I Don't Agree to the Terms

Chapter 985 519: Solving the Puzzle Before Eating the Boss Is the Proper Way to Clear the Stage

The Great Celestial soon sent over the corpse of the Lantern Ghost.

Gu Shanhai glanced at it. It was still very much intact. Clearly, he put in a lot of effort.

He must have intentionally taken the Lantern Ghost into the pool to ensure the corpse's integrity, since Gu Shanhai mentioned using it as a material earlier.

"By the way, how did you figure it out? I saw you didn't even leave the living room."

In the basement, watching Gu Shanhai fiddling with the Lantern Ghost's corpse, the Great Celestial was somewhat curious and asked.

It's fortunate he used the inedible parts of the Lantern Ghost. Had he used the edible parts, the Great Celestial might not have been inclined to help save Shura.

After all, twelve hours had passed. If he could survive until tomorrow, he could survive now; if he couldn't, rescuing him now would be pointless and would lose him some attributes.

It's precisely because it's useless that he went along with it.

"Oh, because my skill activated. When it comes to the last Ghost, you guys drag it out. It's best to drag it to the last day."

"Since it's just you, I'm afraid I can't handle it alone, so I have to pay a bit of a price to try and save Shura."

Gu Shanhai spoke frankly, without hiding or beating around the bush, directly stating the need for their help in stalling time since his skill is effective.

"Looks like your system contains quite a few skills that take the unconventional path." The Great Celestial neither refused nor agreed. It still depended on whether Shura was alive or not.

If Shura were dead, he would have to seriously consider it. But if Shura were alive, they could discuss it together.

Being on his own would indeed be unreliable, but with Shura included, it might be possible to drag it out a bit.

"It's alright. You have to assign a few. These types of skills might take the unconventional path, but if they succeed, the bonuses are substantial." Gu Shanhai understood his thoughts, so he didn't dwell on whether they should delay or not.

There are indeed quite a few skills of this type, like Hercules' Twelve Labors, Crossing the Heavenly Tribulation, Training Heart in the Mortal World, and so on. They belong to this category, where the skill undergoes a transformation when the environment aligns, though it's more like a skill quest.

The primary requirement is to level up to a certain point, and the triggering isn't guaranteed.

However, if completed, it grants a large amount of additional attributes, permanent buffs, and even equipment rewards, etc.

But this also increases the difficulty of the task.

"That's true, but triggering it isn't that easy." The Great Celestial also had such skills. They're called taking the unconventional path because for players, they're not mainstream and hard to acquire.

It's challenging even for players in the first tier, let alone ordinary players, who don't even have the capability to obtain these skills.

Mainstream skills are those you can use or gain effects from immediately upon acquiring, or even those that require leveling up step by step to unlock are better than those that require task completion for further development. The rewards are too rich, and though criticized as unconventional, everyone is scrambling for them regardless.

The Great Celestial also had some relevant skills, forming core parts of his system; however, due to the current lack of certainty, he's stuck at the level to avoid accidentally triggering the task.

"What's so hard about that? Just put more skill points into it and run a few more instances to trigger it." Gu Shanhai joked.

"If it were that easy, you wouldn't need to be so cautious." The Great Celestial found this amusing. If it was simple, you wouldn't have to pay a price to save Shura, right?

"Easy is easy, cautious is cautious." Gu Shanhai retorted.

The two chatted casually, but Gu Shanhai's hands didn't stop moving.

He dismantled the Lantern Ghost into pieces and then used the parts to start assembling an Array.

The difficulty of restoration wasn't high; the challenge lay in positioning. Fortunately, Gu Shanhai had learned "When Space No Longer Halts" and had residual auras from the previous activation to use as coordinates.

The only difficulty was not doing it too quickly. He could complete it in an instant, but with the Great Celestial watching, he couldn't appear too over-the-top and had to keep some cards hidden.

He was pressed for time, but the urgency wasn't today. After all, even if fast, he couldn't leave today—only tomorrow.

The entire Array was pieced together bit by bit, taking on its previous shape.

"By the way, how are you going to assemble the head of that half-human, half-ghost thing? There aren't enough materials." The Great Celestial suddenly remembered.

He had seen the shape of the Array before, making him curious.

"Oh, we don't need to assemble that; it's an emblem drawn by Bai Gui Sect themselves, probably as a kind of identity insignia." Gu Shanhai paused upon hearing this, wondering what head they were talking about, then realized it was that chuunibyou symbol.

"Oh well, a bunch of old chuuniyou's. Hope they're not into anime." The Great Celestial was somewhat worried.

"Don't talk nonsense; how could anime use symbols like this? They'd only use pretty girls." Gu Shanhai said, relying on stereotypes.

"You're generalizing, let me tell you..."

"Don't lecture me on this. Do you even dare to retort without looking at what you've been up to?" Gu Shanhai interrupted without hesitation.