Taking yet another stab, Scar coughed up a violent spray of blood.
However, he finally felt a trace of strength return to his body.
He hurriedly channeled this last bit of energy, and countless crimson playing cards materialized around him.
Scar was about to teleport his spatial position to escape from this Tacet Field.
“Kid, the Fractsidus will hunt you to the ends of the earth.” Scar raised his head, his cold, sinister gaze locked onto You Luoming as if trying to engrave the man’s face into his memory forever.
Slap!
A heavy backhand slapped across his face, leaving his head ringing.
“What are you looking at?” The cards floating around Scar froze in midair.
No matter how much Scar tried to channel his power, he couldn’t control them.
This was none other than You Luoming’s time stop.
“Did I say you could leave?” This single question sent shockwaves through Scar’s heart.
He didn’t understand how this man could possibly know he was trying to flee.
He had never used his spatial teleportation ability within the borders of Jinzhou before.
Raising the Commando of Conviction, You Luoming delivered another stab.
His patience was wearing extremely thin.
He still had to find Jinhsi, look for the Sentinel, and rescue Jiyan.
Time was of the essence; he had no leisure to play games with Scar.
Pulling out the Commando of Conviction, You Luoming barked coldly: “I’ll give you one last chance.
Where is the Rover?
Answer me, or die!” “This ‘Rover’ you keep talking about—I have no idea who that is!” With a fierce look, Scar flung out a ring of cards.
You Luoming instinctively retreated, only to realize that these cards did not carry the same explosive energy as before.
Looking back, he saw that Scar was already dragging his severely wounded body, rushing toward the Whispering Oculus as fast as he could.
*Faster!
Just a little faster!* Gritting his teeth to endure the excruciating pain racking his entire body, Scar kept his eyes locked on the Whispering Oculus, muttering obsessively: “As long as I can reach…
that place, I’ll be safe!” “Still trying to run?
I love a moving target.” You Luoming pulled out the Undying Flame and a blue pistol, shooting as he pursued.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
One precise bullet after another was intercepted by playing cards just centimeters away from Scar.
They weren’t lethal, but they drained the meager strength Scar had just managed to recover.
Finally, Scar propped himself up against a half-man-tall, blackish-purple eyeball.
Gasping for breath, he glared at the approaching You Luoming, his lips curling into a cruel smirk: “Heh.
Kid, you fell for it.
You actually dared to follow me.” Hearing this, You Luoming stopped.
His brow furrowed slightly as his gaze landed on a frozen, white-clothed figure just a few steps away.
It was a beautiful silhouette dressed in moon-white robes.
Dragon horns grew from her head, her silvery-white hair was tied into two natural, elegant pigtails, and her face possessed an ethereal, peerless beauty.
This was none other than the Magistrate of Jinzhou, the Sentinel’s Resonator—Jinhsi!
However, Jinhsi’s current state was highly precarious.
Her exposed skin was covered in dragon scales, and glowing white fissures cracked across her torso.
Overclocking!
Severe Overclocking!
A line of small text floated into You Luoming’s field of vision.
[Limited Convenes “Thaw of Eons” and “Ages of Harvest” have opened.] Jinhsi’s Convene had appeared.
Just as he had experienced with Jiyan, whenever he drew close to these five-star characters, their corresponding limited Convene would manifest.
But as soon as he distanced himself from them, the limited Convene would vanish.
“I suggest you clear your mind and feel it carefully.
Isn’t there a power slowly corrupting your mind?” A harsh voice interrupted You Luoming’s thoughts.
“Allow me to introduce you.
Standing right next to me is a Threnodian creation—the Whispering Oculus.” Scar pointed to the dark purple eyeball beside him, secretly recovering his strength while smugly explaining: “Its greatest function is to contaminate the minds of living beings within its range.
With the assistance of Fractsidus technology, those contaminated have a chance of transforming into Tacet Discords!” Hearing Scar’s words, You Luoming’s gaze instantly turned icy.
The live-subject-to-Tacet-Discord transformation experiments.
Although Baizhi had already warned him about this, hearing it directly from the mastermind behind it still filled him with intense revulsion.
“Why is the Fractsidus doing this?” “Oh?
You want to know?” Seeing that he had indeed piqued You Luoming’s curiosity, Scar rejoiced inwardly.
This fool actually didn’t run even after learning what the Whispering Oculus could do!
Initially, Scar had only wanted to scare the man off so he could use his abilities to escape.
But now, he had changed his mind.
He wanted to stall for more time, letting the Whispering Oculus thoroughly corrupt this guy into his puppet.
“Let me tell you a story.
Once upon a time, there was a flock of sheep…” “Stop right there!” Just as Scar’s story began, You Luoming interrupted him with a look of utter disgust: “The black sheep, white sheep story is unskippable!
I’ve already heard it a thousand times!” The story Scar was about to tell was the very same sheep story that You Luoming had heard so often in the game his ears had grown calluses.
The core of the story was that the Fractsidus did not trust the Sentinel to protect humanity forever, and even predicted that the Sentinel would eventually betray them, so they sought another path.
“Impatient brat!” His desire to lecture forcefully cut short, Scar glared at You Luoming venomously.
“Don’t you realize your mind has already been contaminated by the Threnodian?” Under Scar’s watchful eye, You Luoming indeed clutched his head and began to wail in agony.
Seeing this, Scar couldn’t help but burst into loud laughter.
So what if this damn nobody was good at dodging?
In the end, he was still outsmarted and counter-killed.
As a Threnodian creation, the Whispering Oculus could cause area-of-effect mental corruption.
No one could escape it.
“Fool!
Once you are contaminated by the Whispering Oculus, there is no recovery.
In just a few minutes, you will become my puppet!
Hahahahaha!” “Aaaaaaargh!” You Luoming clutched his head tightly, howling loudly.
“Aaaaaaargh—just kidding, I was just clearing my throat!” Within a fraction of a second, You Luoming reverted to an entirely casual posture, looking at Scar with a half-smile.
“How is this possible?!” Scar’s eyes widened in sheer disbelief as he roared hysterically: “You are clearly not wearing a Cognition-Shielding Bracelet on your wrist!
How could you possibly not be contaminated by the Whispering Oculus?” “Are you looking for these?” You Luoming pulled up his pant legs, revealing a whole bunch of Cognition-Shielding Bracelets wrapped around his ankles.
Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out another handful of Cognition-Shielding Bracelets, selecting a few to put on Jinhsi beside him.
“If wearing them on the wrist works, then wearing them on the ankles should be about the same.
I was worried one wouldn’t be enough, so I made sure to equip a ‘teeny-tiny’ bit extra.” Scar: [clown.jpg] “You…
how did you know that the Cognition-Shielding Bracelet could immune the contamination of the Whispering Oculus?” Scar trembled with rage.
His left hand gripped the Whispering Oculus tightly as he spat out large mouthfuls of blood: “Could there be a traitor within the Fractsidus?” “Enough.” You Luoming raised the Commando of Conviction, his expression suddenly turning cold: “I don’t have time to mess around with you anymore.
Ol’ Jiyan is still waiting for me to rescue him.
Since you refuse to tell me where the Rover is, then you—” “—can just die!”