Chapter 417 – This Is the Complete Form

“Mm…” Ye Lian responded softly.

The two of them pressed close to the wall as they slowly made their way into the mall.

The place they emerged from happened to be an area displaying a large array of bedding products, significantly limiting their view.

From there, it was impossible to see how many zombies were ahead; only a few vague figures could be made out.

The less he could see, the more cautious Ling Mo’s expression naturally became…

Walking ahead, Ling Mo hadn’t noticed that Ye Lian was staring intently at his back. A dagger had quietly appeared in her hand…

“Swish!”

A cold gleam flashed, but it did not descend.

Invisible tentacles firmly controlled her limbs, rendering her unable to move.

Ling Mo turned around, a mocking expression on his face. “So the main body just delivered itself to me? You actually have quite the nerve.”

“Ye Lian” had originally intended to feign ignorance, but her face instantly turned pale upon hearing those words.

She quickly reverted to her original form, glaring venomously at Ling Mo as she asked, “How did you find out?”

“Simple.”

Ling Mo sneered, “Those figures just illusions you created, right? It seems you’re out of options. You can only make some vague silhouettes; anything more detailed, and you’re probably unable to manage. And these spiritual bodies, they’re hard to detect with just a psychic probe. Quite the scheme. But unfortunately… you overlooked something very important and very basic.”

“What… what is it?”

The long-haired youth’s face grew increasingly sullen. He didn’t want to be led by the nose by Ling Mo, but he couldn’t help asking.

“A zombie just died at the entrance, and I kicked the door. Are these zombies blind and deaf? If you had put in a bit more effort and made them rush to attack me, I might have been fooled.”

Ling Mo looked at the long-haired youth with an expression of disdain, shaking his head.

“So what? Even if I noticed something odd about the figures, your attention would have been diverted…” The long-haired youth was still unwilling to accept it. The approaching fear of death was gradually breaking down his mental defenses.

The long-haired youth had been confident that his plan would work.

Moreover, the Long-haired Youth had planned to maintain Ye Lian’s appearance until Ling Mo’s last breath, ensuring that Ling Mo would die with a heart full of hatred.

Inflicting inner torment on his enemies to gain the greatest pleasure was the cornerstone of the Long-haired Youth’s confidence.

Indeed, who would think that an enemy who had just been severely injured would suddenly appear before them, nonchalantly “transforming” into someone close to them? This could be considered a cognitive blind spot.

Especially in such a perilous environment, where all of Ling Mo’s attention was drawn to those silhouettes, how could he notice any oddities in the behavior of the person beside him?

But precisely because of the diversity of Ling Mo’s superpowers, the Long-haired Youth couldn’t fathom all their functions.

Most importantly, he had no clue about Ling Mo’s Puppet Control Ability.

Unable to alter the environment, he had to manipulate people.

And despite all the Long-haired Youth’s schemes, when he finally risked his main body, he didn’t even manage to harm a single hair on Ling Mo’s head.

“Even without a psychic link, I can tell the real Ye Lian from the fake one. Do you think my decade-long crush was for nothing?”

Ling Mo grabbed the Long-haired Youth, as a reinforced psychic tentacle slowly emerged from his psychic light cluster.

“No… no no!”

The Long-haired Youth struggled desperately as he looked at the murderous Ling Mo.

But his main body was far too weak compared to Ling Mo.

Even without using psychic tentacles, Ling Mo could lift the Long-haired Youth like a chick.

“No! This is impossible! You can’t be entirely unaffected by the illusion, it’s impossible…”

The Long-haired Youth yelled, snot running down his face.

But with Ling Mo gripping his throat, his shouts were choked, sounding extremely strange.

“When you wanted us to kill each other, you should have expected this.”

Ling Mo glanced at him. The prepared psychic tentacle plunged into the Long-haired Youth’s psychic light cluster.

In extreme terror, the Long-haired Youth’s mental defenses crumbled, and Ling Mo’s psychic tentacle penetrated the light cluster almost effortlessly.

