Jiang Ran always believed that Xiao Yan was the other party's true backbone, and perhaps had a chance to be resurrected, so neither of them took Xiao Yan's death seriously.
Regardless of whether he can be resurrected later, at least for now, he is dead.
If Jiang Ran and his group's advantage is their large numbers, then Song Yang and his group's disadvantage is their small numbers. After losing Xiao Yan and the [Lost] card, they have very few cards left to use.
Theft is a powerful skill, but it is not a omnipotent one. If you knew in advance that a thief was going to steal your things, and even knew exactly when he was going to steal them, would you still be afraid of the thief?
Jiang Ran indeed didn't have much mental energy left, but others did.
He knew that Song Yang had been monitoring them all along, but the only forces Song Yang could use were himself and Jiang Bowen. So, many times it wasn't that he didn't want to prepare in advance, but that he didn't dare to prepare in advance, because he was afraid of consuming too much of his mental energy!
From the moment they left, Yang Hai had already covered them with illusions. Song Yang was different from Xiao Yan and Jiang Ran. He was not a ghost storyteller before, nor had he dealt with most of the strange and unpredictable things. Therefore, his habitual thinking was more inclined towards that of a normal person.
Sometimes, what you see is not necessarily the truth. Even if you see it with your own eyes, you can't take it seriously. Of course, the main reason is that Jiang Ran, Arceus, and Alex's mental strength is all critically low. For Song Yang, this is like when the enemy's leader loses his fighting ability first during a military campaign!
There are no such things as brilliant strategies; there are only a bunch of gamblers!
"You should have just ambushed and killed me instead of appearing in front of me!"
Song Yang's face turned fierce. He raised his hand and tried to use [Theft] on Jiang Ran, but found that it had no effect!
Is what's happening to him still an illusion?! No, there's no need for that at all!
Golden flames ignited, revealing that the person before them was not an illusion, but rather a disguise used to conceal the color of the flames.
Enveloped in justice, no other miracle can penetrate this blazing inferno!
The first time, Jiang Ran and his group were caught off guard by the information gap, which made Song Yang and his group seem to have the upper hand. Unfortunately, as the intelligence gradually became clearer, the situation was no longer one where the enemy was in the dark and they were in the light.
The reason why both [Steal] and [Lost] are so unpredictable and difficult to defend against is largely because their users have the advantage of having the first move, which allows them to cause the disadvantaged side to lose many cards that they should have had in advance, thus making them even more disadvantaged.
"However, this time I made the first move. How will you respond?"
"Please welcome Agares!"
Jiang Bowen didn't waste any words and immediately entered battle mode. This time, he immediately summoned Agares, the second-ranked demon god!
The mask that appeared on Jiang Bowen's face was white with intricate gray patterns. A large eagle stood on his shoulder, its pupils sometimes cloudy and sometimes clear, constantly turning.
Ye Ye's Daoist technique can transfer his spiritual power to others, and after constantly borrowing it, his spiritual power is almost depleted. However, this time it is not his turn to go into battle again.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Gwen wielded a large pair of scissors and clashed with Jiang Bowen, but after only one exchange, Jiang Bowen seemed to have seen through her moves, instantly launching a counterattack and forcing her back!
Rusger summoned his holy sword and immediately slashed horizontally. Jiang Bowen had anticipated this and dodged it by flipping over. At the same time, the eagle on his shoulder flapped its wings and flew into the sky, raising a sandstorm!
Such a strange occurrence in the backyard prompted the church staff to come and investigate, but they were blocked by the sandstorm. Rusger felt his vision becoming blurry. Jiang Bowen grabbed Song Yang with one hand and the eagle's foot with the other, trying to escape using the wind!
He never intended to fight!
"We've come to this point, do you think you can get away with it?"
Jiang Ran's [Water Mirror] also contains the inscription of the [Demon God]. Agares' form has the ability to briefly foresee the future, which is why Jiang Bowen was able to know Gwen and Rusgr's methods in advance and take countermeasures.
Of course, the higher the ranking of the chosen form, the more mental energy it will consume. Jiang Bowen wanted to finish the battle quickly. Although he might not be able to defeat the two of them together, he could definitely leave!
"This is a miracle from the [Demon God]." Jiang Ran pulled a mask out of the air. "Please, Barbatos!"
That's right, his mental energy is indeed running low, but it hasn't completely run out yet!
The arrow flew through the air. Jiang Bowen anticipated the direction of the arrow and made a dodge maneuver, but the arrow did not fly along the expected trajectory. Instead, it hit him squarely in the back!
What's going on?!
It's very simple. Because Jiang Ran shot the arrow, there are always a few people who have absolute confidence in Jiang Ran, and Alex just made it come true.
Unfortunately, Alex's mental energy wasn't depleted either, because this time they found Alice not through his "faith," but through Gwen's perception! So that portion of his mental energy was saved!
"hiss--"
Jiang Bowen fell from the sky. He himself was not fatally injured because of the super strong defense of his demon god form, but Song Yang, whom he was carrying, was not so easy to deal with. He was coughing up blood!
"Pfft—cough cough!"
Feeling the pain all over his body, Song Yang knew he was beyond saving. One downside of [Theft] was that it couldn't be used on himself. Now that Jiang Ran and the others were protected by [Justice], even if he wanted to steal, he could only steal Jiang Bowen's state.
And then what? Then it didn't work either.
With his last conscious thought, Song Yang stole Jiang Bowen's "predicament," and then stole the possibility that he and everything in his small surrounding area could be affected by other people's "miracles" or Gwen's abilities. Thus, even if Gwen used the same method as before to locate something else on Jiang Bowen's body, it would be of no use.
And so, Jiang Bowen disappeared from everyone's sight.
As expected of a thief, even in this situation, he still has a chance to resist.
While Song Yang was in a daze, he felt someone squatting in front of him.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Liu Xia, and I am an S-class ghost story teller from China."
“You may not have paid attention to me, but I want to tell you that my talent is the S-level ‘Mental Imprint’. Once I imprint someone on them, they will not escape my eyes unless the dungeon ends.”
Song Yang's pupils suddenly contracted!
They don't need to find Jiang Bowen, they only need to find the mark.
"I'm just a nobody in your eyes, but even nobody has their own role to play."
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