[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-global-game-i-can-choose-instance-rewards":3,"chapter-global-game-i-can-choose-instance-rewards-global-game-i-can-choose-instance-rewards-chapter-158":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Global Game: I Can Choose Instance Rewards",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},471792,721,"Chapter 158: Assault","global-game-i-can-choose-instance-rewards-chapter-158",158,"\u003Cp>About a hundred meters ahead of the group on the mountain path stood three eerie figures, each with a distinct appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first was a terrifying female ghost, lanky like a pole with loose hair draping over her head. She likely had appeared in front of Apartment 444 before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second was a short middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance but a strange smile on his face, looking down at everyone below. He was the one thrown out by the old building superintendent after sneaking into the apartment yesterday afternoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last one was a new face, appearing dark red and drenched in dripping blood, with its facial features indistinguishable, resembling a skinned, repeatedly slashed human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These three ghostly figures appeared suddenly, and as they did, an almost numbing chill penetrated the spines of the ordinary people present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before the three could attack or any resident could scream, gunshots suddenly rang out from behind, and the three ghosts vanished in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you, they’re scared of spirit bullets. See, they were easily scared away?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speaker was a middle-aged gunman positioned at the back of the team, holding a silver pistol in each hand, aimed at the spot where the ghosts had appeared on the mountain path. Clearly, it was him who fired those shots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Be careful, I feel like they might come back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man in a school uniform next to him observed their surroundings warily while reminding him, apparently skeptical of the deterrent power of the spirit bullets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let them come. My spirit bullets will make them look like beehives.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Responded the middle-aged gunman nonchalantly to his mage teammate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the next instant, an abrupt mutation occurred!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of nowhere, a blood-soaked hand emerged rapidly from the ground at the gunman’s feet, reaching for his ankle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Watch out!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The school-clad youth nearby quickly warned, a brilliant blue-white flame appearing in his hand, while rotating red-yellow flames surrounded him, showcasing an attack-defense mode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even before his warning, the gunman leaped high, firing a precise bullet from one of his pistols at the attacking blood hand, piercing it with ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His school-clothed ally’s flaming support followed suit, obliterating the temporarily inactive blood hand post-shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ha! Did that fiend really think I’d let my guard down? I’m well-versed in your sly ways!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After easily deflecting the ambush, the gunman, back on stable ground, disdainfully remarked, still as alert as ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Beware of their ambush on our center men.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The school uniform youth advised, his blue-white flame disappeared, but the red-yellow flames spinning around him persisted, indicating his unease with their surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Relax, my shooting skills are impeccable. Even a group ambush won’t be a problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gunman replied confidently, though his keen gaze and attentive stance betrayed his readiness to react at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the other seven apartment residents turned toward the duo, intrigued and shocked, especially by the fiery aura surrounding the young mage, a sight they found astonishing, having seen no such skill before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t just stand there, move up! Stay aware!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the lead, Wang Zhifan’s commanding shout snapped the residents out of their stupor, urging them skyward while the gunman’s pointed weapon deterred the hesitant into motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the group back on track, Wang Zhifan noticed a petite Assassin girl reappearing before him, having scouted ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Up there is saf—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her unfinished sentence morphed into an attack, with elongated sharp claws lunging for Wang Zhifan’s throat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, Wang Zhifan remained unnervingly calm under the attack, anticipating it as he swiftly struck with a blade, a crescent-shaped glow cleaving the sinister claws, revealing the attacker’s true form of loose-haired female ghost, disappearing again instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you really think disguising under a ghostly aura to ambush me would work? Where’s your courage from?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reflectively, Wang Zhifan lamented after dispersing the ghost; he’d discerned its true identity at first glance due to its anomalous aura, simply not human-like, thus prepared his Dream Splendor Slash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though his spell-infused Dream Splendor Blade Light from the Great Dream Saber Scripture could not finish the ghost, it stopped its assault, without apparent harm, much to Wang Zhifan’s dismay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahhh! Help me! Help me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Contemplating the skirmish, Wang Zhifan heard frantic cries for aid behind, turning to see a resident strangely entrenched in the mountain path, only their head left above ground, desperately yelling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such bizarre reduction to a single exposed head shocked everyone, scattering those nearby until, like rain seeping into earth, the head too vanished into the path within moments, leaving no trace.\u003C\u002Fp>",760,"2026-05-30T10:38:54.986Z","2026-06-01T04:31:01.836Z",1,"novelbin.me","322f169022f3b05bee5713bcf5bc0830713810c00e6cd8e651a975cfcb4cac76","global-game-i-can-choose-instance-rewards-chapter-159","global-game-i-can-choose-instance-rewards-chapter-157",768,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fglobal-game-i-can-choose-instance-rewards-cover.jpg"]