22: Hidden Sage
The malice in the strange eyes was obvious. Even though Lu Ze didn't look directly at them, they still glared at him fiercely, like a narrow-minded villain. If it were a human, Lu Ze could easily ignore such a glare, but if it came from an evil and terrifying being, such a gaze could be extremely dangerous.
Lu Ze felt his head buzzing and his nose bled instantly.
The imaginary sound of the tide in his head helped him protect against further damage, but the injuries that had already occurred continued. Blood from his nose flowed across his lips and chin, dripping onto the floor of Old Neil's house.
Lu Ze knew that he didn't have much time left, so he took a deep breath, looked at the flickering candlelight, and prayed softly.
"The Lord who created everything,"
It was only after taking Old Neil's course that he realized that the strange language he was speaking was actually Hermetic.
With the first prayer, the world outside the spiritual wall suddenly darkened, and even the figures of Dunn and others who were nearby could not be seen clearly. The blood pattern on Old Neil's body began to vividly appear, and in the candlelight, it seemed to come alive.
"The Lord behind the veil of shadows,"
Within the darkness, something majestic was quietly rising. The world grew darker, leaving only two candles, each emitting a tiny glimmer of light. Distorted whispers began to echo, overlapping and unbearably irritating.
The blood pattern quietly sank downward, as if devouring Old Neil's skin and superficial flesh, leaving a vivid imprint on his chest. The illusory eyes suddenly stopped floating, as if fixed in mid-air, no longer moving.
I can't read it anymore.
The whispers echoed in Luze's ears, like they were constantly knocking on his nerves and digging into his brain. Luze instinctively sensed the danger. He interrupted the process of chanting the name of the True Creator and, using the influence that He had already descended, shouted loudly:
"Praise the glory of the Lord, the fall is the rebirth of everything!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the pattern engraved in blood on Old Neil's chest began to wriggle, and the eyes that were originally attached to Old Neil's body suddenly flew into Old Neil's body, as if they were sucked into Old Neil's body by an invisible force.
Then, the symbol of the true Creator dissolved, like paint smearing into water, but it was confined by the red circle and could only spread within a small area on the chest. Soon, the skin within the red circle turned red, and something was stirring beneath the skin.
With a "poof," four cracks appeared on the red skin, then slowly expanded. They turned out to be four cold, eyelash-less eyes, two pairs of eyes, one above and one below, appearing on Old Neil's chest.
Perhaps it was Lu Ze's wishful thinking, but in addition to indifference, there seemed to be a hint of confusion in those two pairs of eyes.
"Bang!"
Lu Ze raised his dagger and pierced the spiritual wall. In the whistling wind of spiritual energy, he shouted loudly:
"Lord Cecima, it's now!"
brush!
The next moment, a white light flashed rapidly before his eyes.
Lu Ze couldn't describe what kind of light it was. He just felt that the moment he saw it, the world seemed to disappear, and only the light remained in his eyes. When he came to his senses, Krestai had appeared next to Old Neil, and the silver-white metal suitcase hit the floor behind Lu Ze with a loud bang.
A large piece of skin was cut off from Old Neil's chest, revealing pink muscles, but strangely, no blood came out of the wound.
"Pah."
A piece of bloody skin fell to the ground, and the four eyes on it were moving rapidly. The skin was struggling and jumping like some kind of creature, but it could not hold on for long and turned into black ashes and completely dissipated.
"Success?"
Lu Ze's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he muttered in disbelief.
Dunn and others also held their breath, waiting for Krestey's judgment.
Krestai leaned sideways, hiding his right arm, which was holding something, at his side. He looked down at Old Neil and said calmly after a few seconds, "It worked. The expulsion was complete."
call!
Lu Ze heard a group of people behind him sighing with relief.
"Very good!"
Tears welled up in Dai Li's eyes. Although Dunn and Luo Yao didn't say anything, their joy was evident in their expressions.
They looked at Lu Ze at the same time.
"Lu Ze, you saved his life."
Dunn strode over to him, pulled him up, and squeezed his arm tightly. "First it was Luo Yao and Klein, and now it's Old Neil. I'm so glad I invited you to join the team."
"It was pure luck."
Lu Ze also grinned, but with a hint of fear.
Luo Yao and Dai Li also came over, and they kept praising and thanking him. Lu Ze was happy but also felt that Old Neil was really popular and so many people cared about him.
At this moment, Creste looked straight over at Luze calmly.
"You took advantage of the fallen authority of the true Creator?"
He asked.
"You are amazing. You saw through it at once."
Lu Ze said.
This time, the ritual he used was called "Fallen Revelation." Its original purpose was to cause Beyonders to fall out of control and become sacrifices to the True Creator. However, Luze used restrictions, limiting the area of fall to a small patch of skin on Old Neil's chest.
Because it was out of control and was forcibly activated, the evil power that was originally scattered and attached to Old Neil was forcibly gathered, and then with the help of Creste's sacred object of the goddess, it was directly eliminated.
In other words, the original intention of the Fall Ritual was bad, and Lu Ze carried it out well.
"hehe."
Krestai finally smiled. He looked at Lu Ze and said, "You are really smart. But don't do this next time."
He grinned and laughed happily.
Due to his perspective, Lu Ze saw the hidden part of the other party through the gap in the collar. It turned out that inside Creste's hidden mouth, each tooth was attached to a transparent existence, which squirmed and shook, revealing a series of illusory human faces.
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Lu Ze couldn't help but be shocked. He suddenly understood why Krestey had always hidden his lips under his collar.
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Old Neil was still in a deep coma. He was covered with Dunn's coat, lifted up and placed on the round table in the living room. Daly was in charge of watching over him while the others scattered around the room, searching for any remaining hidden dangers.
Lu Ze entered the bedroom on the second floor. He casually flipped through the pages of the book on the desk, and a piece of paper covered with words fell out. He looked closely and saw that it seemed to be a short list of honorifics and several rituals. At the end of the list of honorifics, there was a name written on it.
Hidden Sage.
His eyes widened immediately.