As he spoke, Klein raised his right hand.
At some point in time, a blob of pitch-black, filthy flesh had appeared in his palm. It was filled with indescribable madness.
"The answer is the corruption of The Hanging Man," Klein said to Shadow with a smile.
He had what Shadow didn't have. It was the corruption left behind by the True Creator. This was an influence that even the powers of Sefirah Castle couldn't remove for the time being!
And Klein was certain of one thing. Before meeting Dark Angel Sasrir, the True Creator wouldn't let himself easily lose control or die.
Therefore, he deliberately allowed the corrupted portion of his body to be infected by the Mental Plague, pretending that he was about to lose control. Then, by controlling the Spirit Body Threads without distinguishing between friend and foe, he concealed the fact that his target was the Spectator Saint. When the other party launched a further attack, he successfully made him enter a sluggish state, creating an opportunity for the Silver Knight marionette.
Just as Klein had expected, the corrupted portion of him contained the seed of the Mental Plague, preventing the negative effects from erupting.
During this process, Shadow had distanced himself from Klein ahead of time because he was worried about the effects of the Mental Plague. He failed to detect the abnormality of the Spectator Saint's Spirit Body Threads in time.
How could Klein not know how cautious and careful he was?
Of course, when he met Dark Angel Sasrir, Klein had no way of predicting what kind of changes would occur to the corruption. Would the Mental Plague contained within leak out and cause certain effects? All he could do was focus on resolving the problem at hand.
Upon hearing his words, scarlet flames suddenly surged out from the pure Shadow's body and instantly enveloped him.
At the edge of the Unshadowed domain, near the Giant King's residence, a cluster of flames rapidly rose up as Shadow appeared.
Without any hesitation, he chose to flee towards the palace where the Dark Angel was sleeping. He completely ignored Enuni and the Saint of Sun!
Klein, who was using his Virtual Persona, was a little stunned when he saw this scene. He couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth and the Worm of Spirit.
He shook his head and said with a smile, "So I'm that timid?"
He suspected that the Shadow that had been sliced out had taken away most of his cautiousness and carefulness, leaving him with more impulsiveness and recklessness.
Pa!
A sharp, silver light lit up and slashed the crimson flames that fell out of nowhere outside the Unshadowed Domain, shattering the pitch-black shadow that had just protruded from it.
Klein didn't waste any time by muttering to himself. He had already controlled the Silver Knight marionette, and based on the distribution of the flames and his own habits, he predicted where Shadow would jump to next. Then, he condensed the Silver Rapier ahead of time, and the moment he discovered the descent of the flames, he slashed out across space.
The Unshadowed Domain didn't have any physical barriers or boundaries. Anyone could directly leave or exert influence on the outside.
However, the shredded "shadow" eventually turned into thin pieces of paper and quickly disappeared.
Another few burning crimson flames flew down. The pitch-black Shadow used them to jump and approach the open door of the Giant King's residence. As for the silver beams that lit up one after another, they only tore apart his Paper Figurine Substitutes. From Sequence 5 onwards, the Warrior pathway had the ability to see through illusions. Without the help of Psychological Invisibility, Paper Figurine Substitutes were clearly better than Illusion Creation. Only when two Seers fought each other would their illusions shatter.
In just two to three seconds, scarlet pillars of fire soared outside the Giant King's residence, as though they were releasing fireworks to welcome guests.
In the next instant, Shadow jumped into one of the fire pillars and hid in the Dark Angel's slumber.
But at this moment, a figure quickly outlined itself in front of the scarlet pillars of fire.
He wore a long black trench coat and a half top hat. The right side of his face was normal, while the left side was formed from transparent and twisted maggots. It was none other than Klein's true body.
The corners of Klein's mouth curled up once again as he snapped his fingers with his right hand that had long been raised.
Pa!
The scarlet pillars of fire were completely extinguished, and the pitch-black Shadow was forced to appear midway, returning to the steps that were illuminated by the light of dawn.
Flame Controlling!
The reason why Klein was able to rush outside the Giant King's palace ahead of time and stop Shadow from arriving was that after the other party had decisively fled, it was no longer able to affect his summoning of the Historical Void projection. He easily took out Creeping Hunger and switched to the Traveler's soul.
"It's not a good thing to be too careful," Klein said to Shadow with a beaming smile as he bent his knees and bent his back.
As he bent his back and knees, his figure suddenly transformed into the silver-armored knight.
The knight stabbed the greatsword in his hand into the crack in the ground, creating an invisible barrier that sealed the door to the Dark Angel's slumber.
At that moment, Klein had switched positions with his Silver Knight marionette. He gave his Shadow the impression that as long as "He" could destroy the barrier that originated from the Guardian, "He" would allow "Him" to enter the Giant King's palace.
Of course, his true body interfered with Shadow's summoning of the historical projection and control the Spirit Body Threads.
As the battle situation reversed, the battle between the three demigods of the City of Silver, Enuni, and the Sun Saint also changed.
When Colin Iliad once again held back Enuni, who had lost his black armor, he repeated his previous strategy.
At times, he would use Flaring Sun to deal area-of-effect damage, using the Chief's injuries in exchange for victory in battle. At other times, he would condense a pure and dazzling "Unshadowed Spear" to carry out a precise attack. This wasn't often used because it was easy for Enuni to dodge it and even accidentally injure Colin Iliad.
