Serial Player
Chapter 177 - 176: Funeral Bell Rings (Seeking Subscriptions)

Chapter 177: Chapter 176: Funeral Bell Rings (Seeking Subscriptions)

Upon hearing Yun Ting’s reminder, Li Changhe subconsciously touched his neck.

Li Changhe thought it was a wound left by Hassan’s previous sword slash. But it didn’t feel like there was any injury.

Using a mirror, he took out of his [Backpack] to check his neck. A faint black line was definitely there, and it seemed as if it had a...bell hanging on it?

Li Changhe hurriedly looked at his [Player Panel].

[Negative Status: ’Tolling Bell’ close-range assassination will definitely be discovered by the target. Additionally, it has a taunting effect, causing the target to attack the assassin within one second. (Related to the target’s energy, the higher the energy, the lower the success rate)]

Li Changhe was shocked and muttered with a cold sweat, "What the hell is Hassan doing? This completely eliminates my chances of becoming an assassin-type [Player]."

Li Changhe had previously had a contest with Wang Er in Mr. Bai’s basement to test Yun Ting’s new ability.

Of course, Li Changhe had a hard time dealing with assassin-type [Players]. He was seriously tormented by Wang Er’s pursuit, mostly because Li Changhe’s energy wasn’t high enough to quickly locate Wang Er.

However, Li Changhe at least had the potential to become an assassin-type [Player]. Since Yun Ting entered the Dragon Transformation Pool, her Mysterious Species Symbiotic Body changed into a Demon Beast Species Symbiotic Body.

Though it was difficult to determine what kind of Demon Beast it was, it might be something like a Fog Demon.

She could create a large amount of white fog, and Li Changhe, as the host, had his aura concealed within it.

The basic requirement for an assassin-type [Player] is [Aura Concealment], yet other [Players] in the white fog could still be sensed by Yun Ting.

In other words, within the white fog, Li Changhe transformed into an assassin-type [Player].

Although releasing white fog was conspicuous, it at least blocked the aura.

It had been effective when fighting against Mr. Bai and others. If only he had a matching [Skill], Li Changhe would have really wanted to try it out.

Nevertheless, Mr. Bai’s energy level was very high, and Li Changhe was discovered just a few meters away from him.

He Feng had a similar detection skill, [Danger Perception], which he used to predict danger in combination with [Beast Fury Mad King].

Li Changhe could at least hold his own for a couple of moves against the two of them.

But against Wang Er, who specialized in stealth assassination [Players], he couldn’t compete. As soon as Li Changhe discovered him, Wang Er would discover Li Changhe as well. The gap in both skills and experience was entirely crushed.

At first, it was analyzed that as long as he could buy or draw an assassin class [Skill], Li Changhe could have an additional tactic. For a [Player], this meant an extra combat method, which could greatly increase the survival rate.

But now, all of this has gone down the drain.

With this kind of [Negative Status] placed on Li Changhe, wasn’t it like blatantly telling the opponent that he was going to assassinate them?

"Damn, are you guys out of your minds?" Li Changhe pointed at Blackhawk and cursed.

Blackhawk looked up doubtfully, tilting its head, thinking that this human being was an idiot. It lowered its head and continued eating its canned food.

Li Changhe gritted his teeth in anger. This [Negative Status] wasn’t an evil curse, and even [(Imitation) Pharmacist’s Coloured Glaze Shell Leaf Sutra Box] was ineffective. The [Curse Class Skill Resistance] of the ’Shadow Witch’ was not triggered either.

Hasn’t it ruined one of his tactic directions?

What a pit! Was it because of the punishment he had caused by deceiving them?

The [Evolution Game] didn’t mention sealing any tactics for which [Player]. [Task Failure] would only temporarily reduce attributes.

This Hassan is even worse than the [Evolution Game]!

There was no reason for him to give himself such an assassination hint...

Li Changhe looked at the [Tolling Bell], frowning for a long time before whispering, "Brother Ting... do you think this taunting effect could be useful?"

If the curse couldn’t be removed, then they would make use of it.

Wasn’t the[Tingdaros Hound Curse]attached to Li Changhe intended to be used as a trump card?

[Funeral Bell Curse]still had a certain effect, and the target being assassinated would definitely notice. What about the people around the target? And there’s the taunting effect; if Li Changhe attacked a certain target, wouldn’t it mean grabbing the target’s attention?

For example, Hailing Mountain, if Li Changhe were to launch a surprise attack while lurking by his side, he would attack himself due to the effect of the[Funeral Bell Curse]. In the next second, Li Changhe’s other teammates could also attack Hailing Mountain.

"From the perspective of being able to survive, this move could be considered an auxiliary skill," Li Changhe pondered in his heart.

Meanwhile, in Sun King City.

General Tudah walked past the stone house imprisoning the ’sacrifices’ for the third time during his patrol.

He had learned from the still-living soldiers that it was a black-haired girl among the ’sacrifices’ who stepped forward and killed Ludes with a single move.

It should be the same black-haired witch who exchanged arrows with him.

Grand Priest analyzed that the black-haired witch used some method to evade the sensing in the city and infiltrated the ’sacrifice’ team in order to rescue Duke Roduo’s children.

This explanation made sense; many transcendent beings needed worldly assistance. A powerful witch being invited by Duke Roduo to save the ’sacrifices’ would also be plausible.

As for Ludes... he probably just ran into a wall.

However, Tudah always felt a strange sense of unease.

Especially every time he walked past this stone house, he could vaguely feel malicious gazes.

But other than the additional guards in the place, there were only those ’sacrifices’.

He carefully inspected the sacrifices, all of whom were ordinary people.

Occasionally there were a few with abilities slightly exceeding ordinary people, but not much, not even transcendent beings.

That was also normal, as these captured ’sacrifices’ were children with transcendent potential, their bloodlines containing the power of their ancestors. It wasn’t unusual that they had special talents, and because of this, they were ’high-quality sacrifices’.

They couldn’t possibly pose any danger to Tudah.

Looking at the stone house again, he found nothing anomalous.

Helplessly, Tudah headed towards the Sun King Temple. Ludes’ death and the loss of the ’sacrifices’ infuriated the Sun King, and the Grand Priest was currently assuring the Sun King that tomorrow’s divine sacrifice would proceed as scheduled.

Tudah also needed to check it out. With Ludes’ death, he and the Grand Priest would have to reconsider their plans.

Back in the stone house,

Moon God withdrew her gaze and whispered, "Very strong... Even though he’s hiding, the unintentionally revealed aura already made me sense the majestic power of a higher level of the sequence. He must be a very powerful Mysterious Species. No wonder my lord said he never had a chance against this hidden foe. Before I unlock my[Title Skill], I can’t be sure that I can win against him."

"Then follow Eight-direction’s plan." Dew replied.

The malicious gazes that Tudah had felt earlier were naturally caused by the[Players]still within the ’sacrifice’ group.

If it wasn’t for the fact that the conflict earlier had caused the number of guards in the stone house to multiply,

Moon God and her companions really wanted to besiege Tudah and unlock a[Player]ability.

In the end, they chose to be cautious. They would act during tomorrow’s divine sacrifice.

Acting now was too risky.

Meanwhile, Li Changhe was testing his new strategy. A stray dog wandering around suddenly heard a bell ringing in its ear, and it felt danger nearby. It wanted to run away but involuntarily pounced on a bush at the side.

Stray dog?

"This curse is insane!"

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