After killing that Archer, Lin Ye's gaze swept across the scene.

The remaining people were so frightened they almost wet themselves, each frozen in place, not daring to move.

The Archer's strength was the greatest among them. Although he hadn't completed the Third Transformation quest, he was already a Level 60 Quasi-Third Transformation Professional.

At this level, a Professional could already be the leader of a faction in the outside world.

In other words, he was definitely a formidable figure.

Yet he was directly killed almost instantly by that mysterious figure in the sky using an almost instantaneous method.

If it were them, would they have any chance to resist?

There was basically only one path: death.

But just as they thought they were doomed, the mysterious figure in the sky merely glanced at them, then a space rift suddenly appeared behind him. He stepped back into it, completely disappearing without a trace.

Leaving the few of them there, wide-eyed and staring at each other, only after a moment did they react.

Every one of them felt a sense of surviving a great ordeal.

The mysterious figure probably saw them as mere small fries, not worth dealing with.

"W-what should we do now?" someone asked sheepishly.

The others all looked bewildered.

It was then that they remembered, with the captain dead, they too were almost certainly doomed to die in this forest.

Because they had no way to retrieve their Shadows!

Now that the Archer was dead, it also meant that their fate was inevitably tied to dying in this forest.

The mysterious figure not killing them perhaps included an element of disdain, but mainly, in the eyes of that figure, these people were probably already equated with the dead.

Since they were considered as good as dead, there was naturally no need for him to act.

...

"Ten seconds are still not quite enough."

Lin Ye's figure appeared from afar, and he muttered again.

The Archer's capability was indeed somewhat beyond expectation. He even made the first move before Lin Ye could act.

As a result, Lin Ye wasted time deflecting the arrows before he could attack.

This back and forth just wasted precious time, making it impossible to kill all the remaining people.

However, Lin Ye didn't plan to go back and kill the remaining ones.

There was no need to waste precious time killing those guys.

The key was that he had to use the Rule Coin once again, ignoring the Rule of Level Suppression.

It would be fine if it succeeded on the first try, but if it took two or three attempts, it would waste even more time.

With the Archer dead, Lin Ye's Mechanical Crow could also be preserved.

"More and more people are coming."

Lin Ye looked up, frowning slightly.

Despite the Shadowless Forest being extremely dangerous, the temptation was strong, and there were still many Adventurers who took advantage of the Shadow Demons being wiped out by the Holy Day to venture in and seek treasures.

It's just unknown how many of them actually have no way to retrieve their Shadows.

These people were probably hoping that once they found the Supreme Treasure in the forest, they could directly retrieve their Shadows and smoothly leave the forest.

As to whether this was truly feasible, they might not have a clue.

Essentially, they entered this area driven by imagination.

At the same time, Lin Ye noticed a unique figure in the forest.

That was Yuan Danqing, transformed into a shadow, swiftly traversing the woods.

Her talent was the 'Shadowless Man,' which allowed her to fully transform into a shadow.

In this state, she was immune to physical damage, greatly enhanced Shadow Skills' effects, and had an outrageously high resistance to Shadow Skills.

The only drawback was that while in shadow form, she took additional damage from Spells of other Attributes.

However, this was still a very powerful talent, especially when fighting physical types, rendering her almost invincible!

Nonetheless, Yuan Danqing was one of the few who, despite being a human Professional, was also susceptible to harm from Holy Light Skills…

The only other groups enjoying this treatment were those entirely demonized followers of the Demon God.

So her Attributes inevitably made people wary.

Lin Ye noticed Yuan Danqing's presence…

But at that moment, he suddenly realized something.

"Right! She could find the Shadow Treasure Pearl, perhaps because she wasn't affected by the Shadowless Forest's curse at all?"

Only then did Lin Ye suddenly snap to his senses.

This would explain why he couldn't find any trace of the treasures.

No matter how much more time Lin Ye was given, he probably wouldn't be able to find the Shadow Treasure Pearl.

Because his Shadow had already been taken by the forest.

Theoretically, he had already fallen into the forest's curse, and unless he could retrieve his Shadow, he would remain immersed in this forest's illusions.

Just like in the beginning, the moment he entered the forest and lost his Shadow, he ended up in another world.

A world constructed by the Demon God's curse, a world of illusions!

"It seems I was too conservative after all…"

Lin Ye patted his head.

Initially, he thought of keeping a save file, to give himself a chance to flip the situation should danger arise.

But now it seemed, if he didn't prioritize using this save, he indeed wouldn't be able to find the Shadow Treasure Pearl.

At this moment, Lin Ye decisively activated the power of the Demon Eye.

An illusory figure perfectly overlapped with him.

At this moment, Lin Ye's panel reverted to how it looked before entering the forest.

[You have retrieved your Shadow…]

Lin Ye saw this prompt, and at that moment, he realized he was no longer deceived by the forest's illusions.

The distant scenes had revealed themselves, no longer just an endless expanse of forest…

Lin Ye could even see, in the far distance, a tall tower.

It was the lookout tower of the abandoned military base he had come from.

Previously, he couldn't see this base due to losing his Shadow and being trapped in the illusions crafted by the forest.

Upon understanding this, Lin Ye braced himself!

"Time to re-search once more!"

Lin Ye muttered, glancing again at Yuan Danqing's movements…

She seemed not to have truly located the position of the Shadow Treasure Pearl yet.

Although she was naturally unaffected by this forest, she also had a shortcoming, which was her inability to see the treasure glow of the dusty treasures!

But Lin Ye could!

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