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The enemies that Hobert and Archibald could think of had all been mobilized. Now, the key was to see which side could get the "First Kill" first!
Tamara and the Beverly siblings, Trunsoest and Lilith, as well as the Sanguine angel Olmer and the Demoness Sect's Sherry, were locked in a battle that would be difficult to resolve for the time being.
The key to the battle lay in the fight between the "Abomination" Suah and the "Holy Infant King" and the "Duke of Entropy", as well as Hobert and the "Hundred-Eyed Devil Monarch"'s siege of Barana.
Initially, Hobert's side had the upper hand. Hobert and the "Hundred-Eyed Devil Monarch" had already wounded Barana.
But soon, Suah suppressed the two tool people summoned by Hobert and could help Barana, whose spirituality was becoming increasingly weak, out of the predicament.
So the battle situation became anxious again, and Hobert had to shout towards the shelter of the Beyonders: "Sharron!"
Sharron understood and immediately summoned her teacher.
The space at the edge of the battlefield suddenly became illusory. Reinette Tinekerr, wearing a complicated black dress and carrying four golden-haired, red-eyed heads, rushed from the spirit world.
His four heads stared at Suah together. A black crystal-like charm suddenly appeared in the mouth of one of the heads: "Yesterday!"
The four golden-haired, red-eyed heads returned to his neck together, making his body complete and his strength temporarily restored to its peak state.
Reinette's fingers suddenly lengthened and pierced into his chest, and blood flowed immediately.
A wound immediately appeared on Suah's chest, and a line of black, thick blood flowed out.
The "Duke of Entropy" immediately performed "Magnification", and Suah's injury immediately turned into a large hole. Even Suah in the "Abomination" state was obviously affected.
This forced Suah to withdraw his energy and concentrate on dealing with Reinette Tinekerr, as well as the two tool people, the "Holy Infant King" and the "Duke of Entropy".
Hobert took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack on Barana. Barana, whose stone-like black skin was gradually returning to normal skin, already had the intention of retreating.
The leader of the "Rose School of Thought" obviously had no way to provide him with help. Did he still expect those angels he invited to help him?
But running away at this time would only make his situation worse, so he turned into a wraith and rushed towards Hobert, hoping to find a breakthrough to escape the battlefield.
But when the illusory figure wearing a Southern Continent wizard's robe just appeared in Hobert's eyes, he "exploited" Barana's "Wraith Possession", prematurely ending the opponent's ability and instantly removing Barana from the "Wraith" state.
At the same time, Hobert's shadow appeared in Barana's eyes. The angel-level "Exploit" ability allowed him to briefly use the ability that had just been "exploited".
Normal "possession" will immediately attack oneself, exchanging injuries with the enemy, because the physical and spiritual bodies of the "Prisoner" pathway Beyonders are very strong, so they are not afraid of injury at all.
Especially after reaching "Disciple of Silence", using the ability of "Source of Curses" can only injure the enemy without injuring oneself.
Hobert did not have such an ability, so he just made Barana stand still.
That was enough, because at this time, the "Hundred-Eyed Devil Monarch" "reproduced" a tall figure. He could not see the face of this figure clearly, but could only see that he wore a very retro cross on his chest.
This huge figure opened his arms, as if embracing the sun.
Hobert quickly left Barana's body. The moment he left, he felt that his soul had been scorched to a certain extent.
Barana had just recovered when a very pure white light fell from the sky and landed on him.
"Ah—"
In Barana's scream, his physical and spiritual bodies were purified.
Unfortunately, this purification was fleeting and failed to completely eliminate Barana. His whole body was burning with pure white flames, and his physical and spiritual bodies were severely damaged.
"Magnify!" Of course, Hobert would not miss this opportunity and immediately "magnified" Barana's injuries.
Just when only the final blow was needed to kill the opponent, Suah suddenly let out a scream, which made Hobert's spirit body stagnate.
Then, Suah, enduring the attacks of Reinette and other angels, let out another scream.
His scream was a bit strange. It did not cause much damage to the spiritual bodies of the surrounding angels, it only made the spiritual bodies and bodies feel a bit separated.
But after the second scream, a space in Yason City suddenly became illusory, and a monster that looked a bit like a giant conch suddenly appeared from the spirit world.
However, at the tail of the conch, in addition to some legs like crabs and other creatures, there was also the upper body of a blood-red human being surrounded by the legs.
Its appearance caused the surrounding ground to be covered with a layer of white frost, as if the air immediately became evil.
