Starting from the Planetary Governor

Chapter 1419: Chapter 807

This move by Yao Cheng was something Li Ang did not anticipate.

He could actually transfer his own power to those ordinary soldiers.

Clearly, this wasn’t achieved through any normal means; those soldiers must have been prepped in advance to receive this special power.

As a result, Li Ang could no longer use his mental manipulation to affect these ordinary soldiers. Not only could he no longer replicate the devastating effects he had inflicted earlier, but he also couldn’t maintain the decline in their shooting accuracy from before.

However, Li Ang wasn’t panicked by this.

He also noticed another phenomenon—Yao Cheng’s actions were not without cost.

He indeed greatly assisted those ordinary soldiers, freeing them from mental manipulation, and even further enhanced their combat abilities, making their beam shots more powerful.

But this also caused his own power to diminish.

The most obvious sign was that the giant formed from the dark power emerging around Yao Cheng had significantly shrunk in size from the start. This was due to the dispersal of power, which also made the dark giant axe it wielded smaller and less swift and rapid.

All things considered, the pressure Li Ang faced must have increased. After all, even if the dark giant axe had become smaller and seemed less invincible, Li Ang definitely didn’t want to be hit by it. He still needed to do whatever it took to dodge attacks from Yao Cheng’s main body.

Meanwhile, the attacks from those Yunlang soldiers became more formidable. He couldn’t possibly dodge them all and had to endure some. This inability to reduce the enemy’s shooting accuracy, alongside the increased power of their attacks, meant that the overall pressure on him significantly increased.

However, not all news was bad.

[Defense spell restart successful!]

A blue protective shield reappeared, enveloping his body in protection.

Although the newly appeared defense spell showed signs of being tainted and corroded, and its color wasn’t the usual bright blue, appearing rather murky with a blue-gray tint as if covered by frosted glass,

Nonetheless, the successful restart of the defense spell greatly relieved the pressure on Li Ang. At the very least, he no longer had to worry about a stray bullet striking his head from an unguarded angle. While the probability was small, it wasn’t impossible. Being hit by one, even if he had emergency life-saving measures implanted in his body, would still be too costly if it forced him to use his last resort.

With the defense spell active, this concern was greatly alleviated.

Though the battle still appeared unfavorable for Li Ang, with considerable pressure, he had already endured the toughest time without the defense spell earlier on, so the current situation was relatively more manageable.

Furthermore, Li Ang sensed that Yao Cheng didn’t seem to have any new tricks up his sleeve.

Despite persistently suppressing Li Ang, Yao Cheng couldn’t truly take him down and was forced to maintain the current battle mode without being able to adapt. The dark power erupting from his body seemed to have reached its limit, unable to expand further.

The level of power wasn’t even on par with Yao Xiaomu’s loss of control frenzy at the Blood Crow Clan. It was just that Yao Cheng had much greater control over this power, allowing for orderly use, and had the assistance of a large number of elite Yunlang soldiers, making Li Ang appear battered.

As for why the power was easier to steal from Yao Xiaomu with shorter time, while this encounter took much longer… the reason lay in control. The power Yao Cheng used, compared to Yao Xiaomu’s nearly instinctual method, was clearly different. His control was not only more determined and skillful, but he likely had some kind of magic artifact specifically customized for this power implanted to tame this unruly energy.

But for Li Ang, if he could steal it once, he could steal it a second time.

It was just a matter of how long it would take.

After all, this power was exceptionally unique. Li Ang needed this power, which he named ’Dark Side of Sky Net,’ to face Valkyrie Xie Lian head-on.

His disadvantage in battle was already very clear: a lack of decisive, powerful measures.

Survival, agility, control… he already possessed these abilities. Moreover, his exceptional hacking skills allowed him to stealthily steal others’ magic artifacts and spells.

These means had proven invincible in past experiences, but against the Valkyrie, they all failed.

Or rather, they didn’t fail, but they couldn’t help him defeat his opponent.

What he lacked was the ability to unleash a sufficiently powerful force in an instant, causing enough trouble for the Valkyrie. His regular combat methods almost equated to being ineffective against her defense.

This was precisely why he had to obtain the ’Dark Side of Sky Net.’