The robed man who called himself the "Secret Saint" put his hands behind his waist and looked down at Bernice who was a few meters away, as if he was using his own inspiration to scan the other person.
Less than half a second later, he nodded thoughtfully:
"It's still in the late 'germination' stage... Interesting, this city seems to have something I don't understand..."
While the other person was talking to himself, Bernice finally managed to break free from the fear that was so great that it almost destroyed her thinking ability.
He struggled hard for a few times, and at the same time called upon the spiritual power in his body, trying to break this strange "immobilized" state.
But the icy coldness that penetrated deep into her bones was like the roots of a tree buried in the ground. No matter how she resisted, she could not shake it in the slightest.
Not only were her limbs and muscles completely out of control, but even the spirituality that belonged to her body... felt like it was poured with cement, so heavy and sluggish that it was unimaginable.
Even if you use all your energy, you can only make it move to an imperceptible degree.
This is an absolute crushing defeat in terms of power!
"High...class...superhuman..."
After realizing the level of the middle-aged man in front of her, her heart suddenly turned cold.
"Could it be...the one...in the house?"
All kinds of thoughts flashed through her confused mind, making her feel surprised and frightened.
"But... why... the detector... didn't light up... not good!"
Just as doubts emerged in her heart, she saw out of the corner of her eye... the glass apple with starlight in her right hand was once again stained scarlet.
This means that within a radius of 200 meters, there exists a transcendent being at the level of a psychic warrior, magician, or expounder of the Tao or above!
Obviously, it was the "Secret Saint" in front of him.
"How is it possible... just now..."
Bernice instinctively wanted to open her eyes wide, but her frozen body made her unable to control even her eyelids. She could only maintain her standing posture, like a lifelike statue.
"Could it be that... this guy moves very fast, and in a flash... he came from the house to my side?"
The glass apple was a spiritual item made by the metallurgist 105 himself. It was unlikely to become ineffective temporarily or be circumvented by human means...
In other words, this is the only hypothesis that can explain the current situation!
"So fast... How did they do it? What level of transcendent being is this 'Secret Saint'... Wait..."
In an instant, she seemed to realize something, and extreme horror and fear surged out from the deepest part of her heart, engulfing her spirit in an instant.
"The Secret Saint... Saint... Could it be, a Saint? The fourth realm of the clergy, a Saint? And an existence on the same level as 105...?!"
Although it seems a stupid thing to judge a person's realm based on the title he reads out himself.
But if this person is really a legendary being from the fourth realm, then everything that is happening now can be completely explained!
As a "saint" second only to a demigod, it is possible for him to cross hundreds of meters to come to her side in an instant, or to deceive the detection of the glass apple through covert means.
"Blood Moon... I, I was actually captured by such a scary guy..."
Bernice's heart immediately became stagnant, and her scarlet eyes seemed to have extinguished some light.
If this "Secret Saint" is a psychic warrior or a magician, then she might still have a chance of survival by utilizing some of her own special methods... and barely escaping.
But if it is replaced by "saints", this point may not exist at all!
There is a difference of two major realms between them, which is even greater than the gap between humans and ants. They are not at the same level of life at all.
"It's finished..."
As this thought flashed through her mind, the "Secret Saint" in front of her also took action.
"Since this is a situation I don't know about, it means... there are variables, and there may be factors that we cannot control."
He murmured in a deep voice, his arrogant eyes narrowed slightly, looking directly into Bernice's eyes.
He slowly lifted one of his hands from behind his waist, spread his five fingers naturally, and raised it slowly, pointing his palm towards Bernice:
"Any uncontrollable factors must be thoroughly investigated and then... eliminated."
"!"
The moment she saw the pale, thin, bony hand slowly raised, alarm bells immediately went off in Bernice's mind.
A huge sense of crisis swept over!
"I must not let his palm point to myself!"
"Once this move is completed, I will be completely finished!"
"We must stop him! By any means necessary! By any means possible!"
——Such a warning roared wildly in her mind.
This is her innate crisis warning as a "favored one" of the "ancient moon" who is different from ordinary vampires!
The principle may not be explained clearly, but it is almost certainly reliable!
The Secret Saint's movements were not fast, and he seemed to be leisurely and nonchalant, but raising his arms completely and pointing his palms towards himself, such a simple movement only took one or two seconds at most.
Must think!
Figure out a way to stop him and escape!
In these decisive one or two seconds!
Bernice's little brain had never been working as fast as it was now. Cold sweat oozed out and a layer of fine sweat beads appeared on her fair face.
“…That’s right!”
Seeing that the "Secret Saint" was about to complete the action not far away, she had an idea at the last moment.
It was the cold, hard and smooth touch from her right hand that gave her the last straw!
“…If you encounter an extremely critical situation, you can try to inject your own spirituality into it, which may have unexpected effects.
"Just a little bit is enough. As long as your spirituality touches it, it will start..."
The words that Yao Lingwu said when he handed the glass apple to her also echoed in her mind:
"It can be activated three times in total, and two points of 'merit' will be deducted each time."
