Nightmare Apostle

The woman No. 24 went into the alley on the left, and Yang Xiao and the middle-aged man No. 9 had to flee to the main road nearby. The ghost that was knocked down quickly stood up, turned stiffly, and staggered towards Yang Xiao and the others.

The girl No. 127 standing on the other side also wanted to run with Yang Xiao and the others, "Don't come over, run by yourself!" Yang Xiao shouted while running.

The girl woke up as if from a dream, turned around and rushed into a narrow road on the right. The narrow road was only a few palms wide.

It was difficult for her to run in it alone, and the ghost should not chase her.

On the other side, on the main road, Yang Xiao heard the sound of the waves behind him getting closer and closer, and the splashing sound of the ghost water was like a note of death, but no matter how fast the two ran, they could not get rid of the pursuit of the wading ghost. They tried to run separately, but the forks on both sides were filled with strange fog. It seemed that something was ambushed in the surging fog, which was disturbing to watch.

"We can't run anymore, we can't outrun it!" Yang Xiao was the first to stop, "It's targeting us!"

The middle-aged man No. 9 also stopped and turned around, took out the tumbler and aimed it at the chasing water ghost, panting and said: "Help me hold it for a few seconds, I have a way!"

"Okay!" Yang Xiao had many ways to hold this ghost, he pulled out the human bone stick, quickly accumulated power, and waited for an opportunity to knock the water ghost down again.

But the next second, an evil thought against him quietly emerged behind him, Yang Xiao's body swayed uncontrollably from side to side, as if he was drunk, and even the human bone stick in his hand couldn't be held tightly, he lost his sense of direction, and his head was spinning.

Yang Xiao barely controlled his legs and turned around, only to see that the man No. 9 was aiming the tumbler in his hand at him.

He smiled grimly and said, "It's much easier to deal with you than the ghost, so just be a scapegoat!"

"Fuck you..." Yang Xiao was also on guard against this guy, but the timing he chose was too fatal. In a rage, Yang Xiao injected his mental power into the ghost lantern regardless of the cost. As the green light enveloped his whole body, the negative impact caused by the tumbler quickly subsided. Seeing this, the middle-aged man No. 9 was stunned at first, and then shook the tumbler in his hand more and more vigorously.

He didn't need to kill Yang Xiao, just control him in place and wait for the water ghost to come. This is called killing with a borrowed knife.

But Yang Xiao would not give him a chance. He seized the opportunity and swung out a stick. Because his body was still swaying, he missed the target and was dodged by man No. 9, who mocked him loudly: "Hahaha, good baby, you will be mine soon!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the man seemed to be hit hard on the back of his head. He flew out and fell at Yang Xiao's feet.

The human bone stick has the ability to search for enemies. If it misses, it will fly back and hit the man's back. This blow is not light. The man lay on the ground in a mess, his hands and feet twitching, his left eye rolled up, and his right eye could barely see.

"You bastard!" Yang Xiao, who was out of control, followed him and kicked him hard, knocking him unconscious.

Then he picked up the half-dead man and threw him at the feet of the water ghost, and ran away without looking back.

After running for about a few dozen meters, Yang Xiao turned around and saw that the man was caught in the tattered fishing net, with only his head exposed. The mantis ghost dragged the fishing net and walked slowly into the dark sea.

As the fishing net tightened, the man's bones were broken one by one. The man screamed desperately and helplessly. The scream lasted less than 10 seconds and stopped abruptly. The man died because his bones were broken all over his body, but the fishing net continued to shrink. The mesh on it was like a meat grinder, grinding the man's body into pieces. Pieces of meat as big as fists leaked out of the fishing net. The scene was horrible.

After strangling the man, the water ghost walked back to the sea with his back to Yang Xiao. As the sea water submerged his head, the mantis ghost disappeared, and then the sea water and fog quickly retreated, leaving only a large piece of muddy land.

The shredded body was also left in place. The big living person who was still alive and kicking a few minutes ago was now like a piece of meat that no one wanted on the butcher's stall.

