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"Are these guys mercenaries?"
At some point, Diana had climbed down from the military jeep and aimed her pistol straight at the Black mercenary leader.
But he didn't react at all.
To the Black leader, the pistol was far less frightening than the Chinese man in front of him. His attention was fixed entirely on Li Bai, and he completely ignored Diana's gun.
"Don't worry. They can't move right now!"
Li Bai assured Diana that there was no need to be so nervous.
The mercenaries' lives and deaths were now entirely out of their own hands.
Perhaps all it would take was a snap of Li Bai's fingers for the armed men to turn on one another and fight to the death.
In front of a cultivator who had mastered his art, ordinary people really were as powerless as ants.
The local Black armed men hadn't been caught up in it, but they were just as terrified. Their legs felt as if they were filled with lead, and they couldn't even lift their feet.
"They can't move? You mean... hypnotism?!"
Diana was confused at first, then suddenly understood.
She'd almost forgotten that Li Bai's hypnotic skills were at a master level. To control one person or more with ease, all he needed was a glance, a word, or a gesture. It was practically impossible to guard against.
"More or less!"
Li Bai neither confirmed nor denied it. He didn't want to waste his breath explaining spells. Talking about them without mentioning spiritual energy and Spiritual Power would be pointless.
The Three Talents Earth-Binding Spell could only bully ordinary people who relied on firearms. For a Martial Artist who had begun training, all it took was knowing how to exert power, and they could easily break free.
"Killing