According to the witch's records, the strength of a water ghost was only equal to that of a normal person, but it was very fast and agile, unlike normal undead creatures. Also, due to the characteristics of undead creatures, they had great resistance against swords, knives, and punches. Therefore, if a normal person encountered a water ghost, unless they were extremely lucky, they would have no chance of winning. Even a Knight squire would fail or die in a one-on-one fight with a water ghost.
However, since water ghosts were very afraid of fire and positive energy, they could be completely suppressed. As long as they were well prepared, they could be burned to death with torches.
Of course, this was the case if they encountered a water ghost on the ground or by the river. If they encountered a water ghost in the water, its strength, speed, and agility would all be greatly improved. It could also resist fire with the help of the environment. Only holy light and other positive energy attacks would not be weakened.
"I'm not ready to find it, but it came to me on its own. However, there are no fire and positive energy attacks in the unofficial magic! And this water ghost doesn't look like a normal water ghost. At least it's much stronger than normal water ghosts! " As soon as he saw the two pale flames dancing in the water ghost's eyes, Lucien thought bitterly.
In the study of positive energy, sorcerers had always been inferior to priests. The positive energy attack spell "Holy Ray" in the first circle was only at the level of an unofficial divine spell. In the unofficial magic, there were only auxiliary spells such as Illumination.
In the elemental magic, fire was the most violent and difficult to control. It required a lot of sorcerers to master it. Therefore, before the official magic, there were almost no fire spells. The only fire spell was "Maris's Little Flame". The purpose of this spell was to help those apprentices who forgot to bring flints, so they could not light a fire to keep warm and eat in the wild.
In order to deal with water ghosts, the witch had been collecting materials and preparing to brew an alchemy item called "Blazing Fire Glue". By then, even in water, the "Blazing Fire Glue" could burn for a long time, which was enough to deal with a few normal water ghosts.
Lucien had just started learning magic for a day, so he planned to quickly familiarize himself with magic and slowly collect materials. After the "Blazing Fire Glue" was successfully brewed, he would find a chance to go to the Belem River. But now, without any preparation, Lucien encountered a "mutated" water ghost.
According to the saying Lucien had heard before, this was the so-called "change of plans"!
"Escape?"
This was what Lucien thought. But at this time, after the mutated water ghost finished eating the gangster's brain, it threw the body aside and leaped. It was so fast that it almost left an afterimage as it pounced on the cultist.
Although this cultist was originally a beggar, his body was not strong, and he had only joined the cult for a few days. He had yet to receive the blessing of the "god" he worshipped. However, when the water ghost reached out to grab him, he did not even have time to block it before the water ghost grabbed his skull and snapped his neck.
What an astonishing speed! What a terrifying power!
When Lucien saw this, the thought of running away disappeared from his mind. "If I don't do anything and just run away, I might be pounced on from behind by this mutated water ghost before I could get far."
"Ah!" The evil cult beggar screamed in pain, but then stopped abruptly.
This was not the first time Lucien had encountered such a dangerous situation. Plus his recent experience, he managed to suppress his fear and stay focused on casting the spell. He calmly rejected the idea of running away.
"Water ghosts are afraid of fire and positive energy, but it's just past midnight. There's still a long time before dawn.
"And if I use flint to light a torch to attack it, I won't be able to hit it at all with the speed and agility of this water ghost!
"Among the unofficial spells, there is only 'Maris's Little Flame', but it's just a five-centimeter-long flame on one's finger. Also, I have to hit the water ghost in close combat. Also, I haven't started to analyze and learn this spell."
Lucien was like a bystander. He calmly watched the water ghost licking its brain and pouncing on Skar. He calmly and quickly thought of all kinds of solutions, but then he coldly rejected them one by one.
This was a quality that an outstanding sorcerer had to have!
When Skar saw the cult beggar's skull being ripped open, it was as if he had finally woken up from a nightmare. His extreme fear made him feel as if there was something extra in his body. His heart was beating extremely fast. Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump. He quickly got rid of the influence of the mutated water ghost's innate "Aura of Fear" and recovered his strength.
Unfortunately, the water ghost was too fast. Skar had only run two steps before the water ghost pounced on him and grabbed his feet.
"The only spells I know now are: 'Disenchantment Ring', 'Eyes of Stars', 'Mage Hand', 'Forbidden Light', 'Acid Sputtering', and 'Frost Ray'.
"The effect of 'Disenchantment Ring' is still there, and it won't be of much help to a water ghost that is much faster and stronger than a normal person.
"Water ghosts are immune to hypnosis and have night vision. I can't use 'Eyes of Stars' and 'Forbidden Light'."
Lucien quickly analyzed his own strength.
The water ghost lifted Skar up and exerted force with both hands. With a heart-palpitating cracking sound, Skar was directly torn into two halves. His heart, intestines, liver, and blood fell to the ground one after another. His shrill and painful scream echoed in the sewer for a long time.
"'Mage Hand' and 'Disenchantment Ring' might be useful to deal with normal water ghosts, but this one is too strong.
