Andrei felt the world spin before his eyes. His gaze gradually lost focus, and he kept muttering things no one else could make out.
After just one exchange, Andrei had been hypnotized.
Even Catherine looked dazed, with overlapping images swimming before her eyes. Her whole body swayed, and she nearly fell.
What terrifying hypnosis!
Catherine was alarmed. She had thought Sikong Boxue could no longer hypnotize her, which was why she had boldly stayed behind.
She had not expected to still underestimate Sikong Boxue's power!
"I have to break this bizarre array..." Catherine bit her lip and abruptly drew the Holy Light Sword.
"Catherine, are you going to kill them?" Edward's seductive voice entered her ears. "They're innocent too, aren't they?"
Those words made the already-dazed Catherine hesitate for a moment.
If it had been before, she would have swung her sword without the slightest hesitation and shattered the array.
But she had stayed in this town for too long. During that time, Sikong Boxue had been influencing her little by little.
She had gradually neglected the Tactical Watch and stopped communicating with the outside world.
Her vigilance had slowly declined, and she had confidently believed Sikong Boxue could not hypnotize her.
She had become increasingly unable to stop worrying about her subordinates, a fixation growing in her heart that she had to bring every last one of them home.
Every one of those seemingly insignificant details had led Catherine into danger tonight.
"This is bad..." Catherine's thoughts drifted as darkness slowly devoured the sight before her eyes, as though she were falling into a bottomless abyss.
At the final moment before losing consciousness, Catherine used the last of her strength to shout, "Nan Feng, are you still not coming?!"
"I'm here, I'm here." Nan Feng's voice came from the