Chapter 144

It wouldn't be Huang Shaotian if he didn't retort with a few trash talks. However, Ye Xiu was in no mood to appreciate trash talk at this time. Although he had gotten rid of the annoying tail, his position on the rankings had not changed at all.

32.

This was his current ranking. The initial street allowed him to stay within the top 20, but after leaving that street, Ye Xiu's luck had been consistently bad. The number of ghosts he encountered was simply not enough to support him in maintaining his ranking. The current 32nd place was also temporary. Looking at the quiet streets around him, he knew that his ranking would probably drop further after he finished this street.

But no matter what, he couldn't just stand still. The ghosts were refreshed all at once. If there were none, there were none. There was no such thing as waiting at a point for a refresh.

Ye Xiu controlled Lord Grim as he walked across the stone bridge. Once again, he was faced with three choices: left, middle, and right. But all three paths looked equally quiet. Ye Xiu really wanted to cry. Why was he so unlucky today?

"Let's just keep going forward!" Ye Xiu thought. Lord Grim stepped off the bridgehead and was just about to move forward when he suddenly felt that he couldn't take the next step. His character's perspective spun around, and Lord Grim fell to the ground.

Where did that attack come from? Ye Xiu was stunned.

The moment Lord Grim was about to fall, he immediately performed a *shoushen* (recovery roll) but it didn't work. There was no doubt that this attack had the judgment of a grabbing attack, but with Ye Xiu's experience, he didn't even notice the attack approaching and was directly hit.

It wasn't until his character fell to the ground that Ye Xiu turned his perspective and saw that Lord Grim's ankle was entangled by something.

What is it?

Before Ye Xiu could even see clearly, he saw the thing pull back violently. Ye Xiu smoothly executed a slash, and Lord Grim swung his knife down, accurately hitting it, but it didn't have any effect. The thing pulled and flung, and Lord Grim was sent flying into the air. This time, Ye Xiu saw clearly. This strange thing was extending from the river under the stone bridge. However, the surface of the water was covered with a large patch of algae, which almost completely occupied the river surface. He couldn't see what was underneath at all.

In mid-air, Lord Grim transformed the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella into its gun form and unleashed a Gatling gun barrage along the direction the unknown object was extending. Bullets flew everywhere, spraying water and algae, but the thing was still unmoved, as if it had been cut with a knife. Under the churning water surface, Ye Xiu still couldn't see what it was, but then, with a plop, Lord Grim was finally pulled into the water.

Where is it?

As soon as he entered the water, Ye Xiu immediately turned his perspective around, but he still couldn't find anything. The thing entangled around Lord Grim's foot was still there. Ye Xiu followed its connection and was shocked to find that it was extending from above the water again?

What kind of ghost is this! Ye Xiu had a headache. If there was any difficulty in this Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, it would probably be this point that Ye Xiu was encountering now: the hundred ghosts were all newly created NPCs. He had almost never encountered them in previous online game battles, so he didn't know their characteristics and skills at all. Even a god like him was a newbie in the face of these new monsters.

And now, Ye Xiu felt that he had encountered a troublesome one. Although he had no lack of confidence in killing the target, he was frequently confused about the situation, which was a waste of time. Look, in just a moment, he had dropped to 35th place. While being grabbed by the monster, Ye Xiu still had the mood to take a look at the rankings and immediately found that he had dropped three places.

And at this moment, this ghost finally launched another attack. And this time, Ye Xiu finally saw what it was.

It's actually water algae!

Covering the entire river surface, a green, vomit-like patch of water algae was actually the truth of this ghost. No wonder it sometimes looked like it was coming from the bottom of the water, and sometimes it looked like it was coming from the surface. So, this thing was on the surface of the water!

Ye Xiu finally figured out what his opponent was, but the water algae monster had already begun to attack him. The water algae that was originally floating on the surface suddenly began to sink to the bottom of the water in clumps, like lanterns of ghost fire.

Ye Xiu didn't know what kind of attack this was. In any case, he would never touch it easily. He quickly controlled Lord Grim to turn around and swim further into the water, but his feet tightened. The water algae entangled around Lord Grim was still there.

Such a long time of control!

Ye Xiu was surprised. Even if it was an NPC, the skills couldn't deviate from the settings of Glory. Attack skills recorded damage, and control skills recorded time. Whether it was damage or time, there had to be a limit. How long had this water algae been entangling Lord Grim's ankle, restricting his movement? It was still going on. How long was the duration of this monster's skill?

Ye Xiu couldn't bother to think about it, because the ghost fire algae that had sunk to the bottom of the water suddenly began to attack. The attack method was extremely simple, directly crashing into Lord Grim. But at this time, there were countless clumps of algae sunk to the bottom of the water. Avoiding one was possible, but if these all launched a unified attack, it would be like a net. Where would there be any space to drill through?

He had to dodge in advance!

