Exposed Coordinates

Chase Battle?

Damn it!

Bo Shuo had even begun to suspect that this damn Proctoring System was targeting him. Did it have to be such a coincidence?

(Warning! Coordinates exposed. Duration: 30 seconds.)

Bo Shuo watched helplessly as his coordinates appeared in the very center of the panel. After remaining exposed for thirty seconds, they disappeared, and a scarlet ten-minute Countdown popped up on the panel, ticking away second by second.

On the other side, the White Faction examinees who received the Proctoring System's notification froze.

They had only just found out the Shaman's address, and now an examinee had already successfully obtained the Prayer Paper?

Was that really a speed a human could achieve? Or had some blind cat simply stumbled upon a dead rat through sheer luck and happened to pass by the Shaman's home?

That was far too enviable.

"I think I know who obtained the Prayer Paper!" a fat man suddenly spoke up.

If Bo Shuo had been there, he probably would have recognized him. He was one of the examinees previously rescued from the Ghost Bride.

Everyone's eyes turned toward him. The fat man swallowed, then summoned his courage and continued, "It should be that examinee surnamed Bo. He didn't appear on our faction list this time, so he was assigned to our opposing side."

"We have to be careful. He's very strong." Another examinee rescued at the same time as the fat man hurriedly cut in. "We personally watched him grind a B-rank Ghost to death!"

The moment those words were spoken, the examinees collectively sucked in a cold breath.

A B-rank Ghost?

Wouldn't going over there mean certain death for them?

They didn't think they could defeat a Big Shot capable of grinding a B-rank Ghost to death.

But if they didn't complete the mission, then once the exam ended, those who failed to obtain a passing score would still die here.

A C-rank examinee leading the group broke the deadlock. He reached out and held up a Crystal Pendant for the people beside him to see.

"Are you talking about this B-rank Ghost?"

The sharp-eyed fat man immediately recognized the distorted face carved inside the Crystal Pendant. Wasn't it the Ghost Groom they'd seen last time?

Suddenly, the fat man thought of something and looked up excitedly. "You contracted it?"

As soon as he said this, the surrounding examinees' gazes at the C-rank examinee changed.

A contract.

It was actually the rare Ghost Contract Talent.

"You're from Flowing Light!" someone recognized the C-rank examinee's identity.

Any examinee who had stayed in Lost Paradise knew the name of the Flowing Light Guild.

It was a major guild ranked among the top ten.

Its selection process was extremely strict. Basically, every examinee who managed to enter had immense potential.

"Let me introduce myself. I'm Xu Ji Mo, a C-rank examinee from Flowing Light. From now on, follow my orders. I'll lead you to victory."

Xu Ji Mo tilted his head slightly, a smile rising on his fair, gentle face.

*

There were still six minutes until the coordinates were exposed.

Avoiding the villagers patrolling nearby, Bo Shuo took Sang Yu and found a secluded, abandoned Small House to hide in.

Given his current strength, it was absolutely impossible for him to hold off so many examinees coming to seize the Prayer Paper.

He had to borrow external forces.

Bo Shuo quickly thought through which powerful figures he could make use of.

The examinees were definitely out of the question. That left only the NPCs.

The NPCs known to them at present could also be divided into two factions: the villager faction and the female ghost faction.

But Bo Shuo had already noticed last time that the Ghost Bride had too many restrictions. Her Ghost Domain was shattered, costing her too much of her power. Even if she could be summoned, she couldn't stand against two groups of people.

That left only the villagers.

At present, the villagers' hatred toward the entire group of examinees was already quite high. If they clashed with the other examinees later, it would inevitably attract attention. Once they were attacked from both sides, they would be left crippled even if they didn't die.

So what they could do now wasn't run away.

It was muddy the waters even further.

"I have something for you to do." Bo Shuo showed no fear of the crisis ahead. He spoke calmly.

His words came neither hurriedly nor slowly, as though he wasn't facing a threat to their lives, but merely pointing out ants on the ground.

Infected by the Youth's composure, Sang Yu, who had initially been somewhat flustered, also calmed down. She paused slightly, then replied with a resolute gaze,

"Please tell me."

Judging from the bones beneath the altar, trafficking was extremely rampant here. It could even be said that no household was innocent.

Therefore, it wasn't only the Village Chief's house that stored Blood Altars. At least one had to be kept in every household. Otherwise, these people would have long since been slaughtered by the vengeful souls of the dead.

The Youth stood at the boundary between light and shadow. His dark-purple eyes were deep and somber, like thick ink that couldn't be diluted. He seemed to smile, then issued a quiet command.

"I want you to infiltrate those villagers' homes, then move all the Blood Altars here."

*

By the time the coordinates appeared for the second time, the White Faction examinees had already made ample preparations.

"Team One, surround them from the center. Team Two, take the side. Team Three, charge straight in with me."

Xu Ji Mo used a Communication Tool to give orders to the examinees lying in wait in every direction.

Following his successive commands, several teams advanced from every direction in perfect obedience. This opportunity was rare. If they failed to obtain the Prayer Paper within these ten minutes, then once the Chase Battle ended, their chances of getting it would be even lower.