Elsewhere, within the corridors of the Dream Space, Duke Carlot and the other four Ninth Ranks hurried forward in a state of great anxiety, spreading their senses as far as possible as they searched for the locations of the amulets on Anvis and Fiona.
After the Floating City's defensive system had fully activated, numerous distortions of space and time had appeared here. The Family Amulets' positioning had also become abnormal, with their locations shifting in every direction.
Boom—
Suddenly, a massive breach burst open in one wall. A strange creature resembling a gigantic amoeba poured out of it and lunged at the five people in the corridor, trying to envelop them.
Oddly enough, it seemed utterly unaware of the terrifying Ninth-Rank pressure radiating from them.
Already familiar with these creatures, Duke Carlot casually waved a hand. Frost infused with Rule Power covered its body, instantly turning it into an ice sculpture.
Then, the sculpture shattered on its own, turning into glittering icy dust that scattered away.
They had encountered more than one of these strange things along the way. Their strength was mediocre, only around the Seventh to Eighth Rank, but they yielded no worthwhile spoils whatsoever. They were nothing but a waste of time.
Duke Icuisi, the current head of the Enoch Family, had tried capturing one. During an on-site dissection, she discovered that despite its enormous size, its internal structure was astonishingly simple.
It was like the first batch of giant undersea creatures from the earliest days of the Dark Era, possessing only the most primitive systems needed to sustain life. Its behavioral patterns were also like those of a true amoeba, consisting of only the simplest instinctive responses.
Casually erasing the amoeba blocking the way, Carlot was about to continue exploring deeper inside when his movements suddenly