Black Earl didn't think Angor would be bold enough to blame Rein. But he still underestimated the boy.
Still, Rein would definitely help Angor when it came to the Land of Despair. It was a tacit agreement between the two of them.
After making sure that the Mystic Gem was just a strange illusion, Black Earl didn't pursue the matter further. Instead, he floated to Wai's side.
Next, all the openings on Wai's body began to shoot out white, silky substances from every orifice on Wai's body.
In the blink of an eye, Wa Yi had turned into a furry ball.
The white silk remained glued together for two seconds before a gentle breeze blew past. The silk floss fell like snowflakes, revealing Wa Yi inside.
Wai's appearance didn't last long. Soon, more strands of silk came out of Wai's body.
One round after another.
Now he knew that Dark Count was going to help Wail get rid of the larvae inside his body. Judging from this efficiency, it was many times faster than Wa Yi's own cleaning.
At this rate, Wai's job should be done in a matter of minutes.
However, even though the cleaning speed had increased, it wasn't necessarily a good thing for Wa Yi.
Wai's furrowed eyebrows and pursed lips indicated that he wasn't feeling well. But since it was Black Earl who helped him, he had no choice but to endure it.
Wai didn't feel uncomfortable when he was doing it alone because he knew where his bottom line was. He knew how much he would feel if he exceeded it. Therefore, he could maintain a comfortable safety line throughout the process.
Now that Black Earl joined the cleaning team, Wai's bottom line was broken. He fell from the plain to the bottom of the rift valley. Or rather, he fell into a bottomless abyss.
This kind of acceleration was already very uncomfortable, and this huge difference only increased Wa Yi's discomfort.
It was like asking someone to massage your sore muscles. A moderate massage would relieve the pain and help you relax. But if the massage wasn't so moderate … it could even be called "salvation". That would be terrible. At first, it was just a slight pain. But now, it had evolved into "bone-scraping".
It was easy to see how much pain the acceleration would cause.
However, the physical pain wasn't too bad. The greater pain was psychological. You could grit your teeth and endure the collapse of your physical body, but a mental breakdown could instantly crush all your perseverance.
Think about it, you originally arranged a small wound as an exit for mycelium. But now, every wound on your body, whether it was visible, shameful, non-painful, painful, obvious, or shameful, were all erupting at the same time. Just imagining that kind of feeling was enough to make one's hair stand on end.
Originally, the larvae of the mycelium could be concentrated and cleaned up, but now, the larvae of the mycelium spread all over your flesh and blood, exploring every part of your body like ants, and then gushing out from places you are too embarrassed to mention.
Most importantly, this was in front of so many people.
Angor believed the psychological damage would be worse than Vaey's physical injuries.
Even if he increased his speed, Wa Yi would still be traumatized by it …
Speaking of which, the Black Earl didn't really care about Vaey's condition. They were close, but the Earl was more like an elder who watched from the sidelines. As long as Vaey was on the right track, the Earl wouldn't say anything.
But now, the Black Earl suddenly began to control Vay and help him get rid of the remaining mycelium in his body. What was going on?
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Poor guy." Dorcas's voice came from beside him.
Angor looked back and saw Dorcas staring at Vaey as well.
Vaey was trying his best to endure the pain, but as Vaey's best friend, Dorcas could easily tell that Vaey was holding back.
"Poor guy." Dorcas sighed again.
Vaey heard Dorcas's voice and pursed his lips even tighter.
Angor glanced at Dorcas and used Spirit Bond to talk to him. "Maybe he'll feel better if you don't say anything."
Apart from physical pain, Vaey was suffering more from the psychological damage caused by shame. Dorcas's words wouldn't ease Vaey's pain. They would only make Vaey wish he could crawl into a hole in the ground.
The best way to deal with this was to stay quiet.
Just pretend you didn't see or hear anything.
Dorcas narrowed his eyes and used Spirit Bond to reply. "Oh, I see."
He paused and cleared his throat. "I'm talking about that pink-haired girl on the stage. Yes, her name is Pink Mo. Poor guy."
In fact, this kind of explanation was already a bit too much. But when it came to this, it was fine. However, right after Dorcas finished speaking, he added another sentence — — — — — —
"I'm not talking about my dear friend."
Angor glanced at Dorcas again and didn't use Spirit Bond to persuade him. No doubt, Vaey was doing this on purpose.
But to Angor's surprise, Vaey didn't show any signs of mental breakdown.
One had to know that when Dorcas had spoken earlier, Wa Yi's emotions had fluctuated greatly. From what Angor could tell, Vaey was only one step away from breaking down.
But now, Vaey's expression was calm. His emotions were fluctuating, but they were much smaller than before.
Was the Black Earl talking to Vaey? Or was it that Wai had already given up?
Angor wasn't sure if the latter was a good or bad thing. That was because there was no longer any sense of shame when the jar was broken.
Although one could quickly rebuild a firm psychological shell after losing the sense of shame, without shame as a bottom line, one wouldn't even know how despicable one could be.
Just look at Dorcas. He was a typical example.
"Why do you think the Black Earl suddenly helped Vaey get rid of the mycelium?" Dorcas asked Angor through the Spirit Bond.
"I think you're asking the wrong person," Angor replied. "But now you're talking about it in the Spirit Bond, huh? You don't know how to talk about it. Why don't you just ask? Maybe the Black Earl will answer you. "
Dorcas chuckled and gave Angor a look that said, "You know who I am."
After giving Angor a flirtatious wink, Dorcas resumed his serious look. "I think the Black Earl wants Vaey to fight again."
Angor pondered for a moment. Dorcas' guess was not baseless. It was indeed possible.
