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Ch. 104 - Impossible

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Ye Chuan's actions had obviously attracted the attention of the wandering souls. With shrill shrieks, they lunged towards him!

"Insignificant ants," Ye Chuan said, channeling spiritual energy into his Thunder Peachwood Sword and slashing.

The sword erupted with chaotic spiritual energy, a dark, light-absorbing energy that blended into the night, instantly shredding the approaching ghosts.

The shrieks abruptly ceased. With a single sword strike, he had cleared the entire corridor of ghosts. Only the faint glow of spirit essences remained in the dim hallway.

After confirming that there were no more ghosts, Ye Chuan beckoned, and the spirit essences flew towards him, gathering in the bottle Wang Yanran had given him.

"Hmm, not much," Ye Chuan said, looking at the spirit essences in the bottle. Perhaps it was because it was only the first night?

He glanced at the door number; he was currently on the fourth floor, and the rules mentioned six floors in total.

He'd go check out the other floors.

Ye Chuan swept through the floors below, noticing that the layout was the same on each floor, and the number of ghosts was similar.

Some doors had been broken down by the ghosts, and the smell of blood emanated from within, indicating that the occupants were dead.

"..." Ye Chuan frowned slightly.

He wasn't used to this, the feeling of his fellow humans being killed by monsters.

"Groooowl…"

The ghost that had killed the occupants floated out, its arms dripping with blood.

Seeing Ye Chuan, it seemed to become excited.

But in the next second, it was annihilated by Ye Chuan's sword, not even a speck of dust remaining.

Compared to the ghosts, Ye Chuan was more like a grim reaper, cutting them down and collecting their spirit essences.

Five or six ghosts per floor, dozens in total across six floors, and their quality wasn't low.

"Not bad," Ye Chuan said, slightly disappointed. He wished he could encounter stronger ghosts; these were too weak to pose any challenge.

Standing in the corridor, Ye Chuan took out his phone and checked the chat group. There were over 999+ unread messages.

[Holy shit, is someone hunting ghosts outside? I heard them scream, and then they disappeared.]

[Really? My neighbor opened the door and got eaten alive.]

[It's true! We saw it through the peephole! Someone's killing all the ghosts!]

[Don't believe it, I just opened the door, and now a ghost is riding on me and biting me, waaaah!]

…

Meanwhile, in another dimension,

In a chat group with no players, the administrators were silently observing the events unfolding in the dormitory.

[What's going on? Why is that guy in Room 444 so strong? Is he a high-level player?]

[All those Level 1 ghosts were instantly killed? Why is there such a powerful being in a beginner dungeon?]

[Room 444 was originally empty. How did this guy appear?]

[Damn it, now I won't be able to hear the screams of the newbies!]

[Hurry, hurry, I want to see bloodshed, not this!]

[Admin, send in some stronger ghosts!]

Soon, a user with the "Admin" title spoke—

[Admin: There seems to be a bug in the game, a foreign entity has entered. Don't worry, we'll remove him.]

[Hurry up and kill him, I'll give you a reward!]

[Hee hee hee]

…

Ye Chuan, after clearing out the wandering souls, suddenly sensed something amiss.

Huh?

Black mist began to spread across the floor, and dozens of shadowy figures emerged!

Ye Chuan looked closely. Under the dim corridor lights, he saw that the figures were female ghosts in red dresses!

And he could sense that these red-dressed ghosts were much stronger than the wandering souls!

"So many?" Seeing dozens of them, Ye Chuan tightened his grip on his sword.

His hands trembled slightly.

This… this was…

Amazing! So much spirit essence!

Ye Chuan slashed with his sword, the spiritual energy erupting in a crescent-shaped arc, cutting towards the red-dressed ghosts!

Two ghosts screamed and were instantly obliterated, but the others were incredibly fast, dodging the sword aura and closing in on Ye Chuan!

"Jie jie jie!" (TL: A sinister laugh)

The leading ghost, its face pale and grey, grinned cruelly, its claws radiating sinister ghostly Qi, and struck at Ye Chuan!

"Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!"

A scream echoed.

It wasn't Ye Chuan's, of course. The moment the ghost's claws touched him, a black energy erupted from his body, melting the claws.

Not only that, but the ghost's body deflated like a balloon, its energy drained by Ye Chuan's spiritual power, leaving behind only a single spirit essence.

"Does speed even matter? I'm immune to magic," Ye Chuan said, flicking his Thunder Peachwood Sword, unsurprised by what had just happened.

His Chaotic Indestructible Body, a Supreme constitution, was immune to laws, rules, special attacks, magic, and spells… the perfect counter to ghosts and spirits.

In short—

He was resistant to soft attacks, not hard ones.

Ye Chuan summoned his Green Peak Sword and made a hand gesture. "Sword Control."

Both swords transformed into streaks of light, floating in mid-air and cutting down the red-dressed ghosts like vegetables.

Screams echoed, then silence returned to the corridor.

"Not bad, these female ghosts are around mid Qi Refining, about the same as Wang Yanran's Ghost King," Ye Chuan said, collecting the spirit essences.

This was great.

Lilith's favorability would definitely increase significantly. He wondered what rewards he would get.

Ye Chuan waited for a moment, and seeing nothing else appear, returned to his room.

As soon as he sat down on the bed, a window appeared before him.

[Holographic Adventure: You have successfully completed Day 1. Return to the real world? (Leaving will not affect your progress.)]

It seemed Holographic Adventure was the same as a regular adventure.

Surviving the first day or dying would end the adventure, and he could choose to continue or start a new adventure the next day.

"I'll go back then, I'll continue tonight," Ye Chuan said. He remembered he was taking Bai Qianshuang and Lan Xiaoke to the amusement park tomorrow and wasn't sure what happened to the real world while he was in the adventure.

As he clicked "Return," his figure vanished from the dormitory.

Unbeknownst to him, the administrators watching him were stunned.

[What the hell was that?!]

[A high-level player? Someone who can travel between dungeons?]

[Impossible!]