Ji Ming had already been severely injured. Bai Xiaowen fired several consecutive shots at him, sending blood spraying everywhere. His mental power was nearly depleted, but he still gritted his teeth and held on, unleashing a combat skill—
Heart-Confounding Talisman!
A red talisman shot forth and stamped itself directly onto Bai Xiaowen's forehead. Red light invaded Bai Xiaowen's mind.
System prompt:
"Heart-Confounding Talisman: Confusion effect being determined. Mental ratio between enemy and self: 15:13..."
"Unknown interference detected. Heart-Confounding Talisman confusion check failed! Converted to a 2-second stun."
A blood-red light flickered in Bai Xiaowen's left eye. His originally black pupil gradually turned red.
The Heart-Confounding Talisman dispersed at a visible rate. Then, the red glow in the scarlet eye condensed into an invisible thread and reflected back toward Ji Ming, the old Taoist sitting atop the Wolf King!
Ji Ming let out a cry of pain. As the scarlet eye appeared, he, as the target of its gaze, felt an immense and majestic pressure bearing down on him, nearly shattering his courage.
Bai Xiaowen was stunned for 2 seconds by the Heart-Confounding Talisman's additional effect, but Ji Ming was stunned in return for a full 8 seconds!
Stun was a more tyrannical negative status than "fear," because even taking damage would not dispel a stun! Unlike fear, hypnosis, and similar effects, which broke as soon as one was hit.
The resulting chain reaction was fatal. Most visibly, the red light of the Heart-Confounding Talisman on the Wolf King's head rapidly faded! The blue glow of the Wolf King's will, which had been firmly suppressed, began inch by inch to fight for control.
"Wooo..."
The struggle for control of its body grew increasingly intense. The Wolf King's front legs suddenly buckled halfway to the ground. Its majestic, buffalo-like body trembled in