Using the Lightness Skill Card, Liu Qiao leaped across the ground, while Lao Mo shrank to the size of a thumb and stayed in her pocket. The two of them moved in the opposite direction from Qu Wanyue. After five or six minutes, Liu Qiao keenly noticed four dark figures suddenly appearing on the ground.
The dark figures flashed across the ground like ghosts, moving at a terrifying speed. It was clear that the Hunters nearby were tracking them. Liu Qiao immediately reported the situation to Xiao Lou via earpiece.
Just as I finished tapping the headphones, a sudden tornado swept up beside me.
In an instant, the surrounding buildings were all destroyed by the fierce wind, flowers, trees and plants were uprooted, bricks on the ground were blown into the air, and scattered tiles flew wildly. The black vortex at the center of the storm swept fiercely towards Liu Qiao. The scene was like something out of an apocalyptic movie.
This was the first time Old Mo had ever seen such a terrifying hurricane. He knew that once caught in the eye of the storm, their bodies would be torn to shreds. Old Mo hurriedly shouted, "Xiao Liu, run!"
Liu Qiao took a deep breath and instantly ascended to a height of over a hundred meters.
The tornado grazed past her feet, and Liu Qiao's shoe fell into the eye of the storm, instantly shattering into pieces.
Terrified, Liu Qiao continued flying higher. Her Lightness Skill Card could reach a vertical distance of one thousand meters. However, the Lightness Skill Card required her to find a landing point within 10 seconds, and only after both feet touched the landing point could she continue flying. There was nothing in the high altitude for her to use for leverage, and if she couldn't find a foothold, she would fall to her death when the time was up.
The higher you fly, the harder you fall.
Liu Qiao said, " Uncle Mo, we can't find a landing spot in the air, we need to think of a way as soon as possible."
Old Mo had a sudden inspiration and pulled out the marble tile card. "I have a solution. I can throw the Marble Bricks into the air to make an aerial bridge, and you can use the bricks as landing points."
Liu Qiao's eyes lit up. "Great idea!"
The most versatile aspect of Lao Mo's Marble Bricks is their ability to be fixed in any location, in any way, in any environment. Laying them flat allows them to cross rivers, while vertically they can form walls. Now, he simply throws the Marble Bricks to create footholds high in the air. With the bricks providing leverage, Liu Qiao's Lightness Skill Card can continue to be used. There are hundreds of Marble Bricks, and one is thrown every 10 seconds. Liu Qiao skillfully steps on the bricks to fly, and the two work together seamlessly, allowing them to stay airborne for at least ten minutes.
The hunters tracking them on the ground gradually became tiny black dots in their eyes, and the tornado didn't follow. Old Mo breathed a slight sigh of relief and asked, "Is this the hunter you mentioned who can control tornadoes?"
Liu Qiao nodded. "Yes, the last time I met him, he was accompanied by a young man with a crystal ball and a woman with a knife. I wonder who his companion is this time."
She paused, then pressed her earpiece and whispered to Xiao Lou, " Professor Xiao, Uncle Mo and I have flown to high altitude and temporarily shaken them off. There are four people chasing us. How are things on your end?"
Xiao Lou said in a low voice, "I'm fine here, you guys take care of yourselves."
He did not tell Liu Qiao the truth about his current situation, so as not to worry her.
Xiao Lou was relieved by Xiao Liu's report. He knew that Liu Qiao wouldn't be trapped so quickly given his resourcefulness. Since Liu Qiao and Lao Mo had drawn away four Hunters, and Yu Hanjiang had just killed an equal number of Challengers, there were still five Hunters left.
Yu Hanjiang sensed Xiao Lou's thoughts and thought to himself, "Assuming there are also 12 Hunters, the four chasing Xiao Liu are likely all in the dark alley. They should concentrate their efforts to deal with the two of us first, which is why the girl with the umbrella suddenly pulled us into the Absolute Domain."
