Chapter 396 [(*^▽^*)]
Even though Lin Leyou had prepared beforehand, he couldn't help but swallow hard. It smelled so good!
It was only then that he truly felt hungry. Before, when he was watching the surveillance footage, he hadn't paid any attention to what Elite Monster 05 said because he hadn't felt hungry!
But when the ghost appeared on the top floor, and he actually saw it, that intense, maddening hunger really came over him!
Lin Leyou's eyes turned blood red in an instant, which was particularly noticeable in the dark office, especially... as the blood red was gradually suppressed and turned into a more restrained dark red.
It looks the same as before, but the dark red color at this moment... represents Lin Leyou's shocking hunger!
The ghost didn't barge in directly; it seemed to freeze outside the door. Perhaps sensing Lin Leyou's overwhelming hunger, it was trembling outside.
Lin Leyou didn't rush him. In any case, the ghost was bound to come in. If he urged it, he would be at a disadvantage and the ghost might be scared away.
That would be a loss. Although he was in control of everything on the top floor, he still wanted the ghost to come in on its own. So... he slightly concealed his aura.
The ghost outside was initially frightened, but soon the big boss's aura subsided, and its courage grew considerably. It slightly distorted a part of the space outside the door, as if some invisible thing appeared. Then the door was knocked on. It turned out that the invisible thing was formed by this ghost to knock on the door.
Lin Leyou smiled slightly after hearing the knock, a faint red light flashing in his dark red eyes. He said in a deep voice, "Come in."
Upon hearing the sound, the ghost outside felt as if its heart was trembling, yet it knew deep down that it had no heart at all.
He didn't go straight through the door; instead, his entire body transformed into a cloud of black mist and appeared outside the door, a closed mouth faintly visible within the black mist.
He actually appeared in his true form, the black mist transforming into two streams of black energy that gently pushed open the door like a pair of hands, and he saw Lin Leyou sitting in the office.
No, the person in front of him wasn't Lin Leyou, but Tiancheng, the uncrowned king and ultimate BOSS of this building! He felt immense pressure being stared at by a pair of dark red eyes.
The ghost didn't even dare to enter the door, so it just lay on the ground outside with the door open.
Lin Leyou was stunned for a moment upon seeing this. What was this ghost planning to do? The ghost then greeted him with, "Greetings, Master!"
Lin Leyou understood that this ghost had paid homage to him for nothing. He felt a little uneasy. If he weren't a BOSS, he would probably have a hard time facing such a quasi-elite monster that hadn't fully evolved yet!
It seems it's time to turn the thousand-year-old peach tree branch I got from Xue Qian into a weapon. This thing is very useful for dealing with ghosts and monsters!
Lin Leyou looked at the ghost lying on the ground without speaking, but asked the system, "System, can it be turned into a weapon or prop and taken away?"
The system might not have been too happy to answer the question, but it did answer it anyway, though the interval between answers was a bit long, a full minute!
System notification: Success!
Lin Leyou waited a full minute for the reply, then immediately smiled and said, "Come in."
After waiting for an unknown amount of time, the ghost lying on the ground heard those two words, which sounded like celestial music, and slowly got up and floated inside.
In Lin Leyou's view, it was like a closed mouth surrounded by black mist that floated in.
Before he could say anything else, the system actually spoke up on its own!
"System notification: This quasi-elite monster has two more hours to completely digest and consume the corpse of an elite monster, thus becoming a true elite monster!"
Lin Leyou narrowed his eyes. "Then the best option is for me to wait two hours before turning him into a prop, right, System?"
"System notification: This ghost will need two more hours to fully become an elite monster!"
Lin Leyou was a little confused. The system definitely didn't want him to turn this ghost into an item and take it away, but now it was reminding him that he still needed two hours to become an elite monster and get stronger.
He narrowed his eyes. Of course he knew that real elite monsters would be even stronger if they were forged into weapons and items, but those elite monsters were part of the dungeon quest, and he definitely couldn't take action against them.
Even if it can devour something, it can't take it away. But an ordinary ghost is fine, so could the system be planning something like that?
If this ordinary ghost in front of me really becomes an elite monster, then it might become one of the hidden quests, so I naturally can't take it with me!
