When he cast his gaze towards the garden, Klein's mind naturally reflected the scene there.
In the dark corner covered by the flowers, one after another, gray-haired rats seemed to be bewitched by the devil. They madly circled around the same place, squeaking as they tried to push their own kind away to enter the core.
In the core region, a gray rat about the size of an adult Rouen Shorthair lay there. Its eyes were clearly red, as though they were congealed blood.
Its tail was rapidly swinging, as though it was trying to use it to vent the frenzy in its heart.
And once the normal-sized rats approached, it would extend its claws to press down on them and bite them to death. This resulted in rat corpses piling up around it, but even so, it didn't stop the other rats from surging over.
Upon seeing this scene, Klein suddenly had two thoughts.
First, his intuition, which had been enhanced by the gray fog's powers, was truly a great helper for a Bizarro Sorcerer in controlling the Spirit Body Threads. This was because it was fine in an open area, allowing him to determine which Spirit Body Threads represented the target at a glance. But if he was in a bustling city or a place with many buildings, a Bizarro Sorcerer who didn't have X-ray Vision wouldn't be able to distinguish the different Spirit Body Threads that were mixed together from a distance. It also made it difficult for him to accurately lock onto the enemy unless the other party's actions were rather unique and different. Of course, a Bizarro Sorcerer could also ignore the possibility of accidental damage and carry out indiscriminate control.
Second, the Marauder pathway demigod that parasitized the rat was indeed on the brink of losing control. Not only was its size several times larger than Arrodes's, but its condition was also extremely unstable. It was filled with a violent and maniacal aura.
Thankfully, I came in time. If I had waited a few more weeks, a tragedy might've happened … As this thought flashed through Klein's mind, illusory black threads appeared in front of his eyes.
At this moment, the distance between him and the mutated rat was less than fifty meters. He could directly control the Spirit Body Threads!
And at this moment, the large, sleek rat seemed to sense something as it suddenly stood up and turned its head towards the kitchen.
Its dark red eyes flashed, instantly leaving the young man in a black formal suit and silk top hat rooted to the ground.
It had "stolen" the main thoughts of the other party for the next two seconds, causing his mind to nearly go blank. Furthermore, it didn't do the corresponding actions like a Sequence 5 Dream Stealer!
Right on the heels of that, the rat raised its right front paw in an attempt to "steal" the enemy's Beyonder powers.
At its level, the number of Beyonder powers it could "Steal" on the same target had increased from one to three. It could last for up to two hours. Of course, it could only "Steal" one power at a time.
Right at this moment, the giant rat's mind strangely became sluggish. Its movements of using abilities seemed to be tightly entangled by invisible threads, making it extremely slow.
It had gained initial control over its Spirit Body Threads!
It had just successfully "stolen" German Sparrow's thoughts, leaving him in a daze. It was just an illusion, an illusion created by a Bizarro Sorcerer!
Before officially controlling his Spirit Body Threads, Klein had already swapped places with Enuni. As for marionettes, they didn't have any self-consciousness or thoughts, so they wouldn't be affected by the Beyonder powers of Thought Stealing.
How could something that didn't exist be stolen?
And in order to numb this Marauder pathway demigod, Klein had used his illusions that had undergone a qualitative change. He had also deliberately made Enuni, who looked like German Sparrow, do the corresponding actions.
At this moment, he was outside Macht's Moose Manor. The straight-line distance between him and the giant rat exceeded 500 meters, but this didn't stop him from controlling the other party's Spirit Body Threads. This was because a Bizarro Sorcerer could bestow his Beyonder powers to a marionette, including controlling Spirit Body Threads to turn a target into a marionette's core method!
This also meant that if there weren't any other restrictions, a Bizarro Sorcerer could use a marionette to increase his control of Spirit Body Threads from 150 meters to infinity. After all, as long as he placed a marionette a kilometer apart, he could rely on the bestowal of Beyonder powers to extend his influence.
Of course, there was no such thing as an unrestricted power in this World. On the one hand, Klein's current limit was 50 marionettes. He couldn't exceed this number. On the other hand, the only thing a Bizarro Sorcerer couldn't bestow upon a marionette was the ability to think and self-consciousness. Therefore, the limit of using a marionette to control a marionette was the limit of his own marionette — 1,000 meters!
Once this range was exceeded, the marionette that was transformed from a marionette wouldn't be able to do anything.
