Absolute Gate

Chapter 105 Hypnosis

The wooden house has become the center of the energy vortex, with huge cracks torn in the walls and more than half of the roof collapsed.

The biting wind, carrying snowflakes, rushed in, mixing with the smoke and dust billowing from the burning wooden house, creating a blurred battlefield.

Wu Zhong almost became visible, but fortunately the blizzard was heavy enough that large snowflakes fell, making visibility extremely low.

The human eye's ability to capture static objects is far lower than its ability to capture dynamic ones. Wu remained motionless, and even briefly showed his face as the roof collapsed.

The three people, focused on the battle, didn't glance at him once throughout the entire fight.

Wu Zhong sat there amidst the ruins of the collapsed roof, which were soon covered by ice and snow.

"You've gotten a lot stronger? Is it because of the environment that's helped you?"

"No wonder you're hiding in this godforsaken place."

Hans gripped his spear, which gleamed brilliantly, and smashed it with tremendous force, causing a deafening roar and a fierce wind to howl.

Abba raised his shield to block the attack, smashing down two thick, large trees, but he himself was unharmed.

He was in the eye of the storm. His frost-covered skin, under extreme stress, had taken on a grayish-white color similar to granite, but it was covered with crisscrossing claw marks and spear marks, and in the deepest places, you could even see blood seeping out.

In the blizzard, his giant shield was constantly repaired, and his frost-covered skin was instantly restored.

The chill around him was so intense it was visible to the naked eye. Countless icicles seemed to have a life of their own, swirling, shooting, and reforming around him, desperately resisting the deadly attacks from two directions.

Seeing this, Hans knew that ordinary strength was not enough to defeat this tortoise shell.

He immediately used his true skills, waving his hand to summon various metal objects from the ruins of the wooden house.

An axe, a can, fire tongs, a wood-burning stove, and nails were all drawn together by a suction force and twisted into a ball.

Wu's small knife and metal button shattered and flew out to join the fray, which startled him.

Fortunately, Hans was just randomly picking up metal and didn't notice the extra parts belonging to strangers.

"Puff! Puff! Puff!"

The jumbled metal was forcibly kneaded and stretched, transforming into dozens of sharp, long drills. Like living, venomous bees, they traced treacherous trajectories in the air, bypassing the solid ice shield and piercing Aba's flesh and blood!
"Ughhh!" The excruciating pain caused Abba to let out a shrill scream. The long metal spikes were deeply embedded in his body, not only causing continuous pain but also severely hindering his muscle recovery.

Covered in blood, he was in unbearable pain.

However, the extreme pain seemed to ignite some kind of switch. A terrifying bloodlust flashed in Aba's eyes, and an even wilder power surged from within him!

"Blood Howl of Battle Intent!"

Aba roared, his eyes blazing with incredible fighting spirit, and countless sharp ice blades instantly sprang from his massive shield!

His counterattack suddenly became more powerful and faster. His shield and sword were heavy and powerful, and with each swing, Hans and Sedo's offensive was temporarily halted.

He fought bravely and relentlessly against their fierce attacks, but the more he was injured, the greater his strength became. This was Aba's Blood Howl Battle Intent, a power derived from some kind of magical law from another world.

The ice shield grew thicker and harder, and the counter-attacking ice blades became increasingly fierce. The surging power gradually surpassed Hans's.

However, his frenzied and violent movements kept tearing open his wounds, and the metal embedded in his body relentlessly tormented his internal organs.

The intense pain gave him a berserk power, but also caused his life to slip away rapidly.

Seeing this, the two stopped their attack and instead adopted a defensive stance.

Aba's forte is a desperate, cornered beast's counterattack, but they know Aba all too well.

At this moment, the cunning approach is to delay and wear down Aba until he is completely exhausted.

Time passed by, and sure enough, Aba's body had become much thinner.

The difference in basic combat strength was simply too great. Even with a surge of fighting spirit and a dramatic increase in strength and speed, they were still unable to defeat the two.

Aba's ferocious aura weakened like the receding tide, and his once robust body visibly became thinner and hunched over.

An absolute gap in strength cannot be bridged by a momentary burst of brilliance.

