Gengar's sneak attack came even faster than expected.
Angel had originally said that they would keep moving forward, and Gengar could ambush them at any time along the way. What he had not expected was that Gengar's attack would arrive while they were still talking.
Without any warning, a hole suddenly opened in the ground.
Wai and Kael, standing above the opening, fell into it without putting up any resistance.
Angel and Dox reacted at once. One each, Angel reached for Kael while Dox grabbed Wai, trying to pull them back out.
But they failed.
The hole in the ground did not close. It remained silently open, showing no sign that it had just swallowed two people.
Angel and Dox exchanged a glance, then made the same motion, lowering their heads to look at their hands.
They were certain that they had grabbed Wai and Kael. Yet for some reason, the hands holding them had suddenly lost all strength.
The sensation was like the anemia that came after excessive blood loss. Their hands were weak and limp; even clenching their fists took effort.
That was why, despite catching Wai and Kael, they had still failed to pull them back.
Yet strangely, after Wai and Kael fell into the hole, the strength in their hands seemed to return?
Dox repeatedly spread his palms and clenched his fists, confirming that nothing was wrong, then turned his shadowed gaze toward the hole that still had not vanished from the ground.
"Could this hole be the one behind it?" Dox turned to Angel. "Try holding me with some energy-based method. I'll go test it near the hole."
Angel did not hesitate. Several Phantom Limbs extended from his palm and fastened around Dox's waist.
After confirming that they were secure and difficult to break free