Lando’s ability was crude, yet surprisingly effective, even possessing performance that most flashy but impractical powers lacked.
Her abilities almost perfectly complemented each other, allowing her to easily surpass any combination of scattered skills through their synergy.
The Desire Witch’s three abilities were formidable on their own, but their combined effect was far inferior to Lando’s.
However, her strength lay in comprehensiveness, with field control and mental attacks that Lando couldn’t match.
Lando’s single-combat capability was indeed powerful, but for the moment, it was difficult to find a suitable opening.
She couldn’t just fight her with eyes closed.
“Then fight her with your eyes closed—I can be your eyes.”
Su Mu’s trembling voice echoed in Lando’s mind, causing her movements to falter slightly.
Why did she feel like Su Mu’s condition was… enticing?
That delicate voice was as sweet as if a lollipop was held between her lips—simply irresistible.
‘No, no, this is a fight, not flirting. I have to focus.’
Thinking this, Lando quietly closed her eyes, trusting Su Mu.
If merely making eye contact with her caused a shock, then keeping her eyes open was risky.
Magic could create reflective surfaces without needing a specific ability, meaning she could be caught off guard at any moment.
So being cautious was always wise—especially in a battle where her sanity was at stake.
The colorful world dimmed, cut off from Lando’s senses.
At the same time, the surrounding buzzing grew sharp and piercing, while the fierce wind brushing her skin carried a distinct chill.
This was a familiar sensation experienced countless times before sleep.
When one sense was discarded, the others filled the void, becoming more concrete, more detailed—even developing beyond their usual limits.
Su Mu hated the noise passing through walls and the vibrations caused by cars speeding on the street while sleeping in her rented room.
She wished she could stuff her ears tighter.
But now, Lando had to rely on her other senses to reconstruct a comprehensive perception capable of keeping pace with the intense battle.
It wasn’t easy, but with Su Mu providing real-time information, it was a task that could be accomplished.
Lando held her breath and focused.
In the next moment, a new vision composed of sound, physical sensation, magical perception, and data gradually formed beneath her closed eyelids.
She could sense the contours and edges around her, feel the restless movements of the tentacles.
With a whoosh through the air, a long black shadow lunged at her body—but she easily dodged by sidestepping.
Yet the Desire Witch wouldn’t miss this perfect opportunity while Lando was still adapting.
Countless tentacles swarmed, engulfing her, but suddenly, an ice-blue blade flashed out from the encroaching black webbing.
Between wide, sweeping strikes, all the tentacles could only weakly crawl at Lando’s feet.
Lando smoothly stopped her final slash, pointing the tip of her blade at the Desire Witch from afar.
“Corruption Rate: 57%.”
On the other side, Su Mu desperately suppressed the turmoil within her, her corruption deepening severely.
Luckily, this was a dream, and she was safely hidden inside the Mango Box.
She could even discard her clothes without worry.
Just… her body outside had to hold on—especially her pants!
In this state, still providing information support for Lando, Su Mu had to admire herself.
“There are tentacles hiding one meter beneath your feet.”
Lando leapt, and the ground beneath her cracked under her force, pinching those tentacles trapped under the distorted floor.
This time, her attack smoothly tore through the Desire Witch’s formation again.
With immense momentum, she was about to thrust between the fragile tentacles.
“Keep your eyes wide open—I’ll count to three.”
At that moment, the Desire Witch’s voice reached her ears.
The familiar tone made Lando’s heart skip involuntarily.
Her long eyelashes trembled slightly.
Though her eyes remained shut, hesitation flickered briefly.
And in that instant, the Desire Witch seized the chance to organize a counterattack.
The tentacles covering her body suddenly emitted countless pink mists.
From their color, the toxin’s spread could easily be discerned, but for Lando now, detecting the abnormality took time.
“She’s releasing toxins—fall back!”
[Detected target releasing nerve toxin: penetrates magic, seeps into the body through breathing and skin contact, causing negative effects such as hypnosis, weakness, hallucinations, sensory confusion, and more.]
Yet Lando had no suitable leverage to use and reluctantly twisted midair to deliver a heavy kick to the Desire Witch’s tentacles.
Upon contact, they split apart, bouncing quickly in opposite directions.
In this brief moment, many toxins had already seeped through Lando’s magically formed uniform into her bloodstream, overlapping to cause various negative effects on her body.
But this was not the end.
The Desire Witch had anticipated this outcome from the start and had concealed her toxin ability, waiting for the moment Lando let her guard down to launch an inescapable trap.
The tentacles that had spread to every corner of the arena now simultaneously released toxins.
Especially in the direction Lando flew toward, everything including air and magic was completely displaced and replaced by the intoxicating pink mist, ready to envelop her entirely.
“There’s also a large amount of toxin behind you. Curl your body tightly and hold your breath!”
Though aware of the toxins early on, both Su Mu and Lando felt helpless—they simply had no good way to deal with it.
Su Mu wanted to use the Mango Box to purge the toxin, but the device warned that doing so would consume an enormous amount of magic, likely doubling her corruption rate.
Although fully corrupting within this small space wouldn’t have consequences, disconnecting from Lando now was obviously unwise.
She had to hold on until the Rage Accumulation was complete.
The Desire Witch Concept Body was notoriously difficult to destroy.
Without activating Rage, Lando wasn’t confident in landing a killing blow.
So, for now, she had to endure the corrosion—it wasn’t yet time to panic.
Elsewhere, after absorbing the toxin, Lando followed Su Mu’s advice, trying to avoid further contact with the toxin.
But the next moment, an intense burning heat and hypersensitivity radiated from her entire body, shocking her.
Far away, the Desire Witch crashed heavily into the dojo’s boundary wall, sinking into it, looking quite battered.
Yet she poked her head out from the protective tentacles, wearing a sultry smile.
She had planned this from the start—to force Lando to close her eyes to avoid the Sinking Gaze, thereby heightening her bodily senses.
And when the body’s sensation was already hypersensitive, what would be the result of injecting an excessive amount of toxin that doubled the sensitivity of the entire body?