Chapter 525: Illusory Eye

A thin and tall black shadow grew out from the darkness. It was in a semi-transparent state and instantly pounced on Lumian, seemingly wanting to find a new body for itself.

This looked like the possession of vengeful spirits and evil spirits, the kind that could control the host, but the speed wasn't that fast and couldn't complete the entire process in the blink of an eye.

Just at this time, the sleeping Lumian suddenly turned black and thin, merged with the surrounding shadows, and disappeared on the bed.

This was the contract ability he had just signed, "Shadow Transformation"!

The entire room became unusually quiet, seemingly leaving only that semi-transparent thin and tall black shadow, no Lumian, and no real attacker.

The next second, the darkness seemed to split, and a deep-colored python that had rotted to the point where bones could be seen and yellow-green pus was dripping everywhere crawled out.

This python's eyes were only empty holes, and there were no sharp teeth in its mouth, which opened like a vortex.

It made a rapid and sharp sound, and there seemed to be terrifying suction in its mouth, letting the surrounding shadows detach from the entity in large areas and fly in.

This seemed to be a kind of undead that fed exclusively on shadows and shadow creatures.

In a flash, the main bedroom of Room 5 of the first-class cabin of the "Flying Bird" presented a strange scene where there was still a little dim light, but all things had lost their shadows and were sleeping in pure darkness.

Lumian left the shadow in time, restored to human state, and appeared in the area covered with thick carpet and leaning against the exquisite wardrobe.

Almost simultaneously, a tall figure walked out of the darkness.

It was a knight wearing broken black armor. Pale flames burned in its eye sockets, and rotten liquid emitting a strong stench seeped out from the seams of the armor plates. The exposed skin was only left with sticky flesh.

This already dead knight raised the giant sword in its hand and, with a posture that could shatter the big bed and wardrobe, slashed toward Lumian.

Lumian's body flicked with extreme flexibility, changing from facing the death knight, shadow-swallowing python, and thin and tall black shadow to being sideways to them.

Clatter!

When the death knight's two-handed giant sword split the wardrobe in half and fragments splashed, Lumian suddenly squatted down, clenched his fists, and hit the thick brown-yellow carpet heavily.

A large amount of red and close-to-white flames exploded with this as the center, sweeping toward every corner of the room, igniting everything that could be burned, and scorching the three undead creatures suspected to be from the Spirit World.

Boom!

Amidst the rolling fire waves, one fireball after another condensed and flew out from around Lumian.

They either flew toward the death knight, shadow-swallowing python, and thin and tall black shadow, or indiscriminately covered this bedroom that was not small in area.

Boom!

Those fireballs that were red and close to white exploded one after another, tearing apart the three undead creatures, shattering the sleeping bed, desk, and other furniture, making the carpet rise with thick and pungent smoke.

In such a fierce explosion, in such a limited space, as long as it wasn't a pure ghost or pure spirit body and still had part of the entity, it would inevitably be destroyed. The armor plates that seemed to be made of steel on the death knight disintegrated instantly, and the giant python that swallowed shadows was torn apart, turning into a large number of burning corpse pieces.

The state of the thin and tall black shadow was relatively better, but it also suffered from the burning of the flames, becoming thin and fragile.

Boom!

Although the "Flying Bird" was a ship made of steel, under the situation that seemed to be hit by multiple artillery pieces at the same time in a not-so-large area, no room could be spared in such power, without appearing damaged. However, strangely, the inner wall of the bedroom of Room 5 of the first-class cabin only appeared with cracks, and neither the wall nor the door really cracked.

Of course, the invisible barrier covering here shook violently, seemingly about to collapse in the next second.

Affected by the shock wave rebounded by the walls, doors, and ceiling, Lumian, who created this explosion, also had a hard time, as if he had been hit heavily by a huge hammer seven or eight times in a row, his eyes were full of golden dots, and a strong rust-like fishy smell permeated his throat.

And the air that was instantly sucked dry by the burning flames made him experience what suffocation was.

Amidst the rolling fire waves, a figure was forced to leave the darkness.

He stood inside the window, wearing a black robe and a loose hood. His body was torn by the wind and waves of the explosion and the sweeping flames, creating large areas of char.

Lumian saw that on the surface of this person's skin, all the fine hairs were pale white, and they were no longer in the state of thin roots, but closer to very small, very small, almost invisible to the naked eye. After they were charred, what came out was not thick smoke, but deep dark mist.

The fresh blood flowing out of the multiple wounds was not bright red, but yellow-green like pus.

Lumian also saw that under the hood that was lifted, there was a pale face and several deep ulcer wounds. Above the wounds, pale fluff was faintly visible.

The next second, Lumian saw his cold flaxen eyes, and between the two eyes, at the position of the brow center, a crack changed rapidly and became larger.

