Qin Manjiang no longer had the presence of mind to think about the person he had just seen who resembled Li Xijiu. He was panicking too.
No way...
We only just got out. Surely they wouldn't send us straight back into another Ghost Story Game without even letting us catch our breath?
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. They should at least give people a few days to rest... At this rate, people would die of exhaustion.
The other players found it hard to believe too. Wasn't this far too soon?
Or was this some other change?
But what happened next immediately shattered everyone's hopes.
Under everyone's startled, uncertain gazes, the third of the ten Spirit Pupil Dark Spots beneath the enormous spiral pupil lit up completely, emitting a scarlet glow.
The Third Ultimate Game had been cleared!
But immediately afterward, the Fourth Spirit Pupil began to glow faintly.
Red light outlined it. Compared with the first three Spirit Pupils, which were already lit, its interior remained completely dark.
Then a burst of scarlet light bloomed from within the fourth Spirit Pupil Dark Spot, twisting and spreading through the dark void. In the blink of an eye, it formed four lines of scarlet text!
[Ghost Story: Death as Scheduled.] [Life and death are ordained; the length of one's life is predetermined.] [Seven days from now, at midnight, each shall receive their allotted fate and die as scheduled.] [Time limit: none.]
Was this... a new Ghost Story?
Was it an Ultimate Game?
Perhaps, but none of them had ever heard of this Ultimate Game.
Or was this one of the special Ghost Stories Nie Yunzhen had mentioned, with the potential to become an Ultimate Game?
The name of this Ghost Story stirred a powerful