The moment she saw the black shadow, Bernadette didn't even have the time to feel fear. She instinctively clenched her right hand and condensed an ancient spear.
From the tip to the handle, the spear was dyed with blobs of dark red. It emitted a strong aura of destruction, as though it could harm a true deity.
Spear of Longinus!
This spear had once appeared in an ancient era that couldn't be traced back. It had been stained with the blood of a great existence, and now, through Mysterious Re-enactment, it had descended into the Black Emperor's mausoleum.
However, Bernadette's thrust forward didn't have any effect, because the tip of the spear was pointed behind her.
She clearly wanted to attack the black shadow in front of her, but the Spear of Longinus had strangely been pushed backwards.
The area seemed to be in chaos, or it had been distorted.
Above the gray fog, Klein, who was inside the palace, had already sensed the black shadow when it appeared in front of Bernadette. Without any hesitation, he raised the Staff of the Stars in his hand.
At this moment, he didn't wait. He didn't observe what Queen Mystic would do before considering if he should provide her protection. This was because the danger level of the black shadow gave him, an angel of the Seer pathway, a clear premonition.
In addition, more importantly, after Bernadette entered the Black Emperor's mausoleum, she would sense the existence of the black shadow from time to time. As for Klein, he was unable to use the true vision provided by Sefirah Castle to find any clues.
This undoubtedly meant that it was terrifying and dangerous.
When the various gems embedded at the top of the black cane lit up, a melodious bell suddenly echoed in the area where Bernadette and the black shadow were.
Gong!
The bell that came from an infinite distance exuded an indescribable sense of emptiness, causing the interior of the Black Emperor to show a visible stagnation and solidification. It made Bernadette's figure seem to be frozen as she stiffened, unable to make any movements.
However, the black shadow didn't fall into the vortex of time. It seemed to be located in another World with completely different underlying rules. It swam forward like a shadow between the two contradictory rivers of fate that were surging and nearly still.
This made it look like it had only slowed down, and it wasn't affected by the illusory bell.
This was the first time Klein had encountered such a situation after being able to simulate this ability.
Although the Beyonder effects he simulated through the Staff of the Stars were definitely quite different from the original version, it still reflected a certain level of authority. It wasn't that easy to ignore.
However, the movement of the black shadow slowed down, giving him a second chance to try.
This time, he activated the powers of the Staff of the Stars, planning to move Queen Mystic out of the Black Emperor mausoleum and let her summarize her experience before considering if she should enter.
As the gems on the tip of the staff shimmered, Bernadette's body, which was almost stuck to the black shadow, vanished into thin air.
In the next second, she appeared dozens of meters away, near the high platform in the mausoleum.
The transfer of the Staff of the Stars was disrupted, and the predetermined destination was distorted. Everything was abnormally chaotic.
Bernadette was experienced, so she didn't feel any panic or panic from staying in the Black Emperor's mausoleum. She decisively raised her left hand and pressed the Sage Frontlet to the center of her forehead while swiping across the Pale Death mask with her finger.
The shimmering metallic mask suddenly turned soft as it quickly squirmed, as though it was about to form a face that didn't belong to Bernadette.
The face's facial features were soft, with obvious characteristics of the Southern Continent, but it gave off an extremely strange and terrifying feeling. It made everyone believe that once the face's outline became clear enough, it would come to life. From ancient times, from the Land of Eternal Darkness where the dead slumbered.
When that happened, Bernadette's body, spirituality, and consciousness would all belong to this face.
As this face appeared, the stone walls and floor tiles inside the Black Emperor mausoleum began to weathered. It was as though they had experienced the erosion of thousands of years in just a few seconds.
They quickly became mottled, constantly dropping fragments or being blown into dust by the wind. In between the cracks, thin, pale white fur grew out.
In the blink of an eye, these fur turned into white feathers. Their surface seemed to be soaked in pale yellow oil.
The black figure's aura was also weakening bit by bit, as though it was running towards the end of death.
Its color clearly faded, and its movements became slower.
In the vicinity of the pale mask, even the concept of "death" itself would be weathered away.
However, what marked "death" wasn't the end. When the stone walls and floor tiles inside the mausoleum weathered to a certain extent, and when the black figure declined to a certain stage, new stones began to form as an ethereal aura rapidly grew.
During this process, the black figure reached out its right hand.
This palm formed purely from shadows grabbed Bernadette's neck from dozens of meters away!
This wasn't achieved through the lengthening of the arm, but at that instant, the concept of distance was messed up. Forty-five meters was equivalent to forty-five centimeters.
