"Ding! Congratulations to player Skeleton for successfully killing the Ghost Prison General Misgu and obtaining the key item for coming into contact with the Ghost Curse—Misgu’s Heart!"

As Su Ran killed Misgu, the system notification followed. But this left Su Ran extremely annoyed inside. If he had known the heart was the key item, why the hell did he bother reviving the Ghost Prison General?

He could’ve just cut out the heart directly!

Thinking back, Su Ran’s previous choice was really like taking off his pants to fart—completely unnecessary...

Su Ran had to admit that he had fallen for the system’s trick. However, getting tricked wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. At the very least, the loot scattered all around was his biggest gain!

"Whoosh."

While Su Ran was distracted, a beam of light enveloped the corpse at his feet, and an incision automatically formed in the chest, as a pitch-black heart slowly rose and floated in front of Su Ran.

"Damn, no wonder the Ghost Clan is so wicked. Look at this, even their hearts are black!"

Suppressing his disgust, Su Ran tossed the heart into his inventory, putting the matter of lifting the Ghost Curse on the back burner for now. The most important thing at the moment was to pick up all the loot, leaving nothing for the system!

"Didn’t expect this Ghost Prison General to be so generous, to drop so much equipment! Eh, what’s this?"

Su Ran took in all the loot that filled his sight. Setting aside the equipment for now, what caught his eye was an unassuming potion bottle etched with the character for ’shrink’, its bold strokes seemingly piercing through the glass.

Shrink?

Su Ran was first taken aback, as if making a connection, and then a flame of excitement lit up in his eyes. Without paying any attention to the equipment sprawled around, he reached out and picked up this special potion bottle.

"Haha, this is indeed a Shrinking Potion!"

Su Ran exclaimed excitedly, so thrilled he didn’t even know how to express himself. At this moment, he couldn’t even dare to imagine that the item for the Skeleton Saint’s rescue mission would actually drop here—what a pleasant surprise!

The "Trust of the Skeleton Saint" mission was a time-limited mission. If he didn’t obtain the Shrinking Potion within three days, the Skeleton Saint would be resealed. Su Ran had thought this mission would be extremely tough, but unexpectedly, the special potion had come so easily into his hands!

"This really is fate playing tricks on people..."

Feeling amazed, Su Ran couldn’t help but admire the unpredictability of fate—truly untraceable!

No matter what, this trip had brought double happiness to Su Ran, which exhilarated him!

With the excitement in his heart, Su Ran collected all the equipment that the Ghost Prison General had dropped, not leaving so much as a single potion for the system. In Su Ran’s own words, why should he let the system take back what he had earned with his own strength?

Since he was little, teachers had taught him that wasting resources was shameful!

"This Ghost Prison General is pretty decent, even dropped two pieces of gold equipment. You’re making me feel embarrassed, buddy."

As Su Ran picked through the equipment, he muttered to himself, "Next time you spawn, I’ll definitely let you live a couple more episodes!"

However,

What disappointed Su Ran was that all the equipment dropped by this BOSS was exclusively for the Ghost Clan. Even if obtained by the Human Race, it could only be kept for show and couldn’t be worn to boost strength—it was impossible to use for power enhancement.

"Can only go to Ghost Town to exchange for some useful items, it’s no good letting them rot in my hands."

Su Ran pondered to himself. He hadn’t failed to consider the Ghost King Drought Fiend, but upon further reflection, he realized their familiarity was on the verge of turning into a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. If he sent her a few more pieces of equipment, she would definitely pledge herself to him body and soul!

Thinking of the Drought Fiend’s stunning beauty, Su Ran couldn’t help but swallow hard, his skin crawling with goose bumps.

"I also have two silver artifacts, three Bronze Equipments, six bottles of special potions, countless bottles of ordinary potions, a Ghost Town Recall Scroll, and twenty gold coins."

After tallying up the rest of his loot, Su Ran was very satisfied with his haul. If he could exchange these equipments for money, that would be ideal. If not, trading them for consumable items would also be acceptable.

"Swoosh!"

At that moment, the corpse of the Ghost Prison General turned into a beam of light and vanished from Su Ran’s line of sight. In its place appeared a teleportation gate, spinning continuously.

Su Ran didn’t rush into the newly refreshed teleportation gate. Instead, he pulled out the stone coffin he’d acquired in the cave. Alongside it, he dumped the Ghost Prison General’s limbs on the ground. Since the creature was already dead, its body parts had no value. Leaving them there also gave the Ghost Prison General a full corpse in death, preventing an incomplete remains.

"I wonder what kind of secrets are hidden inside this stone coffin."

Su Ran truly hoped that the coffin would reveal clues to the twelve statues. That way, the chances of unraveling its mysteries would surely increase.

No player could enter this place; it was incredibly secluded. Su Ran didn’t worry about being discovered and carelessly laid the stone coffin on the ground. He tried to pry open the lid with all his might, hoping to lift it right off.

"Wow, this lid is heavy!"

Su Ran hadn’t expected that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t budge the stone coffin an inch, which puzzled him. He mused to himself, "Strange, this coffin is seriously weird. I may be a mage, but that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be able to lift the lid, right?"

"Could it be that this isn’t the correct way to open the coffin?"

With this thought, Su Ran circled the coffin a few times but didn’t find any mechanism. He had no choice but to once again rely on brute force. Under the combined efforts of him and his avatar, the Bone Lion, they finally managed to shift the lid a little.

"Damn it, at this rate, even if I try all day long, I won’t be able to open this stone coffin!"

Exhausted, Su Ran sat down on the ground, glaring at the stubborn coffin, muttering in frustration, "Since you’re being so uncooperative, don’t blame me for not being nice!"

Having said that, Su Ran didn’t hesitate to use the Treading on Air Technique, floating above the stone coffin. He glanced at the cumbersome coffin below before pulling out his enchanted weapon, the Sun Meteor.

"Swoosh!"

The immense boulder, animated by a terrifying gravitational force, smashed down viciously. The chains on the rock clanged, invisibly adding to the stone’s striking force.

"Crack!"

The rock hit the coffin hard, causing a loud noise that made the ground tremble below.

"Yes, success!"

Seeing the web of cracks spreading across the lid, Su Ran’s spirits lifted. He quickly descended, first tucking the mighty Sun Meteor back at his side, before turning his attention to the unwitting victim of this fiasco, the stone coffin.

"You didn’t listen to reason, and now look what happened. Regretting it now? Serves you right!!!"

As Su Ran knocked on the surface of the coffin, his tone was full of schadenfreude. If the stone coffin could have understood Su Ran’s words, it would have been absolutely livid!