This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous
Chapter 228 - 196: Suffocating Tactics_1

Chapter 228: Chapter 196: Suffocating Tactics_1

"Plop!"

The splash drew the attention of a youth up ahead. He turned unconsciously to look behind him, but there was no figure to be seen as he had anticipated.

"Vice president?"

The youth was perplexed for a moment. Glimpsing the rippling water in the near distance, he hastily ran over to investigate.

However, the clear seabed was utterly empty, devoid of any human form.

What happened? Where is the vice president?

The youth looked utterly dumbfounded.

Could it be they didn’t feel secure, and specifically went underwater to check around?

But during these crucial moments, even if they were to go underwater, they should have notified him beforehand... unless...

The youth suddenly identified a possibility, instantly feeling his scalp tingle. He retreated several steps subconsciously, and collapsed onto the beach.

"Bad news, everyone, hurry over, the vice president disappeared!"

He dared not approach the water again, and hurried back to the island to inform the others.

The others were all astonished upon hearing the news, leaping to their feet.

"What happened? How could they suddenly disappear?"

"I don’t know. We were talking just a second ago. I turned my head, and they were gone..." the youth said, somewhat distressed.

What was even more bizarre was that he hadn’t heard any cries for help from the beginning to the end. Even if the vice president was really pulled underwater, they should have been able to call for help, right? Why didn’t they make a sound?

Exchanging glances, the others also showed signs of extreme shock.

"Not good, there might be someone lurking around us!"

"Could that person be underwater?"

"Quick, everyone dive in and look for the vice president!"

"Don’t get too dispersed, be careful, they might try to break us up..."

...

Everyone started taking action, but without a leader, it was somewhat chaotic. They delayed for tens of seconds before finally diving into the water one by one to start the search.

Meanwhile, a hundred meters from the small island, Lin Xue, with Mu You’s merfolk mask on her face, holding a wine bottle in her hand, and cloaked in the invisibility cloak, made her way underwater. She had quickly moved away from her original position before the others had even entered the water.

...

When Gemini opened his eyes again, he found himself surrounded by utter darkness, as though he was stuck in a dense expanse of the night sky. Moreover, his mouth was sealed shut by the effects of magic, rendering him speechless. More importantly, he seemed to be at the bottom of the sea, with vast quantities of water flooding into his mouth and nose. He was overwhelmed by the sensation of suffocation.

Just as he thought, something had indeed gone wrong!

Astonished, Gemini didn’t have the time to figure out what was happening. Being stuck underwater in this pitch dark environment, and feeling the suffocating sensation spread, he subconsciously reached into his pocket, pulling out a transparent mask.

Thankfully, they had spent the last day sailing on the sea, so he kept the merfolk mask close at hand. He managed to pull it out without much trouble.

However, before the flustered Gemini could properly put on the mask, he suddenly felt something swiftly approaching from the front. The next instant, a heavy kick landed on his chest, sending him flying backward. The little remaining air in his mouth was forced out completely.

But what left Gemini utterly despaired was that his merfolk mask had been taken!

Underwater, without a way to breathe, he would soon run out of oxygen and lose consciousness, eventually drowning to death.

Soon, the five-second silence effect wore off, and Gemini regained his voice. He hastily took out his magic wand, launching a Fireball Technique in front that was quickly extinguished by the sea. The momentary light, however, gave him a brief glimpse of his surroundings.

In the faint light, Gemini saw at least seven or eight figures surrounding him, some of which were creatures rushing toward him at full speed.

In the blink of an eye, the light vanished, and Gemini immediately felt attacks and bites from all directions.

Flailing desperately, Gemini launched random attacks around him, but to no effect. The more fiercely he moved, the faster he used up his oxygen.

Soon, Gemini lost consciousness underwater and descended to the seafloor, where he was besieged by a group of sea monsters and died.

A second later, Gemini was revived in another direction.

With the darkness engulfing the seabed finally dispelled and the light returning to normal, Gemini managed to get a clear look at his surroundings.

He was indeed underwater. Not too far in front of him, he saw a familiar figure in a black robe.

A black-robed man? No, hold on...

Gemini paused, reacting in an instant. This was not the black-robed man he knew, but the mysterious player who had killed the Fire Giant in the marsh that day.

Although he could not confirm their identity, Gemini highly suspected it was one of the godlike Dragon Group players. Even if not, this person was definitely not a friend.

Gemini quickly tried to retreat and flee, but after swimming only a few meters, he was pushed back by an invisible wall.

