Zuo Lin'an remembered it clearly.
It had been exactly like this back then. His specter body, holding a bone-chilling boning knife, had started from the back of his neck and peeled his skin off piece by piece.
“Hehe...”
Someone was laughing.
It was Tang Yuanhuai's laugh.
“I've been waiting for this exact moment.”
“Keep going if you have the guts. Kill me...”
Only now did Zuo Lin'an realize that Tang Yuanhuai hadn't refrained from using his talent while being hunted; he had been waiting for an opportunity all along.
He needed physical contact to trigger his talent.
Sure enough...
Players who could be assigned to a Two-Star difficulty Daily Dungeon in the early stages weren't half bad, even setting aside their special talents.
This included their personality, intelligence, and so on.
Tang Yuanhuai laughed arrogantly.
“Why did you stop? Weren't you going to kill me? Keep going! If I die, you die too, and you'll have to suffer the exact same pain as me!”
“Come on, do it!”
Tang Yuanhuai was severely injured, yet he shouted at the top of his lungs.
Seeing that the hunting time was ticking away second by second...
Zuo Lin'an knew that if he stopped attacking Tang Yuanhuai now, the mark would last for five hours, and the other party certainly wouldn't make another move either.
So, was he going to let him have his way?
After only a moment's thought, he quickly made his decision.
Keep going!
Zuo Lin'an sneered inwardly.
As a dungeon boss, he would definitely encounter even more formidable, bizarre, and powerful talents in the future.
Was he supposed to back down every single time?
If that were the case, he might as well just give up on being a boss altogether.
With this thought in mind, his movements became even more swift. The sharp tip of the knife carved its way downward, even as he endured the exact same pain as Tang Yuanhuai.
But he no longer cared. After all, he wouldn't die.
As long as nothing happened to his living body, his specter body would be perfectly fine.
However... this experience felt vastly different from the one in Sin Hunter City.
Back in Sin Hunter City, his specter body had been the one executing the action, but his living body and specter body hadn't fully fused yet, so their sensations weren't shared.
But now... he was performing every step himself.
It felt as if he were executing the rule upon himself.
Zuo Lin'an's face was cold as he gradually picked up the pace.
Tang Yuanhuai also sensed that something was wrong.
“Wait!”
There was a hint of panic in his voice.
“What... what are you doing?!”
“Do you want to die?!”
He could clearly feel the skin on his back being peeled away.
“Stop! I'm telling you to stop!”
“Is this really necessary?!”
“Who on earth sent you?”
“You're willing to throw away your own life just to take mine?”
He truly could not comprehend it.
“Why?!”
“Just why?!”
“Why go to such lengths?!”
In the end, he could only scream in a mix of bewilderment and hysteria.
“Double!”
“I'll give you ten times! A hundred times!”
“...”
Zuo Lin'an's hands only moved faster.
Throughout it all, no matter how Tang Yuanhuai struggled, screamed, or cursed, he remained completely unmoved.
“Phew...”
The man was dead.
Covered in blood, Zuo Lin'an took a deep breath.
【Dungeon Notification: This player's talent cannot simultaneously kill a person bound by the gold hairpin. The talent's special effect failed to trigger.】
Zuo Lin'an felt the pain recede like the tide, and only then did he let out a long sigh of relief.
“That feels much better.”
But then again, this Tang Yuanhuai was quite a character.
Just to get touched, he had gone so far as to deliberately roll down the mountain, sacrificing his own body to lower Zuo Lin'an's guard.
To go to such lengths made him a ruthless man indeed.
Zuo Lin'an had previously thought Tang Yuanhuai had simply tripped and fallen by accident.
“Surely it couldn't have been a genuine accident, right?”
He didn't believe that for a second.
Standing up, he stretched his body slightly.
He was just about to leave when another thought crossed his mind, causing him to pause.
“Why not put this waste to some use?”
No sooner said than done.
Zuo Lin'an gathered all of Tang Yuanhuai's bones and body parts, then headed toward the peak of the mountain.
However, he didn't leave the body anywhere near the old residence.
Instead, he returned to the spot where the four players had originally met.
He looked around the area and found a tree stump.
There had originally been a tree here, but it had been broken by one of the other players earlier, leaving only a stump.
Zuo Lin'an took Tang Yuanhuai's head and placed it on top of the stump.
Then, he scattered the remaining bones and body parts all around the stump.
“This will do.”
As for the first player he had killed earlier?
Earlier, he had carried that player's head when he went to find Tang Yuanhuai.
The man had seen the head, which was as good as seeing the corpse.
Since ten minutes had long since passed, that player's corpse had already vanished.
“But having just this one is enough.”
Even though Liu Da had witnessed him attacking the first player earlier, he hadn't mentioned it to An Miao or Chang Sheng.
Since he hadn't spoken up in the beginning, he certainly wouldn't say anything now.
He would only remain on high alert in secret.
Zuo Lin'an concealed his figure and entered the old residence.
He went straight to the courtyard where the guest rooms were located, sat on the perimeter wall, and looked down at the only small room that still had a faint light shining inside.
Of the five players, two were dead, leaving three remaining.
He definitely had to keep Chang Sheng alive.
But the other two had to die.
So, should he kill Liu Da first? Or An Miao?
There were still fifty-five minutes left until two in the morning, so there was no rush.
He planned to wait half an hour before making his move.
Just then, the door to the guest room cracked open slightly once more.
Then, a miniature wooden puppet emerged from within.
After stepping out, it met up with another puppet hidden in the courtyard, and the two went to hide in different spots.
Puppets, huh?
They looked rather chubby and cute; the more he looked at them, the more he liked them.
Soon, the time reached 1:40 AM.
The number of miniature puppets in the courtyard had increased to five.
Zuo Lin'an slowly stood up, climbed down the wall, and stood just outside the courtyard.
He deliberately revealed his form and let out a soft patter of footsteps.
At the same time, he released his specter aura, letting it diffuse through the air.
Before long, the puppets in the courtyard sensed the anomaly and immediately sent a warning to Chang Sheng through their connection.
Inside the room.
Chang Sheng's hands paused slightly in the middle of crafting a component. With a solemn expression, he looked up toward the door.
The door was shut, so of course he couldn't see anything.
However, he could see the situation outside through the puppets in the courtyard.
Outside the dim, withered courtyard, a dark shadow gradually materialized, drawing closer step by step.
“Something's coming!”
Just as the words left his mouth, he saw a pair of crimson eyes.
Such a striking red, so incredibly conspicuous in the darkness.
Chang Sheng abruptly stood up.
“Oh no, it's a Fierce Ghost!”
Liu Da and An Miao quickly gathered around, their expressions turning grave.
“Are you sure it's a Fierce Ghost?”
Chang Sheng's voice trembled slightly.
“It has red eyes! I saw a pair of red eyes!”
Hearing this, An Miao felt her scalp go numb.
“What... what do we do?”
Liu Da exhaled slowly.
“What else can we do? Why don't you try using your lightning techniques first?”
An Miao's lips twitched.
“Are you out of your mind?”
“That's a Fierce Ghost!”
“The strongest lightning technique I know is Palm Lightning. And with my current level of magic power, it can barely handle a weak Malevolent Ghost at best.”
“You want me to fight a Fierce Ghost? How is that any different from suicide?!”
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