Winning through trickery

Lin Luo had stirred the Girl Ghost's competitive spirit, and she chased relentlessly after him, her feet hovering above the ground.

But just as she was about to catch Lin Luo at a corner,

the Girl Ghost caught the scent of candy.

That left Girl Ghost wavering.

After death, this Girl Ghost had never developed the vile habit of eating human flesh, but her love of sweets bordered on obsession.

After a brief moment of consideration,

the Girl Ghost decided to get the candy first.

In her eyes, with her speed, Lin Luo had no chance of winning.

Picking up the candy and then catching up to Lin Luo would be child's play.

Meanwhile, Lin Luo noticed the Girl Ghost heading off in another direction.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The Girl Ghost's speed was simply astonishing.

There was no way he could win by conventional means.

Because he was on such good terms with the two Chef Ghosts,

Lin Luo kept some emergency food in his system backpack.

Among it were sweets that the Girl Ghost found irresistible.

Elsewhere, after taking a long detour, the Girl Ghost finally found the lollipop Lin Luo had left behind.

The Girl Ghost reached out, pulled up the lollipop, and gave it a lick, immediately breaking into an enraptured smile.

"So sweet. This is exactly the flavor."

The lollipop had the Girl Ghost utterly hooked. All she could think about was sweets, and she forgot to chase Lin Luo.

Only after she had licked the entire lollipop away did the Girl Ghost belatedly come to her senses.

"What a sneaky human. I let my guard down for a moment and fell for it."

The Girl Ghost's little face tightened.

She was utterly indignant.

The lollipop's wrapper had been removed, so it was easy to guess that this was one of Lin Luo's tricks.

"I won't let my guard down this time."

Desperate to win, the Girl Ghost floated in the air.

An eerie scarlet glow surged from her small body.

The next second, she shot straight after Lin Luo at an even more terrifying speed.

Even from far away, Lin Luo could feel the terrifying ghost power emanating from the Girl Ghost.

She truly lived up to being a Ghost King's descendant.

The pressure she gave off was overwhelming.

Fortunately, Lin Luo had already laid his traps and was just waiting for the Girl Ghost to fall into them.

At another corner,

Lin Luo had left sweets along each route.

This way,

even if Girl Ghost was determined to catch Lin Luo, she would still encounter sweets.

Unless this Girl Ghost could resist the temptation of sweets,

catching Lin Luo

would be absolutely impossible.

"That guy is so hateful! How dare he trick me!"

Girl Ghost was so angry that her Ghost Eyes turned red.

Yet the next second, she headed in the opposite direction from Lin Luo.

The sweets in that direction

were clearly more plentiful.

When Lin Luo noticed what the Girl Ghost was doing, he was speechless.

No matter how powerful this Girl Ghost was, she still had a child's heart. With that in mind, winning this game of hide-and-seek should not be difficult.

But until the very last moment,

Lin Luo did not dare let his guard down at all.

He did not even dare stop to catch his breath.

All Lin Luo wanted was to widen the distance between himself and the Girl Ghost.

Elsewhere, the Girl Ghost indulged in the sweets, an intoxicated smile on her face.

It had been a long time since she had tasted so many sweets.

She thoroughly enjoyed the sugar-coated traps Lin Luo had prepared.

But once all the sweets were gone, the Girl Ghost pursed her lips and revealed a twisted smile.

"I've never met a human this interesting, with so many sweets on him. I'll make him keep playing with me forever."

The Girl Ghost wiped the chocolate crumbs from her mouth, and at the same time, she began to change.

Her short, shoulder-length hair gradually took on a scarlet hue.

The pupils in her red Ghost Eyes became vertical slits.

The terrifying ghost power surging from her body

grew several times stronger than before.

Even Lin Luo, far in the distance, could sense the disturbance.

He also felt an immense pressure.

If not for his sugar-coated traps,

this game of hide-and-seek

would have been lost long ago!

To catch Lin Luo immediately, the Girl Ghost unleashed a terrifying burst of speed, moving so fast she left afterimages.

In just a few minutes, she reached Lin Luo's vicinity.

"You're pretty clever, but you can't beat me."

The Girl Ghost flashed a chilling smile.

The next second, Girl Ghost reached out to grab Lin Luo.

If she touched him, the Girl Ghost would win.

Once he lost the game,

the Girl Ghost would take a part of Lin Luo's body as punishment.

At that critical moment, Lin Luo pulled out a lollipop and threw it in another direction.

At the sight, the Girl Ghost's beaming smile vanished, and her face turned livid.

"You filthy bug! You're so wasteful!"

The Girl Ghost spat out the insult.

She could not bear to let the lollipop fall and break, so she turned to catch it.

Seizing that opportunity,

Lin Luo put distance between himself and the Girl Ghost without another word.

The Girl Ghost pursed her lips and shouted scornfully, "Filthy bug! You still won't give up, even now? Let me tell you, you can't beat me!"

With that, the Girl Ghost caught the lollipop and chased after Lin Luo.

This time, however, Lin Luo did not run. Instead, he smiled.

"Time's up. I won this game of hide-and-seek."

At those words, the Girl Ghost, who had been certain she had Lin Luo in the bag, froze.

She realized it too. Falling for those sugar-coated traps earlier had wasted far too much time.

Even though the Girl Ghost was much stronger than Lin Luo,

having missed her chance, Girl Ghost had still lost to Lin Luo.

"You only won through trickery. In a fair contest, you would've lost ages ago."

The Girl Ghost was indignant.

She could not accept the cruel reality of her defeat.

"You're right. There really is a huge gap between our strength."

Lin Luo nodded, but his words actually soothed the Girl Ghost's anger.

Regardless, Lin Luo had indeed won.

Besides, the Girl Ghost had enjoyed a feast of sweets along the way, so it was not much of a loss.

"Don't worry. I won't go back on my word."

As she spoke, Girl Ghost removed her Red Cord and tossed it to Lin Luo.

Lin Luo reached out to catch the Red Cord and inspected it.

[High-tier ghost artifact, Cursed Red Rope]

At the sight, Lin Luo could not help getting excited, unable to hide the joy on his face.

Aside from the Blood Rope that had been destroyed,

Lin Luo still had the Binding Bandages and the Soul-Burying Armor in his system backpack.

But those two ghost artifacts

were only beginner-tier.

They were nowhere near the Cursed Red Rope's level.

With this Cursed Red Rope, dealing with ghosts on the Hanged Ghost's level would be much easier.

The Girl Ghost's background was frightening.

Having reaped the benefits, Lin Luo did not dare get any further entangled with her.

Just as he was about to leave, the Girl Ghost called him back.

"Wait a moment."

At those words, Lin Luo, who had begun to relax, immediately tensed up.

If this Girl Ghost went back on her word and insisted on making trouble, he would be in a difficult position.

But the Girl Ghost's next words dispelled Lin Luo's concerns.