Looking at Levi's actions, several of them felt very confused.
Is he fighting or not?
He clearly looks very angry, but the attacks in his hands never land on Phantylia.
Every time they pass right along the edge of Phantylia's body.
On the surface it looks very intense and fierce, but in reality it does not cause even a tiny bit of damage to Phantylia.
And looking at how relaxed she is now, the miserable state she showed earlier looks like it was just acting.
"So what do we do now?"
Elysia asked Kiana and the others.
Right now she had no solution either.
She had only just learned to control Honkai energy.
After spending the whole night copying Levi's earlier method, she managed to recreate the way of using a bow and arrow.
But the arrows she shot would be blocked by Levi before they could even hit Phantylia.
And he would even look over here with a fierce expression.
Because of this, they guessed that even if they used other attacks, Levi would still step in and block them.
At this moment, the same question appeared in all their minds.
What exactly happened to Levi?
About this question, they had no way of knowing. At most they knew it had something to do with the ugly woman in front of them called Phantylia.
Phantylia casually glanced at Levi, who was just making small trouble with her.
Then she looked at the Spirit of Origin and the people on its back, and continued to tempt him using Qingque's voice.
"Go on, go on. Don't resist your true thoughts. Go kill them."
"..."
Silence.
Levi straightened his body and mechanically swung the Flame Greatsword in his hand.
During the battle, the crimson flames on the sword gradually mixed with small bits of Phantylia's blue flames.
Levi looked at Phantylia, who stood in front of him with a smile.
He wanted to kill her directly, but his body simply could not bring itself to do it.
Phantylia was good at confusing people's hearts.
In the past, Levi believed that as long as he knew Phantylia's true identity, he would not be affected by her.
After all, she was a villain, and where he came from, what villains say cannot be trusted.
But now he finally understood the real power behind the words "confusing people's hearts."
No matter what you think, no matter whether you know her identity or not, you cannot resist her power.
At the beginning, he would only hold back a bit. Although he felt some doubt, he thought it was because he wanted to play with her a little longer.
He did not think too much about it.
Until the very end, when the edge of his sword unconsciously shifted direction, did he realize what was happening.
Unfortunately by then it was already too late.
His consciousness seemed to be split into two parts. Before the attack hit Phantylia, it was his original consciousness.
But right when it was about to hit her, it would switch to another consciousness.
And both of these consciousnesses were still himself, so there was no way to resist.
Because these were his own thoughts.
At this moment, he suddenly wished he had something like Raiden Mei and Kiana's Herrscher consciousness.
If he could hand his body over to another consciousness right now, Phantylia would probably have died thousands of times already.
How could it still be her turn to shout nonsense here.
As if sensing Levi's thoughts, Phantylia raised a finger and flicked him away.
He landed on the sea surface and staggered several steps before barely stabilizing his body.
"Levi!"
Hearing his name, Levi carefully glanced at Elysia and the others from the corner of his eye.
When he saw the worried expressions on their faces, a strong killing intent suddenly surged up in his heart for no reason.
The temperature of the flames rose a bit.
Levi covered his forehead and turned his gaze away from the people behind them.
He looked at the elegant Phantylia in front of him, his heart filled with calm as he raised the greatsword again.
Seeing this, Phantylia sneered.
"After trying so many times, you still haven't given up?"
An insect will always be an insect. Even after knowing your own situation, you still do not stay alert to the problems in your own mind.
Even if you hold power comparable to an Emanator, what does it matter?
"Killing you again is just as easy!"
Phantylia waved her hand and knocked Levi away again.
The power of Destruction flowed through Levi's body, freely destroying the flesh on his body.
Looking at Levi swaying as he stood up again and raised the greatsword once more, in this state, if she wanted to kill him, Phantylia only needed to move a finger.
He simply had no way to resist.
However…
"If I kill you just like this, wouldn't that be too easy for you!"
Phantylia's cold eyes looked at Levi.
She still remembered what had just happened.
Even though the wounds on her body had already healed, they still faintly ached.
Phantylia raised her head and looked at these people who had walked right into the trap themselves.
With a gentle smile on her face, she said, "You are all Levi's friends, right?"
And the closest kind too. Otherwise he could not have held on this long and still refuse to strike.
Elysia looked at Phantylia with caution.
Kiana lowered her head, not knowing what she was thinking.
Qingque looked down at Levi with worried eyes.
Stelle stared at Phantylia just like Elysia, her eyes fixed tightly on her.
She gripped the spear in her hand, constantly alert in case the other side suddenly attacked.
Lumine tightened her grip on the Dull Blade in her hand and stepped forward.
She looked at Phantylia warily.
"What do you want to do? If you want to use us to threaten him, I'm telling you, that's impossible!"
"Threaten him? No, no, no. As a Lord Ravager, I wouldn't bother using hostages to threaten someone."
Phantylia laughed softly, "Don't be nervous. I just want to confirm your relationship with Levi."
Her eyes swept across every person.
Among them, was there someone Levi loved?
Looking at Levi, who was still trying to struggle and break free from the temptation, Phantylia gently said, "Kill them."
Levi's five fingers suddenly clenched tight.
Along with Phantylia's words, a killing intent toward Elysia and the others surged in his heart again.
At this moment, they finally confirmed Levi's situation.
He had been controlled by Phantylia.
Although he still had his own consciousness and could resist, he had already reached the point where he could not control himself.
In this situation, the fact that Levi had not already turned around and rushed toward them to kill them was already the best outcome.
"So we can only rely on ourselves…", Stelle murmured.
'Now it really was… even if we can't handle it, we still have to face it!'
Elysia could not help asking herself, "Will we lose?"
Lumine encouraged, "We'll win!"
"..."
Why does it feel like after you said that, our chance of winning dropped to less than one percent?
Shaking her head and throwing away the messy thoughts, Elysia looked at Phantylia in front of her.
Her slender fingers rested on the bowstring.
As she pulled back her arm, the Honkai energy in her body turned into a crystal arrow.
Whoosh!
The crystal arrow shot toward Phantylia, but Phantylia waved her hand and blocked it.
Looking at the arrow in her hand, Phantylia smiled at Elysia.
Then she tightened her palm and crushed the arrow into powder.
The dust slowly fell from Phantylia's palm.
Phantylia herself kept smiling as she looked at them.
As if she was saying, is that all?
"Damn it, it didn't work!", Elysia gritted her teeth.
Lumine kept thinking in her mind.
"Stelle and I will draw her attention. You and Kiana attack her…"
Stelle nodded.
Lumine lowered her head and looked at Qingque.
"You stay on this fish's back and direct it to crash into her when the time is right."
There was no other way now.
Qingque withdrew her gaze from Levi and nodded.
Just as Lumine was about to give the order to move out, Kiana suddenly spoke, "That guy…"
"Has he already died once?"
"..."