Water Body

"Damn it, because I ate a small part of its body this afternoon, it locked onto me as the target as soon as it appeared, instead of Jia Xin?" Zhang Chen looked up as he finished the first bottle of soil, seeing the old man's head floating in the center of the swimming pool.

"I can't run anymore!" Zhang Chen felt danger coming from the swimming pool on his left. Just as he was about to stop running, two large hands made of water reached out to grab his body.

At that moment, Zhang Chen made a fatal mistake. His fingernails actually grew longer, intending to shatter the two palms. As a result, his hands not only failed to cut through the palms but also sank into the large hands. Then, the palms merged, trapping him inside this water prison.

"Gulp, gulp!" Zhang Chen, trapped in the water prison, felt the water pressure inside was at least equivalent to 200 meters underwater. He would suffocate if he held his breath for more than 5 seconds.

"Break!" Zhang Chen scattered his telekinesis in all directions, attempting to break the water prison. However, the moment the water prison was shaken apart, it immediately healed itself.

"I'll eat you!" Zhang Chen was out of breath. Helplessly, he opened his mouth and swallowed all the water. He fell to the ground, his face purple, gasping for air.

No prompt sounded, so it seemed that was just ordinary water from the swimming pool controlled by the drowning ghost.

"It's already this powerful before I even get into the water. If I'm dragged in, I'll surely die."

Zhang Chen, holding the remaining small glass bottle in his hand, quickly moved towards the corner of the wall ahead. After only a few steps, the hand rose again and grabbed towards him.

With the experience from last time, Zhang Chen leaped forward with all his might, dodging the hand. He was only a few meters away from the corner. He directly controlled the small glass bottle with his telekinesis and instantly poured the soil inside onto the corner.

However, after missing once, the large hand arrived for the second time. At this point, Zhang Chen, lying on the ground, had no way to dodge it.

"Damn it, here we go again." Zhang Chen complained, not wanting to be trapped in that water prison again.

"Whoosh!" A whistling sound cut through the air. A silver needle attached to a crimson talisman directly pierced into the palm.

The moment Zhang Chen saw it enter the palm, the crimson talisman instantly splashed sparks. White mist began to rise from the palm. After the talisman burned out, the palm also evaporated completely.

"Did you finish scattering the soil?" Jia Xin shouted from the opposite bank.

Zhang Chen made an OK gesture.

"Now jump into the water!" Jia Xin shouted loudly.

"What?" Zhang Chen thought he misheard and asked loudly.

"Hurry up and jump into the water, quickly!" After saying that, Jia Xin leaped directly into the swimming pool.

"Damn, what does this mean? Forget it, I was saved just now, I'll trust him this once." Zhang Chen concentrated intensely, radiating his telekinesis to a 2-meter radius around him. He took a deep breath and jumped into the pool without hesitation.

With a "plop," Zhang Chen fell into the water. The temperature inside was much colder than above, around 10 degrees Celsius.

However, as soon as Zhang Chen opened his eyes in the water, a white, protruding eyeball stared at him. The old man's body had already begun to transform into something like a lizard, and his feet had completely turned into frog's feet.

The drowning old man extended his hands and pressed them onto Zhang Chen, his immense strength making Zhang Chen unable to move. The old man's tongue, long and lizard-like, extended from his mouth and slowly wrapped around Zhang Chen's neck. Zhang Chen, who was already struggling to hold his breath, was choked by it, causing water to flood into his trachea.

At that moment, Zhang Chen saw that the surrounding water was seeping out some yellow sand. Zhang Chen, having choked on water, thought he was hallucinating.

But the yellow sand in the surrounding water increased, and Zhang Chen's body also felt it.

At this point, the old man also sensed the abnormality of the water and quickly released Zhang Chen, fleeing far away.

Released, Zhang Chen struggled to swim to the surface. Fortunately, not much water had entered him. After surfacing, he coughed a few times and breathed in fresh air, returning to his normal state.

However, the sight before him greatly shocked Zhang Chen. The entire swimming pool water had turned yellow, with visible yellow sand settling at the bottom. It was as if the water was constantly evolving into yellow sand.

In less than 2 minutes, the entire swimming pool had completely turned into a large pool of yellow sand.

"Zhang Chen, kill the drowning ghost quickly. The yellow sand state only lasts for 5 minutes." Jia Xin said, standing on a sand dune opposite him.

Hearing Jia Xin's words, Zhang Chen immediately understood why he had been responsible for scattering the yellow mud in the corner earlier.

"You deal with it, I'll go find the main body." Jia Xin dropped this sentence and headed towards the corner where Dai Xu had been standing.

Now, Zhang Chen stood on the giant sand dune, unleashing his telekinesis. There were gaps between solid particles, so his telekinesis could directly penetrate the yellow sand and scan the entire dune.

"Haha, found you." Zhang Chen smiled. His telekinesis sensed a slowly moving object under the yellow sand to his left front. Judging by its shape, it was undoubtedly the drowning old man.

Striding across the sand, Zhang Chen's feet kicked up yellow sand with every step. With lightning speed, he reached the drowning ghost's location.

"Come out!" Guided by his telekinesis, Zhang Chen bent down, reached out his right hand, and grabbed the drowning ghost's right arm. With all his might, he dragged the drowning ghost out.

The guy fell onto the yellow sand dune, covered in a layer of yellow sand. The grip of Zhang Chen's right hand also felt his slime.

"Jia Xin said this drowning ghost is incredibly slippery all over, probably because of this slime. Now it's good, the slime is covered in yellow sand, making it much easier to grab."

