Chapter 146 Cold Fire
The ghost girl's hand slapped on the ice shield. Arthur could feel a huge impact spreading from the impact point. Ice cracks exploded from the center to the edge of the ice shield. The entire ice shield turned into broken ice with an ordinary clap of hands.
The defense collapsed in an instant, causing Arthur's mind to go blank for a moment. He couldn't accept what had just happened. This was different from his previous predictions!
The female ghost shattered the ice shield that Arthur used for defense , and her five knife-like fingers slapped Arthur's abdomen heavily, sending him flying like a ball. The crowd in the distance exclaimed when they saw this scene, and the audience, who had originally been relaxed about watching heroes fight monsters, became nervous.
Arthur fell to the ground with a dizzy feeling. The ice in his abdomen shattered and he felt numbness in his abdomen. The numb part was burning with pain, as if a red-hot knife was cutting his skin. His joints and tendons were aching from the fall, and his back, which had hit the tree trunk, was in so much pain that he couldn't straighten himself.
Arthur turned his head to look at the female ghost in white. The shrill scream pierced his eardrums. The fear in his heart became stronger and stronger uncontrollably. He found that his hands were shaking!
In the blink of an eye, Liu Feiyun in the distance was also kicked away by the female ghost. Liu Feiyun was even worse off than him. He vomited blood and judging from his expression, he seemed to have completely lost his fighting spirit.
"Feiyun, cheer up! It was just a mistake!" Arthur gritted his teeth.
"No... I hit it! Just now... I hit it with all my strength!" Liu Feiyun's upper and lower teeth were chattering.
Arthur was stunned for a moment, and a series of calculations were automatically performed in his mind. Liu Feiyun's full-strength attack was enough to melt through a five-centimeter-thick iron plate, but the monster was not hurt at all. This showed that Liu Feiyun's abnormal value could not offset the opponent's damage reduction, and his own abnormal value was only slightly higher than Liu Feiyun's.
It's like two of them, who are not fully developed and are squishy, are soloing a high-attack and high-health BOSS!
“Aa ...
The female ghost in white rushed over, and her screams pierced through my brain, making it seem as if it was boiling.
Arthur slapped the ground with one hand, and a huge ice wall rose from the ground. The shadow on the opposite side of the ice wall raised his palm and slapped it hard on the wall, and spider-like cracks spread out.
Liu Feiyun struggled to stand up, and his arms were rekindled with flames. The flames gathered at one point, ready to deliver the final powerful blow!
The next second, the ice wall exploded. At the moment when the female ghost in white broke through the ice wall, Liu Feiyun swung a punch and hit the monster's belly with all his strength!
The huge explosion and flying flames instantly illuminated the entire street. In the eyes of the people watching the battle from a distance, the flames obscured everything, and then a white figure flew out from the explosion.
The crowd, which had been holding its breath, was boiling with excitement. Cheers resounded through the night sky. Everyone seemed to be inspired and excited by this initial counterattack.
The tall buildings on both sides of the street were filled with cheers for Arthur and Liu Feiyun, but Arthur and Liu Feiyun were no longer in the mood to pay attention to them.
Something was wrong. This monster couldn't be defeated by close combat alone. It had enormous strength! It didn't freeze when it was hit.
Arthur pulled up his clothes and looked at his abdomen where he had been hit by the white-clothed female ghost. There was a purple-red palm print there, and the skin was hard with five very fine cracks on it.
This is severe frostbite!
As a person who can create ice, he was severely frostbitten by the other party! The low temperature just now was so low that even he couldn't completely transfer it!
Arthur reached out and touched the crack. He knew that he must have been cut, but the instantaneous low temperature froze the blood, so there was no bleeding, only the wound.
"Are you okay?" Arthur said hoarsely, looking at Liu Feiyun beside him.
"My thighs are frozen. I just felt it a little bit, and it hurts!" said Liu Feiyun.
He could control fire, so at least he could thaw it, but for Arthur, an ice-powered person, it would be a bit troublesome if he was frozen.
