The King of Qin, that guy... wasn’t targeting !
Chen Qing almost guessed it the mont he was controlled by the Youyun Jellyfish.
The Youyun Jellyfish from the Eastern Sea is a very special existence. On paper, it’s an assassin type of demon, but in reality, it’s not. It possesses nearly the strongest stealth capabilities in the second version, as well as one of the fastest attack speeds in its class.
But the downside is, it lacks the ability to finish off opponents...
It’s laughable, isn’t it? Top-notch stealth abilities, frighteningly exaggerated burst speed, capable of unleashing a burst of speed higher than its own level in a short period, and it also has nerve toxins that can paralyze the nerves and limit the movent of others. At first glance, it’s a terrifying assassin.
But in reality, the role of the Youyun Jellyfish in the Eastern Sea has always been a consumable used for covering the stealth and retreat of high-level combat forces.
The reason lies in its special toxin. The nerve-calming toxin can put the entire body of a lifeform into a relaxed state, where, even if the mind is willing to fight, the body cannot muster the strength. That is, as long as there’s no crisis present.
Once the body senses a fatal crisis, the relaxed nerves will imdiately reboot, and from absolute relaxation to sudden rise, the burst of strength in the anti can be even more intense than in a normal state...
This is essentially like a hypnosis technique in gas. Once you’re hit with a normal attack, the hypnosis is broken. But here, you don’t even need a normal attack; just sensing a crisis is enough for the body to instantly recover movent.
And the longer the control lasts, the more the opponent’s strength continues to grow. Chen Qing even rembers players from the Eastern Sea using this type of jellyfish to enhance soldiers, controlling their own forces with the highest burst strength, and releasing them directly on the battlefield. In that instant, those soldiers would explode with several tis their combat strength. It’s a purely supportive species.
If soone wanted to deal with , they wouldn’t use this kind of thing. It’s obviously a tactic to pull away from the battlefield. Their goal... from the start might have been the one who sent the signal!
Chen Qing felt an urgent anxiety, but the nerve toxin from the jellyfish kept him from exerting any strength, leaving him to wait quietly.
Either Ao Zhen catches up and rescues , or I wait for the nerve toxin to wear off on its own.
If it’s the latter, my physical abilities will reach an optimal state in a short ti, at least increasing my basic abilities by about half. But by then, I’d have been dragged far away, and I might only be able to watch helplessly as that child is taken away by the King of Qin.
That child... has the information I most want to know.
Thinking back to the last mont, that child clearly knew so information about my past life and seed to have an incredible emotional denial about my arrival here.
That raises the question: if all my forr colleagues were transported here together, why was it only they found unbelievable?
How exactly did I co here? Was it an accident, or was it preditated?
Most importantly... what kind of force in this world has the power to transport people directly from the real world into this one?
Just thinking that there’s a technology out there that could transport people directly into the ga world like this makes Chen Qing incredibly incredulous. He couldn’t help but feel that he might have forgotten sothing.
That child, he has the information I want to know!
But unfortunately... the more anxious I beco, the less I’m able to break free from the jellyfish’s control. And although Ao Zhen is tracking my trail, he still hasn’t been able to rescue after so long. He knows that the Youyun Jellyfish’s speed in water is three tis faster than usual, and coupled with its unique ability to hide, even using Dragon’s Breath Technique, it’s not that easy to track down and find .
Understanding is one thing, but accepting the situation is another. If I’m pulled any farther away, even if I can break free from the jellyfish’s control, it might already be too late...
Just as he saw the terrain was about to pull him under the mountainside of Baiyun City and directly into the lake from the Underground City, a sharp silver light instantly shattered the jellyfish controlling him!
The mont the nerve toxin left his body, Chen Qing’s energy surged like never before; the blood-activating effect after being forcibly cald by the toxin was maximized!
"Just in ti..." Ao Zhen looked down at the position of the lake: "If any Array had been set up there, it would’ve been even more troubleso."
"He couldn’t have done it in ti..." Chen Qing shook his head, "We received the signal at the sa ti. Even if he arrived a few hours before , it wouldn’t have been enough for him to set up an Array here that could annihilate us beforehand."
