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The Snow Woman turned a deaf ear to Harras's questioning and threatening words.
She floated directly in front of him and whispered, "Am I beautiful?"
Klein, who was watching this scene from the side, only felt his scalp tingle, as if answering this question would immediately lead to something terrifying.
This isn't like a normal Beyonder; it's more like some kind of monster that follows rules. Thankfully, Harras isn't his target.
Harras also noticed something was off and chose not to answer or evade the Snow Woman's question.
He raised his hand and pushed forward, announcing prohibitions in ancient hermes:
"Ghosts and Wraiths are forbidden here!"
"Questioning is forbidden here!"
"Flying and floating are forbidden here!"
"Illegal intrusion into another's residence is a crime!"
"Illegal intrusion into another's residence is a crime!"
Harras's continuous declarations paused.
Sweat, as large as beans, began to seep from his forehead, sliding down his cheeks, and his Spirituality showed signs of instability.
"Cough, cough!"
Klein, acting as an onlooker, felt a sense of unease. As the prohibitions continued to stack, he inexplicably felt a slight chill, not from the surrounding frost, but from an intuitive sense of unease.
The Snow Woman was completely unmoved by Harras's actions and continued to repeat her question, "Am I beautiful?"
Klein, whose Spirit Body had become heavy and landed on the ground, was already prepared to interrupt his descent and flee at any moment.
After a slight pause, Harras calmed the dizziness in his body, then coldly scanned Klein and the suddenly appearing Snow Woman, and spoke again with authority:
"The guilty shall be restricted!"
Klein suddenly found his body sealed as if by invisible shackles, and his movements immediately became stiff.
However, Klein wasn't too worried; firstly, Harras currently had no time to spare for him, and secondly, he still had the ability of Flame Jump to use, and if all else failed, he could directly leave this place.
Klein, like a Spectator member on the side, quietly watched the Snow Woman's movements slow down, and watched Harras speak again, like a judge, solemnly declaring: "Exile!"
An invisible, immense force suddenly appeared, constantly pushing back the Snow Woman's slowly approaching figure.
Seizing this opportunity, Harras suddenly turned and fled outwards without looking back.
The Snow Woman's figure gradually became transparent, then illusory and vanished, seemingly pursuing Harras.
Seeing the oppressive Snow Woman leave, Klein finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Snap!" He snapped his fingers, and a crimson flame shot up in the room, reigniting the fireplace that had been extinguished by the Snow Woman's arrival.
Klein carefully placed the materials he had wrapped within his Spirit Body, one by one, and quickly arranged a ritual around the fireplace.
Then, following the method he learned from Leyton, he meditated, outlining a brass-colored, incomplete ring composed of countless gears in his mind.
As his Spirituality rippled, an incomplete ring made of gears and chains materialized behind Klein.
With the appearance of the ring, Klein immediately felt a connection established between himself and a certain place deep within the Spirit World Depths.
At the same time, the Library deep within the Spirit World Depths suddenly shook slightly.
Mr. Hughes, seated in the Library with an ancient book in his hand, looked up at the center of the Library.
There were three incomplete rings intertwined in a triangular destiny formation, seemingly affected by something, shaking slightly and causing the entire Library to tremble.
A faint blue glow brewed in Mr. Hughes's eyes, as if everything in this world could not escape his gaze.
"Lord of the Mysteries... Heh, as long as it's not Amon, it's all within my acceptable range."
He murmured to himself, and specks of brass-colored light spread from Mr. Hughes, stabilizing the slightly shaking Library.
Klein scattered a handful of Red Crown Balsam powder into the vigorously burning fireplace, then began to chant:
"Beloved of Knowledge and Wisdom, Ancient Guardian, Eye that Understands the World, Sage Enthroned in the Sky, Guardian of Reason and Knowledge."
"I implore you;"
"Implore the form of flame that burns all."
As the incantation ended, the flames in the fireplace surged violently and began to spread outwards.
Within the crimson flames, a faint blue layer appeared, and the surrounding flames were continuously absorbed, intertwining and twisting, restructuring into a flame creature very close to a human form.
Klein's Spirit Body regained its lightness and floated back a distance, while softly chanting: "Sun!"
A clear, brilliant, and pure warm light descended into the dining room, dispelling the abnormal states of everyone lying on the ground, and they began to emerge from their unconsciousness.
Seeing these people slowly regaining consciousness, Klein thoughtfully gave them a refreshing Wraith's scream.
Capim, Parker, Katy, and others who had collapsed on the ground were startled awake by a stinging pain in their heads, with crimson blood flowing from their noses and the corners of their eyes.
In their daze, what met their eyes was billowing thick smoke and wildly spreading crimson flames, as well as the floating figure of the Ghost "Klein" in Black Emperor attire, possessing a strong sense of presence.
