Chapter 82: The Analysis Pupil Shows Its Might

Whether it sensed the threat or something else, the 【Horse-Finger Guai】's attacks grew noticeably more frenzied, all aimed at Fang Yue.

But the attacks were all intercepted by the surrounding Guard Team members; barely any reached Fang Yue.

Although its nails were many and long, they were extremely fragile—anyone holding a weapon could easily slice them off.

Just then, the 【Horse-Finger Guai】 suddenly began retracting all its long nails back into the horse's body. Without the long nails to prop it up, the horse's body immediately dropped downward.

Jing Yan in the distance instantly changed expression: "Ye Ge, be careful! It's about to use its big move!"

The Guard Team leader beside him immediately shouted: "Defense Array! Protect Deputy Captain Ye!"

But before they could surround Fang Yue, they saw him lunge forward, leap high, and arrive right in front of the horse, raising his blade to slash.

Squelch!!

The horse's head was severed on the spot.

851!

A huge blood-red number instantly burst out.

Without its head, the remaining horse body thrashed violently. Suddenly, a thick long nail shot out from the severed neck stump, stabbing straight at Fang Yue's forehead.

But Fang Yue, as if prepared, used Leng Yue Blade to parry it backhanded, ignored the -3 prompt popping above his head, and as his body fell, delivered another slash to the horse's leg.

451!

Another blood-colored critical hit—the headless horse let out a wailing shriek from its corpse.

After Fang Yue and the headless horse landed one after another, without waiting for the headless horse to do anything, he charged over and hacked the corpse three times in a row.

541!

491!

575!

After these several slashes, the headless horse gushed large amounts of black blood and finally went still.

But the system prompt still didn't sound. Fang Yue, uneasy, kept landing more cuts—but the more he cut, the more alarmed he became.

Because no matter how many times he slashed, the system simply didn't respond, as if the headless horse's HP were infinite.

So when the others came over, what they saw was Fang Yue, his face covered in black blood, hacking away at the horse's body like he was mincing meat—a gruesome sight.

"T-too brutal!"

"Deputy Captain Ye is so savage!"

"Deputy Captain Ye must have some tragic past... this crazed look, just thinking about it makes my heart ache!"

"So this is Deputy Captain Ye's fighting style? So cool! I want to become someone like Deputy Captain Ye too!"

Good kid, don't copy that randomly—that's a sign of a violent lunatic...

Jing Yan silently complained to himself, then shouted toward Fang Yue.

"Ye Ge, stop chopping, stop chopping—the villagers don't eat horse meat!"

You think I want to chop? But it won't trigger the system prompt, how can I rest easy! Most importantly, where's my reward? You won't give me any stat points and still expect me to leave a whole corpse?

Fang Yue, in a fit of pique, chopped two more times before finally calming down.

After this many slashes, the 【Horse-Finger Guai】's HP should be drained no matter how much it had.

Could this thing have a HP-lock ability?

Fang Yue stared at the gruesome horse corpse. After a while, the Analysis Pupil finally popped up.

"Name: Horse-Finger Guai 【Dead】 【???】."

"Grade: Black Grade, Initial Stage."

"Type: Transfer Type."

"Description: A product of Possession after attaching to a horse."

"Note: The horse... is dead!"

Fang Yue carefully read the Analysis Pupil's information, his heart stirring.

Could it be... that after this thing dies, it can still transfer?

As if confirming Fang Yue's thought, or perhaps because it felt safe now that no one was hacking the corpse,

a fist-sized black little orb of light drifted unsteadily out from the horse's corpse.

"What the heck is this?!"

Fang Yue froze on the spot, but the people beside him looked completely blank.

"Ye Ge, what are you talking about? What what thing?"

"This, this thing! Can't you guys see it?"

Jing Yan, puzzled, followed the direction Fang Yue was pointing, but saw nothing.

The others shook their heads as well.

Fang Yue's heart sank with a thump.