After three rounds of "Flaring Sun," Enuni finally couldn't hold on any longer. He once again spread out one of his last two pairs of black wings, turning it into a pitch-black sea that devoured all light. It also drowned Colin Iliad, causing the City of Silver's Chief to have a layer of sticky black liquid on his body. His movements were clearly hindered.
Seizing this opportunity, Enuni escaped from the entanglement and avoided the subsequent "Unshadowed Spear." He transformed into a shadow and quickly swam towards the Giant King's residence in an attempt to cooperate with Shadow to break through the barrier.
At this moment, a sharp silver-white light burst out from his body and tore him into pieces of dark red flesh and blood!
This sudden and precise attack came from Lovia.
This Elder of the six-member council had actually given up on dodging the Sun Saint's attack. At the instant Enuni left the battlefield, she decisively switched the Grazed soul to the Silver Knight evil spirit, dyeing the black armor on her body silver-white.
Sizzle!
The pure and dazzling "Unshadowed Spear" hit the lady, causing her to be completely devoured by a miniature, blazing Sun.
Enuni's blobs of flesh and blood hadn't lost their vitality. They quickly gathered together in an attempt to reassemble his body.
But at that moment, Colin Iliad, whose movements were restricted by the black sticky liquid, burst out with spots of light. They turned into a storm that tore through the obstruction, allowing the silver-white armor to reappear.
Right on the heels of that, the giant-like Silver Knight took a step forward and waved the sword of dawn in his hand, allowing the "Storm of Light" to continue. It swept forward and enveloped the blobs of dark red flesh and blood.
A pair of black wings appeared and dissipated, calming the "Storm of Light." However, Derrick's "Flaring Sun" continued, using holy flames to ignite every blob of flesh and blood, melting everything with pure light.
When the Sun Saint saw this scene, he knew that his true body couldn't escape the fate of being destroyed. He couldn't be bothered to deal another blow to Lovia as he turned around to leave his "Unshadowed Domain."
Suddenly, he heard a voice filled with malice and filth.
"Slow down!"
Lovia forcefully escaped the remnant power of the "Unshadowed Spear" and "Teleported" to a spot not far from the Sun Saint. Then, she switched the Grazed soul to a Devil and used the Language of Foulness.
At that moment, the black armor on her body had completely shattered. There were many tears on her purple-patterned black robe, revealing the slowly squirming flesh and blood that had melted away. Her aura was rather weak.
A "Slow" that wasn't at the level of a demigod couldn't affect the Sun Saint for too long, but to Colin Iliad, this was enough. He condensed a "Silver Rapier" and "Teleported" it in front of the enemy.
This "Silver Rapier" randomly mutated, directly piercing through the Sun Saint's holy armor and exploding in his body.
Silver light bloomed as the Sun Saint was sliced into countless pieces.
Pa! Pa! Pa! The flesh and blood landed on the ground and instantly disappeared, as if they had returned to history.
After the battle ended, the three demigods of the City of Silver immediately approached the Giant King's residence, blocking the "shadow" in the middle.
The "shadow" leaped up in an attempt to hide in the fog of history. However, just as he saw the grayish-white fog, he was pressed down by a palm formed from transparent maggots.
He and Klein didn't rush to the time before the First Epoch because they knew that the other party would definitely stop them or wait there!
With nowhere to hide, the "shadow" was immediately surrounded by the three demigods of the City of Silver. His various abilities had been neutralized by Klein, and even Flaming Jump was affected by Flame Control. It was difficult for him to escape his predicament.
More than ten seconds later, after the paper figurines shattered one by one, the "shadow" finally had no substitute to use. He was stabbed in the abdomen by Unshadowed Spear.
A blazing white, miniature "Sun" exploded as the pitch-black "shadow" rapidly faded away and completely melted away.
Klein felt a stabbing pain in his head as his mind, which was on the brink of losing control, suddenly relaxed.
He instinctively looked at his feet and saw a faint black shadow extending out under the light of dawn.
Too weak … Klein bent his back slightly and couldn't help but mock himself. After all, without the powers of a Scholar of Yore, a marionette, or the ability to control Spirit Body Threads, a Seer was truly very weak compared to a demigod.
His spirit had been restored, but he hadn't canceled the Virtual Persona. Furthermore, he didn't plan on immediately summoning Miss Justice's historical projection to do this. This was because Enuni, who had been corrupted by the Dark Angel, had displayed the characteristics of the Sun, Spectator, Storm, and Secrets Suppliant pathway. If he wanted to enter the Giant King's residence, he had to be wary of mental influences. Virtual Persona was a very good defensive measure.
At that moment, the transparent maggots on the left side of Klein's face and body quickly settled down, returning to flesh and skin. However, due to the influence of the madness contained in the Virtual Persona, the surface remained translucent, allowing others to see the Worms of Spirit hidden beneath.
When Derrick, Lovia, and company cast their gazes over, Klein straightened his back and reached out to grab his Life's Cane. He pointed at the open door to the Giant King's residence and said with a smile, "Hurry up.
"Hurry up. The Dark Angel is waiting for us inside."
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