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Chapter 1044: Eyeing It
Chapter 1044: Eyeing It
Gao Yang started. It was Telekinesis!
Qilin had pinned Gao Yang down with the Talent—the closer to the user, the more powerful its grasp was; Gao Yang was within one meter of Qilin.
It was as if Gao Yang and Qilin were on a seesaw, but Gao Yang only had one meter of plank as leverage, while Qilin had ten meters on his side. It was impossible for Gao Yang to lift Qilin.
While pinning Gao Yang to the air with full force, Qilin couldn’t make another attack or manipulate his corpse puppets, similar to when he used Statues. However, the living puppets didn’t need his control; they acted as long as they had orders.
Liao Liao, Gregor, and Ke Yo made their moves.
Gao Yang tried to force another teleportation, but it was no use.
“Aghh...”
His full force still wasn’t enough to break out of the grasp.
After all, Qilin had temporarily severed his connections to all his corpse puppets and stopped using his other Talents in favor of fully focusing his energy on Telekinesis. With the bonuses to Willpower from level 8 Eidos and Puppeteer, his will would only be more powerful than Gao Yang’s. It was impossible for him to lose the battle of Willpower.
Bang, bang, bang! Three bullets hit Gao Yang in the forehead. Gao Yang could at most maintain the Golden Armor under the pressure of Telekinesis, and only barely; he couldn’t thicken the armor.
Immediately after, another three bullets hit the same spot.
There was an audible sound as the golden barrier protecting his head cracked, and he could not draw his energy to restore it.
Poisonous wind converged above Gao Yang and Qilin, morphing into a skull with a gaping mouth. A wisp of smoke flew out of its mouth, condensing into a black needle and shooting toward the crack of the armor.
Gao Yang felt an incredulous laugh stuck in his throat.@@@@
He didn’t expect to be cornered by Telekinesis of all things so soon after they started fighting. He had to admit that he had underestimated his enemy. He hadn’t anticipated how many tricks one could pull with access to over twenty thoroughly integrated Talents—no one outside of Qilin would have known it was possible.
Gao Yang had no choice but to shift his stats to Willpower to break out of Telekinesis, but using the trick now would leave Gao Yang at a further disadvantage...
At the last second, a black gold dart crushed the black poisonous needle shooting toward Gao Yang.
Gao Yang brightened up.
They considered the corpse puppets and living puppets closing in on them—Qilin had re-established his connections to them.
“Where are Zhang Wei and Heavenly Dog?” Gao Yang asked.
“Zhang Wei went off to wake the others. Heavenly Dog blacked out. I damaged the puppet brand on him.”
Gao Yang could picture her occupying Heavenly Dog while manipulating a Black Gold dart to sneak up on him—it had been a proven method.
“What do we do?” Qing Ling took a small step back to press their backs together. With Gao Yang at her six, she could remain calm no matter how many enemies they faced.
They would win with him here. That had always been the case.
“Can you keep Qilin busy for a minute—no, thirty seconds? Or just twenty seconds...”
“Who do you think you’re talking to?” Qing Ling said irritatedly. “At least thirty seconds.”
“Right, I’ll take care of the puppets first.”
Gao Yang knew his priorities. Puppets first.
He and Qing Ling would only have to deal with Qilin with his puppets taken out, even if QIlin had access to all their Talents; without dealing with the puppets, on the other hand, Qilin could fight alongside the puppets while sharing their Talents seamlessly; the possible combinations were too numerous to confront.
“Alright.” Qing Ling agreed easily. Gao Yang was responsible for the strategy, and she would execute it. As simple as that.
“Be careful.”
“You too.”
A gust of cold night wind swept past, rustling Gao Yang’s coat and Qing Ling’s ponytail.
He sheathed his dagger and clenched his fists, eyes calm.
She dual-wielded her blades while leaning forward, gaze fierce.
They vanished.