"Heh! Now for the final act of the performance. Good luck to you all!"
Klein said with a low, hoarse voice, full of playful mockery.
"Snap!" He then snapped his fingers.
The flames in the room suddenly surged upwards and burst, instantly filling the entire room like a grand fireworks display.
Klein's Spirit Body, with a leisurely stroll, stepped into the layers of burning flames and then disappeared from the room.
The rest of the people had not yet recovered, but the fiercely burning flames had already engulfed the entire villa at an incredible speed.
A grotesque flame humanoid, like a pyromaniac demon, indiscriminately burned everything, whether human or object, as long as it appeared within its sight...
As soon as Harras escaped the villa, he stumbled and fell awkwardly to the ground.
He discovered in horror that his legs had been frozen into ice sculptures, and he could no longer lift or move them.
His eyes widened abruptly, wanting to utter a prohibition, but no sound came out, and he even lost all sensation in his throat.
Harras reached out to touch his neck; it was an icy cold touch, as if he were touching a block of ice.
The Snow Woman's figure, wearing a light blue long dress with snowflake patterns, appeared in his eyes. This figure gradually became clear and magnified.
Until the Snow Woman's illusory, flickering figure walked out from it.
The Snow Woman's lower body was a translucent, illusory Spirit Body, while her upper body had solidified flesh.
She looked at Harras, who was sprawled awkwardly on the ground, and floated closer, saying:
"Am I beautiful?"
Harras's eyes widened, and he tried to say something in horror, but not a single word came out.
Not getting the desired answer, the Snow Woman leaned down and gave Harras an intimate kiss.
Leyton stood quietly in the shadows, watching a layer of white frost gradually cover Harras's body, watching his eyes go from fear to confusion, and finally become fixed.
The Snow Woman released Harras, whom she had kissed, but by then, Harras had become a lifelike ice sculpture.
Leyton took the bone staff, disguised as a cane, from his waist. He raised his hand and lightly brushed the end of the bone staff, and an arm-length Cull of the Spiritual Flesh shot out.
Under the Snow Woman's furious gaze, Leyton directly swung the Cull of the Spiritual Flesh and chopped at Harras's ice sculpture.
Almost without resistance, the ice sculpture was cut in half.
"Can frozen flesh still be considered flesh?" Leyton murmured softly.
He casually tossed the bone staff in his hand, to see if this flesh-eating bone staff would try to eat the other party.
The surrounding temperature suddenly dropped significantly; the Snow Woman, whose collection had been destroyed, was angry.
Stars rapidly appeared all around, densely packed and dazzling.
These stars scattered rays of light, covering the Snow Woman's figure, dissolving and dispersing her.
After a while, the surrounding starlight gradually dispersed, leaving only a palm-sized figurine lying quietly on the ground.
Leyton stepped forward and picked up the Snow Woman's figurine. The moment he touched it, an angry thought was transmitted into his mind.
His lips twitched twice involuntarily, and then a layer of dazzling starlight appeared, instantly condensing into a translucent amber, directly sealing the Snow Woman's figurine within it.
"Crack! Crunch~"
Leyton turned his head to look. The bone staff had already begun to gnaw on Harras, who had been frozen into an ice sculpture, like chewing on hard candy, eating with great relish!
Through Flame Jump, Klein quickly arrived at the entrance to the underground area.
Aside from two ice sculptures, there were no guards here.
Klein immediately realized that the strange Ghost from before must have dealt with the guards here, including the Beyonder named Belize.
Somewhat worried that the girls imprisoned here might be accidentally harmed, Klein quickly went to the door.
Bang, bang, bang!
Air bullets struck the invisible wall, gradually dismantling the "tightly closed" effect.
He destroyed all the locks around, flew into the dungeon, and guided by the divination vision he had received earlier, he quickly found the cell where Daisy was imprisoned.
After confirming that she had not suffered too much harm and still had the ability to move, he dematerialized his body and merged into the iron door.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The girls locked inside the iron doors only saw the iron doors on one side opening successively, as if an invisible Ghost was running to unlock them.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
With another series of clangs, the iron doors on the other side were also all opened.
The imprisoned girls watched this scene with trepidation. They had heard the sounds from outside earlier, and they wanted to escape, but they were also afraid...
Finally, some of the girls who had only recently been abducted and had not yet undergone much training or harm bravely got up and went out, cautiously running all the way to the exit of the underground area.
They eagerly rushed through the hallway, through the hall. The burning flames in the villa seemed to intentionally make way for them, and they finally escaped from this nightmare-like villa.
It wasn't until they reached the street that Daisy and the other girls remembered to look back.
In the fiercely burning villa, they vaguely saw a majestic figure standing upright on the rooftop, clad in full black armor and wearing a dark crown.
Behind that figure, a cloak floated silently!
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