"'Acid Sputtering' and 'Frost Ray' are acid and ice spells. Water ghosts are very resistant to them. After a short recovery, I can only use two more informal spells at most.
"Wait, the casting material of 'Acid Sputtering' is sulfur. Sulfur is an easily flammable substance and is a component of black gunpowder. Acid Sputtering creates acid by igniting the sulfur and compressing the water elements nearby."
Lucien's brain was working very fast. He calmly watched the water ghost raise the half of Skar's body where his head was. Since the water ghost had thrown away the other half of Skar's body, the water ghost used its free hand to dig out Skar's skull. The water ghost stuck out its tongue and licked Skar's white, shaking brain juice.
When he was about twenty meters away from the water ghost, Lucien could already feel the influence of the water ghost's' Fear Ring '. His heart was beating very fast, and he could not help but feel terrified.
However, Lucien forced himself to stay focused and continued to analyze the 'Acid Sputtering' spell that he had mastered. At the same time, he grabbed a ball of sulfur with his right hand.
"Can I interrupt the spell when I ignite the sulfur and directly send it out with my spiritual power?"
"According to the witch, if I interrupt the spell directly, I'll be hit by the backlash of the spell failure. If I don't use all my spiritual power, if I don't use all my spiritual power, if I do use all my spiritual power, if I do use all my spiritual power, if I do use all my spiritual power, if I do use all my spiritual power, my soul will be damaged even more severely, and I might even become an idiot."
Lucien quickly analyzed the magic structure, trying to skip the middle part of the last attack and connect it to the front part. His brain was working fast.
Analyze, reconstruct, combine, analyze again, reconstruct again, and combine again. Even though the structure of the spell was very simple, it was still very difficult for Lucien to combine it in a short period of time.
"This should work, but I haven't tried it before, so it's very likely to be flawed."
Twenty meters away, the water ghost had finished eating Skar's brain. It threw Skar's body aside and ran towards Lucien. The horrible face full of rotten flesh, the stinky smell, and the terrifying feeling all flashed past Lucien's eyes in slow motion.
Lucien calmly watched the water ghost running towards him like a bystander. He tried his best to control the panic and fear in his heart. The fine powder of sulfur slid down from his hand bit by bit, and under the fluorescent light, it was shining faintly.
At the same time, a short, rapid, and strange syllable came out of Lucien's mouth, and the surroundings became eerily quiet.
The water ghost was very fast. It only took one second, which was the time it took to finish the spell, to run from the static state to one meter away from Lucien.
At this time, Lucien had just changed the first part of the spell, Acid Splash, and the fire appeared.
Therefore, Lucien immediately stopped the spell. He felt that his brain and soul were heavily hit by a hammer. His head was dizzy, and his nostrils were hot, and two streams of blood were flowing out.
He could no longer send out the second part of the spell using his spiritual power!
However, the water ghost's claw was already very close to Lucien's head!
Lucien knew that it was a critical moment. Seeing that he could not send out the fire with his spiritual power, he decided to let go of the control of his spiritual power and let the fire expand by itself.
In the slow-motion calmness, Lucien saw a light blue fire wall appearing in front of him, burning both the water ghost in front of him and his hand.
The pain of being burned by the fire forced Lucien to get rid of the dizziness. He controlled the Halo of Disenchantment, which had not yet lost its effect, to make the pale white water ghost's hand fall prematurely. His body became lighter, and he rolled to the side.
With a tearing sound, Lucien's clothes were torn open, and he narrowly avoided the water ghost's claw.
Lucien rolled on the ground and only stood up when he was close to the underground river. At the same time, he looked at the water ghost.
Without the support of Lucien's spiritual power, the light blue fire wall had disappeared. However, the water ghost seemed to be covered in corpse oil and cadaverine. At this time, it had turned into a human-shaped torch burning with pale green flames.
It waved its hands and did not chase after Lucien. Instead, it stumbled towards the underground river, intending to return to the water.
At this time, Lucien's spiritual power was exhausted, and he could no longer cast any spells. However, he did not flinch at all. Full of the spirit of risk, he picked up the dagger and rushed towards the water ghost. If he did not kill it while it was in this state, should he wait for it to recover?!
Fire was indeed the water ghost's nemesis. It seemed that even its power was being burned. It walked very slowly, and Lucien caught up with it. He picked up the dagger and stabbed at its eyes.
The two pale white flames left a deep impression on Lucien!
As soon as he stabbed, the water ghost's arm came at him. However, Lucien was already prepared. Plus, the water ghost was much slower, so he barely dodged it and stabbed again with the dagger.
Once, twice … After a total of five stabs, when the water ghost walked to the edge of the tunnel and was less than fifty centimeters away from the underground river, the pale white flames in its eyes were finally extinguished. Its body was burned by the flames and fell to the ground, no longer moving.
Lucien was finally relieved. He panted heavily and used the dagger to pick out the water ghost's skull. He put it into the underground river to prevent its brain from being burned by the flames.
Soon, the flames in the tunnel were extinguished, and the water ghost turned into a pile of ash.
However, in this pile of ash, there was a shiny object that reflected fluorescent light.
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