Negotiation

"The troublesome one won't be able to get here anytime soon."

Looking at Dugu Bo, who was being held back in the distance, Saundin snapped his fingers.

Buzz!

Another strange chair rose from beneath the platform where the seats stood. Saundin sat down and removed his helmet, revealing a resolute face.

Unlike the faces of ordinary Abyss People, Saundin's features were sharply angular and carried a metallic texture, as though cast from steel—or as if he wore a mask. Everything above the bridge of his nose, including his eye sockets, was covered by a special dark-red transparent lens, with a white, glowing spherical eye embedded in its center.

He had only one eye!

Then Saundin pressed a switch on the chair's armrest. Black tubes extended from the back of the chair. Some connected to the spine on his back, while the rest sprouted massive spikes at their tips and pierced Misius's spine directly opposite him.

"Mmgh!"

As her spine was pierced, Misius felt unprecedented pain and could not help crying out. But aside from her head, the body below her neck was completely beyond her control.

"This is a Soul Guidance Device discovered in the Ancient Ruins on the Sixth Layer. By connecting two people's spines, it can be used to control another person's body," Saundin said. "This is only to help you steal the flames more effectively."

Isn't this going a little too far?

Zhou Qing's voice suddenly rang out in Saundin's mind.

With Na Si's help, Romantina had established a Spiritual Group Chat. With Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's support, they could completely ignore other people's mental resistance.

Through Romantina's Spiritual Detection skill, Zhou Qing saw the scene outside the base—

Riko could not withstand the Ascension Curse of the Fourth Layer, leaving Dugu Bo unable to act freely...