“Aa ...
Screams were heard from the opposite side, and Arthur and Liu Feiyun felt even more frightened. The cheers from the buildings on both sides stopped, and there were only a few people watching the fight.
The cameras of the photographers who were shooting from a distance began to shake constantly. Although they were a little far away, they were all scared from the bottom of their hearts.
Some of the less courageous people behind them had already run away, but these reporters stayed here because they had a mission to accomplish and believed in Arthur and the previous statements of the Investigation Bureau.
"Say, say a few words." the photographer reminded.
The host finally reacted and uttered, "They were fighting fiercely! I... I was standing here... I felt scared!"
The photographer accepted this completely unprofessional commentary. He felt that the impact of the images and sounds was enough. The ghost girl's screams were creepy enough that anyone who heard them would be scared from the bottom of their heart.
In the distance, a female ghost in white rushed out from the shade of a street tree, stretched out her hands forward, and ran towards Arthur and Liu Feiyun in a somewhat funny posture, but in the eyes of Arthur and Liu Feiyun, it was like seeing the god of death approaching them.
Finally, Liu Feiyun couldn't hold it anymore, he turned around and started running in the opposite direction!
The moment Liu Feiyun turned around to run away, the female ghost in white also changed direction, gave up attacking Arthur, and chased directly after the fleeing Liu Feiyun .
“Aa ...
I don’t know if it was because he was too nervous or too scared, but Liu Feiyun actually ran towards the direction where reporters and onlookers were gathered!
Liu Feiyun was confused.
If he turned around, he would run into the female ghost, but if he continued to run, the people in front of him would die.
"spread!!!"
Liu Feiyun yelled.
But the crowd did not disperse, and Liu Feiyun was filled with despair. He didn't know that it was not that they were unwilling to escape, but that when they saw the female ghost in white coming towards them, their feet could no longer move, as if they were fixed to the ground by concrete, and their legs no longer belonged to them.
The fear grew in their hearts, and everyone felt that death was approaching.
At this time, a person walked out from the crowd. He was a very young man.
The man began to walk quickly towards Liu Feiyun who was running towards him. He stretched his right hand to the smoke bomb on his waist, held the smoke bomb, opened the safety pin with his thumb, and threw it towards the female ghost in white. While throwing the smoke bomb, he gradually began to speed up and turned from walking to running!
Liu Feiyun met him and was kicked away by him.
At this time, the female ghost in white did not chase Liu Feiyun anymore, but chose to attack the passerby who had just appeared!
"Sure enough, this is its attack priority order." Su Ming looked at the other party calmly, his expression calm and composed, without any disturbance.
“Aa ...
The female ghost let out another sharp and piercing scream. The window glass on both sides of the street shattered, and the street lights along the way exploded. The entire street fell into darkness, with only sporadic lights from the tall buildings on both sides and the moonlight serving as illumination.
Amid the shrill ghost howls, everyone's brain was shaking, as if their crowns and ears were being slowly turned open by an iron rod. They even felt that their brains were touching the coolness of the early winter air.
Su Ming, who was closest to him, simply clicked his tongue lightly in the face of the shrill scream. He felt like he was going deaf, with only the buzzing sound of bees in his ears.
The fog became thicker, and the screaming female ghost slapped Su Ming's chest with both hands. In the swirling smoke, the ghost's hands passed through his chest, and Su Ming was unharmed.
"Noisy."
Su Ming raised his hand, and a fierce flame suddenly ignited in his palm. He stretched out his hand like an iron clamp and tightly grasped the neck of the female ghost in white, strangling her scream in her throat.
In an instant, the screams disappeared and the world became quiet. The people, whose spirits were originally polluted by fear, calmed down a lot. Although the photographer's hands were shaking, he still tried his best to point the camera at the man and the ghost in the darkness.
At this moment, he felt that he was really dedicated. On the one hand, he was moved by his own dedication, and on the other hand, he was excited that he was recording a rare combat moment.
