Chapter 201: Unexpected

Long Qi calmed down now, looking at Zhang Mu standing not far away. His body was paralyzed by the huge mental power of the White Fox, but he felt a surge of energy.

No matter why Zhang Mu has his current strength, at least there is a glimmer of hope in this once hopeless situation. A second-rank evolver can completely change the balance and turn the tide.

Zhang Mu surely isn’t here to help the White Fox and the zombie, right?

At this moment, the black veiled woman behind Long Qi also looks at Zhang Mu with hope in her eyes. To them, Zhang Mu now is like an oasis in the desert to a thirsty traveler.

Zhang Mu no longer pays attention to the two of them, putting away his playful demeanor and focusing all his mental power on the White Fox across from him. Even though the White Fox cannot withdraw its mental power from Long Qi at the moment, Zhang Mu doesn’t want to risk getting into trouble if there is any other danger in this illusion formation.

Suddenly, Long Qi let out a muffled groan and spat out a mouthful of blood, which was shocking on the ground in front of him.

Oh no, the White Fox sensed the danger and increased the output of its mental power, Long Qi might not be able to hold on much longer.

Zhang Mu’s expression turned cold, no longer caring about any potential dangers in the illusion formation. He dashed towards the White Fox three meters away, raising his left hand high and struck down towards its head.

The white fox kept its original pose, making angry noises as it felt Zhang Mu’s intention to harm. Its fur stood on end as it tried to stop Zhang Mu’s fierce punch with its right claw.

However, Zhang Mu at this moment had a smirk of cunning victory in his eyes.

You need to withdraw your mental strength to defend against his attack this time.

Zhang Mu knew the consequences of forcibly interrupting the white fox with external force. Although the white fox would be seriously injured, Long Qi would also suffer backlash. Even a smaller backlash, compared to what the white fox would experience, would be unbearable for Long Qi, who was already weak from blood loss and mental collapse.

However, if the white fox voluntarily moved away, withdrawing its mental interruption, the situation would be completely different.

Zhang Mu’s previous strike was meant to lure the white fox into a reflexive response. He knew that if the fox countered his attack, he would be the one injured.

Was he trying to challenge the mutant beast with his physical body and seek death? No, that was not his purpose.

Instead of foolishly continuing his punch, Zhang Mu read the situation where the white fox was almost attacking him. He lightly turned his shoulder, tiptoed, retracted, and passed by the white fox.

His true target was not the white fox, but that smart zombie!

Now he didn’t care how much power he revealed anymore. He moved close to the zombie monk within a meter range, but because he had just seen the white fox make a move, he didn’t withdraw his mental strength in time and remained resting in place.

Zhang Mu wouldn’t directly break it this time either. His mental connection with the woman in black veil and Long Qi was still there. However, this time, whether he withdrew or not, he was finished.

After getting close within a meter range, Zhang Mu coldly snorted and suddenly opened his mental shield.

The mental shield appeared without warning. Originally intending to ignore Zhang Mu’s physical attacks and first kill Long Qi, the zombie monk’s eyes finally showed emotional fluctuations. He felt the disturbance caused by Zhang Mu’s mental strength maintaining the balance against him.

Whether you retreat or not, you will have to face the consequences.

Zhang Mu’s mental strength itself was not aggressive. He could only cleverly use his mental shield’s absolute defense to repel anything not belonging to his own aura, thus breaking the zombie monk’s mental output and achieving his goal.

As expected, everything unfolded as Zhang Mu had predicted. The zombie monk within the range of Zhang Mu’s mental shield was forcibly expelled the moment the shield was opened.

Not only his physical body, but also his maintained mental strength within this range was forcefully pushed away by Zhang Mu.

In an instant, Long Qi felt as if a heavy mountain had been lifted off him. The spiritual pressure from the white fox and the zombie monk was completely dispersed by Zhang Mu, leaving only a slight threat of illusion formation, which was insignificant compared to the previous situation.

But at that moment, he suddenly thought of something and shouted at Zhang Mu with all his might, “Quick, retreat!”

Zhang Mu heard Long Qi’s muffled voice behind him, but he was somewhat puzzled. The creature in front of him now was just a smart zombie, not a powerful mutant like the white fox.

He was fully guarded within his mental shield, with the white fox behind him not even having time to catch its breath. How could there be danger?

However, Long Qi’s voice, though faint, made his alertness peak. Now was the only chance to severely injure this smart zombie, during the void period when his mental power was withdrawn.

Zhang Mu didn’t want to miss this golden opportunity, so he controlled the Obsidian dagger and thrust it towards the zombie’s head. The head is where the elemental crystal continuously provides energy to any zombie. If severed, it would die, even one as strong as this smart zombie.

With Zhang Mu’s mental control, the Obsidian dagger moved quickly towards the zombie monk’s forehead. Success was imminent, maybe even resulting in a fatal strike.

However, as it was about to touch the forehead, that was it. Zhang Mu saw something horrifying.

The Obsidian dagger couldn’t pierce through! It didn’t even break through the skin.

Tough-skinned iron-boned undead?

How is it possible? How can the characteristics of these two forms of zombies appear on the same zombie body?

Just as Zhang Mu was still surprised, he suddenly saw the zombie monk in front of him move, and its withered hand slowly reached towards Zhang Mu’s chest.

Joke, was it so easy to break through my mental shield?

But soon, Zhang Mu couldn’t laugh anymore.

As that withered hand touched the mental shield, Zhang Mu discovered something he couldn’t believe.

His mental shield, melted away! Like foam, it melted away!

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