At the same time, the residents of Yason City around the monster immediately mutated. Some turned into large trees, but human facial features grew on the trunks. Or they turned into patches of grass, and the swaying grass blades formed the shape of human facial features.
Some became similar to the monster, with the body of a sea beast but the head of a human.
They were tormented by extremely distorted spiritual bodies and wailed in pain.
Hobert "recognized" this monster! When he attacked the Tamara family's gathering place before, Pedi Tamara had summoned this monster from the spirit world to block the "Creator".
Later, Hobert thought about it and believed that this monster should have been polluted by the "Mother Tree of Desire" before it became such a creature that was neither human nor sea monster.
Now that he encountered this guy again, Hobert was slightly relieved, because with the Uniqueness, he could mobilize enough power from the "Nation of Disorder" to temporarily seal the corruption emitted by the monster.
Moreover, the corruption of the "Mother Tree of Desire" is not as impossible to remove as the corruption of the "Mother Goddess of Depravity". Hobert can "tamper" the corruption onto other objects in the "Nation of Disorder".
At this time, the spirituality of angels such as Trunsoest and Lilith felt that this monster was very dangerous, and they all tried to stay away from Yason City.
This monster is definitely the "Rose School of Thought"'s trump card, because even Reinette Tinekerr was afraid of being polluted and quickly retreated backward. Only the "Abomination" Suah was not afraid of such corruption.
Just as Hobert was about to deal with that monster, he heard Reinette say in surprise: "Chained God!"
Hobert was stunned: Could this monster be the "Chained God"? This is too weak!
Suah took advantage of the angels' retreat and showed a very ugly smile: "This is just a dying struggle of Tolzna, but it can be used to stop the 'Creator's' forces!"
At this time, the monster ignored the angels and was slowly heading towards the center of the city.
Hobert did not continue to think about Suah's words and shouted to the "Holy Infant King": "Go!"
The "Holy Infant King" immediately used the ability to "distort" space to come to the top of the monster's head. Its form became illusory and gradually extended into a black shield, slowly falling towards the "Conch Monster".
In this war, it is very likely to encounter the corruption of the "Mother Tree of Desire", so Hobert certainly made some preparations in advance.
Of course, these preparations are inseparable from the power of the "Nation of Disorder". After all, only the power of the "Nation of Disorder" can resist the corruption of the Outer Deities.
But the problem is that Hobert cannot gather massive amounts of power in the real world in a short period of time to complete a certain seal.
So he thought of this method, using three tool people angels to create the seal.
These three tool people were "charged" by Hobert in the "Nation of Disorder" in advance. When they needed to appear, he pulled them out of the "Nation of Disorder".
Each tool person is equivalent to a huge energy aggregate, and they can be used to simply seal the power of the "Mother Tree of Desire".
After letting the "Holy Infant King" attack, Hobert attacked Barana again, who was only left with a "bloody skin". He "distorted" the life state of this "Ancient Bane", distorting it from "alive" to "dead".
In that instant, both the real world and the spirit world "thought" that Barana was dead, and even the weak Barana himself thought that he was dead.
Such "distortion" is only effective when the target is weak enough. If Barana's state is normal, he can use the ability of "Puppet Substitute" to avoid it.
The battle became more intense than before. Just when Hobert was about to "Exploit" the relevant rules to instantly extract Barana's Beyonder characteristics, at the same time, the "Abomination" Suah avoided the attack of the "Duke of Entropy" and was about to stop Hobert's final blow, the monster in Yason City suddenly made a cry similar to blowing a conch.
Although the shield formed by the "Holy Infant King" covered the monster, the black liquid it kept spraying out prevented the shield from completely closing. This cry suddenly made the entire Yason City silent.
Hearing this cry, the spirituality of all the angels realized that something bad was about to happen. Medici in the distance immediately ordered the extraordinary troops to hide further away.
Only Suah's face showed a very ugly smile again.
Suddenly, a large amount of black mist exploded out rom the center of Yason City, covering the entire Yason City almost instantly.
There were wails of residents of Yason City and Beyonders everywhere. As they fled to the outside of the city, they turned into strange monsters after being shrouded in black mist.
Some grew jagged cockscombs on their heads, some grew leaves with mouthparts all over their bodies, some had limbs that turned into goat's limbs, and some had heads that turned into mantis heads...
The entire Yason City became an ocean of monsters.
At the same time, almost instantly, the black mist spread around Yason City, and Hobert was also included.
Lilith was about to rush in to save people, but Hobert's voice came from the black mist: "No one come in. I have a way to block the corruption here, you..."