Absolute Domain is an enclosed space where teammates cannot support them, putting them at a significant disadvantage in a 2 vs. 5 situation. Moreover, the girl with the oil-paper umbrella possesses a large number of illusion cards; if she casts an illusion while her teammates follow up with an attack, Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang will be overwhelmed.
what to do
Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou stood back to back, cautiously looking around.
As the two expected, the next moment, a large number of dark green vines suddenly appeared on the ground, a scene exactly the same as the hallucination they had seen in the alley.
Hallucinations can be ignored because they cannot harm people.
However, Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang dared not be careless at all.
Yu Hanjiang decisively used his military knife to chop at the vines that had climbed to their feet. His movements were as fast as lightning, and in the blink of an eye, he had cut off all the dark green vines around him. To his surprise, the cut parts of the vines sizzled and oozed a large amount of thick, dark green liquid. The green liquid splashed everywhere, and when it splashed onto the back of his hand, it caused a strong stinging sensation, as if he were being burned by fire.
Xiao Lou was startled and immediately thought, "Be careful, these vines are poisonous."
Yu Hanjiang's hand, which was holding the knife, was accidentally stained with green venom. The skin on the back of his hand turned black and rotted at a visible speed. Yu Hanjiang's brows furrowed in pain, but he remained silent. Yu Hanjiang was always proud and would never complain, no matter how much pain he was in. But seeing the flesh on his hand gradually melting away, almost revealing the bone, was unbearable.
Such pain is not something an ordinary person can endure.
If the skin continues to rot, Yu Hanjiang's hand will be completely useless.
Xiao Lou was heartbroken, but now was not the time to act on emotion. He took a deep breath, quickly calmed himself down, and told himself, "Step back, I have a plan."
Yu Hanjiang shielded Xiao Lou as they retreated swiftly, the vines crawling nimbly across the ground, relentlessly pursuing them. Just as the vines were about to entangle their feet, Xiao Lou suddenly...
However, Bai Juyi was summoned.
When Bai Juyi uses the additional skill, all attacks will be partially halted for 15 seconds, centered on her. Although the duration is short, Bai Juyi's crowd control skill is indiscriminate in targeting any type of object—plants, animals, or humans—whoever hears the words "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" must stop attacking.
Sure enough, as soon as the skill was activated, all the vines on the ground stopped.
Xiao Lou then summoned Tea Saint.
The Tea Saint can brew several cups of clear tea for teammates, which will remove all negative effects. Xiao Lou handed a cup of tea to Yu Hanjiang, who drank it without hesitation. The tea was fragrant and refreshing, and the pain on the back of his hand disappeared instantly.
Yu Hanjiang's brows relaxed slightly, and he said in a low voice, "I'm fine."
Xiao Lou breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself, "The vines' venom can corrode the body, so don't cut them anymore. This time, the vines aren't an illusion; they're probably Hunter's card. Cards have time limits. We just need to avoid them and stall for time."
Yu Hanjiang agreed, "Understood."
Such powerful attack cards won't last long. With Lightness Skill Cards in hand, Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou shouldn't have any problem dodging them. The slashing motion with the knife was an instinctive reaction; if Xiao Lou hadn't reacted quickly enough, Yu Hanjiang's hand would probably be ruined.
He glanced at his blackened hand. To completely heal it, he would need to find CEO Shao's bug king card. Fortunately, he was now detoxified and felt no pain. Yu Hanjiang withdrew his hand and thought to himself, "I've noticed a pattern. The illusion the umbrella-wielding girl released in the domain is exactly the same as the vines from before. It's very likely that her illusion card copies and reproduces her teammates' card skills."
Xiao Lou's eyes suddenly lit up. "That makes sense. That day she attacked us with all sorts of crows, vines, and ghosts. I was wondering how she could have so many illusion cards. If she was just showing the card skills she had seen in the form of illusions, then it makes sense."
This is similar to Brother Nine's Mask card, except that his card copies the face he sees to resemble himself, while Hunter's illusion card is likely to copy the skill he sees and reproduce it in the form of an illusion.
If that's the case, this person will be even more difficult to deal with.
Truth and falsehood, reality and illusion—who knows if the next thing to appear is a real card skill or just a clone she created?
