Chapter 267 Countermeasures

Since Divine Doctor An hadn't revealed any bizarre form, the most prudent course of action was to send this ticking time bomb away.

Lin Duoduo sighed.

"...I'm sorry, Divine Doctor An's identity is special, and it's inconvenient for us to intervene. So, you should leave tonight. Our Luo Ye Village can't accommodate you any longer."

What?!

Fang Yue was stunned. He hadn't expected Lin Duoduo and the others to make such a decision.

The sheepskin parchment hadn't mentioned anything about this!

His face darkened, and Fang Yue said in a deep voice, "Now is not the time for you to withdraw. In fact, I've already fought with Divine Doctor An once. It said that it would destroy Luo Ye Village tonight. The reason it didn't kill me was just to avoid alarming you! And the first to be eliminated are the three of you!"

Lin Duoduo and the others' pupils suddenly contracted. It was actually aimed at them?

"Is this true?" Lin Duoduo said with a grim expression.

"Absolutely!"

Anyway, you can't verify it!

"..."

Lin Duoduo was silent for a moment, looking at the other two captains. After the three of them discussed in hushed tones, Lin Duoduo said, "Alright, we can help you, but Divine Doctor An's head must be cut off by you!"

"No problem!"

After a pause, Fang Yue continued, "However, things haven't reached that point yet. Divine Doctor An hasn't been possessed by a bizarre entity for long, so perhaps there's still hope. I wonder if you have a way to make the bizarre entity leave Divine Doctor An's body?"

Save someone possessed by a bizarre entity?

Lin Duoduo and the other two captains exchanged glances.

There were precedents for this, but the difficulty and risk were extremely high, and generally, no one was willing to do it.

"Generally speaking, there are two ways to make a bizarre entity leave a possessed person," Lin Duoduo said.

"The first is to control the possessed person, and then use various methods to force the bizarre entity to leave their body."

"The second is to let the bizarre entity voluntarily leave the possessed person, such as having a more suitable body, or some external force that can make the bizarre entity take this action. Once the bizarre entity leaves Divine Doctor An's body in front of us, it will be in a weakened state, so few bizarre entities do this. Some bizarre entities can't even transfer after possessing someone. As for what external force can make a bizarre entity leave its host... I can't think of anything for the moment."

"So, if we want to save Divine Doctor An, the most reliable way is for the four of us to join forces and subdue Divine Doctor An in an instant, restraining it before the bizarre entity manifests itself... By the way, you've fought with that bizarre entity, what's the strength of the bizarre entity possessing Divine Doctor An? What are its abilities?"

Hearing this, Fang Yue was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "Clear eyes, Black-rank Intermediate stage. Its ability is... memory erasure."

"What?!"

As Fang Yue's voice fell, the other three simultaneously widened their eyes, their expressions changing drastically, clearly somewhat frightened.

"Black-rank Intermediate stage?! And a bizarre entity that manipulates memories... Tricky, too tricky..."

Fang Yue had thought that the three of them would be scared off, but he didn't expect that Lin Duoduo and the others only looked troubled, but didn't seem to feel that there was no chance of winning?

"Black-rank Intermediate stage... I'm afraid only Chief Lin, with [Houtian Second-rate] strength, can be the main force. We can only play a supporting role. With such terrifying abilities as memory manipulation, even if that bizarre entity is Black-rank Intermediate stage, its level should be below the usual standard. The troublesome thing is... how to crack memory manipulation!"

"That's right! As long as we crack its ability, this bizarre entity is not to be feared. Since Vice Captain Ye was able to return alive, I boldly suspect that this bizarre entity's memory manipulation only works on a single target... At that time, I'll be the bait. When it manipulates my memories, Chief Lin will behead and kill it!"

The two of them thought very highly of their plan, but Fang Yue was a little confused.

He stared blankly at Lin Duoduo.

"You, you're actually at the Houtian Second-rate stage?!"

[Houtian Second-rate] corresponded to [Black-rank Intermediate stage] bizarre entities.

Although Fang Yue was only one internal energy cultivation method away from [Houtian Second-rate], having experienced the [Heavy Pressure Bizarre Entity], he didn't dare to underestimate Black-rank Intermediate stage bizarre entities.

In addition, Fang Yue was also somewhat envious of Lin Duoduo. If Lin Duoduo was willing to teach him an internal energy cultivation method, wouldn't he be able to break through on the spot and become a [Houtian Second-rate] expert in one fell swoop?

The more Fang Yue thought about it, the more feasible it seemed, and he immediately said, "Sister Lin, to be honest, my strength has been stuck at the [Houtian Third-rate] stage for a long time, and I only need a Houtian Second-rate cultivation method to break through. I wonder if Sister Lin can give me a secret manual, or teach me the cultivation method, so that I can break through. In this way, we'll have two Houtian Second-rate martial artists and be able to take down that bizarre entity with ease!"

Fang Yue's idea was beautiful, but Lin Duoduo and the other two suddenly stared at him with hostile eyes.

"Vice Captain Ye, what is the cultivation method? The foundation of martial arts! What a precious thing! You're asking for it as if it's nothing? What you're saying is simply lacking common sense. What do you think I am to you? Don't say that you and I have a distant relationship, even if we were as close as brothers, there's no reason to pass on a cultivation method!"

After a pause, seemingly feeling that she had gone a bit too far, Lin Duoduo added, "Of course, there aren't so many concerns between husband and wife, but... do you want to be my husband? Let me make it clear, I have relatively high requirements for my future husband!"

Fang Yue: ...

Fang Yue quickly shook his head.

It was fortunate that Lin Ling wasn't here, or he probably would have blurted out: I treat you like a brother, but you want to be my cousin-in-law!?

But... he had been rash.

In Gu Yue Village, with Lord Han protecting him, he had been living too comfortably. Fang Yue had forgotten that things like martial arts, apart from masters and disciples, ordinary people would never easily pass on.

"Since Vice Captain Ye doesn't want to be my husband, then I'll pretend I didn't hear about the cultivation method. Do you have any opinions on the method we proposed earlier?"

In the end, Fang Yue was the only one who had directly faced that bizarre entity. Although Lin Duoduo was powerful, she still consulted Fang Yue's opinion.

Fang Yue's response was only two words.

"Inappropriate."

"Inappropriate?"

"Yes, that bizarre entity's memory manipulation can be activated on multiple people at the same time. It's not like someone can take the first wave and you can duel with it one-on-one."

According to the sheepskin parchment, ambushing with four people and then attacking together would fail.

So Lin Duoduo's move was completely unfeasible.

"Then what should we do?"

"I'll attract the first wave of attacks and launch a sneak attack. You'll act according to my signal. Also, since I have a way to eliminate the bizarre entity's memory influence on me, but you don't, it's best to write various suggestive words on your bodies, or leave them on your skin. This will make it easier for you to remind you when I 'wake up' and cooperate with me to attack."

This method wasn't bad. Even Lin Duoduo, who was at the Houtian Second-rate stage, didn't have the confidence to resist the bizarre entity's memory manipulation ability.

The three of them planned to have someone prepare pen and ink and write words on their bodies after finalizing the details of the operation. The more ruthless ones even planned to use small knives to carve them on their skin—after all, their lives were at stake, and leaving marks on their skin was nothing compared to that.