Finally, a stunning blonde woman stepped forward and whispered, "Lord Bloodlust, there's something strange about this barrier..."
Sebastian naturally knew there was something strange about the barrier, after all, hundreds of corpses were lying conspicuously beneath it.
"What's strange?"
A hint of joy flashed across the blonde beauty's face, and the others secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
A bearded man in his thirties immediately stepped out from the crowd.
"Lord Sebastian, this barrier will automatically attack anything that gets too close!"
He bent over, smiling obsequiously, and said, "But we've also discovered some weaknesses in the barrier..."
"What drawbacks?!" Sebastian's eyes lit up as he asked.
Seeing this, the blonde beauty glared fiercely at the bearded man, stomped her foot, and turned to walk back into the crowd.
The bearded man didn't care; all he wanted now was to cling to Sebastian's leg and escape successfully.
"My lord, this barrier seems to only target those with extraordinary powers; it has no effect on mortals."
Upon hearing this, Sebastian frowned immediately. "Only targeting Superhuman?!"
He cursed inwardly, "Fuck, this is bad!"
While ordinary beings can pass through, surely he, the dignified Bloody Executioner of the Dark Wizard Alliance, cannot destroy his own foundation and become a mere mortal?!
Have you come up with any solutions?
"This..." The bearded man hesitated, "I have thought of a way, but I need a test subject..."
After he finished speaking, he glanced subtly at the crowd.
Sebastian nodded in understanding.
He scanned the crowd and pointed directly at a short man hiding among them.
" Peter, come here."
Peter's face turned pale, and he quickly lowered his head, trying to hide.
But the people around him scattered instantly, completely exposing him.
Peter trembled with fear, and pleaded in a trembling voice, "Sir... I... I can't do it. Could you please try someone else?"
"No way?" Sebastian sneered, his right hand suddenly transforming into a black whip that swiftly extended and instantly wrapped around Peter's neck.
'Whoosh!'
The black whip retracted, transforming back into an arm.
Sebastian slammed Peter to the ground, then turned to the bearded man and grinned, "Here you go, the test subject you wanted."
The bearded man looked down at Peter, who was lying on the ground, groaning weakly, and forced a smile, "M-Master, you are mighty!"
Sebastian waved his hand and said, "Let's begin."
The bearded man hurriedly nodded, squatted down next to Peter, and carefully took out a bottle of purple potion from his pocket.
"This is Disguise Potion I made based on an incomplete recipe recorded in an ancient book. As long as you drink it, you can disguise a wizard as a mortal."
"But I'm not sure..."
Sebastian waved his hand to interrupt him, ordering, "Pour it down his throat."
The bearded man's expression froze for a moment, then he quickly replied, "Yes, sir."
He looked at Peter with pity, then, ignoring his struggles, pried open Peter's mouth and poured the entire bottle of medicine down his throat.
Sebastian glanced at the crowd and pointed at a muscular man with a buzz cut. "You, come here."
The man with the buzz cut pointed to himself and asked in surprise, "Me... me?"
Sebastian nodded impatiently.
The man with the buzz cut could only nervously walk out of the crowd.
Sebastian pointed to Peter, who was lying on the ground, gagging and retching, and said, "Throw him over there."
Peter hearing this, Peter hurriedly got up, pushed aside the bearded man, and stumbled away into the distance.
"I don't want to die! I don't want to die! I don't want to die!!!"
The man with the buzz cut scratched his head and looked at Sebastian with an innocent expression.
A vein bulged at the corner of Sebastian's eye, and he roared angrily, "What are you standing there for? Go after him and bring him back!"
The man with the buzz cut realized what was happening and hurriedly nodded, saying, "Oh, okay, sir!"
He immediately strode up to Peter, grabbed Peter by the back of the neck with his large hand, and lifted him back like a chick.
'Smack~'
The man with the buzz cut threw Peter to the ground and said in a muffled voice, "Sir, we've brought him back."
Sebastian, his face dark, pointed at the barrier. "Grab him and throw him over there."
The man with the buzz cut scratched his face and nodded obediently, saying, "Yes, sir."
He bent down, grabbed Peter, took two steps toward the barrier, and then quickly stopped.
"Hey, let's go!"
The man with the buzz cut swung his arm and threw Peter toward the barrier like a bowling ball.
"No!"
Peter a piercing scream and smacked himself against the barrier wall.