"Aba, where is the Fountain of Youth? Hand it over, so we can all share it."

"If you hand it over now, you can still get a share. But if I wait until I personally dismantle you and slowly process you... you'll beg me to let you die a quick death."

Hans made no mercy in his threats, clearly intending to torture Abba after defeating him.

"Hans! Sedo! We are comrades-in-arms, we have faced life and death together, and entrusted our lives to each other..."

"You're going to take such drastic measures against me just because of a baseless conjecture?"

Abba was furious and gritted his teeth.

"Roar! Hehe!" Sedo sneered, now a giant wolf nearly three meters tall.

He no longer tried to break through the increasingly thick ice shield head-on, but instead used his ghostly speed to launch surprise attacks from Aba's blind spots.

The claws carried a foul stench, each strike aimed at an opening in Aba's defenses.

"No camaraderie in this world can compare to 50 billion in wealth!"

Sedo's words were a wake-up call, leaving Abba speechless, and Hans couldn't help but glance at Sedo.

Aba was momentarily distracted when he saw a wolf's claw sweep past.

"Sizzle!" The ice armor under his ribs shattered with a sound, leaving a trail of blood.

Aba grunted, not even looking, and with a backhand swing, a thick ice hammer instantly condensed and shot towards Sedo's head like a cannonball.

Sedo's eyes narrowed, and he narrowly dodged the ice hammer as it grazed his earlobe, crashing into and shattering four large trees behind him.

"break!"

Like a cheetah that had been poised for a long time, Hans seized this fleeting opportunity, and the magic spear in his hand burst forth with a dazzling light!
Instead of thrusting directly at the ice shield, he swung his spear like a warhammer, bringing it down with the force of a mountain collapsing and rocks splitting.

"boom!"

The powerful shockwave, carrying shattered frozen soil and wood chips, erupted violently forward in a fan shape.

This attack was not intended to kill, but rather to disrupt Aba's balance.

Abba's body was thrown over and he crashed diagonally into Sedo.

It's now!

Almost at the same moment that Abba lost his balance, the giant wolf's massive body slammed into Sedor like a cannonball!
"Bang!" The blow landed squarely on his lower back.

Aba didn't even have time to raise his shield to block. He was sent flying like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into the crumbling wall. The entire wooden house let out its final groan and completely collapsed. His spine was broken, his waist was covered in blood, and his warm blood was frozen by the cold wind.

"Cough cough..." Despite the pain, Aba burst forth with even greater strength and struggled to spring up.

"Thud!" But Hans's spear pierced his chest like a poisonous dragon.

The icy touch and sharpness of the spear tip made him unable to move, pinning him to the ground.

Sedo raised his claws and stepped on his head, crushing his skull with just a little force.

The defeat is set.

Aba lay paralyzed in the ruins, gasping for breath, each breath laced with blood.

The frost on his skin was rapidly receding, revealing bruises and a pale, bloodless face beneath.

The backlash from overworking his body began to show; his body trembled uncontrollably, and his eyes were filled with exhaustion and resentment.

Hans looked down at him, his eyes cold, devoid of any victor's joy, only pragmatic cruelty: "One last time, Aba! Where is the Fountain of Youth?"

Sedo also moved closer to the wolf's head, licking his fangs with his scarlet tongue, the threat obvious.

Aba struggled to lift his head, forcing a bitter laugh: "Heh...you...don't believe I didn't take it?"

Hans frowned, twisted the spear slightly forward, and churned it inside Aba's chest, causing blood to gush out like a fountain.

"Stop testing my patience! We've been hiding in this freezing cold like rats because of that thing, and Maurice is dead too!"

"It's just an external thing, is it worth risking your life for?"

Abba said hoarsely, "Since it's just an external possession, what use do I have for it?"

Hearing this, Hans's tone became even colder: "Hmph, the leader's character would never allow anything to be left for the enemy to benefit. In the final battle, he was surrounded and attacked and eventually died from his injuries, but he didn't drink a single drop."

"So it must have been before that the Fountain of Youth was given to someone else."

“You were the last one to leave him. You’re so sentimental, how could you abandon him? He must have forced you to leave, to take his inheritance and fly away.”