Man No. 9 was not weak. He was not completely beaten back to his childhood after being hit by Yang Xiao's charged stick. This was enough to prove his strength. He had probably reached the threshold of the Li level. If he hadn't been so mean, he might have survived with Yang Xiao.

Unfortunately, there is no if, only result. The result was that Yang Xiao survived, while man No. 9 died in the water ghost's fishing net.

Not long after, girl No. 127 and old man No. 189, who had run away before, were also found. As the gray fog dissipated, the breath of the ghost also disappeared in the village, but this would never be the end. They must find a way to deal with this ghost.

Like the ghosts in the nightmare world, this water ghost will disappear for a while every time it kills a person, just like the last time it killed man No. 40.

Looking at the direction where the ghost disappeared, old man No. 189 said hoarsely with his hands behind his back: "Did you see clearly? This is a sea girl."

"Sea girl?" Girl No. 127 was at a loss.

"It's pearl divers, a very old profession. The divers have lived on the seashore for generations. They are very good at swimming and can dive into the seabed alone without auxiliary breathing equipment to catch pearl shells. To prevent accidents, they will tie a rope around their waists. Once they encounter an accident underwater, they will pull the rope, and their husbands will pull the other end of the rope on the boat on the sea."

"But there are rumors that once the husbands of the divers get tired of their wives, they will take them to remote and dangerous seas to collect pearls. After the divers dive into the water, they will cut the rope and return alone by boat." Yang Xiao recalled.

Girl No. 127 was stunned, "This... This is too cruel!"

"This female ghost is a mermaid. You can see that she doesn't have many clothes on her body. She is only wearing a fishing net. This is because it is inconvenient for mermaids to wear clothes when diving. But in order to save their last dignity, they will cover themselves with a fishing net. It is the same as prostitutes who can take off their clothes when receiving customers, but cannot remove the red ropes on their ankles. That is their last dignity." The old man No. 189 is obviously more knowledgeable than Yang Xiao. With just one look, he can see the details of the ghost clearly.

"Old man, do you know how to deal with this ghost?" As if she had grabbed a life-saving straw, the girl asked hurriedly.

The old man hesitated for a moment, twisting his gray beard under the mask, and said seriously: "If I am not wrong, the flaw of this ghost is the hemp rope around her waist. She was abandoned by her husband and died, so she has resentment. As long as one of us can grab the hemp rope and let her know that she has not been abandoned, there may be a chance."

The old man ran away first in the previous battle, so he had to ask Yang Xiao about the details of the female ghost. Yang Xiao recalled that there was indeed a hemp rope belt around the waist of the female ghost, and the other end of the belt seemed to be pulled in the sea water behind her.

"So next time we have to attract the attention of the female ghost first, and then send someone to sneak attack from behind and grab the lifeline." Girl No. 127 went through the action plan in her mind. This was a bold and dangerous attempt.

At this moment, Yang Xiao had walked towards the corpse not far away. He first looked around, as if he was looking for something, then lowered his head and used his feet to push away the broken pieces of the body.

"Are you looking for... a magic weapon?" The old man followed and asked.

Yang Xiao nodded his chin without looking up, "Yes, just like No. 40, his magic weapon is gone."

Magic weapons will not disappear out of thin air. Now it seems that both of their magic weapons have been taken away by the female ghost. This is not a good sign for Yang Xiao and his friends.

"I came from the west before and passed by a yard. It felt a bit strange inside." The old man suddenly said.

The three of them had nowhere to go, so they followed the muddy dirt road to the west of the village with the old man No. 189. They didn't see anyone else along the way. It seems that there are only 6 people joining this qualifying round, and the remaining two should have given up.

No. 9 and No. 40 are dead. Except for No. 24 who is missing, the three of them are the only players left in this game.

"This game is too pit, and no one told me there are ghosts." Girl No. 127 hugged her arms and complained in a low voice, "I am most afraid of ghosts."

"Hehe, little girl, sometimes people are much scarier than ghosts." Old man No. 189 said with a smile.

Yang Xiao glanced at the old man. He had not made a move yet. It was better to run away when encountering a ghost, but Yang Xiao concluded that the old man must be quite capable. He might be the strongest among their team.

