Darkness in the Deep Sea (XIII)

Working together, the Thunder Phoenix and Reilo finally freed the Fighter in the bearskin coat from mind control.

But things went almost exactly as Reilo had expected.

After losing control of this guardian, the thread of mental power, shimmering like rainbow light, surged toward Reilo.

It had neither form nor substance and moved so fast that it was difficult to evade.

He gave a muffled grunt.

The subtle sensation was bizarre.

It felt like a mother's umbilical cord.

Reilo did everything he could to activate the Moonlight Mental Power covering his body and resist this strange mental-medium tendril. But against the other's incomparably powerful, terrifying mental assault, he felt like a lone skiff on a vast, raging sea.

At that moment, Reilo seemed to see the dark red moon in the sky.

It was filled with absurdity, ill omen, and mystery.

The moon crystal stones sacrificed through the Dream Moon Technique and the mental and soul power drawn through the Siphon Technique all led to an infinitely vast, eerie mental space—the domain of the annihilation law—where they vanished and were devoured.

This was a mental will almost capable of creating a world!

It greedily devoured everything.

And these seaqi were bizarre creatures summoned by the Gulan Fairies during the Sacred Moon Festival.

Perhaps they came from that mysterious place where matter was annihilated?

If so, whatever strange forms of evolution these virtually alien beings possessed would hardly be surprising.

"Its mental power is at least ten times stronger than mine."

Reilo fought desperately against that immense will. Bolstered by 11.7 g of moon essence, his mental power surpassed even that of most Extraordinary Scholars specializing in the mysteries of the mind and soul.

As a result, he actually managed to resist its mind control.

The price, however, was the complete