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Its physical strength is like that of a super weapon of the Black Iron 4-star level, and it is immune to most mental effects. Its psionic resistance is also quite high. It can also summon minions and transform into various weapons and armor. It's tough to deal with!

Yang Kunyan's Crimson Lotus Platform produced many phantom petals that blocked the psionic bullets, while Ruth transformed into a wisp of black smoke and instantly slipped to the Enderman's side.

"Sir, you came here to help me, so why aren't you doing anything?" Her expression was a mixture of reproach and anger.

The Enderman chuckled, "I mainly sensed some psychic energy trying to interfere with me, and I'm checking if there are any other enemies."

Ruth suddenly realized what was going on, then gave a shy smile: "I'm sorry, Enderman, Yang and I both have wide-range psionic abilities, and we're used to working together, so we forgot to specifically avoid you! Don't worry, we'll be careful."

The Enderman nodded: "That's good..." With that, he waved his hand, and the shadow beneath his feet began to slowly expand, the darkness beginning to cling to the ground, walls, and even the ceiling.

All matter seemed to be swallowed by darkness, including the red light, the pink mist, and the tin man's psionic bullets; the darkness was expanding.

Yang Kunyan and Ruth were both taken aback: This Enderman was indeed powerful, it had actually devoured our psionic energy!

This is Wangcai's method; the spreading darkness is not only shadows, but also nightmares, so it seems to encompass everything.

Now that Shadow Nightmare Hound has been upgraded to Bronze 1-star, its ability priority definitely surpasses the three present.

Although this method is not enough to directly defeat the three, it certainly puts a lot of pressure on them and exudes a high level of sophistication.

Enemies like this Tin Man, who have no obvious weaknesses, are usually best dealt with by brute force.

If we just stick to it, we'll be able to see the true strengths and weaknesses after a while, and then we can figure out what to do.

For example, you could just unleash a barrage of spells! Water, fire, lightning, sound waves—just throw them at me!

However, Endermen can be defeated using barrier or illusion spells. Even Wangcai's Shadow Realm is a good method, dragging them into shadows and nightmares to slowly destroy them.

However, the Enderman wasn't really there to do good deeds; he just made a few gestures.

So after dozens or even hundreds of eye-like light bulbs "grew" on the tin man's body, sweeping around like high-powered searchlights, he stopped expanding the Shadow Nightmare Domain.

At the same time, he suddenly shouted, "There are others!"

Before he could finish speaking, a figure with cat ears and a cat tail suddenly appeared behind Ruth, curled up, and plunged two psionic high-frequency vibrating daggers into Ruth's back!

"Ah~" Ruth screamed and turned into a wisp of black smoke, appearing more than ten meters away, leaving behind a cut red apple.

Ruth ultimately couldn't completely evade the sneak attack; her black dress was ripped open on the back, revealing two bright red bloodstains flowing down her snow-white back.

The psionic high-frequency vibration dagger had an excellent armor-piercing effect; it could easily slice a one-centimeter-thick iron plate in half, just like cutting through a piece of paper.

That black dress was also a Black Iron 2-star outfit, capable of withstanding small-caliber pistol bullets, but it was directly turned into a backless dress.

Zhao Hao felt that his 45 armor was practically useless against these daggers.

"Damn it! It's the Secret Service!" Ruth cursed, her face contorted with rage.

The two wounds on her back were a total of 30 centimeters long; if she hadn't dodged quickly, she would have been cut in half at the waist. Even now, she is still bleeding profusely.

Meanwhile, Marina, now a blonde catwoman, excitedly licked the back of her hand: "This is for my deceased subordinates, but it's not over yet!"

At that moment, the fat man's eyes met those of Yang Kunyan, who was floating in the air pretending to be an empress dowager.

Both of them felt a sense of "fellowship" with each other, and each other was the part of themselves that was lacking!

At that moment, a single thought echoed in both of their minds: "My path has been completed!"

One sat firmly on a blood-red lotus platform, resembling an old ghost in human skin; the other was as white and pure as jade, with a faint blue light emanating from beneath his feet…

At this moment, the Enderman unleashed its power, spreading a black domain that separated everyone!

