Although Klein's assist only slowed down the "vengeful spirit's" movements, it was enough for Odis. The pale white beam, which had transformed into shadow, instantly cleaved Darren from the shadow back into a solid state.
Klein raised his index finger: "Bang bang bang bang~"
Air bullets with the power of a steam rifle were fired one after another into the body of this "vengeful spirit," making him jump and his flesh and blood fly everywhere.
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Meanwhile, a series of chilling lightning bolts struck down relentlessly. To Odis's surprise, it took six strikes from the demigod-level lightning to kill the "vengeful spirit."
Fortunately, lightning also has a paralyzing effect, otherwise the opponent would definitely have had time to escape.
While marveling at the "vengeful spirit's" tenacious vitality, Odis summoned a hurricane, blowing herself, Klein, and the charred corpse of the "vengeful spirit" toward the fleeing "Crimson Scholar."
The opponent runs very fast. Even if Odis has a level 1 sealed artifact, he might not be able to catch up with Darren in the time it took him to kill him.
But just as he ran to another street, a stone flew towards him. Balzer completed the "bribe" and raised his hand to Donic: "Weaken!"
This is why Odis and Klein weren't in such a hurry to pursue them, because the direction of the "Crimson Scholar" was the battlefield chosen by Odis, where Bazel, Brook, and others were lying in ambush.
Donic's speed suddenly slowed down. He immediately turned into a shadow, trying to use the magical item to "possess" Bazel and avoid being struck by those terrifying lightning bolts.
But Bazel, with the magical item that rivals the "Windbringer," suddenly took flight, widening the distance between himself and Donic and slowing Donic's "possession" by a second or two.
These last second or two are crucial. Odis raised his scepter, its blue gem shining brightly. A fierce hurricane swept by, blowing the shadowy Donic into the sky, where it was torn to pieces like a rag by the blue, illusory wind blades that could attack anything.
Immediately, Donic broke free of the shadow form, and his twitching body fell to the ground piece by piece. Odis followed up with another lightning strike, completely annihilating all life in these bodies.
At this moment, Klein still felt somewhat incredulous, not expecting to take down two Sequence 5s so easily.
At that moment, a gaze with immense pressure descended, and the demigod of the "Rose School" looked in their direction.
...
From the start of the battle to the killing of two Sequence 5 members of the "Rose School," only a dozen seconds had passed. At this moment, Jax, the "Silent Disciple" who was lying in wait in the Spirit Realm, sensed something was wrong and looked towards Odis and Klein.
However, he did not make a move immediately, because if he did so in the city of Bayam, he would likely be attacked by "Sea King".
...
Inside the Wave Church.
"Aquaman" Arne Coltman, who had been on alert ever since hearing the broadcast last night, had also noticed something amiss. Just as he was about to go and check, his subordinates reported that Bishop Dean of the Church of the Goddess of Night had arrived and had important matters to discuss with "Aquaman".
Upon meeting, Bishop Dean got straight to the point, and Arne Coltman learned that the one who had just created the lightning and hurricane was none other than Odis.
Although "Sea King" was very unhappy, he had no choice but to give face to the Church of the Night, so he could only observe from a distance and send people to the perimeter of the battlefield to prepare to surround and kill the escaped members of the "Rose School".
At that moment, a shrill scream suddenly rang out from the battlefield, echoing across half of Bayam.
...
At this moment, Odis calmly used the wind to blow the enemy's corpse to the "Wilderness of Knowledge".
Then Odis pulled out the "Staff of Gus" and poured "Star Sand" into it, and "Garr runes" appeared on the staff head.
Odis was "simulating" the "scream" of the "vengeful spirit." He took a deep breath and opened his mouth to scream a few times.
He then used two scrolls on himself and on Klein.
First, they used the "Invisibility Scroll," and the two of them immediately disappeared.
The second scroll is the "Imagination Scroll," which temporarily conjures up a Klein through imagination.
This "Klein" is so convincing that the demigod of the "Rose School" would have difficulty detecting the real Klein's whereabouts for a while.
