Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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A pale soul suddenly appeared from nowhere, firmly restraining the female ghost and rendering her completely immobile.
This was none other than Zhai Guangyu, the high-level player soul brought in by Gu Wuji, forced by circumstances to be controlled by Gu Wuji to do something he normally disdained.
As for Austin, he had been sent by Gu Wuji to the casino to eavesdrop on others’ conversations, hoping to glean some useful information.
Gu Wuji looked at Zhai Guangyu with a very pleased expression, “Senior, thank you so much.”
The others were completely dumbfounded. They vaguely felt that the soul before Gu Wuji looked familiar, and upon closer inspection, it didn’t resemble a ghost at all, but rather the soul of a living person…
This Gu Wuji, seemingly a newcomer, was incredibly ruthless! He even directly controlled a living person’s soul for his own use!
Moreover, this living soul could actually restrain the female ghost; clearly, this was not a skill a normal soul could possess. This Gu Wuji was probably even more ruthless than them.
For a moment, they couldn’t help but feel a sense of apprehension. But the bald man still sneered, “Even if you subdue her, it’s useless. A ghost of this level can’t be easily purified—”
Before he could finish speaking, Gu Wuji directly used a purification spell on the female ghost. A blinding white light flashed, and the female ghost’s figure vanished into thin air.
The process was incredibly fast, ending in just two or three breaths. If it weren’t for the relieved and grateful expression on the female ghost’s face before she disappeared, everyone else would have thought that Gu Wuji had instantly killed her.
Zhai Guangyu’s soul flew back almost the instant Gu Wuji used the purification spell. He was afraid that he might be purified by Gu Wuji himself. The extent to which Gu Wuji had upgraded his purification spell was beyond what these people could even imagine!
The bald man was completely dumbfounded when the female ghost he had a deep connection with was purified. All the markings on his body vanished, and he suddenly looked full of energy, completely unlike the gloomy person he had been before…
“What have you done?!”
“I purified the ghost inside you,” Gu Wuji said frankly. He was even a little envious; if only his ghost could be purified so easily.
The bald man felt as if his life had lost all meaning. After all his hard work, his ghost had been purified so easily! How was he supposed to face the world now?!
His two companions also showed signs of retreating, as they didn’t want their own ghosts to be purified so easily.
“Damn it!” The bald man clearly harbored a deep murderous intent towards Gu Wuji, wishing he could torture him to death. Although he had lost his greatest asset, he still had some other skills and items he could use. He immediately threw a talisman that could attract ghosts at Gu Wuji, hoping that these ghosts would kill him before Gu Wuji could finish purifying them. After all, although Gu Wuji seemed to have casually purified a mid-level ghost, using such a method must have consumed a lot of power, making it impossible to purify them all.
But reality cruelly shattered these people’s illusions.
The white light flashed continuously, and Gu Wuji seemed to be perfectly fine, it couldn’t be better! After all, he not only solved the dungeon problem, but also obtained a large number of points from purifying ghosts, and he could do a good deed, so Gu Wuji was naturally very happy.
“This guy… there’s something wrong with him! He’s not a normal person!”
The two men no longer had the courage to stay, and their faces darkened as they hurriedly retreated. Anyway, they didn’t necessarily have to kill Gu Wuji here. As for the remaining bald man, although he hated him, he was also frightened by Gu Wuji, and hurriedly fled with his companions.
As for the two people who had been observing from above, they were also deeply shocked, their previous sympathy and condescension completely gone.
“It seems we’ve… encountered a big shot.”
“Just how powerful is his purification technique to purify these ghosts so easily!”
If they had previously thought Gu Wuji would either be filled with regret or had lost his mind when he handed over chips to Young Master Nelson, now they believed this was the mysterious style of a master. Could a master’s thoughts be the same as an ordinary player’s?
Their eyes now held a hint of admiration. Moreover, everyone knew that someone who could use purification techniques like this was definitely not a ruthless person.
They already harbored the idea of befriending him and currying favor, after all, this dungeon was truly difficult…
However, after the increasingly blinding white light dissipated, the space became empty. Gu Wuji had vanished without a trace. There wasn’t even a trace of ghosts left; this was practically the least yin-energy-filled place in the entire casino.
“As expected of a big shot, so mysterious.”
“Maybe we’ll see him again next time?”
The two couldn’t help but shake their heads, marveling at the master’s elusive nature.
….
Not long after, Gu Wuji emerged from the restroom not far from that corner.
His disguise had disappeared, and in order to completely distinguish his two identities, Gu Wuji’s acting skills made him appear timid, weak, and easily bullied.
Even those experienced high-level players couldn’t tell that Gu Wuji and the mysterious, handsome man were the same person.
