BOOM!

Without a bladed edge, the Triangular Bone Tipped Spear, infused with Ripple Energy, easily pierced through the thick concrete tiles and struck the belly of the obese caterpillar creature.

Thanks to the Cutter's Title Skill, this strike carved out a large chunk of the caterpillar's body, causing it to stagger and fall to the ground, with copious amounts of green pus oozing from the wound.

In agony, the caterpillar emitted an exceedingly loud cry of fear, which produced visible shockwaves that snapped many of the silken threads in the fifth-floor corridor.

Standing below, Li Ang instantly felt an intensely strong dizziness, as if his brain was submerged in ice water, stinging and sluggish. Relying on a sliver of clarity, he took out the Qinge Armor from his backpack slot and tossed it into the air.

The innate ability of the Gulu Lugu was mental manipulation, capable of controlling the actions of other intelligent beings and, if necessary, amplifying the Mental Shock to turn an enemy's brain into mush.

Hanging outside the corridor, prepared to draw her bow, Liu Wu Dai suddenly felt an intense pain in her head and nearly slipped and fell off the building.

Closer to the action, although Li Ang was equipped with Cat's Eye, which provided some resistance to psychic attacks, it was after all no more than a beginner's piece of gear and didn't offer much defense against Gulu Lugu's Mental Shock.

However, fortunately, Li Ang was not just an ordinary player now; he was a Stand User—

Miss Chai burst straight out of his body like a Gundam Pilot, meeting the Qinge Armor in mid-air and diving right into it.

The Qinge Armor instantly took on Miss Chai's form, her entire body covered in Red White Plate, the plates at the back of her neck extending into a full-coverage helmet at her will, hiding her face.

BANG—

Without any hesitation, Chai Cuiqiao activated the Qinge Armor's "Gale Fist" Special Effect, her fists rapidly swinging to create multiple afterimages, making it impossible to count just how many punches she had thrown within a few breaths.

As a demonic spirit, Miss Chai didn't need to worry about muscle strains or bone fractures; each punch was as ferocious and swift as possible.

Under her relentless pounding, the fifth-floor corridor supporting the green caterpillar cracked with a spiderweb pattern, and with a loud RUMBLE, the floor tiles beneath Gulu Lugu caved in a large section.

Gulu Lugu hastily spat out silk, adhering to the teetering tiles, but Miss Chai threw another punch, shattering a large section of the floor tiles into pieces.

The obese green caterpillar hung by the threads and, thanks to the viscosity of the silk, did not fall from the fifth-floor breach to the fourth floor. However, this distraction halted its Mental Shock, freeing Li Ang from its grasp.

As he tossed two Bloodworm Crowbars to Miss Chai, he targeted Gulu Lugu with the "Drown in Misfortune Assassination Method."

Gulu Lugu's body, filled with intricate respiratory pathways, suddenly flooded with warm currents. The caterpillar, being so large, consumed oxygen at a rate far beyond that of ordinary insects, and in the blink of an eye, suffocated.

And Miss Chai, controlling the Qinge Armor, caught the Bloodworm Crowbars thrown by Li Ang. She smashed open the floor tiles with the crowbars while activating their "Crimson Surge" Special Effect, creating a corrosive sphere of blood that she splashed onto Gulu Lugu.

After the combination attack, the caterpillar hardly had any chance to resist and was thoroughly drenched by the blood sphere, its body spikes rapidly melting away, SIZZLING.

Hot water poured from its mouthparts, and the entire body tumbled to the ground.

Living up to her reputation as the strongest Stand, Miss Chai ruthlessly swung the crowbars and flattened the caterpillar's head within a few strikes.

She completely disregarded the Red White Plate SIZZLING as the green pus corroded it and continued to slam down on the caterpillar, now flattened.

"The original target of the assassination technique has disappeared, and there is no kill notification!"

Li Ang shouted, "That's not its true body!"

Not its true body?

Miss Chai was startled by the remark and glanced down at the flattened caterpillar – the bright silver mirror previously seen in its arms was nowhere to be found.

"Move aside!"

Outside the corridor, Liu Wu Dai, who had also shaken off the interference of the Mental Shock, was crouched by the window sill, holding an ancient Wooden Short Bow, its bowstring made of cotton and silk stretched to the limit, her fingertips on a slender wooden rod serving as an Arrow, aiming towards a corner at the end of the corridor.

After a long time unseen, Liu Wu Dai had updated her skills and equipment, and one of her skills allowed her to lock onto enemies through the profound and indefinable "momentum."

After a brief aim, Liu Wu Dai activated the "Arrow Falling Swan" Title Skill's Special Effect, which would make her next attack have a splitting effect.

The moment she abruptly released the bowstring, the wooden rod Arrow shot out, quickly expanding and splitting in mid-air, transforming into thousands of sharp wooden shards that tore through all the white silken threads in their way and cascaded towards the corner of the corridor.

Gulu Lugu's life-saving skill was to create an exact replica of itself as a green caterpillar puppet on the spot, then change its own appearance to blend in with the dense white threads in the corridor and conceal its presence.

But under the massive barrage of wooden shard Arrows, the caterpillar holding the Lunar Phase Locator had no chance to escape; in the blink of an eye, countless small wounds were torn across its body by the wooden shards, and copious amounts of thick green fluid gushed out.

Worse still, Miss Chai was already maneuvering the Qinge Armor, wielding the Bloodworm Crowbar and rushing in.

Just as the caterpillar was about to perish on the spot, a demonic gale arrived just in time.

The Resentful Demon hovered outside the hospital building, and with a fierce swing of its bony arms from back to front, the gale howled, and demonic qi rampaged.

The substantial and chaotic demonic qi blew Miss Chai back half a step, but at the last second, the Bloodworm Crowbar in her hand smashed into Gulu Lugu, pulverizing most of its body.

The caterpillar no longer had the strength to cry out. The Resentful Demon, its black robe billowing, charged into the corridor with an invincible momentum. With a sweep of its tattered long sleeves, the demonic wind whisked away the rain of wooden shard Arrows unleashed by Liu Wu Dai.

With another sweep, a not-so-abundant but exquisitely controlled stream of demonic qi pushed Miss Chai, who was wearing the Qinge Armor, to the end of the corridor using a profound force application technique.

"Son—"

Just as Li Ang was about to activate the last "Mocking Taunt" Skill Scroll, he couldn't even utter the word "thief" before the demonic wind obstructed him. His vision blurred, and upon refocusing, he saw the Resentful Demon already flying away from the hospital building with the caterpillar's remaining head and the Lunar Phase Locator.

The Resentful Demon was confident it could easily kill these two enemy players in an open area. However, with the caterpillar in a critical state, delaying any longer meant certain death, so it had no choice but to make a tactical retreat with its disgruntled teammate.

"Trying to escape?!"

Li Ang, consumed by anger that fueled his audacity, rushed to the end of the hospital corridor. He took out two Barrett M18A1 sniper rifles and propped them on the window sill, one on the left and one on the right.

Holding his breath and focusing, he steadily pulled the triggers, aiming at the Resentful Demon, which was performing various maneuvers in mid-air.

BANG! BANG!

Two gunshots echoed. The Resentful Demon, flying in mid-air, staggered, its shoulders drooping, swaying as it flew further and further away.