Inside the crack was an illusory, deep purple and close-to-black vertical eye. It had no eyelashes and no pupils, and inside it seemed to hide countless pale patterns.

This strange vertical eye instantly reflected Lumian's figure.

Lumian, who wanted to "teleport" directly behind the hooded man and use the "Hum-Ha Technique," felt a sense of being frozen.

That came from the level of the spirit.

This was like his spiritual body losing the protection of the flesh, directly exposed to an environment full of scorching sunlight, instinctively fearful, stiff, and slow.

—Under normal circumstances, humans rely on the astral body to roam the Spirit World and obtain various revelations. The spiritual body, which is the source of the soul, rarely leaves the body and is always under heavy protection.

The "Spirit Piercing" of the "Arbiter" path is because it ignores the flesh, ether body, astral body, and mental body and acts directly on the spiritual body, so it has a reputation that is difficult to guard against. No matter who it is, it seems that they will be affected, just to different degrees.

Lumian suspected that the "Hum-Ha Technique" was also like this.

In the illusory deep purple and close-to-black vertical eye of the attacker, the pale patterns turned silently, seemingly wanting to see through the essence of Lumian's spiritual body.

This made Lumian feel as if he was accepting the cold scan of one perspective ray after another. His spiritual body trembled slightly because of this, unable to form relatively complex thoughts.

Just when he was about to take the simplest action and sink his consciousness into the "Blood Emperor" mark on his right hand, the hooded strange man suddenly groaned in pain.

He was like being hit in the head by a bullet, his head tilted back suddenly.

That illusory deep purple and close-to-black vertical eye was no longer in a semi-transparent state, blurred, and shed dark red fresh blood mixed with yellow-green pus.

Amidst the groans of pain, the hooded man turned his body rapidly and, under the drag of invisible things, flew toward the window.

Seeing this, Lumian didn't rush to use "Spirit World Traversal" to block in front of the other party, but directly raised his right hand and snapped his fingers with a pop.

Boom!

At the window position, accompanied by a flash of red and close-to-white light, a violent explosion shrouded the hooded strange man.

This was a trap Lumian set in advance.

Before he "slept," he hid the main bedroom in the "Bottle of Fiction." There were two entrances, one at the window and one at the main door. The condition was that creatures with supernatural power could pass through, and regardless of which exit, he had hidden fireballs that exploded with a delay.

This would also explode when stimulated.

Amidst the explosion of rolling fire, the hooded strange man was lifted directly and fell heavily on the window frame, his arms and legs showing a state of being about to detach from his torso.

Lumian didn't hesitate, "teleported" to the side of the seriously injured and unconscious strange man, and "hummed" toward the enemy.

Two white lights sprayed out, falling on the target, making him lose consciousness more thoroughly.

Lumian was about to take the next step when, at the exit of the "Bottle of Fiction" that was shattered by the explosion, pairs of arms suddenly reached out from the darkness.

Some were covered with meat tumors, some were rotting to the point where pus was flowing, some were only left with blackened bones...

These arms grabbed the hooded man's clothes and dragged him into the darkness at once, disappearing without a trace.

Seeing this scene, Lumian didn't immediately transform into a shadow creature to track it down, but stayed in place and frowned slightly.

The appearance of that attacker was 70% or 80% similar to the "Devil Wizard" Bulman on the wanted poster, but the non-human feeling was more intense, and many details were close to undead monsters, not humans.

For the appearance of the "Devil Wizard" Bulman, Lumian was not surprised at all. This was one of the results he was waiting for.

He deliberately mentioned his suspicion of the relationship between him and the "Devil Wizard" in front of Fidel, without making it clear, in order to create the illusion that this bold and conspiracy-loving adventurer Louis Berry wanted to blackmail the big merchant.

Under normal circumstances, even if Fidel really had a problem, he wouldn't take action so quickly. He would definitely observe for a few days first to confirm the situation. But this time Lumian "gave" him an opportunity:

This adventurer Louis Berry was proclaiming the commission he took, wanting to fish out the "Black Viscount"!

In that case, his death by "Klass Kiz" and other pirates was something that no one would feel was strange.

A guy who didn't know his own strength dying in Faling Port wouldn't cause any waves. Nor would it arouse any suspicion.

Since that was the case, why not directly nip the danger in the bud?

—Even if Louis Berry only had suspicions and no evidence, it would still cause official Beyonders to cast their eyes over.

Lumian's "performance" in the bar last night seemed to be fishing for the "Black Viscount" Klass Kiz, but it was actually fishing for the big merchant Fidel Gra!

If Fidel really had nothing to do with the "Devil Wizard," then this wouldn't bring extra reactions. Lumian would just follow the surface purpose of hunting the "Black Viscount." If it was true, he would soon receive "feedback."

What Lumian didn't expect was that the abilities shown by the "Devil Wizard" Bulman were similar to several paths of gods he knew, but there were also certain differences!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 526 =====