The awakened one jumped in fright and tried to break free from Duanmu Qing's grip.
But then he heard Duanmu Qing whisper softly into his ear.
"Is this your ability? Body control?"
What?
How did he know what my ability was?
The awakened one broke out in a cold sweat. He had never told anyone what his ability was.
That was right—his ability was indeed to control other people's bodies.
Moreover, he could control up to two people.
However, activating the control ability took time. After controlling the first person, if he wanted to control a second, he had to wait another ten minutes.
Ten minutes might not seem like a long time.
But in battle, the situation could change in an instant. Sometimes, ten minutes were enough to end an entire fight.
If he had stalled for time earlier, then as long as he dragged things out for ten minutes, he could control another person.
Then it would be three against one, and he would have the advantage.
In the end, Xia Yun's sudden outburst had exceeded his expectations. Then, in a moment of carelessness, she had snatched Deng Tao away.
But...
Seeing that his plan had been exposed, the awakened one suddenly sneered. "So what if you know? Even if it isn't an ability where one life pays for another, I can still take him with me before I die."
"As long as someone is human, once their heart stops beating, how long can they live?"
Low-level Contract Anomalists, though they had contracted anomalous entities and had their bodies tempered by anomalous energy, were still more human than anything else. They still possessed many weaknesses and vital points.
If their vital points were truly damaged, they would still die.
What made Contract Anomalists difficult to deal with was