New Ability! Curse Mark Two!

In the sky, the Green Goblin Glider sliced through the air, a figure observing from above.

It was Dio Brook, the Mental Controller of the Demon Squad.

The deaths of Arno and Zang Ting had forced him to change his strategy.

The feeling of ease, like in other Horror Films, was completely gone.

He had to find the captain, or he would be in danger himself.

Suddenly!

He felt a sense of unease!

Looking down, a Rocket sped towards him!

His Mental Scan quickly locked onto the target on the ground!

Behind a large tree, he saw the figure of a muscular man. It was Da Qiang, carrying an RPG!

"You like to fly! Die!" Da Qiang cursed loudly. "This is a Tracking Rocket Launcher! You're a sitting duck in the sky!"

However, Dio Brook's expression only slightly changed.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath!

When he opened them again, the rapidly approaching missile had slowed down and turned around, firing back towards Da Qiang's position!

Da Qiang's eyes widened. He had considered the possibility that the RPG might not kill a Demon Team member, but he never expected the opponent to turn the Rocket around and fire it back at him.

One could only say that the abilities available for exchange at the Main God were too numerous and varied to be judged by conventional thinking.

He instinctively wanted to dodge, but the Rocket was too fast, and his body didn't have time to react.

Boom—

After a loud explosion, Da Qiang was blown away, and the forest was in ruins!

The shockwave of the explosion uprooted the surrounding trees, and fire and thick smoke spread through the forest.

Dio Brook hovered in the air, the light of the Green Goblin Glider particularly conspicuous in the explosion's flames.

His expression was calm, as if all of this was within his expectations.

The danger had never come from this Toguro Enhancement muscle man.

It was from the Central Continent Captain who had never shown his face!

Dio Brook unleashed his full Mental Power, and simultaneously notified Fu Ming through the Mind Chain: "I'm under attack!"

Just as he finished speaking...

Suddenly, he felt a strong gust of wind behind him, which startled him!

He was all too familiar with this sound—it was the gliding sound of the Green Goblin Glider!

A trace of confusion flashed in his mind, because his Mental Scan should have been able to detect any approaching object. How had the other party approached him so silently?

If his ears hadn't been sharp, he would have definitely been caught off guard by the sneak attack.

"Mental Shielding?!" His heart sank as he realized he might have fallen into the opponent's trap.

The Central Continent Team had a Mental Controller!

When the Demon Team appeared, the other party had clearly deliberately exposed information to make them lower their guard.

Dio Brook didn't hesitate for a moment, quickly pulling out a transparent Blue Shield.

He quickly turned his head and raised the shield!

An enlarged transparent Shield Projection instantly generated in front of the shield!

Just then, a woman on a Green Goblin Glider appeared in Dio Brook's line of sight.

Meng Yao's hands had already transformed into fleshy strips, with two sharp blades at the tips!

"Clang, clang, clang!"

Her blades struck the Light Energy Defense Shield's projection, emitting a harsh grinding sound!

"Clang, clang, clang!"

The rain of blows made Dio Brook's eyebrows twitch!

He could clearly see that the cracks on the shield were getting bigger and bigger!

This was a Light Energy Defense Shield worth seven thousand Reward Points and a C-rank Side Quest!

How could it crack so quickly under the opponent's attack?!

An even more terrifying thought arose in his mind.

Could this woman have reached Genetic Lock Stage 3, plus Parasite Beast Enhancement B-rank or higher?

And did she also possess Mental Shielding, making her a Mental Controller?

How was this possible?!

He quickly used the Mind Chain ability to share the scene on his side with Fu Ming.

However, the simultaneous view was fleeting. Dio Brook had to focus all his attention on using the skill that had cost him the most Reward Points to save his life!

With a sharp sound of shattering glass, the Light Energy Defense Shield in front of Dio Brook finally couldn't withstand Meng Yao's relentless barrage of attacks. Cracks spread rapidly, and eventually, the entire shield exploded like broken glass.

In that instant, Dio Brook seemed stunned. His expression froze, and a hint of terror flashed in his eyes.

However, at that very moment, Meng Yao's actions also suddenly stopped.

Her eyes showed a trace of confusion, but it was quickly replaced by a colder determination.

She surprisingly turned and, piloting the Green Goblin Glider, headed towards Da Qiang, who was watching from the ground. This caused Da Qiang's pupils to contract sharply.

Da Qiang instantly understood what this Demon Squad member's ability was!

Mental Control!

The mentally controlled Meng Yao had become a machine without emotion, knowing only how to kill!

But knowing the opponent's ability and dealing with it were two different things.

Da Qiang didn't have a second to think. His body instinctively reacted, sprinting towards the underground river where the Covenant was hidden.

Team member Tian Liangcai has died. One crew member lost. All members deducted 100 Reward Points!

Team member Nanzawa Han has died. One crew member lost. All members deducted 100 Reward Points!

Team member Lai Yue...

Team member Fang Min...

Several notification sounds roused Fang Yu.

He realized that these four team members were the "companions" who had accompanied him through one or more Horror Films, also inside the Wine Jar.

It seemed things had progressed to the point where Meng Yao no longer cared about those few C-rank Side Quests?

He forced his eyes open and immediately heard a scream!

"Ah!"

Daniels was so scared she fell on her backside. She pointed at Fang Yu, "You, your eyes!"

Zhang Jie, who was beside her, looked at Fang Yu's Two-Tomoe Sharingan and quickly explained, "This, this is just, just a mutation! It's nothing, just a little redder!"

"Is, is he really not, not a demon?" Daniels said, glancing at the lump of flesh growing on Fang Yu's back. In fact, she had wanted to ask about this for a long time.

On Fang Yu's back, a deformed lump of flesh protruded abruptly. Its existence completely defied the natural form of the human body.

This lump of flesh emitted a nauseating stench, as if a piece of rotten meat had been abandoned in a damp, dark corner, absorbing filth and decay over the years.

The color of the lump was an unsettling dark brown, its surface covered with a greasy mucus, making it appear particularly slick and disgusting in the dim light.

On the surface of the lump, many coarse, green hairs were scattered, growing disorderly, like weeds forcefully squeezed out of rotten soil, giving a feeling of wildness and impurity.

Even more unsettling was that the lump was covered in large and small wrinkles, layered upon each other, like the marks left on old leather after being casually kneaded.

Between these wrinkles, some tiny holes were vaguely visible, from which a pale yellow pus occasionally oozed, as if this lump of flesh hid some source of decay within.

As Fang Yu moved, this lump of flesh seemed to have a life of its own. It subtly wriggled, as if breathing...

Yet, Fang Yu did not feel uncomfortable because of the thing growing on his back.

Instead, he shouted inwardly with a look of joy:

Synchronization Ability!

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