Boom!
Bolts of lightning struck down from the sky, covering the area illuminated by the gigantic crimson moon with a silvery-white "forest."
Lightning flashed as a destructive aura swept through, not leaving a single corner unscathed.
The grayish-white dragon that still maintained its human shape protruded once again. Tiny bolts of lightning darted across its stone-like scales, causing some inconspicuous cracks to appear.
Hvin Rambis's Psychological Invisibility couldn't be maintained under such an all-encompassing attack. After all, he would still interact with his surroundings, but he had eliminated his sense of existence. He was in a blind spot, and once the interaction intensified, he would inevitably be exposed.
The moment he appeared, the Lightning Storm calmed down significantly. On the roof, German Sparrow's body instantly blurred as he appeared diagonally below the incomplete dragon.
Right on the heels of that, the glove on the crazy adventurer's left hand protruded with fine black particles that were deep and dark.
He opened his mouth and spat out words in the Devil language that were filled with foulness and depravity.
"Slow!"
Hvin Rambis knew that his opponent was using Creeping Hunger and understood the true level of this item. He found German Sparrow's attack amusing. He immediately raised his left claw to hold the icy-blue metal cylinder and aimed it at the enemy below.
This was a Sealed Artifact of unknown origins called Rotting Meteor. Hvin Rambis had obtained it from a certain existence, and he only knew that a portion of the materials came from the cosmos.
This icy-blue metal cylinder could shoot out dark-green, strange projectiles. Anyone who was hit by them would instantly be poisoned and begin to rot. Even Spirit Bodies wouldn't be spared. It was equally effective against demigods.
Its negative effect was that the wielder had a chance of being stared at by the gaze cast down from the cosmos, unknowingly being corrupted. If it wasn't for a certain existence sealing it, Hvin Rambis definitely wouldn't dare to carry it with him. But even so, he tried his best to limit the number of times he used it to prevent himself from dying strangely or experiencing a mutation. This was the common outcome of many wielder of Rotting Meteor.
At that moment, Hvin Rambis didn't believe that the Language of Foulness, which was at most a Sequence 5, could affect him in his incomplete Mythical Creature form. He planned on using Rotting Meteor to directly finish off an enemy with a Sealed Artifact that posed a threat.
But at this time, his movements really slowed down, and his whole body gave off a stiff feeling.
On the pitch-black roof under the gigantic crimson moon, another German Sparrow in a black trench coat and silk top hat had appeared at some point in time. He held a strange revolver with six barrels in his right hand and aimed his left palm at the German Sparrow below Hvin Rambis. He clenched his fist and gently twisted his wrist.
Earl of The Fallen, Magnify!
This was Klein's other marionette, a demigod of the Lawyer pathway, Qonas Kilgor!
And with his Magnification support, the Beyonder powers that Creeping Hunger obtained from Grazing souls could be maximized, raising it to nearly Sequence 4, which was the level of a demigod!
Of course, he couldn't "magnify" more than one at a time. He could only magnify one at a time.
As Hvin Rambis was currently in his Mythical Creature form, no matter how "Slow" was "Magnified," it couldn't affect him for too long. Therefore, the German Sparrow, who was actually Enuni, seized this short opportunity to control Hvin Rambis's Spirit Body Threads.
Typically speaking, he needed three seconds to complete initial control. However, his opponent had already revealed his powerful Mythical Creature form, so time would definitely be dragged out. Perhaps it would take six to seven seconds, or even more than ten seconds to succeed. And by then, Hvin Rambis would have long escaped the effects of "Slow" and returned to normal, allowing him to respond.
At this critical moment, Qonas Kilgor once again aimed his left palm at Enuni as he clenched his fingers.
It was still Magnification!
It was Magnification of the ability to control Spirit Body Threads!
Suddenly, Enuni's control of Hvin Rambis's Spirit Body Threads became much easier, as though he hadn't revealed his Mythical Creature form.
This also meant that he only needed three seconds to complete initial control.
This was already rather impressive, but the problem was that Hvin Rambis, in his dragon form, didn't even need a second to escape the effects of "Slow."
No, he had already broken free!
At this moment, there was a gunshot. A bullet that lacked luster but didn't appear dim. It was engraved with many strange patterns and quickly hit Hvin Rambis, who had just escaped from his "Slow" state.
In another corner of the garden, another German Sparrow in a black trench coat and silk top hat appeared.
Hvin Rambis's dragon body stiffened once again. Not only did his thoughts seem to come to a halt, even the wings on his back froze and lost their effect. The entire dragon fell to the ground.
Control Spirit Bullet!
Klein had used his Worms of Spirit as material to carry the power of the mysterious space above the gray fog to create the Control Spirit Bullet. It could even paralyze a Sequence 3 saint for a second or two!
At this moment, Hvin Rambis, who had revealed his incomplete Mythical Creature form, wasn't much stronger than a Sequence 3 saint. And back when Amon's avatar was hit by the Control Spirit Bullet, it had also stiffened for more than a second.
In addition, Klein could also get Qonas Kilgor to "Magnify" the might of the bullet, but he didn't have the time to do so in order to seize the opportunity.
The series of cooperation just now had made Klein sigh at how terrifying a demigod of the Lawyer pathway was as a support. It was very, very, very useful. Of course, under normal circumstances, the Earl of The Fallen's "Magnification" could only enhance the effects and influence of certain actions, and it couldn't help others. But the problem was that as a marionette with a Worm of Spirit in his body, he was undoubtedly one with Klein and other similar marionettes. He wasn't strengthening others, but himself!
