Chapter 359 (2/2)
Nangong Wuyue bit her lip and lunged forward.
In the meantime, Hao Ren was having a mental fight with the gigantic brain on the other side. He managed to calm himself down amid the chaos.
The gigantic brain creature truly had a lot of terrible abilities; it was capable of mental assault, ripping the very fabric of space and time, speedy movements that defied the laws of Physics and gravity as well as kinetic energy manipulation, which Hao Ren had experienced during their encounter—it was able to send him flying for dozens of metres with just a touch. That was not normal at all.
Despite these horrific abilities, it was still not enough to kill a crackpot fighter with an energy shield like Hao Ren. It appeared that the thing was afraid of his gun. Every time Hao Ren tried to shoot, it would suppress him with even more mental assault. This suggested that the gigantic brain was highly intelligent. It knew that the gun was lethal and it did not want to come into contact with the gun.
Is there any way to overcome this mental assault?
Hao Ren’s mind was a little wobbly after being repeatedly attacked by the gigantic brain. AAt first, he thought that evading the gigantic brain’s “eye” would enable him to dodge the mental attack, but that did not work. The creature’s brain power was very potent. No matter how hard its prey struggled to escape, it continued to latch on. “MDT, do you know what species it is?”
“Nope, I’m still analysing. But, its physical structure is a mess. Based on known biological data, it shouldn’t even exist.” The MDT and Hao Ren continued to dodge the gigantic brain’s attacks. “I suspect what we see here isn’t the actual creature, but a replica created from the religious ritual. It’ll probably collapse on its own soon.”
“I’m not going to wait for it to crumble. Who knows how long we have to wait?” Hao Ren muttered in a whisper. As waves of dizziness struck, he struggled to keep his balance. The level of energy in his Steel Membrane Shield was getting dangerously low and he could not dissipate the force of impact, which had apparently injured him internally. He dared not fight head-to-head with the gigantic brain, avoiding it as best as he could.
Then, the gigantic brain thrusted its tentacle at Hao Ren again. He dodged it, but unwittingly touched the tentacle with his hand.
Suddenly, something flashed across his mind.
Hao Ren fell into a moment of trance and the MDT called out to him, trying to wake him up. “Quick! It stopped… What are you doing?”
Hao Ren got a kick in his mind and looked at the gigantic brain, which had pulled away from him. “Did you say it stopped?”
The MDT replied with a positive response.
He recalled the strange moment he just had and all of a sudden, he had an idea on how he was going to deal with the strange monster.
“I need your help,” Hao Ren spoke to the MDT telepathically. “As soon as it freezes, wake me up. Then, I’ll put a bullet in its brain. That’ll do it!”
Surprised, the MDT asked, “That easy? Why are you so confident?”
“You won’t know, if you won’t try.” Hao Ren looked down at his Steel Membrane Shield, which was almost depleted of energy. “If you see that I’m about to lose it, just cut me and Wuyue off from The Plane of Dreams.”
While they were laying out their plan, the gigantic brain recovered from its stupor. It let out an angry wail and charged at them with its tentacles.
This was it!
In a swift motion, Hao Ren locked his eyes on the tentacle that he had touched before and lunged forward to grab it. The tentacle was easily distinguishable, because it was the only tentacle that did not look like it could tear the fabric of space and time apart. This particular tentacle was obviously not a weapon.
To prove his theory, Hao Ren switched off the shield on his arms for a better “connection”.
Shortly after, an illusion began to wash over his brain.