A little earlier.
The third level of the Inverted Pyramid Tomb.
It was much smaller than the first and second levels, with only a single main burial chamber.
The walls of the chamber were covered with vividly colored murals and ancient writing, describing the life of a Sothos noble.
At the center of the chamber stood a black coffin.
When Aaron used the first Evil Spirit Curse Bullet to kill the Executioner, Kyle, the coffin suddenly shuddered.
Before long, a figure halfway between reality and illusion slowly "drifted" out of the coffin.
He wore elaborate, luxurious noble's clothing. His body was covered in wounds, and something strange and blood-red seemed to writhe across their surfaces.
An ordinary person would have been stunned at first sight.
It seemed that the phantom itself represented some kind of curse!
An Evil Spirit of the Fourth Primordial! A Non-Human Existence!
He... or rather, it, had awakened!
The Evil Spirit had a pair of purple eyes that gleamed like jewels in the darkness, filled with utter madness and chaos. It suddenly looked toward a certain place.
It began to move, passing through walls and across the Bridge of the Dead until it reached the tomb's second level.
Along the way, every vengeful spirit, ghost, and Spirit Realm monster gave way, as if facing their sovereign!
Near the pit of corpses.
Aaron let the prayers echo in his ears, idly tossing the Evil Spirit Curse Bullets in his hand.
At one moment, his whole body abruptly stiffened. It was as if even his blood had frozen!
Even a Second Primordial Beyonder had no power to resist an Evil Spirit's possession of this magnitude!
So this is... an Evil Spirit... It really is powerful... I can't even move my lips... There's no time to pray...
*Luckily...