The host's stockings were wet. She bit her lips lightly, feeling extremely ashamed, but no one else at the scene laughed at her because quite a few people had wet their pants.
"Everyone...everyone please look, this is the mysterious man who just appeared! He is fighting with the female ghost in white!"
The camera locked onto Su Ming's figure. Under the professional focus of the photographer, Su Ming's cold face appeared in front of the audience in front of the TV. His expression looked extremely indifferent, and the faint dark circles under his eyes made him look a little tired, making people feel a lazy and cold temperament from him.
Su Ming stared at the twisted ghost face and took a breath of cool air from the night wind. Then, he frowned and said coldly: "Burn it!"
In an instant, the bursting flames illuminated the entire street!
The flames gushed out along Su Ming's arm, like a fire dragon! It engulfed the body of the white-clothed female ghost in a fan shape!
The violent flames flickered continuously and were faithfully recorded by the camera and broadcast to the audience watching on the Internet.
The monster was still attacking, but now it seemed like it was struggling. All its attacks penetrated the boy's body, as if his body was transparent. This incredible scene was difficult to understand, but there was no doubt that the boy had the upper hand now!
The ratings of the live broadcast website are skyrocketing. In the camera, Su Ming's face is translucent in the firelight. He looks at the crazy and weird struggle, spewing out cold mist from his mouth, like a cold executioner!
But at this moment, Su Ming was thinking that it was really cold around this female ghost.
"He... that person has the upper hand! Look! That person has the upper hand! All the attacks of the white-clothed female ghost have no effect on him! The weirdness is burning!"
As if she got support from Su Ming's strong crush, the host felt safe again, and her commentary returned to a normal level. Although she was a little incoherent due to being too excited, it was able to resonate with some viewers to some extent.
Su Ming looked at the female ghost he was carrying with an indifferent expression. He felt very clearly that the [Fire Use] ability he had taken from the fire man had become stronger. Both the attack range and the firepower were slowly getting stronger as he continued to use it.
Perhaps the fire man before did not develop this ability to its fullest extent, perhaps this ability will shine in his hands.
"It's a little cold." Su Ming murmured.
Before he finished speaking, an even more intense flame burst out from Su Ming's hands. The originally twisting flame suddenly became neat and straight, as if it was sprayed out from the nozzle of a rocket.
The red flame gradually turned into blue, and the temperature and combustion efficiency further increased.
The struggling female ghost in white turned into a blazing fireman in the blink of an eye. It was on fire!
At the last moment, she gave up attacking Su Ming and tried to grab Su Ming's hand that was around her neck, but Su Ming's hand actually went through her neck and gripped her cervical vertebrae.
The burning flames were three or four meters high, so conspicuous in the dark street that residents in the high-rise buildings on both sides leaned out to watch this spectacular scene, as if it was not a dangerous hunt but a celebration that everyone could participate in.
The burning continued, and the intense burning filled the air with the "hissing" sound of a gas stove being ignited. The body of the female ghost in white began to deform.
"It seems to be more powerful! The fire has turned from red to blue!" The host maintained a steady level of incoherent commentary.
Arthur was stunned watching from the side. He wanted to go up and help, but it seemed that the other party didn't need his help at all. It seemed... there was no chance for him to show up at all.
Su Ming's burning lasted for eight minutes, and finally, the voice he had been waiting for rang in his mind.
[Ding! Obtain B-level characteristic [Chill]]
The property panel in front of you expands and new features appear.
[Cold: When your obsession is strong enough, you can intimidate those who are stronger than you
Rating: B
Effect: After using Chill, creatures within a certain range will feel fear towards you. If the opponent is stronger than you, the greater the gap, the weaker the effect. 】
Oh? It's a good trait of pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, Su Ming thought.
Su Ming let go of the monster, and it now fell to the ground like an ordinary corpse, burning in flames.
The moment the monster was destroyed, the fear in the hearts of the people around completely disappeared. Cheers came from the tall buildings on both sides. The host not far away excitedly surrounded it with the camera, not caring at all whether the monster that had just been burned to death had the possibility of counterattack.