Just as he said this, Hobert's voice suddenly disappeared, and the black mist also stopped spreading.
Although Lilith was a little anxious, she knew that Hobert had a lot of connections with the "Nation of Disorder" and also knew that what Hobert said was true.
At this time, Medici in the distance "hehe" smiled and asked Trunsoest: "Do you also want to be a running dog of the Outer Gods like Tamara?"
Trunsoest coldly glanced at Medici, then coldly snorted. He took a step and disappeared from the angel battlefield.
Lilith looked at Tamara with displeasure: "Hobert still needs the Beyonder characteristics in your body."
Tamara felt as if a strange life was suddenly awakening within her body. She quickly "bestowed the strange life away, and then made the space around her chaotic, disappearing from the battlefield as well.
The Sanguine angel Olmer came to Lilith's side and knelt down to salute, but Lilith was in no mood to pay attention to him.
The remaining angels and the Beyonders in the distance all looked towards the black mist, many with expressions of concern or worry.
But Medici smiled calmly and naturally: "I told you, the "Rose School of Thought" must have a trap of mutual destruction in Yason City."
The surrounding people glared at him, but they had to admit in their hearts that if they rashly attacked Yason City, the consequences would be unimaginable.
… …
At this time, within the black mist, Hobert first briefly lost his vision, but soon he could clearly see things within a kilometer or two around him.
The moment the black mist appeared, Hobert covered his body with a thin layer of "Order Crystal," so he was not corrupted by the black mist at all.
Apart from his vision being like he was wearing sunglasses and difficulty breathing, this layer of "Order Crystal" had little effect on Hobert.
So Hobert "altered" the frequency of his breathing, "altering" a breath every two or three seconds into a breath every two or three hours.
At this moment, another loud noise came from within Yason City, as if a surging force was drilling out from the ground.
Following the direction in his memory, Hobert walked towards the edge of the gray mist, but after walking for more than half a minute, he still hadn't walked out of the black mist.
Hobert immediately made the "Order Crystal" around him expand, forming a relatively illusory shield. Hobert's limit was to prop up a shield with a diameter of about three kilometers.
The black mist within the shield was dispelled, and his vision returned to normal.
Through the shield, Hobert saw a layer of transparent barrier in the direction of the edge of the black mist.
He reached out and touched it. It was a "Wall of Spirituality," or it could be called a "Spirituality Barrier." Hobert felt as if he was completely isolated from the real world.
Boom~
Another loud noise came from the center of Yason City.
Hobert looked towards the center of the city, but his vision was blocked by the black mist.
After thinking for a moment about how to deal with the current situation, Hobert decided to first reunite with the "Hundred-Eyed Devil Monarch" and the "Duke of Entropy" according to his memory.
After losing their target, they were stunned in place. They were tools made of pure power, so they were not corrupted either.
It's just that Barana was no longer in place, and it was unknown where he had escaped to.
Hobert took them into the shield to protect himself, and then he tried to enter the "Nation of Disorder."
He actually failed!
But Hobert could clearly feel that he could still call upon the power from the "Nation of Disorder."
After thinking about it, Hobert roughly understood that his spirit body was locked within this "Spirituality Barrier," so he could not enter the "Nation of Disorder."
However, because the power of the "Nation of Disorder" was extremely high in level, it could find loopholes in the rules and spread the power in.
If he wanted to enter the "Nation of Disorder," he would need the help of the "Creator," and the "Creator" was currently the one who could not enter His "Divine Kingdom" and needed help.
Hobert smiled and simply started thinking of other ways.
At this time, a group of monsters rushed out of the city, but they were all blocked by Hobert outside the shield.
Hobert ignored them and directly stepped into the city.
At this time, one of the monsters asked: "Need help?"
Hobert was slightly stunned and looked at the monster. It was a monster with human legs, but with the upper body of a lobster.
The other monsters all had blank eyes, with only desire and madness remaining.
Only this "Lobster Monster's" two protruding eyes flickered with the light of wisdom.
Before figuring out the other party's situation, Hobert just looked at the other party coldly, without answering.
The "Lobster Monster" opened the mouth below its head and smiled: "We made a deal, have you forgotten?"
Hobert's eyes narrowed: "Farbauti!"
Then he quickly denied: "I have not made any deals with you!"
"I know, I know!" The Lobster Monster smiled: "But what I want to tell you is that even if you don't admit the deal between us, it's useless.
"Of course, this can indeed protect you to a certain extent, but I can still use that deal to perform many operations."
Hobert probably understood that the so-called "perform some operations" might include Farbauti being able to easily locate him when he encountered a certain specific situation.