Xiao Lou pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "The key to illusions lies in deceiving people's five senses, but if we can't see anything, then we won't be deceived, right?"
Yu Hanjiang quickly understood his meaning: "You mean, if we close our eyes and don't look, what should we do if the other side attacks us?"
Xiao Lou asked, "Most of my cards can target specific locations for skill releases. I can determine the exact location of the skill release. You and I are connected via Telepathic Connection, so you can immediately know where the target is, and then you fire in that direction."
Yu Hanjiang considered Xiao Lou's suggestion. This was essentially Xiao Lou guiding him, while he would be responsible for blind sniping. If he could hit Hunter, it would be an unexpected bonus. Even if he missed, he could force Hunter to retreat, since most cards require a certain range to be released. As long as Hunter wanted to attack them, he had to be within 100 meters.
Yu Hanjiang nodded and said, "We can give it a try."
Hunter couldn't hear their communication in the mental world. By this time, the vines on the ground had been chasing them for a full three minutes. Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang stopped using their knives to cut the vines and instead used their Lightness Skill Cards to jump and dodge quickly. Yu Hanjiang was agile, and the vines couldn't trap them for the time being.
Finally, all the vines on the ground disappeared, clearly indicating that the card skill's timeout had ended.
Xiao Lou's gentle voice echoed in my mind: "Don't look at what's happening around you, calm down and concentrate."
Yu Hanjiang closed his eyes, focusing his mind intently.
The surroundings fell completely silent. His mind was free of all chaotic thoughts, leaving only the perception from Xiao Lou. It was as if the entire world consisted of only the two of them, their spirits connected, as if their souls had become one. Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou suddenly felt an immense peace in their hearts.
As long as you're with this person, what's there to fear even if it means death? They've already died once in reality, haven't they? What's even more difficult is that the other person shares the same thoughts.
Yu Hanjiang smiled slightly and said, "I'm ready."
The next moment, a large number of crows suddenly appeared around us, and their piercing cawing filled our ears.
This scene is the same illusion I saw in the alley back then. At that time, Liu Qiao used Elsa's ice to deal with the flock of crows, but in the end, he found that the flock of crows was just an illusion.
Whether it was an illusion or not, the two no longer cared.
If they don't look, they won't know what's around them. Their minds only need to focus on each other's consciousness.
Xiao Lou summoned Tea Saint
The skill "Fragrant Tea" allows all hostile targets within a 500-meter radius to smell the refreshing aroma of tea, causing them to cease attacking and sit down to drink. Crows, affected by the tea aroma, will swarm to the ground in search of tea.
Hunter needs to stay within 500 meters to cast spells. Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang can't see Hunter due to the environment, but Tea Saint is a card summon; his spells are cast automatically, and he can see the opponent unless they are invisible.
Therefore, he also fed a cup of tea to a hunter within range.
Xiao Lou, a card user, quickly noticed that a cup of tea had been sent far away by Tea Saint. He thought to himself, "Southeast, at a 15-degree angle, someone is being affected by the state of drinking tea."
Yu Hanjiang heard the voice in his mind.
They immediately set up their sniper rifles.
His sniper rifle has a maximum range of 1,000 meters. Although it is dark around him now and he can't use the scope to see the exact location of the other party, Xiao Lou has already given him the precise angle.
Yu Hanjiang Lightness Skill takes flight, eyes squinted, muzzle the gun at a 15-degree angle to the southeast, and deftly pulls the trigger high in the air.
A bullet pierced the air. Yu Hanjiang used a silencer, and only a soft "thud" was heard in the dark alley. Immediately afterward, the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground reached Xiao Lou's ears.
This time it's definitely not a hallucination.
Xiao Lou smiled slightly. "Success!"
Using the effects of a wide-range card to control Hunter hiding in the shadows, Xiao Lou uses the card skill to sense and determine the location of the controlled target. After receiving the information from the mental world, Yu Hanjiang then fires a precise shot. The two work together seamlessly. Even though Yu Hanjiang cannot see where the target is, he uses Tea Saint's skill characteristics to accurately snipe the opponent.