“Confinement”

Neo screamed as loudly as he could, and the six hunters almost subconsciously covered their ears at the same time. 

Not to mention that the skill effect was immediate, and their hearts softened collectively, even if for a split second. 

This split second made them hesitate and just froze on the spot, not knowing what to do. 

Charlie saw the six hunters' reactions and his eyes immediately lit up. 

A chance! 

Charlie activated his skill in one breath. 

DING! [Shadow Steps] skill is activated! 

A white halo quickly swallowed Charlie's entire body, blurring his face and body, hiding the slime tightly inside the blinding white halo. 

Then, the young man's legs became blurry, running on the spot so fast that it looked like a propeller. 

Before the ten bodyguards could react and before the special effects ended, the boy had already rushed out of the encirclement with his propeller-like legs! 

SWOOSHH! 

Shadow Steps! 

The boy was so fast that he only left a shadow behind. 

The boy's sudden activation of skill caught the six hunters off guard, but the four E-rank hunters reacted in time. 

One of them immediately waved his hand while shouting— 

"Confinement!" 

The burly man's body was also enveloped in a white halo, and a series of special effects quickly took over his body. 

Without waiting for the E-rank hunter's special effects to end— 

A huge cage suddenly appeared out of the blue, instantly trapping Charlie inside the cage! 

The timing was so coincidental that both Neo and Charlie's special effects had ended, so they weren't invincible against other attacks. 

As the cage enveloped Charlie and Neo in a cramped place, Charlie's first reflex was to extend his hands out of the cage's gaps, but when he did, his hands hit an invisible barrier. 

Charlie's face instantly turned pale. 

This is not an ordinary cage! It's a derivative skill of barrier-type skills! 

Even Neo was shocked out of his wits. 

He had seen people using skills and they usually waited for the special effects to end because before that, they couldn't move. 

To his surprise, that E-rank bodyguard could launch an attack when the special effects were still there. 

Or this cage was a part of the special effects, just like Charlie's propeller feet! 

Neo still didn't understand how to use skills and the annoying skill effects properly, but that E-rank bodyguard really looked skilful. 

It was not the time to admire the bodyguard because Neo found that the six hunters who were "bewitched" by his [Cub's Cry] skill had snapped out of their strange state. 

They quickly ran towards the cage and surrounded them tightly, forming a second layer of confinement. 

[Cub's Cry] skill effect only lasted for a few seconds on too many targets, and the skill range also couldn't reach the other five people behind. 

Should he use the [Beast Conqueror Aura] instead? 

Neo checked that skill, but there was still a few hours of cooling down time! 

Any other skills at this point weren't as effective as the [Beast Conqueror Aura]. 

Still, Neo tried to use the [Cub's Cry] skill again, at least to influence the people who had surrounded him and that hunter who trapped them with a skill. 

But fate didn't allow him. 

When Neo tried to activate his skill, a red panel popped up in front of him, and the system notification sounded coldly in his mind. 

WARNING! WARNING! [You are inside a special skill field. All use of skills at E-level and below are prohibited.] 

Neo's heart went cold. 

Damn it! What kind of skill is this [Confinement]? 

He can't use his E-rank and F-rank skills! 

While Neo was hit hard, Charlie suddenly acted strange. 

His face turned pale, and his chest suddenly heaved up and down. 

"Hu…hu…hu…" 

His breathing became short, heavy and chaotic. 

Sweat soaked his back and face, even his hair was soaked as if he stood under the rain. 

Neo saw Charlie's lips even turned purple-blue, and his eyes dilated so much that it looked like it was about to pop out of its socket! 

Even John could see how bad Charlie's condition was from a distance. 

Both of them subconsciously shouted at Charlie through telepathy. 

[Hooman! What's wrong??]

[Boy! Are you claustrophobic or something— ] 

But Charlie used an elevator just fine. 

So, what went wrong? 

Charlie slowly slid down the cage and sat down on the ground while leaning on the cage's steel bars. 

[I-I…I am just…just afraid of cages…] 

Charlie's body tensed up so much that his [Survivor's Will] passive skill was triggered when the skill would only be activated when the user was in a life and death moment. 

For Charlie, right now is a death and life moment! 

But a passive skill had no special effects, so no one, including Neo, saw through Charlie's dangerous state. 

After the skill took effects, with the surge of adrenaline that soothed fear, Charlie's pale face slowly regained its color. 

His breathing also became more stable than before. 

During the time Charlie was in a bad state, the four E-rank bodyguards had already come to the cage alongside Jaime. 

Neo was still worried about Charlie's sudden change, but he suppressed his worry and contacted John instead. 

[Big hooman, don't rush to save us. You will only fall into the same trap!]

Neo paused before speeding up his speech. 

[I have a plan. You only need to react to my spontaneous actions and use all the skills you can use, okay?]

John was not a hot-blooded uncle, so he quickly calmed down at Neo's instruction and started to lay low, lurking in the crowds. 

[Got it. Take care.]

Even when the situation was urgent and it looked like the two people were done for, John strangely had a 100% trust in Neo. 

It is as if he could change the tide anytime he wanted. 

Neo didn't disappoint John's trust. 

After making sure that Charlie had gradually felt better, he cautiously gave Charlie a few simple instructions. 

Neo didn't want to be a coward who could only run away. 

At least he had to teach that Jaime guy a lesson!