Chapter 2827: Mental Power Duel
This strand of thread was clearly an item; the "Time-Space Hand" tangent couldn't destroy it. Xu Huo released several devices, and rotating small shields formed a defensive circle around him, propping up the thread to prevent it from closing in further.
Seeing that the thread couldn't enter through the gaps in the shield alone, he shifted his gaze backward, looking at Li Li not far away.
Mental power wasn't suitable for use at this moment, so he mobilized space power to cut through the defensive items Dou Shengnan had left behind, then twisted the tangent to strangle her throat.
Dou Shengnan appeared as expected. Her materialized object turned into a shield to block the surrounding tangents, but a purely mental materialized object couldn't hold out against item tangents for long, so she used as many items and devices as possible.
The thread storm didn't stop. After the space barrier forcibly opened a portal in the middle, Xu Huo smoothly escaped. He appeared in front of Li Li, waved his hand, and the net of tangents formed by "Time-Space Hand" swept away all the nearby defensive items. At the same time, the white materialized object flew up, pushing apart the black materialized object attempting to surround him.
Tearing a hole in the black materialized object, Xu Huo released "Professional Hunter" and several tracking attack devices, forcing Dou Shengnan to retreat from her companion's side.
And as if he had set his sights on Li Li, he filled the space around him with compressed space spheres—the other party still hadn't escaped the time power, so attacking with space power was the most effective method.
But at that moment, the active thread suddenly closed in around Li Li, forming a cocoon-like shape and directly binding itself onto him!
Both person and object fell into stillness. Seeing that the time was right, as the space spheres exploded, Xu Huo withdrew the time power, letting Li Li be blasted away by the explosion.
Dou Shengnan had been dragging her feet and refusing to leave all along for the sake of her companion, but Xu Huo had no intention of letting either of them go. When Li Li flew out under the cover of the explosion and mental power, he had already aged rapidly. By the time Dou Shengnan caught him and saw her companion, who was even older than herself, her eyes turned red, and she immediately said, "Leave here!"
With that, she used her mental power to teleport him to another part of Liujin City.
Dou Shengnan's spiritual realm was vast, and the area occupied by the black materialized object was also considerable. At least the entire villa district, inside and out, was under her control.
Xu Huo sensed Li Li being sent away and gave chase for a short distance before being blocked. Dou Shengnan appeared in front of him, murderous intent clear in her eyes, and commanded, "Commit suicide!"
Xu Huo found it laughable, but after a laugh, anger surged within him. "What are you saying?"
As he spoke, "Mirror Space" activated, directly trapping Dou Shengnan inside.
Dou Shengnan had actually estimated the safe distance. Given her physical strength and condition, she was no longer fit for high-intensity materialized object combat. She thought her position would maximize her avoidance of the materialized objects, but she never expected to be hit with such a major move.
Countless face phantoms pulled out from behind her head, as if they had always been there, or as if they had been forcibly stuffed into her mind. So when the phantoms appeared, she showed extreme pain. Though she didn't bleed from her eyes and ears like Miss Zeng, the agony caused her to lose control and fall from midair toward the lake's surface.
Xu Huo looked down at her from above and commanded her in the same tone, "Commit suicide!"
Dou Shengnan hadn't been controlled yet. Hearing this, she felt a sense of absurdity mixed with dizziness. But when she looked at Xu Huo again, her gaze became calm, calm with a resolve to face death.
The two clashed amidst flying items and devices. The black and white materialized objects collided and tangled within the black-backgrounded spiritual realm, sometimes turning into swords and blades locked in opposition, sometimes becoming shields crashing against each other. When neither could gain the upper hand, they would suddenly scatter, dissipating like mist over the lake's surface.
The strength of Dou Shengnan's mental evolution came from her years of accumulation and frequent training. She also had talent. But Xu Huo's situation was entirely beyond her expectations. She knew he could maintain clarity while possessing multiple mental personalities...
"Where is that child?" Her black mental power surged like a tidal wave, repeatedly pulling Xu Huo in and pushing him down, forcing him to use his final trump card.
In real combat, defensive items became difficult to use frequently. As for offensive items, whether they were strike-type or wide-range, as long as they didn't have one-hit-kill speed, both of them could block them using mental power or space power. In other words, they couldn't settle the fight with items.
The "Time-Space Hand" tangent did manage to wound Dou Shengnan in the gaps, but she had enough jamming devices, and the thin thread she used could directly clash with space tangents, boasting both strong attack and defense.
Items capable of toppling a city were of little use to them; they couldn't even harm the opponent. And now, the two were bound to fight to the death. So both of them were highly focused, using items and devices to turn the villa district upside down. They didn't care how many players had arrived outside, only occasionally moving deliberately toward the interior of the villa district when blocked by Liujin City players.
After about five minutes, Xu Huo showed signs of fatigue. At this point, Dou Shengnan was still hidden within her vast, ocean-like spiritual realm. He finally couldn't help but summon his childhood personality.
As soon as the childhood personality appeared, it directly turned into a stream of black water and surged into Dou Shengnan's spiritual realm. In just two breaths, a torrent rushed straight from one end of the lake. As the black mental power gradually peeled away, Dou Shengnan's figure emerged.
Xu Huo touched the time ring on his hand and drew down a surge of time power.
When Dou Shengnan saw his movement, her eyes trembled. Several petal-like barriers suddenly unfolded around her. Protected by these barriers, she not only broke free from the childhood personality but also shot toward the outside of the villa district at an almost uncatchable speed, directly dodging the time power!
"Buzz!" She collided head-on with the defensive barrier raised by the Liujin City players. After being knocked back, she crashed heavily into the lake.
The lake water surged high. Several black materialized objects interwove and rose from beneath the water. Dou Shengnan, caught in the middle, fended off the childhood personality's entanglement while mobilizing her mental power to attack Xu Huo.
By this point, Xu Huo seemed to have recovered his strength. He teleported several times to close the distance and used "Mirror Space" again.
This time, more faces appeared behind Dou Shengnan, their expressions even more twisted. But it was only for a moment. She broke free from "Mirror Space" again, spread her arms, and filled the entire spiritual realm with human faces—this kind of mental attack was unbearable to look at even once.
Xu Huo was drowned by the faces, but the next second, a massive library tower rose from the ground. On its rotating, shifting floors, doors opened and closed, constantly devouring and sealing away these faces. Meanwhile, he himself was sent out by a spiral staircase, and the white mental power instantly spread across the black spiritual realm!