Chapter 21

"Ghoul!"

Following this roar, light screens popped up in front of the remaining players at the same time.

[Mission Name: Ghouls Hiding in the Farm]

[Mission Location: Eastern Suburbs of Zhongsu Town]

[Ghoul Level: B (Highest)]

【Number of Ghouls: 7/7】

【Time limit: None】

Difficulty Rating: B

However, no one except Qin Wudi had the time to take a closer look—behind the six players were rapidly transforming ghouls. Beside them were three companions who were also transforming into ghouls. In front of them was the gleaming blade of Liu Qingsong, who was flying towards them.

Everyone scattered, using their mobility skills to retreat to the main gate.

In the chaos, one player was struck by a comrade's weapon, his skin torn open and his intestines spilling out. A moment's delay in his movements led to Liu Qingsong's longsword slashing across his face.

He could hardly scream in pain.

Liu Qingsong grabbed his face with his left hand, and with a force of his right hand, he pulled the knife out of his skull and casually threw the "corpse" aside.

He glanced at the madly changing ghoul with a sinister look in his eyes.

As soon as he entered the room, he suddenly attacked. While killing the player, Liu Qingsong deliberately pressed his hand on the other person's head - he finally tasted the first soul since the differentiation.

Then he used exaggerated words and actions to attract the attention of others, so that no one noticed that the corpse half-hidden under the table was quietly changing rapidly.

It was a newly differentiated ghoul. As the mother ghost, Liu Qingsong regurgitated the souls she had just devoured, only gaining a moment of fullness and satisfaction.

But he didn't mind, because the instinct of a ghoul was to keep devouring souls. So what if he vomited after eating? As long as he could keep eating!

Just like this ghoul that was undergoing a transformation, it completely released its nature and devoured the souls around it instinctively. Compared to itself, it was lucky, as it could fill its stomach from birth.

——The souls of three destined ones, a sumptuous feast!

This madly transformed ghoul barely maintained its human form, but from its wide mouth emerged countless thin tentacles resembling blood vessels, densely packed together, wrapping its body tightly. At first glance, it looked like a human body with its skin peeled off, exposing its muscle tissue.

The tentacles instinctively extended towards the players. The first player to be entangled was briefly fossilized before silently exploding into a ball of light.

This brings the chaotic situation to a midpoint.

Qin Wudi withdrew his gaze from the light screen and shouted in a deep voice, "Liu Qingsong, stop messing around! Didn't you see the notice? There's a mission!"

Even he didn't figure out the trick.

This didn't hinder Qin Wudi's actions. A thin thread of light clung to his palm, a giant axe attached to the other end. With a flick of his five fingers, the axe ripped from the wall, flew back into his hand, and was thrown again.

Three axe shadows appeared at the same time, one chopped towards the berserk ghoul, and the other two chopped towards the players whose souls were devoured.

Outside the back door of the thatched house, An Rou watched the scene closely with her eyes narrowed.

Qin Wudi was decisive and his timing was perfect. The other two players' souls had been nearly drained by the ghoul. If they were to completely log off, the mad ghoul would absorb all three souls at once, greatly increasing its strength.

It would be better to force it to differentiate, create a moment of weakness, and then take the opportunity to kill it.

In this way, even if the two players become new ghouls, it will not be difficult to deal with them in their newborn state.

An Rou gripped the Seven Souls Sword tightly.

Qin Wudi knew how to seize the opportunity, and so did she. At this moment, Qin Wudi's full attention was on the madly transformed ghoul, with his back to her, which was the best time to strike.

However, Liu Qingsong, who had been following orders, suddenly deviated from the plan.

Perhaps it was hunger, perhaps it was envy, but he swung his long sword horizontally, unleashing a burst of misty blue energy, blocking the two axes that were about to fall on the players' heads. The two axe shadows were just illusions; the one that struck the ghoul was the real one.

After a dull thud of a blade piercing flesh, the Berserker Ghoul roared, its extended tentacles retracting simultaneously. Liu Qingsong seized the opportunity and grabbed the two players by the necks.

Then, two balls of light exploded!

He ate the remaining souls in them!

At this time, An Rou had already tiptoed into the back door, only a few steps away from Qin Wudi. Her heart trembled, and she decisively gave up Qin Wudi and quickly retreated back out the door.

Sure enough, after the crazy ghoul retracted all its tentacles, it let out an even more angry howl, and the numerous thin blood vessels on its body exploded at the same time, flooding all around!

Qin Wudi had no time to retract his giant axe. With a thought, the armor hidden under his clothes emitted a ball of white light, isolating the tentacles outside.

An Rou was a moment too late to dodge, and saw several tentacles shooting towards her like arrows, with no way to avoid them. At this moment, a shadow fell from the sky and blocked her way.

Get rich quickly.

It stood on its side, its flat body translucent, and the tentacles stuck to it were faintly visible. Fortunately, there were not many tentacles shot out of the door compared to the house.

Baofu growled softly, his voice quieter but just as angry as the crazy ghoul inside.

An Rou quickly hugged its neck: "Baobao, don't be impulsive!"

Her plan was only halfway through. Although she failed to kill Qin Wudi by surprise, she still had a backup plan.

Bao Fu's trembling eyes suddenly stopped, and he looked at An Rou for a moment, but ultimately did not rush in.

There were so many tentacles in the house, it felt like a torrent of blood, flesh, and mud, a blood-red speck. No one noticed the sudden wealth that appeared outside the door. An Rou dragged it by the neck and hid further away.

On the other side, the four players gathered near the main gate also used their skills to block the tentacle attacks. Under pressure, they continued to retreat towards the gate, but were unexpectedly stopped.

There was a man blocking the door, his face was pale, there was a shocking wound on his neck, and he was still bleeding.