Being pulled into the water, upwards… above was the water surface, and the water surface was full of water algae. Going up looked like throwing himself into the monster's embrace, a worse choice.

Break for me!

Helpless, Ye Xiu still had to try to go downwards. Breaking the water algae around Lord Grim's ankle became the key. He slashed again, and the water algae was bent at an angle, but it still wouldn't break, showing extremely strong elasticity and toughness…

Ye Xiu had no time to try more. Based on this judgment, he changed the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella from a knife to a gun. Bang! Another bullet was fired. The moment the bullet left the chamber, he drew the knife again.

The bullet hit the water algae, and the blade followed. This time, the water algae was cleanly cut off. Ye Xiu quickly manipulated Lord Grim to sink to the bottom of the water. The clumps of water algae swarmed up from behind, eventually挤成一团 (ji cheng yi tuan: squeezed together).

That was close!

It was rare for Ye Xiu to have such a moment of lingering fear in the online game. After seeing the toughness of the water algae, Ye Xiu gave it a Stiffening Bullet from the Gunner class. After hardening it, he successfully cut it off. Seeing this pile of water algae behind him, Ye Xiu casually directed Lord Grim to throw a grenade over. Ye Xiu felt that this explosion would be very satisfying.

It was indeed satisfying!

A large clump of water algae was sent flying in all directions by the explosion of the grenade. Several clumps splashed onto Lord Grim, and his health plummeted, instantly turning red.

Damn it!

Ye Xiu was in a hurry, propping up the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella as a shield while casting all the healing skills he could use on himself and frantically eating the life-saving potions. Only then did he manage to barely hang on to his life.

What a strong attack. Ye Xiu was shocked. If a couple more clumps had splashed on him, Lord Grim might have been instantly killed. Such a strong damage output was completely inconsistent with Ye Xiu's knowledge of these ghosts so far. Their combat power was comparable to that of dungeon mobs, but this level of attack strength was more than just dungeon mobs. This was completely at the Boss level, and it had to be a wild Boss?

Ye Xiu didn't dare to be negligent in the slightest. The water algae, scattered by the grenade and floating in the river, were obviously not dead and were preparing to launch another attack on Lord Grim.

How exactly do you kill this water algae? Can a Stiffening Bullet work against this? Ye Xiu wasn't sure. With a try-it-and-see mentality, he shot a bullet at a small clump of water algae. Then, the blade fell, and the small clump of water algae was completely shattered and disappeared into the water in the blink of an eye.

It works!

Ye Xiu confirmed it, but he couldn't be happy. Imagining the domineering coverage of this water algae across the entire river surface, how many attacks would he have to make to completely destroy it?

As for why this water algae monster was so powerful, Ye Xiu guessed it in an instant. The water algae floated calmly on the water surface, a very cunning disguise. Then, it would continuously ambush passing players here. Even Ye Xiu was confused for a while after being caught. It was needless to say how bad the average player's response would be. So, by constantly and successfully killing players, this water algae monster had finally grown to this extent.

Was he lucky or unlucky? Ye Xiu really couldn't say. Such a large monster definitely had a lot of points. People who encountered it should be happy. But the problem was, such a large monster was also very strong. Did he have the ability to kill it?

This thing's attack power was already at the level of a wild Boss. If its vitality was also the same, then Ye Xiu would completely give up on this idea. But now, he decided to try.

The scattered clumps of small water algae were just one of the water algae monster's attack methods. Breaking these was just defending. To destroy this water algae monster, he needed to attack its body, which was the one floating on the water surface. But he had to solve all the small clumps of water algae in front of him before he had a chance.

So, soon, Ye Xiu lured these small water algae to surround him again, just like before. Then, at the critical moment, he suddenly swam away.

The small water algae hugged together again. Ye Xiu sent a Stiffening Bullet, then the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella was directly swung into a battle spear. Dragon Tooth stabbed, followed by Consecutive Thrusts. As for Falling Flower Palm, which required a closer attack range, Ye Xiu didn't dare to use it for the time being until he was sure. After Consecutive Thrusts, he followed up with a Draw Sword.

In an instant, three skill attacks were completed, and the water flowed with a rushing sound. The scattered water algae disappeared into the water flow in an instant.

It works!

The success of this practice finally cheered Ye Xiu up a bit. The water algae monster was now above his head. After this successful practice, Ye Xiu had a good plan in his mind on how to deal with it. What he had to confirm now was whether the main body of the water algae monster could also be shattered with one blow. If it had the tenacious vitality of a wild Boss, Ye Xiu would turn around and leave without hesitation.

In the blink of an eye, Lord Grim had entered the range where he could attack the water surface. With a wave of his sleeve, Dark Night Cloak, a skill of the Magician class, instantly circled a piece of water algae on the water surface. Then, a Stiffening Bullet was sent, and then, attack!