Odis thought he had misheard: "This space was formed during a war of the gods?"
Bernadette hummed in agreement: "I can sense that there are more than one deity's presence here."
Then she smiled and said, "Although this place is dangerous, it looks like it hasn't been explored yet, so there should be quite a few discoveries."
Odis frowned slightly before saying, "The sealing artifact that 'teleported' us here was something I seized from the 'Morse Ascetic Order'."
"They didn't even explore the area? Could this be a trap?"
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Bernadette looked around, then her eyes suddenly became deep, with illusory symbols rolling within her pupils.
A few seconds later, the strange phenomenon in her eyes disappeared, and she took a deep breath before saying, "This operation went relatively smoothly and there shouldn't be any major danger."
"Perhaps the 'Morse Penitentiary' did not value this sealed artifact."
This is not a difficult thing to understand. It is very likely that an extraordinary being of the "middle sequence" obtained this sealed artifact. With their spirituality and knowledge, they can only sense the danger here, but cannot see the opportunities hidden here.
Odis is a case in point. He came here before because he felt that this place was very dangerous. If it weren't for the "Staff of Gus", he would not have tried to explore this place before becoming a demigod.
Moreover, a crucial issue is that even if a "middle-sequence" extraordinary individual within the "Morse Ascetic Order" discovers the unusual nature of this place, he might not necessarily report it. Instead, he would wait until he is strong enough to apply for permission to explore the sealed artifact.
With that thought in mind, Odis felt relieved.
Bernadette looked around and, guided by her spirituality, pointed in a direction, saying, "Let's explore in that direction first."
Then a phantom carpet suddenly appeared beneath their feet, carrying them as they flew rapidly at low altitude.
As they ventured deeper into the overgrown wilderness, Odis saw what appeared to be some enormous, illusory figures moving slowly in the distance.
After observing for a while, Bernadette changed direction and headed towards the figures.
But the closer you get, the smaller those figures seem to become.
Odis was about to ask, "What kind of ability is this?"
Bernadette suddenly raised her hand, and the magic carpet abruptly stopped.
This happened so suddenly that Odis almost stumbled and fell: "Is there danger?"
Bernadette stared ahead for a while before saying, "Try throwing something forward."
Odis saw a stone in the grass not far away, so he knelt on the magic carpet, picked up the stone, and threw it forward.
When the stone flew to within about 3 meters of them, the space that had seemed normal suddenly became illusory, and the stone disappeared in front of the two of them.
Odis was taken aback; his spiritual senses had not detected any danger ahead.
At that moment, his spirit seemed to sense something, and he turned his head to look. In the sky not far away, a stone burning with blood-red flames suddenly appeared and quickly fell.
Odis's spiritual perception made it clear that it was the stone he had just thrown.
The flames on the stone were quite peculiar; they burned the stone to ashes in just two or three seconds, and the ashes fell to the ground along with the drizzle.
Bernadette said, "The space here is completely chaotic..."
Odis already had a guess: "The Tudor Empire?"
The Tudor Empire of the Fourth Age was probably located in present-day Intis, and among the great nobles of this empire was Mr. "Men," the progenitor of the Abraham family, who possessed authority over space.
Bernadette hummed in agreement, confirming Odis's guess: "Then this place should be a battlefield between the Tudor Empire and the Solomon Empire."
Because she also sensed the influence of the "lawyer" route.
Then, Bernadette pointed in another direction, and the flying carpet immediately changed its flight direction, though at a much slower speed than before.
After flying for a while longer, Bernadette couldn't help but frown: "There aren't any extraordinary traces here at all?"
If it really was a battlefield of divine war, they should have encountered traces left from that battle long ago, having flown for so long.
The flying carpet stopped again, and Odis pondered for a moment: "Could it be that those extraordinary traces were all in that illusory space just now?"
Bernadette paused for a moment before saying, "That's also possible."
She looked at the open space to the side, where an "invisible servant" suddenly appeared. Bernadette directed the "invisible servant" into that illusory space.
Whew~
Two or three seconds later, Bernadette suddenly burst into flames of blood. Odis, who was standing nearby, was startled. Before he could help her, the "Bernadette" burning with flames suddenly collapsed and quickly became illusory.
On the grass beside the flying carpet, Bernadette's solid figure was quickly outlined.
She glanced at Odis, whose worried expression had not yet completely faded: "Indeed, there is another space, where there are flames everywhere and rain-soaked meadows, broken spaces, and distorted order."
That is the real battlefield of the gods.
Odis said, "According to the information I have, another 'Gus Staff' is also on the grassy area in the rain. Could it be in there?"
Then he asked, "Is it very dangerous in there?"
Bernadette closed her eyes, as if recalling something, before opening them and saying, "There is a safe entrance."
She first raised her hand, making herself and Odysse appear illusory.
