She stared coldly at Amon and William Augustus I. Sudden resolve filled her eyes as her fingers gripped the third layer of the Box of the Great Old Ones and slowly opened a hairline crack.
Almost instantly, Amon's eyes flew wide open. "Fuck, I'm going to die! I'm going to die!"
With that, he stole the distance and vanished.
William Augustus I frowned slightly, a trace of wariness flashing through his eyes. He keenly sensed the power of corruption from deep within the cosmos lurking in the box's third layer. Terrifying as that power was, however, neither he nor Amon should have feared it so much-at the very least, their strength would give them ample time to get away after the third layer opened.
"Then I simply won't let her open it!"
Lightning flashed in William Augustus I's eyes. A Psychic Piercing shot out like an arrow, instantly penetrating Bernadette's Spirit Body and striking straight at her mind.
Intense pain surged over Bernadette like a raging tide, making the fingers holding the box suddenly stiffen. Immediately afterward, William Augustus I lashed down viciously with a Whip of Affliction. The searing pain in her mind rapidly spread throughout her body, forcing her fingers to loosen uncontrollably. The Box of the Great Old Ones fell to the ground with a clang.
William Augustus I immediately followed with Execution, turning into a streak of black lightning that shot straight at Bernadette.
With a crack,
Bernadette's body shattered into a shower of glass, while her real body had already used the opportunity to leap far away from William Augustus I-this was a Demoness Pathway Sealed Artifact Lilith had given her.
She reached into the void again, trying to retrieve the golden Genie Lamp. But William Augustus I reacted extremely quickly, suddenly drawing a Silver