Without the slightest warning, Berit suddenly felt utterly exhausted. His eyes threatened to close, and he wanted to lie down and sleep.
He was startled.
To make him feel sleepy so suddenly...
The hooded woman in purple robes had to be at least a Sequence 4 demigod.
After all, he was a Sequence 5 Wraith himself. Even against another Sequence 5 opponent,
he would never have been affected so easily!
Having reached that conclusion, he simultaneously drew several Phantoms close against himself.
These pale, translucent Phantoms brought a sensation of cold that instantly "froze" Berit awake.
He resisted the magic that threatened to lull him to sleep.
Then Berit made a bold decision.
He transformed into an incorporeal Wraith, intending to leap into the female demigod's eyes.
He would attempt to possess and control her.
But just as he became a Wraith, the woman raised a hand to her mouth.
An ancient horn brimming with power materialized in her palm.
Bwooo!
The horn sounded, its waves of sound overlapping.
Berit's figure emerged in the air.
He seemed to have fallen into a piece of translucent amber.
Then the "amber" silently cracked, and Berit's figure instantly shattered into tiny pieces like a broken mirror.
Fortunately, Berit was in his Wraith state.
Otherwise, his body would have been torn apart like the soldiers before him.
Using the special properties of a Wraith, he quickly reassembled his body, but he no longer had the strength to assume Wraith form.
Moreover,
although his body had reassembled, Berit had still suffered grievous injuries. The damage was real, and he had no way to transfer it.
At that moment, another strange change came over the female demigod in black robes patterned with purple.
Her back arched slightly, and pure white, illusory feathers sprouted across it.
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