He often entered and exited the "Nation of Disorder" and was very clear that there were no problems with his spirit body and spirituality, so he still believed that as long as he did not admit that it was a deal, he would be relatively safe.
Hobert asked: "How did you enter this huge 'Spirituality Barrier'?"
The Lobster Monster, or rather, the "Devil Monarch" Farbauti, replied: "No need to enter, I was originally in here."
Hobert was slightly stunned: "You had arrangements in Yason City long ago? The "Rose School of Thought" never noticed?"
"You misunderstood! As long as there is evil, it can carry my will."
Hobert sighed: This is a Uniqueness! Or rather, this is a god.
Immediately, Hobert thought that if he also accomodated the Uniqueness at this time, the "Spirituality Barrier" would definitely not be able to trap Him.
Hobert isolated the corruption on Farbauti's body and put Him into the shield: "Speak, what is your purpose?"
"My purpose is of course to help you."
Hobert smiled: "Think carefully before answering, I can give you another chance."
"Deception" is the nature of demons, and this clumsy lie may be for other lies.
"Young people these days are really getting more and more impolite." Farbauti said, "Guess why I came?"
Hobert didn't even think: "The Uniqueness of the 'Chained' pathway."
Farbauti smiled, which was considered a default.
Just now, Hobert was guessing whether such a big commotion in Yason City was created by the real "Chained God."
Farbauti's default confirmed his guess.
Hobert didn't expect that Tolzna, the "Chained God" who had been missing for hundreds of years, was actually hiding under the capital of the Highland Kingdom.
At the same time, Hobert realized: After the main force of the "Rose School of Thought" was completely annihilated, Suah planned to release the "Chained God" to cause huge losses to the "Creator's" forces.
Fortunately, Hobert "hired" Medici as a senior consultant in this battle. If he still followed the previous war thinking, using extraordinary troops to attack the city and forcing the other party to send out angels first, and then his own side to send out angels, then the "Creator's" forces would have suffered huge losses.
After thinking for a moment, Hobert said: "Help me kill Suah, the characteristics belong to me; the Sequence 1 characteristic of the 'Chained God' also belongs to me."
Farbauti shook his head: "Without my help, you simply have no way to leave here."
"Ha!" Hobert laughed: "If I want to leave here, I can leave at any time."
This was not him bragging. As long as he prayed to "The Fool", he could easily leave here. After all, "The Fool" had authority over the spirit world and could easily solve the spiritual problems.
It's just that the "Holy Infant King" had not been recovered yet, and it was now easy to kill Barana, so it was a pity to leave like this.
In addition, Hobert was very clear that the "Chained God's" condition was very bad. If the opportunity was right, he could try to provoke a battle between Him and Suah to see if there was a chance to kill this "Abomination" here.
Because he could call upon the power of the "Nation of Disorder", Hobert's safety was basically not a problem, so he had not prayed to "The Fool" yet.
Farbauti stared at Hobert with his two protruding eyes for a while before saying: "Okay."
Hobert asked: "What is the current state of the 'Chained God'?"
"Not good."
"He has been hiding under Yason City?"
"Should be."
Hobert frowned: "What do you know?"
Farbauti smiled: "I know that the 'Conch Monster' was Tolzna's last attempt to get rid of the corruption, but He will definitely end in failure."
Hobert said: "Explain in detail."
"This process is not complicated. Tolzna was too severely corrupted and could only use the 'Spiritual Cage' to lock Himself up in order to retain the last trace of rationality." Farbauti explained:
"A long time ago, after a 'Abomination' Beyonder characteristic was torn from His body, He seemed to have found inspiration and expelled an 'Ancient Bane' Beyonder characteristic from His body, combining it with a part of His flesh to create a 'target' that attracts corruption.
"This 'target' did absorb a lot of corruption, but Tolzna was too naive. The 'target' He created had a very strong connection with Himself. The 'Mother Tree of Desire' could completely use this connection to further influence Him.
"It can be imagined that after absorbing a lot of corruption, that 'target' must have been completely controlled by the 'Mother Tree of Desire'.
"So the 'Mother Tree of Desire' used the 'target' at the right time... that is, the 'Conch Monster' to awaken the sleeping Tolzna and carry out the final corruption on Him.
"The most ironic thing is that Tolzna's resistance became the medium for Him to be completely corrupted."
Hobert slowly nodded: "We must seize the Uniqueness and Beyonder characteristics of the 'Chained' pathway before He is completely corrupted."
Just as he finished speaking, Hobert saw the out-of-control Barana.
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