Upon seeing this, Sebastian's eyes lit up.
He immediately turned to the bearded man and asked, "It worked?!"
"Wait a little longer, sir!" The bearded man watched Peter slide off the barrier wall to the ground, then stagger back to his feet.
Peter frantically patted his body, exclaiming with surprise, "I'm not dead?! I'm still alive?!"
He turned and glanced at Sebastian and the others, excitedly raising both middle fingers and loudly mocking them:
"Go to hell, you piece of shit Sebastian!"
After cursing, Peter turned and rushed towards the barrier wall.
'Gulp~'
The barrier wall, which was originally as hard as steel, has now become as soft as mud.
Sebastian watched with eyes blazing Peter squeezed through the barrier wall and appeared on the other side of the barrier.
"Fuck!"
He grabbed the bearded man by the collar and pulled him up in front of him.
"Where's the Disguise Potion? Give it to me right now!"
The bearded man hurriedly pointed to his chest and shouted, "Inner pocket! The medicine is in my inner pocket!"
'Tear!'
Sebastian roughly tore open the bearded man's clothes and pulled out two bottles of purple potion from his inner pocket.
He tossed aside his beard like trash, popped open a bottle of medicine, and tilted his head back to pour it into his mouth.
"Hmm!"
As soon as the medicine went down his throat, Sebastian couldn't help but groan.
"It's so hot!"
"Wait, it's so cold!"
"That's not right either!"
He turned and glared at the bearded man, demanding angrily, "Fuck, what the hell is this damn potion?!"
Why do I feel hot one minute and cold the next?!
"Damn it! Half of my body is burning hot, and the other half is freezing cold!"
The bearded man covered his hairy chest, looking as aggrieved as a bullied little wife.
He answered, sobbing, "That's how... that's the effect of the medicine!"
"Its principle is to efficiently deplete the body's energy through a cycle of extreme heat to extreme cold. In addition, the subsequent effects of the medicine will continuously consume the body's natural regenerative Mana."
"Without energy in the body, the disguise effect can be perfectly achieved!"
Sebastian, gritting his teeth against his discomfort, threatened in a cold voice, "You'd better pray nothing goes wrong, otherwise... hmph!"
A chilling killing intent flashed across his face, startling the bearded man so much that he shivered.
In order to save his own life, he quickly reminded him, "Sir, the energy in your body is too abundant. You'd better drink the second bottle of Disguise Potion as well."
Sebastian carefully sensed the changes within his body.
The energy level is still mostly maintained, but the alternation between hot and cold seems to be slowing down...
He decisively opened the second bottle of Disguise Potion and poured it into his mouth again.
"Hiss! Whoosh!"
The sudden and intense change in temperature made Sebastian shiver involuntarily.
The bearded man scratched his itchy chest hair, and when he touched the empty inner pocket, his heart skipped a beat.
Holy crap! I only managed to make three bottles of Disguise Potion!
One bottle was given to Peter, and Sebastian drank the other two...
What am I supposed to do then?!
His face began to turn pale and then bluish.
Suddenly, a coat was draped over my shoulders.
The bearded man turned his head in confusion and saw that the man with the buzz cut had appeared beside him at some point and was staring at him with a fascinated expression.
He followed the other man's gaze and looked down, only to be surprised to find that the man with the buzz cut was staring at his chest.
The bearded man instantly understood.
He lowered his hand from his chest, puffed out his chest, and proudly displayed his thick chest hair, as bushy as a black bear's.
The man with the buzz cut's eyes suddenly became even more intense.
Short-haired man: Oh my god! This is the sexiest and most attractive chest hair I've ever seen!
Bearded Man: Damn it! I'm not going to live anyway! I'm going to enjoy myself before I die!
So, the two of them turned around and left together without hesitation.
The crowd around:...
Julian inside the barrier wall:...
Kenneth, who returned carrying Peter's body:...
A few people quietly emerged from the crowd and gave chase.
The rest of the people remained quietly in place, silently watching Sebastian's every move.
Before long, Sebastian suddenly showed a look of joy, and in an instant, all the lingering coldness on his body vanished without a trace.
He took two steps toward the barrier, then stopped.
If you take just one more step forward, you'll be within the range of the barrier wall's attack.
Sebastian took a deep breath and lifted his left foot to step forward.
The crowd not far away watched him nervously, secretly hoping for something.
