Fate Reignites: My Rampage in a World Where Time Stops-Chapter 166: Traceless Talent Effect! (April additional release at 2850 monthly tickets)

"Of course not."

Facing Matsusaka Shigeki’s words, Oriel’s tone remained unchanged, "Soul Fusion, you should realize that the guy leading everyone can acquire the Hall Crystal, right?"

"A resource that can only exist singly on the server; if it’s continuously held by one person, that would be terrifying," Oriel’s tone shifted, "And I need the Hall Crystal myself."

"So, we have to approach him," a sudden pity emerged in Oriel’s eyes, "Even if I have to resort to groveling and pleading, we must get the Hall Crystal from him."

"Heh," Matsusaka Shigeki scoffed coldly, having gradually lost his patience for pretense with this woman, "You have Traceless, hiding your strength unnoticed, but I am different."

"My every move is watched by countless people every day, and every area I pass through gets heavily scrutinized," Matsusaka Shigeki chuckled, "As soon as I show signs of approaching Luo, the other side will instantly seek Dragon Halberd’s help."

"By then, I would be a fool caught in my own trap."

The Holy Sanctuary, which could nullify all Talent effects, was utterly unreasonable.

"So, you’re worried about this," Oriel paused, then suddenly burst into laughter, "I have a way!"

"You can counter the Holy Sanctuary?" Matsusaka Shigeki glanced at Oriel with disdain, "You might manage a surprise attack, killing one of Dragon Halberd’s Spiritual Beasts before the Domain is set up, but that’s about it."

"Once Dragon Halberd sets up his Domain, your invisibility will be utterly exposed."

Having traveled with Oriel, Matsusaka Shigeki was confident he had grasped most of Traceless’s Talent Effects.

This Talent had no enhancement effects, yet it perfected self-concealment.

"No, no, no~," Oriel’s tone became increasingly light-hearted, "There’s no need for me to fight Dragon Halberd. Only fools would think about battle all the time."

Feeling insulted, Matsusaka Shigeki’s smile grew dangerously on his face, "So, what’s your plan?"

"Very simple," Oriel glanced at Matsusaka Shigeki, "You just said that as soon as you approach Luo, he’ll know and then notify Dragon Halberd to come aid him, right?"

"So, let’s make sure he doesn’t know~"

"You..." Matsusaka Shigeki’s pupils shrank slightly, realizing her implication, his smile gradually twisted, "You can hide the Ranking List information for multiple people?!"

The Ranking List in Dream World was an important way for players to acquire numerous resources but also a source for top-level players to expose themselves to all.

On the Ranking List, your achievements and strength have nowhere to hide.

Once you reach the first tier, you’re bound to attract attention from interested parties.

Oriel, as one of the earliest possessors of the Gold Talent, managed to hide her identity till now and conceal her exact strength from others, mainly because she could obscure the Ranking List information.

As time passed, many had guessed this point.

But guesses were futile.

As long as Oriel did not expose it, they were powerless regarding this ability.

Until today, Matsusaka Shigeki had always thought that Oriel’s Talent Effect was to hide her own Ranking List information, but now it seemed that was not the case.

If Oriel could also hide him...

That would truly be fantastic!

"Multiple people? Of course not," Oriel laughed, "Have you forgotten what I’ve been doing these past few days?"

Matsusaka Shigeki wore a thoughtful expression, then suddenly raised his head.

He remembered a detail he had previously overlooked.

Oriel’s apparent strength had been constantly increasing.

She had first advanced from Apprentice Level to Official Level, and two of her Spiritual Beasts had made it onto the Spiritual Beast List.

Two days later, one of her Spiritual Beasts revealed Elite Rank strength.

Just yesterday, another of her Spiritual Beasts also displayed its Elite Rank strength, officially promoting her to an Elite Level Player.

Matsusaka Shigeki opened the Ranking List and was stunned to see Oriel’s third Spiritual Beast also make an appearance on the Elite Rank Spiritual Beast List.

He then thought of something and suddenly spoke, "Did you give up your previous third Spiritual Beast and contract a new one yesterday to erase the record of you ever killing my beast?"

"After finding me, you didn’t lift a finger twice when defeating the district’s Spiritual Beasts, also to avoid leaving any records?"

"Smart," Oriel said with a smile in her eyes, "Who says hiding oneself necessarily means concealing the Ranking List?"

"Now I am just one of the Elite Level Players in the world, with nothing impressive in my records."

"Do you think... Luo will let Dragon Halberd back me up because I’m getting close?"

"Of course not," Matsusaka Shigeki immediately responded, his smile suddenly blooming, "Come on~ let’s cooperate~"

Although he detested the damn woman before him, at least on this matter, their interests were highly aligned.

The Talent Ability that could find the Hall Crystal was something they both wanted~

Oriel’s eyes flickered slightly, and in the next instant, Matsusaka Shigeki’s scanning result in front of her plummeted rapidly, falling from an Elite Level Player all the way to an Apprentice Level Player.

Traceless’s second Talent Effect, activate!

[Pretend a player and their Contracted Spiritual Beast’s scanning results and Ranking List rankings]

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"Chirp—"

Little Qing, with its claws, grabbed a gradually blurring deer-like Spiritual Beast, swiftly flying towards Qin Chuan and Yue Li who were waiting a kilometer away.

Soon, the deer-like Spiritual Beast transformed into a splendid Hall Crystal in Yue Li’s hands.

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"Next, we have to hurry again, we need to leave this area by thirty districts before we can use the Hall Crystal," Yue Li chuckled lightly, turning her head towards Qin Chuan who seemed somewhat lost in thought, "Still thinking about Matsusaka Shigeki?"

"Yep." Qin Chuan nodded slightly.

Two days earlier, Matsusaka Shigeki’s name had suddenly disappeared from the Ranking List.

A large number of players across all 9,999 game districts repeatedly checked and confirmed that Matsusaka Shigeki’s name was nowhere on any district’s Ranking List.

Logically, by this time one should think that Matsusaka Shigeki had reset his account.

Yet, no player’s records showed defeating Matsusaka Shigeki, and those constantly monitoring the Talent Pool also confirmed that the Soul Fusion Talent had not lit up again.

Not even for a moment.

So, Matsusaka Shigeki must still be alive.

A player still alive, but without any Rankings List information led Qin Chuan to think of a Gold Talent with an extremely low presence.

Traceless.

This Talent was considered to have the ability to conceal Ranking List information, its other abilities unknown.

Traceless’s Talent didn’t light up again either, meaning Matsusaka Shigeki hadn’t obtained the Traceless Talent Effect through defeating someone.

So, there were only two possibilities.

First, Matsusaka Shigeki had found a non-Gold Talent holder with a similar effect to Traceless, and had achieved a kill, obtaining the ability to hide himself.

Second, he was with Traceless who, aside from hiding himself, could also hide others.

Either possibility was not good news for Qin Chuan.