"Wandering... bzzz..."
The piercing noise mingled with the prayers, like red-hot iron needles stabbing into Aaron's brain.
His primary consciousness was instantly wounded, and his barely humanoid body scattered once more, turning into countless motes of light.
That's impossible!
How could a believer's prayer connect directly to him and reach his ears without permission?
Especially across such a vast distance! Aaron wasn't wearing the Fool's Crown!
It was as horrifying as hearing a telephone ring, only for the phone itself to come alive and answer the call on its own!
Even more terrifying than that horror was the dreadful danger that came with the connection!
Was some high-ranking existence... bestowing a blessing?
Through... some kind of... ritual I don't know about...
Aaron struggled to preserve the last shred of clarity in his thoughts and activated the contingency he had prepared.
Boom!
A holy radiance emerged, washing over the surroundings and repelling the contamination, sealing it outside.
The purification of the Spirit of Void!
In an instant, the contamination contained within that prayer vanished without a trace.
But Aaron did not relax his guard in the slightest. He swiftly rebuilt his body from radiance.
He already understood that the Perfect One required a complete "reforging" from the most minute parts of the body!
When the body became light, it was at its most dangerous. Without the "Spirit Realm wonder" as an anchor, his consciousness might truly disperse, transform into light, and merge with the Spirit Realm.
Advancement was exceedingly perilous, and being attacked during advancement was even more perilous!
That was Lily's voice just now... The contamination came from the Underworld Moon? Sigh... Be careful of the Underworld Moon...
*For those hidden existences, since they know the Spirit of Void can purify contamination... why would they still try to contaminate me?