TLCBITAR Chapter 286

Chapter 286: Ring

Chapter 286 Ring

Enormous thorny vines lashed wildly through the air, the whistling wind assaulting eardrums. The girl with the long ponytail was carelessly struck by a vine, her slender body flying into the air like a kite with a broken string.

“Lili!”

The red-haired man’s eyes were bloodshot, shouting in alarm. Ignoring the vines attacking from behind, he quickly climbed up the thick tree trunk, trying to catch the falling girl.

[Farewell, Tan Yuan.]

The girl gave the red-haired man a mocking smile, her gaze landing on the figure behind him raising a long knife.

Hidden in the branches, Zhou Zhou leisurely licked the pale yellow juice from his fingertips, his slightly narrowed phoenix eyes gleaming with excited light.

It was time to test the effectiveness of his mental control.

By the time Tan Yuan realized something was wrong, it was too late to react. The sharp blade pierced the air, irresistibly stabbing into his back.

The sound of clothes being pierced entered his ears, accompanied by a teammate’s low, wicked voice: “Die, Tan Yuan!”

As soon as the words fell, the man with the hideous face suddenly released the long knife and fell straight to the ground, spinning around uncontrollably in place, gesticulating wildly.

He stared wide-eyed in terror, his throat constantly churning, but only able to emit “Ah, ah, ah” sounds.

“What’s going on!”

Lili, the girl who was knocked away by the vines, landed lightly, creasing her delicate eyebrows in surprise.

Tan Yuan survived the attack, tumbling awkwardly on the ground, his crimson eyes rolling with intense fury, roaring, “Yang Xun, I haven’t treated you badly, have I! How dare you try to kill me!”

The remaining man and woman barely dodged the vine attacks, exchanged a glance, and each used their abilities to attack Tan Yuan.

A battle was about to break out. Tan Yuan, as the leader of the five-person team, led them to travel through various planets, just to find high-level alien crystals to exchange for Starry Sky currency, and then obtain a Main Star residence permit.

Who would have thought that his other teammates would become murderous towards him? Without guessing, he knew what they were up to.

He raised his hand and reached into his inner pocket, feeling for an extremely rare space ring. He had obtained it accidentally from a high-level mutant. Inside, there was about twenty square meters of space, equivalent to the size of a small room, which could store a lot of supplies.

If this ring were exchanged for Starry Sky currency, it could at least be exchanged for several Main Star residence permits.

Tan Yuan retreated quickly, clutching the ring, and threatened loudly: “Stop! Whoever comes near, I’ll destroy this ring!”

The man and woman indeed stopped, the killing intent radiating from them unabated.

“Ring? What ring?” Zhou Zhou murmured, a hint of curiosity rising in his eyes, looking down at the thing tightly gripped in Tan Yuan’s hand.

“Tan Yuan, for the sake of our acquaintance, as long as you hand over the ring, I can spare your life.” Lili walked to the man and woman, looking at him indifferently.

“Lili! You’re in cahoots with them!” Tan Yuan’s eyes were fierce, squeezing out a sentence through gritted teeth, “All my kindness to you was wasted!”

[Sorry, your kindness makes me sick.]

Lili raised her hand and took off the wig she was wearing, revealing hair that was no more than a centimeter long. From the features, it was difficult to tell the gender, but after removing the wig, it could be vaguely seen that she was a man!

Tan Yuan’s expression froze, his heart falling to the bottom, shattered into glass shards.

[A man?! He’s actually a man?]

Zhou Zhou rubbed his chin with one hand, looking back at the dense forest behind him. If these people didn’t leave soon, Pei Yanlie would come looking for him.

He lowered his eyes to look at the gesticulating Yang Xun, raising an eyebrow, nodding in satisfaction.

Since the level of mental control had been improved, he clearly felt that the consumption of mental power had been reduced a lot, at least no longer experiencing a situation where mental power was exhausted and he fell into a coma.

He severed the mental link with that man, and supported himself on the tree trunk to stand up.

Yang Xun danced the self-high dance for a full five minutes before stopping, sitting down on the ground panting heavily, muttering, “Tan Yuan, what kind of dirty trick did you play on me!”

He struggled to get up, glaring at the gloomy-faced Tan Yuan.

Tan Yuan had already been overwhelmed by anger, and without saying a word, he launched an attack directly. A red flame suddenly rose from his palm, the flame seemed to come alive, transforming into a fiery red fire snake, flying straight towards the weak-legged Yang Xun.

Yang Xun’s brain reacted extremely quickly, but his body was one step slower, a charred hole burned in his chest by the fire snake.

One against four, the loser and winner were obvious. Tan Yuan was jointly attacked by four teammates, and in a short while, he was defeated.

He clutched his chest with one hand, his back against the tree trunk, breathing with difficulty, a smear of bright red blood hanging from the corner of his mouth.

[I never thought that I, Tan Yuan, would one day die at the hands of my teammates.]

He raised his crimson eyes, wrapped in hatred and unwillingness, sweeping across their faces from left to right, clenching his teeth and saying hatefully, “Even if I die, I’ll drag you down with me as a sacrifice!”

As soon as the words were spoken, he spat out a mouthful of blood, raised his head and laughed softly, the laughter growing louder and louder, full of mockery, his pupils, covered by hatred, suddenly met a pair of clear, innocent phoenix eyes.

[Hi, I can help you.]

[The price is that ring.]

An uninvited mental force broke into his mind, followed by an unfamiliar male voice, it was him!

The man hiding sneakily in the tree!

Tan Yuan’s pupils shrank violently, the muscles in his face twitching violently, his throat seemed to be blocked by something, preventing him from making any sound.

What kind of ability was this, actually controlling his actions instantly, making him completely reduced to a puppet!

[Answer my question, do you want to live or die holding on to the ring? Think about it, even if you hand the ring over to them, they are very likely not to let you go, you will still die!]

Tan Yuan was unable to resist the mental control of that strange man at all, cold sweat gradually appearing on his forehead, perhaps the abnormality on his face was too obvious, the other people looked at each other, their killing intent skyrocketed.

“Tan Yuan?”

Lili sneered, the thin rope in his hand wrapped around his arm like a flexible little snake, instantly sticking to the ground and quickly attacking Tan Yuan.

Zhou Zhou lightly “tsk”ed, transparent mental threads rapidly split, unknowingly drilling into Lili’s brain.

His whole body shook, shivering lips collapsing on the ground, staring wide-eyed in disbelief.

“Who is hiding sneakily nearby!”

“Come out!”

The short-haired woman shouted violently, three-meter-high sharp thorns suddenly rising from the ground.

Zhou Zhou rolled his eyes slightly, you want me to come out and I’ll come out? What a big face!

He was not good at close combat, and appearing rashly would only cause unnecessary trouble.

What’s more, once that domineering man Pei Yanlie knew what he was doing, he would definitely not let him off easily.

In the past three years, under Pei Yanlie’s protection and guidance, he had been constantly improving his abilities, encountering dozens of superhumans before and after, but this was the first time he had faced them alone.

As for Pei Yanlie, he was far behind him, and he could imagine how terrifying the other party’s expression would be.

He silently swallowed, a hint of regret rising in his heart.

What Zhou Zhou didn’t know was that Pei Yanlie was on a branch not far away at this time, pursing his lips and staring at him deeply, the emotions in his eyes unclear, inside seeming to suppress a beast, waiting for the opportunity to pounce on the prey with a complacent smile without hesitation.