At this moment, An Miao was extremely dissatisfied.
What Liu Da had just said was no different from talking out of his ass.
She sneered and fired back immediately.
“If I remember correctly, didn't you cultivate Fuling Temple's Golden Light Body? The Golden Light Body is meant for defense, and you main external martial arts anyway.”
“Shouldn't you be the one leading the charge?”
Liu Da was momentarily at a loss for words, not knowing how to respond.
Actually, he had just been in too much of a hurry earlier. Coupled with the fact that An Miao knew some lightning techniques, he had spoken without thinking. Under normal circumstances, he really wasn't like this.
Chang Sheng, on the other hand, turned to look at them, his face filled with shock.
What time did they think it was?
How did they still have the peace of mind to bicker?
“Stop arguing!”
“Hurry up and run!”
Without waiting for a response, he turned, pushed open the back window, and vaulted outside.
By the time Liu Da and An Miao looked over, he had already nimbly scaled the perimeter wall and vanished.
Liu Da paused for a second. “He runs fast!”
The two of them also rushed over, but Liu Da was much faster.
There was nothing to be done about it; he was a physical cultivator, so his physique was naturally far superior to An Miao's.
In other words, if someone was going to have the highest chance of being hunted down by the specter and the highest probability of dying, it was definitely going to be An Miao.
When An Miao climbed out the window, she happened to see Liu Da vaulting over the wall ahead of her, which instantly infuriated her.
What was wrong with these two bastards?
Weren't they just showing such great tacit understanding about working together a moment ago?
Why was each of them running faster than the other now?!
Just then, she suddenly heard the sound of a strong gust of wind blowing the door open, and she instinctively glanced back.
Through the open window, she could clearly see what was happening inside.
Under the dim light of the bedside lamp, she saw a blurry, dark figure standing at the doorway.
A pair of crimson eyes swept across the empty room, then locked directly onto her.
When An Miao met those eyes, her scalp instantly went numb. Daring not waste another second, she bent her knees, leapt up to grab the perimeter wall, and vaulted over with all her might, escaping the courtyard.
Once she landed, she looked around, only to find that both Chang Sheng and Liu Da had completely disappeared.
“Damn it!”
She cursed under her breath. Ignoring where the other two had fled, she picked a direction at random and ran.
Zuo Lin'an was in no hurry to pursue.
He was currently using his God's-eye view to observe the directions the three were fleeing.
Chang Sheng was the fastest.
His miniature puppets led the way, scouting for any danger, and eventually guided him to hide in an abandoned woodshed at the very back of the old residence—the most remote spot on the property.
Normally, indeed, no one would ever go there.
What surprised Zuo Lin'an was that once Chang Sheng hid himself, he suddenly lost track of him.
Simply put, the man had suddenly vanished from his sight.
Even though Zuo Lin'an knew the man was right there, he simply could not muster any thought of going to that woodshed to catch or kill him.
This was likely... a talent.
Or perhaps a specter item?
A specter item was certainly possible. After all, these three had already cleared a specter dungeon once before.
Moreover, based on the snippets of conversation he had overheard, he could deduce that the previous dungeon they had experienced was also of Two-Star difficulty.
It wouldn't be surprising if they had acquired a specter item from it.
Zuo Lin'an shook his head, putting it out of his mind.
Whether Chang Sheng possessed a specter item or not didn't matter much; he hadn't planned on killing him anyway.
As for Liu Da and An Miao...
“I'll go with Liu Da.”
From his observations just now, Zuo Lin'an realized that Liu Da was incredibly fast on his feet!
Although it wouldn't take him much time to catch up if he truly pursued him, letting the man run all over the place inside the dungeon would be annoying to watch. It would be better to kill him first.
Having made his decision, he temporarily gave up on An Miao, who was the slowest, and went after Liu Da, who had already vaulted over the wall, left the old residence, and entered the withered forest.
Meanwhile, after scaling the wall, Liu Da instinctively assumed the specter was confined within the old residence, so he carefully fled to the outside.
Perhaps out of familiarity, after leaving the old residence, he actually chose the same path they had taken to get here.
As a result, he happened to come across the severed remains of Tang Yuanhuai's body, which Zuo Lin'an had placed there beforehand.
As Liu Da rushed into the withered forest, he was still feeling a tinge of regret. The yin qi he had sensed back in the old residence was incredibly pure, which meant that Fierce Ghost likely possessed a pure ghost body.
If he could capture it, he wouldn't have to work hard for the rest of his life.
But unfortunately...
Specters in specter dungeons could not be taken out, and the specters here were entirely different entities from the ghosts back in their own world.
Furthermore, players couldn't bring miscellaneous items with them when entering a dungeon, so he had no way of capturing it anyway.
Even if he could bring all his tools, they would be useless against a specter.
In his last dungeon, he had seen others grow greedy and band together in an attempt to capture a specter.
They had even invited him back then.
However, because he had maintained a healthy degree of caution toward the specter dungeon at the time, he had declined.
Of course, he had still sneaked a few glances from afar. Whether they succeeded or failed, it would provide crucial intelligence.
In the end, he watched the specter go on a rampage, instantly killing four out of the five players.
As for the survivor...
Liu Da felt that they had only survived by sheer luck, likely because they hadn't triggered any Death Rules.
It was then that he realized specters were completely different from the ghosts he was familiar with!
“Sigh, to be able to look but not touch, what a shame...”
Just as he was feeling somewhat wistful, his body suddenly stiffened!
“What is this?”
He furrowed his brows, standing warily in place.
Just a moment ago, he had caught the scent of blood.
An incredibly thick scent of blood!
The withered forest was extremely dark, but fortunately, his eyes had already adjusted to the gloom, allowing him to discern the rough outlines of his surroundings.
Looking around carefully, he could faintly make out something not far ahead.
Was that... a tree stump?
There seemed to be something resting on top of it.
“What is that...?”
Wary, he focused his mind and pressed his palms together to activate his Golden Light Body. A faint golden glow emanated from his metallic-sheened skin.
Observing from the shadows, Zuo Lin'an noted that this golden glow was truly pathetic compared to the Buddha's Son in the video Xu Youyou had recorded.
The man's cultivation was clearly lacking.
If this Liu Da were to face those members of the Ghost Gu sect from before, he probably wouldn't be able to kill a single one of them.
However, although the golden light was weak, the withered forest was simply too dark!
Even such a faint glow was enough to illuminate a small area.
Consequently, Liu Da quickly spotted the object ahead.
“This is...!”
When he saw what it was, his eyes widened in sheer shock.
Resting on the stump was a bright red head—not because it was covered in blood, but because the skin had been completely peeled off!
Scattered all around were bones and chunks of flesh.
And hanging from a nearby branch, a complete human skin swayed gently in the light night breeze.
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