Cave Refuge

At this moment, all the passengers on the plane were searching for the source of the recent tearing sound from the clothing. After all, they hadn’t expected someone to be playing so wildly on the plane, reenacting a scene straight out of a disaster-themed adult film.

Zachary watched as Madeline instantly retracted her already short-sleeved arms into the clothes and then haphazardly used torn fabric strips to directly plug up the tattered ends of the sleeves.

It helped that Madeline had a slender build, and when she disguised herself, she modeled it after the figure of a bulky matron. Therefore, when she withdrew her arms into the garment, there were no blatant changes in the swollen appearance.

Before the passengers could locate the source of the sound, Madeline took the initiative, delivering a slap across the Spirit Dog’s face.

In a daze of complete bewilderment, with Madeline using the powerful voice of a middle-aged woman to chastise the Spirit Dog, she scolded, "Are you looking down on the disabled? I told you that you pressed down on my sleeve when you sat down. I just asked you to slightly get up so that I could pull out my sleeve, but why did you accuse me of making trouble out of nothing and push me with great force? Look at this, now are you satisfied?"

As the dumbfounded Spirit Dog listened to Madeline’s tirade, he seemed at a loss. However, seeing Madeline making secret signals to him, the Spirit Dog, after many years of collaboration, gradually understood her intent.

The Spirit Dog, now in on the scheme, began to cooperate tacitly with Madeline.

"I didn’t do it on purpose, and I was just about to stand up, wasn’t I? Who would have thought you’d pull on it so forcefully? If you hadn’t tugged so hard, how could the sleeve have been torn? And look at the cuff, cleanly ripped off as if deliberately planned.

You’re not trying to swindle me, are you? I’m warning you, it’s not the time before the disaster; no one will indulge you. Don’t try to suppress me with that weak-are-right rhetoric—I’m nobody’s saint.

You’d better just sit down quietly now and not make more trouble, or I’ll show you what’s what when we get off the plane."

Hearing the Spirit Dog’s stern rebuke, Madeline displayed the character of a villain—bullying the weak and cowering before the strong.

Having acted out the drama to a sufficient degree, Madeline then pretended to be timid and quietly took her seat, while the Spirit Dog stood up boldly, gestured an apology with his hands and said to the surrounding passengers with a smile, "Sorry everyone, I apologize for disturbing your rest just now."

Seeing that the Spirit Dog was not pushing the issue any further, but instead was politely expressing his regret, the rest of the passengers didn’t say much more, instead responding with equally polite gestures.

Watching the commotion being quickly glossed over, Dong Tianyu wasn’t too pleased, just as he was about to further tease them, the Spirit Dog stood up and headed toward the restroom.

Dong Tianyu didn’t budge, as the entire transport plane was within the scope of his Divine Sense’s observation.

Through this prank, Dong Tianyu discovered another ingenious application of the Art of Controlling Objects. To ordinary people, even the most common spell was like an attack from another dimension.

After this trial, Dong Tianyu’s Art of Controlling Objects could, within three seconds, manage ordinary objects that lacked energy and were ownerless within the range of his Divine Sense.

Perhaps a Martial Artist in the Energy Cultivation Realm could use qi to cover their clothes and ward off the control of the Art, but for those Martial Artists not in the Energy Cultivation Realm and ordinary people, the technique could still be used as a Great Tearing Technique.

In battle, the application of a Great Tearing Technique, reducing the opponent’s clothes to dust, would likely cause huge embarrassment regardless of gender, especially for those with strong self-esteem.

While the Great Tearing Technique couldn’t cause any substantial harm to an enemy, once used, the opponent would almost instantly be mortified. The larger the crowd where the spell was cast, the more intimidating its effect on the enemy.

Just as the Spirit Dog was checking for any skin disease on his legs in the restroom, Dong Tianyu was considering whether or not to use the Great Tearing Technique (Art of Controlling Objects) right then, to reduce the Spirit Dog’s clothing to dust.

However, suddenly, the transport plane experienced a massive jolt, followed by the captain’s voice coming through the speakers.

"Good day to all passengers, our plane is currently under attack by an unidentified flying creature. Any Martial Artist with ranged attack capabilities or those in the Energy Realm, please proceed to the top level of the plane to assist in defending against the unknown flying object."

Upon hearing the announcement of an unknown flying object attacking the plane, the majority of the passengers became extremely anxious.

After all, in the event of problems with other modes of transportation, the passengers could still leave the vehicle to escape to safety.

But on a plane, unless you could fly, or had a competent captain, the chances of survival were nearly zero.

Thus, upon hearing the captain’s request over the sound system, all qualified Martial Artists followed the flight attendants to the top level of the plane to help with the defense.

Even if a plane crash did occur, Zachary could hide in his Cave unscathed, and if he were a little more compassionate, he could use the convenience of the Cave to ensure not just the safety of the passengers but also that of their belongings without a scratch.

But Zachary was no saint; in the event of an actual crash, he would at most only save Madeline, and everyone else would have to fend for themselves.