Gemini halted and looked up at his surroundings, only to discover that he was trapped in a perfectly sealed bottle, closed up securely.

"Damn it!"

The sense of foreboding in Gemini’s heart grew stronger. Being sealed in a place with no escape by a godlike player, and without any means to breathe underwater, he was undoubtedly doomed.

Seeing the black-robed man begin to cast an attack spell with his magic wand, Gemini hastily retaliated, launching his two strongest high-tier black magic spells, Thunder Net and Fire Giant. Against such an unpredictable godlike player, he didn’t dare to hold back in the slightest.

However, his two strongest methods were significantly diminished underwater. The power of thunder magic would be distributed in water, greatly reducing its power. With Mu You’s magic suit providing 300 points of thunder defense, he was completely immune to this spell.

As for the Fire Giant, fire magic was equally ineffective under the sea, especially in its initial state without evolution, where its threat was drastically minimized.

The Fire Giant had just appeared when it was killed in the blink of an eye by Mu You and the four Sea Zombie Beasts.

On top of that, two Trolls circled behind Gemini, a Troll Witch Doctor and a Troll War God.

The summon from the Troll Spirit Niche was random. These two particular Trolls were obviously rolled by Mu You using his pocket watch.

Mu You had already administered the Gill Elixir to them in advance, enabling them to combat underwater.

Under the onslaught of the numerous summoned creatures, Gemini soon suffocated due to lack of oxygen and was once again beaten to death.

[You have killed ’Ximen Chang Bai’, Life Span +1, Experience +12.]

Ximen Chang Bai was Gemini’s ID. He was currently using the Wizard’s Apprentice skin. Since Mu You already had the advanced skin of the ’Mysterious Man’, he could not obtain any more fragments.

Seconds later, Gemini revived in the corner of the bottle, staring anxiously at the black-robed man in the distance.

Even if he was dull, having died twice consecutively made him realize that the other party’s attacks on him did not seem to have any suppressing effect.

Which meant that this person was not a godlike player, but like him, an advanced player between level 10-15.

This suggested that the enemy’s attributes were not much higher than his, could he possibly escape?

Killing him was hopeless. Without any means to breathe underwater, the most important thing was to get out of this bottle.

Without time to ponder, seeing the opponent leading a group of summons, Gemini quickly conjured several Light Magic Orbs, planning to clear the summons first.

The raging magical orbs were shot out and accurately hit the two foremost Merfolk, making them howl and fly back in agony.

What Gemini didn’t expect was that the two Merfolk quickly got up as if nothing had happened and continued to charge at him while wailing.

"How is this possible? Could this be..."

Gemini widened his eyes, finally noticing the abnormality of these summons.

These weren’t ordinary summons, they were Zombie Beasts!

And the significant number of four...

Gemini suddenly looked in astonishment at the black-robed man on the other side, could this person be a Sorcerer?

He recognized this spell. Summon Zombie was something he had exchanged from Sagittarius before, so he knew its effects very well. The zombies that were summoned at present were undoubtedly undead, and normal attacks couldn’t kill them. They could only be killed completely by waiting for them to self-destruct, or grinding them into bone dust.

So who was this person? Aries, or Sagittarius?

If it were Aries, the other party was too quiet, and he instinctively ruled out this option.

Considering the number of summons, it could very likely be Sagittarius. However, he had a grasp of Sagittarius’s power, who was just a woman who had recently evolved, where did she get the power to kill Rode...

If not the two of them, who else could it be, Libra, Capricorn?

At this moment, Gemini suddenly noticed that the black-robed man and the two summoned Trolls all had faint gills on their necks.

He had heard of this effect before, a Magic Potion called Fish Gill Potion. This potion was of high value, and being able to use so many potions at once, even on summons, could only be done by a Magic Potion Master...

Sorcerer’s guild, Magic Potion Master...

When these two key words added up, a name was already on the tip of his tongue.

Aries?!!!

Gemini almost spat out blood.

At this moment, the summons had already surrounded him, and at the same time, the feeling of suffocation appeared again. Without thinking, he quickly launched a shockwave downwards, and with the reaction force, he quickly swam upwards.

The bottle was not full; there was around three meters of space above the water. Gemini surfaced and gasped for air, simultaneously staring in shock at the black-robed man who was chasing him from below: "You, you are Aries!!!"

"Too bad, you found out too late."

The voice suddenly emerged from above. Gemini looked up and only then did he discover that the black-robed man had already teleported above him. With a stride, he stepped down and kicked Gemini back into the water.