As planned by the two of them last night, Odis handed the "Gus Staff" to the real Klein and casually gave him a "Scale Armor Scroll".
Finally, using the "Disaster Scepter," a hurricane was created, sending Klein to the edge of Bayam's city.
This is the first part of their plan: Odis and Klein will kill the two Sequence 5s of the other side first. In the city of Bayam, the demigods of the "Rose School" will certainly not make a move immediately.
Taking advantage of the fact that everyone's attention was drawn to this side, Klein tried to escape from Bayam.
Odis, meanwhile, used the code of the "Rose School" to lure members from other strongholds and lay in ambush in a nearby park.
The reason for choosing the park is that there are few people in the park at this time of day, making it a good battleground.
At this time, Odis and the others concealed their tracks, while Klein was secretly sent to the edge of the city of Bayam.
So the second step of the plan began. On Odis's side, they waited for the members of the "Rose School" to enter the ambush.
Seven or eight seconds later, the "Imagination Scroll" time ended, and the demigod of the "Rose School" was surprised to find that Klein, whom he had been staring at, had disappeared.
He quickly realized that Klein had appeared on the mountain near Bayam, so Jax immediately ordered the Sequence 5s to go there and surround Klein.
According to the oracle Jax received, their main objective was to capture Gehrman Sparrow, who seemed to be just as important to the "Mother Tree of Desire" as the great scientist Hermoshuain.
As for Odis just killing two of their Sequence 5s, that grudge can be dealt with later.
Everything proceeded according to Odis's plan. After the attention of the "Rose School" demigods was once again drawn to Klein, several "werewolfs" and "zombies" attracted by the shrieking sound ran to the park at an extremely fast speed without being warned by their companions.
After the group met, they immediately became alert because they didn't see Darren and Donic. Coupled with the "lightning forest" that had appeared earlier, they realized that something seemed wrong.
But it was too late to run. Odis stood atop the clock tower on one side of the park, raising his scepter. Instantly, lightning flashed and thunder roared across the park, and one after another, eerie silver lightning bolts struck down, instantly turning two werewolves into charred remains.
At this moment, Odis finally felt how great it was to be a demigod. He only needed to stand far away on high ground and launch an attack at a leisurely pace to make that group of Sequence 7 and Sequence 6 soldiers scramble for cover, with nowhere to hide.
Sequence 6, while not exactly helpless like an ant in the face of a Level 1 sealed artifact, was utterly powerless to fight back.
After realizing they had been ambushed, the four "zombies" skillfully fled in four different directions. If Odis hadn't possessed the "Scepter of Disaster," he could have killed at most two, but the other two would have been difficult to catch.
But now things are different. As soon as they ran in four directions, Odis summoned a hurricane that blew them back to the middle of the park.
Moreover, there were many blue wind blades in the hurricane. The "zombies'" proud defense was no match for these wind blades. Instantly, limbs and severed bodies flew everywhere in the park, and blood sprayed far and wide.
Odis also suddenly realized that the "Sailor" pathway's abilities were actually quite violent.
Click~
Another streak of silvery-white lightning struck, instantly turning the four "zombies" into charred remains. None of the "werewolfs" escaped either; killing them was just a side effect.
The four "living corpses" were not actually dead, but they had completely lost their ability to resist. Odis flew above their heads and summoned "star sand". One by one, "Garr runes" took shape and were arranged in a certain sequence. A pure white beam of light fell down.
He simulated "divine light"!
Amidst the screams of the four "zombies," their evil souls were purified, and they were finally reduced to charred remains.
Odis once again used a strong wind to blow the corpses into the "wilderness of knowledge".
Meanwhile, Bazel and his men were also busy. The subordinates of the "zombies" and "werewolfs" who had just been killed were on their way.
So the eight crew members of "Dawnbreaker" split into two groups, led by the first mate and the second mate, to attack two of the enemy groups.
The remaining two groups of enemies were handed over to the Night Watch squad.