His left foot landed, and the surroundings were calm. No Cyan Lightning suddenly shot out from the barrier wall, nor did a pillar of fire suddenly erupt...
[Success!]
Several bursts of excited cheers erupted from the crowd.
Sebastian breathed a sigh of relief and moved forward, ready to run towards safety and freedom.
Suddenly, a furious shout filled with hatred rang out.
"Thorns... thorns!"
Before Sebastian could even lift his right foot, a bluish-gray spike suddenly shot out from the ground and pierced his instep.
He looked down in disbelief at the blood-stained, bluish-gray Thorn Spike, his face contorted in pain, and he couldn't help but scream.
"Ah! My foot!!!"
Sebastian and the crowd nearby all looked in the direction from which the sound came.
A figure covered in dark brown grime emerged from behind a crumbling wall a dozen meters away.
He clenched his fists and limped toward Sebastian.
"Pay the price for everything you've done, Sebastian!"
Sebastian, gritting his teeth and enduring the pain in his foot, cursed, "Fuck you! Who the hell are you?! How dare you lay a hand on me?!"
The newcomer reached up and slashed away the congealed blood from his face, his eyes bloodshot as he snarled, "Do you recognize me now?"
Upon seeing his face clearly, Sebastian's eyes widened in shock, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "You actually survived, Tobias?!"
The crowd nearby stirred immediately upon hearing the name.
" Tobias? The strongest Thorn Tier apprentice among the Shadowfang Apprentice?!"
"It's him! He's hailed as the 'strongest seed' of this generation in the Alliance. Several councilors of the Alliance have publicly praised him, saying that he'll at least become Blood Oath Enforcer at level 36, and there's even a 50% chance he'll become a core member!"
"But why does he look so disheveled?!"
"Why did he stop Lord Bloodlust and even attack him?!"
"Wait! Did Lord Bloodlust just say 'You actually survived'?"
"Could it be that Lord Bloodlust tricked Tobias when he came here?!"
"Possibly! Otherwise, Tobias wouldn't be so murderous!"
" Tobias! Let me explain, it's all a misunderstanding!" Sebastian's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly tried to explain, "Given the situation, if I hadn't escaped, I would have died there without a doubt!"
"You deserve to die!" Tobias roared through gritted teeth. "If you hadn't forced us to release that damned ' Ring of Damballa ' and forced Instructor Lyle and the others to summon the ' Abyssal Black Tide,' they wouldn't be dead at all!"
"It's you! You're the culprit who caused all of this!"
"Fuck!" Sebastian knew that no amount of explanation would help as Tobias drew closer.
So he gritted his teeth, grabbed his right leg with both hands, and pulled upwards with all his might.
"Ah!"
With a scream, Sebastian forcibly pulled his right foot off the bluish-gray thorns.
He fell to the ground with a thud and crawled towards the barrier wall using both hands.
"Climb faster! Climb faster! Once I get over this barrier wall, I'll be safe!"
It looked like Sepanstian was about to escape successfully.
Tobias panicked immediately!
"You bastard, stop right there!"
He dragged his injured right leg and quickened his pace.
Suddenly, several figures emerged from the ruins not far away.
They shouted, "Bring Sebastian back!"
" Foster (with the bushy beard) said there was no Disguise Potion, and Sebastian just drank the last two bottles!"
The crowd, who had been observing coldly, suddenly erupted in chaos!
"What?! There's no more Disguise Potion?!"
" Sebastian drank the last two bottles?!"
"Fuck! Bring him back! I have a way to extract the undigested medicine from his stomach!"
"But Sebastian has already climbed into the danger zone!"
"Then let's all attack together!"
"Yes! Let's attack together!"
"If we let him escape, we'll have no hope left!"
In an instant, a deluge of Black Magic erupted from the hands of this group.
'Boom!' The Dark Red Lightning Orb exploded next to Sebastian's right hand. He didn't even look at his little finger that had been blown off, and continued to crawl forward.
'Whoosh!' The Acid Rain Arrow pierced his back, and Sebastian groaned as he continued crawling...
'Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!'
Dark Fire, Corrosive Orb, Bone Spear, and all sorts of Black Magic rained down upon them.
Sebastian, however, stubbornly endured the powerful Black Magic and gritted his teeth as he crawled forward...
At this moment, all he could see was the Cyan Barrier Wall not far away!