"There's no other way, let's try!"
She no longer cared about her achievements. She acted decisively, exhausted almost all of her strength, and barely mobilized the heavy and sticky spiritual power in her body, moving it to the palm of her right hand, and touching it through the skin that was in contact with the glass apple.
"what are you doing?"
Of course, this little trick could not be hidden from the "Secret Saint" who is a "saint".
He immediately noticed that the vampire in front of him was trying to direct his spirituality towards the strange glass apple.
Although he didn't understand what this guy wanted to do, he was absolutely confident that a vampire whose level was only equivalent to that of a righteous warrior or a righteous mage could pose any threat to him.
But out of basic caution, he responded.
"Om!—"
A faint but penetrating buzzing sound emanated from his palm out of nowhere and spread out at an extremely fast speed.
In just a moment, it swept across the vampire's body.
Instantly, her mind froze, and she could no longer have any thoughts or ideas.
At this moment, the spiritual power she mobilized...had just touched the surface of the glass apple.
No matter what spiritual item it is, in order to activate it, it is almost necessary to stimulate one's own spirituality with specific techniques.
Therefore, it is impossible to activate this strange glass apple with just a light touch.
The "Secret Saint" thought so and reached out to the strange little object, wanting to take it in his hand and study it.
"boom!"
But before he could move, the glass apple with scarlet stars flowing on it...suddenly exploded!
"what?!"
The "Secret Saint" was immediately startled and subconsciously wanted to cast some defensive spells to protect himself.
But the broken glass apple turned into extremely dense starlight.
It spread in all directions at a speed that even this "saint" couldn't react to.
And, include him in it.
The next second, this "saint" who was second only to a demigod and whose strength was enough to be called a legend...
"Bang!!!"
It exploded with a loud bang!
His entire body turned into countless deformed organs, tentacles, and limbs burning with fierce sulfur flames, and collapsed without any resistance!
Those fragmented and deformed organs and limbs did not spread in all directions, but seemed to be restrained by some invisible force, splashing into the sky in a trumpet shape.
"Uh...uh!"
At the same time as the body of the "Secret Saint" collapsed, all restrictions on Bernice were completely lifted.
She immediately regained her body and mind's freedom, and quickly copied from bottom to top with one hand -
"call!"
Without any hesitation, she activated the "Escape into the Earth" skill. Her whole body was wrapped in a ball of emerald green light. Then she escaped into the ground and flew out like a bullet, away from this place of trouble!
Chapter 279 Church Apostles
“Boom boom boom!——”
A heavy and long roar, like the muffled thunder of a millstone, rang out in the neat and splendid streets of the upper city.
It's like an arrow piercing the sky, soaring straight into the clouds.
In an inconspicuous alley, a large mass of terrifying creature filled with blood and sulfur flames seemed to be expanding and swelling as if it was self-reproducing, and under invisible constraints, it rose rapidly into the sky in a trumpet shape.
It was an indescribable thing made up of countless organs, viscera, and limbs of various creatures, some of which were bright red and bloody, while others were covered with rotten pus and bacterial plaques.
But without exception, all of them burned with a fine and ominous layer of sulfur flames.
"boom!"
This indescribable bloody mass of flesh climbed in height and expanded in volume at an extremely fast speed, while at the same time creating an extremely shocking shock wave, which was released towards the sky under invisible restraints.
In an instant, the sparse and thin clouds broke open, creating a large hole that covered half of the upper city, revealing a flawless, bright blue moon.
At this moment, almost all the residents of Twilight City noticed something unusual.
Those who are farther away can vaguely hear a heavy muffled sound, like the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, and it is very, very close, as if the source of the sound is right next to them.
Those who were close to it suddenly felt dazed, as if they were in a daze for a while.
As for the residents of the Upper City area, who were closest to the center of the mutation, they all felt a mild nausea, as if something was stirring in their stomachs.
The sudden appearance of the huge hole in the clouds in the sky also attracted the attention of all witnesses, and they involuntarily cast their eyes towards the center of the hole.
Queens, Twilight City Cathedral of the Setting Sun Spiritual Society.
Tall and majestic, beneath the intricate towers and luxurious domes that looked like a giant's residence, a pair of clear eyes... suddenly opened in the hazy and lazy yellow mist.
"Who dares to unfold the 'Mythical Form' in Twilight City without permission..."
This person was surrounded by a thick and hazy warm yellow halo and mist, and his face and body shape could not be seen.
Even the whispered words were tinged with a thick psychedelic tone, unreal and ethereal, making it impossible to tell the age, gender and voice.
Rather than a human voice, it is closer to a voice simulated by some great being and is filled with a sense of unreality.
The rich and dreamy halos and mists revealed a bit of incomparably pure and dignified power...
divinity.
Or, “the ash of connection”.
This is a divine being! A divine being from the "Setting Sun Spiritual Society"!
That is, the fifth realm of "Holy Clergy", completely transcending the scope of life, obtaining a trace of the divinity of the Lord God, and becoming a mythical existence that represents and spreads the Lord God's will...
"Angel of God".
