Chapter 224: The Water Prison |
Fang Lu's ability, named "Water Prison," ranked 67th on the Victim List.
The Elemental class, despite its name, wasn't simply divided into "earth, wind, water, and fire" or the five elements. It had countless subdivisions.
The main types could be classified into control, weather, and conceptual categories.
However, the foundational trait of the Elemental class was that it started at B-level. Because of this trait, Elemental class abilities were naturally ranked higher on the Victim List.
Fang Lu, despite being a B-level for so many years and having no hope of reaching A-level, was undoubtedly powerful and dangerous.
Being at B-level for so long meant he had a deep understanding of his ability and rich combat experience.
Moreover, at 76 years old, Fang Lu was extremely rare among Espers, whose average age was under 25... In other words, he was very good at surviving.
Or rather, he had various ways to kill his enemies while preserving his own life.
But perhaps due to surviving for so long, he couldn't help but develop some restless ambitions.
Although this intruder seemed to be a rare gravity Esper with many tricks, Fang Lu believed he was not inferior. In a few days, he would be asked to deal with an Esper possessing at least an A-level Panspirit Object, and he didn't want any trouble in his own territory.
Moreover, this person's raw strength was clearly lacking; otherwise, he wouldn't rely on so many Panspirit Objects.
Things went as Fang Lu expected: the intruder was just a paper tiger, weak when confronted head-on.
Fang Lu's ability allowed him to create a completely controlled space in a sufficiently humid environment, where he could move freely through the water.
This ability's danger was unquestionable. In pure water, Fang Lu was practically invincible.
However, under normal circumstances, he could only achieve the minimum humidity needed to use his ability.
For example, two minutes ago, when the hallway's fire sprinklers activated, the humidity reached a usable level, and he had to break the surrounding water pipes.
Fang Lu stood at the hallway entrance, watching the intruder frantically trying to leave, and sneered, “So you're not entirely stupid.”
He touched the falling water droplets, instantly transforming into a water phantom, “But I won't give you the chance!”
Fang Lu lost his human form, leading the water curtain, gathering all the water into an enclosed space, trapping Guan Shan within.
Water was his weapon! He watched the panicking, seemingly clueless masked youth, gradually increasing the pressure.
But then, instead of running, Guan Shan opened a vial of some liquid! Fang Lu initially didn't realize the seriousness, thinking poison couldn't harm him. He could just use water to wrap and move it away, avoiding any damage.
After all, who could harm water?
But he quickly realized he was wrong. The liquid's penetration and diffusion were incredible!
As the water touched the liquid, it couldn't shake it off!
During the flow, the liquid spread along the water, uncontrollable, as if it had its own will… Before Fang Lu could react, the dark, ominous liquid had polluted a large area of water.
Alarmed, Fang Lu summoned more water, but the darkness kept growing, rapidly approaching him.
And then, it touched him! “—!!!!”
The silent scream triggered a water frenzy. To Fang Lu, it felt like a nightmare.
The dark liquid merged into the water like mercury seeping into skin cracks! Intense pain and itching assaulted Fang Lu's mind. In all these years as water, he'd never experienced such agony.
The liquid separated the water molecules, and for Fang Lu, it was like being dismembered! Worse, his consciousness, merged with the water, also fragmented. As the water split, his mind shattered into countless pieces, like being torn apart.
“What is this stuff?!”
Fang Lu felt his body and mind split into thousands of parts, sensing each other's presence but unable to focus thoughts. Thousands of minds were born, with the predominant thought being his initial killing intent.
In simple terms, he went from one being to countless cells.
Most of these cells lost rationality and couldn't determine the target of their killing intent, starting to attack each other.
In a moment, half of the cells and the [Defective Serum] perished together! If Fang Lu had a physical form, he'd be red with rage.
Those were his cells! Now he'd lost half of them. If he reverted, his condition would be unimaginable! “I'll kill you!”
Fang Lu's only thought was to kill this intruder, at any cost! Fortunately, the surviving cells were more controllable, finally reuniting.
Under the immense pressure, even with another Panspirit Object, Guan Shan could barely hold on.
Seeing the blood mist, Fang Lu's hatred deepened. The water swept everything, and the nearly suffocating Guan Shan suddenly revealed a shard.
The flashing light froze in Fang Lu's vision, and everything around him stopped.
“What is this?! Kill him now!”
Fang Lu, enraged, saw the child’s drawing field dissipate and charged, but he couldn't move...
After struggling, Fang Lu felt a chill behind him, a cold sensation crawling up.
Then, cold fingers grabbed him.
Fang Lu froze, trembling.
This was impossible… he had no physical form, how could he be grabbed, and who was behind him?
What was it?!
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As the [Mirror Shard] took effect, Guan Shan used the cooled-down [Gravity Control] to escape the water.
“Splash!”
“Bang!”
Guan Shan rushed forward, feeling the water's buoyancy vanish, crashing onto the floor and rolling twice.
“Cough, cough...” He coughed, spitting blood, his chest tight and burning.
Guan Shan equipped the [Health Rune], stood up, finding himself in an office area. Touching his wounds, he saw blood and felt lingering fear, “Damn, my organs must be pulp... How am I still alive? Am I even human?”
His health bar showed double digits, but the Health Rune was restoring it.
Guan Shan looked back at the turbulent "underwater world," took a deep breath, and pulled out the [Ability Extractor].