"Ah Huang!" An Oli player recognized him. "What's wrong with you? I thought you were killed by Liu!"

Including the captain, there are a total of four Oli members. Now one of them has changed, and the captain is blocked at the other end of the house. Naturally, this player only trusts Huang Cancan.

As for the other three wild guests, who knows if they will be like Liu Qingsong and change their attitude as quickly as turning the pages of a book.

Without thinking too much, he took out two bottles of life potion and handed them over: "Hurry up and recover. Listen to the boss's instructions and cooperate!"

Huang Cancan didn't answer, his eyes were fixed, and his tone was a little stiff: "Damn it, what else can it be, Liu Qingsong is a ghoul!"

When these words came out, several people were startled and all looked into the room.

After the blow, the Berserker Ghoul retracted its tentacles again. The mudslide quickly retreated around it, revealing Liu Qingsong standing calmly.

His face was also very calm.

"It's okay... He is indeed a ghoul!" said a player.

But before he could finish his words, Qin Wudi's roar suddenly erupted from the opposite side of the house: "Be careful behind you!"

The players felt a chill in their hearts.

At the same time, the Oli player felt a chill on the back of his neck.

Huang Cancan's hand was placed on the back of his neck, cold and seemingly devoid of any warmth. Before he could figure out why, his mind suddenly went blank.

He heard the soul-calling song.

Huang Cancan didn't let his other hand idle. He grasped the iron claw of his weapon and slashed the neck of another player nearby.

If I move faster, I might be able to kill one and then severely injure another.

But he was really too hungry. The four living souls gathered in front of him were like a traveler lost in the desert, who was about to die of thirst and suddenly saw a sweet spring.

Huang Cancan holds a person's neck with one hand, greedily gnawing on their soul, completely forgetting himself.

He didn't even feel a sword stabbing into his forehead.

His body died, and his face visibly twisted. His eyes widened until they reached a point beyond human limits. The corners of his mouth drooped lower and lower, almost reaching the sides of his chin.

Frightened face.

His body was also undergoing changes.

"He's changed drastically!"

It wasn't just Huang Cancan who was undergoing a violent transformation; the player whose trachea was ripped out by his iron claws also experienced this. The remaining souls transformed into new ghouls, and the new ghouls' parasites were killed by the iron claws, naturally beginning to undergo a violent transformation.

Not to mention, there is an All Power player who is turning into a ghoul right next to him.

Three ghouls blocked the door, and the remaining two guests scattered and fled back to the thatched house. They had to stay away from Liu Qingsong and the crazy ghouls and stick to the other wall.

The two of them looked at Qin Wudi at the same time: "Qin Wudi, what should we do now?!"

Of the twelve people in the group, only three remained, facing a room full of ghouls. One player was so confused that he hurriedly turned on the screen. He saw the number [6] behind the number of ghouls, and his eyes went dark.

Three against six, and one of them is a B-level ghoul. How the hell do we fight this!

Outside the thatched house, An Rou quietly retreated to Bao Fu's side.

The situation had basically developed to this point, and it was in line with her plan. Huang Cancan was her backup plan—Wang Er.

An Rou had thought it through clearly from the beginning. It was true that she needed the players' corpses, but it was impossible for her to kill all the players by herself even with the Seven Souls Sword.

The safest way is to transform some of them into ghouls.

There were five ghouls in the thatched house, confronting Qin Wudi and the others, so she couldn't rush in and establish a spiritual connection with them. Fortunately, tracing back to their origins, these ghouls were all differentiated from Wang Da and Wang Er.

Of course, their original bodies dissipated the moment they transferred their parasites. Now one was Liu Qingsong, and the other was Huang Cancan, who was undergoing a mad transformation.

And the two ghouls were transformed by the sudden wealth.

Indirectly speaking, sudden wealth is the mother of all ghouls.

"Bao Bao, control them. As for the remaining three Chosen Ones, just kill them. Don't eat a single bite of their souls!"

Leaving behind three players with intact souls would allow them to be used as tree seeds to generate gold coins, and also provide food reserves for the ghouls on the farm. As for how many of the five ghouls would be left, An Rou didn't care.

Liu Qingsong, Huang Cancan, and the Tentacle Ghoul had eaten the souls of several players. It would be best if they were higher level and could survive. It wouldn't matter if they were killed by Qin Wudi, after all, they contained quest rewards.

It can even be said that An Rou hopes that Liu Qingsong will also die physically and transform wildly. Compared to intelligent ghouls, her golden finger is much more useful for wildly transformed ghouls, such as becoming rich overnight.

The rich man's pupils turned twice.

An Rou quickly added, "Don't make any noise."

The ghost mother can control the differentiated ghouls without making any sound.

Inside the thatched house, Qin Wudi was very calm.

He is the captain of the four-member team of the Orli Guild. The team members have followed him for a year. Even though he witnessed their deaths and sudden changes, he remained calm after the initial shock.

Compared to the two outcast players, he had many more tricks up his sleeve. He could message familiar players for help, or post quest information on the guild channel. If Paopao was lucky and hadn't been injured in the chaos, Qin Wudi could still notify Long Yan once he came online.

The guild would definitely investigate the matter of him defecting with the clues. On the other hand, if he went to join the Longyan Guild with an SS-level mission, the other party would surely be extremely happy.

But these thoughts only lingered in Qin Wudi's mind for a while before he gave them up.

He also has a trump card - a green weapon with extremely strong lethality, the penalty knife!

In the field of vision, Liu Qingsong was standing next to the tentacle ghoul. The grim smile on his face suddenly stopped and he looked towards the roof.

"Leave me alone!"

Qin Wudi narrowed his eyes. Although he didn't know the reason, this was obviously an opportunity!