Chapter 767: Psychic Ability [Cured but Still Drooling] Erupts, Hard-Controlling a Gold-Tier Lifeform

Mary I's mental attack rang out like a thunderclap.

The tentacle tornado was an even deadlier move.

She was confident that as long as Moon Shadow's Breath was mentally stunned for even an instant, the tentacle tornado would take her down.

Unfortunately...

She had no idea how powerful the Fallen race was.

Immunity to mental attacks was only one of Xiao Xi's traits.

Unaffected by the mental attack, Xiao Xi darted through the air, effortlessly dodging the tentacle tornado.

The smile on Mary I's face instantly froze.

Xiao Xi had also tested Mary I's strength.

[Moon Shadow's Breath: Leader, she has Gold-tier life energy, but her control over it is very shaky. She must have forcibly raised her level using some kind of item. Her mental attacks are average, and her mental resistance probably isn't very high. We can handle her!]

Yu Yuan understood at once.

They could handle her?

Then what were they waiting for?

[Wolf Den · King: Attack!]

His finger flicked.

-[Diagnosis · Epilepsy]

The Psychic Ability [Cured but Still Drooling] activated.

Mary I immediately suffered an epileptic seizure.

The tentacles that had been surging toward Xiao Xi started dancing on the spot.

Just as Xiao Xi had guessed, Mary I's mental resistance was far too weak.

A dazzling white light gathered around Xiao Xi. After charging for two brief seconds, it shot toward Mary I.

This time, it was no longer a probing attack.

The holy beam, carrying a rich aura of Dawnlight, purified the red-black energy along its path before blasting into Mary I's enormous head.

“Ah~~”

A sound wave, half wail and half roar, issued from Mary I's mouth.

Water erupted across the sea in spray after spray.

Xiao Xi followed close behind, appearing beside the wound on Mary I's head where the holy beam had burned her.

She had changed forms once again, her entire body blood-red.

She looked like a yaksha crawling out of a mountain of corpses and sea of blood.

Blood Energy surged through her, resonating with the blood inside Mary I's body.

Splurt—

A column of blood gushed from Mary I's wound and was completely absorbed by Xiao Xi.

The blood aura surrounding Xiao Xi grew denser and denser.

Mary I also regained consciousness ahead of schedule.

She attacked Xiao Xi, but the moment she began to move, Yu Yuan hard-controlled her again.

“Careful. Her life energy is too powerful and offers some resistance to my Psychic Ability. I can only guarantee five seconds of control!”

Yu Yuan warned Xiao Xi, his hands never pausing for an instant.

He aimed the Rail Kinetic Pulse Sniper Rifle at Mary I's eyeball and pulled the trigger.

The projectile, wrapped in plasma, slammed into Mary I's eyelid as it instinctively snapped shut, erupting in a flash of brilliant light.

Her eyelid shattered, but it had protected her eyeball.

Before the light had even faded, a silver bolt of lightning struck down once more.

It was the Legendary-tier weapon, Thunder's Secret Contract.

It dealt 200% additional damage to all dark, shadow, mechanical, and water-affinity creatures.

Stack that with the weapon skill Thunder's Breath at its maximum enhancement of 500%, and the silver bullets' 200% attack boost against dark, shadow, and cold-blooded creatures.

An additional 900% damage erupted around the eye of Mary I, the Humanoid Octopus.

Thunder boomed, driving back all evil.

Her eyeball instantly turned to a mass of charred black.

While Yu Yuan attacked, Xiao Xi changed into her Corrupted form and flung out black mist.

The mist sought out Mary I's wounds on its own and clung to them, then began to devour, assimilate, and spread.

The Corrupted energy burrowed deeper into her body through the cells around the wound.

Though Mary I had been forcibly raised to Gold-tier, the life energy within her was genuine.

Sensing the invasion of a foreign energy, it began to fight back and encircle and suppress it.

But the Corrupted energy didn't retreat. It kept absorbing the body's nutrients and energy, battling fiercely against the life energy.

Though there was very little of it, its energy quality was extraordinarily high, far beyond what a fake like Mary I, who had only been temporarily elevated, could match.

Every time it defeated a batch of life energy, it immediately devoured and absorbed it.

Xiao Xi also felt the feedback from her Corrupted energy.

Her life energy was slowly growing stronger, and her talent, Fallen Evolution, began to take effect.

The increase in her life energy also improved her physical attributes in turn.

This steady, efficient improvement left Xiao Xi intoxicated.

Her hands moved faster and faster.

“No~”

As soon as Mary I regained consciousness, she realized her left eye was a bloody mess. She could even feel the sound of electricity coursing through her body.

In a mere ten seconds, she had been blinded.

But what terrified her even more was that her life energy was steadily draining away.

Mary I was utterly horrified.

She couldn't believe it. She had paid such a tremendous price to advance to Gold-tier.

Why was this happening when she faced Moon Shadow's Breath, who was only at the peak of Silver-tier?

She quickly realized the key reason and fixed her gaze on Yu Yuan.

All she saw was Yu Yuan's brilliant smile as he pointed again.

“Diagnosis: Epilepsy.”

“No~~”

In her unwillingness, Mary I was hard-controlled for another five seconds.

As a flash of light passed, Hogg appeared from the Loser's Cube. His gaze swept over the enormous octopus creature, over eighty meters tall, and he was slightly startled.

So big!

And that oppressive aura...

It was a Gold-tier lifeform!

“Hogg, go!” Yu Yuan's voice came from behind him.

Hogg also saw Xiao Xi darting around the enormous octopus creature, attacking it.

He immediately understood what was going on.

A feral grin curled across his lips.

“It's a Gold-tier lifeform!” His battle lust awakened within him.

“Awooo~~”

With a wolf's howl, the Bloodsucking Werewolf appeared.

Hogg leaped powerfully from Mie Mie's back, diving toward Mary I.

His claws sprang out and pierced the target's skin.

A powerful resistance met him, like a blunt knife cutting through thick leather.

But Hogg's eyes only grew brighter.

Using all four limbs, he turned into a highly skilled rock climber, sprinting upward across Mary I's enormous body as crimson Blood Flames ignited around him.

With each leap, he rose seven or eight meters.

In just a few seconds, Hogg had reached the top of Mary I's ugly octopus head.

Feeling the soft skin beneath his feet, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

His claws slashed down hard, wreathed in crimson Blood Flames.

The peak-Silver-tier Wild Werewolf, empowered by Blood Flames, unleashed multiple forces together, producing an effect far greater than the sum of its parts.

Mary I's skin had incredible defensive power, yet it began to crack under Hogg's assault.

He hadn't broken through her defenses, but he saw hope.

He swung his claws with all his might at the crack.

Dozens of attacks per second, his arms moving too fast to leave afterimages.

Splurt—

That was the sound of his claws piercing her skin and entering the soft tissue beneath.

Half of Hogg's arm plunged inside.

The Bloodsucking Werewolf's instincts drove him to start absorbing blood.

Mary I's Gold-tier life energy was absorbed along with her blood.

“Ah~~” Extreme pleasure exploded through Hogg's mind.

It was like swallowing a powerful tonic, replenishing all his energy and stamina and propelling him toward a higher level.

Bright light flashed in Hogg's eyes as his heart pumped faster.

“Awoo~~~”

-Bloodthirsty Frenzy