Water Ghost

Biodata

Background

According to Old Li’s account, the Water Ghost was once a businessman married to He Ting. He discovered her holding a corpse drained of blood and life; after he fainted, she threw him from Cihang Bridge, where he drowned. His resentment turned him into a ghost intent on killing her 4 15.

He haunted the river beneath the bridge, dragging people underwater and drowning them. Heavy rain also allowed him to pursue people on land 4 6 7. Chen Feng initially fought and killed him, then used a later reload to subdue him temporarily by promising to help him take revenge on He Ting. The Ghost-Catching System rated his resentment and combat strength at three stars 7 8.

Appearance

The Water Ghost is transparent and difficult to make out, especially in rain 4 8.

• Hands — Large, icy, wet, slippery, and strong enough to crush a throat or twist off a head 5 10.
• Presence — Accompanied by a sharp drop in temperature; on wet ground, his approach can be traced by footprints appearing without a visible walker 7 10.
• Corpse oil — Coats his body, causing a baton to slide off but making him highly flammable 7 8.

Abilities & Skills

Water and rain

• Possesses immense strength in water and can teleport short distances through bodies of water; Chen Feng summons him through a running sink 8 10.
• Can leave the water when it rains, becoming even harder to see 8.
• Cannot be summoned on dry land without rain 16 19.

Physical attacks

• Drags victims underwater and drowns them; on land, he can crush throats and tear off heads 4 5 10.
• Kills four impostor café attendants and catches and crushes Zhu Xianxian’s true body before it reaches Chen Feng 14.
• Is vulnerable to fire because his corpse-oil coating ignites on contact with flame. Electricity also produces sparks that set the coating alight 8 19.

Resilience and limits

• Survives gunfire and being rammed by a car, but sustained burning kills him in one cycle 6 7.
• Continues fighting despite poison, burns, and partial petrification, though Zhu Xianxian’s spider swarm and He Ting’s mass of human skins can overwhelm him 11 12.
• Chen Feng’s reloads restore him after his defeats 12 19.

Relationships

• He Ting — His wife and killer. Revenge against her is his lingering wish; he crushes her heart in their final confrontation 4 15.
• Chen Feng — Initially an enemy, then his summoner and ally. Chen Feng helps fulfill his wish, making their subordinate bond permanent 7 8 15.
• She Qingqing — An opponent in one cycle, when he tears off her head; in a later cycle, he follows Chen Feng’s order to knock her unconscious without killing her 10 14.
• Professor Sheep — Defeats him with electricity and the resulting corpse-oil fire; a subsequent reload restores the ghost 19.