Chapter 514: Passive Human Wave Tactics
The first two strikes didn't actually wound Yu Guo. He applied a potion to the wounds immediately, and though he couldn't recover his vision, his other senses remained intact. So even if Xu Huo moved at maximum speed around him, it was difficult to leave any wounds on his body.
However, Xu Huo also noticed another thing: as he shrank the space, Yu Guo stopped releasing the virus, and he himself was wearing a full set of protective gear, completely different from his previous state when using the bacteria.
"Two forms?" To be safe, Xu Huo slightly widened the distance. Not only did he put on protective gear, but he also wore "Oxygen Supply" over it. At the same time, he brought more monsters up to this floor. After repeatedly consuming Yu Guo's traits and items, he gradually figured out a few patterns.
First, transforming small objects into sharp weapons. Although this trait was used frequently, it wasn't completely unrestricted. There had to be at least a thirty-second interval between each use. Additionally, whenever he used this move, he invariably held the scalpel in his hand. Therefore, it might be a combination of a trait and an item.
Second, disease transmission. As Bai Kou had said, he could release bacteria through his own hands. The bacteria he had released upstairs earlier typically only contaminated a very small area around the point of contact, and he himself seemed to be immune.
But the bacteria he used to save himself just now reproduced extremely quickly. A close analogy would be the speed at which a basin of water spreads when poured on the ground. And after releasing this virus, his palm turned black, and he also put on protective gear.
Furthermore, the item sewn under his wrist that could turn metal into dust didn't have any obvious restrictions. He could use it continuously and freely control the size of the destruction range. However, this item hit a wall with Bai Kou's metal. Although it could damage the metal to a certain extent, it was far from complete dissolution.
He also had some other attack and defense items, but they weren't as convenient to use as these three.
Yu Guo couldn't see, which affected his judgment to some extent. So when he tried to dissolve the floor or ceiling to leave, Xu Huo used illusions to mask his sense of touch, replacing the areas above and below him with doors, gradually deepening the illusion's influence without him realizing it.
But the combat power of a B-rank player wasn't just for show. If not for the metal walls being effective, the hospital building would probably have been completely demolished by now. Moreover, high-level players had quite a few useful items. Within just a few minutes, he was using items in all sorts of ways, even using some to pull Xu Huo out from behind the walls a few times. One particular enemy-seeking item, a square plate, was especially troublesome. Its effect seemed to be displaying the number of people within a certain range. If he hadn't been groping around blindly because he couldn't see, Xu Huo probably wouldn't have gotten off with just minor injuries.
Left with no choice, Xu Huo had to widen the distance again and sent the Red Bracelets and Black Bracelets from the ship over.
As time passed, most of the survivors on the ship were more or less affected by the instance. Even if their own mental strength was relatively strong, if they couldn't completely break through the monsters conjured by others' illusions, they would also fall into the hallucinations.
Therefore, when Xu Huo draped the doctor's coat over Yu Guo, some players who could no longer bear it and just wanted to clear the instance didn't hesitate to charge at him.
Most of these people lacked combat experience, but they made up for it with numbers and items. Yu Guo killed quite a few people and also suffered considerable injuries. Plus, he was blind, and no one on the Red and Black Bracelet side recognized him. When he turned the tables and started hunting the players instead, those who had been thinking of backing out were forced to fight him to the death.
Blood and corpses quickly filled the corridor. A player's flying lock caught one of Yu Guo's legs, locking it to the metal on the wall. But instead of using the item under his skin, he swapped the scalpel for a long blade and directly cleaved the item apart.
Noticing this change, Xu Huo modified the portal again and released more monsters behind him. This new batch of monsters had a new characteristic: they were immune to some of the bacteria. This wasn't something Xu Huo had thought of; it was a killer move unconsciously forged by the players who had thrown themselves into the fray one after another.
The bacteria that Yu Guo himself was immune to had no effect on the illusionary products. After he released the bacteria twice more, his entire hand was completely black. At this point, he stopped forcibly using the bacteria and switched to close combat with sharp weapons. The "scalpel attack" was convenient enough to source materials from.
"He's killed nearly fifty people! His traits and items should be running out by now!" A Red Bracelet, wrapped in a transparent jelly-like substance, charged and slammed into Yu Guo.
Yu Guo blocked with a defense item, but another player on his left used a trait on him, "Disassemble Arm!" In an instant, his left arm drooped down.
Yu Guo's speed had decreased significantly compared to before, but he still had an advantage against these players. He raised his hand and swept the debris on the ground toward the player on his left, then made a sharp mid-air brake to change direction, charging straight at the jelly player in front of him and stabbing him through with a single knife stroke!
"Passionate Fireworks!" Another player came up from behind, pulling a firework aimed at him. With a series of bangs, a large amount of sparks exploded around Yu Guo. Although he retreated from the encirclement immediately, he still lost one defense item. Before he could land and stabilize himself, two other players suddenly attacked from the front. One threw a watermelon, while the other shouted at him, "Air Friction!"
The trait took effect first. Yu Guo's speed visibly slowed down, as if the air's friction had suddenly increased. Because his previous speed was too fast, the sudden deceleration caused his protective suit to deform. Before the trait's duration ended, the watermelon exploded on his body. The juice that splashed out turned into a thick red mucus, sticking his hands and feet together!
"Good opportunity!" A Red Bracelet who had been waiting for a chance immediately pounced, but just as he was about to finish him off, a powerful air current suddenly burst from Yu Guo's body. It not only blasted away the mucus but also broke through the trait's suppression. The unlucky Red Bracelet was slammed into the wall by the air current, and the next second, his neck was sliced open by a scalpel.
Seeming to realize that continuing this bitter struggle was pointless, Yu Guo chose to retreat after dealing with the Red Bracelet.
As he ran, the other surviving players hesitated and didn't continue the chase. He looked like he had consumed a lot, but when seemingly pushed to a dead end, he could still unexpectedly break free and kill a few of them in the process. Chasing him further would only add to the casualties. So many had already died; they didn't want to die themselves.
Xu Huo understood their mentality very well, so he swapped in another batch of people.
There was no exact count of how many people a ship several hundred meters long could hold, but the number of Red Bracelets and Black Bracelets was truly considerable. Wearing down Yu Guo's combat power wasn't a problem.
(Chapter End)