As Azure-Clad Wanderer and Phantom Whisper's strange behavior and words unfolded, all the experts present were stunned.
Were Azure-Clad Wanderer and Phantom Whisper monsters or not?
Before, whenever they encountered monsters, they simply had to hack them down. There had never been so much trouble—fight if they could win, run if they could not. But now, they could not even tell whether a monster was truly a monster. How were they supposed to fight?
The entire scene immediately fell into dead silence as everyone stared at one another.
At that moment, acting was not an option, but neither was standing still. They could only remain frozen where they were, guarding against each other, terrified that the companion beside them might have been transformed from a monster.
Phantom Whisper and Azure-Clad Wanderer were also wary of each other. The sheer strangeness of the scene was something none of those present had ever heard of or seen before.
However, the bizarre atmosphere lasted only a few seconds before the sky suddenly shattered. The bright, sunny heavens that should have been overhead had turned utterly gray, while lightning flashed and thunder roared all around them.
At some unknown point, everyone around her had vanished. A monster five or six meters tall, with a massive mouth and a body like a soul, had already devoured nearly half her soul.
She could even see herself standing blankly before the monster, motionless like a puppet...
Yet a magical blade pierced the monster's heart, making it let out a piercing shriek that made her head feel as if it were about to explode.
"What is going on?"
Azure-Clad Wanderer, in her soul-like state, looked utterly bewildered, completely unable to understand what had happened.
Even now, she truly could not distinguish what was real from what was false.