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Leyton was not surprised that Klein could sense his gaze from earlier. It would have been problematic if such an obvious action went unnoticed.
As he pondered, he recalled and said, "The extraordinary information related to the Baron of Corruption's corruption and distortion abilities, and a potion formula for a Bribed Man."
"With the information I just glimpsed, I can probably mimic the Beyonder power of corruption. As for distortion, that involves the core of the Black Emperor pathway, and it's not so easy to mimic. At most, I can develop some related secret arts."
The Reader's imitate ability is truly useful! As long as you understand the corresponding knowledge, you can use the ability. Klein sighed in his heart.
"It's not that useful. In the mysterious extraordinary world, knowledge itself carries power. To understand and master knowledge to mimic corresponding abilities is no easier than a Shepherd killing people and then herding their souls."
A silver light flashed in Leyton's eyes for a moment, then quickly disappeared. He chuckled, responding to Klein's silent sigh.
"How did you know what I was thinking?"
"It's not that difficult for a Shepherd to herd souls either, as long as he doesn't target the souls of powerful individuals from the start."
Klein was stunned for two seconds, then asked in surprise, before casually adding, thinking of Creeping Hunger.
"The Spirit World itself is woven from various pieces of information. Some come from the past, some originate from the present, and some hint at certain futures."
"As a Prophet, when I am in the Spirit World and facing you directly, it's very easy for me to capture the thoughts that float through your mind."
Leyton tilted his chin slightly, chuckling as he responded. After a slight pause, he added, "It's not difficult. Once you get used to the Spirit World, you'll also be able to master this technique."
"That's what "Yellow Light" Venithan told me back then. I think the same applies to you!"
You seem to have a lot of experience in this regard, but I don't know if it's mind-reading or being... Klein stopped his thoughts, slightly embarrassed, and changed the subject: "Let's go."
With that, his Spirit Body floated towards the collapsed ruins. The ethereal Spirit Body directly penetrated through layers of obstruction, entering the interior of the already collapsed ruins.
Leyton's figure instantly became transparent, transforming into shimmering starlight that surged forth, following Klein's movements into the ruins.
Inside the ruins, deep blue seawater filled the space, constantly shimmering with light.
Leyton's gaze penetrated through the shimmering light and the deep blue seawater. He saw the ancient, dim ruins at the bottom of the sea, where the surrounding buildings had long since collapsed and crumbled.
The brilliant starlight, as if substantial, swirled for a moment in the seawater, then submerged into the collapsed ruins at the bottom.
On the grayish-green flagstone path in front of these ancient ruins, brilliant starlight appeared one after another. Bits of starlight reassembled within, revealing Leyton's figure.
Around him, fragments of starlight solidified, continuously swirling, separating him from the surrounding seawater.
Immediately after, a black-red figure descended from above. Klein's Spirit Body completely ignored the surrounding seawater, effortlessly floating beside Leyton.
"It seems Kalvetua is truly dead."
As he spoke, his gaze was fixed straight ahead, where there was a massive stone pillar, covered in patterns and strange symbols. It extended straight to the top level, supporting this part of the ruins.
Unwilling resentment and furious roars echoed around them. This was Kalvetua's last resentful roar before his death.
On both sides of the grayish-green flagstone path, stone pillars stood, and in front of each pillar was a figure.
They held weapons, all pointed at the suddenly intruding Leyton and Klein. Their exposed skin was grayish-black, as if weathered over time, and their bodies were very shriveled.
The clothes they wore ranged from ancient styles of hundreds of years ago to the most fashionable styles of the present day.
"Kalvetua's devout believers are so few, and pitifully weak at that..."
Leyton murmured softly.
As he spoke, he gently rubbed his fingers, creating illusory golden flames.
These flames densely converged into a sea, emitting a powerful, pure, and sacred aura of the sun.
Before these "Sea God Guards" could react, Leyton manipulated the golden flames into spears that shot out.
Guided by spirituality, the spears wreathed in golden flames accurately struck each "Sea God Guard," burning their bodies like candles into drops of liquid, which eventually dissipated into nothingness.
Leyton retracted the spirituality maintaining the golden flames, and the surrounding dense solar aura vanished as the golden flames extinguished.
Through the fragments of starlight surrounding his body, he guided himself to float further into the ruins, while softly saying, "Let's go."
