Zuo Lin'an watched the falling specter item leaf in mild speechlessness, then stepped over it and continued to draw closer.
Tang Wanrong didn't realize at all that she had thrown the wrong item. She only saw that she had used the 【Withered Leaf】, yet the specter was still steadily approaching her.
Fear and despair flooded her mind, robbing her of all ability to think.
She was truly terrified!
“Xuan Liu!”
“Xuan Liu, get back here right now!”
Even now, she still believed Xuan Liu was alive.
Zuo Lin'an watched Tang Wanrong as she repeatedly backed away and cried out for help, and muttered under his breath.
“My apologies. It's just your bad luck to have run into me...”
If they had been assigned to any other dungeon, they probably would have had a high chance of survival.
Right at that moment, Tang Wanrong seemed to finally remember that she still had the copper coin she had just picked up.
Exerting her strength, she threw the coin at Zuo Lin'an.
The coin struck his body and bounced off, landing on the ground.
Tang Wanrong froze when she saw this.
“How can this be?”
“Clearly, earlier...”
She had clearly seen her father give this coin to the specter earlier, and the specter had left. Why wasn't it working now?
“No, it will work. It has to work.”
“You monster! Why aren't you leaving?!”
Why was the coin useless?
Why hadn't the specter left yet?
Naturally, it was because... ownership of this copper coin currently belonged to Zuo Lin'an.
When Tang Jianghe had given him the coin earlier, it still belonged to Tang Jianghe.
The official transfer of ownership had actually occurred after Zuo Lin'an spared Tang Jianghe despite having met the killing conditions.
In other words, although Tang Wanrong had just picked up the coin, its ownership was still with Zuo Lin'an.
Zuo Lin'an would have to personally take Tang Wanrong's life to complete the life-buying transaction before the coin's ownership would officially transfer to Tang Wanrong.
But by that point, Tang Wanrong would already be dead, and the coin—whose ownership would have shifted—would disappear along with her corpse.
Zuo Lin'an did not intend to waste any more time.
Taking a step forward, his figure instantly vanished, only to silently reappear behind Tang Wanrong. Ignoring her struggles and desperate cries, he firmly executed his rule.
“No, don't kill me!”
“Father, Father, save me!”
“Xuan Liu!”
“Xuan Liu, you dog of a servant! Have you forgotten His Majesty's orders? Get back here and protect me!”
“I can't die! I can't die!”
“I'm pregnant with His Majesty's child! This child is the Tang family's only hope!”
“Father! Father!”
Even at the very end, Tang Wanrong was still thinking about the child in her womb, imperial power, and the rise and fall of her clan.
Zuo Lin'an sighed inwardly, but the movements of his hands did not pause for even a second.
Until the final strike fell, killing her completely.
Looking at her scattered remains, Zuo Lin'an finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“It's over.”
“Fortunately, it was a close call but ended safely.”
Zuo Lin'an pulled out his phone.
【Congratulations! You have successfully wiped out the players. You have been rewarded with 1 Contribution point.】
【An unsolvable specter has been detected within your specter dungeon. Would you like to request staff to reclaim it?】
Zuo Lin'an was somewhat surprised when he saw the subsequent message.
He hadn't expected that the presence of unsolvable specters in his dungeon could actually be detected by his work phone.
Since that was the case, he didn't want to waste any time and directly tapped the confirmation button below.
【Confirmed. Staff will schedule a retrieval as soon as possible. This may take anywhere from one to fifteen days. Please wait patiently.】
Zuo Lin'an put away his phone and picked up the 【Withered Leaf】 that Tang Wanrong had thrown away earlier.
According to the previously set special effect, he replenished the single charge that had been consumed, then hung it back onto the tallest tree.
As he left, he paid another visit to the cave below.
By now, the players' corpses had completely vanished, but those few unsolvable specters were still inside.
Even though Xuan Liu's corpse had disappeared, they showed no signs of leaving.
They looked dull and vacant, seemingly devoid of intelligence.
Feeling reassured, Zuo Lin'an left and returned to his residence.
He took a quick shower, lay down comfortably in bed, and took out his phone to see what messages Xu Youyou had sent him.
【Xu Youyou: Brother An?】
【Xu Youyou: Brother An, are you there? I'm so bored!】
At this moment, Xu Youyou was literally using his player as a stool, sitting on him with a vacant, blank expression as he waited for Zuo Lin'an's reply.
He had already asked everyone he could, and they all said there was nothing they could do.
By now, he had given up. He just wanted to chat with Zuo Lin'an because he was too bored.
【Zuo Lin'an: Yeah, I'm done on my end.】
Seeing his reply, Xu Youyou instantly perked up.
【Xu Youyou: Brother An, tell me about your situation. You finished so fast? How did you kill them?】
It was indeed very early; the sky wasn't even bright yet.
Zuo Lin'an didn't hide anything either, briefly summarizing his dungeon experience this time.
【Xu Youyou: What? What copper coin? The 【Life-Buying Coin】? How come I never run into such good stuff?】
【Xu Youyou: Seriously, those Death Dolls are practically everywhere now. Anyone with even a bit of status can just reach into their clothes and pull one out. But I've never heard of this copper coin! No one on the forums has mentioned it either!】
Zuo Lin'an thought about it carefully, and it indeed seemed to be the case.
However, this wasn't something difficult to explain.
【Zuo Lin'an: The Death Doll is made using the special talent Substitute Puppet. That talent is a fixed special talent, so no matter what world they encounter, there will always be some players who possess it.】
【Zuo Lin'an: But the 【Life-Buying Coin】 is clearly unique to a wuxia world, a special talent evolved from someone's personal experience. Therefore, it's likely a talent unique to a single player.】
Xu Youyou came to a sudden realization.
【Xu Youyou: Right, right, that makes sense.】
【Zuo Lin'an: So? What are your plans now? Just waste time with him like this?】
【Xu Youyou: Yeah. I asked on the forums earlier. This player didn't just block his five senses; he even executed a martial art called the Turtle Breathing Technique. It's absolutely outrageous!】
【Xu Youyou: Right now, I'm just wondering if I can trick him into thinking he cleared the dungeon, so he'll respond to me.】
【Zuo Lin'an: When a player clears a dungeon, there's a system notification, and they return to normal afterward. That means things like blocked senses and the Turtle Breathing Technique would automatically be deactivated.】
【Zuo Lin'an: Besides, how are you going to trick him? His five senses are blocked right now! He can't hear you!】
The tiny sliver of hope that had just risen within Xu Youyou instantly vanished.
“I only have myself to blame for playing around too much earlier.”
【Xu Youyou: Then I can only accept my bad luck. But speaking of which, your side actually had five unsolvable specters. You hit the jackpot this time!】
【Zuo Lin'an: I did make a profit. I also have to thank that Dark Dragon Guard for directly killing five players.】
In the end, not only did he fail to achieve his goal, but he even gifted me so many Contribution points.
Rate on N.U.
