There's a big problem with dreams in this world.

It was one thing that Wayne could see them from the sky before, but how could he clearly know their location from the ground now? Lu Qing was quite curious about this.

"Ha, I can smell that ghostly scent on her from ten blocks away," Wayne said confidently.

"It really is a ghost," Lu Qing thought to herself.

If nothing unexpected happens, what Wayne is referring to is the shoes that player is wearing.

If Lu Qing could sense a trace of aura with her own mind, then it goes without saying that the mentally sharp Wayne could as well.

"So, does she have some purpose in following me?"

Lu Qing glanced at the location that Wayne had mentioned, and sure enough, she saw the girl she had met in the weapon shop earlier.

The other person was hiding most of their body behind the wall, only their eyes and above were visible, and they were watching her cautiously.

Pretending not to have noticed the other person, Lu Qing walked away as if she hadn't noticed anything, asking Wayne as she went:

Do you think I could win if I fought her?

There was a reason why she asked Wayne: Lu Qing didn't know the player's strength, but Wayne might.

It's important to know that Wayne possesses a wealth of knowledge in his mind that even he himself is unaware of.

Maybe they have some kind of ability to detect strength?

Although Lu Qing herself didn't have high expectations...

“If we only consider physical attributes and that ghost, I probably can’t beat you,” Wayne said after thinking for a while after hearing Lu Qing’s words.

"To deal with ghosts, do we need something like salt?" Lu Qing asked, recalling how the priest dealt with ghosts in her first dream.

I remember that before dealing with the ghost, the priest used salt, sprinkling it on the ghost.

According to the priest, even mithril weapons cannot directly harm ghosts.

Only salt and holy water can make it appear, but I don't know if different dreams are related.

“The mithril dagger won’t work, but don’t you still have that throwing knife?” Wayne said.

"I see."

The throwing knife that Wayne mentioned must be the Ripper Knife. Judging from his tone, the Ripper Knife should be able to directly attack ghosts.

"If that's the case, then let's go take a look," Lu Qing thought.

She doesn't have the habit of letting others follow her; who knows what the other person might be up to?

She can't possibly stay on guard 24/7. If the other party strikes suddenly when she's off guard, who knows what the outcome will be?

Thinking of this, Lu Qing lost the will to continue acting and headed straight for the other party's hiding place.

"Come out, I've already spotted you," Lu Qing said as she walked into the alley.

There was no one in sight. Lu Qing glanced at Wayne, who didn't say anything but pointed behind the trash can with his wing.

"Hey you behind the trash can, come out here, or don't blame me for being rude," Lu Qing said.

After Lu Qing finished speaking, the girl hiding behind the trash can finally stood up and said:

How did you find me?

"Do you think I would tell my abilities to someone who's been secretly following me?" Lu Qing said irritably.

"Just give it a try, what if you say it?" the girl said with a forced laugh.

"So, what exactly do you want with me?" Lu Qing looked at the girl in front of her with a serious expression and said:

"Tell the truth, and don't try to be clever."

"It didn't mean anything by it, wait, why are you interrogating me like this!" The girl said, then immediately realized what she was saying.

"Now that we've been discovered, there's nothing we can do."

As the girl spoke, a phantom figure appeared behind her. Upon seeing this, Lu Qing quickly took a few steps back and gripped the Ripper Throwing Knife in her hand.

"Robbery! Hand over all your money if you don't want to die!" the girl said, pouting.

Lu Qing didn't speak, but silently observed the shadowy figure behind the girl.

Unlike the twisted spirits Lu Qing had seen before, this one had a complete body and facial features.

With her long, ethereal, pale blue hair flowing behind her, the female spirit opened her icy eyes and charged forward, wielding a short knife resembling a butcher's knife.

The opponent was very fast, so light and elusive that it was difficult to catch their movements. In the narrow alley, they arrived in front of Lu Qing in the blink of an eye.

"clang!"

Since the mithril dagger couldn't hit a physical target, Lu Qing used the Ripper throwing knife as a dagger, tilting the butcher's knife in the opponent's hand.

With his other hand, he swiftly threw the Ripper Knife towards the female player.

"brush!"

The ghost girl flew in front of the player girl and knocked the Ripper's throwing knife away with a single strike.

"Clang clang clang!"

