the light on his body flared more than twice as bright as before.
The moment the light illuminated the man, he let out a heart-wrenching scream in the next second, the sound echoing through the surrounding mountains.
Xu Youyou felt that since this shrill scream carried so far, everyone within the boundaries of the dungeon he had mapped out could probably hear it.
“Nice set of lungs. Did you hear that, Brother An?”
On the other end of the line, Zuo Lin'an had naturally heard it too.
It was clear that a player was undergoing inhumane torture.
“What's going on?”
Xu Youyou saw that as the man screamed, black energy constantly rose from his body, making him look as if he were being roasted over a fire.
This process lasted only a very short time—about five seconds in total—before the screaming abruptly stopped.
Then, several large holes were scorched open in his skin, and countless familiar bugs poured out from the openings, landing on the ground in a heap.
When the dense, writhing mass of bugs was struck by the golden light, they actually dissolved directly into wisps of green smoke and vanished completely.
Perhaps sensing danger, they burrowed frantically into the earth the moment they touched the ground.
Unfortunately, with the monk present, these bugs were destined not to escape.
The monk pressed his palms together, closed his eyes, and began chanting sutras.
The golden light on his body turned into specks of golden sand that sprinkled over the bugs. In just three seconds, every single bug evaporated, failing to burrow underground—not even a single one survived.
“It feels like watching a movie.”
Xu Youyou dutifully recorded the entire scene and sent it to Zuo Lin'an.
“Take a look. Isn't it pretty cool?”
Zuo Lin'an tapped on the video to watch. He finally saw what those who practiced Gu cultivation were like. He hadn't expected it to be so disgusting, and they were completely countered by Buddhist practitioners.
If these people had encountered anyone else, they would probably have displayed formidable combat power.
But they were unlucky. The one they ran into this time just happened to be a monk who could completely crush them.
Furthermore, Zuo Lin'an could tell that this monk was no ordinary person; he was definitely not weak.
He muttered to himself after watching the video.
“Ghost Gu?”
It was likely a type of “Gu.”
Zuo Lin'an secretly shook his head. Wasn't this 【Paranormal World】 a bit too chaotic?
There were ghosts, all kinds of unorthodox sects, evil cultivators, and so on. Perhaps... to them, the appearance of specters wasn't even that big of a deal?
Xu Youyou continued to observe. After confirming the man was dead, the monk picked a direction and quickly gave chase.
After all, he had killed two, but there were still three left.
Even though they had fled in different directions earlier, Xu Youyou discovered that the monk seemed to have an innate method of locating these people.
No matter how far they ran, he would find them.
Zuo Lin'an checked the time.
“It's almost on the hour. I have something to do in a bit. If there's anything important, you can send me a message. I'll call you back when I see it.”
“Sure, no problem.”
Hanging up the phone, Zuo Lin'an set it down, and his figure vanished.
The time would soon be 1:00 AM. It was time for him to hunt his first player.
Although there were hostile factions among the five players who had entered his dungeon, that old Daoist clearly didn't want to make a move yet, or rather, didn't plan to do so within the dungeon.
In that case, trying to instigate conflict between the two sides and make them slaughter each other was obviously unrealistic.
After all, anyone could see that the three women were terrified of the old Daoist.
In other words, the strength of that Daoist Wufang was enough to completely crush the three of them.
Even if the old Daoist wanted to strike, these three would only run away with all their might instead of fighting him to the bitter end.
“It seems I won't be able to get any unsolvable specters this time.”
But that was fine. If he couldn't, he couldn't.
In any case, there would be plenty of opportunities to open dungeons in the future.
Meanwhile.
At the edge of the withered forest on the mountain peak.
The three women sat here in a triangular formation.
They had previously discussed taking turns keeping watch, but quickly abandoned the idea.
After all, none of them trusted one another.
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