Chapter 156: Puppet Needle, Virus Injection
At this moment, Kurohit and the hunched old man both had their eyes fixed on Su Ning.
The old man narrowed his eyes and glanced at Kurohit, who was clearly getting carried away.
“Young Master, I really think we should retreat. The appearance of [Super Misfortune] in World 99 is already a very serious issue! And most importantly, we currently have no counter for that talent. It’s best to withdraw for now.”
It was clear the hunched old man was trying to talk the young master out of this fight.
As the heir of the Curse Magic family, Kurohit possessed a powerful bloodline and talent. The mission to acquire the [Prophet] talent was merely a formality—meant to help him claim the title “D”.
In truth, Kurohit already had the qualifications to inherit the title “D”.
But to follow procedure and respect the rules, he was completing the task properly.
What the old man hadn’t expected was that this seemingly easy mission would encounter such an unexpected twist—
A player with the [Super Misfortune] disaster talent had appeared.
“Why would [Super Misfortune], a talent supposedly confined to World 123, appear in a player from World 99?”
“Logically, when the host of [Super Misfortune] dies in World 123, the talent should transfer to another player from the same world. Unless… unless this woman was physically present at the moment the previous host died—then she could’ve inherited the talent.”
“But how did a player from World 99 end up in the same place as someone from World 123? Cross-world travel is strictly prohibited by the system—even administrators can’t break that rule.”
The only possibility was…
“Two players from different worlds must’ve entered the same dungeon instance! That’s how they came into contact.”
The old man’s monocle gleamed as he connected the dots.
“So that’s why Z and A’s mission failed! This must be the reason!”
He no longer wanted Kurohit to fight Su Ning. Instead, he thought they should complete the mission involving the [Prophet] player, then report the anomaly of the [Super Misfortune] talent appearing in World 99.
A smart plan—but only if Kurohit agreed to follow it.
The old man sighed, “Young Master has never been one to listen to me at times like this.”
And indeed, that was the case.
Kurohit wasn’t going to back down because of this. In fact, he was even more interested.
He wanted to see whether his powerful Curse Magic bloodline was stronger than Su Ning’s [Super Misfortune].
Su Ning, in turn, was fully focused on Kurohit.
Meanwhile—On the sea, the Storm Mermaids began to act.
These beautiful mermaids raised their golden horns and started blowing them.
A deep, thunderous sound echoed across the entire island!
As the horn resounded, all the previously still players began to move—tensions rising on all fronts.
What had been a standoff was now ready to explode!
Ji Fengyan had originally wanted to take on Kurohit and the old man. But after clashing with them earlier and realizing their attacks had almost no effect, they saw that Su Ning had drawn their attention away.
So now, Ji and the others turned their focus to the gathering group of Storm Mermaids in the sea.
“Looks like we have no choice but to go all out!”
Zhongsun Junzhang said, sweating profusely.
Storm clouds began to gather.
They’d faced the Storm Mermaids before—but were scattered by their storm vortexes, unable to land any hits.
Mu Yunfei looked anxious.
“What do we do now?”
Even though she had a perfect accuracy skill, her bombs had to physically touch the enemy to do any damage.
The mermaids’ storms just blew all her bombs away before they hit!
Pei Xuan’an, having no combat ability to begin with, was now completely useless.
Pei Xuan’an: “??”
Huang Zhengang, seeing the storm form, shouted loudly, “Get behind me!”
In front of him, he summoned an air barrier, trying to block the violent winds.
Lin Lele looked at the giant waves rising from the sea and the terrifying tornadoes forming all around.
Her face went pale.
“Can we even defeat these monsters…?”
Nan Sheng gripped her scalpel tightly, watching everything unfold in front of her with a blank mind.
She had no idea how to turn this situation around.
Meanwhile, Pei Xuan’an’s gaze shifted toward Su Ning.
Su Ning had also realized how urgent the situation was.
The Storm Mermaids were targeting her as well.
“These monsters are really annoying.”
She waved her hand—
And Honghong was summoned!
With Honghong’s appearance came countless Jade Wasps, born from her.
At that moment, the Jade Wasps crackled with electricity and, following Honghong’s command, swarmed the skies.
“Lightning Storm.”
As Honghong unleashed this skill, lightning covered the entire sky!
The flashing electric arcs lit up the night sky.
The storm vortexes summoned by the Storm Mermaids were shattered by the lightning storm!
Everyone watching was stunned.
Mu Yunfei and Ji Fengyan were shocked, but quickly seized the moment.
“Now’s the chance! Attack!”
Honghong’s lightning rained down like a meteor shower into the sea.
Storm Mermaids and sea monsters alike were struck down by the overwhelming thunder.
Su Ning, seeing this, turned her attention away from the monsters and back to her true opponent—Kurohit.
Su Ning had noticed a pattern:
Every time she used petrification or cursed attacks, Kurohit redirected the effect to someone else.
“So even energy-based attacks can be redirected?”
After several tests and seeing the effect of [Super Misfortune], Su Ning realized a rule:
All attacks with special energy enhancements were being deflected.
She thought carefully, “I haven’t tried using [Scavenger’s Poison] yet… I wonder if poison damage can also be redirected?”
Su Ning’s first thought upon seeing his damage-transferring ability was, “I want that ability for myself.”
But Kurohit was no ordinary opponent.
She couldn’t just take his power.
And Su Ning wasn’t the only one who wanted the other’s power—
Kurohit, seeing how powerful Su Ning was, also wanted her.
He licked his lips, his gaze intense, looking at her like a treasure.
“I wonder what you’ll be like as my puppet. Will you be obedient?”
As a member of the Curse Magic bloodline, Kurohit’s ability was to transfer damage—but that wasn’t all. He also had a unique talent: [Puppet Needle].
[Puppet Needle]: When a target is struck by the Puppet Needle, they become Kurohit’s puppet, completely under his control!
At this moment, Kurohit prepared to launch the Puppet Needle toward Su Ning.
But due to the influence of [Super Misfortune], his attacks could never land on her.
He had to rely on his curse transfer ability just to deflect the negative effects and damage caused by her presence.
If even Kurohit was struggling, the hunched old man stood no chance at all—he couldn’t even get close to Su Ning.
The two were now at a stalemate.
But Su Ning quickly seized an opportunity and rushed toward Kurohit.
In an instant, her hair transformed into venomous snakes, which lunged forward and bit into him!
Kurohit was caught off guard by the sudden attack.
Though he reacted fast and severed the snake-hair quickly, it was too late—
Through the bite, Su Ning had already injected the Zombie Virus into his body!
