As the battle continued, our side and the demonic creatures gradually entered a stalemate.
Although in terms of individual strength, the demonic creatures that had already gone insane were no match for us at all, they were tireless and endless. Our side had already gained the upper hand in the beginning, but now we were in a stalemate. Not only that, we were gradually turning into a defensive position. I was no longer able to accurately direct my Super Dimensional Strikes, and Muro's speed of casting large-scale magic had obviously decreased. Novia, who would be joining the battle later on, was still able to maintain high efficiency in battle. However, her consumption of magic and combat aura was greater than everyone else's, and she was currently showing obvious signs of fatigue. Continuously purifying the power of the Chaos Abyss made Jingle quite tired. Right now, she was no longer able to leisurely fly around in the air. Instead, she sat on my shoulder and panted heavily. As the demonic creatures' life force gradually weakened, their strength began to recover. All of their attacks were focused on Mu's green shield, which made the elven priestess' expression turn uglier and uglier.
Only now did the true power of the demonic creatures appear in front of us. They came and went like the wind with unparalleled strength. Every attack they made had a powerful corrosive effect, and the omnipresent black mist caused all the plants on the plains to rapidly wither. Originally, the magic they cast could be easily blocked, but now that Jingle was no longer suppressing them, every attack made Mu, who was in charge of defense, break out in a large sweat.
Right now, only Pandora's attacks didn't show any signs of weakening. Her energy source was the psionic reactor and void energy generator set up in her alternate dimension. This kind of inexhaustible and powerful energy source allowed her to not have to worry about exhaustion for a short period of time. However, it was obvious that she was unable to maintain such a high output of energy for a long period of time. Her body's miniaturization made it easy for Pandora to overload. Right now, her heat dissipation system was already at its maximum, but she was still close to the overload limit.
"I say, you should have had enough of watching the show, right? Do you want to help out? "
I said as I looked at Sandora, who had a carefree expression on her face. She shook her head, and her flamboyant golden hair turned into a dazzling halo. Then, she gestured to me to leave everything to her.
Sandora took a few steps forward and took a deep breath. Immediately, countless golden lines appeared in the air, like copper lines etched on a circuit board. However, these lines appeared three-dimensional in the air, not in a flat arrangement. These golden lines quickly spread in the air, one end connecting to Sandora, and the other end gradually disappeared in the air. At this time, Sandora looked like a central processing unit surrounded by complex circuits, with some artistic effect of the king of artificial intelligence.
"Now," Sandora's metallic voice rang out, "I have the final say here!"
Along with Sandora's voice, an incomprehensible wave rapidly spread in all directions with her as the center. Every monster that was affected by the wave couldn't help but become sluggish. Then, they actually stopped attacking, and stood still on the spot as though they were dumbfounded, looking around blankly.
The energy wave that Sandora released didn't spread too far, it didn't have any effect after spreading for less than two hundred meters. However, it had a rather obvious effect. The monsters that were closest to us all stopped moving, while the monsters that were further away weren't affected, but due to the distance, they weren't a threat to us at all. In an instant, the pressure that Mu Luo and the rest had to bear decreased by a lot.
"Very good." Sandora said coldly. I suddenly felt a sense of unfamiliarity from her. It seemed that after transforming into this state, Sandora's personality had also changed. Although I didn't feel any hostility, this cold feeling made me uncomfortable.
"Now, kill all of your brethren behind you!"
Sandora suddenly roared. At the same time, a bright halo flowed across the golden lines that were floating in the air. The demonic creatures that were standing around us hesitated for a moment before they collectively turned around and began to attack their brethren behind them in a frenzy!
Mu Luo and the other two who had just caught their breaths couldn't help but exchange glances. They could see the shock and uneasiness in each other's eyes. This Emperor Schilling, who hadn't made a move yet, actually had the ability to control minds?!
Mind control, this was a power that would cause panic no matter where it was placed. Just think about it, if there came a day when you couldn't control your own body and the other party's words could make you go through fire and water, or even harm your loved ones, how terrifying would that be! How could this ability to toy with other people's thoughts not make people feel uneasy?
It wasn't that soul magic didn't exist in this world. In fact, not only did soul magic exist, but it was also quite complete. Fear, Heroic Aura, Soul Shock, these soul magic had long been thoroughly researched by the mages of this world. However, when it came to controlling a person's mind, it was a problem that had been left unsolved for a long time. Not only humans, the soul of any intelligent creature was a rather wondrous thing. Their structure was rather fragile, and it was almost effortless to destroy them. Any power that could attack the soul would be able to heavily injure it. However, it was rather difficult to precisely control the other party's mind without destroying the soul. The composition of the soul was too complicated, and it wasn't something that humans could understand and master.
