Chapter 1051: Different Styles of Different Pathways

Upon seeing this scene, Hvin Rambis immediately extricated himself from

that state of calm, clearly aware that he had fallen into a trap. He

also further realized that he was already under some sort of influence.

Without any hesitation, he arched his back and his body swelled.

His pupils turned vertical, turning from pale blue to golden. His face,

the back of his hand, and every inch of his exposed skin grew

grayish-white scales.

Amidst the screeching sound, the white shirt, black vest, formal coat,

and straight trousers that he wore tore apart, revealing the dragon

scales beneath.

In the blink of an eye, Hvin Rambis had transformed into an abnormally

massive monster. Aside from his head that remained in the form of a

human, the rest of his body had changed completely. It was like a dragon

that had yet to fully evolve.

The dragon's back was covered in gray-skinned wings, and its limbs were

thick. The grayish-white scales were engraved with complicated,

three-dimensional mysterious symbols. They extended into the flesh,

extending into the surrounding void. It seemed to be a mesh of objects

that didn't belong to the real world. It threw anyone who laid their

eyes upon it into suffering a form of mental confusion as their thoughts

warped. Even one's Spirit Body would be tainted with all kinds of

thoughts that came from deep within one's heart, eager to rip apart and

mutilate themselves.

This was the Spectator pathway's incomplete Mythical Creature form!

For demigods of other pathways---those who weren't at the angel

level---they required immense willpower and firm beliefs to fight in

their Mythical Creature forms. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to

control the madness and the inclination of losing control. There was a

high chance of them immediately losing all rationality and transforming

into a monster. However, the Spectator pathway was different. They had

Placate which could treat their minds and souls, so they weren't

helpless towards the madness and inclination of losing control.

Therefore, as long as the fight wasn't prolonged, they could use their

Mythical Creature form and return to normal at will.

Whoosh!

All the thoughts in Hvin Rambis's subconscious domain boiled over as

they churned, identifying the parts of his consciousness that had been

altered, purging them out and melting them down into nothingness.

Whoosh!

The violent winds surged around Hvin Rambis's grayish-white dragon

avatar. It seemed to come from reality, but also seemed to come from an

illusory world.

They carried a certain will as they whirled in every direction. Any

creature that was embroiled would inevitably be placed into various

abnormal states, stand rooted to the ground in a daze, or blindly escape

towards the corners of the garden. There would be varying degrees of

losing of control as their knees would buckle before they slumped to the

ground. Some would even faint immediately and fall into a coma. Others

would reveal their most fervent expressions, crowding around the

dragon-like attendants.

This was a qualitative change in "Dragon Might" which stemmed from a

Mythical Creature form. It went from its original state of placing

others in a state of "Awe" to "Mind Deprivation" with even more effects!

Seizing the moment when Dragon Might swept the surroundings, Hvin Rambis

focused and transformed into illusory, sinister versions of himself.

Through the sea of collective subconscious which eluded most Beyonders,

he approached Gehrman Sparrow on the rooftop and Audrey Hall by the

garden's periphery at high speeds.

As a Spectator, he could tell that the attacker was Gehrman Sparrow just

by seeing his face and temperament!

At this moment, Audrey was mumbling to herself and compelling herself

based on the discussions and warnings from the two demigods, The World

and The Hermit, above the gray fog.

"I can't see anything. I can't hear anything...

"I can't see anything. I can't hear anything..."

She was trying to avoid losing control from looking directly at Hvin

Rambis's Mythical Creature form.

However, this also made her unable to "see" or sense that a particular

illusory, sinister version of Hvin Rambis was approaching her Body of

Heart and Mind from the sea of collective subconscious.

But suddenly, before Hvin Rambis's "eyes," the blonde, green-eyed girl's

island of consciousness disappeared.

Audrey felt a warmth from her body, as if she had returned from a cold,

dark cave to the surface where the sun shined.

She hurriedly dispelled the hypnosis and opened her eyes. The sun in the

sky pierced through the clouds that couldn't be considered thin,

scattering its resplendence. Bathed in the bright golden glow, autumn

flowers bloomed in silence. Everything was beautiful and peaceful.

Audrey looked around blankly, but she didn't see Hvin Rambis, Gehrman

Sparrow, or the huge crimson moon.

This made her feel like everything that she had just experienced was

just a dream.

What mighty powers... A battle between the two demigods might not even

harm a single flower. Audrey silently muttered to herself before calmly

leaving the garden, retreating to the corridor that connected the garden

to the house.

She was afraid that her presence would affect Gehrman Sparrow's fight.

In the concealed world, one of Hvin Rambis's manifestations had also

landed on Gehrman Sparrow's island of consciousness under the crimson

moon.

Just as he was about to set foot on it and open the door to the Body of

Heart and Mind and control Gehrman Sparrow's subconscious to make him do

things against his own will, he realized that the illusory island that

stood in the sea of collective subconscious was filled with a deathly

silence---there were no stirring thoughts or the appearance of new

thoughts. There was no way of influencing it.

Puppet! Marionette! Hvin Rambis instantly made a judgment. Combined with

the information he had obtained in the past, he had a better grasp of

Gehrman Sparrow's abilities.

