Mountain Demon Leader, the Judge's Abilities

Upon hearing Lin Yu's sudden words, everyone in the escort team turned around.

Yue Zhenqiao was even more shocked upon hearing this. "What did you say? How could they start attacking again? Weren't they just terrified not long ago?"

If it were at the beginning, upon hearing Lin Yu suddenly say this, Yue Zhenqiao would definitely have been very skeptical, thinking it was nonsense, since the mountain demons on both sides showed no unusual activity or signs at the moment.

But after seeing what Li Nian did just now...

Yue Zhenqiao naturally trusted Lin Yu, who was traveling with Li Nian, a bit more.

Lin Yu then immediately provided a reasonable reason that was convincing enough to Yue Zhenqiao.

"Because a particularly large one is coming, rushing towards us from behind the ridge on the right rear... it will probably arrive in just a few breaths at most."

Yue Zhenqiao was greatly shocked when he heard this.

"Even the Mountain Demon Leader has appeared?! Form ranks! All horses halt and gather, prepare to meet the enemy!"

All the bodyguards' expressions Cataclysm drastically, and they began to form a battle formation again, preparing to fight the Yaomo.

However, this time the formation was more conservative than the last one—they almost formed an Iron Bucket Formation by surrounding the weapons in concentric circles around the three large escort wagons.

Just as the bodyguards lined up, as if to confirm that Lin Yu's words were true, an unprecedentedly loud and resonant cry of a mountain demon rang out from the nearby mountains on the right.

"Hah--!"

Then, hundreds of mandrills roared in unison, their voices so loud they almost shook the mountain rocks.

On the bare, reddish-brown mountain rocks, a boulder the size of a round table for ten people flew out and fell like a cannonball, crashing onto the road near the caravan.

"Bang!"

Although the boulder was slightly off-target, the violent tremor it caused upon landing still sent many of the bodyguards staggering.

Especially the bodyguards who were injured earlier, many of them fell directly to the ground, dazed and confused, and unable to get up for a while.

Then, from the direction from which the boulder had come, a giant mandrill, at least three times the size of the other mandrills, leaped out, wielding a huge Stone Club.

"Hmph!"

The giant mandrill roared again, and with this roar, all the mandrills that had followed and feared him all the way seemed to be inspired and their fighting spirit was rekindled, and they all cried out in unison once more.

The mandrills roared as they charged toward the convoy.

Yue Zhenqiao's face was bloodshot as he roared, "A bunch of beasts, they've all gone mad—they want to fight us to the death, then let's fight them! Let these beasts know how powerful we are!"

These words also gave some encouragement to the escorts. "I understand!"

After Yue Zhenqiao finished speaking, he couldn't help but glance in Li Nian's direction.

Lin Yu also looked at Li Nian: "Can the big one be killed instantly?"

"It won't even last a second. It'll probably be turned into Dumplings filling before it even reaches the range of its ability," Li Nian said casually, showing off her Utility knife and pushing it out piece by piece. "But if you have a way to restrain the smaller one, I can grind the big one down piece by piece."

Having been impressed by Li Nian's professional skills and remaining silent until now, Fei Dao finally couldn't hold back any longer. "How long are you going to sharpen this knife to kill something that big?!"

In Fei Dao's opinion, even if the knife were stuck entirely into a "vital point," it probably wouldn't do any good!

Li Nian curled her lip. "What else can we do? Rely on these NPCs?"

"They've already started saying things like 'Let's fight them to the death'... But any reliable guy wouldn't say something like that before the fight even starts."

Lin Yu looked at Li Nian, shrugged, and said, "Alright, I'll handle the big ones."

He knew that although Li Nian might not be able to instantly kill the Mountain Demon Leader and dealing with it might be a bit tricky, it definitely wouldn't be so difficult as to need to use a knife to sharpen it.

She was trying to impress her employer.

Of course, Lin Yu originally planned to deal with the Mountain Demon Leader himself.

However, he didn't intend to do it alone—although Lin Yu could do it, he didn't want to reveal too much.

It would be best to deal with this big guy using methods consistent with "Zhu Ming's " character and abilities.

Therefore, Lin Yu spoke again.

"Of course, I can't handle it myself... at least not quickly. To prevent the caravan from suffering too many losses, I'll need the two of you to help me."

As Lin Yu spoke, Fei Dao quickly interjected, "Just tell me what you need."

"Control that guy for a while, not too long, just a few seconds... no, just one second."

Lin Yu pointed at the Mountain Demon Leader and said.

At this moment, the mandrill leader had reached the front of the group. He raised his Stone Club and brought it down, causing several bodyguards to scream, cough up blood, and fall to the ground.

Fei Dao's expression turned solemn. "Okay... that's fine!"

He turned around and took out two cards from his pocket.

"Also... get me a Bow and Arrows."

"No problem."

As soon as Li Nian finished speaking, she handed Lin Yu a Hunting Bow and a quiver.

Lin Yu stared at Li Nian in shock.

"You're too fast!"

He had barely finished speaking when Li Nian had already stolen everything!

Li Nian shrugged and pointed to a bodyguard lying on the ground in front of her. "He's already down anyway, it's just a quick fix."

Lin Yu once again admired Li Nian's professional abilities.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Fei Dao also spoke.

"I'm all set now."

As a "referee" and a "Tier 2" individual, even though most of the Fei Dao ' [Item] are destroyed, the throwing knife still retains its own "Profession" abilities and [Profession Item] and [Professional Item].

Lin Yu was quite certain that this was precisely why he was able to create the situation that allowed the Mountain Demon Leader to be controlled.

It doesn't even require [Professional Item].

The initial ability of the "Referee" is to "formulate a simple prohibition that takes effect immediately on everyone within the area," including prohibiting the use of a certain type of [Item], limiting a certain activity area, and so on.

The referee's two Tier 1 [Profession Item] are the [whistle] and the [Penalty Card]!

The function of [Whistle] is to nullify a currently active or activated effect or ability.

The function of the [Penalty Card] is to randomly show a "Red Card" or "yellow card" to the target.

A "Red Card" will immediately knock the target back, while a "yellow card" will temporarily immobilize the target.

Without a doubt, both of them are indeed highly effective in "controlling the body"!

Lin Yu could easily guess why "Fei Dao" had become so flustered after losing his fixed teammates.

Because he must have deliberately positioned himself as an extreme "controller," he is prone to falling into a "lack of lethality" situation once he loses the support of others.

As the mandrill raised its Stone Club high again, the Fei Dao activated its [Penalty Card].

"Foul!"

Fei Dao shouted and raised the [Penalty Card] in his hand, after which the yellow card appeared.

The mandrill froze in place.

Lin Yu also let out a long sigh.

"Very good..."

He drew the Gong Xian and nocked all the arrows.

Then...

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The Gong Xian twanged like the sound of a zither, and three arrows were fired in quick succession, aimed straight at the Mountain Demon Leader's body!