After Saint of Secrets Boutis entered the spirit world, he immediately began traversing, heading straight for the easternmost area of the Sonia Sea — the ruins of the battle of gods.
At that moment, his thoughts suddenly blurred as he turned around and left the spirit world from another spot.
By the time Boutis's spirituality gave him a warning, he tensed up and found his own thoughts. What he saw was a barren forest with nearly all its leaves gone. There was no one around him, and the crimson moon hung high in the sky.
As a former Traveler and Astrologer, Boutis immediately recognized his location. He realized that he was still in Baekeland, but he had moved from the city to a remote area in the suburbs.
At the same time, he also realized what had happened.
His mind World had infiltrated someone else's consciousness at some point in time and affected his thoughts at a critical moment, changing his destination!
That demigod of the Spectator pathway! I actually didn't notice it! Boutis's pupils dilated as he reflected a silver-white illusory book.
The book flipped, and in a flash, it reached one of the pages.
Boutis immediately raised his hand and grabbed at his glabella. He pulled out a blob of darkness from the incorporeal island of consciousness and threw it into his shadow.
His shadow separated from him as it distorted and stood up, revealing a female silhouette.
Black Knight, Shadow of the Fallen!
This was an ability that Boutis had "Recorded" from Saint Tenebrous Kesma. He could separate the depraved thoughts in his heart and combine them with his shadow, forming an independent creature that couldn't be controlled.
Boutis had used it to clear away the consciousness that didn't belong to him and escape the influence of a Manipulator!
At the same time, this was also Boutis's counterattack. As long as the hidden Spectator pathway demigod couldn't quickly resolve this "shadow," the thoughts that she split out would gradually become independent, causing her to go half-mad or even lose control.
Once he resolved the latent problem in his mind, Boutis didn't hesitate to leave the battlefield that the enemy had set up and "Teleport" elsewhere.
But at this moment, his spirit suddenly became manic. He felt that the entire environment was making things difficult for him, and he could no longer contain his anger.
As the silver book in Boutis's eyes flipped, the entire forest collapsed with a rumble. The black "shadow" almost collapsed into a ball.
After going berserk, Boutis's mood became extremely low again. He couldn't lift his spirits for anything and felt that he was useless. He was the burden of others and the World.
[Mental Plague]! In the previous battle, Boutis had been infected with the "Mental Plague", and now it was finally acting up!
The reason why Cattleya had used "Matchstick Girl" from the beginning wasn't only to interfere with Boutis's "Teleport" away, but it was also to help Miss Justice hide her traces, allowing her Virtual Persona to infiltrate Boutis's mind without triggering his spiritual intuition. All she did was secretly plant the sourceseed of the "Mental Plague."
It was precisely because of this that when the ambush failed, Cattleya and Audrey dared to activate the contingency plan and retreat on their own, allowing the Saint of Secrets Boutis and Saint Tenebrous to separate and return to their own places after they were no longer in danger.
In the end, Cattleya burned the green vines and created a huge commotion. On the surface, it looked like it was to attract the attention of the official factions and make the enemies give up on their pursuit, but in fact, it was to force the Saint of Secrets Boutis to leave as soon as possible. He didn't have the time to carefully examine and examine his deeper situation.
Therefore, at the critical moment of his "Teleportation," his thoughts were altered by Audrey's Virtual Persona. He went straight to the outskirts of Baekeland, to the uninhabited land that Tarot had chosen.
And when he finished off the Manipulator's Virtual Persona, the "Mental Plague" broke out.
In fact, if Boutis had used "Reboot of Fate" earlier, he would've definitely been able to return to a state without any latent problems. However, it was only when he was nearly killed by the Spear of Longinus that he decided to use this trump card. And at that time, it had been more than three seconds since his mind World had been invaded!
At this moment, the depressed Boutis, who was trying his best to resist his mental illness, saw an insubstantial ball of yarn roll out from the void in front of him.
Behind the ball of yarn, bright yarn extended into the infinite distance.
Following this thread, Cattleya, who was wearing a purple-patterned black robe and a dark hood, walked over from the spirit world and appeared in front of the Saint of Secrets, Boutis.
She was unable to track the enemy who had interfered, but she could establish a connection with the predetermined battlefield and track Justice Audrey's Virtual Persona!
As soon as she arrived, Cattleya closed her eyes and split into a phantom before falling towards the invisible coffin.
Boutis, who was already depressed, instantly felt extremely exhausted. He couldn't help but close his eyes as he wanted to collapse.
Sleeping Beauty!
On the other side, Audrey's Virtual Persona, who hadn't truly become independent yet, was like a dark shadow. With a sense of depravity, she raised her hand and pinched her forehead.
Her pupils silently turned vertical, pale gold and cold.
