“What are you staring for? Chase after him!”
Hearing the Emperor's command, several nearby players with the 【Spirit Vision】 talent began using their talents regardless of the cost to search for Zuo Lin'an's tracks.
“By the back door!”
Although the players couldn't see Zuo Lin'an while he was in motion, he had to pause for a fleeting instant with every step he took. The 【Spirit Vision】 players were able to seize those moments to pinpoint his location.
Even with his form concealed, there was nothing he could do; he couldn't evade the detection of 【Spirit Vision】.
Furthermore, while he was a specter and could conceal himself, Xuan Yi's corpse in his hands could not.
Because of this, his retreat was quite difficult, especially since the sixth floor was packed inside and out with people.
Fortunately, Zuo Lin'an was a specter and possessed extreme speed. As long as he was determined to leave, no one here could truly stop him.
By the time he reached roughly the third floor, he had finally managed to temporarily shake off the players behind him. Using his fastest speed, Zuo Lin'an quickly searched Xuan Yi's corpse and pulled out the five cards.
With that, Xuan Yi's corpse was of no further use.
He originally wanted to discard the body right there, but he quickly dismissed the idea. Instead, he carried the corpse out of the academic building and hid.
Only after confirming there were no players nearby did he casually toss Xuan Yi's corpse into an inconspicuous corner.
If he had left the body in the academic building, the players would have surely discovered it very quickly. Upon inspecting it, they would realize the cards on Xuan Yi were gone.
Naturally, they would deduce that his attack on Xuan Yi as a specter was solely for those five cards.
By taking the corpse with him, he could mislead the players to a certain extent.
Zuo Lin'an looked down at the five cards in his hand and smiled.
Adding the three cards from his living body, he now had a total of eight cards in his hands.
“A decent harvest.”
Now, Xuan Jingyuan and the others only had two cards left between them.
This meant that even if they passed the exam and obtained the other half of the cards to secure a chance at clearing the dungeon, ultimately only two of them would be able to leave the dungeon alive.
Zuo Lin'an felt that he could actually give up targeting Xuan Jingyuan's group of players now.
However, everything still depended on the principal's wishes. After all, the principal was the boss of this National War Dungeon.
“I'll head to the dormitories to take a look. Hopefully, the principal's side will successfully obtain the other three cards.”
He sensed his surroundings carefully. After confirming there was no living aura nearby, he quickly rushed toward the dormitory area.
Academic Building No. 5, Sixth Floor, Class Two.
The specter had fled, but the players staying here could not leave.
Having just suffered a specter attack, everyone had to remain here to protect His Majesty the Emperor.
After several 【Spirit Vision】 players searched desperately, they finally confirmed that the specter had long since departed, allowing everyone to breathe a sigh of relief.
Of course, by this point, all the 【Spirit Vision】 players had overdrawn their mental energy and were sent to the fifth floor to rest.
Xuan Jingyuan rubbed his temples.
“Elder Gu, didn't you say earlier that Zuo Lin'an came here to find General Zhang to avenge Xu Youyou?”
Why did Zuo Lin'an, who had turned into a specter in the Scarlet Dream, completely ignore Zhang Shenli upon his arrival and target Xuan Yi instead?
And looking at how he acted, he was clearly aiming for Xuan Yi.
After all, once Zuo Lin'an entered Class Two, he hadn't paid any attention to Zhang Shenli's position at all.
Gu Hedao opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.
“Perhaps... Xuan Yi was standing too close to him at the time?”
Xuan Jingyuan thought about it carefully, and it indeed seemed plausible.
At this moment, a minister stepped forward a couple of paces, bowed, and said, “Your Majesty, perhaps the specter didn't target Xuan Yi by chance, but rather because there was something special about him.”
Xuan Jingyuan looked over at him.
“What are your thoughts, beloved minister?”
Last night, this same man had analyzed the situation and proposed that they must enter the Scarlet Dream together during the first three nights. He was a highly insightful minister.
If they could return alive, Xuan Jingyuan planned to place him in an important position.
“Your Majesty, Xuan Yi held cards, and he possessed the largest number of cards among all of us.”
“In my humble opinion, these cards obtained from the Scarlet Dream are undoubtedly crucial items. Consequently, those holding cards will attract the attention of specters.”
“The more cards one holds, the higher the probability of being attacked by a specter, and the higher the priority.”
“Elder Gu's claim that Zuo Lin'an came to seek revenge on Zhang Shenli is likely correct. It's just that after arriving here, the specter discovered that Xuan Yi carried five cards and thus temporarily changed his target.”
Xuan Jingyuan hearing this, suddenly recalled that he also carried a card.
Xuan Er immediately stepped forward.
“Your Majesty, please hand the card over to this subordinate for safekeeping!”
Gu Hedao also held one, but his own strength was formidable, and his survival capabilities were strong, so there was no need to worry about him. Xuan Jingyuan, however, was a different story!
Xuan Jingyuan frowned slightly. Although he felt the minister's words made sense, he couldn't help but feel that something was off, though he couldn't put his finger on it.
Nevertheless, just to be safe, he handed the card to Xuan Er.
He sat back in his chair, feeling somewhat exhausted, and rubbed his temples as he pondered their next steps.
As the Emperor, he possessed an extremely special talent.
【Special Talent: Ninth-Five Sovereign (Unique)】
【1. Designate an indoor space of no more than one hundred square meters as a safe zone. Within this zone, the talent cooldown of all players can be reset once. Cooldown: 3 days.】
【2. If anyone within the safe zone suffers a lethal attack, the cooldown of this talent is reset.】
【3. Once the talent is triggered, the user cannot move from their position, or else the talent cannot be triggered again for the rest of the day.】
In the beginning, he hadn't fully understood his own talent.
But after using it, he realized just how incredibly useful it was.
As long as he designated an indoor space within the specified size limit, he could use his talent to reset the cooldown of every other player staying in that space.
In other words, as long as they were indoors, no matter how many people there were, they could all be reset together!
This special effect had a cooldown of three days.
However, that was only under normal circumstances.
He also had a special condition.
Once he designated a space and triggered the talent, as long as he remained in a specific spot within that space without moving, the talent would remain continuously active.
During this period, if anyone in the space suffered a lethal attack—meaning as long as someone died—the cooldown of his own talent would be reset.
In this way, he could reset the talents of all players within the space once more.
If someone else died after that, his talent would be reset yet again, and so on and so forth... making it practically an unsolvable loop!
Furthermore, his talent was unique in that the more allies he had, the more powerful it became.
One could even say that the National War Dungeon was the perfect match for an Emperor like him. In ordinary Daily Dungeons, he could only bring one person along.
There was simply no way to maximize the value of his talent there.
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