Chapter 355: Brain Demon (4200+)

The Spirit World Gate opened completely.

Flander, the leader of the Gourmet Association with white-gold curly hair and elegant manners, stepped out from within, his subtle expression shifting to surprise: "Why give up on escaping?"

Aaron touched his own glabella, his expression grave: "This place is a trap!"

This trap was not at the moment of killing Bojin Suolun, but after the killing!

The intense premonition of danger just now had explained everything!

"If I were to head to the Spirit World and use Spirit World Teleportation, that is when I would encounter the truly fatal danger, right?"

Aaron sneered; the irritation at his glabella, which was less intense now, was the best proof!

The intense danger he had felt just now did not come from Flander opposite him, but from the Spirit World he was about to enter!

Thinking of this, he felt an extraordinary lingering fear!

"Oh?"

At this moment, within Spiritual Vision, one could see a layer of crimson flowing through the void, resisting all abilities related to teleportation and instant movement!

"I know, of course, that this is a double trap; if I didn't leave via the Spirit World, you would be the one responsible for catching me."

Aaron sneered and took out a crown that looked as if it had been molded by a child, placing it on his head; it was none other than—the 'Fool's Crown'!

"The reason I stayed here is that I would rather face a 'Crown' than go to the Spirit World to contend with a Deity!"

His spine seemed to come alive, turning into a centipede-like monster; those ribs were its tentacles, and it was about to viciously pierce his internal organs!

Not only that, but his eyeballs also sprouted countless tentacles, wanting to burst out of their sockets!

"What's more, can a mere Sixth Primordial Substance really keep me here?"

Flander was of the pure 'Scarlet' path; the Fourth Primordial Substance of this path was called 'Scarlet Noble', the Fifth Primordial Substance was called 'Blood Lord', and the Sixth Primordial Substance was the 'Red Earl'!

After becoming a 'Red Earl', not only were various blood Magic and Curses greatly enhanced, but the 'Blood Lord's' large-area spellcasting ability was also amplified.

"Bojin Suolun was just the most inconspicuous part of the trap... Your frantic hunting of the Green Banyan Council and other Sothoth Descendants was to lure out my branch of the forces... As for the result, it didn't matter; as long as it attracted people here, it was a success!"

And at this moment, he used the core ability of the 'Red Earl'—the 'Law'!

Aaron instantly felt that something was wrong with his body!

He wanted to chant a spell, but his tongue automatically knotted, making him unable to utter a single word.

"This is... his 'Law'! The 'Activation Law'!"

Flander looked at that toy-like crown, and for the first time, his expression changed drastically: "An 'Unknown-grade' 【item】? No... any 'Unknown-grade' Strange Object in the Mortal World involves a Deity... they are extremely rare and scarce... This... is this an 'Angel-level' Strange Object?"

For example, just before, Flander had utilized the 'Red Earl's' ability to confirm this area as his own 'territory', subsequently promulgating the rule that 'teleportation is forbidden here'.

"Flander activated the organs in my body, causing their original subconsciousness to increase a thousandfold, as well as their inherent Vitality! They all possess self-awareness and want to break away from me as a whole!"

After descending, he used the status of a Sixth Primordial Substance to exert influence on the surroundings.

It was indeed a close call just now, exceptionally dangerous!

Furthermore, one could delineate an area and establish environmental rules favorable to oneself.

If not for suddenly thinking of this point, the 'Mother of Night' waiting in the Spirit World might have happily claimed a 'False Spirit'.

The proof of this was the change in the premonition of danger.

'I really am too reliant on divination.'

Flander was noncommittal, seemingly waiting for Aaron to explain.

Once the activation was successful, even his ability to think would be stripped away, and he would only be able to surrender!

"So... the key to the trap lies with the overlooked Bojin Suolun; it is not the 'Law' on him, that was just a surface layer, something you threw out for me to see... to make me overlook one thing! 'Scarlet' is always very good at utilizing bloodlines and curses... As a member of the Sothoth clan, having killed so many Bloodline descendants, I should carry a subtle influence, especially after killing Bojin! This influence is very slight and harmless to me, but it could be perceived by a certain existence in the Spirit World!"

This was—the ability of 'Activation'!

In the blink of an eye, although these organs remained activated and mutated... they lost their primary consciousness and could instead be manipulated by him.

Aaron gritted his teeth and sneered.

He felt once again that the situation was beyond his control, and a flash of scarlet color flickered in his eyes.

"Your appearance is more like a hunter driving the herd to rush into a trap on their own... If I had rushed into the Spirit World just now, that would have been truly terrible; there might have been a dozen Spirit World Creatures comparable to 'Immortals', or even the 'Mother of Night' herself coming down to block me. That is their home field, and I would have had nowhere to escape!"

"Even if the Spirit World is a trap, it doesn't mean it's safe here..." A trace of gravity appeared on Flander's face.

'As expected... this kind of precognition is not omnipotent. Staying here is dangerous, but going to the Spirit World is even more dangerous... In intense combat, it is difficult to grasp this subtle difference.'

Aaron kept smiling: "If Bojin Suolun couldn't take down the intruder and instead died at the other party's hands, that was not an unacceptable outcome, because you were nearby; as long as he called for your help, you could arrive to support him instantly! But this was not the key to the trap! You knew I possessed the ability of 'Spirit World Teleportation', that I could escape at any time, and you wouldn't have had time to seal me before you descended."

Aaron warned himself inwardly.

Of course, perhaps he could choose to abandon this body and escape as a 'False Spirit', but that would also mean his extraordinary path would be completely severed!

"Dream!"

Aaron even felt that his brain was 'activating', about to turn into a 'Brain Demon' and lift his skull to escape this body!

To counter a 'Law', there is only another 'Law'!

In a flash, Aaron thought of a countermeasure; he opened a Dream, pulling the consciousness of his own organs into the Dream.

'And... the divination I did before I came, the danger wasn't great? Heh... was it the 'Mother of Night' or some other Deity who personally interfered with the divination here?'

For instance, he could directly pull out his spine and turn it into a whip or a bone sword to use as a weapon!

Aaron didn't have such heavy tastes; he looked at the 'Red Earl' Flander, wanting to pull him into the Dream as well.

Flander's expression became dazed for a moment, influenced by the Dream.

Both being 'Laws', it shouldn't have been so easy to distinguish the superior, but the 'Fool's Crown' was inlaid with a remnant characteristic comparable to an 'Immortal', carrying the status of a Seventh Primordial Substance!

Therefore, it easily crushed Flander, almost pulling him into a Nightmare!

(End of chapter)