Though it moved gently, the white ghost moved with lightning speed through the dim storage room, creating a trail of white residue that belied its ethereal form. Its speed was astonishing, contrasting sharply with its weightless, mist-like body!
Caught off guard, Xiao Hua was shocked, but his intense training paid off, and he reacted swiftly, dodging the ghost's attack just in time.
Taking advantage of the moment before the ghost could strike again, Xiao Hua used Poison Infusion and then threw a Shadow Assault, aiming to slow down the fast-moving entity.
His level had reached 37, and Shadow Assault had advanced to intermediate level, capable of slowing targets by 30%.
-78!
The Hot Spike touched the white ghost, and Xiao Hua felt the weapon sink into a soft surface, dealing a disappointingly low double-digit damage. It seemed the ghost had a special defense against physical attacks.
However, this was expected. The Hot Spike was only a level 27 weapon, weaker than blue weapons of around level 37. It only had the additional Burn damage, which is why Xiao Hua kept using it.
Identify! Xiao Hua decided to check the ghost's attributes first.
Identification successful!
Information flashed before Xiao Hua's eyes: Lost Ghost, Level 40, HP 50,000, Attack 600.
Fortunately, it only had 50,000 HP. Despite its speed, he should be able to handle it. Its attack wasn't too high either, so even a critical hit shouldn't be too dangerous.
Stealth!
After identifying the ghost, a critical hit indicator appeared above it. Xiao Hua didn't want to waste this chance and entered Stealth mode, preparing to deliver a 5.5x critical hit.
As he vanished, the white ghost also disappeared!
Damn! What's going on here?
Xiao Hua cursed inwardly, unsure if the system was set up to make the ghost invisible or simply disappear when a player entered Stealth.
Unable to find the Lost Ghost, Xiao Hua didn't give up. He walked to where the ghost had vanished and struck fiercely.
Naturally, he missed, and upon attacking, his own silhouette reappeared in the storage room.
Soon after, a white glow emerged in the dim room, and the Lost Ghost reappeared.
Illusion!
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Since a critical hit with Stealth didn't work, he would use Illusion to overwhelm it.
Xiao Hua split his image, creating two figures in the room. However, to his astonishment, the Lost Ghost's body also split into two ghosts!
"Damn!" Xiao Hua cursed, sending his illusion to block the ghosts while he retreated from the room. With the Lost Ghost's incredible speed, he could manage one, but the illusion couldn't handle even one. Once the illusion was defeated, he would be facing two ghosts and would surely fail. It was better to take more time and slowly defeat the ghost.
Exiting the room, Xiao Hua considered checking the other rooms to determine the monsters there.
The right room looked similar to the left one. As he was on alert, the monster respawned—a white mist-like Lost Ghost!
Seeing the Lost Ghost, Xiao Hua paused briefly before exiting the room.
"It seems I can enter any room, but to progress, I must kill the Lost Ghost first, and then new monsters will spawn."
He entered the middle room and indeed found another Lost Ghost!
Given this situation, Xiao Hua had to tackle each room step by step, starting with the Lost Ghost.
Wielding his dagger, Xiao Hua faced the Lost Ghost and used Poison Infusion, Shadow Assault, Wound, and Blind, one after another. Despite its speed, the Lost Ghost had a unique resistance to physical attacks. Even critical hits only dealt around 800-900 HP damage.
The Lost Ghost's speed was exceptional, surpassing even elite sea snakes at level 40! While elite sea snakes with 50,000 HP were already fast, the Lost Ghost was faster. Xiao Hua was sure that if he had encountered this ghost half a month ago, he would have been helpless.
However, this was a solo trial. Though the Lost Ghost was fast, it wasn't unbeatable. With his stats, equipment, and developing control skills, if he couldn't defeat it, no thief could pass this trial.
Initially, Xiao Hua calmly used various skills to grind down the Lost Ghost's HP while evading its attacks. By observing its habits and speed, he soon familiarized himself with its behavior.
Apart from its fast attacks, the Lost Ghost had two other troublesome traits. One was spitting out an invisible gas attack, which was relatively easy to avoid once he recognized it. The other was invisibility and ambush, which was more troublesome. When the ghost vanished, Xiao Hua was caught off guard and suffered a critical hit, making him break out in a cold sweat.
Once he realized this was an invisible attack, Xiao Hua remained vigilant whenever the ghost disappeared, preventing further critical hits. Normal attacks caused minimal damage, well within his tolerance.
The invisibility attack had a long cooldown, occurring roughly every minute. After understanding the ghost's two special attacks, Xiao Hua managed to wear down half its HP. He then focused on quickly finishing it off with minimal losses.
As the Lost Ghost's HP dwindled, Xiao Hua remained cautious, knowing that non-boss monsters in solo trials rarely went berserk. Thankfully, the system behaved as expected, and the Lost Ghost continued its regular attacks until death.
Exhausting its HP, the Lost Ghost collapsed like a pile of light silk, leaving no loot. Xiao Hua knew that monsters in trials didn't drop items, so he wasn't disappointed.
Leaving the middle room, Xiao Hua intended to enter the left room but heard a loud thud—the door he had just exited had automatically closed, and he couldn't reopen it.
Assuming this was part of the system's design, he gave up trying to open the door and headed to the left room.
Entering the room, the darkness was familiar, but Xiao Hua sensed a subtle difference.
In the dimness, he suddenly spotted a pair of green eyes on the floor!
What kind of monster was this? The vision was blurry, and although he couldn't see the creature's full form, the eyes near the ground made him highly alert.
In Second World, non-humanoid monsters were often the most challenging to deal with, as their attack patterns were unpredictable and difficult to anticipate.
As Xiao Hua remained cautious, the green eyes moved along the ground, and a streak of green light broke the room's silence!