Less than seven minutes had passed. Was the barrier about to break already?
Of course, even if the barrier disappeared, it wouldn't be a major problem. This was the first time Nie Xuan had faced such a powerful Mental Evolver. She didn't even need items: her mental power could defend and attack, and it shifted with her thoughts, changing at any moment and appearing and disappearing on the spot. It was exhausting to keep up with her.
The ideal plan had been to grievously wound Dou Shengnan before the simulated arena disappeared. If they couldn't manage that, they still needed to wear her down and keep her from focusing all her attention. Then, when the barrier vanished, Xu Huo would have his chance. An A-class player—one carrying high-level items and with an extremely high evolution rate—might not be able to sense Time Power precisely, but noticing danger wouldn't be difficult, and avoiding it would be even easier. That was why they needed her to let her guard down: for her equipment to be heavily depleted, for her items to remain in her Personal Panel instead of being taken out, and for her to fail to react the instant the barrier disappeared after fighting for so long without items...
Against a player like Dou Shengnan, whose strength far surpassed theirs, this was their one and only chance!
"Dragonfly!" Nie Xuan shouted.
At that moment, Xu Huo was nearly bent double under the weight of Dou Shengnan's mental power. Her mental force filled almost all of his Book Tower space. Clashing head-on—especially allowing an opponent's mental power into one's core world—was extremely dangerous. But to buy time, he had no choice but to place the core of his manifested Spiritual World in the mirror space. Fortunately, Dou Shengnan's Spiritual World was unusual,