Boutis's mind immediately exploded as bubbles of light appeared on the surface of his body. Amidst the bubbles, starlight condensed into worms that had their heads and tails fused into the void in an attempt to burrow out.
Psychiatrist, Frenzy!
This could completely ignite the target's emotions and even cause him to lose control.
Boutis had already been infected with the Mental Plague and was in an extremely abnormal state. Later on, he was affected by Sleeping Beauty, so he was in an extremely low mood. At this moment, with Frenzy detonating all of this, he immediately found it difficult to control himself as he showed signs of losing control.
Seizing this opportunity, Cattleya opened her eyes and raised her right hand, rapidly forming a ball of slowly spinning star sand in her palm.
The forest under the night sky turned even darker. The crimson moon in the sky vanished as stars appeared one after another. They were densely packed and dazzling.
These stars scattered beams of light, converging into a magnificent pillar of light that enveloped the Saint of Secrets, Boutis, and the area around him.
Under the stress, Boutis sobered up a little. His figure quickly turned incorporeal as he constantly "Blinked," creating more than ten afterimages in the forest.
However, he couldn't escape the envelopment of the starlight no matter how hard he tried. He was unable to teleport out.
One "Boutis" after another was dissolved by the starlight and dissipated. Finally, all that was left was Boutis, who was kneeling on one knee and pressing his palm to the ground, struggling to hold on.
This Boutis's body was in tatters, and his eyes were dark red. He was on the brink of madness.
When the starlight couldn't be maintained, he "Blinked" and dodged the follow-up attacks from Audrey's Virtual Persona.
Then, he kept "Blinking," creating one "avatar" after another beside Cattleya and Audrey's Virtual Persona.
One of his "avatars" grabbed with his left hand, distorting the area where the shadow corresponding to Audrey's Virtual Persona was located, hiding it and using this to restrain the enemy.
As for his other "avatar," he spread out his arms and summoned a thick pillar of light that swirled with holy flames, allowing it to fall into the hidden space.
During this process, Boutis's other "avatars" secretly removed the concealment of the space.
Hence, the moment the shadow corresponding to Audrey's Virtual Persona escaped the restraints, it was enveloped by the blazing holy pillar of light and quickly melted away.
In his "Blink" state, Boutis could use Beyonder powers faster than normal, but he wasn't able to maintain it for long. This was achieved through the effects of the Worms of Star.
On the other side, Saint of Secrets Boutis was similarly "attacking" Cattleya. He used one ability after another, coordinating with each other to unleash a large number of attacks on the target in a short span of one to two seconds.
This forced Cattleya to constantly use The Emperor's New Clothes to dodge. She was temporarily powerless to counterattack and was in a precarious situation.
A few seconds later, Boutis's "Blink" finally slowed down, and the frenzy in his heart eased significantly.
At this moment, thick grayish-white scales suddenly appeared outside the forest. They were faintly discernible, as though they formed an extremely oppressive behemoth.
In the dark night where the crimson moon was obscured, a nearly invisible and transparent breath descended from above, enveloping Boutis and Cattleya.
The two demigods immediately felt as though they had been struck by lightning. Their psyches were torn apart as their Spirit Bodies seemed to be penetrated.
The Mind Dragon's Breath!
Boutis, who was already in a terrible mental state and had used several of his trump cards, had his mind go blank. Beams of light flashed in front of him as his body couldn't help but tremble.
As for Cattleya, she had the Moon Paper Figurine she had obtained from the Magicians Fors. This could help her withstand a Psychic Piercing!
Although this couldn't completely eliminate the effects of the Mind Dragon's Breath, it could allow Cattleya to recover faster.
This meant an opportunity in a battle at the demigod level!
In just a second or two, Cattleya's eyes returned to normal. As for the dragonized Audrey, who was hiding in the darkness outside the forest, she gave Boutis another Mind Deprivation.
Without any hesitation, Cattleya raised her right hand and condensed the terrifying spear that was stained with blood. She threw it at the Saint of Secrets, Boutis.
This time, Boutis was unable to dodge or resolve it. His chest was penetrated by the Spear of Longinus.
His body stiffened for a moment before rapidly collapsing, turning into Worms of Star that shimmered with resplendent light.
Some of these Worms of Star directly vanished, some devoured each other, and some fused in the distance, reassembling into Boutis.
Boutis's eyes were completely devoid of reason. His body was constantly collapsing, and he was about to reveal an incomplete and extremely weak Mythical Creature form.
At this moment, an illusory door suddenly appeared beside him. It was grayish-blue and had seven brass keyholes.
The illusory door quickly opened and spat out a silver-black three-layered "jewelry box" embedded with all sorts of gems.
The Box of the Great Old Ones that had been "exiled" had returned.
With a crazed look in his eyes, Boutis caught the box and revealed a cruel and bloodthirsty smile. He suddenly opened it.
Third level!
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