[Ghost Shadow Following]!

This unique ability of the [Ghost Compendium] allows Wu Liang to swap positions with his Fierce Ghost Minions under any circumstances, even if they are not in the same space.

Before entering the Heavenly Mountain Range, Wu Liang had already left the Tower Ghost outside the mountain range, as it couldn't provide direct combat power.

This was precisely to ensure he could escape the Heavenly Mountain Range in case of special circumstances.

Yes, from the very beginning, Wu Liang never fully trusted Ah Yimu's words!

He never hesitated to speculate about a person's inner thoughts with the most malicious intentions, especially after witnessing [Ghost Valley] using people to make so many Supernatural Objects.

"A backup plan? Interesting, but even if I fell this time, you still wouldn't be able to rescue your Master from that cave, it's her fate now!" said the [Pioneer] with a cold laugh.

After speaking, he glanced at the other lookout companion lying unconscious on the ground not far away.

That Utopia member was also his consciousness host, but Wu Liang had knocked him out, so he couldn't successfully transfer his consciousness to another body.

"Want to run? Did you ask me first?"

The moment Wu Liang noticed [Pioneer's] small movement, he vanished from sight.

After all, once he left the Heavenly Mountain Range, especially that eerie cave and the time-flow-distorted Taohua Village, he and his Fierce Ghost Minions returned to their peak state.

No longer restricted by the weak body from five years ago, Wu Liang could now easily defeat a City-Destroying Level Fierce Ghost!

Squelch——

In the blink of an eye, with the sound of blood spraying as muscles and bones separated, a severed arm fell to the ground like discarded trash.

Only when the pain surged along with the blood gushing like a fountain from his arm did [Pioneer] realize his hand holding the Ruby had been severed by Wu Liang.

At this moment, a hand pressed coldly against [Pioneer's] head from behind and said, "I'm going to chop you up and take you to kneel and apologize to my mom."

"Oh? Then give it a try?"

Despite losing a hand, [Pioneer] showed no sign of panic and calmly used his tongue to push the pill embedded in his teeth, swallowing it down his throat without a trace.

Soon after, the eyes of this body began to lose focus, and this familiar feeling made Wu Liang feel something was amiss.

The situation now was similar to when he was in the Capital City official headquarters, when [Pioneer's] control over Ren Tao's consciousness was exposed, and he planned to transfer his consciousness to another body to escape.

Even though he had destroyed all of the guy's consciousness clones at that time.

But now, three months had passed since then, allowing him to find some more bodies to implant his consciousness into was reasonable.

"Goodbye, Wu Liang. I hope you always remain this cautious," [Pioneer] said with his usual mocking smile.

Yet underneath his teasing gaze lay a strange anticipation.

Splat——

Before the opponent's consciousness could fully transfer away, the Nightmare suddenly sprang from Wu Liang's shadow and pressed its hand firmly on his head.

"Boss, strike while he's down!"

Last time, when it forced [Pioneer] offline by following the online connection, this time, with its power enhanced to the City-Destroying Level, the Nightmare could naturally achieve it too!

It might even directly locate his real body, achieving total eradication!

It only needed Wu Liang's command.

It would immediately merge into a Spiritual Body to follow connections and attack [Pioneer]!

This kind of opportunity was fleeting!

But at this critical, fleeting moment, Wu Liang, who should have decisively pursued, instead showed a strange smile and slowly placed the Mist Sword on the leg of [Pioneer's] clone.

Squelch——

He viciously pierced the Mist Sword into the tendon of the opponent's leg, severed it, and slowly chopped off the other intact arm, as if he were an elegant artist meticulously carving a work of art.

He completely ignored the Nightmare's suggestion to transform into a Spiritual Body and give chase.

Ah Yimu couldn't help but cover her mouth, shocked by this bloody scene.

After [Pioneer's] consciousness left, the body's original consciousness would gradually awaken, and his consciousness transfer took only a few blinks of an eye.

Wu Liang's actions at this moment were no different from torturing this Utopia member!

One slash after another.

Until the person before him was incapacitated, leaving nothing movable except for the head.

After completing what he just said about turning him into a mutilated human, Wu Liang finally lifted the Mist Sword and rested the blade on [Pioneer's] neck, taunting:

"Don't pretend, you're still there, right?"

Thud-thud——thud-thud——

After he said this, the place fell into a deadly silence, almost only the sound of each other's heartbeats could be heard. Even Ah Yimu hadn't figured out what this sentence meant.

Suddenly, the Utopia member's mutilated eyes, originally vacant, regained focus, looking at Wu Liang's mischievous demeanor.

He laughed.

"Hahahaha... I underestimated you, well done. Why didn't you follow the connection and attack me, like last time? Aren't you supposed to be Zhenzi Plus?"

​[Pioneer ] once again looked at Wu Liang with new eyes, not expecting this kid to not be bluffing from the start.

He wasn't fooled at all!

In fact, this time, the body chosen from the Utopia members was specially crafted!

Having learned from the time Wu Liang chased him along the connection, he went to great lengths to craft this Utopia member's body into a mobile [Mental Cage].

[Pioneer 张氏] didn't even hesitate to sacrifice a portion of his real body's consciousness as bait, to genuinely deceive any possible observation.

If Wu Liang indeed believed he had transferred his consciousness just now.

And subsequently chose to enter the consciousness space to pursue, like before.

[Pioneer] would have detonated the portion of consciousness he sacrificed as soon as the opponent's consciousness entered, completely triggering the subtle Supernatural Object he swallowed earlier, along with the modifications he made to the body.

Back then, the consciousness space of this body would have been completely locked and fallen into slumber—just like Yao Qingxue is now.

As a result, Wu Liang's consciousness would have never returned to his own body!

But unexpectedly, in those seconds when it seemed like a perfect opportunity for eradication during the consciousness transfer, this kid actually restrained himself from pursuing!

"Ha, even though you believed I would die before my mom from the soul-sacrificing curse, planning cautiously with a clone, even the clone itself turned out to be a trap, Yin Qiming, do you have paranoia?" Wu Liang said teasingly.

Just as he thought.

Since this guy had suffered from consciousness transfer before, and dared to repeat the same trick boldly in front of him this time, there were only two possibilities—

Either [Pioneer] was an idiot, never learned from mistakes; or he had something to rely on.

Clearly, the guy who has been leading organized opposition for months and constantly harassing officialdom is not an idiot who keeps making mistakes.

[Pioneer] is indeed very cautious.

This is quite a troublesome opponent.

He is like a venomous snake hidden in a dark corner—waiting to bite you when you let your guard down. You don't know how venomous his fangs are or if his skin itself might be poisonous...

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