Could it be... only I can see this thing?

The next moment, the Analysis Pupil suddenly activated, and information popped up.

"Name: Vomit-Finger Guai."

"Grade: Black Grade, Initial Stage."

"Type: Transfer Type."

"Description: The Vomit-Finger Guai possesses various living creatures with digestive capability, completing the possession after the host dies from vomiting. Depending on the possessed creature, the resulting new Guai will differ. The Vomit-Finger Guai itself is weak and cannot possess beings with internal force 【Postnatal Realm】."

"Note: Master, I'm craving its body, what do I do? Master: Just make it vomit."

Vomit-Finger Guai?

Looks like the Horse-Finger Guai was the product of the Vomit-Finger Guai possessing a horse.

Now that the Horse-Finger Ghost is dead, its parasite is actually still alive...

Seeing this little black blob wobbling and drifting, slowly flying toward Xiao Hou nearby, Fang Yue's face changed and he hastily slashed through the air.

The blade sliced through the little black blob like cutting tofu, splitting it in two, and a number popped out.

"-1!"

1?!

Could this thing be absurdly overpowered?!

Fang Yue's face went deathly pale in an instant, and before he could retreat...

Boom!!

The little black blob suddenly exploded, splattering a large amount of black blood all over the surrounding people.

Everyone was startled, some even screamed out loud.

Jing Yan was completely frozen. Just now he had seen Fang Yue suddenly slash forward through the air, and immediately after, black blood exploded across the sky, splashing everyone.

"Y-Ye Ge, what's going on? What did you just kill? The blood loss is way too much!"

But Fang Yue didn't pay him any attention, staring blankly at the latest system notification.

"System Notification: Congratulations to player 【Yese Liming】 for killing the ghost 【Vomit-Finger Ghost】. Reward: Control +0.3, Discharge +0.3."

Dead?

Just like that, it's dead?

One slash, one drop of blood, and it croaked?

Can it really be this fragile?

Fang Yue scratched his head, waited a while longer, and seeing no further notifications pop up, he finally confirmed for real that that 【Horse-Finger Ghost】 had been killed for nothing.

This type of ghost formed after being parasitized doesn't count for rewards when killed — that's a total rip-off.

As for the reward from the 【Vomit-Finger Ghost】, it was pitifully small, not even giving any lifespan.

Of course, easy to deal with really is easy — without a host body, an ordinary person could probably punch this little black blob to death.

No wonder Lord Han's expression was off when he mentioned Transfer-type Ghosts earlier.

Turns out it's a poor ghost where the effort isn't worth it — killing it is just a waste of energy.

Fang Yue searched the ground and found that the 【Vomit-Finger Ghost】 couldn't even condense any Black Ember.

"Forget it, 0.3 is 0.3."

Fang Yue consoled himself, completely forgetting that his Water-Sky Blade Technique only provided a 0.6 boost when activated.

"Control: 6.6 【Base: 26.6】 【Status/Boost: -20】."

"Discharge: 6.3 【Base: 26.3】 【Status/Boost: -20】."

Looking at his stats, Fang Yue felt that killing ghosts was still the fastest way to raise attributes — way better than Niu Niu's method of training himself half to death.

The only thing is, ghosts aren't around every day, and they're dangerous. Without so many Guard Team members helping out, Fang Yue wouldn't have been able to kill the 【Horse-Finger Ghost】 so easily either.

He briefly explained the matter of the 【Vomit-Finger Ghost】 to Jing Yan and the others.

Jing Yan was fine, not quite grasping the concept, but the eyes of the others all fixed on Fang Yue in unison, faces full of shock.

"D-Deputy Captain Ye can see the true form of a 【Void Ghost】 like the 【Vomit-Finger Ghost】 with the naked eye?"

"Unbelievable. I heard that even Lord Han needs tools and techniques to manage that..."

"No wonder Lord Han values him so highly — amazing!"

(End of chapter)