Aba remained silent, only sneering coldly, blood continuously oozing from the corner of his mouth.

Hans stopped wasting words and manipulated the metal spikes, one after another, slowly and firmly driving them into Aba's body and drilling into his bones!

"Ugh!" The excruciating pain caused Aba's body to convulse violently, his face contorted in agony.

Hans watched indifferently as one after another... more than seventy metal nails pierced deep into Aba's bones, pinning him firmly to the ruins.

This was excruciating torture, yet Aba remained silent.

Sedo couldn't help but wonder, "Could it be... that he really didn't take it?"

Hans sneered: "Impossible. The more he doesn't say, the more it proves that he took it."

“He’s not good at lying. If he really didn’t take it, he would definitely righteously denounce us and repeatedly state the truth.”

"But he didn't. He would rather grit his teeth and endure it, but he never had the confidence to refute us."

Sedo suddenly realized that, indeed, given Aba's personality, if he didn't take it, he simply didn't take it, and he would definitely be able to repeat himself.

But now, although Aba has also said he didn't take it, the feeling is different; he lacks a sense of self-righteousness.

Aba paused for a moment, then sneered, "You really know me well, Hans."

“That’s right, the chief did give me the pot of the fountain of youth, but you will never get it, because I will never let you have it even if I die.”

He admitted it; he finally admitted it.

The two were overjoyed, and Sedo growled, "You really took it! Hand it over! What were you hiding it for?"

"With this pot of the Fountain of Youth, selling just a portion of it would be enough to turn the mercenary group chasing us against us."

Upon hearing this, Aba scoffed, "Really? If it were that effective, would the chieftain have been defeated?"

"The president has received financial aid from major powers and has plundered Gangu for more than a decade. His wealth is beyond your imagination."

"If you're so greedy for money, why don't you go find him?"

The two were speechless. This money could indeed cover their current arrest warrants and save their lives, but turning against them was impossible because President Gangu could offer even more.

Of course, Hans and his men didn't want to get involved in this either. He said, "I will put up some money to remove everyone's wanted status. As long as we can raise the price, President Gangu won't waste too much money on us. He doesn't necessarily want us dead. Our lives are worthless to him."

Aba coldly said, "That sounds nice, saying you'll remove everyone's wanted status? If you get it, you'll just kill Sedo and keep it all for yourself."

Sedo paused, then looked at Hans.

Hans calmly said, "Stop trying to sow discord. We've been brothers since the bottom, side by side for so many years. We're true brothers who have been through thick and thin together."

"Aba, to be honest, if you cooperate, I really will give you a share. I'll take one-third of the 50 billion."

Sedo also shouted, "That's right, how could a mere 50 billion shake my bond with Hans?"

"Since Brother Hans said he'd share with you, I have no objection. Hurry up and hand it over, don't make things worse for yourself!"

Aba looked at the two coldly, gritting his teeth: "Kill me."

"Pfft!" Hans was cold and ruthless, continuing to drive the metal in, one after another. Aba's face contorted in pain as cracks were drilled into his bones.

Aba felt the excruciating pain and the weakness of life slipping away. Complex emotions flashed in his eyes: memories, pain, and a hint of relief.

Just as he was losing consciousness, Hans suddenly ripped off his pocket watch and held it in front of him.

"Click...click..." The pocket watch emitted a faint light, and the subtle sound of the hands moving was amplified by a strange energy, becoming clearly audible.

Aba trembled, his eyes widened, his gaze fixed on the pocket watch as if drawing a line in front of a chicken's eyes, his whole body frozen as if under a spell.

"Hmph, you really think you can get away with just being stubborn?" Hans's lips curled into a cold smile: "Humans can never fully control their own brains."

Seddo stared in astonishment: "This is..."

Hans said calmly, "It's just hypnosis. Dealing with someone with such a strong will is quite troublesome, but he can't stay strong forever."

"Humans are a unity of body and soul, and when the body is on the verge of death, willpower inevitably weakens."

Sedo felt a chill run down his spine; he had never known Hans was hiding this ability. It was clearly one of the powers he possessed from another world, which he had kept hidden until this crucial moment.

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(End of this chapter)