Chapter 525: Illusory Eye

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

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

Just at this moment, the sleeping Lu Mian 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 suddenly became unusually quiet, seemingly leaving only that semi-transparent thin black shadow, no Lu Mian, and no real attacker.

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

This python's eyes were only empty, there were no sharp teeth in its mouth, and after opening, it was like a vortex.

It made a rapid and sharp sound, and there seemed to be terrifying suction in its mouth, letting the shadows around leave the entity in large patches and fly into it.

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 in the first-class cabin of the "Flying Bird" presented a weird scene where there was still some dim light, but all things had lost their shadows and were sleeping in pure darkness.

Lu Mian left the shadow in time, restored to human state, and appeared in the area covered with thick carpet, 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 were burning in its eye sockets, and rotten liquid emitting a strong stench seeped out from the gaps in the armor plates. The skin exposed to the outside was only left with sticky flesh.

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

Lu Mian's body flicked with great flexibility, changing from facing the death knight, shadow-swallowing giant python, and thin black shadow to being sideways to them.

Clatter!

The death knight's two-handed giant sword split the wardrobe in two, and when fragments splashed, Lu Mian suddenly squatted down, clenched his fists with both hands, and hit the thick brown carpet heavily.

A large amount of reddish nearly 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 suspected undead creatures from the spirit world.

Boom, boom, boom!

In the rolling fire waves, one fireball after another condensed and flew out from around Lu Mian.

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

Boom, boom, boom!

Those reddish nearly white fireballs exploded successively, tearing apart the three undead creatures, shattering the bed, desk, and other furniture, making the carpet rise with thick and pungent smoke.

In such a violent explosion, in such a limited space, as long as it was not a pure ghost or pure spirit body, and there was still part of the entity, it would inevitably be destroyed. The armor plates on the death knight's body disintegrated instantly, and the giant python swallowing shadows was torn apart, turning into a large amount of burning corpse pieces.

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

Boom, boom, boom!

Although the "Flying Bird" was a ship made of steel, in a situation like being hit by multiple artillery pieces at the same time in a small area, no room could be spared in such power, without damage. But strangely, the inner wall of Room 5 in the first-class cabin only had cracks, and whether it was the wall or the door, none of them really cracked.

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

Affected by the shock wave reflected back by the walls, doors, and ceiling, Lu Mian, who created this explosion, was not feeling well either, just like being hit by a huge hammer seven or eight times in a row, his eyes were full of golden dots, and a strong rusty fishy smell permeated his throat.

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

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

He stood on the inside of 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 multiple wounds and scorched black patches.

Lu Mian 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 individual hairs, closer to the kind that were very small, almost indistinguishable to the naked eye. After they were scorched black, what emerged was not thick smoke, but dark mist.

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

Lu Mian also saw that under the hood that was lifted, there was a pale face and several deep-to-the-bone ulcer wounds. Above the wounds, pale fluff was vaguely visible.

The next second, Lu Mian 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 nearly 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 Lu Mian's figure.

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

That came from the level of the spirit.

This was just 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 origin of the soul, rarely leaves the body and has always been under heavy protection.

The "Spirit Piercing" of the "Arbiter" pathway 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.

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

In the deep purple nearly black vertical eye of the attacker, the pale patterns turned silently, seemingly wanting to see through the essence of Lu Mian's spiritual body.

This made Lu Mian feel as if he was accepting the cold scan of one perspective light 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, sinking his consciousness into the "Blood Emperor" mark on his right hand, that hooded strange man suddenly groaned in pain.

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

That illusory deep purple nearly 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 flew toward the window under the drag of invisible things.

Seeing this, Lu Mian didn't rush to use "Spirit World Shuttle" to block in front of the opponent, directly raised his right hand, and snapped his fingers with a pop.

Boom!

At the window position, accompanied by a flash of reddish nearly white light, a violent explosion shrouded that hooded strange man.

This was a trap Lu Mian had set in advance.

Before he "slept", he had hidden the master bedroom into the "Bottle of Fiction". There were two entrances, one at the window and one at the main door. The condition was that creatures with extraordinary power could pass through, and regardless of which exit, he had hidden delayed explosion fireballs.

This would also explode when stimulated.

In the explosion where the fire was rolling, the hooded strange man was lifted directly, fell heavily on the window frame, and his arms and legs were in a state of being about to leave his torso.

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

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

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

Some of them were covered with meat tumors, some were rotten to the point of pus flowing, and some were only left with blackened bones...

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

Seeing this scene, Lu Mian didn't immediately transform into a shadow creature to track it down, but stayed in place, frowning slightly.

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

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

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

Under normal circumstances, even if Fideer 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 Lu Mian "gave" him an opportunity:

Louis Berry, this adventurer, is promoting the commission he took, wanting to fish out the "Black Baron"!

In that case, his death at the hands of "Klass Kitz" is something that no one will feel is a problem.

A guy who doesn't know his own strength dying in Falin Port won't cause any waves. It won't arouse half a suspicion either.

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

—Even if Louis Berry

Lu Mian's "performance" at the bar last night looked like he was fishing for the "Black Baron" Klass Kiz, but in reality, he was fishing for the wealthy merchant Fidel Grah!

If Fidel truly had no connection to the "Devil Wizard," this wouldn't trigger any extra reaction, and Lu Mian could just continue following his surface objective of hunting the "Black Baron." If there really was a connection, he would soon receive "feedback."

What Lu Mian didn't expect was that the abilities displayed by the "Devil Wizard" Burman were similar to the few divine pathways he knew of, yet they also had certain differences!

(End of chapter)