These enemies were mostly low-sequence extraordinary beings, and they immediately scattered and fled under the attack of Bazel and the others.
After collecting all the corpses, Odis used the "Invisibility Scroll" again and quickly ran to a corner of the next street to hide.
Because of the "favor of the night," as long as he doesn't move, no one will be able to find him.
...
On the other side, after arriving outside Bayam, Klein ran as fast as he could to the mountain not far from the city.
Before he left home in the morning, he had already summoned a giant sea beast with the "Scepter of the Sea God" and had it wait at the bottom of the cliff of this mountain.
As he fled into the woods, Klein suddenly felt his senses threatened. It seemed that every tree, every leaf, every stone, and every blade of grass around him wanted to kill him.
In an instant, his body collapsed and thinned, turning into a paper figure.
Whoosh whoosh!
The arrow-like branches pierced through the paper figure and fell into the distance, while the leaves wrapped the paper figure up and twisted it into a sphere.
Klein's body appeared seven or eight meters away. Without any hesitation, he took out his harmonica with his right hand, took a deep breath, and blew hard.
Although no sound was made, a cold wind swept around them in the next second, and Klein's messenger, Renette Tinicol, emerged from the void, carrying four blond, red-eyed heads.
Immediately afterwards, four heads looked in the same direction. A hundred meters away from Klein, a figure was forcibly pulled out of the green trees by an invisible force.
He was an elderly man with sparse white hair, deep wrinkles, and dark brown skin. His facial features were very characteristic of the Southern Continent. He was none other than Jacks, the demigod of the "Rose School".
Upon seeing Renée, his brow twitched violently, and without hesitation, he opened his mouth as if to deliver a curse that had been brewing in her long silence.
At the same time, one of the heads Renette was holding opened its mouth, as if making a silent shriek.
Jacks took a step back, and a few drops of blood flowed from his ears and eyes.
Klein could no longer see the two demigods' movements clearly, only realizing that they were constantly shuttling between the spirit world and the real world, and that the messenger had an absolute advantage at this time.
While the two demigods were locked in combat, Klein quickly ran towards the cliff, but after running a distance, he felt a chill creep over him.
Klein sensed something and quickly began to observe the "spiritual lines" around him. This visual state allowed him to see many things that were not visible under normal vision or spiritual vision.
First, he saw two dense clusters of black lines that appeared and disappeared intermittently; those were Renette and the demigods of the "Rose School".
Then Klein noticed that further away, a dense mass of illusory black lines was rapidly approaching his location, pausing and detouring from time to time to avoid the two demigods engaged in fierce combat.
Klein immediately realized that a Sequence 5 member of the "Rose School" had arrived.
Throughout this observation, Klein never stopped and kept moving forward. He pretended not to notice anything, and as soon as the other party entered the firing range, he suddenly pulled out "Death Knell" and pulled the trigger.
Bang!
The slightly longer, black iron-colored revolver recoiled slightly, and a pale golden bullet flew out.
However, the illusory black line suddenly stopped, as if it were observing something.
Judging from his state, he was unaware of the danger and was simply drawn to something else.
Just then, a grayish-white rabbit jumped out from the thick grass and ran away into the distance. It turned out that the other party was observing this rabbit.
A large tree in front of the illusory black thread was struck by a pale golden bullet, resulting in a huge, irregular hole and a pure, blazing pale golden flame, before it snapped in two.
Because the other party was observing the black rabbit, they perfectly avoided being shot.
The illusory black ink swirl was clearly startled and instinctively disappeared on the spot, reappearing on the surface of a nearby puddle.
His figure was outlined in the puddle; he was a pale-faced man in his forties.
Having seen many bounty posters, Klein immediately recognized it as "Blood General" Señor.
Immediately afterwards, Señor disappeared again. It was indeed difficult for ordinary spiritual vision to observe this "vengeful spirit," but Klein, who could see the "spirit lines," was not troubled by not being able to find his target.
