CHAPTER 558: CHAPTER 344: FATHER AND SON JOIN FORCES VS. FATHER OF PUPPETS

August 15th, 0:16 AM, at the edge of the Deserted Island.

The restraint belt kept flowing out from the cuffs of the trench coat, connecting to various rocks and sand, as Black Cocoon pulled on the restraint belts, weaving through the dusky sandstorm.

As he swung towards the center of the island, he looked down at the rhombus pattern on his hand.

Just before Black Cocoon’s main body left the beach, he used the restraint belt to steal Urushibara Ryuri’s superpower—"Thousand Return Hand", and the rhombus pattern emerged on the back of his right hand simultaneously.

The moment his gaze touched the rhombus pattern, certain perspectives gradually emerged in his mind:

—These were the fields of vision of people marked by Urushibara Ryuri.

Unexpectedly, among the active Rainbow Wing Members on the island, only five people bore the "Thousand Return Hand" mark.

These five individuals were "Alexandra," "Jiushijiu," "Garfield," "You Ruirui," and "Gu Qiye."

It seemed Urushibara Ryuri anticipated that Black Cocoon might steal her superpower, so she secretly removed the marks from a few Salvation Society members;

For some reason, she also specifically removed Fan Dongqing’s mark. It seemed she didn’t want Fan Dongqing to be caught by Black Cocoon.

Besides that, Ke Qingzheng was not a member of the Salvation Society, yet he bore no "Thousand Return Hand" mark. This might be because he wasn’t originally part of the Deserted Island raid lineup but was assigned to stay in Osaka.

At this moment, as the rhombus pattern on his hand glowed, the information on how to use "Thousand Return Hand" flooded into Black Cocoon’s mind.

One: Pull a maximum of two people into an independent space, from which they will automatically exit after a certain amount of time.

Two: Pull a person with the "Thousand Return Hand" mark to your side. (Range Limit: the distance between you and the person can’t exceed three kilometers)

Three: Pull a person with the "Thousand Return Hand" mark to another person’s side. (Range Limit: the distance between the two people can’t exceed three kilometers)

"Now here’s the question, why is Urushibara Ryuri immune to my ’Restraint Truth’ and the Bee King’s toxin?" Black Cocoon wondered, baffled.

He initially thought Urushibara Ryuri had a trick up her sleeve, with something in her superpower to explain that scene, but now it appeared that wasn’t the case.

Of course, the answer would have to wait to slowly unfold later; he had urgent matters to attend to now.

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At this moment, near the Ruins of the Hive in the center of the deserted island.

Sands of frenzy intermingled with snow, and the sky appeared a tapestry of yellow mingled with snow white; beams and missiles disrupted the hazy beauty, with smoke surging amid thunderous blasts.

Cezar rode atop the Christmas Sled, two reindeer trotting through the air, towing the sled across the skies; they resembled a miniature snowstorm, cooling the air wherever they went.

Behind him, Jiushijiu’s floating turrets fired missiles and beams in unison, relentlessly pursuing Cezar’s figure like a rainstorm.

Just as he was about to be caught by the tracking missiles, Cezar took a deep breath, crushed the legendary shard "Phoenix" without looking back.

With a crisp "crack," the Phoenix soared into the air, unfurling its russet wings to shield him from the barrage behind.

Flames shot skyward, bombs detonated one after another, transforming into deafening explosions.

"Boom boom boom boom boom—!"

Jiushijiu furrowed her brows, her pink pigtails bobbing up and down. She braced a sniper rifle, peering through the scope, aiming at Cezar. But just then, a rhombus mark on her wrist suddenly lit up, spreading a wave-like deep blue light.

She paused slightly, "Liuli?"

In the very next second, the light emanating from her wrist engulfed her, and the girl in Russian military uniform vanished from the desert, leaving behind only a dropped military cap etched with the national emblem that the wind soon swept away.

Cezar was stunned for a moment, then blinked, turning around slowly to lower the legendary tale he held,

"What’s going on?" he muttered.

He had been ready to use the "Tower of Babylon" to withstand Jiushijiu’s next barrage of firepower, but to his surprise, Jiushijiu’s figure vanished into thin air, along with her hovering turrets.

Meanwhile, not far away, Su Wei was fighting one against two, contending against Rainbow Wing’s "Flowing Sentinel" and "Princess."

Su Wei seemed to predict the future, as whenever Ke Qingzheng raised his hand blade, slicing the air with supersonic speed, Su Wei manipulated the teaching ruler to block in front, enlarging it to perfectly intercept each move, without exception after several exchanges.

And Alexandra knew she couldn’t casually use the "Red Sun" within "Sun and Moon Co-travel," lest she accidentally injured allies. So she had the artificial Moon cast a beam of moonlight toward Su Wei during Ke Qingzheng’s suppression.

But strangely, that ray of moonlight could never catch up with Su Wei’s figure; he would always step onto the teaching ruler before the moonlight fell, flying off like an immortal sword rider from a wuxia novel, seemingly foreseeing their every action.

In fact, this was Su Wei’s celestial driver ability "Measurement."

Initially, when he was a first-rank Exorcist, his teaching ruler could measure the "positions" of certain small objects using photos;