Zhang Chen thought this and unleashed both his claws, sweeping them towards the drowning ghost.

"So fast?" Before Zhang Chen's nails could reach, the drowning ghost grabbed his arm and simultaneously threw a punch at him. Caught, Zhang Chen could only raise his other hand to block.

"Crack!" The drowning ghost's punch landed on Zhang Chen's left-hand fingernails. The fingernails, capable of tearing steel, were actually broken with a single punch.

He was sent flying backward, crashing heavily onto the yellow sand.

"What the hell, it's this strong even without water? What's going on? Jia Xin seemed to know this from the start and told me to stall this guy while he went to find the main body. I'm going to get killed at this rate."

Zhang Chen felt his strength had increased significantly after eating that black monster before, but he was still no match for this guy. Before he could get up, the drowning ghost pushed himself up with both hands and crawled over like a lizard.

Zhang Chen quickly pushed himself up, trying to dodge his opponent's next attack. He never expected that when the drowning ghost was still a meter away, it suddenly opened its mouth and spat out two globs of transparent liquid at him.

The speed was so fast that Zhang Chen couldn't dodge. The two globs of liquid were aimed at his knees. However, as the liquid touched his knees, a familiar sensation arose.

The two globs of liquid soaked through Zhang Chen's pants and simultaneously seeped into his knees, severing the connection between him and his lower legs. He fell to the ground.

"Isn't this the same move as the female ghost at the abandoned sales office near my house? I should have brought all the Blood Beetles with me tonight. I only have one now, I don't know if it's too late."

Zhang Chen mentally contacted the Blood Beetle in his left arm. The small red insect swam directly to his right knee and began to devour the liquid greedily.

Seeing Zhang Chen's legs lose sensation and him slump to the ground, a mocking expression appeared on the drowning ghost's face. Then, it extended its long tongue again, intending to finish what it had left undone.

The drowned ghost elder pressed down on Zhang Chen's hands, its long red tongue constricting his neck.

Under the immense pressure, Zhang Chen began to feel suffocated. The liquid in his right knee had already been devoured, but moving his right leg now would be a death sentence. Zhang Chen could only gamble on whether he could endure.

"Can't hold on much longer!" His neck had already shrunk considerably, his eyes were bloodshot, and his consciousness was starting to blur. Even though he could still feel his left knee, he lacked the strength to lift it.

"Gaa!!!!" The drowned ghost elder suddenly let out a long howl, unwillingly releasing Zhang Chen, who was on the verge of death. It stood up and looked towards Jia Xin in the corner of the room.

At this moment, Jia Xin held a complete skeleton, which was clearly the elder's true form. Jia Xin moved his right hand, and a yellow talisman landed on the skeleton's head. Instantly, the entire skeleton began to slowly turn to dust.

The drowned ghost elder's lizard-like skin also started to crumble and disintegrate. As it let out a wail, wanting to rush back to reclaim its true form, Zhang Chen's eyes turned blood red, and he stood up from behind the elder like a vengeful spirit.

The elder, attempting to move, found its body blocked by some invisible force, unable to budge. It looked back, only to see darkness. It had been engulfed by Zhang Chen's mouth.

"Ah!" A cry of unwillingness came from Zhang Chen's mouth, but it stopped a second later. However, the yellow sand beneath his feet also began to collapse, reverting to the water body it was before. The timing was perfect.

Just as Zhang Chen fell into the water, a voice rang out.

[Devoured one Intermediate Vengeful Ghost, acquired saturation: 23%, existing skill: Water (partially incomplete), incomplete value increased by 147%. Acquired skill: Water (relatively complete).]

[Discovered skill: Water (relatively complete). Can fuse with host's body for physical modification. Modification success rate: 71%. Proceed with modification?]

"Every time I faced an intermediate ghost, I only won through sheer luck. Damn it, nothing ventured, nothing gained. Yes!"

An anomaly occurred. Zhang Chen watched as his body gradually turned into water and merged with the surrounding water. The Blood Beetle in his left arm was somehow stripped away. Zhang Chen himself felt immense pain, as if his entire body was being torn apart.

Then it reassembled, then dissolved, repeating countless times. Gradually, Zhang Chen began to adapt to the sensation of his body being torn apart. Finally, Zhang Chen's body stabilized, and the Blood Beetle returned to his arm.

The voice sounded again: [Fusion successful, acquired skill: Water Body.]

[Zhang Chen]

[Main Soul Frame Status: Active]

[Main Soul: Gluttonous Ghost]

[Saturation: 100% (Saturated)]

[Compatibility with current **: 41%]

[Secondary Soul Frame Status: Inactive]

[Skill Slot Count: 3]

[Used Skill Slots: 3]

[Owned Skills: Telekinesis (evolvable, used), Nail Growth (arm portion, used), Water Body (used), Flesh and Blood (incomplete, unusable), Mirror (incomplete, unusable).]

[Telekinesis: Can control invisible forces with intent. Current proficiency: 87%.]

[Nail Growth: Increases strength of left and right arms by 350%, nail hardness by 1000%, controllable length.]

[Water Body: Cell water molecularization. When in a water body, can assimilate surrounding water and manipulate it at will.]

[Physical Function: Medium]

[Perception Ability: High]

[Overall Evaluation: Medium]

[Jailer Rank: Pawn]

"Haha, it worked." Zhang Chen moved, disappearing from the center of the pool and then re-aggregating on the shore. He looked at his palm, which could become transparent or solid, and felt his entire body filled with power.

Jia Xin on the shore witnessed all of this, a slight smile on his lips...

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