With three metallic clanging sounds, three more throwing knives were cut down.

At that moment, Lu Qing's figure disappeared into the alley.

"Where did she go?" the player girl asked, looking around in confusion.

A gentle breeze suddenly blew by, and the ghost girl immediately became alert, turning around and appearing behind the girl.

"too slow!"

Lu Qing's voice echoed in the alley, accompanied by the wind element runes on her nimble cloak lighting up. In the blink of an eye, she passed the ghost girl and arrived beside the player girl.

"Don't move."

A sharp blade pressed against the girl's snow-white neck. Lu Qing reached out and pinched the girl's cheek, whispering in her ear:

"Make your ghost stop, or I can't guarantee I won't stab your neck with my hidden blade."

"Gurgle, gurgle."

The girl swallowed hard; having a cold, sharp object pressed against her neck was hardly a pleasant experience.

That sharp, almost imperceptible sensation that feels like it could poke your neck at any moment would probably scare a timid person to death.

"Gah... Gah... Gah."

Seeing that the battle was over, Wayne shrieked and landed on Lu Qing's shoulder, his scarlet pupils meeting the girl's eyes.

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Chapter 146: Muir

A sharp hidden blade was pressed against the player girl's neck. In fact, Lu Qing originally intended to kill her directly, but after thinking about it, she decided not to do so.

After all, she didn't know if the ghost she summoned would be able to continue moving if she killed this player.

Lu Qing thought it was possible, because the ghost was clearly summoned by the item on the other party, rather than by the player himself.

As for the fact that after killing the opponent, the items on the opponent will become useless and turn into ordinary items.

That's certainly true, but who knows if the summoned creatures will disappear once they've been summoned?

After the two collisions just now, Lu Qing felt that it would be quite difficult to deal with this ghost in this alley, and there was even a possibility that she might crash.

The Ripper Throwing Knife feels terrible to hold as a small knife, but the Mithril Dagger can't hit solid objects.

If it were a more spacious place, Lu Qing was confident she could easily deal with the ghost, but she decided against it in this alley.

"So, hurry up and make your ghost stop." Lu Qing said to the girl in her arms, looking at the ghost staring intently at her.

"If I make Xiao Lan stop, will you let me go?" the girl asked Lu Qing without moving.

Although she was somewhat reckless and impulsive, she wasn't truly brainless. She knew that once she retrieved the ghost, Lu Qing would have no qualms about taking action.

"If you don't take it back, I'll stab you to death right now," Lu Qing said coldly.

"I, I understand, please don't really hurt me, even in a dream it hurts." The girl quickly said after hearing Lu Qing's words.

After she finished speaking, the female ghost holding the dagger glanced at Lu Qing with resentment before disappearing into thin air.

"very good."

Without sensing any sense of crisis, the aura on the girl's shoes dissipated considerably, whether from cooling down or something else, it was unclear.

In any case, nothing can threaten Lu Qing now that she's a female player.

No, that's not quite right either.

"I'm confiscating this."

As Lu Qing spoke, she took the shotgun off the girl's back, glanced at it casually, and after confirming that it wasn't some kind of system item, Lu Qing lost interest in it.

It's a trophy, after all. A shotgun is quite powerful. If the girl had just fired a shot at him, Lu Qing didn't think he would still be alive.

"Why didn't you use this just now?" Lu Qing asked the girl with some curiosity.

Now that she had been released and the threat of the hidden blade was gone, the girl's personality returned to normal. She glanced at Lu Qing and said somewhat awkwardly:

"I don't know how to use it."

"......"

"Why did you buy it if you don't know how to use it?" Lu Qing said speechlessly.

"Practice slowly, you'll need it sooner or later." After a pause, the girl added, "Besides, with shotguns, isn't it enough to just know how to fire a shot?"

Very good, well-reasoned and convincing.

Lu Qing believed the girl's story, after all, she herself had bought a handgun, and she didn't know how to use it.

Upon closer examination, short-barreled shotguns seem to be easy to carry, extremely powerful, and most importantly, simple to use.

"Forget it, I still don't like using this." Lu Qing thought, glancing at the shotgun in her hand.

With the shotgun slung over her back, Lu Qing looked at the girl and noticed that the girl was staring at her. She said:

"What's your name?"

“Muir,” the girl replied honestly.