Chapter 389
Chapter 389 Tracking
Meanwhile, below, the group that was originally in the illusion array found themselves suddenly transformed into wooden sticks, shining with white light.
For the flamboyant man who had been slammed to the ground, this move was all too familiar—
Damn it, that fox’s transformation.
These guys never even entered the illusion array; they just controlled a bunch of substitutes to come in and put on a show, and he actually fell for it.
What shocked him the most was why he didn’t sense a thing until they were right behind him?!
You see, mental-type ability users usually have a stronger and sharper perception of aura, so normally, as long as someone approaches within ten meters, even with several walls in between, he’d notice.
And these guys were right up in his face. How could he not notice?! This is impossible?!
He was still processing this shocking thought when Ling Mo stepped on his back.
But Ling Mo didn’t give him time to daze further: “You have two choices: dispel this illusion array or die.”
The flamboyant man gritted his teeth and stubbornly replied, “I didn’t set up this illusion array! Even if you kill me…”
Ling Mo conjured a hammer and smashed it down on him: “Then die.”
“Ahhh! You really are going to hit me!! Can’t we negotiate a little more?!” The flamboyant man immediately wailed, “If I die, no one can dispel this illusion array! You can just watch those women below die!”
Ling Mo’s expression remained unchanged; he lifted the hammer again, preparing to bring it down on the man’s head.
But Xia Xinyan stopped him: “I’ll handle this.”
Ling Mo paused for a moment, then stepped back, releasing his foot from the man.
The moment he regained his freedom, the flamboyant man jumped up and immediately struck the nearest person with a powerful mental shock—
Unfortunately, the closest person was Xia Xinyan.
Her eyes suddenly turned blood red, and the two mental forces collided, overpowering the flamboyant man’s attack and smashing his mental fragment right into his brain.
Then his body shook violently and he slumped down.
The fat guy gasped: “Hey, don’t kill him, okay?”
We still need him to dispel the array.
Xia Xinyan shook her head: “No.”
As soon as she spoke, the flamboyant man struggled a couple of times on the ground and then slowly got back up.
Ling Mo knew Xinyan’s abilities and figured she had successfully controlled him, so he said, “Dispell the illusion array.”
The flamboyant man tilted his head and looked at him, grinning: “Abba abba abba abba…”
Ling Mo: “?”
“He’s been backfired by his own mental shock, probably needs a moment to act like a fool.” Xia Xinyan pressed her hand down on his head, her eyes turning even redder, “Dispell the illusion array.”
When mental charm abilities reach their peak, they’re practically the same as mental control; even if he’s acting like an idiot, she can still make him follow commands.
The flamboyant man paused for a moment, then slowly took out a walkie-talkie from his pocket and connected the communication: “Dispell the illusion…”
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone felt as if some barrier around them had been broken, and those monsters retreated like a tide. The blood-red sky began to return to normal, and in just a moment, the street returned to how it was when they first arrived, even the vehicles that had been ruined by the monsters were restored.
Now it was clear that it was indeed an illusion.
But it was unexpected that the way to dispel the illusion was like this.
However, shortly after, a voice came from the walkie-talkie: “Are those people all killed?”
“Abba abba abba.” With the forced command done, the flamboyant man returned to his previous self.
The voice on the other end of the walkie-talkie: “?”
Ling Mo was about to snatch the walkie-talkie when he suddenly heard, “Heh, I see. You’ve caught him, haven’t you?”
Seeing this, Ling Mo snatched the walkie-talkie and said calmly, “You react pretty quickly.”
“Not bad, not bad. I initially thought the Chicks were just a bunch of kids playing house, but it turns out they have some skill.” The other party’s tone was riddled with sarcasm.
“Well, that’s not all,” the fat guy chimed in right away, “Our next phase of playing house involves sending you back to your mother’s homeland. If you have the guts, reveal your name, and we’ll personally spar.”
This kind of verbal sparring was his specialty.
But the other party didn’t take the bait: “Heh, you can only boast like this now. I hope after this city is destroyed, you can still be this happy.”
After saying that, they hung up the communication.
Xia Xinyan immediately contacted the Chicks’ internal communication: “Bai Yu, did you see what just happened? Have you tracked the other party’s signal?”
“Tracked it,” Bai Yu’s reply came quickly. “The communication device they used is a bit difficult to crack, but luckily you stalled for so long; I’ll send you the location right away.”
“Excellent!” The fat guy praised, “Wait until I get back; I’ll reward you.”
“…Get lost.” Bai Yu hung up the communication, conveniently sending them the location of that guy.
Not far from here.
So this is why Xia Xinyan kept emphasizing the strategic significance of auxiliary abilities like Bai Yu’s.
Bai Yan and the others had also made it up to the rooftop. Although they moved quickly to dispel the array, some girls still got injured. Those monsters’ attacks were also mental attacks, and recovering from such injuries is a bit trickier than physical wounds, so when they learned Xia Xinyan and the others had tracked the other party’s location, Bai Yan decided to leave his underlings here while he went along with them.
This inevitably piqued Xia Xinyan’s curiosity: “You seem quite invested in this incident?”
“Just to save the city,” Bai Yan replied casually.
Xia Xinyan’s smile was a bit mysterious: “Is that really the case?”
Before Bai Yan could say anything, she continued, “You must have uncovered something by now, right? Or perhaps… even identified a suspect?”
So she was so surprised when she saw that flamboyant man earlier—because Eden likely didn’t align with her preconceptions.
Bai Yan remained noncommittal: “Once we find the mastermind, we’ll know.”
“What about this guy?” The fat guy looked at the flamboyant man, who was still “ababa-ing.”
“Leave him to the Ability Bureau; they’re the ones handling this matter,” Xia Xinyan said.
“Sure,” Ling Mo casually knocked him out with a single blow, then conjured a chain as thick as a forearm to bind him up and placed a helmet over his head with some mental energy shielding, preventing him from acting out if he woke up. He then said, “I’ll inform the Ability Bureau, they can come take him away. Bai Yan, you stay here with these guys and keep an eye on him while we go track down the mastermind.”