Liu Feiyun and Arthur also returned to normal and moved closer.
"Thank you, what's your name?" Arthur smiled at Su Ming.
"Su Ming."
Arthur's smile froze. Su Ming, isn't this the name of the S-level psychic? He is his rival!
"This was supposed to be our prey!" Liu Feiyun limped over. He was kicked away by Su Ming just now, which made him very annoyed.
Su Ming glanced at him coldly: "You just ran away."
"I just wanted to create some distance! This monster is very strong in close combat, and my ability needs to be used at a slightly longer distance to be safe! What you did just now..."
"It makes no difference! In the final analysis, changing tactics temporarily means you are not capable enough. That thing is an A-level monster, right? A-level monsters should at least be suppressed by a restrained team. It's too reckless for the two of you to act."
Su Ming interrupted the other party with confidence, changed the subject in a natural tone, and righteously criticized the other party's behavior.
The host was stunned, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. He handed the microphone to Su Ming's mouth: "But, but you are also a person."
"I'm S-level." Su Ming said casually.
"!"
The host was shocked. It turned out that he was S-level! No wonder he was so strong. Are all S-level psychics so strong?
As an ordinary person, she had a new understanding of the power gap between the psychics. The monster that was so rampant in Arthur and Liu Feiyun's hands just now was completely powerless in Su Ming's hands. This was enough to show the difference between the two levels.
"S-level, does that mean you can do whatever you want just because you're S-level?" Liu Feiyun shouted.
Su Ming glanced at the other person coldly and replied, "I wasn't messing around, you were."
Su Ming had no intention of continuing to tangle with the crowd, so he turned around and was about to leave. When the host saw Su Ming turning around and leaving, he quickly chased after him and asked:
"Did you come here specifically to kill the female ghost in white?"
"No, I saw on the Internet that there seemed to be mutants murdering ordinary people here, so I wanted to track them down. Although I didn't find the mutants, I killed a big dog in the sewer. I just happened to hear that there were dangerous monsters here, so I came to take a look."
"Big, big dog? Is that weird too?"
The amount of information contained in Su Ming's previous words is quite large, which makes people have to think carefully. Since Su Ming did not come here specifically for the female ghost in white, he is just killing monsters without a purpose, and this is not the territory of the Seventh Bureau. In other words... Su Ming hunts monsters as a hobby?
"You, do you usually do this?" the host asked again.
"Isn't it the job of the commissioner to hunt monsters?" Su Ming said calmly.
After saying that, Su Ming frowned and asked in confusion: "Why are you here? This place should be off-limits. It's very dangerous for you to be here."
Host: "Um...we are here to film a live broadcast."
She no longer knew how to answer Su Ming, and subconsciously chose the most common answer.
"Isn't hunting A-level monsters a daily routine for the Investigation Bureau commissioner? What's so interesting about it?" Su Ming smiled in confusion.
"Um... that's what we said, but it is said that this A-level monster is very difficult to deal with. We want our audience to realize how terrible the monster is, so we want to record it." The host said incoherently.
"It's very dangerous to ordinary people, but to professionals, it's probably like dealing with dangerous wild animals. As long as you're sure, there's no danger. Well, I'm going to the next place. Bye."
"Where are you going next? What are you going to do next?"
"Don't ask about dangerous things, okay?" Su Ming said expressionlessly.
The host gasped, and the crowd burst into applause. A woman pushed through the crowd, rushed to Su Ming with a notebook, and excitedly handed the notebook to Su Ming: "Can...can you sign for me?"
Su Ming was stunned.
The woman in front of him was timid and shy, just like an introverted fan, but Su Ming immediately felt that this woman was unusual. She was very strong!
Super intuition rarely passively tells Su Ming a person's strengths and weaknesses. When he first met Sylvie, he did not immediately have an impression of the other party's strength. The same was true when he met Jiang Yichuang and Zhang Tianxiao.
But this time, before he could think of anything, his intuition began to remind him that the woman in front of him was very strong.