“No… how did… how did you find out?” the Long-haired Youth asked, eyes wide, his voice broken and intermittent.

“That’s a secret.”

At that moment, Ling Mo’s psychic tentacle fiercely sucked in!

A massive surge of psychic power flooded into Ling Mo’s psychic light cluster, the swelling sensation in his head almost making him think his skull was about to explode!

Persevere!

He had to grit his teeth and push through to become even stronger!

Large beads of sweat dripped from his forehead, and his head felt like it was on the verge of bursting, almost becoming unbearable.

The consumed psychic power was rapidly replenished, and the nearly saturated psychic light cluster expanded, compressed, and then expanded again…

At the same time, numerous light fragments kept flashing before Ling Mo’s eyes.

The amount of information he was forced to endure was overwhelming!

Ling Mo clenched his teeth and fists tightly.

For Ye Lian, for Xia Na and Senior Sister, and for his own survival, he couldn’t retreat even half a step here!

A moment of weakness in his will, and everything would be for naught!

At that point, even his very essence might be compromised!

“Ling-Ge.”

At this moment, a faint figure appeared beside Ling Mo, a slender, delicate hand resting on his shoulder.

Although the figure was both real and illusory, Ling Mo still felt a sense of familiarity…

Just two simple words and a seemingly insignificant gesture were enough to help Ling Mo endure!

The few minutes of absorption felt incredibly long to Ling Mo!

“Phew!”

When the swelling pain subsided, an unprecedented clarity made Ling Mo let out a long breath.

The increase in psychic power intensity made Ling Mo acutely aware of the difference from before.

Both his vision, hearing, and sensing ability had instantly reached a new level.

After discarding the unconscious Long-haired Youth, Ling Mo used his tentacle to give him a swift end.

The speed of tentacle generation and its power had also reached a new level.

With just a casual strike, not only did he pierce through the Long-haired Youth’s head, but he also punched a hole in the floor.

Moreover, the tentacle’s appearance had undergone some changes.

Although only Ling Mo could see these changes, and they appeared somewhat eerie…

The blood-red transparent tentacle, with a row of menacing suckers on the inside, a tip as sharp as a knife, and the ability to contract and expand at will.

When countless tentacles appeared behind Ling Mo, he must have looked quite impressive.

“Luckily, they’re invisible. Otherwise, it would be way too flashy, and I’d be a prime target walking down the street…”

Ling Mo watched with satisfaction as the tentacles dissipated, noting that only a small portion of his psychic power had been consumed.

“As expected… The increase in psychic power intensity is the most fundamental thing! My foundation was already pretty solid, and now, it’s reached an even higher level!”

He turned around excitedly to look at Ye Lian, who had returned to her normal appearance.

With the Long-haired Youth’s psychic power depleted, the illusions they had been subjected to naturally disappeared.

In fact, Ye Lian had been there the whole time. However, when they entered, the Long-haired Youth made Ling Mo see the “Ye Lian” he had transformed into, while the real Ye Lian was blocked from Ling Mo’s view. It was a clever switcheroo, one that would be hard for the average person to detect in a short time.

But with a psychic link, such tricks were simply boring…

“Ah… Ling-Ge… I’m back to normal!”

Ye Lian also showed a hint of happiness as she threw herself into Ling Mo’s arms and said, “That’s… that’s great!”

“Uh, I won’t ask what I looked like before…”

Ling Mo hugged Ye Lian tightly and said, “But… give me back my nurse uniform Ye Lian!”

“What… what nurse uniform?”

“Ah, nothing…”

“Bang bang bang!”

Suddenly, there was a knocking sound coming from below the floor.

The sound was faint, but both Ling Mo and Ye Lian heard it.

Ye Lian immediately broke free from Ling Mo’s embrace, her face flushed with embarrassment.

Before Ling Mo could take a closer look, she turned around and moved the body aside.

When he saw the small hole in the floor, Ling Mo was a bit surprised himself; he hadn’t expected the hole to go all the way through…

He looked down through the small hole and heard Xia Na’s shout: “Hey up there! Why’d you steal my kill?”