He saw the illusory black line rapidly moving around him, quickly closing the distance between them.
Klein did not back down, and quickly gained the upper hand using "Death Knell" and "Crawling Hunger" as well as his own abilities.
Just as Klein had gained initial control of Señor's "Spiritual Threads" and severely injured "Blood General," the sky suddenly darkened, and an arm reached out!
This arm is ten meters long, with a black, sticky surface covered in strange protrusions, some resembling skulls, others three-dimensional eyes, and still others tongues with sharp teeth.
The moment the arm appeared, the entire forest trembled.
All the green leaves withered, all the insects froze in place, lifeless, and all the wild beasts were either paralyzed on the ground or frantically tearing themselves apart.
Klein's sense of danger was extremely strong when the "Gus Staff" that had been hanging on his waist suddenly emitted a dazzling light.
The eerie feeling in the surroundings immediately subsided considerably. Klein grabbed the staff, raised it above his head, and abandoned the heavily injured "Blood General" to flee the area.
But after taking only two steps, as if remembering something, he quickly put the "Death Knell" back into its holster with his other hand, took out "The Travels of Grosser," dipped it in a few drops of Señor's blood, then lowered his head, closed his eyes, and ran quickly forward.
As he ran, his spirit conjured up an image in his mind: in the light emanating from the "Gus Staff" above his head, there seemed to be a majestic being wearing a cloak and carrying a lantern in his right hand.
Upon seeing this figure, Klein immediately felt that it was a light in the darkness, a "hermit" who used knowledge as a guiding light to show the way for the lost!
After this towering figure appeared, the evil arm in mid-air seemed to suddenly drift far, far away, no longer capable of causing any harm.
At this moment, the towering figure carrying the lantern raised his left hand and opened it out. In his palm, half of it was thunder and lightning, and the other half was surging waves.
Who is this?
As Klein ran forward, this question first arose in his mind.
It's certain that this is not the "mystery queen"!
The next second, Klein realized: This was the person Mr. Garr truly pledged his allegiance to!
Then he recalled: "The staff in my hand was something Mr. Gal got when he returned from the Ruins of Gods War. That is to say, he actually had a secret mission in the Ruins of Gods War and completed it perfectly, so the staff was a reward."
The core of this reward is that you can request the help of this great being at any time.
...
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
After hiding and entering the "Wilderness of Knowledge," Odis used the stars represented by the "Staff of Gus" to check on Klein's condition.
Seeing Klein fighting the "Blood General," Odis did not immediately intervene. Although he could easily defeat the "Pirate General" by using the "Gus Staff" as a medium to unleash his power, a powerful figure like Odis certainly could not make a move at this moment.
When the "God's Abomination" Shea appeared, Odis finally intervened, using the "Hermit" card to mobilize the power of the "Wilderness of Knowledge" to block the influence emanating from Shea for Klein.
When Sia saw Odis appear as a "hermit," he was clearly taken aback and did not immediately continue his attack on Klein.
But soon, He seemed to suddenly come to his senses and recall the demands of the "Mother Tree of Desire."
So the bulging eyes on Sear's outstretched arm looked in Klein's direction.
For a moment, Klein felt as if the air around him had frozen. The "divine abomination" had imprisoned the unknown, towering figure and Klein in a "spiritual cage," preparing to take them into the spirit world.
Once they reach the spirit world, Si'a can easily seal them away.
Suddenly, the waves in Odis's hand made a "whooshing" sound, and surging, illusory waves flowed from his palm, forming high walls of water that crashed against the surrounding "spiritual cage" like a raging tsunami.
Splash~
With his "spiritual cage" broken, Klein suddenly felt as if he had "returned to the human world," and his inspiration returned to normal.
The moment he returned to the real world, Odis conjured a hurricane, sweeping away all the plants, rocks, and other obstacles in front of Klein into the air, "blowing" a clear path through them.
Klein felt a sudden lightness beneath his feet as the wind blew him off the cliff. When he came to his senses, he was already in mid-air.
