Mind Maze shattered: the collapse of the Royal Guard's defensive line

Neferpitou lay on the ground, black blood gushing from the wound in its back. The devastating damage to its mental core left it without even the strength to lift a claw, and for the first time, despair appeared in its crimson eyes. It was one of Meruem's Royal Guards, possessed seemingly deathless regenerative powers, and stood among the Chimera Ants' strongest fighters. Yet now, at a human's hands, it felt the terror of death. "No... I can't die... I have to protect the King..." Neferpitou murmured weakly. Doctor Blythe's Nen continued working frantically, but it could barely keep it alive, unable to heal the damage to its mind. Shaiapouf looked at the trapped Youpi, the dying Neferpitou, and Lin Ye, who was about to deliver the killing blow. A vicious glint flashed in his eyes. He knew ordinary mental attacks and tactics were useless now. He had to play his trump card-Mind Maze-and drag Lin Ye into a mental illusion to buy time for Meruem. "Lin Ye, do you think you've won?" Shaiapouf's voice turned eerie. Pale purple psychic Nen radiated from his butterfly wings, blanketing the entire battlefield like mist. "Fall into my Mind Maze and drown forever in endless fear!" In an instant, the scene before Lin Ye changed. The Ant Nest, the battlefield, and his companions all vanished, replaced by a pitch-black space. Countless illusory figures appeared within it-humans devoured by Chimera Ants, Kite suffering with his arm severed, Gon and Killua sinking into despair. Everyone he cared about and every painful scene intertwined into a terrifying mental illusion that relentlessly eroded his will. This was Shaiapouf's strongest ability. It could read an enemy's deepest fears and create an inescapable Mind Maze. Even a top-tier Nen user who fell into it would remain trapped forever, until their