He wasn't shocked or depressed. Instead, he felt a sense of glee and

confidence. This was because, for a demigod of the Spectator pathway, he

could easily tell the difference between a marionette and the true body,

greatly mitigating Gehrman Sparrow's strongest ability.

Besides, do you think a marionette can foil my mind invasion and control

of one's consciousness? That sinister and illusory Hvin Rambis swept his

golden vertical eyes and found a transparent passage on the marionette's

island of consciousness. On the island of consciousness, it was the

symbolic form of Spirit Body Threads in the mind world!

Right on the heels of that, Hvin Rambis's figure flashed, and he traced

the transparent passageway and found another island of consciousness

hidden in the distance. This was where the source of where the

marionettes were controlled, which meant that it belonged to the actual

body!

"Found you!"

Hvin Rambis snorted coldly as he conjured a terrifying mind storm in the

sea of collective subconscious, allowing them to thrash about in Gehrman

Sparrow's island of consciousness over and over again.

This caused the nearby "weather" to rapidly change, and the ability to

percept the surroundings via spirituality suffered intense interference.

Hvin Rambis took the opportunity to get close to Gehrman Sparrow's

island of consciousness, and he conjured a grayish-white staircase in an

attempt to furtively invade his opponent's subconscious.

This was his usual style of fighting. One stayed in the light while the

other stayed in the dark. While one attacked head- on, the other sneaked

in. With these two angles of attack, it easily broke the target's mental

walls and allowed him to control his opponent's Body of Heart and Mind.

At the same time, as a dragon avatar, he flew up and spiraled in midair.

It affected Gehrman Sparrow with its Dragon Might and Breath,

complementing the battle at the consciousness level.

At this moment, from deep within the sea of collective subconscious,

Hvin Rambis had silently invaded the Gehrman Sparrow's Body of Heart and

Mind when all of a sudden, he saw a boundless grayish-white fog. All the

sea of collective subconscious around and the islands had vanished.

Hvin Rambis's heart tightened as he hurriedly analyzed his psyche,

suspecting that he was under an illusion.

However, no matter how he handled it, the grayish-white fog didn't

change. Of course, there were no accidents or danger. It was as if it

was just a simple background.

That was pretty suspicious.

Just as Hvin Rambis was preparing to stir a mind storm here, the

grayish-white fog finally dissipated, revealing the island of

consciousness from before that belonged to Gehrman Sparrow.

Hvin Rambis didn't have time to hesitate. He quickly entered the

corresponding subconscious and attempted to change his target's

thoughts.

However, those thoughts were dyed with a bright light, a holy and

majestic aura. It was unshakable and uninfluenced.

This... Hvin Rambis instinctively looked up and looked towards the sea

of consciousness from the stone stairs that he conjured.

Other than the "island" itself, there was also a figure with twelve

pairs of fiery wings, emitting golden light.

It looked like the projection of an angel's powers!

Since he was planning on dealing with a demigod from the Spectator

pathway today, Klein had no doubt used Angel's Embrace on himself. With

the Red Priest's level of importance, he directed the powers of the

mysterious space above the gray fog, allowing him to temporarily be

unaffected when facing an incomplete Mythical Creature form.

And the reason why he didn't show it directly was that he was

experimenting with Hvin Rambis.

As Hvin Rambis attempted to invade his island of consciousness, his

marionette, Qonas Kilgor, distorted the target his enemy locked onto,

changing it from Klein's Body of Heart and Mind to Klein's projection of

the gray fog.

As a result, if Hvin Rambis found the island of consciousness in the

grayish-white fog, it meant that there was a being of unknown origins

sleeping in the mysterious space. This meant that Klein had to be wary

ahead of time. On the contrary, he could feel a little relaxed.

This was something he had long wanted to test but didn't dare attempt

because it might be dangerous. Today, he finally had a chance to do so.

After all, even if there were any consequences, Hvin Rambis would be the

one dying and not him. It might even allow him to easily finish off a

demigod.

Seeing that he was blessed by an angel and wasn't capable of breaking or

infiltrating his opponent's Body of Heart and Mind in a short period of

time and exerting his consciousness on him, Hvin Rambis retreated

without any hesitation. He left the area and returned to his mind world

through the sea of collective subconscious.

Then, the massive dragon disappeared, disappearing into thin air,

preventing Klein from even finding it via Spirit Body Threads.

Psychological Invisibility!

Hvin Rambis planned on using a psychological blind spot to hide in the

dark. Then, using area-of-effect Beyonder powers like Mind Deprivation

and Mind Storm to slowly weaken Gehrman Sparrow's angel-enhanced mental

walls, he would attempt using his own Sealed Artifact to attack.

As a demigod of the Spectator pathway, although his dragon form was

powerful at melee combat, it still lacked the necessary, powerful

offensive Beyonder powers. It had to be made up for through certain

Sealed Artifacts.

At this moment, an illusory book appeared in front of the Gehrman

Sparrow who could be either the marionette or his actual self. Following

that, there was an ethereal voice:

"I came, I saw, I record."

Klein was using Lightning Storm which had been "Recorded" by the

Creeping Hunger!

For something like Psychological Invisibility, it could be easily

resolved with a full area-of-effect bombardment!

It has to be said that, when dealing with a Beyonder with such a

fighting style, the Storm pathway was a pretty good choice.