Roar!
A near-beastial roar echoed through the flames, as Mr. X, enveloped in layers of fire, suddenly charged out, pouncing on Fors before she could react.
The intertwined flesh buds on his body writhed like countless small worms, full of madness and a sense of being Fallen. The surface flesh was charred black by the flames, and wisps of dark smoke continuously rose, his azure eyes faintly tinged with crimson.
Lawrence's figure flickered, instantly appearing between Audrey and Mr. X.
In his eyes, a phantom book slowly turned its pages.
He raised both hands flat, his body glowing with a dazzling Yellow Light. A tide of pure Yellow Light surged from within him, condensing into a barrier of light in front.
Boom!
Mr. X crashed into the light-golden barrier, producing a huge sound, but failing to shake the barrier in the slightest.
The surrounding Darkness and shadows also instantly writhed, transforming into solid shackles, firmly binding Mr. X.
"Hahaha~"
"Shadows belong to my Lord's domain."
Mr. X laughed maniacally for a few moments, the phantom book in his eyes turning its pages again.
The surrounding shadows suddenly came alive, surging like water, firmly trapping everyone in the room. The shadows beneath their bodies suddenly came alive, forming a pitch-black humanoid figure that rose from the ground.
What is this now? Fors looked at Lawrence somewhat frantically. She felt as if a part of her spirit had been separated by these shadows.
Lawrence calmly recited, "I arrive, I witness, I record."
He spread his arms, as if embracing the Sun.
The next moment, a magnificent, pure, blazing pillar of light descended from the sky, enveloping everything around. The humanoid figures formed by the shadows instantly evaporated. Mr. X, also enveloped by the light pillar, immediately distorted, letting out painful roars. The flesh buds writhing like small worms on his body became even more frantic.
Rumble!
A silver-white lightning bolt with a paralyzing effect suddenly struck, disintegrating into countless tiny electric snakes on Mr. X's body, darting in all directions.
Mr. X, whose body was covered in writhing, insect-like flesh buds, suddenly paused. His grayish-white robe disintegrated into ash under the electric light, leaving only the darting silver-white electric snakes and charred flesh buds.
Fors continued to flip the book in her hand without raising her head, as silver-white lightning bolts with paralyzing effects struck Mr. X, disintegrating into electric snakes that scurried across the floor.
The scurrying currents and strong paralyzing effect made Audrey, who was hiding to the side, feel a slight tingling sensation on her skin. Under her grayish-white hood, her hair stood on end due to static electricity.
In Lawrence's azure eyes, a phantom book rapidly turned its pages:
"I came, I saw, I record."
After a brief incantation, specks of blazing white light accumulated in his hand, condensing into a blazing white, scorching spear of light.
The moment the spear formed, it flew from his hand, its blazing white light enveloping the paralyzed Mr. X and rapidly expanding, the dazzling brilliant white instantly engulfing everything.
After about five or six seconds, the brilliant white light around them finally receded.
Emlyn rubbed his eyes uncomfortably, then pulled a small light-brown glass bottle from his pocket and dripped the liquid inside into his eyes.
After blinking twice and feeling his eyes finally comfortable, he spoke somewhat unhappily:
"I hate the Sun!"
"Old man, don't you give a warning before using such Beyonder abilities? I was almost blinded."
"My apologies, it was my mistake." Lawrence turned and bowed slightly towards Emlyn in apology.
Unexpectedly, the other party apologized so readily. Emlyn felt as if he had been making a fuss just now. He awkwardly pursed his lips and said:
"Forget it. Just remember to say something next time. Oh no, there won't be a next time."
Fors approached, biting her finger and smearing her blood on the deep brown book cover.
After smearing the blood and resolving the negative effects of Leymano's Travels, she handed the book to Lawrence and said:
"Mr. Lawrence, it needs to record a few more 'Blink', 'Teleportation', and Sun domain spells. This is the payment I agreed upon with Mr. Moon."
Lawrence took Leymano's Travels from Fors, then flipped through it twice before nodding lightly and saying:
"No problem, I will complete the spell abilities on it and send it back to you in a couple of days."
Then he turned his head to look at Audrey, who was approaching, and said:
"And for this lady, I will give you the fruit of the Elder Tree today. The Black Hunt Giant Lizard's spinal fluid will require some waiting time, as this material is not in Loen. You can prepare the cash during this period."
"No problem, I'm not in a hurry." Audrey smiled sweetly.
Lawrence nodded gently, his gaze falling upon the slowly coalescing light points on the floor. At this moment, he appeared extraordinarily calm, with no emotional fluctuations in his eyes, as if he had zoned out.
