After an Infinite Flow Player Retires

Chapter 20

Ye Jia: "!!!!!"

He shuddered and reflexively shrank back, hiding himself behind the rock.

Leaning with his back against the cold rock, Ye Jia's breathing was quick. He could only hear his blood pounding in his ears.

That scene just now seemed to have been imprinted onto his retina.

That man's cold and scarlet eyes that carried treacherousness and indifference. He looked down from above, slowly sweeping his gaze in his direction.

The other party's facial features were very familiar. It slowly overlapped with the one in Ye Jia's memory.

The moment their gazes met, he felt as if he had been stared at by some kind of cold-blooded animal. Although he had broken off this eye contact, he still shuddered at the memory of it.

….Oh no, oh no, oh no.

Ye Jia now knew very well why he was on the hatred leaderboard.

If he wasn't, who else would it be?!

And to offer a reward for information about him? It was 100% because he didn't want to borrow the hands of other fierce ghosts and wanted to personally torture him after capturing him!

On the other side of the rock, the entire cave shook. Cries and howls of countless fierce ghosts echoed.

Ye Jia could sense that a new ghost energy had joined the skirmish.

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—-It was probably Ji Xuan's underling.

He calmed himself down before leaning against the rock and carefully looking out.

The cave was in chaos. The sea of blood made by the blood gu fish exuded a strong metallic smell. Ji Xuan's underlings had already entered the arena and were fighting against the fierce ghosts who were plotting a rebellion.

In the air above, Ji Xuan had already retracted his gaze. He was at this moment watching his pet fight against the spider queen with great interest.

He didn't seem to have noticed Ye Jia's presence.

Ye Jia lightly breathed a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness.

He was after all too far away just now and his current scent was also completely different from before. With his face also covered with several layers of ghost energy, logically speaking, one shouldn't have noticed anything with that short glance.

He shifted his gaze down and looked towards the bottom of the cave.

In just a few short minutes, more spider soldiers had arrived from all directions to join the battle.

The yin energy in the air was so thick, it felt like it could be cut by a knife. The horrible smell of beasts and fierce ghosts mixed together. It was so strong, it was enough to turn an area hundreds of metres in size into barren land.

Blood, mucous, severed limbs, fangs and crushed flesh. Everything mixed into one, making it almost indistinguishable from one another.

In the middle of this mess was the huge spider queen.

Her body was just too heavy. Every step of hers caused the place to shake violently.

She looked extremely angry and her originally beautiful face had distorted hideously. The skin on the lower half of her face was wrinkled and stretched up to the base of her ears and she fiercely bared her sharp fangs at the blood gu fish swimming around.

The blood gu fish swum around flexibly. Like an invisible weapon, every time it circled around, it would leave a deep hole in the spider queen.

After just a few laps, the spider mother's large bloated abdomen was covered in wounds.

Yellow-green viscous liquid gushed out. The moment it fell, it let out a sizzling sound as it corroded the ground.

Foul smell permeated through the air.

The spider queen seemed to be furious.

Beasts when they are angered are at their weakest. This was the best time to act.

Unfortunately, due to Ji Xuan's presence, Ye Jia had to abandon his previous plan to kill the spider queen.

After all, although the spider queen had been weakened and is no longer at an advantage, it was very unwise for him to expose himself in front of Ji Xuan — Especially when he hadn't figured out the other party's strength yet.

The blood gu fish agilely avoided the spider queen's attack and swam behind her.

"Pierce—–"

It was the sound of something small and sharp passing by.

A thin wound appeared on the egg sac growing behind the spider queen's belly. It very quickly cracked and opened up. Viscous liquid and fist-sized translucent eggs poured out from it like a waterfall.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh——–"

She cried out in anger and pain. Her sharp voice rippled through the air, making everyone's ears ache.

Much of the eggs broke as soon as it fell to the ground. Small white spiders which had not yet grown their dark outer shells struggled out, quickly scampering away.

Ye Jia's eyes lit up slightly.

Got it.

He turned and looked at the small black hand who had been quietly lying on his shoulder the entire time. He revealed a benevolent smile.

Small black hand: "……"

Although I'm not human, you sure are a dog.

It shook its fingers so quickly, one could see afterimages, "Don't even think about it!! I'm not going!!!"

That is an S-Level monster!!!

And King is also watching from above!!! Isn't it just sending it to its death!?!

Ye Jia smiled and coaxed gently, "I don't need you to approach them. Look, the fluid in the egg sac has already flowed out. You just need to collect the fluid on the ground and bring it to me."

"Not going!!" The small black hand trembled on Ye Jia's shoulder.

Ye Jia: "I definitely need that fluid."

Small black hand: "Then you go!!"

"But," Ye Jia continued, "Based on the current situation, your King and I have seem to have deep enmity. If I go, I would likely be caught."

Small black hand: "……."

It had a bad feeling.

Ye Jia slowly asked, "If he knew that you have been helping me all this time, how do you think he would react?"

The small black hand accused bitterly, "But it was you who threatened me!"

Accidentally boarding the pirate ship and losing its reputation in one go.

It didn't want to be a ghost spy!!

Ye Jia curled his lips up into a malicious smile, "But that isn't the case on my end."

He spoke slowly, "I would tell him that we were good partners and teammates and that you were the one who told me everything about him. As my closest partner in crime, I'm sure you will enjoy the same special treatment I receive."

Small black hand: "……."

……So evil.

This person is so evil!!!

Seeing that the small black hand was beginning to hesitate, Ye Jia added more oil to the fire, "If you help me this time, I will set aside fifty from my next pay check to buy gold for your game."

Under Ye Jia's persuasion, the small black hand finally gritted its teeth and puffed up its chest: "I-I-I'll do it!"

