"Dai Xuan really went out of his way to deal with me, even setting off the signal flare, but why hasn’t he shown up yet? Isn’t he afraid I’ll also leave this place?"

Su Ran had already made preparations, planning for a big fight, but the players hadn’t attacked yet, which made him doubt. Could it be that this guy was just bluffing, purposely raising my awareness?

If that was the case, I definitely underestimated Dai Xuan, his schemes are unfathomable.

"Or does Dai Xuan want to know my actual objective this time?"

All sorts of thoughts flashed through Su Ran’s mind, and his confusion grew. After all, the enemy was in the dark, and he was exposed, always on guard against being ambushed by players. This feeling was very uncomfortable.

"I don’t have the leisure to wait for you guys, I’m leaving!"

After waiting quietly for a moment and still seeing no players, Su Ran sneered dismissively and broke through the Shield Skeleton’s formation, heading alone towards the front.

"Not good, ’Spilt Water Can’t Be Regained’ wants to escape!"

"What the hell is Leader Dai doing? Where is the encirclement tactic he promised? Why hasn’t anyone appeared yet?"

Seeing Su Ran pick up the pace, the two scouts panicked. They were nowhere near as fast as Su Ran, and in frustration, they urgently said, "It’s so annoying, the signal flare has been out for so long, how come there’s not a single person in sight? What in the world is Leader Dai and the others doing?"

Because Dai Xuan’s troops were nowhere to be seen, the two scouts simply couldn’t keep up with Su Ran’s pace, and they helplessly lost him. They watched as Su Ran’s figure was obscured by the spreading fog, and quickly disappeared from sight.

"Damn it, how are we going to chase him now!"

"This is bullshit, wasted a whole lot of effort for nothing, what was all that for?"

Seeing that Su Ran had been lost, the two men stopped bothering and stood still. The Power of Curse being expelled by the Undead skeletons became denser, creating a fog that wouldn’t allow them to act recklessly any longer, and the Ghost Pearl could only ignore the Power of Curse by a certain chance, not completely resist it; venturing into this dense fog required careful consideration.

However.

Just at that moment, sounds of clattering emerged around them, and soon, disheveled players began to appear before the two.

"Where is he, where did the ’Spilt Water’ thief escape to?"

The moment these players showed up, they swept their gazes around, but Su Ran’s figure was nowhere to be found, which led them to question the two players responsible for tracking.

"Great, still have the nerve to ask for someone. Now you come, the dish is cold!"

The two trackers replied irritably. After all the hustle and bustle, they’d gained no benefits, only getting into a mess; whom could they even complain to?

"Ugh, don’t even mention it. Leader Dai was leading us to intercept ’Spilt Water Can’t Be Regained,’ but didn’t expect a beast tide to appear on the way, the Ghost Clan monsters spawning in droves, we couldn’t even hide! It was only because Leader Dai fought a bloody path that we were able to rush over here, seriously unlucky!"

One of the squad leaders spat out in frustration, before continuing, "This time that kid is just lucky, let him off the hook. Next time, he won’t be so lucky!"

"You all here idle chattering, get moving and support Leader Dai!"

A group of people lingered briefly, then scrambled toward another direction. The noisy clamor of the place swiftly returned to dead silence.

Up to now, Su Ran had no idea that, in his confused state, he had narrowly escaped a calamity. His luck was simply unmatched.

"Strange, these people are all bark and no bite, letting me escape so easily. Just what kind of subordinates has Dai Xuan raised..."

Scratching his bald head in puzzlement, Su Ran hardly dared to believe that Dai Xuan would let him go so readily. He couldn’t help sighing, "Dai Xuan, oh Dai Xuan, why so courteous? I almost don’t have the heart to kill you again."

At that moment, Su Ran was traveling light, for fear of revealing his location. He had even withdrawn his undead skeletons. In just a short while, he had covered a considerable distance and believed that even if someone were tracking him, they would surely lose his trail.

"Huh?"

After Su Ran slipped into the forest, he suddenly noticed a large bone beast not far ahead, moving toward the front right. Behind it was a female warrior clad in red armor, who, despite the covering, could not conceal her graceful figure.

"Bone-eating Beast, Han Siying!"

Seeing the woman who made his teeth itch, Su Ran’s soul fire flickered in his eye sockets. He hadn’t expected to encounter a former classmate in the realm of the Ghost Clan. It was definitely beyond his expectations. Suppressing the urge to launch a sneak attack, Su Ran watched the woman with curiosity, trying to understand what she was up to.

"With the Bone-eating Beast as her undead pet, Han Siying indeed has quite the convenience in the Ghost Clan’s territory, at least there’s no need to worry about the Power of Curse, hm?"

As soon as Su Ran’s gaze fell on Han Siying, he abruptly recalled the time she presented one of the Ancient Three Coins, the Copper Thread Coin, at the auction. He remembered she had stated the coin didn’t belong to her, and because of this, the Ghost Officer of the Ghost Clan was attracted, almost bringing disaster upon his own territory!

"Ghost Clan, Ancient Three Coins, Ghost Curse, what secrets are hidden here? And what role is Han Siying playing in all this?"

For a time, Su Ran’s mind was shrouded in fog, finding it hard to discern the true nature of the situation. However, in his view, if he could just expel the Ghost Curse from the Copper Thread Coin, then the truth should be revealed, right?

Perhaps by following Han Siying’s lead, he could discover clues about the Ghost Curse—an unexpected windfall!

Thinking this, Su Ran followed discreetly, patiently waiting for the story to unfold.

Unexpectedly, as Su Ran waited, three hours passed.

As Han Siying ventured further in, Su Ran found himself in an unfamiliar terrain filled with numerous graves and pits. He had to tread carefully to avoid accidentally falling into one of the deep holes.

Yet these very graves made Su Ran’s eyes burn with desire. He was itching to dig up every single one of them, seeing that their quality far surpassed those at Sinister Grave Ridge. If he could take all these graves for himself, he was confident he’d make a fortune!

However, Su Ran did not act on this impulse. After all, there were more pressing matters at hand; he must understand the woman’s purpose for coming here.

If he could thwart her, that would naturally be the best outcome.

As for the coordinates of this place, Su Ran etched them firmly into his memory. One day, when he had the time, he definitely had to visit this graveyard—no matter if the graves were big or small, he would dig them all up, stopping at nothing less than upheaval!