Chapter 281: Chapter 281: 182. Huge waves surge! Yuan Dongzhi is defeated!_3

Even if killed, it would be a pyrrhic victory, costing ourselves eight hundred to harm the enemy a thousand.

Now the situation is favorable, and there is absolutely no need for that.

The most cost-effective way is to improve one’s own strength just enough to surpass Yuan Dongzhi slightly.

Then use the vines to delay her for a moment, creating time to whisk Lin Zichen away.

“Principal Yuan, struggle all you want. I’m taking my leave first.”

After the hunchbacked masked person finished speaking, he quickly approached Lin Zichen and stopped paying attention to Yuan Dongzhi.

Yuan Dongzhi was truly in a panic this time, desperately trying to break free from the blood-red vines.

Under her powerful strength, the blood-red vines that bound her began to slowly shatter, covered with cracks visible to the naked eye.

But they were shattering too slowly, and she couldn’t escape in a short amount of time.

All she could do was watch as the hunchbacked masked person’s figure grew farther and farther away, until it disappeared from her sight completely.

…

Elsewhere, on the highway.

Lin Zichen, looking at the fox’s tail in his hand, didn’t hesitate at all and simply thought:

“Devour!”

The next second, two messages popped up from the void.

[You have devoured a strand of the “Nine-Tailed Fox Demon’s” life essence]

[Nine-Tailed Fox Demon Codex: 10%]

Lin Zichen was momentarily stunned by the content of the messages.

That fox-eared girl was actually a Nine-Tailed Fox Demon?

But she clearly had only one tail, and her strength was average, only her Illusion Techniques were impressive.

This was nothing like the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon he had in mind.

The Nine-Tailed Fox Demon in his mind was akin to celestial beings.

At least, that’s how myths from various countries described the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon in his past life.

Perhaps, in this world, the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon is just a species of creature.

No matter how many tails, they are all called Nine-Tailed Fox Demons.

Lin Zichen just thought about it and didn’t dwell on it too much.

He quickly walked toward Shen Qinghan to see how his childhood sweetheart was doing.

Looking at her, she still hadn’t recovered.

She just stood there blankly, in a state similar to sleepwalking.

“Han Han?”

Lin Zichen held Shen Qinghan’s hand and softly called out to her.

Hearing his voice, Shen Qinghan’s eyes gradually regained their color and her consciousness became clearer.

“Xiao Chen…”

Shen Qinghan looked exhausted, and with a weary voice, she asked, “What… what happened to me just now?”

“You were under an Illusion Technique just now.”

“Illusion Technique…”

Shen Qinghan’s memories started to return, and still somewhat befuddled, she said, “Xiao Chen, I saw many strange things in the Illusion Technique. There were fish that could fly, birds that could swim, and flowers and plants that burst from the soil and ran all over the place.”

As she spoke, she saw the fox fur on the ground, and her whole body tensed up.

She looked around with wide eyes, nervously asking, “Xiao Chen, where’s that fox-eared girl? Did you drive her away?”

“Yeah, I drove her away.”

Lin Zichen said this, but in fact, he wasn’t sure if the fox-eared girl had been killed by a punch or had fled with her tail cut off.

He was totally ignorant about the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon in this world and didn’t know what kind of tricks she might have up her sleeve.

Too bad there’s no signal here, can’t go online.

Otherwise, he could try to search the internet to see if there’s any information available.

Not wasting time thinking about these details.

Lin Zichen collected his thoughts and quickly walked over to Li Moyu and the others.

He used his voice to awaken the three and speed up the recovery of their consciousness.

In just a short time, the three of them were able to speak and no longer just stood there blankly.

At this time, Lu Tianrong, who was the first to be controlled by the fox-eared girl’s mental power, also regained consciousness and quickly ran over to the group.

Upon arriving in front of them, he immediately asked, “What about that fox-eared girl?”

“I drove her away.”

Lin Zichen said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Lu Tianrong’s eyes widened in disbelief, “You actually drove her away? How did you do that?”

The fox-eared girl, with just a glance, had controlled him, leaving him completely powerless to fight back.

He couldn’t imagine how Lin Zichen, who was several ranks weaker than him, had managed to drive away the fox-eared girl.

Lin Zichen offered a simple explanation, “That fox-eared girl was strong in spiritual power but had a very weak body. After using her Illusion Techniques multiple times, she expended too much spiritual power, severely diminishing her combat strength, and in the end, I drove her away.”

“Just like that?”

“It sounds simple, but the process was quite tough.”

“How strong was that Fox Demon’s body?”

“Felt like an Ordinary Ninth Rank.”

“What about her mental strength?”

“I’m not sure about that, but when I faced her, I could clearly feel her spiritual power was almost depleted, and she could only control me for a short time.”

Lin Zichen spoke only the truth.

However, he concealed many little details, not exposing too much in front of Lu Tianrong.

After hearing this, Lu Tianrong analyzed, “My mental strength is Ordinary Ninth Rank, and since that fox-eared girl could instantly control me mentally, her mental strength is definitely above Ordinary Ninth Rank.”

“Combining your description of the fight and her usage of the techniques, I guess her mental strength is probably at the peak of Ordinary Ninth Rank, or just entered Advanced First Rank.”

“Previously, to control me instantly and for as long as possible, she used up most of her spiritual power, which led to a serious decline in her strength.”

“Then, you, with only Ordinary Eighth Rank mental strength, managed to overcome her.”

“Yeah, that must be it.”

Lu Tianrong nodded, believing his reasoning made sense.

Lin Zichen agreed it sounded reasonable, but regretfully the reality was not at all like that.

The truth was, he had drained the fox-eared girl’s spiritual power.