“What are you doing here?” At this moment, the bodyguard who had hurriedly followed the mysterious man saw Gu Wuji, and his anxious face became even more impatient. “Do you know how much trouble you’ve caused the young master?”
“Oh.” Gu Wuji nodded rather insincerely.
Young Master Nelson and the others also came over. Young Master Nelson’s attention wasn’t on Gu Wuji at all; instead, he looked around. Finding no trace of the mysterious man, he seemed somewhat disappointed before coldly turning to Gu Wuji. “This isn’t anywhere else. You’d better remember your place and not wander off.”
“I understand.” Gu Wuji immediately put on his acting, his body trembling slightly as he spoke, his eyes filled with restrained love, yet also containing deep pain.
His acting was superb, stunning everyone around him. Even Nelson, who was usually cold and displeased with Gu Wuji, couldn’t utter a word of reproach for a moment.
Hidden in his pocket watch, Zhai Guangyu shook his head, thinking these people were simply blind. As for Austin, who had just returned, if it weren’t for something unsettling him, he would have wanted to kill all of them.
The female assistant, whose opinion of Gu Wuji had already slightly improved, immediately felt pity for him and spoke up for him, “I don’t think he did it on purpose; he was just caught off guard by suddenly arriving in this place.”
“Be careful from now on,” Nelson said coldly, then led his bodyguards forward.
It was too late; it was time to rest.
The female assistant looked at Gu Wuji and secretly slipped him a chip. She guessed that the poor guy had probably gone out to gamble and had lost everything.
Gu Wuji looked at her with some surprise; the female assistant nodded slightly and turned away.
“She really is a good person.” Gu Wuji felt once again that there were still more good people than bad in these dungeons.
After purifying so many ghosts in one go, Gu Wuji didn’t think he could rest tonight. There was no absolute safety in high-level dungeons, and even with chips in hand, the dangers that were bound to arise were still inevitable.
The reason he gave so many chips to Young Master Nelson wasn’t just to increase his favorability and purify those ghosts, but also because he wanted to observe the situation.
Moreover, Young Master Nelson clearly knew a lot.
After the group returned to their room, everyone else fell asleep from exhaustion. The two bodyguards were supposed to keep watch, and Gu Wuji volunteered to join them.
The two bodyguards’ eyes were already full of discrimination, but they didn’t directly insult him because of Gu Wuji’s status.
In their eyes, this pretty boy Gu Wuji was just causing trouble again, and he would probably fall asleep soon.
Austin also emerged from the pocket watch at this time, although the others couldn’t see him in his soul form.
“How is it?” Gu Wuji asked. “What did you find in this casino?”
Austin was a ghost who came out of the Evil God instance, and even worked for the Evil God’s clone for a while. He could be said to be the person who knew this instance best.
Austin shook his head, his face extremely serious. “I didn’t find any major problems… This is the strangest thing. This place should theoretically be the place with the most concentrated faith power, but this space is too strange, like an ordinary haunted casino.”
As he spoke, he couldn’t help but press his forehead, as if it was throbbing with pain.
“Are you alright?” Gu Wuji looked at him with concern.
“I’m fine, just slightly affected by this place,” Austin said. In fact, after becoming a ghost, much of his memories from his previous life had faded, but in this place, he slowly remembered them.
“Have you heard any rumors about this casino?”
“Yes,” Austin said. “This casino has never actually been officially open, and most people can’t even find it. Most people inside claim they found themselves here inexplicably while sleeping or wandering the streets. They all believe that if they can gather enough chips, they can have a chance to fulfill a certain wish.”
“These people are either living miserable lives outside, or they are death row inmates or people who have lost everything and are in dire straits. So no one wants to leave; they all want to seize the opportunity to fulfill that wish.”
Besides, life at this casino was much more comfortable than outside when you still had chips.
“So, this place is cursed?” Gu Wuji nodded. “No wonder it’s so eerie here and no one wants to run away; they’re probably already shaken.”
He had initially thought it was just an ordinary casino that anyone could enter because he knew too little.
But it seemed that this young master Nelson probably knew more than he thought, managing to find this place so accurately. It seemed this wasn’t just some rich young master’s casual pastime, but something extremely important.
“These guests believe this so strongly because a penniless vagrant who left this casino became incredibly wealthy in just a few months; his rise to power was miraculous. After his death, he left his descendants an astonishingly large fortune,” Austin said. “And Nelson is one of his descendants.”
“I see.” Gu Wuji suddenly sensed something was amiss. “How do you know this? Would ordinary people discuss it in such detail? Even including Nelson’s background?”
“This isn’t something I found out; it’s from my memory. I only suddenly remembered it while investigating just now.” Austin took a deep breath. “That Nelson, actually… he’s my cousin.”
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