Yang Xiao also looked at the woman No. 24 who had made a move before. She was a little worse than the dead man No. 9, and was about the level of the resentment level.

Judging from the people who appeared so far, the girl who brought him into the village was probably the weakest, but there was no guarantee, after all, there were many people who pretended to be pigs and ate tigers.

"We're here." The old man who led the way stopped. There was a small courtyard more than ten meters away in front of him. The courtyard wall had collapsed, revealing a dilapidated wooden house.

Before he got close, Yang Xiao sensed a strange breath. He couldn't tell what it was. To be on the safe side, he picked up the ghost lantern and shone it, but as the green light spread into the courtyard, the next second,

a terrifying scene appeared. The green light did not illuminate the wooden house at all. Instead, the green light seemed to be wiped out by some force and disappeared without a trace.

What was even more bizarre was that in his perception, the wooden house and the yard did not exist at all, they were nothingness.

The old man stared at Yang Xiao's ghost lantern and exclaimed: "What a good magic weapon, it seems to be able to see through illusions, but it's a pity that this is not an illusion, it's real. I went in to see it, but I didn't dare to get close to the wooden house."

"Please lead the way." Yang Xiao said with the lantern.

The old man smiled and shook his head, then stepped into the yard. Through the detection of the human bone stick, Yang Xiao confirmed that there was no ambush inside, at least no one.

The yard was not big, and the source of the weirdness came from the dilapidated wooden house in the middle. After Yang Xiao approached, he looked inside through the collapsed wall. It was not dark inside, but gray and full of fog. Yang Xiao saw a little green halo between the mists. The halo came from a green jade stone as big as a millstone.

Thinking back, Yang Xiao instantly remembered what the gatekeeper at the entrance had told him before he came in. There was a piece of green jade in this world. If you want to surrender, you can come near the jade, but the price is that the words on the mask will be erased.

"No. 31, you...your face!!" The girl screamed in panic.

When Yang Xiao looked up at the girl, he found that the words on the girl's mask had also become blurred. They were not completely melted, but distorted, gradually distorted into words that Yang Xiao could not understand.

"Get out! There is something wrong with this place!"

Before Yang Xiao finished speaking, the three of them hurriedly left the wooden house. This was not enough. They fled all the way to the yard.

Until the uneasiness in their hearts disappeared, the three of them stopped.

The girl bent down, holding her knees and panting: "There is something wrong with that house. As long as...as long as you get close to us, the words on the mask will be erased!"

"It was a close call..." The always calm old man couldn't help but feel scared and wiped the cold sweat sliding down his neck with his sleeve.

Suddenly, the three of them shivered almost at the same time, and there was a familiar sound of waves behind them. "Crash". One by one, they immediately turned around. The scene in front of them caught the three of them unprepared. They saw the thick fog carrying the waves coming again, and the fog was deep. A vague and bloated figure stood in the waist-deep water, walking towards them step by step.

"Here it comes again?" The girl couldn't help but lost her voice. After a while, the frequency of ghost attacks became faster and faster, and...:... And she seemed to feel that this ghost was different from before.

Wave after wave came, and the water rose very fast, quickly surrounding them.

They retreated step by step until they reached the courtyard wall. "Look!" The girl pointed to the gap in the broken courtyard wall. She saw that the rising seawater seemed to be separated by an invisible wall of air and did not move along the gap. Flooding into the yard behind you.

Seeing this situation, how could Yang Xiao not understand? This must be the influence of the blue jade. As long as they enter the courtyard, the ghosts will not kill them, but as a price, the words on the masks on their faces will also be erased.

The erasure of the mask character means being eliminated. Yang Xiao cannot afford this price. The threat of the ghost in the mirror is imminent.

Rather than having his body taken away by the ghost in the mirror, he would rather die here.

"Help me drag it, I'll grab the rope!" Yang Xiao roared, took out the ancient mirror, quickly removed one side, and threw it into the seawater at the feet of the female ghost. The ancient mirror did not sink into the water, but Floating on the water, rising and falling along the waves.

