Weird Cards: I've Become a Ghost

That's quite a coincidence.

Even Xiao He himself did not expect that he had simply pressed a floor number based on the location of the strange aura he sensed, and the elevator doors opened to "send" him directly to that strange entity.

Thinking of this, Xiao He turned his gaze to the guy whose whole body was radiating black energy.

Even a blind man could see that this guy fit the image of a ghost.

After sensing the other party's aura, Xiao He smiled slightly, revealing a confident expression.

"I thought you'd be a problem, but you're just a Muggle."

According to his perception, the eerie aura emanating from the other party was almost identical to the aura of the first eerie creature Xiao He had encountered, namely the hanging ghost.

Xiao He's current strength has long been enough to allow him to easily defeat the Hanging Ghost.

So, after finishing the last sip of his milk tea, Xiao He slowly walked out of the elevator, casually tossed the empty cup into the nearby trash can, and then slowly walked toward that eerie place.

During this process, Xiao He also calmly looked the other person up and down.

Although the black aura caused some changes to the other person's face and movements, Xiao He could still vaguely tell from the other person's clothing that the other person had once been a corporate slave.

at the same time.

When Xiao He appeared in the elevator, Xiao Li's gaze shifted from his terrified colleagues to Xiao He.

The voice that had been whispering in his mind told him that if he didn't get rid of this person, he would be imprisoned in a prison of the soul again, with no chance of ever getting out.

The thought that the guy who came out of the elevator would take away his hard-won "freedom" instantly filled Xiao Li's face with a ferocious, twisted expression.

But it wasn't just his expression that was distorted, but also his soul.

"No!"

Xiao Li let out a low, hoarse roar. He glanced at Xiao He walking towards him, then looked down at his hands, which were already stained with blood. His eyes grew increasingly crazed.

"No one can put me back in that prison! I want freedom! Freedom!"

Xiao Li roared angrily, and the black aura surrounding him grew thicker and thicker, gradually spreading throughout the hall. Soon, the black aura transformed into a vast black mist that enveloped Xiao Li's head, like a dense cloud.

Seeing this, the colleagues who had been cornered by Xiao Li in the lobby retreated in fear again, only to find that there was a wall behind them, and they had nowhere left to retreat.

The next second, they suddenly felt a chill coming from Xiao Li's direction.

"Um?"

At this moment, Xiao He also noticed something, and stopped in his tracks, looking up at the black mist above the other person's head that resembled dark clouds.

He muttered to himself, "This is a killer move!"

In fact, from the very beginning, Xiao He had already sensed a change in the strange aura emanating from the other party, as if he had been given a stimulant and was extremely excited.

As a "qualified" master of deception, how could Xiao He possibly allow the other party to complete that transformation as desired?

It's like how the protagonist in a novel always has to wait until the villain unleashes their ultimate attack before making a move. Why can't he strike in advance and disrupt the opponent's rhythm?

Unfortunately, while the idea was nice, reality was cruel.

Before Xiao He could even make a move, the black aura surrounding the opponent instantly transformed into a cloud of black mist. As for the difference between a cloud and black mist...

Thinking of this, Xiao He's eyes narrowed slightly.

You can see something like lightning flashing from time to time in the black mist above that guy's head, but the color of that lightning is an unusual red.

After condensing the black mist that resembled dark clouds, Xiao Li's aura continued to rise.

Just then, he suddenly raised his head, and a blood-red light flashed in his crazed eyes, like a flash of blood-red lightning within the black mist.

"Freedom... freedom... as long as I kill you, I can be free forever."

Xiao Li's voice was low and sinister, filled with a twisted meaning.

next second.

boom!

A muffled clap of thunder suddenly boomed in the hall.

Caught off guard, Xiao He was also startled by the sudden thunder.

"Why is it thundering all of a sudden?"

Xiao He was slightly taken aback, but the thunder didn't seem to be coming from outside, but rather...

Coming to his senses, Xiao He looked at the black mist above the other person's head. The thunder just now came from this black mist, but now it should be called a dark cloud instead of black mist.

The next moment, two blood-red lightning bolts suddenly appeared from within the dark cloud, then struck Xiao Li's blood-stained hands hard.

In the blink of an eye, Xiao Li's hands were covered with tree-branch-shaped lightning-shaped scars, and the color of these scars was an eerie black.

Immediately afterwards, his hands began to expand continuously, and in the blink of an eye, they became huge arms that looked like demons. The black lightning scars that originally covered his arms also seemed to have turned into tattoos of hellish demons, exuding a terrifying and eerie aura.

Xiao Li slowly raised his huge arms, which were completely out of proportion to his thin frame. Black tattoos roamed across his arms like demonic shadows. His eyes were cold and fierce, as if he were a demon who had sunk into the abyss of evil.

Upon witnessing this scene, Xiao He immediately took a deep breath.

It wasn't that he was shocked by the change in the guy in front of him, but rather...

"This doesn't make sense!"

Xiao He couldn't help but think to himself.

Logically, shouldn't we see the lightning first and then hear the thunder?

How come it's reversed here?

That doesn't make sense!

And doesn't that guy get tired lifting those two huge "unicorn arms"?

However, Xiao He thought for a moment and realized that since even the bizarre and abnormal things exist in this world, it would be normal for the rule of hearing thunder before seeing lightning to be reversed.

At this moment, a terrifying and eerie atmosphere enveloped the entire hall.

After "transforming," Xiao Li let out a deep, beast-like roar, and an ominous, eerie energy surged wildly across his body.

"For freedom!"

He shouted, then took heavy steps and quickly approached Xiao He, his two demonic arms waving wildly, the black tattoos on them gleaming with a chilling light.