In addition, the essence of a Bizarro Sorcerer's bestowal of Beyonder powers to a marionette was to separate a maggot that was related to a Mythical Creature's form, allowing it to enter the marionette's body through the Spirit Body Threads. If he didn't give the same marionette a few in advance, the marionette wouldn't be able to separate the corresponding maggot when it was transformed into a new marionette, allowing the new marionette to be bestowed with its original Beyonder powers.
And Klein could only separate 50 at the moment. Any more than that would make his Spirit Body unable to bear the burden, causing him to suffer from schizophrenia. He wouldn't be able to recover unless he received effective treatment. But even if he received very good treatment, it wasn't guaranteed that he would recover. His inclination towards losing control would only worsen.
Therefore, according to Klein's experiments, the limit of his control of Spirit Body Threads was 1000 + 150 meters. And to completely control a new marionette, it could only be within 1000 meters. At the same time, if the marionette were to die, the maggot's characteristic would return to the main body after a certain period of time according to the law of Beyonder characteristic convergence. If this process was interrupted, it might be lost.
Just as the Marauder pathway demigod's actions turned sluggish, the rats that had previously been turned into marionettes rushed out of the kitchen around Enuni, who looked like Gehrman Sparrow. They aimed at the garden and opened their mouths, hoping to use Air Cannons to cleanse the target area.
Suddenly, the gigantic rat's eyes lit up with a dark red glow.
In the blink of an eye, "Gehrman Sparrow" appeared in a dark corner of the garden, in the midst of rats that had been bitten to death. As for the Marauder pathway demigod, "He" came to the kitchen and came to a long table with many items placed on it.
It had "stolen" German Sparrow's location!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The marionette rats' Air Cannons shot out without any interruption. At the same time, they struck the area where German Sparrow was standing, causing soil to splatter and flowers to fall. Flesh and blood splattered, shocking the servants in the manor's main house. Their bodies trembled violently, unsure of what had happened. All they cared about was hiding in a panic.
The entire garden had been plowed by the Air Cannons, and the soil had thinned to an exaggerated extent. If Klein hadn't focused his shots on that area, the manor's main house definitely wouldn't have been spared.
As the dust settled, the rats died without intact corpses, but German Sparrow remained standing there without any injuries.
Winner Enuni had released all the good luck he had accumulated at that moment!
However, his control over the gigantic rat's Spirit Body Threads had been severed as a result. And there were only so many Spirit Body Threads. The rat marionettes couldn't interfere at all; otherwise, it would cause chaos and cancel each other out.
Hazel's teacher, the Marauder pathway demigod, took the opportunity to regain his freedom of movement. Then, he turned around and raised his right front claw at German Sparrow, instantly stealing his Beyonder powers of controlling Spirit Body Threads.
As a Sequence 4 demigod, he could accurately "steal" the powers he wanted from his target. Typically, he could choose one out of three. The more he understood the target, the higher the chances of success. And this time, his luck was rather good.
Of course, if the level of the target was relatively low, and he had a deep understanding of the target's situation, he could "steal" whatever he wanted.
Just as he lowered his right front claw, the Marauder pathway demigod raised his left front claw again. The rat marionettes' legs went limp as they collapsed to the ground, unable to turn their bodies.
This was a large-scale "theft." What he stole was the rats' ability to walk!
Right on the heels of that, countless strange symbols appeared in the gigantic rat's dark red eyes.
It quickly solved the "mystery" and found the location of Klein's actual body.
With a red flash, the Marauder pathway demigod instantly appeared in front of Klein with its claws raised.
This time, it "stole" the distance between the two of them!
At this moment, the thin and angular young man in the gigantic rat's eyes vanished. In his place was a gray rat.
And in the surrounding trees, worms crawled out as they opened their "mouths."
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Air Cannons shot out, blanketing the gigantic rat and the ordinary rats.
While Klein controlled the marionettes in Moose Manor, he didn't forget to create new marionettes around him. This was a basic accomplishment of a Bizarro Sorcerer. Then, he used the seamless exchange of his body and marionette to set up a simple trap!
Soil and dust flew high into the air as the gigantic rat that the Marauder pathway demigod parasitized was completely "drowned."
After everything calmed down, a strong smell of blood emanated from the crater. There were pieces of flesh and blood of different shapes everywhere.
Dead? Through the eyes of the surrounding marionettes, Klein saw the scene of the "explosion."
However, he quickly frowned because there were no signs of any Beyonder characteristics seeping out.
As his thoughts raced, Klein took out a gold coin and flicked it up with a clang.
As the gold coin fell, images appeared in his mind one after another. These were all revelations obtained by the Astral Projection.
Compared to the past, as a demigod, Klein could obtain more information through this simplified divination method!
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