Lin Leyou realized that although he couldn't verify the truth of his idea right now, he would know in just two hours.
However, he certainly wouldn't wait two hours until the monster had fully evolved into an elite monster before making his move; he would strike a few seconds before the monster's evolution.
Even if this ghost-turned-object isn't as strong as a real elite monster, it won't be too bad. That's settled!
Anyway, the system didn't directly say that he couldn't do this. He came up with it himself, so it doesn't count as violating the rules set by the system.
"What brings you here?" Lin Leyou asked quietly.
The ghost trembled as it answered, "...Your subordinate...will soon...soon become an elite! I beg...Master, grant me the title of elite..."
Lin Leyou: "Wait here for two hours."
He didn't waste any words. When the ghost heard this, it was stunned for a moment. What it was thinking was that it was indeed its master who could tell at a glance that it only needed two hours to become an elite monster!
He didn't feel that waiting for two hours was a long time at all; on the contrary, he felt very honored.
Lin Leyou didn't pay attention to the situation below. Xue Rui and the others definitely had a way to deal with Elite Monster 05. This was obvious. As for the situation of the other players and ghosts, how could they be as important as the ghost in front of him that was about to become his tool?
Moreover, without surveillance, he has ten mechanical spiders in various locations below, and can see whatever he wants to see at any time, especially the area around elite monster 05.
After the near-elite monster left, he resumed his joyful hunting journey. Even without looking down, he could tell from the occasional loud noises and the frequency of the building's vibrations that the elite monster was having a blast down there, apparently having caught a player.
If they were just ordinary NPCs, you wouldn't need to use your abilities to deal with these elite monsters. You would only have a chance if you encountered a player, and a powerful one at that.
The mechanical spider saw an elite monster chasing a pair of players. After being chased for two floors, the two quickly split up and ran away. Elite monster 05 didn't really have a good way to deal with prey that had split up and were running in two different directions. Of course, it would always choose the more appealing direction to chase after.
I failed several times before, letting these delicious little snacks escape, but this time I'm determined to catch and eat them! But the idea was good, but reality was cruel. These delicious little snacks were so slippery that every time I was about to catch them, they would suddenly show a pained expression and then disappear before my eyes.
Just like now!
Elite Monster 05 can guarantee that his hand had just touched the other person's clothes, and he could have grabbed it in a second, but in that instant, the snack that was about to be his suddenly disappeared!
Although he was mentally prepared, Elite Monster 05 was still furious. Looking at his empty palm, he couldn't hold back this time!
He no longer cared whether his roar would disturb the owner on the top floor; all he wanted to do was vent his anger.
Lin Leyou saw the elite monster 05 clench its fists through the mechanical spider and knew what it was going to do. As he expected, a roar that shook the heavens and the earth came out!
He didn't even need to look through the mechanical spider; he could tell just by the sound that the roar had collapsed several floors, though the load-bearing walls remained stubbornly standing, undamaged.
It's no exaggeration to say that the roar of Elite Monster 05 after its madness actually caused five floors to collapse. The gale carrying black mist that was originally swirling around the outside of the building was now blowing in.
It even carried away all the remaining items inside, blowing them out and making them flutter in the wind outside the building. The snow-white paper looked quite unique in the black fog, making it feel even more eerie.
Lin Leyou sighed. Several more floors of his building had collapsed. Fortunately, his subordinates still had some reservations and had left the load-bearing walls intact, which was good...
Lin Leyou wasn't the only one who witnessed this scene; almost all the surviving players saw it through various means, and everyone gasped in shock.
A similar scene occurred last night, but that was the last blow from Elite Monster 03 before it died. Now, however, it's Elite Monster 05's furious roar after going berserk, so it definitely still has a lot of power left.
Huajiao asked in disbelief, "Can we really win? What items should we use? Did that speed-limiting item I used before really work? It's only one-tenth of the way there... and we can still win?"
No one knew how to answer these questions, since they had never witnessed the elite monster's maximum speed, nor did they know what one-tenth of that speed was.
Xue Rui frowned slightly. "Since we could kill that elite monster yesterday, we can kill this one too. Everyone, please be patient and avoid it for now. There's still a long time until dawn, so there's no need to rush."
Clearly, this elite monster... is indeed a bit difficult to deal with.
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