"Who!"
Vahar's heart jumped. The flames around his body suddenly contracted, then formed a fire screen that rapidly expanded outward. Those fire crows also dispersed in all directions.
"Hehe, why be so serious?"
Another chuckle sounded in his ear. Vahar's expression changed as he suddenly discovered that his flame control ability had mysteriously disappeared!
"This... how is this possible?"
In just an instant, all the flames surrounding him vanished, and he lost his balance, falling straight down from mid-air.
Just as he was about to crash to the ground, a gentle light caught him and smoothly placed him on the floor.
Kriech's eyes lost their glow. Without looking at Vahar, whom he had caught, his right hand suddenly shot up, and a blazing spear formed from brilliant white light instantly materialized.
Then he looked toward a specific point in the void and forcefully hurled the spear in his hand toward it.
With a "whoosh," that brilliant and blazing spear traced an arc at amazing speed, stabbing directly into the target location. A blazing fireball immediately erupted, illuminating the entire city lord's mansion and nearby streets.
"Lightless Spear!"
"Did it hit?"
Seeing the blazing fireball erupt like a sun, Vahar—who had gotten back on his feet—looked at Kriech and asked.
With his flame control ability mysteriously gone, his self-perception was greatly hindered.
"No..."
Watching the blazing fireball gradually dissipate, Kriech didn't hesitate. He raised both hands in an embrace-the-sun gesture.
"Solar Flare!"
Instantly, a massive golden blazing fireball appeared out of nowhere, smashing toward where the Lightless Spear had struck!
However, mysteriously, the golden blazing fireball began twisting just as it formed, gradually disappearing into mid-air as if swallowed by the void.
"Leave!"
Seeing his attacks were ineffective and the enemy hadn't even shown his face, Kriech chose to retreat without hesitation.
His aged hand shot out, grabbing Vahar beside him. Two wings of light suddenly gathered behind him, as if he would fly into the sky and leave in the next moment.
Just then, a laughing young male voice sounded:
"Want to leave? Hehe, you can't escape. Haven't you noticed? From the beginning, this space has been isolated by me.
Right now, you're in an independent space completely separated from the real world, spirit world, and astral world.
Even if you pray to that Eternal Blazing Sun now, He won't receive your response.
Give up resistance. I don't want meaningless slaughter. After all, two living demigods are much more useful than dead Beyonder characteristics—I can negotiate a good price with Intis."
Hearing this voice from an unknown source, Kriech's body froze. The light in his eyes suddenly blazed as he looked around at the dark world shrouded in shadows.
As a Sun pathway demigod, the pitch-black night should be no different from daytime in his vision.
But he had been too tense earlier, focusing on combat, and hadn't noticed that what should have appeared bright as day to his eyes was actually swallowed by darkness.
That deep, dark world gave him a long-unfelt sense of fear, as if just stepping into it would result in being torn apart and devoured by unknown monsters, falling into an bottomless abyss.
"I... I actually feel fear? This is impossible!"
Kriech's heart trembled. Waves of pure golden light surged from within his body, rapidly condensing into light armor that enveloped him. That pure and warm sensation gradually filled his entire body, dispelling the fear he hadn't felt in ages.
In the space between connected worlds, Nimrod watched the Lightless One covered in golden armor and couldn't help frowning.
"The fear brought by nightmare abilities has such weak effect on demigods?
Perhaps only by copying fear abilities at the level of a Dread Bishop could I instantly make this Lightless One's mind collapse and lose the will to fight."
Seeing Kriech fall into silence, the Iron-blooded Knight Vahar beside him looked even gloomier. He swept his gaze around the void once and said with a sinking heart:
"Although I don't know what ability you used to lock us in this space, your cowering and hiding skills are indeed impressive.
If those parliament members had your hiding techniques when cheating, they probably wouldn't have been caught by husbands returning home early.
Moreover, given the current situation, I don't think you can so easily finish us off. If you really had that ability, why hide and not face us directly?
If you have the skill, come out and duel us fairly. As long as you defeat us, you can name any conditions you want."
As Vahar's voice gradually rose, an inexplicable disgust emanated from his body, making people want to punch him hard in the face.
"Hehe, crude mockery. Since you want me to defeat you head-on, I'll fulfill your wish."
In the void between worlds, Nimrod chuckled lightly. His figure quickly faded and appeared directly in front of Vahar and Kriech.
At this moment, he wore a black classical robe and a colorful pointed soft hat. Beneath his jet-black curly hair was a handsome face, and over his left eye, he wore a monocle carved from crystal.
"Amon!!!!"
The moment they saw this figure, both Kriech and Vahar cried out in shock, feeling as if their breathing had stopped.
"Hahaha, quite similar, isn't it? This outfit made even me unable to keep a straight face when I first looked in the mirror. If I copied more of Amon's abilities, I might really be able to cosplay as him.
Alright, I've come out, and I've had enough fun. Let me finish you off quickly—missing that one's arrival would be impolite."
Seeing the shocked and uncertain expressions of the two demigods, Nimrod put away his smile and adjusted his monocle.
In an instant, his entire body became ethereal and twisted. Worms covered with starlight and inscribed with mysterious symbols crawled out from within him and then gathered together.
In just one second, Nimrod disappeared from where he stood, replaced by a massive starlight worm. Its surface was covered with incomprehensible, mind-exploding strange symbols that flowed and reorganized continuously, emanating brilliant starlight.
"Mythical creature form!"
Without any hesitation, Nimrod directly unleashed the mythical creature form of the Door pathway angel "Planeswalker"!
The moment they saw this massive starlight worm, Kriech and Vahar felt their minds filled with inexplicable information, no longer able to control their bodies' spirituality.
They both felt every part of their bodies develop independent consciousness, beginning to compete for leadership with themselves as the core.
The pain filling their entire bodies became unbearable, and they screamed once before collapsing unconscious.