There is also something wrong with this sea water. It is not the real sea water, but the power of the female ghost. Yang Xiao's ancient mirror also has a resentful eye, which seems to have no influence on the sea water.

"Are you sure?" the old man asked.

"Just try it and you'll know!" The plan in Yang Xiao's mind had been formed a long time ago. He wanted to borrow the power of the Soul Mirror to teleport behind the female ghost and grab the rope trailing behind him. Unfortunately, the sea water could not As a medium of transmission, otherwise there wouldn’t be so much going on.

Quickly go through every step of the plan in his mind. As long as everything goes well, the success rate is very high. "Do it!" Yang Xiao yelled, taking the lead to hit the female ghost with a stick, and then a piece of gold paper fell out of the old man's sleeve. Shaking out, as if being pulled by some kind of force, he flew towards the female ghost unsteadily, impartially,

It slapped onto the female ghost's face.

After being hit by the human bone stick, the female ghost's footsteps were only slowed down for less than half a second, and she continued walking. Yang Xiao was stunned in his heart, this female ghost was stronger than the last time he saw her.

The gold paper stuck on her face did not stop the female ghost's progress. The gold paper completely covered the female ghost's face, like a facial mask. Then the corners turned up strangely, and it turned out to lift up a piece of rotten face, revealing the bubbles inside. White rotten meat.

This piece of gold paper is really weird. If an enemy is stuck on his face, his face will be torn off, but this thing is of little use against things that have no pain like ghosts. It's a pity for such a good magic weapon. .

But the effect is still a little bit, the female ghost's face is covered, there seems to be something wrong with her sense of direction, and she has to hesitate every time before landing.

Girl No. 127 also sacrificed her magic weapon and tore off the wrapping cloth. It turned out to be a wooden clothes drying rack. However, instead of the two common clothespins on the left and right under the clotheshang, there were two black ones hanging by iron chains. Huhu's iron hook, this thing instantly reminded Yang Xiao of the big iron hook that pierces the prisoner's lute bone in martial arts movies.

As the clothes hanger was thrown, it soon appeared above the female ghost's head in an incomprehensible way. The two iron hooks penetrated the left and right bones of the female ghost without any hindrance. The iron chains were tightened, and it seemed that they were going to The female ghost hangs herself up.

But the female ghost just paused for a moment, then continued walking, dragging the iron hook along, and the iron chain connected behind made a creaking sound as it was about to be torn off.

This ghost is getting stronger and stronger. Last time the three of them worked together to knock down the female ghost, but now the three of them can't even stop it.

It must be the magic weapon of No. 9. This ghost somehow swallowed up the magic weapon. Before the update, it also took away the magic weapon of No. 40.

When the mirror floated to the side of the female ghost, Yang Xiao was ready. He was about to take action. As long as he grabbed the rope, he would have a chance!

"Get ready!" Yang Xiao switched the human bone stick in his right hand and replaced it with a soul-capturing mirror.

But in the next second, the gold paper on the face of the female ghost fell off for no reason, and then flew towards his door with a "swish" sound. The speed was so fast that Yang Xiao had no time to dodge, so he could only lift the ghost lantern and block it in front of his eyes. There was a crisp sound, like metal and stone hitting each other, something hit the ghost lantern's handle hard, and a flash of blood flashed in front of Yang Xiao's eyes.

At the same time, the ghost lantern fell to the ground, and all four fingers of Yang Xiao's left hand were cut off. Severe pain was felt after a moment.

Not counting Yang Xiao's fingers cut off by the gold paper, Yang Xiao still had enough energy to rush towards the girl. He was caught off guard, and the girl tried her best to move back, but her left calf was still cut off. The girl was unsteady and fell to the ground, with half of her calf attached. Put your feet together and "stand" in front of the girl.

"Ah, one, one," the girl screamed violently. The blood vessels in the broken bones were clearly visible, and blood spurted out.

Two consecutive attacks were too much for the old man. He quickly ran to the other side, trying to distance himself from Yang Xiao. The thin piece of gold paper was still floating in the air, but it looked weak.

"run?!"

