Super Righteous Player
Chapter 251 - 249 Pale Body_1

Chapter 251: Chapter 249 Pale Body_1

By the time the sky had completely darkened, Annan and Xitan Pulan had already arrived near the target ahead of time.

They did not come over with the other few people.

This was because, when Xitan Pulan showed Annan the Pale Body earlier... Lin Yiyi suddenly realized the huge potential that this ability brought with it—

"—Let’s stop here."

Annan said in a low voice, "Getting too close is not a good thing. I might be recognized by their scouts."

"Okay."

Xitan Pulan took a deep breath, slowly nodded, and lay down on the wooden bed.

Even as composed as Xitan Pulan, she was clearly a bit nervous.

The place they were at was No. 46 Xiushui Street.

It was a hotel with very little foot traffic that also took on the duties of a restaurant. Of course, being located in the slums, the quality of the food couldn’t be too outstanding.

The first floor of the hotel was where the owner’s family lived—guests stayed on the second and third floors. Rather than a hotel, it actually resembled a guesthouse more.

Using facial recognition, Annan temporarily requisitioned a room on the first floor, locked the owner’s family in the basement temporarily, and closed the hotel’s main door. This was to prevent the "White Snake" people from seeing the owner’s family’s panicked expressions through the second-floor windows and sensing trouble, which might lead them to flee early.

Another reason for sealing the door was—

Xitan Pulan, who used the Pale Body ability, had already gained the ability to partially ignore terrain—

The Xitan Pulan lying on the bed suddenly turned extremely pale. It was as though she had lost all color and vitality in an instant, becoming just like a lifeless doll.

At that moment, a transparent spiritual body with a faint white halo slowly sat up from the bed. The brightness was about equivalent to that of a mobile phone that had been on standby for too long and was about to turn off.

—This was the outcome of the experiment Annan and the others had worked on previously.

Only Transcendents could vaguely see Xitan Pulan’s spiritual body; even for Annan, if he was too far away, he could only see a blur of white light.

Perhaps one had to be at the silver rank to clearly see her presence.

Ordinary people, on the other hand, would not detect her existence at all but would only feel the air around them getting colder.

Xitan Pulan could not pass through the earth, for the earth was Granny Burier’s domain; likewise, she could not pass through objects made of silver or walls covered in gold paint, nor walls smeared with fresh blood or slag that had cooled to room temperature.

By the way, in the folktales of Noah, "the fresh blood of male animals" and "scorching hot slag" are indeed protective items used to ward off evil spirits. At the same time, they also believe that painting walls with silver powder could ward off evil spirits—unfortunately, this does not work.

Although it is theoretically possible.

Gold powder is a symbol of Mr. Radiance.

However, the silver powder used in building is actually aluminum powder...

Apart from a few specific materials, she could almost freely pass through anything. Of course, she could also choose not to pass through— but in her soul form, she was too fragile and needed this special form of protection.

—Including people.

If one were to be passed through by Xitan Pulan’s spiritual body, they would immediately lose a great amount of body heat, as if they had plunged into an ice lake. Their entire bodies would shiver uncontrollably, muscles stiff and twitching, making it difficult to move.

In contrast, Xitan Pulan would gain a significant amount of life force, and her body would become slightly brighter; every time she passed through another living being, she could continue to plunder their life force, growing brighter and brighter... When she returned, she could bring this life force back to her original body.

The transparent Xitan Pulan sat up from the bed, gestured at Annan, and moved her lips silently.

"I... go..."

In Annan’s ear, he heard a voice that was like a dream, vague and ethereal.

He nodded, "Alright, I’ll watch over your body here.

"Let me repeat, after twenty minutes, I will prick your abdomen with a needle; after forty minutes, I will prick your chest with a needle; after fifty-five minutes, I will prick your forehead with a needle.

"Remember the timing, you must come back before fifty-five minutes... Understood?"

Xitan Pulan nodded and directly passed through the wall to leave.

This is another weakness of the Pale Body—but it can also be considered merely a characteristic.

But when her soul is separated from her body, her physical form is completely incapable of movement and cannot observe the surrounding situation.

When her soul is separated, her physical body becomes extremely weak. And the farther she is from her body, the faster the physical body deteriorates.

In tests, the weakening effect is almost zero within ten meters; but if this distance is extended to three hundred meters, she must return within an hour.

Moreover, after the soul leaves the body, the physical form still instantly reflects all sensations and injuries—just like the nightmare featuring handcuffs with spikes, or as Annan and she agreed, using a needle to remind her of the time.

When used well, it indeed becomes a very powerful ability.

But the limitations are too strong.

This is Annan’s evaluation of this profession—or rather, this race.

It’s not bad for either offensive sieges or defenses, and could even be said to be very strong. She could also go into battle clad in heavy armor, then fall back when severely wounded, using this ability to assassinate frail targets and heal herself.

—That is, the legendary self-healing tank.

However, in skirmishes without a fixed stronghold, a half-dead girl can hardly offer any help. Because her body requires protection... and protecting is always much more challenging than destroying.

There aren’t many weapons that can attack a Spiritual Body.

Because Mr. Radiance’s characteristic is not "gold" but "gold dust." Thus, weapons made of gold cannot harm a Spiritual Body... Aside from Divine Arts damage, only pure silver weapons can harm a Spiritual Body.

But pure silver weapons are utterly unusable for hacking at people.

...Unless it’s an enemy like some pile driver who carries both a steel sword and a silver sword, that’s the only way they could possibly harm Xitan Pulan.

And the players’ plan for the assault is also very simple:

Let Xitan Pulan infiltrate first, attempting to assassinate key enemies. The main goal is to create chaos.

While their attention is scattered, Fourth Dark will set traps at the entrance and will signal and retreat once done. If the enemy has a Transcendent or someone who can see Spiritual Bodies, Xitan Pulan will retreat from the entrance and lure them into the traps.

If the enemy lacks a Transcendent or resisting capabilities, then once Xitan Pulan has paralyzed key enemies, Fourth Dark will infiltrate from the second floor and assassinate their way through.

Yes, they have no intention of posting for help.

On one hand, Lin Yiyi thought that Fourth Dark and Xitan Pulan indeed needed this experience to catch up...

On the other hand, it was simply about taking the newbies under their wing.

Giving equipment straight to the newbies and carrying them to graduation... that’s not taking newbies under one’s wing, that’s speedrunning their departure.

Teaching them to fish is better than giving them a fish... Teaching newbies how to fight, that’s the real way to guide them.

"Come on, let me have a look..."

Annan muttered with interest.

Let me see... just how good this batch of players are.

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