Zuo Lin'an looked at the loose ends of the bandages hanging down and nodded to himself.
When he moved quickly, these bandages would flutter, which should make him look even more eerie.
He carefully examined himself again and felt that something was still missing. Realizing they were in a mine, he reached down, scooped up some black coal dust from the ground, and smeared it over his body and the bandages.
Done.
“How does it look?”
Fang Tang nodded repeatedly.
“Great. I can't recognize you at all now.”
It was now 12:45 AM, just over ten minutes away from the next hour.
It was a bit of a pity, though.
The hunting opportunities at midnight and the upcoming 1:00 AM would have to be missed like this.
Concealing his specter body, he quickly plunged into the left mine shaft ahead, rapidly giving chase.
Meanwhile, up ahead.
Su Menglan and his companion were rushing forward, but their expressions were rather grim.
Liu Fei said, “Brother Menglan, Wu Su is simply too fast. If this keeps up, we're going to lose him, aren't we?”
Su Menglan shook his head.
“Don't worry, we won't.”
“Back when everyone gathered earlier, I secretly placed a Gu insect on him.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he slowly raised his hand.
A black Gu insect, the size of a grain of rice, was perched on his fingertip, its wings vibrating continuously as if guiding him.
Liu Fei saw clearly that the Gu insect had just burrowed out of the skin on Su Menglan's fingertip.
Sure enough, only Gu insects that had been refined into the body and became a part of oneself could be brought into the specter dungeon.
“Then Wu Su won't be an issue. It's just the specters here...”
Liu Fei frowned slightly as she spoke.
“Do you remember the previous dungeon notification?”
Su Menglan thought for a moment before speaking.
“You mean the line: 【They will be watching you from the dark; don't give them an opportunity】, right?”
Liu Fei nodded solemnly.
“Yes, exactly that line.”
“It says 'they,' which means there is more than one specter in this dungeon!”
“Is it... too risky for us to split off from the other players and chase Wu Su on our own?”
While she certainly wanted the Celestial Corpse Sect's corpse-refining secret art, it wasn't for the money.
To experts like them, money held very little meaning.
They were doing this for a favor from the Ten-City Joint Auction.
That was far more valuable than any 1.5 billion!
But... if it was going to put their lives in danger, she had to consider their safety.
Su Menglan took her hand and gave it a gentle squeeze.
“Don't worry. Your special talent is very powerful; if a specter comes, you can directly repel it.”
“As for Wu Su, leave him to me.”
“If we're unlucky enough to encounter two specters at once, I still have a specter item that can repel them. Even though it can only be used once, it'll be enough.”
“Trust me, we'll be fine.”
Only then did Liu Fei's brow furrow less.
“I understand. But we still need to find the exit.”
Su Menglan replied, “I know.”
“Ever since we entered the specter dungeon, I've already released dozens of Gu insects to search for the correct path. It won't delay us.”
“The Gu insects can discern directions. Their speed in finding the path of survival will only be faster than ours.”
Liu Fei smiled.
“I knew it. You always think of everything, so that way...”
Before she could finish, her expression shifted slightly.
“It's a chilling aura. A specter is coming!”
The two of them stopped in their tracks.
Because the mine shaft was narrow, the chilling aura flooded in, making it impossible to tell whether it came from the front or behind.
They stood back-to-back, their faces grave, waiting in high alert.
Before long, they sensed the presence of a specter.
It was... approaching from the direction they had come from.
“The specter is coming from behind. Why didn't we notice anything when we passed by earlier?”
Su Menglan stared intently at the dark passage behind them.
The first thing he saw was a pair of crimson slit-pupils.
Upon seeing those eyes, both of them gasped.
Though they already knew that the specters in the dungeons were not the same as the ghosts in their real world.
Specters weren't classified into Malevolent Ghosts, Fierce Ghosts, Blood-Clad, or Ghost Kings.
Thus, a specter having red eyes didn't necessarily mean anything.
Yet, they couldn't help but feel that a specter with a bit of red on it was bound to be far more ferocious than those without.
Exactly how much more ferocious it was, however, they had yet to find out.
The specter appearing here was, of course, Zuo Lin'an.
The poor laborer had come to bait these players into using their talents and specter items, hoping to get some results.
He took a step forward, slightly closing the distance between them.
Only then could Liu Fei vaguely make out the specter's appearance.
He wore tattered clothes and was wrapped in bandages all over, his entire body filthy with coal dust.
The most prominent feature, and the one that terrified them the most, was that pair of eyes.
“Brother Menglan, should we retreat first?”
Before Su Menglan could speak, Zuo Lin'an took another step forward.
In the very next instant, his figure vanished from their sight, sending a shiver down their spines.
“Fei'er, watch out!”
Su Menglan suddenly noticed a figure emerging behind Liu Fei. He let out a loud shout, reaching out to grab her.
But he was a step too late.
Liu Fei didn't even have time to react before she felt a freezing cold hand suddenly rest on her shoulder.
Her eyes widened slightly, her scalp tingling with numbness.
She stared at the anxious-faced Su Menglan, and just as she was about to speak, she realized he had suddenly vanished.
No, that wasn't right.
He hadn't vanished—she was the one who had swapped places.
“Fei'er!”
She instinctively turned her head and saw the man rushing toward her from a distance. Just as she was about to struggle, she swapped places again in the next instant.
In the brief span of just a few seconds, she had swapped positions several times in rapid succession.
By the time she recovered her senses, the specter had already abandoned her, vanishing without a trace.
Only then did Liu Fei have the time to survey her surroundings.
“This is...”
She realized she had been brought back to the previous fork in the road.
What was going on?
Her expression was tense.
However, the light at her fingertips remained steady, illuminating the area around her.
To be honest.
If she hadn't instinctively maintained this light and witnessed the shifting environment, she wouldn't have even realized she had been taken away by the specter.
Taking a deep breath, she slowly backed away until her back pressed against the edge of the mine shaft.
Trigger talent!
Then, using her somewhat sharp fingernails, Liu Fei sliced a wound into her forearm. Instead of dripping, the blood flowing from the cut slowly gathered together, transforming into a blood serpent.
The slightly illusory form of the blood serpent was exceptionally agile, wrapping itself around Liu Fei's waist as it kept watch on the surroundings with her.
The serpent's tongue flicked continuously, sensing the surrounding aura, and quickly locked onto the direction where Zuo Lin'an was located.
At the same time, Zuo Lin'an also figured out the nature of Liu Fei's talent.
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