Catwoman Marilyn confronts Eve Rose, Fatty confronts Yang Kunyan, Zhao Hao and the Enderman face the Tin Man...

Marilena wielded two daggers, shifting her form like a nimble phantom to dodge the black scythe in Ruth's hand.

As the saying goes, "an inch longer, an inch stronger," and a longer weapon has its advantages. Meanwhile, Marilena constantly creates opportunities to get close and attack Ruth with her extremely sharp dagger.

Ruth's corrupting influence was incredibly effective on human superhumans; even several superhumans at the same Iron 5 level fell victim to her.

However, Marilena was protected by the cat goddess Buster, and the black cat pendant she wore around her neck emitted an inconspicuous light, yet it firmly blocked the pink psionic energy from her.

The two fought fiercely, one becoming increasingly like a cat, even growing golden fur on his body and sharp nails on his fingers, moving and attacking the enemy like a teleporting shadow.

Its other lower body transformed into a snake's tail, its eyes became vertical pupils, its tongue forked, and it wielded a long scythe with both hands, forming an impenetrable black smoke shield, providing a tight defense.

Meanwhile, the fight on the fat guy's side has reached a fever pitch!

The fat man was radiating white light, and a blue lotus leaf appeared under his feet. Most surprisingly, he had two arms growing from his back!

The fat man with four arms held a yellow gourd that spewed flames in one hand, a tortoise shell that fired continuously with a "bang bang bang" in the other, a ghost-slaying golden melon hammer that kept changing ghost enchantments and smashing down repeatedly in the third hand, and a talisman that he often used to make hand seals and cast various talismans. He could even take the time to give the middle finger!

It turns out that the fat man also modified his cultivation method because it was incomplete.

For example, this four-armed technique originated from Buddhism and was a fragment obtained from the underground palace of a Buddhist pagoda during a tomb raid. Even the green grass underfoot is an alternative version cultivated through a witch's magic potion.

As for Yang Kunyan's methods, we had seen them before: a red light shining everywhere and lotus petals fluttering.

However, the fat man, whose cultivation methods originated from the same source, was not afraid of this at all. The red light could not illuminate his white lotus body, and the petals could not penetrate the green duckweed under his feet.

For a while, only the fat warrior was chasing after the opposing mage.

The fight between the two was like a magic-immune warrior without mobility chasing a mage with mobility but no physical damage output.

If Yang Kunyan hadn't also possessed some other magical abilities, he would probably be being chased and beaten quite badly right now.

Zhao Hao was stunned as he watched from the shadows!

"Fatty, you're something else! Everyone else has concubines on the left and right, and you're asking for three thousand beauties!"

As for their side, Xiao Ruan and Wang Cai appeared, using various shadows and clones to surround the tin man who resembled the Hundred-Faced Star Lord. Wang Cai even tried to bite off one of its legs.

Little Softie is more merciful; it wants to eat the whole thing!

Zhao Hao watched the spectacle for about ten minutes, then sensed that the animated toys outside the castle were starting to show interest. He had no choice but to give up watching.

He even commented on other people!

"See? I told you even the Frenchman couldn't last long, right? Yang Kunyan is already starting to feel the strain, but look at Fatty, he's still full of energy!"

"These two ladies are also panting! It seems neither of them gained the upper hand! Although Marilena has quite a few good items on her, that old Rose is quite cunning! Both have sustained injuries..."

By this time, the tin man had been subdued. Zhao Hao pondered for a moment and then came up with the next part of the script.

……

"Marielina, I'm here to help you! You old hag, take this!"

Zhao Hao suddenly darted out from behind Ruth, and before he could even speak, his hands were already moving.

As soon as she finished speaking, the barrier space, like a wall, slammed heavily into Ruth's back.

Ruth, whose psionic energy was already more than half depleted, spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying seven or eight meters away before crashing to the ground.

Marillana's eyes lit up. Ignoring her injuries and depleted psionic energy, she lunged forward to finish off Ruth. However, the black-clad Enderman suddenly appeared beside Ruth, scooped her up, tucked her under his arm, grinned, and then vanished, enveloped in darkness.