Speaking of which, the Black Earl was already acting strange. From the Black Earl's point of view, this duel was so important to the Noah Clan that the Black Earl was willing to trade his secret method for Angor's participation.
But at such a crucial moment, the Black Earl decided to test Vaey.
Even Vaey's good friend, Dorcas, didn't think Vaey would win the duel against Phantom. Angor said that Vaey had a chance, but he was just speculating. He actually agreed with Dorcas' opinion.
No one expected Vaey to win.
Of course, now that Wa Yi had won, using the result theory to reverse the situation, everything seemed acceptable … But what if Wa Yi lost?
If Vaey lost, Angor could only put his hope on Kael if he wanted his apprentices to enter the ruins with him.
He could let Kael fight against all four apprentices by himself.
But was the Black Earl the kind of person who would put his hope on someone else?
This was an important place left behind by Noah's ancestors. Angor wouldn't put all his hope on an outsider either.
However, the Black Earl did something out of the ordinary at this time. This was very strange. Did the Black Earl know that Vaey would win? Probably not. Vaey's victory was due to his opponent's carelessness. If Phantom kept attacking without giving Vaey a chance to recover, he wouldn't lose.
So what was the Black Earl's reason for doing this?
Angor really couldn't figure it out. But since the Black Earl already did something out of the ordinary, it wouldn't be a problem to let Vaey fight again.
While Angor and Dorcas were chatting, the battle on the stage was coming to an end.
The outcome of the battle between Fen Mo and Kael was already decided when Dorcas diverted his attention to Vaey.
Since Dorcas was distracted, there was no doubt that Kael would win.
And it was true.
The speed at which Kael won was faster than anyone could have imagined. Gray Merchant's plan didn't work at all.
They sent Fen Mo to test Kael's abilities, but Kael didn't use any of his abilities. All he did was create spatial cracks, and Fen Mo's combat space was reduced to an extremely limited state.
In the end, Fen Mo was completely trapped inside the spatial rifts and couldn't escape.
As for Fen Mo's illusions? Of course she did. However, Fen Mo's illusions didn't work on Kael at all. It was as if Kael was born immune to illusions.
Without the illusions, Fen Mo's strength was reduced by 80%.
On one side was the complete Kale, and on the other side was Fen Mo, who only had 20% of her strength. Their ranks were the same, and Kale had frequently appeared in large ruins, so he wasn't someone who didn't have any combat experience. Under such a comparison, Fen Mo's defeat was without a doubt.
It was fine if Fen Mo lost, but what made Gray Merchant and the others worried was that they couldn't see how Kael avoided the illusions.
When Fen Mo entered the stage, they wanted to get some information from her. After all, Fen Mo was in direct contact with Kael. She might be able to see how Kael avoided the illusions.
But Fen Mo said with a sad face: "I don't know either."
Hearing Fen Mo's explanation, Gray Merchant and the others frowned even more.
Fen Mo used different illusions to test Kael, but whether it was fog illusions, inducing illusions, or creating illusions of herself, Kael didn't care at all.
He just kept creating spatial rifts to limit Fen Mo's movements.
At this time, Fen Mo could see that Kael was most likely immune to illusions, so she immediately changed her battle strategy.
She began to use different angles of view, as well as the projection of light and shadow, to hypnotize Kael.
This was no longer an illusion technique, but a very advanced hypnosis technique.
Some of Fen Mo's items were given to her by Gray Merchant. They were harmless, but they were effective against apprentices who didn't have any spirit defenses.
However, Fen Mo was disappointed that her hypnosis technique didn't work on Kael at all. It was as if everything she did was just a clown's game in Kael's eyes.
In the end, Fen Mo was defeated after using up all her tricks.
After hearing Fen Mo's explanation, Gray Merchant and Gray Merchant looked at each other and saw the same confusion in each other's eyes.
Kael's victory was too simple. There was only one decisive factor in the duel: Kael was immune to illusions.
Because of this, Fen Mo couldn't even get close to Kael, let alone test his abilities.
"Is it that wizard you met before?" The woman pointed at Angor.
Gray Merchant: "It's possible. He's probably an illusionist. But even if he's an illusionist, we should be able to see through his tricks, right? "
Gray Merchant and Gray Merchant looked at each other again. They probably wouldn't know the answer to this question.
Actually, the reason was simple.
It was similar to the illusion Angor created inside Vael's body. Even Vael himself couldn't see it, let alone other people. Black Earl was an exception. His nose was connected to Vael's body. If Black Earl's nose and Vael's nose were two separate entities, he wouldn't be able to see through Vael's illusion.
Using the same method, Angor planted a mark inside Kael's body.
He used nightmare energy to create a nightmare mark.
Nightmare illusions were much more effective against ordinary illusions. Especially when it came to Apprentice level illusions, as well as related mental attacks, it could even be directly immune to them.
With the help of the mark, Kael didn't need to use anything else. He didn't even need to summon his Speedy Spirit. He only needed to use a basic space cantrip to achieve victory.
…
Just like the previous duels, the Ruler of Wisdom gave both combatants some time to recover.
Ever since the end of the match, Kael had been suppressing the joy of victory. He knew that what he was about to face would be the most difficult part of the match.
After leaving the arena, Kael planned to calm himself down so that he wouldn't affect the next battle.
However, Vael's condition attracted Kael's attention.
Somehow, Vael was no longer petrified and was now standing quietly beside Black Earl. At a glance, there was no longer the white mycelium that made people feel uncomfortable. His skin was very smooth, and there were no scars at all.
Was Vael healed after the duel?
Also, being cured should be a joyous occasion, but why did Wa Yi's eyes look so gloomy?
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