Within the Gate of Summoning, a "sun" of utmost blazing whiteness and searing heat slowly rose.
The surroundings instantly brightened, as though that "sun" might break through the invisible barrier between the spirit world and reality at any moment and appear beside them.
Scorching, dazzling light poured out from behind the hazy, illusory gate, silently melting the wraiths and shadows flying through the air, merging with the soil, or blending into the lush vegetation.
The Gate of Summoning superimposed on the villa's entrance gradually grew faint and transparent in the blazing sunlight, disappearing bit by bit.
Seeing this, Cyril immediately reached out and grabbed at the void. The surroundings distorted, and a stretch of deep, seemingly endless darkness abruptly descended, enveloping all of Odra Manor and cutting it off from the outside world.
As the space containing the manor was hidden, the thick, blood-red moonlight cast down by the blood moon in the sky instantly vanished.
Standing beside the villa, as tall as the building itself, Nibis had a pair of dark bat wings spread behind him and eyes as red as two miniature blood moons. His expression suddenly relaxed, as though he had regained his senses.
Waaah-ah!
A shrill sound resembling an infant's wail suddenly rang out from the swarm of vampire bats circling overhead.
Crimson suddenly burst forth within the dense darkness enveloping the entire manor. An illusory moon that seemed condensed from fresh blood pressed against the boundary of the hidden space, as though it might break through at any moment.
Amid the overlapping swarms of bats circling in midair, a crimson moon appeared.
Immediately afterward, streams of hazy, illusory moonlight pierced the overlapping bat swarms and fell downward. As the crimson moonlight washed over Nibis, his expression turned savage again. He raised both hands as though