The clear, bright realm first enveloped Gray was closest to Ed.
The Grand Foundry Master, encased in the vine ball, struggled for a while before quickly realizing what was happening. His eyes gradually cleared, and his limbs stopped twitching.
Once Gray had fully regained consciousness, he looked at Ed to his side and gave him a slightly embarrassed yet grateful smile.
Ed ignored those things and continued to manipulate Clear Void Pine's domain to expand outwards.
As an invisible wave passed through everyone's bodies, the innocent people protected behind the metal wall by " Nether Melt " Felix gradually quieted down.
Ed closed his single eye, carefully sensing the changes within the domain.
Once he senses that the [ Dream of Rebirth ] effect lingers in a certain area, he can use this to pinpoint Sailesi's location.
Within the Great Labyrinth City, several miles away.
A figure stood atop the spire owned by Keen Rizzos, blending seamlessly into the deep night. A gentle breeze ruffled his outer robe, revealing his completely crystallized bones beneath.
Crushing the crystal cluster of spider lilies in his hand, Sailesi, or perhaps the senator [ Nether Crossing ], began to wait.
Creating chaos is exactly what he excels at.
According to his plan with [ Giant Arms ], the other party was responsible for assassinating Gray, the Grand Foundry Master, in this operation, while he was responsible for covering for him or acting freely if any unexpected events occurred.
Gray was only a Middle Tier; in theory, it shouldn't be much harder for [ Giant Arms ] to kill him than to take a single breath.
But a minute had passed, and the [ Giant Arms ] was left there after it had destroyed the banquet hall.
Whether Gray is dead or not, at least [ Giant Arms ] must have encountered an unexpected situation.
Then it would be only natural for him to take action.
He had used a similar trick in the Holy City just over a month ago. Although Sailesi in the Holy City was his double at the time, the roots of those things came from himself, and he was already very familiar with this kind of situation.
As an eerie red light and the fragrance of spider lilies filled the air, the Great Labyrinth City, which had been in a state of rest, began to stir.
The sounds of tables, chairs, and benches being overturned and furniture being smashed on the ground continued to echo. When Sailesi heard these sounds, he wanted to laugh but realized that he had lost the ability to smile.
Unlike the illusion in the Great Labyrinth City, which saw the enemy as terrifying monsters to inspire everyone to fight to the death to protect the Holy City, the background story of the illusion that Sailesi created for them this time was very simple: everything had fallen into madness, except for how the deceived saw themselves.
In other words, an unrestricted fighting tournament is about to begin in the Great Labyrinth City, where countless civilians will join the battle. They will first fight their own families, then their neighbors, and then the winners from other districts...
Just like Boxing Champion championship, eventually one unlucky guy will stand at the top, stepping over countless corpses. Who knows what awaits the winner after this farce ends—the death penalty or something else?
Thinking this, Sailesi suddenly felt a sense of unease—
Several miles away, in the direction of the banquet hall, the few crystal clusters of spider lilies he had left behind were activated!
The situation over there was indeed dire; it seemed that the three undercover agents who attended the meeting had been discovered.
Thinking of this, he sighed inwardly and focused all his attention on manipulating the [ Dream of Rebirth ], which had become one with him.
Just then, he suddenly sensed a familiar yet unfamiliar power.
That force, carrying an indomitable will, tore a hole in the illusionary web it had woven.
Those Low Tier weaklings who were bewitched were like fish in a fishing net, rapidly escaping through the ever-expanding tear.
Only one person possesses this power, and that is...
His old colleague and rival, Cardinal Luxiusi.
But how could he still be alive?
The intelligence clearly Theocracy has already canonized him as Saint, even posthumously conferred titles upon him. Isn't it ridiculous that he's still alive?
As far as he knew, due to the threshold and compatibility issues, there were very few people in the entire Holy See who could be compatible with Clear Void Pine, and the few who were compatible were all Low Tier or Middle Tier.
unless...
Suddenly, a person came to Sailesi's crystallized mind—the guy who had driven him to this point.
That was a being who could control all plants simply by virtue of their status.
He—no, He came here?
Having made a certain guess, Sailesi almost instantly abandoned his haughty demeanor atop the tower and prepared to flee.
But at that moment, a voice, seemingly coming from the void, echoed in his ears:
"Are you looking for me, [ Nether Crossing ] Councilor?"
The moment the sound came, Sailesi had already used Crystallization to transform his right hand into a jeweled scimitar, and then slashed out with a backhand.
As High Tier user skilled in Directed Alienation, the Alienation trees and Alienation crystal clusters posed similar difficulties for Sailesi; he simply needed time to familiarize himself with them.
As a powerful individual skilled in Holy Crusaders combat techniques, the power of this strike should not be underestimated.
Although Ed easily dodged the attack by sidestepping, the tiny crystal clusters scattered on it still formed a kind of "blade aura".
The blade of energy flew backward in an arc, severing the tower belonging to another Grand Artisan not far away.
"Clatter."
Ed landed lightly and, using his night vision, looked at the colorful skeleton in front of him:
" Sailesi, this is our first time meeting."
"You've mistaken me for someone else, Son of God Highness."
Sailesi's tone carried a hint of resentment:
"I am [ Nether Crossing ], a councilor of the Skeleton Alliance. Wasn't Cardinal Sailesi already beheaded in the Holy City by you?"
Ed curled his lip impatiently:
"Your tricks couldn't even fool Geliwusi, do you think you can fool me?"
Upon hearing this, Sailesi retorted angrily:
"You wanted Sailesi dead, so you cut off the double's head."
I understand what you mean, so I also gave up that old name.
"Not only that, I have even given up everything from the past; power and status no longer belong to me."
Why can't you just spare my life?
"Is it really necessary to exterminate them all?"
Upon hearing this, Ed almost doubted his ears, thinking to himself that just reading this passage made him seem like the unethical one.
Are you out of your mind?
Ed looked at the skeleton in front of him:
"Does crystallization destroy your brain as well?"
How could you say such a thing?
At this moment, Sailesi realized that he had lost his composure, after all, all his failures over the past year were inextricably linked to the person in front of him.