Ma Lu raised his voice a few notches, "Vice Captain Jinjian, it seems you're dead set on betraying Chief Sanrew!"
At Ma Lu's words, Jinjian laughed aloud, "Cut the act, you're not from Sanrew's squad. I understand Sanrew; if he wants someone dead, he wouldn't give them any chance to survive nor waste so much breath. Just kill them."
Jinjian's last sentence was directed at his subordinates.
Meanwhile, the five members of the Twin Sunflower Hunting Group also prepared for battle, as Sadie fired twenty Thorns at the Spiked Leg Tailless Scorpion above their heads.
All the Thorns pierced the body of the Spiked Leg Tailless Scorpion, but it seemed immune to pain and continued to plunge downward.
In a critical moment, it was Seta's Sand Soil Puppet that crashed into the descending Spiked Leg Tailless Scorpion, saving the squad below, but then two more Spiked Leg Tailless Scorpions came charging in.
One from the left and one from the right, brandishing their limbs, seething with killing intent.
Ma Lu and the others quickly retreated, only to see the Spiked Leg Tailless Scorpion on the right speed up, reaching them first, then suddenly stiffening, frozen in place.
The Spiked Leg Tailless Scorpion behind it, unable to slow down in time, also crashed into its companion.
[Yield While Turning: During battle, when one turns without yielding to those going straight and regardless of friend or foe, there is a 15% chance of being frozen in place for 5 seconds.]
This was another blue-field blessing similar to [Ban on Noise] that Ma Lu had obtained, and he didn't expect it to come to use so soon.
The Spiked Leg Tailless Scorpion had turned from the right just in the path of its straight-moving companion, meeting the conditions for [Yield While Turning] and thus inviting divine punishment.
Taking advantage of the moment, Boggy thrust his spear forward, bursting one of the Spiked Leg Tailless Scorpion's eyes that was frozen in place.
He then quickly pulled out the Mechanical Spear, rolled to the side to dodge the sharp, scythe-like legs of the other Spiked Leg Tailless Scorpion, and took the opportunity to slide under its belly.
Striking again, this time the Mechanical Spear pierced right through the underbelly of the Spiked Leg Tailless Scorpion.
Boggy let out a soft exclamation of surprise, feeling that these Spiked Leg Tailless Scorpions were not as strong as described in the textbooks; their movements were only slightly faster than a normal Hunter's and carried a hint of stiffness.
And with Ma Lu's enhancement, the members of the Twin Sunflower Hunting Group had both speed and reaction time above those of the Spiked Leg Tailless Scorpions.
"They have wounds on them; they must have already been through a major fight. They are likely under someone's control now," Mai Mai said, "Jinjian is a Beast-Series Psychic Power User."
The psychic abilities of most Hunters are no secret, but Jinjian was clearly an exception; he seldom acted in front of others.
Ma Lu then turned his head towards a third target... but by this time, the people from Black Horn had also realized the danger.
Jinjian roared again, "Take out that guy who can electrocute first!"
But this time he wasn't so lucky. He triggered [Ban on Noise] and entered a 3-second paralysis state.
However, the rest had heard his command and launched their attacks at Ma Lu.
But to Ma Lu, their movements all seemed too slow. He dodged while moving, and even managed to give another lucky audience member an electric shock.
By now, Ma Lu fully understood why Captain Li had once said the electric field was terrifying.
Once this ability was unleashed, unless the opponent was prepared in advance, it was like having an invincibility mode with both offense and defense maxed out.
Mai Mai needed a large stack of batteries to assist when he activated the electric field.
But with the help of [Golden Blessing], Ma Lu could not only copy a designated target's ability, but also automatically meet the conditions needed to activate it, meaning he could electrocute without even needing batteries.
Furthermore, Ma Lu's electric field could last a full 30 seconds, which was far longer than Mai Mai's.
Right, a real man should last longer!
Ma Lu took out a total of 6 Black Horn Hunters, along with the two Spiked Leg Tailless Scorpions controlled by Jinjian, effectively clearing the field, before he exited the state of the electric field.
And unlike Mai Mai, Ma Lu had no Telekinesis, so he naturally did not suffer from the severe side-effects of exhausting psychic power after using the electric field, appearing still refreshed and spirited.
By this time, Jinjian had long recovered from his paralysis, but when he looked around, he found that none of his subordinates were still standing.
Finally, his complexion changed, and he said, with a mixture of shock and suspicion, "Who, who exactly are you people?"
Having dealt with the last Spiked Leg Tailless Scorpion, Boggy approached Jinjian with his Mechanical Spear still dripping with blood.
"We have a few questions we'd like to ask Vice Captain Jinjian here."
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"What questions." Jinjian took half a step back, but his retreat was blocked by a Sand Soil Puppet.