After a long while, it was only when the Beyonder characteristic extracted from Mr. X coalesced into a transparent, almost ethereal crystal that he gradually came back to his senses.
At this moment, he seemed to have lightened considerably, and even the feeling of old age and decline on him seemed to have diminished somewhat.
Adjusting his emotions, he turned his head to Fors and said:
"Fors, the Beyonder characteristic from Lewis Wien is yours, consider it your reward."
"You won't be able to use this characteristic for now. You can choose to craft it into a Mystical Item, but if you need to use it to concoct a potion later, you'll need an Angel-level power to pulverize it. You can choose for yourself."
"So, Angels can pulverize Mystical Items, restoring them to the Beyonder characteristic needed for potion concoction?"
Audrey keenly grasped the key point in Lawrence's words and asked with great curiosity.
Lawrence nodded gently and said:
"That's right. Beyonder of the Angel level have completely transcended the human realm. In ancient times, they were also called Sub-Deities."
"Time to leave."
As his voice fell, Lawrence flipped through the book in his hand, revealing a yellowed page adorned with numerous strange symbols and patterns, as well as bubbles floating in the air.
As the effect of the Mystical Reenactment "Nation of the Evernight" ended, the group returned to the hall where the gathering had been held. All the original attendees had already left, leaving only the Aurora Order Beyonder on guard around them.
The moment the figures appeared, the shadows in the room surged, and everything touched by the shadows was corroded by the Fallen power, stained with a sticky blackness, or instantly corroded and broken.
Lawrence and the others' bodies suddenly became transparent and ethereal, turning into a pile of bubbles.
These bubbles instantly turned black, burst, and vanished completely under the corrosion of the shadows.
Above the Gray Fog, Klein leaned back comfortably against the high-backed chair behind him. In his magnificent and ancient hall, the Scarlet light receded like a tide.
Through the connection established by Audrey and the others' prayers before their action, he had been observing their movements from above the Gray Fog.
Mystical Reenactment is really useful, with various effects that are both powerful and practical… Unlike a Seer, whose Beyonder abilities are flashy but not strong enough until the "Marionettist" stage, when they start to improve.
But is Emlyn's reward the use of that Leymano's Travels? And he specifically requested "Blink..." "Teleportation..." and Beyonder abilities of the Sun domain. What does he want to do? Hunt artificial Vampires? But doesn't he already have the Scarlet Scholar Beyonder characteristic?
After pondering for a while, Klein, having no clue, directly left the space above the Gray Fog.
In the Forsaken Land of the Gods, within the vast temple in the center of the uninhabited city, brilliant starlight surged and entered the prayer hall.
Bits of starlight began to re-coalesce inside, revealing Leyton's figure.
"My body is gradually decaying. This temple is very unfriendly to flesh and blood life."
After quietly sensing the changes in his body, Leyton murmured softly while rubbing his fingers, creating specks of brilliant golden starlight that coated his body in a golden layer.
The effect isn't too good. Do the negative effects here have a natural resistance to the Purification power of the Sun domain?
As thoughts flickered, Leyton looked up at the dome of the prayer hall. Deep blue light flowed in his eyes. In his vision, everything in the entire prayer hall was covered with a layer of spiritual light. Amidst a pale blue, crimson and brilliant golden colors slowly flowed, seemingly forming a dynamic balance.
Snap!
Leyton raised his hand high and snapped his fingers. A light-golden glow spread outwards from his body, layer upon layer, bathing the entire prayer hall in a warm, light-golden hue.
The puppets kneeling before the inverted statue suddenly came to life. Their bodies trembled slightly as they prostrated themselves on the ground, their mouths, pieced and carved from wood, opening and closing, emitting hoarse, unpleasant sounds:
"Great Lord, please forgive us… Great Lord, please redeem us…"
"Great Lord… Apocalypse…"
"Please redeem us."
The prayers of the prostrate puppets gradually grew noisy and chaotic. They seemed to be competing to see whose voice was loudest, whose prayer was more devout, whose posture was more serious.
In this process, these puppets gradually became distorted. The facial features painted with oil on their faces became hideous and terrifying, and iron filings and barbs began to grow outwards from their bodies, like the fur and scales on animals, slowly floating up and down.
In the vision of the Eyes of Mystery Prying, Leyton clearly saw that the bodies of these puppets were all covered by a dark, utterly Fallen, defiled, and mad veil.
It feels like they've become one with this temple. Did this temple, crafted into a Mystical Item, pollute them, or did these puppets discover mutations and counter-pollute the temple?