Both he and Ao Zhen were close to Dragon King level in existence. To kill or seal them would require an Array of that level to be prepared for over a month, unless that child was used in advance to plot against him, otherwise it was impossible to be ready in ti.
"Are there any more jellyfish around?" Chen Qing directly asked.
"They’ve all been killed..." Ao Zhen confird with certainty.
The Youyun Jellyfish were a troubleso presence in the water; it was all too easy to lose control oneself. If one did not want to be pulled into an unknown place like Chen Qing, killing the other jellyfish before rescuing Chen Qing was absolutely necessary. This was also the reason why it took her so long to rescue him.
Upon hearing her, Chen Qing nodded but then cast a hesitant glance at the lake below.
Ao Zhen looked at him in confusion. From his emotions, it was clear that he was anxious, showing how much he cared about the boy just now. But why had he stopped now?
"Do you think they would choose the water route or land?" Chen Qing suddenly asked.
This question caught Ao Zhen off guard.
If the other party intended to escape with that boy, having already used jellyfish to bring you to the lake, why would they still choose the water route? Of course, they would take the opposite land route!
Chen Qing initially thought so too, but as his body recovered and he prepared to rush back, he hesitated, because he thought of another possibility.....
Originally, there were no waterways up in Southeast Mountain City; it was only because the Underground City had been constructed ahead of ti and equipped with the unique long-distance water Techniques of the Eastern Sea that water sources began to spring up in the mountain city.
That ant the lake beneath Baiyun City could lead directly to the Eastern Sea!
Though taking the land route might allow them to shake off pursuit for a short while, the mountain roads of Southeast were rugged. Unless the other party was willing to continuously expend energy flying with Techniques, reaching the Eastern Sea by land would take at least two days, given the vast terrain of Eastern Sea County.....
The Youyun Jellyfish Toxin’s limit was fifteen minutes; having detained him for just a quarter of an hour ant that it was very likely he could still catch up.
After all, the other party knew he possessed the Dragon’s Breath Technique and was adept at tracking, which was also how he had found the child from that shape-shifting demon.
If they knew about his tracking abilities, weren’t they afraid he would catch up with them on land?
Could there be another possibility.....
Chen Qing suddenly looked down at the lake, and the next second, without any hesitation, he jumped in!!
Ao Zhen was stunned as she watched, not understanding why Chen Qing would dive into the lake, but she did not hesitate, choosing to follow imdiately. As she hurried to catch up, she sent him a telepathic ssage filled with doubt, "You suspect.....they took the water route?"
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"Why take the underwater route?"
At that mont, inside the lake, Jiang Xiaoling was puzzled. To enable him to breathe underwater, he’d been given a slick and slimy at pill that felt like swallowing a live frog. What puzzled him the most was, having just dragged Chen Qing into the water, shouldn’t they take the land route now? Why choose the water route? Wouldn’t that be heading in the sa direction as their pursuer?
"My power base is in the Eastern Sea, so whether we take the water or land route, we will eventually head for the Eastern Sea. Taking the land route would take us at least three days to return, but by water, with the help of jellyfish, we would need at most half a day!"
"The reason we let the jellyfish drag Chen Qing into the water was a diversion, leading our opponent to mistakenly believe we would hide in the opposite direction. In reality, hiding in plain sight is the best place to conceal ourselves. He won’t expect that our escape route is the sa as his..."
"So that’s how it is....." Jiang Xiaoling quickly caught on. It was a psychological tactic.
"However, given his intelligence, he will soon catch on," the King of Qin whispered.
"What?" Jiang Xiaoling was astounded.
"It all depends on how fast he reacts..." the King of Qin said quietly, "Once we swim out of this lake and enter the waters of the Eastern Sea, I will have enough thods to deal with him. He has already begun the campaign to reclaim the Southeast; he can’t afford to waste ti with in the Eastern Sea. Otherwise, his campaign in the Southeast will fall through. As soon as we reach the Eastern Sea, he’ll have no more chances to find you, and you will be safe."
"I see....." Jiang Xiaoling nodded slightly. From the other’s previous words, it seed he was loyal to his superiors, but would he really be safe upon reaching the Eastern Sea?
For so reason, Jiang Xiaoling felt...a sense of unease lingering in his heart...
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