High in the sky, a Green Goblin Glider cut across the heavens as a figure looked down from above.
He was Dio Brook, the Mental Controller of the Demon Squad.
Arno and Zang Ting's deaths had forced him to change his approach.
The ease with which he had handled things in other Horror Films was gone.
He had to find the captain, or he would be in danger too.
Suddenly!
He sensed that something was wrong!
Looking down, he saw a rocket speeding toward him!
His Mental Scan swiftly locked onto the target on the ground!
Behind a large tree, he spotted a burly man carrying a rocket launcher—it was Da Qiang!
"Like flying, huh? Die!" Da Qiang cursed loudly. "This is a Tracking Rocket Launcher! Up in the air, you're nothing but a target!"
Yet Dio Brook's expression only changed slightly.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath!
When he opened them again, the incoming missile actually slowed down, turned around, and flew straight back toward Da Qiang!
Da Qiang's eyes widened. He had considered that the rocket launcher might fail to kill a Demon Team member, but he had never imagined his opponent could turn the rocket around and send it back at him.
There were simply too many strange abilities available from the Main God. Conventional reasoning was completely useless.
He instinctively tried to dodge, but the rocket was too fast, and his body had yet to react.
Boom—
After a deafening blast, Da Qiang was sent flying, and the forest was left in ruins!
The explosion's Havok uprooted the surrounding trees, while flames and thick smoke spread through the forest.
Dio Brook hovered in the air, the glow of his Green Goblin Glider especially conspicuous amid the fiery blast.
His expression remained calm, as though everything had gone exactly as he expected.
The danger had never come from that muscle-bound man with Toguro Enhancement.
It came from the Central Continent Captain, who had yet to show himself!
Dio Brook unleashed his Mental Power and simultaneously notified Fu Ming through the Mind Chain. "I've been attacked!"
No sooner had he spoken
than he suddenly heard a fierce gust behind him, startling him!
He knew that sound all too well—it was the gliding sound of a Green Goblin Glider!
A trace of confusion flashed through his mind. His Mental Scan should have detected anything approaching him. How had the other party gotten so close without a sound?
If not for his sharp hearing, he would never have been able to react to the sneak attack.
Mental Shielding?! His heart sank as he realized that he might have fallen into the other side's trap.
The Central Continent Team had a Mental Controller!
When the Demon Team had appeared, the other side had clearly revealed information on purpose to make them lower their guard.
Dio Brook did not hesitate for a moment. He swiftly pulled out a transparent blue shield.
He hurriedly turned and raised the shield!
An enlarged transparent Shield Projection instantly formed in front of it!
At that moment, a woman standing on a Green Goblin Glider entered Dio Brook's sight.
Meng Yao's hands had transformed into strips of flesh, each tipped with a sharp blade!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Her blades slashed against the Light Energy Defense Shield's projection, producing piercing scraping sounds!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The rain-like barrage of blows made Dio Brook's brows twitch violently!
He could clearly see the cracks in the shield growing larger and larger!
This was a Light Energy Defense Shield worth seven thousand Reward Points and one C-rank Side Quest!
And it had developed cracks so quickly under her attacks!?
An even more terrifying thought arose in his heart.
Could this woman have already reached Genetic Lock Stage 3, with Parasite Beast Enhancement B-rank or higher?
And possessed Mental Shielding as well, making her a Mental Controller?
How was that possible!?
He hurriedly used the Mind Chain's ability to share what he was seeing with Fu Ming.
But the shared view lasted only an instant. Dio Brook had to focus completely on using the skill that had cost him the most Reward Points to save his life!
With a sharp sound like shattering glass, the Light Energy Defense Shield before Dio Brook finally gave out beneath Meng Yao's storm-like assault. Cracks rapidly spread across it, and the entire shield exploded like shattered glass.
In that instant, Dio Brook seemed frozen with fear. His expression stiffened, and a flash of terror appeared in his eyes.
Yet at that moment, Meng Yao's hands suddenly stopped moving as well.
A hint of confusion showed in her eyes, but it was quickly replaced by an even colder resolve.
She turned and drove her Green Goblin Glider toward Da Qiang, who was watching the show on the ground, making his pupils contract sharply.
Da Qiang instantly understood this Demon Team member's ability!
Mental Control!
The mentally controlled Meng Yao had become an emotionless machine that knew only slaughter!
But knowing an opponent's ability and countering it were two different things.
Da Qiang did not have even half a second to think. His body reacted instinctively, and he sprinted toward the Underground Dark River where the Covenant was hidden.
Team Member Tian Liangcai has died. Crewmate count reduced by one. All members lose 100 Reward Points! Team Member Nanzawa Han has died. Crewmate count reduced by one. All members lose 100 Reward Points! Team Member Lai Yue. Team Member Fang Min.
Several notification sounds woke Fang Yu.
He realized that these four team members were the "companions" who had been in the wine jar with him through one or several Horror Films.
So things had reached the point where Meng Yao no longer cared about those few C-rank Side Quests?
He forced his eyes open, only to hear a scream beside him!
"Ah!"
Daniels dropped onto the ground in fright, pointing at Fang Yu. "Y-you, your eyes!"
Zhang Jie hurriedly explained as he looked at Fang Yu's Two-Tomoe Sharingan. "Th-this, this is just... just a mutation! It's nothing, only a little red!"
"He... he really isn't... isn't a demon?" Daniels asked, glancing at the chunk of flesh growing from Fang Yu's back. She had wanted to ask that for a long time.
A grotesque chunk of flesh bulged abruptly from Fang Yu's back, its existence completely defying the natural form of a human body.
The chunk of flesh emitted a nauseatingly fishy stench, like a piece of rotten meat abandoned in a damp, dark corner, absorbing filth and decay year after year.
It was an unsettling dark brown, its surface covered in a greasy layer of mucus that made it look especially wet and disgusting in the dim light.
Many coarse green hairs were scattered across its surface, growing in disorder like weeds forcibly pushing out of decaying soil, giving it a wild and unclean appearance.
Even more unsettling, the chunk of flesh was covered in folds of all sizes, layered atop one another like marks left on old leather after it had been casually kneaded.
Between those folds, tiny holes could vaguely be seen, occasionally oozing pale yellow pus, as though some source of decay were hidden inside the chunk of flesh.
As Fang Yu moved, the chunk of flesh seemed to possess a life of its own, squirming faintly as though it were breathing.
Yet Fang Yu felt no discomfort at all over the thing growing from his back.
Instead, his face lit up with joy as he shouted inwardly:
"Synchronization Ability!"
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