Chapter 113: The Last Resentful Spirit!

One after another, problems kept appearing.

Even Lin Yifan, who was grinding this instance, was getting a bit annoyed!

Now they want him to find Keluositin, but where is he supposed to look?

It's obvious that when Keluositin cast the Forbidden Curse and flooded the whole town, he was already backlashed by the curse.

To get in now, we need Keluositin's prayer to break this seal.

Ruan Qingtan said it's been half a year; this is basically an impossible mission.

But we've come this far; not trying would be unwilling.

Lin Yifan could only say, steeling himself:

"There are still 40 minutes until the instance ends; since the hidden mission isn't completed, we can only wait until the instance time runs out to leave."

"Idling is idling; we might as well split up to look for any clues related to Keluositin."

"Although there's little hope, we can only give it a try!" Ruan Qingtan sighed helplessly, then the four of them split into three groups and began searching carefully in the valley.

Hong Shaoqiang had even started sifting through sand and stones; Lin Yifan had also considered doing the same, but ultimately gave up.

Although he didn't hold much hope of completing the hidden mission, he felt that the mission's existence must be reasonable, not completely illogical.

Since the mission has him searching for Keluositing, that person must still be around!

Moreover, he must still be inside this instance.

But where exactly could he be?

Lin Yifan's head throbbed on and off; he thought of every place he could, but still found no clue.

But just as he was about to give up, he suddenly noticed a huge seaweed in the very center of the valley, drifting with the water.

Because the seaweed nearby was already too abundant, plus the 300 resentful spirits—although they had been activated and dispelled—the seaweed that served as the gateway for summoning them did not disappear.

Therefore, this sea area remained covered in endless seaweed, which also meant Lin Yifan and the others didn't pay much attention to the seaweed.

If it weren't for Lin Yifan standing right in front of that huge seaweed at this moment, and the patch of seaweed with crystals on it happening to drift into his view, he would have probably overlooked it.

"Come over here, quickly!" Lin Yifan shouted toward Ruan Qingtan and Hong Shaoqiang.

He was quite confident in his own strength, but he wasn't blindly overconfident.

This seaweed was much larger than the others—something was definitely off.

Moreover, those 300 resentful spirits had all been purified, so going by numbers, the resentment in this seaweed could only belong to one person.

That person is the Keluositin he's been looking for!

That's a Mage!

And a Mage capable of triggering a Forbidden Curse!

Although Lin Yifan had never seen a true Mage before—not even a mere magician.

But that doesn't mean he couldn't imagine how terrifying a Mage could be!

So even if he were supremely confident in his own strength, he wouldn't dare recklessly summon such a terrifying Mage's resentful spirit on his own.

Hearing his call, Hong Shaoqiang and Ruan Qingtan hurried over with Xiao Hudie!

"This… there's actually still a resentful spirit here?" Upon seeing that seaweed and the crystal on the water flea, Ruan Qingtan immediately realized.

And when she saw the full length of this giant seaweed, which stood about ten meters tall, she gasped, her tail almost going limp.

"How… how can this water bath be so big!" Ruan Qingtan exclaimed in disbelief.

Lin Yifan gave a wry smile and said helplessly:

"Isn't it just that big? Inside lives a terrifying resentful spirit of Mage-level!"

"A Mage?" Hong Shaoqiang staggered, his face turning slightly grim, and he said with difficulty:

"Although I've never seen a Mage in reality, I often read novels in my free time, and the Mages in those novels could destroy heaven and earth!"

"Earlier, in that vision, we also saw how terrifying it was when he triggered the Forbidden Curse; dealing with such a resentful spirit would surely not be easy!"

Lin Yifan certainly knew it wasn't easy, but now this hidden mission was down to this final step—how could he bear to give up?

But even if he were supremely confident in his own strength, he wouldn't dare claim he could handle a single Mage-level resentful spirit.

Even adding the two of them together wouldn't change that!

He had no right or qualification to have others risk their lives with him!

Even if they were teammates, the same applied!

So for a moment, he fell silent.

But Ruan Qingtan couldn't hold back, speaking with a face full of unwillingness:

"Are we just going to give up like this? Obviously, this resentful spirit is the hidden monster in this instance. I've played games before; triggering a hidden mission like this really does require luck."

"We were able to trigger it this time probably because this instance is the first in the whole district; otherwise, we might not have had such damn good luck."

"And for a hidden mission like this, if we could complete it, the reward would surely be generous—maybe even enough to boost our Life Tier."

"Such a good opportunity, just giving it up like that would be a real shame!"

"But if we give it a shot, we might very well risk our lives!" Lin Yifan took a deep breath; although he too felt unwilling in his heart, he still spoke calmly:

"A Mage-level resentful spirit is nothing like the resentful spirits we've faced before; one slip-up and we could all end up buried here."

"Of course I also admit I'm somewhat unwilling, but everyone's life is their own; no one can decide for another, so you should think it over carefully first."

"But..." Lin Yifan hesitated, then voiced his guess:

"I feel we don't necessarily have to resolve this with force, because my mission instruction is to uncover the truth behind the town's flood and the hidden secret behind it."

"If Keluositin's resentful spirit is like the ones we've previously appeased—lacking self-awareness and only able to be pacified by force—then we couldn't learn the truth or uncover the secret."

"So I have a guess: perhaps our mission isn't to pacify Keluositin with force, but to use another method to learn the whole truth from him."

Lin Yifan's guess wasn't baseless; it was based on the mission information he had received.

The instance's hidden mission had, from the start, marked its purpose: to uncover the hidden secret.

Having come this far, the mystery remains unsolved, and indeed it's only getting more numerous!