Notting Hill Villa.
"Where did this cave man co from?" Ed was drinking tea in the villa's living room when he suddenly saw a "beggar" walk in.
"It's !" Xu Yi ssed up his tangled hair, and dandruff flew about wildly.
Not only had he not slept in several days, but he also hadn't bathed, at most just washing his face. The place he stayed was the sweltering forge chamber, so his appearance was a bit shabby.
He didn't have ti to clean himself up either, as he was about to head to Lighthouse Mountain. The campaign against the Behemoth by the Ring of Destruction was about to begin.
"Did you bring the stuff?" Xu Yi asked eagerly.
"I managed to borrow it from the church with great difficulty; don't you dare break it," Ed instructed warily as he opened the box he was carrying.
Inside the box lay two Magic Artifacts, one was a tattered black cloak and the other was a white painted wooden Faceless mask.
"Well, I must say, that cloak suits you," Ed remarked as he picked up the tattered cloak and held it up against Xu Yi, expressing his admiration.
"This is the Shadow Cloaking Cloak? It can restrain the Array of Roy's Ancient Lamp?" Xu Yi gave Ed a look and took the cloak but did not imdiately put it on.
"Do you still not trust to handle things?" Ed picked up the mask and handed it to Xu Yi, "This is the Imposter Mask, capable of disguising one's aura, baffling Roy's Ancient Lamp, but there's a problem."
"What problem?"
"The Imposter Mask must be used by soone with a close bloodline to achieve its full effect," Ed explained.
Close bloodline? Would it not suffice for my father to use it?
Xu Yi thought instinctively, but he quickly realized sothing was amiss. With his ascension to demigodhood through blood fusion, his blood had beco that of a demigod.
If his father were to use it, how much effect would it even have?
He was in a quandary, and with ti running out, he simply didn't have much left to consider his options.
"Boss! Carlyle has woken up!" Ailent suddenly ca to his side and whispered.
Xu Yi's eyes lit up, feeling a bit of joy.
Looking at the Imposter Mask in his hands, he suddenly had an idea.
......
The incessant humming of wings was relentless, and the entire Lighthouse Mountain had beco a haven for monsters, making Xu Yi's infiltration particularly difficult.
And that was with the Ring of Destruction drawing away the majority; otherwise, the monsters on Lighthouse Mountain would only be more nurous.
Green worms bristling with barbs crawled before his eyes, Xu Yi lay prone in a muddy pit, his body blending with the shadows. However, he suddenly dared not move, his body trembling slightly,
A massive shadow passed over his head, blocking out the sky's light. Xu Yi eyed the enormous figure above with his peripheral vision. It was his first ti seeing the Behemoth's form.
The creature had a head similar to a beetle but was covered in a multitude of white tentacles slowly waving.
The Behemoth's legs were extrely long, like towering columns, hexapod.
Nests were constructed along its legs, with creatures like scorpions and flies entering and exiting.
Xu Yi could not have imagined that such a powerful being as the Behemoth would be willing to enter into a peculiar symbiotic relationship with these flying creatures.
Suddenly, the Behemoth let out a trendous moan, like an elephant's roar, yet filled with the dignity of a king.
Corpses, jumpy as tides, sward from afar. The air was thick with a strong scent as Xu Yi observed these oddly shaped animated corpses, his brow furrowed.
A few days ago, the jumpy corpses he had seen, though terrifying, at least resembled humans. The ones before him now could be described as "ghouls and monsters."
So had grown four arms on their backs, like spiders; so had sprouted eight legs, crawling like centipedes; others had turned into huge mounds of flesh seven or eight ters tall…
"These jumpy corpses are evolving on their own!"
Xu Yi's brow furrowed. West's ability was even more bizarre and difficult to deal with than he had imagined.
And, whether it was just his impression or not, he actually felt that West posed an even greater threat than the Ring of Destruction.
Behemoth had obviously sensed the approaching danger, emitting a sound and summoning the monsters back to the city of Boston.
