16: Come on! Cheer up!

An old saying goes, 'Nine fogs, ten clear days.'

Because there was no rain during the fog, Mountain Child was also speechless.

It didn't even know what that 'bird language' meant, yet it responded naturally, as smoothly as Yone chaining a knock-up, its body moving on its own while its brain was offline.

Cheng Zhen couldn't help but exclaim, 'Hard crowd control skills are truly terrifying.'

To make an uneducated person suddenly speak English was indeed worthy of a Tier 3 skill.

As the nursery rhyme stopped, the three controlled individuals suddenly woke up, looking at the Short-Haired Girl who was pulling them with a rope, their faces full of surprise.

Although Mountain Child didn't know what had happened, it couldn't just stand there in a daze, so it activated its bewitching ability again.

"A-la-la..."

"Han Meimei!"

"Erya, How are you?"

"...I am fine, thank you and you???"

Han Meimei already understood what was going on and activated her skill as instructed.

But the bewildered Mountain Child completely failed to comprehend why its mouth suddenly became uncontrollable. Not believing it, it tried to bewitch people again.

"A..."

"How are you?"

"I am fine..."

Han Meimei successfully interrupted its casting for the third time.

If Mountain Child could understand what that 'bird language' meant, it would probably just say, 'Fine my ass, I'm not fine at all!' with a scowl.

However, even if it was dumb, it now knew that the girl next to it was causing trouble and making its mouth disobedient. So, it decisively changed its target to control Han Meimei.

Even veterans couldn't resist such control, let alone Han Meimei, who was a Rookie. With a dazed look, she naturally couldn't use her silence skill to interrupt the casting again.

Mountain Child, having successfully gained control, breathed a sigh of relief.

Although it couldn't stop itself from drifting towards Cheng Zhen, it could control others to come to it.

As long as others entered the fog, it would have them in its grasp!

It had figured out that Cheng Zhen cared a lot about the others (points). By holding hostages, it didn't believe that kid could remain indifferent!

But when Mountain Child controlled Han Meimei, it couldn't control the others.

Whoosh—

Another enchanted silver nail accurately pierced Mountain Child's chest.

Since Mountain Child couldn't maintain its misty state while using its skill, the bald man's skill accurately hit Mountain Child's lung.

The nursery rhyme inevitably carried a hint of suppressed pain.

Several more artifacts flew, striking Mountain Child until it could barely sing anymore.

So Mountain Child changed its target again, shifting its control to Han Meimei, Jacket Uncle, and the bald man.

As for the Little Fatty, who had been useless from start to finish, he could go stand somewhere cool!

Han Meimei and the bald man were both controlled, making the situation look unfavorable for them, but Cheng Zhen smiled as he looked at the Little Fatty, who had regained his senses.

The development of events was pretty much as he had predicted.

If Mountain Child's bewitching skill hadn't been strengthened, then this increase in power would be a joke.

Controlling only one person was useless; after all, if one was controlled, there were still five others, so it was pointless.

Therefore, increasing the number of controlled targets was a reasonable enhancement.

Cheng Zhen estimated that this crappy game wouldn't be so insane as to let the BOSS control all seven people at once, giving them no chance to survive; it was most likely strengthened to control about half the number of people.

Of course, even if everyone was controlled, Cheng Zhen wasn't afraid. At worst, he'd have Luo Han block the door. They might not even be able to push Luo Han Brother if they pushed down the load-bearing wall.

Although a few Rookies were unlucky enough to be matched into a four-star dungeon, after Cheng Zhen understood their skills, he immediately realized that their skills were all very effective against Mountain Child, and there was a reason they were matched here.

Green Hair could restrain Mountain Child's mist, Han Meimei could interrupt Mountain Child's control skills, and Little Fatty... was the true weapon that could help destroy Mountain Child!

The previous two rounds of control had prevented Little Fatty from playing his part.

Now, it was time to let the dungeon BOSS witness their passionate combo skill!

"Fatty, use your skill!"

Cheng Zhen shouted, raising the doll in his hand high.

With their lives on the line for clearance, Little Fatty had memorized these items several times. Coupled with the bald man having already shown him the way with the silver nail, he precisely locked onto the target still visible in the mist—

"Go! You are the fattest!"

[Skill: Cheer Up]

[Effect Description: After cheering up the designated target, the target will instantly inflate and become fatter. The duration lasts 5 to 10 seconds depending on the target's body shape. (This skill does not cause damage to the biological entity itself)]

[Note: You kid definitely have an accent]

As his skill activated, Mountain Child, who was singing, paused. It felt an irresistible force appear around its body, and then its body swelled dramatically, becoming much rounder.

Now, it was almost as fat as the Little Fatty, nearly catching up to the 200x200 big brother in the room.

Not only that, the position of the mist it was in also suddenly changed drastically.

Even though this thing's existence was completely unscientific, it still followed physical principles in some areas.

After Mountain Child was thoroughly 'cheered up' by Little Fatty, due to its body being connected to the mist, a large amount of air was suddenly introduced into the dense fog, causing localized airflow disturbance, which made the originally more stable mist flow and diffuse.

At the same time, because the new air did not contain mist droplets, its mixing diluted the concentration of the fog.

Due to diffusion and dilution, the mist around Mountain Child instantly dissipated significantly, and visibility visibly improved. As a result, Mountain Child immediately revealed itself in the fog after being hit by the skill.

The moment it revealed itself, the Short-Haired Girl, taking advantage of its stiff state after being hit, also cast her skill—

[Skill: Take This Set]

[Effect Description: Swing a lasso in the designated direction. If it hits the target, different effects will occur depending on the hit part (hitting the neck has a high probability of making the target faint, duration depends on the target's physique)]

The Short-Haired Girl had used this skill before when stealing dogs, and her movements were incredibly smooth and fluid.

Although this skill didn't have aiming assistance like the bald man's, she still skillfully lassoed Mountain Child, who was inconveniently moving due to being suddenly inflated.

The enlarged Mountain Child was lassoed around the neck, the skill judgment took effect, and Mountain Child immediately blacked out, falling into a short state of unconsciousness.

As a dungeon BOSS, this dizzy state would only last a few seconds, but even such a short time was enough.

As the Short-Haired Girl and Little Fatty pulled together, the inflated and not-so-heavy Mountain Child was immediately pulled out of the fog by the two of them.

It had already been lured not far away by Cheng Zhen holding the doll, and with this pull, it was immediately dragged to Cheng Zhen's feet.

"For me, use the Great Mighty Dragon on it!"

Following Cheng Zhen's attack command, Mountain Child, having just escaped its dizzy state, opened its eyes to see a large iron hammer full of Buddha's light smashing down on its head...