But now, Sandora easily controlled the minds of the demonic creatures, and she was able to control so many of them at once! Looking at how effortlessly she did it, no one would doubt whether she had the ability to control even more enemies …
If this Emperor Schilling used her mind control ability on herself, or even on Modesis the Third …
Muro and the other two shuddered simultaneously. The threat of this power was even more terrifying than the destructive light of another male Emperor Schilling that could melt an entire city!
I had already noticed the abnormal expressions of the three of them. In order to avoid future trouble, I decided to make up a story. "I know what you are worried about. Don't worry, this power will only be effective against the power of the Abyss. This is because the power of the Abyss will corrode the souls of living creatures, making it easier for them to be controlled by external mental powers. If it was used to control ordinary humans, even Sandora wouldn't be able to do it so easily."
Of course, what I said was complete nonsense. The power of Sandora's mind enslavement was unbelievably strong. Other than a Protoss like Jingle, who had boundless mental power, there was almost no living creature that could resist Sandora's mind control. Although forceful mind control would often result in many unpredictable and terrible consequences, if Sandora didn't care about these consequences, it would be as easy as taking something out of her pocket for her to control a human emperor.
Of course, Muro and the others wouldn't believe my words so easily, but they more or less felt at ease. Regardless of whether my explanation was true or false, at least it meant that I had no intention of turning against the natives of this world. In their eyes, even if I didn't seem like a ruler of an Empire, I was still an Emperor-level figure. An Emperor wouldn't make such a lie.
At this moment, this skill, which Sandora called the "Soul Stealing Halo of Light", had produced a rather obvious effect. The monsters that continuously charged forward became the victims of this power, completely disrupting the attack rhythm of the entire monster army. It was common to see such a scene: A ferocious monster roared as it charged in front of Sandora, then froze for a moment before turning around and attacking its companions behind it with all its might. It looked as though it had taken the initiative to come forward and accept Sandora's orders …
"Mental Pulse!" Seeing that no monsters would cross the warning range of the Soul Stealing Halo for the time being, Sandora raised her arm and pointed to a place in the distance where the monsters were the most concentrated. Her powerful mental power immediately hit the monsters with distorted faces. They foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground with their limbs twitching. Their minds were already blank, cleaner than a piece of white paper.
But it wasn't over yet. From an angle that Muro and the others couldn't see, a black flame flashed in Sandora's eyes. She then said in a low voice, "Soul Plague!"
Immediately, the group of monsters that had their minds erased by Sandora stood up shakily and began to rush towards their "comrades" beside them in a daze. As long as they got close, the monsters would suddenly fall into a daze. Then, they would similarly rush towards the next target that was closest to them in a daze, passing on this abnormal condition to their next kin …
Soul Plague, this was the abyssal ability that Sandora had mastered after being eroded by the abyss and miraculously returned. This ability was to forcefully inject a negative mental state into the soul of an intelligent being. This mental state had the ability to spread like a plague. As long as one got close to the source of the infection, they would inevitably be infected and become a new carrier of the plague …
I had to say, these abilities of Sandora were really too easy to make people think of evil villains. It was to the point that I suspected that at the end of the story, this wild lass who was always happy by my side would become the final boss of this book … Cough cough …
The might of the Soul Plague was tremendous. In a short moment, countless monsters were infected, and this infection was still spreading at an astonishing speed. It seemed that before the effects of the Soul Plague ended, at least a third of the monsters would become Sandora's victims.
However, just as I had expected, things weren't destined to go so smoothly. An army of tens of thousands of monsters couldn't possibly be so easily annihilated by the few of us. After losing countless cannon fodder, the frenzied attacking monsters suddenly seemed to have received a unified order. They collectively stopped their suicidal attacks and began to scatter to the sides, leaving behind a ground of corpses that were gradually turning into black smoke and a group of heartless people who were rushing around in an attempt to spread the Soul Plague to their next target.
A black, ink-like object gradually appeared in the air, carrying an astonishing hostility and murderous aura. Although it was just a black, liquid-like object floating in the air, I could clearly feel that I was being watched.
"Finally," Sandora's cold voice sounded from above, "the main character has appeared …"
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