Seeing Xiao Li rushing towards him, Xiao He frowned slightly.

Anyone who isn't deaf should have heard those four words the other person just said, since they shouted them as loudly as if they were slaughtering a pig. But...

"What? Am I in your way? You're not free when I'm around, are you?"

Heaven and earth bear witness! He hasn't done anything yet!

Although Xiao He's purpose in coming today was essentially to "deprive" the other party of their freedom in a roundabout way, it was because the other party had "deprived" others of their freedom first.

Thinking of this, Xiao He glanced at the office workers trembling not far away.

As a former corporate slave, the first thing that came to his mind at this moment was...

"I wonder if these people count as absent from work today."

After a moment of reflection, he withdrew his gaze and turned to stare at Xiao Li, who was only three meters away from him. His expression immediately hardened, becoming extremely solemn.

It's time to get down to business!

He exhaled deeply, and the next second, a powerful aura burst forth from his body, even stronger than Xiao Li's. When he raised his right hand, his arm quickly wriggled and transformed into a sharp, fleshy blade, gleaming coldly in the dark environment.

Just then, two thick, powerful "unicorn arms" slammed down on him like Mount Tai.

Faced with the incoming attack, Xiao He moved nimbly and swiftly, like a cheetah, dodging the attacks while looking for an opportunity to strike.

He quickly found the opportunity.

Perhaps because those two "unicorn arms" were too heavy, Xiao Li's movements were rather clumsy. Just as the other party raised those two huge arms to smash them down again, Xiao He seized the opportunity and slashed Xiao Li's head with a knife.

The blade of flesh and blood flashed through the air like a dazzling rainbow.

However, just as Xiao He's flesh-and-blood blade was about to slice off the opponent's head, wisps of invisible black energy rose from the ground, like invisible black ropes reaching out to Xiao He's limbs, as if trying to bind him.

However, although these black wisps were difficult to see with the naked eye, Xiao He noticed them the moment they appeared.

"This trick might even work on ordinary people."

Xiao He gave a cold laugh.

Although he can't see it, he can feel it!

In his perception, the eerie aura emanating from these wisps of black energy was like a firefly in the night—inconspicuous, but he wasn't blind.

However, despite this, Xiao He, whose attack was blocked by the black energy, completely lost his best opportunity to attack.

Seeing the two "unicorn arms" about to come crashing down again, Xiao He had no choice but to give up this opportunity to attack.

It's strange, really. Xiao He is much stronger than Xiao Li, but so far the two of them have only managed a draw.

Thinking about this, Xiao He calmly considered the key points while his figure moved like a shadow, nimbly dodging the opponent's attacks.

His brain was working at a rapid pace.

At this moment, heavy sounds echoed throughout the hall, as if someone was swinging a sledgehammer and smashing it wildly against the ground.

Under the fierce blows of Xiao Li's two powerful arms, cracks appeared in the hall floor.

Although the building was of decent quality, it couldn't withstand an attack as fierce as a storm.

Just after Xiao Li's attack missed again, he finally smashed a large hole in the ground. Due to inertia, Xiao Li fell down and landed in the hall on the next floor.

Seeing this, Xiao He also leaped down.

Today, he can finally do what Spider-Man does: jump several meters in one leap without getting injured.

"Um?"

Xiao He, who had just regained his footing, ignored the screams that rang out around him.

Instead, he turned to look at Xiao Li, who seemed to be panting heavily.

The opponent's aura seemed to have weakened considerably.

"What happened?"

Xiao He looked surprised.

It was just a "jumping off a building," and he wasn't even hurt, so how could the other person possibly be in trouble?

But that's really the situation now.

The other party... is injured!

......

While Xiao He was dealing with Xiao Li, Spider Man walked alone towards the crowded coffee shop.

Strangely, when he walked through the long line in front of the coffee shop and went inside, no one in the line stood up to say that he had cut in line.

Normally, Spider-Man's "cutting in line" behavior would have already aroused public outrage. Although it wouldn't have reached the point where people would throw rotten eggs at him from behind, it would at least have drawn righteous indignation and condemnation from the crowd.

But now, the people in line acted as if they didn't even see Spider-Man, not even glancing at him.

This was certainly not because Spider-Man possessed the bizarre ability to "invisibly"; rather, it was because the people queuing up had long since become like zombies, being controlled by the coffee shop manager.

Spider-Man had encountered similar abilities before, but this was the first time he had ever seen puppets unaware that they were dead, while retaining their memories and habits from their previous lives.

However, precisely because of this, Spider-Man's mood became increasingly heavy at this moment.

This means that the guy we're about to face won't be easy to deal with.

Even though Spider-Man knew in his heart that he was going to face a representative of the Trolls, that was a Troll who even the boss found difficult to deal with. How could the guy who could become the representative of the Trolls be a good guy?

Soon, Spider-Man entered the coffee shop.

The coffee shop was already packed with people, and as soon as Spider-Man stepped in, all the customers turned their attention to him.

Even though it's broad daylight, this scene is comparable to some horror scenes in movies.

However, the experienced Spider-Man would not be intimidated by such childish tricks.

He walked expressionlessly to the counter and said to the only waiter who wasn't looking at him but was focused on his work, "You should know very well what the consequences of doing this will be."

He was referring to the other side's actions of turning innocent Alliance citizens into puppets.

However, the waiter in the suit seemed not to hear him and continued preparing a cup of coffee that no one knew who had ordered.

After a while, the other person finally finished making the coffee and gently pushed it in front of Spider-Man, smiling as they spoke.

"This cup of coffee was specially prepared for you."

Spider-Man: "...?"

Does this guy not understand human language?