The outskirts of Connaught, Desi County.
The aftermath of a Saint-level Beyonder battle swept through an ordinary street.
The ground along the street and its alleys turned into an Acid Swamp bubbling with blue bubbles.
Several stray dogs on the street and the rats in the alleys fell into it with agonized cries. After only a few struggles, the flesh submerged in the acid was eaten away, leaving gaping wounds. They cried out twice more, then fell silent.
Then light as bright as the afternoon sun appeared above the street.
Raphael had made his move. Using the Composite Talisman Crystal, he summoned a small sun above his head and relentlessly pursued the Word Eater with Holy Light and Blazing White Spear.
Meanwhile, the Eye of Illusions phantom ahead drew a Magma Greatsword from the void and charged at the Word Eater, whose body was covered in blue flames.
Knowing he had walked into an ambush, the Word Eater opened an illusory black maw and uttered one evil syllable after another.
In the rooms on either side of the street, many ordinary people heard those evil sounds in their sleep and immediately lost control, turning into monsters.
Yet the sounds had no effect whatsoever on Raphael, because two black earplugs blocked his ears.
These earplugs were formed from the Dark Hut's power and could effectively block Word Eating attacks.
In truth, the Word Eater's Word Eating did not spread entirely through sound. It was essentially transmitted on a mental level, so plugging one's ears was useless.
However, the material of these "earplugs" was of a relatively high level. Blocking his ears also blocked them in an abstract sense, preventing his mind from hearing Word Eating as well.
The Eye of Illusions phantom had neither a spirit body nor a mind, so