As the darkness receded, everyone appeared.

Marina quickly asked Zhao Hao, "Are you alright?"

Looking him up and down again, she realized that although he was disheveled and his clothes were tattered, he only had some scrapes and bruises, which was much better than her own. At least he wasn't bleeding, so she was relieved.

Zhao Hao looked shaken and said, "I'm supposed to be a support! How could I be left to face such a powerful enemy alone! Luckily, I have amazing defense and endurance! I kept holding up the barrier! That guy in all black was fighting that monster and couldn't take care of me... But in the end, I managed to grab something, all thanks to Xiao Ruan."

As he spoke, Zhao Hao reached out, holding half of a gleaming silver metal heart.

Upon seeing the metal heart, Mariana immediately had a strange feeling. Then, in a flash, the heart flew into her hand.

"This..." Both of them were stunned.

Marilena held the half-heart, sensed it for a moment, and said to Zhao Hao, "It's the Key to the Mysterious Realm; it has chosen me!"

Meanwhile, the fat man sat next to an old mummy, clutching an ancient leather piece with writing and pictures in his hand, a silly grin on his face.

At this moment, the castle began to collapse. Zhao Hao supported the barrier and led the two out. Most of the animated toys outside were no longer moving.

The three of them also "unexpectedly" ran into Harkness, a white man who had returned to check on the situation, and easily killed him!

Meanwhile, the Enderman placed the weakened Ruth in a secluded spot and placed the Occult Key—half a Tin Heart—into her hand.

"Ms. Ruth, remember, you owe me a favor..." and then disappeared.

Although Ruth was beaten up and lost two of her friends, she obtained the coveted key to the haunted realm.

Although Marilena was slightly injured, she avenged her subordinates.

The fat man originally came to seek revenge, but unexpectedly he also gathered all the martial arts techniques.

As for Zhao Hao, he captured a batch of animated toys and locked them in the dream world. Although their spiritual energy could only be provided by the dream world after the Tin Man was gone, Zhao Hao was very happy to have these new test subjects.

He also obtained the Tin Man's corpse, keeping some as ingredients and feeding the rest to Little Soft.

Little Softie ate it and said it was delicious! Wangcai also got a piece to use as a teething toy!

Great, everyone's happy!

Chapter 269 Functional Beverages

In order to clear the emergency area where the accident had occurred, Colt had to send out several small teams, carrying instruments, to repeatedly check the safety of the inner world.

Zhao Hao was puzzled by this: "We're so short-handed right now, wouldn't it be better to send several teams to handle supernatural events?"

Colt could only helplessly rub his smooth, high forehead, which he had already reconciled with. "Do you think I don't want to? But those 'underworld environmental protection organizations' are observing our every move with a magnifying glass! They value every blade of grass and tree in these completely unrelated underworld worlds a hundred times more than their own compatriots!"

What else could Zhao Hao say? There are environmental organizations among the superhumans?

Since it was all Ameriko's business, Zhao Hao couldn't be bothered to get involved.

Zhao Hao has made a great haul this time, and he needs to hurry back to check on his gains.

Zhao Hao initially resisted the animated toys he captured through Wangcai, stubbornly refusing to submit. However, after the tin man was killed and his heart was ripped out, he became docile.

In fact, after the Tin Man died, most of the animated toys in the Otherworld completely stopped functioning. They were later collected by the Bureau of Mysteries for research, but these toys had lost their vitality and could only be considered as spiritualized objects.

However, the activated toy in Zhao Hao's dream space did not lose its activity. Instead, it completely integrated into Zhao Hao's dream space, drawing spiritual energy from the dream to maintain its activity.

It's like this: Zhao Hao got something into his dream, and it became part of the dream.

Unless Zhao Hao takes them out of the dream, they will be completely gone once Zhao Hao resets the dream.

Now that's settled, they've become complete slaves to the dream world, and are very obedient.

The mechanical maid Ika immediately gained a group of subordinates.

That's not all. After these animated toys were integrated into the dream, Zhao Hao began to study the changes that occurred in them.

You know, even with my own enchantment technique, temporarily activating some materials doesn't produce such good results.