# Chapter 495: Demons Dancing Wildly
"Ah." The little girl opened her mouth again to make a short sound, only this time the tone was slightly different, but now half the room's seaweed began to wave wildly, frantically whipping toward Xu Huo and the others.
Rapidly dodging the seaweed, the little girl surrounded by it watched them scrambling with great delight, clapping her hands and laughing.
Her laughter could also control the seaweed, and now the entire room—even the grass on the walls—began to writhe, like tentacles growing from a single animal. Some were responsible for striking, others for entangling, a two-pronged attack that showed no signs of disorder.
The cramped space was completely unsuitable for a chaotic battle. Xu Huo and the others had tried to break through and directly deal with the little girl, but these living seaweed tendrils would specifically protect her while launching their attacks, even forming a wall around her to block traits and prop effects.
"Same trait, but why is there such a huge difference!" the female player shouted in frustration. She was closer to the door and, after taking a few hits, turned to look for an escape route.
Unfortunately, as soon as the door opened, the seaweed clogging the entrance heard the sound and quickly crawled up.
"Damn it!" The female player slammed the door shut.
"You're no match for me." The little girl was very pleased, pointing at Xu Huo and saying, "I hate him. If any of you can kill him, I'll let you off the hook."
Except for Serin, the other three instantly shifted their attention to Xu Huo. But Xu Huo himself acted as if he hadn't heard, dropping a bottle of "Mind-Blowing Good Stuff" on the ground and asking the little girl, "Are you a Black Player or a Red Player?"
The thick, nauseating stench made it hard to breathe. The little girl immediately pinched her nose and said nasally, "Do you think using something like this can shut me up?"
"I don't know if it can shut you up, but earlier when you used the smoke bomb, you put on a protective mask. Now you'd rather pinch your nose than take out a protective barrier. Does that mean your voice can't transmit to these seaweed—or rather, these plants—through an obstacle?" After saying this, Xu Huo turned to look at the others. "Anyone have a handy prop?"
"I do!" The female player hauled out a fish tank and, coordinating with the player beside her, prepared to slam it down over the little girl.
But how could that trap a living person? Not to mention they couldn't even get close to the little girl. A few seaweed tendrils swung, and the fish tank was sent flying.
Meanwhile, the little girl pinching her nose had her face turning red from holding her breath. She seemed to have lost patience as well, opening her mouth to unleash a big move. Xu Huo had already taken out "Director's Authority" ready to use, but at that moment, Serin casually knocked away the incoming seaweed, pulled out his book, and extended his right hand toward her. "Preaching time. Maintain silence."
Although the little girl opened her mouth wide, not a single sound came out. The raised seaweed instantly fell to the ground, and Xu Huo took the opportunity to tie her up with Kite String.
Wary that she might have props on her, the female player and the others didn't approach, simply guarding the door.
Unable to make a sound, the little girl silently cursed Serin's entire family with her lip movements. She slapped twice on her communicator, and then a person's image was projected from it. The figure looked at her and said, "I'll be right there."
The little girl put on a metal protective suit and stood there waiting, her eyes coldly fixed on them as if she were looking at a group of dead people.
"It's the Black Bracelet player from the swimming pool!" the female player recognized the person in the projection and said urgently, "That guy is very strong. He has something—whether it's a trait or a prop—that can kill multiple players in an instant. It's like a torrential downpour. You've all seen heavy rain, but when his rain comes down, it can pierce right through you, skin and bone. I saw it with my own eyes—four players, killed by his rain before they could even get close!"
"We're definitely no match for a player like that. We should find a place to hide!"
"The elevator has stopped. He probably can't get up here," another player said, clinging to hope.
But in reality, not only did he come up, he came directly to the door.
"Knock, knock, knock." Someone knocked on the door, and the Black Bracelet player spoke from outside. "Little sister, are you in there?"
The little girl tapped her foot twice. The room fell silent for a moment, but then the door melted away, and the Black Bracelet appeared before everyone.
He glanced at the little girl first, then looked at Xu Huo and the female player, smiling as he said, "All's well that ends well."
The moment he finished speaking, both sides moved simultaneously. The Black Bracelet raised his hand, and the countless small diamonds embedded in his coat shot out evenly in all directions like bullets. Their speed and power were no less than real bullets, and despite their tiny size, they could create fist-sized craters in the ground!
Sensing the danger, Xu Huo used every defensive prop he had on him. Relying on his own reflexes, although he dodged most of the diamonds, two were still blocked by the "Moving Metal" on its own.
This meant that this B-grade prop had only one defensive use left today, and the Black Bracelet's high-density, high-intensity attacks wouldn't stop at just one!
Beside him, Serin was faster. He crashed through the glass window and jumped out, not caring how much seaweed was outside.
The moment he went out, he was engulfed by seaweed. But compared to the door, this side was clearly the only way out, so Xu Huo and the other three also chose the window without hesitation.
However, without Serin's control, the little girl's voice returned. With a cry like an oriole's song, all the seaweed inside and outside the window stood up!
Facing the menacing seaweed, Xu Huo and the others paused mid-step, but then they heard a hissing sound behind them. Turning to look, they saw the seaweed around the Black Bracelet player breaking apart into scattered fragments on its own, and under the Black Bracelet's control, those fragments became a new round of deadly weapons!
Xu Huo smashed a few bottles of alcohol onto the seaweed. Taking advantage of the seaweed retreating after the fire, he jumped straight out the window.
Knowing that under these circumstances, he couldn't fully defend against attacks coming from behind, he immediately pulled out "101 Emergency Shelter" the moment he went out. After hiding inside the shelter, he rolled down with the surge of seaweed.
Inside the room, he couldn't feel what was happening outside, only judging his position by the shelter's falling speed and direction.
The ship was already covered in seaweed. Whether there was this stuff underwater was hard to say, so Xu Huo had to get out before the prop went into the water.
In reality, this was only a matter of moments, since the position he jumped from wasn't very high.
But this brief evasion happened to avoid the Black Bracelet's attack. After putting away the prop, he grabbed the String and moved quickly along the ship's hull. The surging seaweed wasn't just attacking him—it also became his best cover.
Passing by a broken window not far away, he threw out the prop "Anthropomorphic Doll."
(Chapter End)