The dark palm didn't exert too much strength, but it made Bernadette feel a chill.
Amidst this coldness, she realized that she couldn't use the two Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts, the Sage Frontlet and Pale Death.
Normally speaking, as long as she injected her spirituality and gave the corresponding thoughts, the Sealed Artifacts on her would react correctly and create different effects. But now, the tacit process and rules had been disrupted and distorted. No matter how Bernadette thought, she couldn't make the Sealed Artifacts move at all.
It was as though she was speaking to the air.
Above the gray fog, after failing in his attempt to move Queen Mystic, he didn't waste any time. He immediately outlined a series of complicated symbols and magic labels in his mind.
He wanted to simulate a Secrets Sorcerer's "Spatial Concealment." He planned on separating Bernadette's location from the Black Emperor's mausoleum and concealing it so as to help Queen Mystic escape her current predicament.
In fact, it was more appropriate to simulate the fairytale magic of the Source of Peach Blossoms, but considering how Bernadette was once a Mysticologist, Klein felt that it was better to use "Spatial Concealment." Otherwise, it might expose some of The Fool's secrets.
As for where he learned "Spatial Concealment," it was obviously from the newly advanced Magicians, Fors.
Previously, Klein had rented Leymano's Travels under the name of The World German Sparrow. He had also specifically asked Miss Magicians to "Record" the corresponding powers.
Then, he released and recorded them again and again, summoning the complete Travels from the fog of history. It didn't take long for him to grasp the knowledge and techniques, allowing him to simulate spells like "Spatial Concealment."
As the many gems on the Staff of the Stars lit up, the area where Bernadette was turned darker, as though it was enveloped by a curtain of shadows.
The curtain warped, concealing the space, isolating the black shadow and its palm.
This helped Bernadette's neck regain its freedom.
In the next second, the pitch-black palm that had been forcefully separated reached forward again, touching the boundary of the hidden space.
In an instant, a transparent vortex-like "door" appeared in the void that didn't look abnormal. Or rather, the "door" that existed to begin with swam over from a hidden spot and opened up in front of the pitch-black palm.
All hidden spaces definitely had a "door," but the location of the "door" depended on the creator's thoughts.
The shadowy palm quickly passed through the opened "door" and entered the hidden space. It grabbed Bernadette's neck and once again interfered with the connection between Queen Mystic and the Sealed Artifact on her, distorting the corresponding order.
At the same time, the black figure raised its head and looked at the top of the mausoleum.
It seemed to be observing Sefirah Castle and Klein through layers of spacetime and fog.
Klein's eyelids twitched instinctively.
He sensed that the black shadow had a certain level of understanding of this place and that it was distorting something.
Without realizing it, Klein's expression turned abnormally solemn. On the Staff of the Stars in his hand, different gems lit up at the same time.
He wanted to attempt to "Steal" the corresponding Beyonder powers. Only by doing so would he have a chance of restraining the black shadow.
And in order to increase the success rate of "Stealing" the target's powers, Klein flipped his left palm and tapped the edge of the long mottled table.
However, his "Stealing" still failed. He didn't even obtain anything.
This was because his target had long escaped his lock.
The black shadow was clearly still in its original spot, but it had already escaped his lock!
Klein's gaze immediately froze. Then, he saw the black shadow flash and enter the hidden space, closing the distance between it and Bernadette.
This … It distorted my true vision, causing me to see a state that was one or even two seconds ago … A thought flashed through Klein's mind as he made a preliminary judgment of his failure. He decided to summon Will Auceptin's Historical Void projection and let "Him" restart what had happened in this area.
At that moment, Bernadette, who was unable to use her Sealed Artifact, grew white, illusory swan feathers on her back.
This was the Ugly Duckling from fairy tale magic. It could allow Bernadette to reveal an incomplete Mythical Creature ecology while maintaining her lucidity. It could be done twice a day for fifteen seconds each time.
At that moment, her thoughts stirred once again as they boiled and accelerated into chaos.
This caused her Ugly Duckling magic to be cut off before it could take effect.
Almost at the same time, she saw the black shadow stick to her body like a sticky, corrosive liquid that seeped into her body.
Bernadette's eyes darkened as she suddenly sensed something. She seized the last moment of her lucidity and opened her mouth slightly, chanting a Chinese word with a mellow accent:
"Home …"
The black shadow's corrosion stopped as it slowly raised its upper body and looked at Bernadette.
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