When Ling Tian spoke, his eyes truly blazed with killing intent. He was being completely serious.
Arthur understood Ling Tian's gaze and shivered. He knew Ling Tian meant what he said and could truly beat him until he defecated.
"Mr. Ling Tian, please let me explain. This is a misunderstanding... My ability has no offensive capabilities. I just wanted to make our conversation more peaceful, that's all.
As you can see, I have no combat power. I am a pacifist..."
Ling Tian laughed. A person from the United States calling himself a pacifist was the most ridiculous thing he had ever heard.
Were there pacifists among Americans? Perhaps, but certainly not among the people on this island.
"Mr. Arthur, are you insulting my intelligence, or are you defiling the word 'peace'?"
Arthur was very flustered, but he still forced himself to remain calm.
"Mr. Ling Tian, you must understand that this is the Order Zone. You can't just kill people!"
"Of course, I know that. However, you just attacked me, and I am justified in defending myself."
"You say I attacked you. Do you have any proof?" Arthur said with a defiant air.
After all, mental attacks were very subjective. Only the person involved knew, and others could not see it at all.
Seeing Arthur's shameless demeanor, Ling Tian smiled and stood up directly.
"Mr. Arthur, you may not know me, but I am not a very magnanimous person.
I always seek revenge for any wrong done to me. Unless you plan to hide in this Order Zone for the rest of your life, you will die a miserable death..."
After saying this, Ling Tian strode away. His voice, like a demonic echo, lingered in Arthur's ears.
At that moment, a scene appeared in Arthur's mind: he was naked, tied to a cross, covered in wounds, and maggots were crawling inside the wounds, gnawing at his flesh.
He endured immense pain and wished for death, but he couldn't die. He longed for someone to save him, but no one came.
Just then, Arthur suddenly felt a heavy blow to his face, and he fell backward, snapping out of the vision.
He realized there was no cross, and he was still in the booth at the bar.
Arthur looked up and saw Prometheus standing before him with a look of suspicion.
When Prometheus saw Ling Tian leave the booth, he understood that Arthur's ability had failed. He quickly came over, wanting to ask Arthur what had happened during their brief exchange.
But when he reached the booth, he found Prometheus with unfocused eyes, a pale complexion, and a face filled with pain and fear.
Prometheus knew something had gone wrong. Being decisive, he resorted to the simplest and most brutal method: he slapped Arthur across the face.
And it turned out that this crude method was effective; the slap directly jolted Arthur awake.
"Arthur, Arthur, what's wrong? What happened just now?"
"I lost, Prometheus. I lost completely," Arthur said dejectedly.
As a psychologist, he was not stubborn and could let some things go.
"My mental attack had no effect on him. It couldn't influence his emotions at all.
On the contrary, this guy... he can also use mental attacks!"
Hearing Arthur's words, Prometheus frowned. Mental attack abilities were very powerful and difficult to guard against.
"What kind of mental attack was it?"
"I'm not entirely sure, but I suspect it was some kind of illusion. I was pulled into an illusion."
"An illusion? What was it like? What kind of illusion?"
Arthur then described the scene that had appeared in his mind to Prometheus. Suddenly, he slapped his thigh.
"I remember it now! That scene was from a horror movie I saw as a child!
Only, the character in the scene was replaced by me!
That horror movie was a childhood trauma that plagued me for a long time. After watching it, I had nightmares for days!
This Ling Tian must have extracted the fear from my heart and then inflicted that terrifying image back upon me!"
Arthur, being a psychologist, quickly grasped the crux of the matter.
"What else did he say?"
"He wants to kill me! But he's very rational and knows this is the Order Zone. However, he said that unless I stay here forever and never leave, he will definitely kill me!" Arthur said with a wry smile.
"Arthur, don't worry. I won't let such a thing happen. I'll arrange for someone to protect you personally!
Furthermore, if anyone leaves the Order Zone, he will be the first to die!" Prometheus reassured him, but his words were of no use to a seasoned psychologist.
"Alas, I hope so," Arthur sighed.
Ling Tian left the bar and had just returned to his quarters when he was summoned to Xuanyuan Jie's room. Ling Tian found that Murong Tianji and Su Dacheng were already there.
The three of them looked at Ling Tian with peculiar expressions, which made Ling Tian feel a bit uneasy.
"I say, leaders, what exactly has happened?"
"It's all because of what you've caused. However, we don't know if this is a good or bad thing..." Su Dacheng said helplessly.
"I didn't do anything?" Ling Tian was also a bit bewildered.
At this moment, Zhuge Tianji explained, "A few days ago, you met a woman named Yulia at the bar. Do you remember her?"
Ling Tian nodded. "I told you, that woman is from the Heavenly Demon Sect."
"Yes, that's right. You scared her.
Early this morning, people from the Heavenly Demon Sect and most of the unrighteous factions left the island by boat, reportedly to return home!
According to our intelligence personnel, the Heavenly Demon Sect believes that the Gu King has fallen into our hands and has confessed a large amount of classified information about the Heavenly Demon Sect's high command.
The Heavenly Demon Sect is terrified. They need to return quickly to conduct internal investigations and relocate their hiding places..." explained Daoist Zhuge Tianji.
Ling Tian was speechless upon hearing this. He had only intended to scare Yulia a little, to make the Heavenly Demon Sect people restrain themselves and not become a burden.
As a result, he had scared them away!
"This... I was just talking big, making up a reason. I didn't expect this..." Ling Tian expressed his helplessness.
"It doesn't matter. This is a good thing for us. At least the people who would stab us in the back and drag us down are gone!" Xuanyuan Jie said with a smile.