Yang Xiao's eyes were red. Even if he was killed by a ghost today, he would still kill this old bastard. This old guy was so evil. His timing was very accurate. He specifically chose to launch the attack at the moment when he replaced the human bone stick. If not If I react too quickly, my head will be split in half by the old thing.

The left hand was in excruciating pain. Yang Xiao replaced the soul-catching mirror with a human bone stick in his right hand and hit the old man on the back with the stick.

Then he changed to the ghost whisk and chased after him.

The old man was not sure about the attack method of the human bone stick and tried to block it with gold paper. The strange wave went straight through the gold paper and hit the old man's face hard, making the mask dented and bleeding from his mouth and nose.

"Don't, don't..." The old man was quite strong. He was hit on the face with a stick but didn't lose consciousness. He sat on the ground and waved for mercy. Yang Xiao chased after him and hit him with a whisk. The old man's lower body collapsed instantly.

The tragic screams resounded throughout the village. Yang Xiao touched the old man's messy hair. At this moment, Yang Xiao noticed that the female ghost behind him was close.

"Hurry up!" the girl screamed.

The ghost's shoulder had been deformed by the iron hook under the hanger, and the iron chain was stretched straight. When Yang Xiao was chasing the old guy, it was the girl who was holding the ghost back.

The mirror on the water also floated behind the ghost. At this moment, the best opportunity had been missed. It was all because of the old thing. But now the arrow was on the string and had to be shot. Yang Xiao threw the only remaining bronze mirror on the ground, took out the soul-catching mirror again, and his figure disappeared instantly.

Being in the world in the mirror, Yang Xiao felt a strangeness he had never felt before. Here... It was a gray world, with no yard, no abandoned house, no village, nothing, even the breath of the ghost in the mirror disappeared.

"Where is this?" Yang Xiao was shocked, and the piercing pain of the broken finger did not affect him. "Is this the world in the mirror! Absolutely not!"

What's more terrifying is that the surroundings are covered by gray fog, and he can't find the exit at all. There is no exit in this world, and the three mirrors he left behind have disappeared.

Yang Xiao didn't know what happened. It was the first time he encountered such a situation. The world in the mirror was no longer his safe haven or his safe house. He seemed to be forgotten by the whole world. At this moment, he even hoped that the ghost in the mirror would appear in front of him, which at least proved that there were other things in this world.

A strong sense of loneliness and abandonment surged in waves. If it were an ordinary person, he might collapse, but Yang Xiao didn't. He forced himself to calm down. The world in the mirror was a comparison of the real world, which meant that he could look in the direction of the bronze mirror in his impression, maybe... maybe he could find a way out.

Hope was necessary at this moment. He had to build hope for himself. The land under his feet was soft and had a little bit of residual elasticity. He didn't dare to look down. He was worried that there were bodies buried in the land under his feet.

This was not the world in the mirror, but a place more dangerous and terrifying than the world in the mirror. He opened a door inadvertently, and now, he had to leave!

The visibility here was very poor, only about 2 or 3 meters. The gray fog covered everything. He tried his best to grope forward, and his feet were very light, and his breathing was also very light, for fear of disturbing the possible existence in this world.

After carefully moving for half a minute, Yang Xiao finally found a bronze mirror behind a fog. The bronze mirror was floating in the fog, as if floating on the water.

Without further ado, Yang Xiao was about to leave. At this moment, a strange sound came from not far behind him.

"Cha" This sound was creepy, and Yang Xiao unconsciously emerged in his mind. In the endless gray fog, a hunchbacked old man with an unclear face and dying was slowly moving his feet,

his feet did not leave the ground, and he rubbed his toes a little bit to move forward.

This scene seemed to be wedged into Yang Xiao's mind, and he couldn't get rid of it no matter what. Yang Xiao struggled to recover from the state of being possessed by the nightmare demon, and at this moment, the friction sound was only a few meters away from him.

At this moment, Yang Xiao's hair stood up. The horror of this ghost was beyond his imagination. It was completely different from those he had seen before. His limbs were stiff, and he almost used up his last strength to hit the bronze mirror head-on.

In the last moment before leaving, he vaguely saw a ghost hand sticking out from the mist and reaching towards him.