113: Chapter 113 This is Gui!

Pfft—

The fanaticism, awe, and excitement on the faces of hundreds of players instantly froze and then shattered.

He... what did he just say?

What's so embarrassing?

What the hell is that?

We've already taken off our pants, and this is what you show us?

We were looking forward to witnessing history, looking forward to a world announcement, looking forward to the earth shattering, and instead, you're just standing there reminiscing?

Chen You naturally didn't know about the rich inner monologues of the people around him.

After scratching his cheek, he simply turned his gaze toward the massive stone stele next to the dungeon entrance.

The stele was about two meters high, polished entirely from obsidian.

On it, ancient script was used to carve the great achievements of the Ancestor of the Meng Clan—

How they endured hardships to establish Thousand Light City in the wilderness, and how they resisted monsters to protect the region.

Seeing this, the players' spirits lifted again.

"Look! He's starting to study the stele!"

"Exactly! Wailing Valley had a wooden sign, but here it's a stone stele! The materials are different, so the method of destruction must be different too!"

"He must be looking for the structural weaknesses of the stele, or the formation nodes engraved on it!"

"As expected of Big Shot Chen You; he looks casual, but every step actually has a profound meaning!"

The image that had just collapsed was rebuilt by the players' own imaginations, becoming even more unfathomable than before.

However, in Chen You's vision...

That stone stele engraved with ancient epics was nothing more than a high-definition background plate.

On his retina, a translucent interface emitting a faint golden light, which only he could see, was floating in front of the stele.

【Mall】

A dazzling list of products was slowly scrolling before his eyes.

Last time in Wailing Valley, he had been live-streamed by the players outside. Although he didn't care, Director Li Guoan did.

During the post-battle review meeting, Sun Feng, the head of the data group, had clearly pointed out...

Maintaining mystery is one of the best disguises.

The more methods are exposed, the higher the risk of being targeted.

Wailing Valley was full of vengeful spirits, and there were specialized items available; whether people watched or not didn't make much difference, as they could guess anyway.

But the Tomb of Thousand Lights was different.

"So, if I can avoid being seen, I should try my best not to be seen."

Chen You thought to himself, his gaze quickly locking onto a new item in the Mall list.

It was a new thing that had only been unlocked after he established his guild.

【Stealth Talisman: Price 10 Gold Coins.】

【After use, it can block any form of scrying skills or items for one hour.】

【Note: Ineffective against existences whose rank far exceeds your own.】

Ten gold coins.

Just to hide the process of him clearing the dungeon.

If other players knew, they would probably call him a fool.

But Chen You didn't hesitate and clicked purchase directly.

Almost the instant the purchase was completed, Chen You chose to use it.

An imperceptible streak of light flashed and vanished, merging into his body.

After doing all this, he withdrew his gaze and stopped looking at the "stone stele."

He turned and stepped toward the dungeon entrance, which was emitting a bone-chilling cold.

The entire process was smooth and natural, without the slightest pause.

Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of players, his figure vanished into that deep darkness.

"He's in! He's in!"

"Alone! He's really going to solo it!"

The stone platform erupted in chaos again.

A Mage player holding a crystal ball immediately shouted: "Quick! Prepare 'Eagle Eye,' lock onto him for me!"

A Thief nearby also pulled a yellowed scroll from his robes: "My 'Soul-Tracing Secret Whisper' is already thirsty for action!"

Even more extreme, a wealthy player directly pulled a palm-sized, strangely shaped bronze eyeball from his backpack.

"Move aside! Look at my Rare-grade item, 【Eye of True Sight】! Once it catches a glimpse, you won't escape my surveillance even if you run to the ends of the earth!"

For a moment, colorful skill lights and item glows lit up on the stone platform, all surging toward the dungeon entrance.

However, in the next second...

"Holy crap! My crystal ball went black!"

"The scroll... it's caught fire! Damn it, backlash! My mana is drained!"

"My 【Eye of True Sight】... it, it's bleeding tears!"

Exclamations and screams rose one after another.

Every player who tried to peer inside the dungeon failed without exception.

The crowd fell into a deathly silence.

They finally realized that from the very beginning, that man had no intention of letting them see anything.

He didn't come here to perform or to show off.

He was just here to "take care of business."

...

【You have entered the dungeon: Tomb of Thousand Lights】

【Warning: The dead in the tomb do not like the scent of the living; your life aura is continuously attracting sleeping undead.】

Unlike the howling winds of Wailing Valley, the interior of the Tomb of Thousand Lights was a suffocating silence.

This was a wide underground corridor, with walls built from massive green stones covered in dried moss.

Every few dozen meters, an "Ever-Burning Stone" emitting an eerie green light was embedded in the wall, stretching human shadows thin and long like ghosts.

The air was filled with a strange smell of dust and decay, cold and piercing to the bone.

Chen You was in no hurry to move forward.

He leisurely opened his attribute panel.

His finger tapped lightly on the title column, and from the pop-up list, a title emitting an ominous black aura lay there quietly.

【Terror of Ghosts】

【Effect: When wearing this title, you will emit a pressure that makes all spirit, undead, and ghost-type creatures tremble.】

【When facing you, their total attributes will be significantly reduced, and there is an extremely high probability they will fall into a "Fear" state, giving up resistance and bowing down to you.】

This was the unrankable special reward given by the system back in the Tranquil Graveyard after he had "physically transcended" the entire cemetery with over a hundred Exorcism Talismans.

Since there had been no suitable scenario, this title had been left in a corner gathering dust.

But today, here, it seemed to be the perfect stage for it to shine.

"Equip."

With a thought.

【Title Equipped: Terror of Ghosts】

An invisible ripple centered on Chen You and instantly spread outward.

It wasn't spiritual power, nor was it momentum, but a more fundamental aura of a "natural enemy" that seemed to come from the soul level.

The corridor seemed to grow even colder.

"Crack... Crackle..."

From the darkness not far ahead came the sound of bones grinding together.

A dozen 【Skeleton Soldierss LV20】 holding rusted longswords, with two points of eerie blue soul fire burning in their eye sockets, stood up wobbling from the piles of bones scattered on the ground.

Their attack power might not be high, but they had numbers on their side and were fearless of death.

However, when this group of Skeleton Soldierss turned their empty eye sockets toward Chen You...

The soul fire in their eyes flickered violently without warning, like a candle in a gale, threatening to go out at any moment.

The swords in their hands hit the ground with a "clatter."

Then, under Chen You's surprised gaze, these dozen or so Skeleton Soldierss performed an action that would make all the players outside want to delete their accounts on the spot.

They... knelt.

It wasn't just a single knee; they prostrated themselves, their entire skeletal frames lying flat on the cold stone tiles, their skulls pressed tightly against the ground, shivering.

That posture was as if they were worshipping their supreme sovereign.

"..."

Chen You raised an eyebrow.

"This effect... is even more useful than I imagined."