Xuan Liu now understood completely.
“So ‘time’ is this specter's rule. He doesn't need a Death Lock at all; he can make a move to kill a player every half-shichen!”
On the other side, Zuo Lin'an appeared quiet, but his mind was in a tangle.
He hadn't expected that despite all his meticulous calculations, he had still overlooked one detail—he had forgotten the players' screams.
However, it didn't matter.
Even if his Death Rule was discovered, so be it. It wouldn't change his plans.
Tang Jianghe's expression flickered with uncertainty. “If that's really the case, then doesn't that mean all specter items or talents related to the Death Lock are completely useless?”
Xuan Liu's heart also sank.
If so, the doll in their hands that could transfer all Death Locks, his own talent that could transfer locks, and even the specter items that could eliminate Death Locks had all become useless junk.
He had originally thought that protecting a newcomer like Tang Wanrong would be simple.
But now, it seemed he was wrong.
Dead wrong.
Zuo Lin'an did not know what they were thinking, and he took another small step forward.
Feeling the constant encroachment of the surrounding chilling aura, Tang Wanrong couldn't help but speak up.
“Xuan Liu, let's run! We need to run, now!”
If what Xuan Liu said just now was correct, then it had been exactly half a shichen since Li Tie's death. In other words, the specter could kill again!
Hearing this, Xuan Liu shook his head. “Your Highness, you have already seen how fast the specter is. Even if I were to run away at full speed on my own, I wouldn't be able to outrun it.”
Let alone with two burdens in tow.
Tang Wanrong froze slightly, only now remembering how the specter had previously crossed vast distances in an instant. There was simply no reaction time.
And... run?
Where could they even run to now?
The entire dungeon was the specter's domain!
“Then... what do we do now? Just wait here for the specter to come over?”
Xuan Liu replied, “Do not panic, Your Highness. I have a plan.”
But the moment his last word left his mouth, Zuo Lin'an, who had been slowly approaching step-by-step in the distance, suddenly vanished!
Xuan Liu's scalp instantly went numb!
He felt his back suddenly turn abnormally cold, as if a block of ice was slowly pressing against his spine!
Xuan Liu's eyes widened. Reflexively, he pinched the 【bamboo-leaf throwing knife】 between his fingers and slashed backward, instantly triggering the specter item's special effect.
Yet when he looked behind him, he was stunned to find a living human standing there.
At this moment, a gash had appeared on the stranger's neck, and bright red blood was continuously gushing out, staining his clothes.
A thick scent of blood diffused into the surroundings.
This person had actually been throat-slit by his instinctive reflex!
“You...”
The moment Zuo Lin'an appeared behind Xuan Liu, he had switched to his living body state.
The special effect of the throwing knife specter item Xuan Liu used was undoubtedly meant to repel specters.
However, although the 【bamboo-leaf throwing knife】 was a specter item, it was still a throwing knife. Directly attacking a living human would still cause corresponding physical damage.
Zuo Lin'an did not care in the slightest about his slashed, bleeding neck.
As if he couldn't feel pain, his black eyes stared intently at the 【bamboo-leaf throwing knife】 in Xuan Liu's hand, which was slowly fading away.
Only after confirming that the specter throwing knife had truly disappeared did he nod in satisfaction.
Then, right before Xuan Liu's eyes, he slowly switched back to his specter body, took a step back, and vanished.
Seeing what had just transpired, Xuan Liu's mind struggled to process it.
What was that?
A specter? A living human?
A living human had their throat slit but acted as if nothing had happened?
And then he seemed to turn back into a specter?
No, that wasn't right!
This was a specter!
That living human appearance was just an illusion the specter wanted him to see!
After the specter's figure completely vanished, Xuan Liu suddenly realized something and cursed silently.
Sure enough, when he spun around, he saw the specter's hand already gripping Tang Wanrong's shoulder.
“Ah!!”
Accompanying her terrified scream, Xuan Liu struck out swiftly, planting a palm strike directly onto the specter. He did not hold back in the slightest.
Yet, he found that the specter took his full-force strike head-on and didn't budge an inch!
Although he had long known that a martial artist's physical body and true qi could not cause any damage to specters, he was still shocked every time he witnessed it with his own eyes.
“Your Highness, quickly use the 【Withered Leaf】!”
His throwing knife had failed to produce any effect, and he didn't know if other specter items would work either.
But at this moment, they couldn't afford to worry about anything else.
Completely panic-stricken, Tang Wanrong immediately did as Xuan Liu said, choosing to trigger the special effect of the 【Withered Leaf】.
Its remaining uses dropped from two to one.
But this time, Zuo Lin'an didn't need to switch to his specter body at all.
This was because the special effect of the 【Withered Leaf】 was to block a single death execution from a specter and guarantee a hundred percent chance of avoiding the specter's next attack. But right now...
Zuo Lin'an's rule execution time was between the hour and one minute past the hour.
But since that time had not yet arrived, it did not meet the requirements. Thus, he did not possess the conditions to execute his rule.
Without satisfying the execution conditions, blocking the specter's death execution was naturally... invalid!
Therefore, although Tang Wanrong had used the 【Withered Leaf】 once, the former effect was rendered invalid.
However, the latter effect was still active.
In other words, Zuo Lin'an had to kill someone else first before he could make a move on Tang Wanrong.
Having achieved his goal, he quickly let go of Tang Wanrong, and his figure quietly vanished.
Yet before they could breathe a sigh of relief, the specter appeared behind Tang Jianghe!
Sensing the bone-chilling aura behind him, Tang Jianghe froze on the spot!
However, he was a veteran player after all. He immediately threw the copper coin in his hand behind him.
“Life-buying money!”
Due to the special effect of the talent creation, Zuo Lin'an immediately gave up on Tang Jianghe and reached out to catch the copper coin.
At that moment, the coin's effect faintly surfaced in his mind.
【You have accepted the life-buying money. Within this dungeon, you must spare this player once when the execution conditions are met and you harbor intent to kill them.】
【Upon completion, you will truly obtain this life-buying coin. As long as any player takes this life-buying coin, you can bypass all restrictions to kill them directly.】
Zuo Lin'an blinked.
Holy shit!
Wasn't this thing a player's talent creation?
A specter could actually use it after obtaining it?
What was going on?
Logically speaking, this 【Life-Buying Coin】 was brought in from the outside by Tang Jianghe. If he were killed, this item should have completely vanished along with his corpse.
However...
Tang Jianghe had already paid this copper coin to him as life-buying money.
As long as he fulfilled the condition of sparing Tang Jianghe once, this copper coin would no longer belong to Tang Jianghe, but to him.
Since it belonged to him, the coin naturally wouldn't disappear when the player died.
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