Seeing that his carefully planned move had finally succeeded, Kim Jong-un couldn't help but show his delight.

With this amazing skill of telekinesis, he completely turned the tide of the battle!

At that moment, he seemed to see the dawn of victory beckoning him...

Kim Sam exerted all his strength, unleashing all his energy, and an unparalleled powerful force began to frantically pull at the crossbow.

"I won!"

Kim Jong-un was overjoyed; once he had successfully seized something with his iron grip, there was nothing he couldn't take.

At that moment, a notification appeared before Li Yu's eyes.

[Should I remove my equipment?]

Seeing this incredibly familiar message, Li Yu didn't hesitate to refuse again.

"no."

Li Yu was somewhat stunned, because he felt like he had seen this move somewhere before.

In an instant, the powerful suction force that had been attached to the crossbow receded like a tide, disappearing without a trace.

Without any foothold, Kim Jong-un instantly lost his balance and fell to the ground with a thud, landing solidly on the floor.

When he raised his head and stared blankly at his empty iron hands, the expression on his face froze instantly.

"How is that possible?"

Kim Jong-un froze on the spot, his face filled with disbelief, motionless like a statue.

Immediately afterwards, an extremely intense sense of fear overwhelmed Kim Jong-un.

He looked up and saw that Li Yu's crossbow had already locked onto him firmly.

"It's over!"

Jin San, who had been so arrogant just moments before, suddenly changed his expression, his face filled with terror as he hurriedly raised his hand to try and stop Li Yu.

"Spare me..."

He hadn't even had a chance to say "please spare my life."

With a loud "bang!"

Kim Jong-un, like a ghost from before, exploded instantly in the loud bang!

Without the talisman to protect him, Jin San could no longer withstand such power and, unsurprisingly, exploded, turning into a wisp of white mist.

The Nightmare Beast, which was watching intently from above, naturally wouldn't let this golden opportunity pass by and quickly absorbed the white mist.

After absorbing the energy, the Nightmare Beast immediately released the converted energy, which then flowed directly into Li Yu's spiritual body.

After receiving energy nourishment once again, Li Yu's spiritual body not only grew significantly larger, but also appeared even stronger.

At the same time, Li Yu was pleasantly surprised to find that his experience points were soaring rapidly, and he was about to reach the peak.

Upgrade successful

[Alloy Crossbow LV19: Effective attack range: meters. 100% accuracy]

After successfully leveling up, Li Yu stared expectantly at the new experience bar, muttering to himself:

"It'll be here soon, it'll be here soon."

He thought to himself that if he put in just a little more effort, he could successfully advance to the level 20 he had always dreamed of!

I originally thought this goal was out of reach and would take a long time to achieve, but I never expected it to be so close now.

I thought it was a long way off, but I didn't expect it to be so close so soon.

Li Yu couldn't help but feel filled with anticipation, and her mind began to wildly speculate:

I wonder what new features his crossbow will have after reaching level 20.

The level 10 upgrade milestone will unlock some truly unique new attributes.

While Li Yu was happy, the Nightmare Beast, whose mouth was usually so talkative, suddenly became unusually quiet and silent, as if it had fallen silent.

The enormous eyes, like black holes, silently watched Li Yu's every move, not daring to miss the slightest change in expression.

Seeing that Li Yu had no suspicions, the Nightmare Beast finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Its plan was indeed very successful. Even Li Yu did not realize the source of the energy just now, and simply regarded it as some energy replenishment obtained after killing the ghost.

This is exactly the result it wanted.

However, Li Yu still noticed that the Nightmare Beast seemed unusually quiet today, almost abnormally so.

"Hey!"

Li Yu suddenly spoke, startling the Nightmare Beast.

What are you thinking!

Li Yu abruptly interrupted the Nightmare Beast's absorbed thoughts.

"I'm not hungry!" the Nightmare Beast replied hastily.

Upon hearing this, Li Yu couldn't help but chuckle and teased:

"Are you still half asleep? You seem a bit groggy."

"Forehead..."

The Nightmare Beast explained somewhat nervously:

"I didn't sleep well, but it's okay. I'll get a proper rest once we get to Zhongzhou."

The Nightmare Beast pretended to be sleepy and closed its huge black eyes, afraid that Li Yu would notice something was wrong.

Clearly, the Nightmare Beast is not good at lying, so much so that its words are incoherent and completely illogical.

Fortunately, Li Yu did not have too many doubts about this, nor did she think about it in any other way.

After all, the Nightmare Beast's curse couldn't affect him, so he could just treat this guy as a talking pet.

With a thought, Li Yu withdrew from the mental sea.

When Li Yu opened his eyes again, he was somewhat dazed, as if time had stood still for a moment.

However, the outside world seemed to be the same as before, with almost no major changes, as if nothing had ever happened.

It was only a moment of stunned silence.

The soldiers around him were still busy with their own things, and no one even noticed that Li Yu's mind had been invaded by Kim Jong-un and that he had survived a silent assassination attempt.

At this moment, only Fu Xiyao, who was beside him, blinked and asked with some confusion:

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