This change left him somewhat bewildered: I...I'm not ready yet!
Then, Klein hurriedly pulled out the talisman he had prepared beforehand, recited the incantation, and quickly threw it out to summon the sea monsters waiting in the nearby waters.
Odis was in such a hurry to get Klein to leave mainly because his current image was based on the "wilderness of knowledge," which made him seem high-end but was actually quite empty and no match for the "divine abomination."
Fortunately, the "wilderness of knowledge" was at a high enough level that the "divine wrath" Siea did not immediately see through it, so He chose to deal with it in a more cautious manner.
This gave Odis some room to maneuver.
After sending Klein off the cliff, Odis saw from afar that on Sear's sticky arm, the tongues with sharp teeth suddenly opened mouths, as if to utter the most filthy and evil syllables.
Odis quickly raised the "Elf King" divine blood in his hand, and streaks of eerie silver lightning flashed and crossed, forming a "lightning cage" that temporarily blocked Sear'a's curse.
Thump~
Klein jumped into the water. The sea monster was a step too slow, but it arrived just in time, opened its mouth, and took Klein away.
Odis was still watching Sea in mid-air when a dark cloud covered the sky.
"Aquaman" Yann Cortman arrived. Although he was two sequences lower than Searer, he brought a level 0 sealed artifact with him, which was enough to fight "God's Abomination".
Odis then withdrew his gaze and stopped projecting power onto the "Staff of Gus".
Only after seeing Klein's messenger appear and take Klein into the spirit world did Odis sever his connection with the "Staff of Gus".
...
Renette Tinicol, carrying Klein's head in one hand and grabbing his shoulder as he hid in the sea monster's mouth with the other, entered the spirit world and delivered Klein to a reef.
Back in the real world, the messenger Renette's four heads each glanced at the staff in Klein's hand: "The Staff of Guth?"
Klein paused for a moment, then asked, "Is it a very powerful staff?"
"It hurts a lot to hit someone." After saying that, the messenger seemed a little tired and disappeared from the spot.
Klein was taken aback: What kind of answer is that?
Just then, a hand reached out from the void and grabbed Klein's shoulder.
Klein was startled and quickly turned his head to look, only to find that it was Mr. Azik who had arrived.
Azik grabbed his shoulder and led him into the spirit world, speeding through layers of colors.
Klein's lips twitched slightly: Actually, it's already safe.
On a deserted island in some unknown sea, Klein and Azik's figures were quickly outlined on the beach.
Klein was about to speak when Azik looked at the staff in his hand, frowned, and said with some uncertainty, "The Staff of Guth?"
At this point, there was no need to ask any further questions; Klein already understood that this staff was definitely not simple.
He asked, "Mr. Azik, does seeing this staff remind you of anything?"
"I remember fighting people who wield these staffs," Azik said, rubbing his forehead. "It seems…it seems they were against the rule of the Byron Empire."
Azik shook his head: "I don't remember the specifics very well either."
"However, one thing I am certain of is that in the Fourth Age, only angels are qualified to wield such a staff."
Klein's mouth dropped open: "An angel?"
Could Mr. Gar be an angel?
No, no, no, Klein immediately thought: If this guy were an angel, he would definitely cause unrest in both the North and South continents.
...
Inside the city of Bayam.
Odis returned to the real world from the "Wilderness of Knowledge," by which time the battle against the "Rose School" was drawing to a close.
None of the members of this "Rose School" managed to escape. Generally speaking, battles between official extraordinary individuals and secret organizations rarely result in such a large-scale annihilation.
As agreed last night, Odis took out one "zombie" trait and two "werewolf" trait samples from the "Knowledge Wilderness" and handed them over to the Night Watch team.
Although they didn't kill the enemies corresponding to these three characteristics, Bishop Dean helped coordinate the various parties and stopped "Sea King" in time.
Therefore, these three characteristics can be considered Odis's way of thanking the Church of the Goddess of Night.