Klein nodded slightly, his Spirit Body floating directly upward, passing step after step, entering the interior of the ruins, the place where Kalvetua resided when he was alive.
Inside the ruins, the first thing that entered Leyton's sight was Kalvetua's exaggeratedly immense body, almost beyond imagination.
It was covered in slippery, bluish-green scales, which were covered with strange symbols similar to those found within these ruins. These strange runes, evolved from the elf language, were various symbols from the domains of storms and oceans.
Kalvetua's massive sea serpent body was coiled, occupying a third of the hall. There were also various wounds on it, bloody and mangled, some deep enough to expose bone.
On its body, faint bluish-green light began to precipitate, slowly converging towards a tooth longer than a normal human arm, forming a mystical item.
Leyton stopped his advance, silently watching this scene. In his ears, Kalvetua's resentful and unwilling roars from before his death echoed.
"This..." Klein was shocked by the scene before him and let out a murmur.
The Detective's instinct made him reconstruct the scene of Kalvetua's death in his mind based on the information observed around him:
A monstrously huge bluish-green sea serpent frantically writhed its exaggerated body, letting out roars that made the surrounding devout Sea God believers unwilling to approach. Its only remaining sanity was continuously devoured in the struggle with madness, until only the instinct of madness remained.
After nearly half a day of frantic struggle, it finally collapsed. A fleeting moment of lucidity, like a final burst of light, allowed it to let out one last roar filled with resentment, unwillingness, pain, and fury.
It opened its scarlet, profound, exaggerated maw and bit towards the core of these ruins. It intended to destroy the ruins, allowing its Beyonder characteristic to flow into the Spirit World Depths, perhaps even allowing it to be reborn in the form of a residual spiritual imprint.
After briefly reconstructing the scene in his mind, Leyton's eyes quickly cleared. He extended his right hand forward, and layers of brilliant starlight immediately diffused around him.
These starlight rapidly expanded, forming a solid barrier that separated the inside from the outside, isolating the entire hall from the Spirit World.
As he moved, the believers who were previously gnawing on Kalvetua's flesh all turned their gazes towards Leyton and Klein.
Their, no, their eyes were filled with coldness, and their pupils showed signs of becoming vertical.
Their bellies were distended, as if they had eaten too much, and their mouths were stained with dark red blood, with chunks of slightly bluish-green flesh still hanging. On their exposed skin, a slippery liquid was secreted, and faint scale-like patterns emerged.
"After Kalvetua's death, all the believers here lost control and, driven by instinct, began to devour his flesh, hoping to absorb more Beyonder characteristics."
Leyton calmly explained.
Klein nodded slightly; he had guessed as much.
As he looked around, his gaze fell upon the white-haired old man in the clerical robe. He must have been Kalvetua's priest, but he was now completely mad.
Klein's gaze fell on his highly distended belly, like that of a pregnant woman.
There was a faint, powerful heartbeat thumping from within, as if a terrifying monster was being nurtured.
As thoughts floated through his mind, he reached into his Spirit Body and took out a small, translucent brown glass bottle. He opened the cap and then threw the glass bottle into a corner of the hall.
At the same time, the glove on his left hand quickly became radiant, as if reflecting the midday sun.
He was bathed in golden light, which rippled outwards in circles.
This light, beyond Klein's expectation, directly changed the environment of the entire hall, as if exposed to the blazing sun at noon. Even the surrounding seawater showed faint signs of boiling.
Klein turned his head in surprise, seeing a pure, brilliant, and intense light condensed in Leyton's right hand. This light, projected through his 'Purification Light,' emitted an even stronger and more effective light!
This was not an effect that could be achieved through normal imitate, even if he had reached the demigod level. After a brief thought, Klein recalled the Church of the Evernight Goddess's Sealed Artifact 3-0782. He had obtained a large amount of extraordinary knowledge in the solar domain from that drop of Eternal Blazing Sun's divine blood.
Leyton's gaze flickered to Klein, seeing his confusion and speculation.
Immediately, he pushed his right hand forward, and the pure, brilliant, and intense light rapidly expanded. A tide of pure Yellow Light surged out, condensing in the process to form golden chains of light.
These chains of light, as if conscious, quickly darted towards the surrounding believers who had devoured Kalvetua's flesh, binding them all and gathering them towards the center of the hall.
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