Published: February 10, 2025
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This man was an expert at level 8, and his speed was naturally incredible. Realizing that this was a trap, he wanted to escape as quickly as possible.
In the blink of an eye, he had already fled quite far.
But the next second, something chilling happened to him.
He found himself back in the tent.
Of course, the tent was now collapsed right beneath his feet.
A howling wind rushed past his ears, and without thinking, he raised his left arm behind him.
With a loud bang, the man stumbled forward a few steps, sharp pain shooting through his left shoulder and neck.
It felt as if he had been struck by a hill, and his arm felt like it was cracking.
But that wasn't the end; a cold wind swept in from behind, about to hit his vulnerable waist.
As a level 8 powerhouse, he reacted quickly, using his stumble to drop forward, the cold wind barely grazing him from above.
With a thought, the ten nearby level 6 monsters charged backward, while he awkwardly stood up, turning to look behind him.
What had brought this man back to his original spot was naturally the spatial transfer ability of the three-trunked elephant, and what hit him was the Silken Puppet in Yaten's hand.
As for the punch aimed at his waist, it was from the Silver Corpse Yani.
At this moment, Park Soo-young was already riding on the back of the three-trunked elephant, holding a magic staff, looking coldly at the man.
She knew that this expert had indeed been fleeing, but since the three-trunked elephant had brought him back, he would soon discover that this was not a trap at all. The three-trunked elephant was not a lifeform known for its battle power, and a deadly fight was inevitable.
Since there was no way to escape, they should fight. Luckily, she still had her twin sisters with her, and their strength was far from just level 6.
With the immediate danger temporarily passed, the man soon realized something was wrong. He looked around and saw some people who had appeared due to the noise, but they were clearly of low level and mostly injured, posing no threat to him at all.
This was not a trap!
"You gave me quite a scare," the man patted his chest, pretending to be frightened, "This level 8 monster seems a bit abnormal."
As a level 8 being, he quickly discerned the problem with the three-trunked elephant and became even more confident.
"The only ones who can threaten me or delay my ability to kill you are level 7 beings, and the nearest level 7 expert to here would need dozens of breaths to arrive, even if they rushed here without caring about anything else. That is enough time for me to kill you."
The man was clearly very confident, and Park Soo-young noticed that he seemed to have some mild mental issues, or perhaps some uncontrollable quirks, as people would say on Earth.
Of course, she had to admit he indeed had the qualifications to talk nonsense during a battle.
After the man finished speaking, he didn't continue the conversation. Instead, the hand with the eye was raised again.
The eye opened, enveloping the four life forms in front of him.
Huh?
The man realized that his infallible ability had unexpectedly failed.
Seeing the calm faces of the people across from him, he knew they had methods to guard against his ability.
But he didn't understand how they could do this temporarily; did they happen to have some equipment on them? But why didn't they use it earlier?
Park Soo-young and the others had just each consumed a Relaxation Candy.
Nono's sugar apron produced five types of candies with the Sweet Tooth ability, one of which, the Relaxation Candy, provided immunity to negative states for an hour.
Although testing showed that this immunity was not absolute and depended on various factors like the caster's evolution level, profession level, skill power, and mental strength, at least until now, no one had been able to break the defense against negative states provided by the Relaxation Candy, aside from the special roulette.