Seizing the opportunity of Hvin Rambis falling into a state of paralysis, Enuni completed his initial control of the Spirit Body Threads.
Just as the incomplete dragon recovered from its stiffness, its thoughts turned sluggish, and its actions lagged.
It had to be said that after a Bizarro Sorcerer obtained a powerful marionette, they could produce extremely terrifying strength through their cooperation. As for Klein, he still had the cheat-like Control Spirit Bullet and other items. This was something that only he could create because only he could use the powers of the mysterious space above the gray fog. Of course, powerhouses like Amon could also create similar charms and bullets, but the exact effects would be different.
Seeing that Hvin Rambis was under initial control, Klein began preparing to interfere with his resistance, preventing him from escaping his current state until he became a marionette. But at this moment, his head suddenly ached as an irrepressible mania surged in him.
Then, he became extremely depressed, as though he couldn't feel what happiness was. He was filled with disdain for himself, wishing that he could give up his life to prevent himself from causing trouble for others.
In the blink of an eye, he became excited again. His vision seemed to turn blood-red, and he was filled with hatred for everything. He wanted to destroy everything he saw.
Not good … Before Klein's mental state rapidly deteriorated, he knew that he had been influenced by Hvin Rambis at some point in time. His Body of Heart and Mind was acting abnormally.
He hurriedly tried Cogitation to resist the abnormal mental state, but thoughts that seemed to belong to different people flashed through his mind.
Let's just end it like this …
F * ck, quickly think of a way to save myself!
"What the hell is wrong with me? I seem to have a serious mental illness …"
A mental illness that can be contagious? The strange mental illness that Miss Justice mentioned? This is indeed a High-Sequence Beyonder power of the Spectator pathway!
What's the point of saying so much? There's a demigod-level Psychiatrist on the other side. Turning him into a marionette will easily resolve this problem.
Realizing that German Sparrow hadn't shot a second bullet, Hvin Rambis's grayish-white scale-covered face revealed a smile.
Although he hadn't expected the powerful teamwork between German Sparrow and his two marionettes, causing him to quickly fall into a situation that bordered on despair, it wasn't as though he hadn't done anything previously.
Before he retreated from the sea of collective subconscious, he had secretly planted Contagious Madness in his marionette!
The marionette was essentially a dead person, so it couldn't be controlled by any means other than spirit threads. However, it didn't mean that he didn't have a mind island. It was just that it was dead silent. What Hvin Rambis had done was to bury a "seed" in the name of madness.
The seed was unable to affect the marionette itself, but it could secretly infect the surrounding sea of collective subconscious, causing the actual body to unknowingly be placed in an environment filled with infectious mental illnesses after switching places. Furthermore, this madness could also be spread through Spirit Body Threads.
In addition, as this infection originated from "oneself," it wasn't something that an angel's blessing could isolate. At most, it would weaken the effects and delay the onset.
This was a High-Sequence Beyonder power of the Spectator pathway, the Manipulator's Mental Plague!
In ancient times, there would be people who had been in a repressed state for a long period of time showing abnormalities at the same time. And their abnormalities would affect the people around them, resulting in the so-called Mass Hysteria. Once, there was an ancient ballad that went like this:
"Seven girls danced a strange dance on the street;
"Nine men rolled on the ground laughing beside them;
"On a passing carriage, a noble slapped his face;
"Outside a house by the street, children shed tears in a daze;
"People hurt each other, and the entire city went mad."
If one thought about this ballad carefully, it would make one involuntarily feel fear. However, Hvin Rambis knew that the scene described in the ballad had really existed before. It originated from an experiment by a demigod of the Spectator pathway.
A highly contagious Mental Plague!
When German Sparrow's true body went mad, he would undoubtedly lose control over his marionette. That way, Hvin Rambis would be able to escape his predicament.
It wouldn't take long, just a few seconds!
At that moment, as a Manipulator, Hvin Rambis wasn't afraid that German Sparrow had the charm that Audrey had used — a charm that could swap fates for a short period of time. This was because if the swap were to happen, the German Sparrow would be in a state where he would quickly become a marionette. His thoughts would be sluggish and his body would be stiff. And being infected with Mental Plague was a relatively easy problem for Hvin Rambis to resolve.
At this moment, Hvin Rambis saw Gehrman Sparrow on the roof use his left palm to aim at Gehrman Sparrow, who was holding the black long-barreled revolver. He clenched his fingers lightly and turned his wrist slightly.
"Distortion!"
Klein had used Qonas Kilgor's Beyonder powers to "Distort" the extent of his mental illness, making it lighter and slowing down the deterioration!
Taking advantage of this moment of lucidity, he raised Death Knell once again and pulled the trigger.
Bang!
Another Control Spirit Bullet was fired and hit the gigantic incomplete dragon whose movements were sluggish.
And at the same time, Qonas Kilgor used Magnify!
Hvin Rambis had suffered an attack, but he didn't escape Enuni's control because he had fallen into a serious and "prolonged" state of numbness and stiffness.
Klein silently counted the time and shot the third Control Spirit Bullet before Hvin Rambis truly recovered.
And before the effects of the third Control Spirit Bullet's Magnified effect ended, the grayish-white incomplete dragon's body trembled and returned to "normal." It was no longer in a daze.
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