Chapter 140 Reliable Embrace

Indeed, that was the voice of the fat guy.

One of Xia Xinyan’s ghost abilities is called Time Illusion, which can preserve certain images or sounds from a specific time period and then restore them.

This might be the ability to create hauntings and supernatural phenomena.

So, Xia Xinyan used this to replicate the fat guy’s earlier taunt. With his strong capabilities in insults, it might come in handy—like now.

The goblin moved a little closer, successfully attracted by the taunt she released and began charging over this way.

However, that mechanical soldier continued to inch towards Ling Mo, its grenade launcher still unwavering, firing another grenade.

Xia Xinyan felt a drop in her heart, then her body suddenly transformed into a wisp of white smoke, possessing the grenade to forcibly divert its course, making it explode far away from everyone, then took control of all objects around her and hurled them at the mechanical soldier.

The power of this grenade launcher was much greater than the one she possessed. With their current state, if they took a hit, someone would likely be the first to kick the bucket.

Unclear about the situation in the final phase, she needed to retain as much combat strength as possible.

But this method of deflecting the grenade wouldn’t last much longer.

When she first possessed the grenade, she discovered that, perhaps due to a loophole in the system, the grenade launcher held by the mechanical soldier was not an interactive item. However, the grenades it shot were interactive items, but due to their immense kinetic energy, her ghostly control ability had no effect on them; she could only forcibly redirect them after possessing one.

Even so, deviating its path by around 30 degrees was the limit; making it turn around completely was impossible, and this move was extremely exhausting, so right now, the priority was to lure those two over here to send them to the heavens.

With her interference, the mechanical soldier finally shifted its hate towards her, charging in her direction, aiming the grenade launcher at her.

Xia Xinyan went fully incorporeal, took control of everything she could around her to block its gun muzzle, but it seemed to have learned from previous lessons; the mechanical soldier’s actions sped up considerably, breaking through her makeshift blockade within seconds and finding a viable shot angle to fire a grenade at her.

In her incorporeal state, Xia Xinyan wasn’t worried about physical attacks… probably, just that her three chainsaws nearby wouldn’t fare as well. The two Hunters hadn’t entered the formation’s range, so she couldn’t risk the chainsaws exploding prematurely.

Clenching her teeth, she dashed forward again, possessing the grenade to divert its trajectory.

After this operation, her stamina was waning, but thankfully the goblin and mechanical soldier had entered the formation range. After Xia Xinyan withdrew from that area, Bai Yu promptly activated the formation.

A complex pattern glowing green suddenly appeared beneath the two Hunters, and then from the center of the formation, numerous green vines sprouted out, directly ensnaring the two of them. Even though they could easily break free with their strength, more vines immediately grew to wrap around them again, momentarily rendering them completely immobile.

Before Xia Xinyan could reach a safe zone, she simply threw herself on the ground and shouted at Ling Mo, “Quick, blow them up!”

Upon hearing, Ling Mo hesitated for a moment, but recalling that she seemed immune to physical damage, he made a decision, quickly pulling out the grenade launcher and aiming at the three chainsaws in the distance, pulling the trigger.

Then, they once again beheld the sun.

The simultaneous explosion of the three chainsaws was cataclysmic; whether it was just an illusion or not, Xia Xinyan felt that this explosion was even bigger than the previous one. She bolted dozens of meters away, even in her incorporeal state, the shockwave from the explosion sent her flying—

It was only at that moment she realized she wasn’t immune to physical damage, but that the previous physical damage just hadn’t been enough.

However, she didn’t feel pain, just felt her body growing colder, perhaps that was the trait of a ghost weakening.

Thinking she’d end up in tatters, she instead landed in a solid embrace.

The anticipated pain didn’t arrive; she cautiously opened her eyes and saw Ling Mo holding her: “You okay?”

“…I’m fine.” Xia Xinyan awkwardly wriggled out of his grasp and floated to the side, “…Thanks.”

Ling Mo smiled, not saying a word.

He had been keeping an eye on Xia Xinyan during the explosion. The bright flash at that moment had even caused him to briefly lose his vision, but thanks to her being blown away, he successfully pinpointed her location and caught her.

Now it seemed zombie bodies really were abnormal… even being tossed around like that, she sustained no fatal injuries.

Too bad this ability couldn’t be taken out of the dungeon; otherwise, his strength would probably multiply several times.

Xia Xinyan was pleasantly remembering that embrace.

She had always been afraid of pain, so when she knew she would take heavy damage and could do nothing to avoid it, she instinctively closed her eyes and braced herself, just like when she was a kid getting injections. She didn’t find this action embarrassing; it was just… did Ling Mo see it?

A bit… shameful.

She wasn’t sure why she felt shame, given that Ling Mo probably had this habit too. They were of the same cloth, so being found out shouldn’t be a big deal, but she still felt a little embarrassed.

Moreover… that embrace just now was quite reliable.

Just a little hard.

And a bit cold.

After a while, the explosion gradually settled down, and the two Hunters at the center of the blast turned into light as expected. The fat guy and Bai Yu, after regaining their composure, scampered off to search for loot, while Morning Light remained sitting in place quietly healing his wounds.

He had healing potions and, as a Holy Light Knight, healing potions weren’t against his style, so in that regard, he was quite lucky.

Xia Xinyan’s ability was a great help in finding loot, so she joined the fat guy to search, while Ling Mo stayed by Morning Light’s side to prevent any further incidents.

Seeing that he was also covered in wounds, Morning Light took out a healing potion from his space watch and offered it to him: “Want some?”

Ling Mo glanced over, smiling as he shook his head: “No thanks, it just looks serious. Actually, it doesn’t impact me much.”

And even if he needed healing, he wouldn’t drink a healing potion.

After all, there was a more comfortable method of healing.

Hmm…

Should he trick… cough, cough, persuade Xinyan to heal his injuries later?

He was a bit worried that if he kept at it, it might get exposed.

But… that healing method was really tempting…