"Mm, all right."
Lu Xin was fairly close to the Doll, and he was also within the domain she had constructed around herself. Thus, when Professor Bai announced the beginning of the final test, he could hear the Doll gently nod and answer in a very soft voice.
There was no reason for her to answer, so it was probably just an instinctive reaction.
At the same time, Lu Xin clearly felt the density of the surrounding mental power increase again.
He looked up and saw the Doll frown slightly. One hand gripped the umbrella, while the other rose naturally. Her long, slender fingers spread gently, as if she were playing the piano. With a few light taps in the air, the mental power surged like an endless sea, swelling layer upon layer.
It seemed the Doll was under quite a bit of pressure too.
But this pressure probably did not come from the surrounding mental power. It came from her own unfamiliarity with it.
Lu Xin had seen her limits before.
Back in Happy Town, nearly all of the Queen's mental power had poured into her.
It had been chaotic and insane, with immense pressure. Even under those circumstances, she had managed to hold out for a long time.
And that had been before she learned how to reject mental power.
Now that she had learned to reject mental power, it was equivalent to learning how to protect herself from it.
Once she had grasped the concept of protection, her ability to withstand mental power would rise by another major level at the very least.
In terms of mental magnitude, it might even increase severalfold.
On top of that, Qinggang had arranged various instruments around her, while the signal towers controlled by the four auxiliary ability users helped share