192 Escape and Destruction ? (1/2)

Zhao Yao's eyes were glowing red when he made his reappearance. However, the target of his mind control was not any of the stunned fugitives in the car. It was Ares, who was comfortably nestled in his arms.

With a content meow, Ares climbed onto his shoulders. The cat wrapped his paws around Zhao Yao's neck and rested his face against the apostle's cheek.

In this moment, his deflector field was activated. It covered both him and Zhao Yao completely, engulfing them in its safety.

Ho Hao Cang's downfall had been a valuable lesson for Zhao Yao. He knew that for the force field to work well, it had to coat every inch of him like cling wrap. This was why even the soles of his feet were now enveloped by it. This created a hairline gap that kept him from touching the ground.

It took a lot of trial and error for him to defeat Ho Hao Cang. Difficult it may be, the process had taught Zhao Yao how to utilize this power to make maximum impact.

Once he was completely protected by the field, he heaved a sigh of relief.

No matter what happened next, he would be safe.

In the battle of superpowers, there is never a greatest one. Even the most destructive powers had their weaknesses. Even the most negligible shortcoming could cost your life.

Victory was not guaranteed for the strongest, but the infallible.

This was Zhao Yao's maxim. It was why he derived this security protocol when Ares ended up in his hands. He had to put safety first.

Now that he was in the protective embrace of the deflective field, the fun can begin.

He looked at each of the wanted fugitives in the eye and smirked.

He beckoned them with his finger, ”C'mon, let's get this over and done with. Show me what you've got.”

Barbie was the first to charge forward. Her gift of self-revival made her the perfect candidate for the frontline. She could sacrifice her own life for her team with little consequence. Each death lengthened the time it took her to respawn, but that was reset every 24 hours.

She hurled herself at Zhao Yao without a second thought, dagger in hand.

He did not flinch or shrink away. Unfazed, he raised his hand, fingers spread, before clenching them into a tight ball.

”All senses go!”

Elizabeth's power allowed him to rob a person of all of the five senses. He was able to cast perfect illusions that do not feel any different from reality.

Ah Wei and Sun Meng watched in stunned silence as Barbie, Nessie, and God of Death's two parasitic hosts fell to the ground.

Zhao Yao watched the scene unfold in surprise as well. His powers worked on everyone except for Sun Meng, who remained on her feet, conscious and gaping.

”Hmm?” he narrowed his eyes, then unleashed the skill again.

Sun Meng was completely unaffected.

”How is this possible? How can she be immune?” Zhao Yao wondered.

At the same time, Sun Meng was thinking about the exact same thing.

”How is this possible? How can he be immune?”

When Zhao Yao had reappeared to taunt them, she immediately tried to put him to sleep. The operative word here is ”tried” because she never succeeded. She had no clue that he was repelling all attacks coming his way with the deflective shield.

Sun Meng's immunity was not a result of a superpower, but something far simpler.

It was just good preparation.

She had raised Elizabeth. She knew well the ragdoll's temperament, preferences, and, more importantly, abilities.

”Lizzie's powers are manifested through sound waves.”

With this in mind, she had stuffed a pair of plugs into her ears before the car pulled up by the cafe.