Neither side was surprised by this situation. When they faced each other, Dou Shengnan crossed her index fingers to form an X. The darkness permeating Yuecheng automatically gathered into a cage, sealing Xu Huo in from every direction. Before the black cage could close completely, Xu Huo had already gripped the doorknob.
The farthest point Xu Huo could fully control his Spiritual World was a thousand meters away, and his Mental Portal could only open within that range. But under the pressure of Dou Shengnan's mental power, his movements slowed. Though he opened Mental Portals without pause, every time he stepped through one, the first thing he saw was Dou Shengnan. To keep him from getting near the ship, she twisted the power within the black Spiritual World and repeatedly cut him off.
In just a few seconds, the two of them changed positions more than ten times, almost always remaining on the same level.
His opponent was an A-class player, and she excelled at hypnosis. The longer this went on, the worse things would get for Xu Huo. After a brief moment's thought, he took out the City Sandbox and moved the piece at the center of the board to its edge, making it represent himself.
The City Sandbox was the only one of his A-class items that required his mental power to activate. Its six pieces represented people and buildings. This meant that as long as Xu Huo's mental power was strong enough, he could move any person or building within his Spiritual World. So far, however, he could only move people—and only himself.
But that was fine. All he needed was a brief chance to escape Dou Shengnan's hold.
As the board disappeared into his inventory, Xu Huo sank back into the darkness. Only after Dou Shengnan