Xu Youyou saw Zuo Lin'an exit the first floor and scale the outer wall straight to the second floor. Just as he caught up, he watched Zuo Lin'an crash through the glass and break into the principal's office.
He immediately concealed his figure and quickly climbed the outer wall to the second floor.
Just as he reached the window, he saw Zuo Lin'an reveal himself, thrusting the boning knife in his hand straight toward Xuan Jingyuan.
Everyone immediately launched attacks against him.
Even though they knew the repel effect was useless against the specter Zuo Lin'an, they showed no signs of holding back.
What if?
What if the specter's immunity to the repel effect could be completely worn down?
Of course, aside from that, Gu Hedao and Xuan Er, two Xiantian Rank experts, directly and fiercely struck out at the incoming, blade-wielding Zuo Lin'an.
They likely had no remaining means to counter specters, so they could only frantically circulate their true qi and unleash a joint palm strike at Zuo Lin'an.
They didn't do this expecting to injure him, but simply to buy time so the talent abilities of the others around them could land on him.
To be fair, though a full-strength joint strike from two Xiantian Rank experts couldn't cause any damage, it did succeed in halting Zuo Lin'an's figure for a brief moment.
In that split second of hesitation, over a dozen talents landed directly on Zuo Lin'an.
Yet, whether by coincidence or some other reason, these talents were surprisingly all repel or killing-type talents; not a single control-type talent was among them.
Or perhaps because Zuo Lin'an had appeared on the first floor earlier, all the players with control-type means had rushed down there?
If that were the case, they would definitely rush back at top speed now that trouble had broken out here.
He had to end the battle before those players returned!
Ignoring all the talents, Zuo Lin'an crashed straight into Gu Hedao and Xuan Er ahead of him. His crimson slit-pupils, filled with murderous intent and chilling cold, locked onto Xuan Jingyuan, who was sitting in the chair ahead.
Zuo Lin'an's behavior made all the players believe that his target was indeed the Emperor!
Crouched by the window, Xu Youyou suddenly noticed a player standing behind Zuo Lin'an. This person bore some resemblance to Xuan Jingyuan. Perhaps he was one of the Emperor's sons?
But that wasn't important. What mattered was that a glass shard had suddenly appeared in this person's hand, and it didn't look like ordinary glass.
This... was likely a specter item.
As for its special effect, after seeing Zuo Lin'an ignore all the repel effects just now, the specter item this person pulled out definitely wouldn't have the same effect.
In that case, it could only be imprisonment or control.
Xu Youyou looked back at Zuo Lin'an. At this moment, Zuo Lin'an was entangled with Gu Hedao and Xuan Er. These two were fast, possessed sharp perception, and were incredibly powerful.
Although they couldn't damage Zuo Lin'an, their constant interference was highly annoying.
Right then, Zuo Lin'an suddenly realized he had triggered Gu Hedao's Death Rule!
Gu Hedao was already using his own specter to engage in a clash of Death Rules with Zuo Lin'an!
In other words, before the clash ended, he couldn't attack anyone else!
Zuo Lin'an could clearly sense that he would definitely win this clash of Death Rules. He possessed absolute confidence in the level of cruelty of his own method of execution!
But this required time.
Three seconds!
He only needed three seconds!
However, the player behind him had already slipped up to his back and raised the glass shard in his hand.
Zuo Lin'an frowned. Although he knew someone was approaching from behind, he simply couldn't spare the attention right now.
Fortunately, he had already sensed Xu Youyou's aura just outside the nearby window.
Xu Youyou frowned slightly as he watched this unfold. He quickly slipped through the window into the office, ignored everyone else, and suddenly materialized behind the player holding the glass shard.
It wasn't that he didn't want to kill a few more, but Zuo Lin'an's safety was currently the top priority. Whether the others lived or died didn't matter at all right now.
He reached out, grabbed the man's neck with both hands, and squeezed hard.
The sickening sound of bones cracking echoed through the room.
In an instant, the player's neck was crushed into a mangled heap of shredded flesh.
Seeing the head roll onto the floor, Xuan Jingyuan's eyes widened in sheer shock.
“My son!!”
Witnessing this, Xuan Er immediately shielded Xuan Jingyuan.
“Your Majesty!!”
Xuan Jingyuan's entire body went rigid. Though his eyes still flashed with ferocity and his body trembled with rage, he ultimately didn't rise from his chair. Instead, he chose to trigger his talent, 【Ninth-Five Sovereign】.
Previously, when he designated the principal's office as a safe zone, he had already reset the talent cooldowns for everyone.
Normally, he would have to wait three days to trigger the talent again. However, because Xu Youyou had just launched a lethal attack inside the office and successfully killed someone...
The three-day cooldown was instantly reset.
He could trigger his talent once more, resetting the talent cooldowns for all the players present!
“Kill them for me!”
Just as his voice fell, the clash of rules between Zuo Lin'an and Gu Hedao was decided.
And the victor, of course, was Zuo Lin'an!
As for the loser...
Gu Hedao was supposed to die.
After all, once a player became a Specter Master, they kept their specter suppressed within their body. If they lost a rule clash, their specter would be repelled, and the player who fused with the specter would be killed as well.
But at that critical juncture, Gu Hedao suddenly vanished on the spot.
He had triggered his talent, 【One-Thought Breeze】.
Transforming into a gentle breeze, he could move to any location in the dungeon at will, completely untraceable by any specter.
Left with no choice, Zuo Lin'an had to give up on killing Gu Hedao.
What a pity.
If he had managed to kill him, he would have obtained a card and completed a bounty in the process.
But no matter, Xuan Er was still here.
Zuo Lin'an's gaze shifted back to Xuan Er, or more accurately, Xuan Jingyuan behind Xuan Er.
Xuan Er barked fiercely.
“Use Imprisonment!! Quick!!”
Hearing this, Zuo Lin'an shuddered.
Oh no!
It was the player who had used the 【Imprisonment】 talent on him back at the stairs!
When did they enter the office?
He hadn't noticed them at all!
Wait.
Didn't 【Imprisonment】 have a two-hour cooldown?
Fortunately, at that exact moment, Xu Youyou—who had concealed his figure again after his previous kill—suddenly materialized at the office doorway and swiped a claw toward the person's head.
With a loud thud...
Before the player could use 【Imprisonment】 on Zuo Lin'an, whom they had already locked onto, they were killed just like that.
But because of this, Xu Youyou was also exposed to the eyes of all the players.
Unlike before, when everyone's talents had been unleashed on Zuo Lin'an...
Xuan Jingyuan had just triggered his talent, resetting the cooldowns for all the players in the office. Although Xu Youyou had successfully killed a player, he had also revealed his position.
However, to Xu Youyou, this was still a massive win!
Several bolts of thunder instantly crashed down.
Xu Youyou's figure suddenly exploded, vanishing into a cloud of blood mist.
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