Beneath the Underworld Moon

Priest Augustus, who had personally instructed Shade not to kill anyone here, naturally would not kill Joey Barton.

The malformed middle-aged man, with a perforating hole in his forehead, trembled as he rose amid countless white shadows. Iluna narrowed her eyes at them and saw great swathes of white fog surging above the water:

"Look, it's a Mystic Lock. Someone is finally using a Mystic Lock!"

This was not Life and Death Limbo. No matter how good Joey Barton's condition was, using a Mystic Lock meant he was fighting for his life.

Sensing the spatial disturbance, Shade, standing atop the water, did not panic. A few months ago, after advancing from the Second Ring to the Third Ring, he had even been able to open a Mystic Lock to seal the Pus of Man. This time, he could certainly do it again.

Tree's Kiss did not have much killing power, and Match Girl might let Priest Augustus and Sister Devlin discover that he was the God Summoner, so:

"Sleeping Princess!"

Gripping his sword in one hand, he slashed fiercely forward. Darkness split apart, and rich colors spread to both sides. It was as though a pitch-black curtain had been lifted, revealing a magnificent royal palace.

The dilapidated city shrouded in white fog interlocked with the palace, but neither could fully cover this stretch of water. They were merely like colored fragments pieced onto an oil painting, forcibly appearing above the water.

Iluna still rested her chin in her hands as she watched the distant scene. Then she saw Shade turn with his sword in one hand and quickly climb the stairs to the palace heights. An ice coffin descended from the sky and smashed into the platform at the palace's highest point. Its lid silently slid open, and Shade reached