Afterwards, the crew of "Dawnbreaker" collected their spoils and handed over the remaining tasks to the Night Watch squad.
The group returned to the wizard's office and began to take stock of their spoils.
The spoils were quite substantial. Odis alone acquired a "Wraith" trait, a "Crimson Scholar" trait, and a magical item that corresponds to "Wraith".
In addition, there were 3 "zombie" traits and 5 "werewolf" traits, making this Odis's most abundant loot to date.
The other members' spoils were mostly "low-sequence" traits, which they didn't need, so they used these traits to exchange for merits with Odis.
After this battle, Bivis finally accumulated enough merit to obtain a Sequence 6 potion, and Noi also got the opportunity to be promoted.
Soon after, all of Odis's official crew members became "middle-ranking".
After dividing the spoils, Odis had his crew use the "teleportation array" to return to Cruz Island. He gave Allen a final compliment and a bonus before leaving using "travel".
...
On the mountain outside Bayam, a forest has lost all its vitality, and within it, a conspicuous "road" leads straight to the cliff.
Tall and imposing, with thick, dark blue hair and wearing the bishop's robes of the Church of Storms, "Aquaman" Yorn Cortman stood in mid-air, looking down at the cliff.
He recalled the figure he had just seen, carrying a lamp in one hand and with waves and lightning in the other. He was certain that the figure was of a very high level and was not the "Hidden Sage".
"Aquaman" was puzzled: It's Him again!
The "Lord of Storms" seemed to know this being and had warned Arne Coltman not to investigate him.
Today's battle made Aquaman realize that, besides Odis Gard, Gehrman Sparrow was also one of his subordinates.
...
Odis returned to the Argo's workshop via "travel" and first reviewed the operation while pacing.
It is estimated that the members of the "Rose School" will temporarily withdraw from Bayam, and for a while, we will not have to worry about them raiding "Dawnbreaker's" properties in Bayam.
The operation basically achieved Odis's goals and plans; the only unfulfilled objective was to mark the demigod of the "Rose School."
At that time, the "divine wrath" Sea put immense pressure on Odis, leaving him no time to complete such an operation.
Before meeting Sia, Odis knew very well what angels meant, but only after truly meeting them could she feel their power.
At that time, the "divine evil" put him under tremendous pressure, leaving him no time to do anything else.
At that time, Sea had only revealed one arm and had not yet fully appeared before Odis.
Odis then entered the "Wilderness of Knowledge" again, took stock of the spoils, and dealt with the corpses that had been brought in earlier.
Odis discovered that he already possessed many extraordinary traits of the "Prisoner" pathway, but he was hesitant to cultivate extraordinary individuals through this pathway.
After a little thought, Odis decided to seal some of its extraordinary properties.
When using the "Alchemy Glasses" to create seals, those made by beings below the level of demigods generally do not have significant negative effects.
Even if the negative effects are significant, it doesn't matter; at worst, we can just destroy it and start over.
So he gave five copies of the "Prisoner" trait and three copies of the "Madman" trait to two "Intelligent Puppets" and asked them to make some and see how it goes.
Upon returning to the real world, the image of the "Fool" appeared in Odis's mind. First, he asked Odis to set up a blessing ceremony to retrieve the "Staff of Gus," and then he transformed into a scene of the "World" praying, saying that he wanted to have a talk with Odis.
Odis smiled. It was a significant improvement that Klein was willing to talk to him instead of constantly guessing the identity of that "being".
So Odis also made a praying gesture: "Fool who does not belong to this age... Respected 'Fool' sir, please tell the 'world' that I now have time to go and talk to him."
He then prepared the necessary rituals, retrieved the "Gus Staff," and awaited the "world's" response.
A minute or two later, Odis's vision was suddenly covered by gray fog. He was stunned for a moment before he realized that Klein intended to talk to him in "Source Castle".
The next second, Odis appeared in the magnificent hall, sitting in the seat belonging to the "Hermit" beside the bronze table.
At the lower end of the bronze table lies a calm and reserved "world".