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Ye Jia couldn't store away the smile at the corner of his lips, "Good luck."

He added a few layers of yin energy to the small black hand's body to allow it to hide itself better, "I hold high expectations for you."

Small black hand: "………"

Hah, dog man. I can see through you.

It pressed itself to the ground and slowly creeped forward.

Ye Jia waited with a bated breath.

Five minutes later.

The small black hand tremblingly hurried back holding an unbroken egg. The white spider inside that was as big as a fist struggled fiercely, making it almost impossible for it to hold. Its voice became sharp as a result of extreme nervousness, "Quick, quick, quick!!"

Before the egg could fall, Ye Jia quickly picked it up.

A layer of yin energy emanated from his palm, enveloping the translucent egg.

Soon, the translucent ghost-face spider inside stopped struggling.

Ye Jia breathed a sigh of relief.

He stuffed it into his pocket and then placed the small black hand back onto his shoulder, "Let's go."

Ye Jia quietly sneaked into a passage behind him. He moved as lightly as how he came, like a drop of water disappearing without a trace into the ocean.

The ground in the passage was slippery and rugged. The contaminated air was filled with the suffocating smell of blood, leaving his mouth tasting like rust.

But for Ye Jia, this was a good thing.

After being washed by the sea of blood, most of the dense cobwebs had been swept away, making it easier to go through.

The cave continued to tremble from time to time and rubble fell from above. Across the thick stone wall, the roars of the spider queen and the cries of the other fierce ghosts could still be vaguely heard.

Very clearly, the battle was fierce.

Ye Jia navigated through the passages extending in all directions without any major interruptions.

He smoothly slaughtered a couple of solitary spider soldiers he encountered along the way and, following his memory, he fumbled in the direction of the exit.

A faint light could be seen ahead, dispelling some of the darkness in front of him.

Ye Jia became spirited.

—-Almost there.

At this moment, a loud 'boom' suddenly sounded behind him. The entire cave shook violently and even Ye Jia was made a little unstable as a result of the sudden shaking.

Then, it was followed by dead silence.

Ye Jia looked at the darkness behind him. He had a bad feeling.

The roars and shouts from earlier were gone. All that was left was eerie silence.

The small black hand stuck its head out from underneath Ye Jia's collar and asked in a small voice, "What's the matter?"

Ye Jia shook his head. A few seconds later, he said, "The battle is over."

"Yay!" The small black hand softly cheered, "I wonder who won?"

Although the chances of it was low, Ye Jia sincerely hoped that the spider queen won.

A weak enemy that could be controlled was much better than an enemy with deep enmity towards him whose strength was difficult to gauge.

—-In any case, he had at least achieved his main objective.

Ye Jia felt the heavy weight in the pocket and continued towards the exit.

The night wind sent the dry air outside into the cave.

But for some reason, the yin energy in the air suddenly became stronger.

Ye Jia slowed down.

Suddenly, in the darkness at the entrance of the cave, a ghostly figure suddenly materialised.

That was a shadow ghost. Just like all the legends about shadows, they were always the best at hiding without a trace.

Its facial features were indistinct, as if it was made of a condensed cloud of smoke which could be dispersed by a gust of wind.

Ye Jia stared cautiously at the fierce ghost in front of him. A cold light appeared at his fingertip and dozens of methods he could employ to deal with the other party flashed across his mind.

Unfortunately, they weren't fast enough.

The shadow ghost looked at Ye Jia —- or it just looked in Ye Jia's direction. It spoke coldly with a hoarse voice: "You dare plot against our King….Did you think you can leave just because you want to?"

…..It was Ji Xuan's underling.

It was someone Ye Jia really didn't want to run into.

He no longer hesitated and attacked the shadow ghost blocking his way. His figure was blurred by the yin energy, and he moved swiftly.

Just as the shadow ghost got ready to fight, he saw Ye Jia who was about to attack suddenly become indistinct. His actions just now were a feint. His actual purpose was to rush straight towards the empty space behind the shadow ghost—!

The shadow ghost tried to stop him amidst the chaos.

But before it could release any attacks, it suddenly felt a sharp pain on its limbs.

"Ahhhh—–"

The shadow ghost screamed. It was horrified inside.

It was actually hurt by an unremarkable ghost like this?

And in those fleeting seconds, it didn't actually see how the other party had hurt itself!

Ye Jia wasn't a fan of fighting. He instead rushed straight towards the cave exit—-!

A bloody scent suddenly reached his nose.

Damn———!

Ye Jia was taken aback. The remaining fighting instinct in him sent out warning alarms. He immediately stopped in place.

The next second, the place he would have been if he hadn't stopped slowly bulged up from below. A white goat skull slowly emerged from a pool of blood.

That terrifyingly huge body squeezed into and occupied all of the space in front of him.

Half of its body was outside while the rest were still immersed underground. Viscous blood flowed out from its ribs, falling onto the slippery rocks below.

Those dark eye sockets stared silently at Ye Jia. It made him feel like he was being stared at by a predator.

Blood gu fish.

—-This was a monster that could go against an S-Level spider queen, and even have an upper hand.

But now wasn't the time to think about this.

Ye Jia gritted his teeth. He got ready to disregard everything and rush out.

A cold light gleamed at his fingertip. Slowly, a long blade emerged. It seemed like it would be able to cut through the darkness in the cave.

Suddenly, a low voice sounded behind him. The words spoken were unhurried and it also carried a cold and playful tone, making those who heard it can't help but shudder: "Where are you going?"

The man's voice was low and magnetic. There was an almost invisible tremor in the air.

—-His voice was very nice, but it was probably the last voice Ye Jia wanted to hear in this world.

Ye Jia's vision immediately turned black.

Fuck.

Ji Xuan.