The "dark cloud" rolled in from the horizon and had shrunk massively compared to before; it was clear that the Ring of Destruction's plan had been a success.
A purple barrier suddenly rose from the ground, forming a huge imprisoning light that encased most of Lighthouse Mountain.
"What a grand gesture!" Xu Yi couldn't help but exclaim.
To prevent the horde of monsters from interfering with their plan, the Ring of Destruction had actually spared no expense in setting up an enormous Array around Lighthouse Mountain.
Each second this purple barrier existed, it was like "funds" being burned away, draining a vast amount of energy from precious treasures.
"What good people!" Xu Yi imdiately followed with another exclamation.
In his eyes, these monsters were all "Power Banks" for the Ghost Samurai, and he had worried that a large number of monsters would die in this punitive war.
But now, with the Ring of Destruction separating the monsters, preserving them, if this wasn't the act of good people, then what was?
Of course, the Array's ability to block off the monsters was also thanks to the massive culling over the past few days, coupled with a considerable number of monsters that hadn't managed to return in ti.
As the four great Alchemical Machineries appeared, the battle to subdue Behemoth fully erupted, with the terrifying aftermath of the fight sweep through like a hurricane.
The entire area was filled with flying sand and rocks, and Xu Yi's eyes lit up. If not now, when?
He crawled rapidly within the Worm Pit, not caring about the filth and vermin droppings in the tunnels; he was already dirty enough and didn't mind getting a bit dirtier.
The tomb-like Lighthouse Mountain was right in front of him. Xu Yi attached a Nest of the Evil God onto a black stele, ensured a good line of sight, and then charged toward Lighthouse Mountain, engulfed in thick fog.
Lighthouse Mountain was beautifully scenic, a place he had visited several tis, mainly to take walks with Lisa.
Lilac petals fell from the top of Lighthouse Mountain as Xu Yi and Lisa walked side by side on the grass-lined cobblestone path, with Lisa's white dress bouncing up and down.
He suddenly missed that period very much. He had been so busy recently that there were few opportunities to go out and enjoy nature with Lisa and the others.
Lighthouse Mountain had changed dramatically at this mont; it was covered with many honeycomb-like formations, barely recognisable from before.
Whenever Xu Yi ca to a scenic spot, he paused for a mont, with the pleasant images from his mories flashing through his mind.
"I wonder how Lisa is doing?" Xu Yi suddenly missed Lisa very much.
Where others might have reminiscences triggered by objects, he didn't need to; he had left a Nest of the Evil God inside Lisa, so he switched to her perspective.
He saw Lisa lying quietly in bed, her aura growing stronger, with a genuine smile on her face.
But in the next instant, he broke out into a cold sweat.
Sothing wasn't right—very wrong!
The mont he switched to Lisa's perspective, he finally noticed the anomaly.
There was no doubt he liked Lisa and missed the good tis they shared.
But it was hardly the ti to indulge in such nostalgia during the critical mont of seeking the True God's spirit.
His gaze returned to the lighthouse.
That feeling of lancholy had vanished at this point, and as he looked at Lighthouse Mountain's attractions, they no longer held that sa charm—it was like looking at a devil's lair.
He switched his perspective again, surveying the battlefield where the Ring of Destruction battled Behemoth.
Whether it was the four great Alchemical Machineries or the seething undead on the ground, all seed to be lackadaisical in their efforts. Yet those engaged in the battle, whether human or monster, were incredibly imrsed, as if they were acting fervently.
It all looked exceedingly strange.
"It's the Domain! It's the power of the Domain!"
Xu Yi suddenly realized that Behemoth had unleashed a special Domain, and anyone within it would succumb to its influence unconsciously.
If he hadn't been able to use the Nest of the Evil God to shift views and see Lisa, he might have been imrsed in those emotions, walking around the lighthouse as if he were there for a leisurely outing.
The Domain was a prerogative of the True Gods; he never imagined that Behemoth would possess such power!
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