Then they jumped back onto the illusory carpet, which suddenly rose and slowly moved forward, entering an illusory space.
The crimson flames were not far ahead, but Odis did not feel any burning sensation.
The space here is extremely chaotic. On the crooked mountain, there are trees laden with strange fruits. Blood-red flames burn in the air and in the fields. Within the flames, there are tall figures moving slowly forward, as if they are surveying the fiery field.
In the midst of the fiery plains, there were a few small, discontinuous patches of grass, where rain was falling.
Despite the raging fire, it didn't stop the light rain from falling on the grasslands.
Bernadette said, "In some areas here, the 'order' is reversed; for example, far is near, and small is big."
"Even the numbers are confused; for example, 1 is 2, and 2 is 1."
Odis opened his mouth: "This, this is a high-level power of the 'Black Emperor' pathway?"
Bernadette looked around and slowly nodded: "Even with my spirituality, I can't avoid all the 'chaos,' but fortunately, none of these 'chaos' are that dangerous."
"Well, that description might not be very accurate. If no one takes advantage of this 'chaos,' it won't be very dangerous."
As she spoke, she looked at the monsters slowly moving forward in the flames. Perhaps there were demigods among them who possessed the "lawyer" pathway, and the "chaos" here would be a great help to them.
Odis thought to himself: Luckily, I invited Bernadette to explore with me. If I had come alone, I probably would have been burned to ashes as soon as I entered this place.
Then he paused for a moment, because he realized that without Bernadette's help, he might not have explored this area at all.
The monsters that were moving through the flames seemed oblivious to the illusory Bernadette and Odis, continuing to walk silently forward.
Bernadette observed for a while longer before saying, "Let's sneak over to those grassy areas and find the 'Gus Staff' you need."
While we're at it, let's take a closer look around and find a suitable target.
Then the illusory carpet led them to a grassy field where it was raining.
This place seemed to be an isolated space. The two people standing on the grass could not even see the surging flames around them, but could only see huge figures moving slowly in the distance.
"Wait a moment, I'll get some further clues." Odis pretended to pray, but actually entered the "Wilderness of Knowledge" to determine the specific location through the vision of the "Staff of Gus".
Bernadette already knew that he served the "Lord of Mysteries," so there was no need to hide her "prayer" at this time.
He had also considered raising the "Guth Staff" from some location here into the air and making it emit a dazzling starlight, but if he did that, it might attract the attention of the surrounding monsters.
So he could only raise his gaze and observe his surroundings.
Odis first entered the field of vision of the "Gus Staff" somewhere here. Under the "true vision", he saw that the monsters in the surrounding flames were all shriveled humans, or human corpses, with extremely painful expressions on their faces, being driven forward by the fire.
Most of them were actually at the level of demigods, and they were probably killed by the aftershocks of the previous divine war, but it is unknown why they entered those flames.
The grassy area, though damp and rainy, was spotless, without a single monster in sight.
He looked around carefully again, but couldn't find himself or Bernadette.
However, because of the high vantage point, Odis saw the sloping mountain and used it as a coordinate to roughly determine its location.
Then, returning to the real world, Odis roughly pointed out a direction.
So Bernadette once again raised the illusory flying carpet, and they arrived at the meadow that Odis had pointed out. After searching for only a few minutes, they found the "Staff of Guth" that was half buried in the ground.
After confirming that there were no monsters around, Odis reached out and grasped the "Gus Staff." It felt icy cold, like solid ice in winter.
The staff was simply stuck into the ground and easily pulled out.
He held it in his hand and looked at it, a smile spreading across his face. This was the second "Gus Staff" he had retrieved.
Bernadette was also paying attention to the staff: "Before it was imbued with spirituality, the staff didn't seem to have anything special about it."
Just as Odis was about to discuss it with the other person, the two of them suddenly had the same feeling and looked at the ground where the "Gus Staff" had been stuck.
From the small hole created by the staff, it seemed as if a surging power was about to burst forth. As the two quickly retreated, a stream of illusory water flowed out from it.
The flowing water seemed to represent boundless tranquility; just a glance at it brought a sense of peace.
Bernadette suddenly reached out and pressed Odis's face in another direction. Odis snapped back to reality, realizing that she had almost succumbed to the mental shock brought on by the river. She didn't want to move or escape.
This reminded him of the "River of the Dead" he had encountered in the "Goddess's Prison".
But the river in front of me seemed even more "powerful"; just one glance was enough to shock my soul.
Bernadette once again used the flying carpet to fly into the air, and the two watched as the river below rapidly swallowed the grass, and the surroundings became unusually cold.
At this moment, Odis suddenly looked up and saw that the surrounding flames had become even more intense, and the monsters in the flames suddenly turned their heads to look at the two of them.
In a flash, Odis suddenly realized: "The Underworld Emperor" was also involved in the battle taking place here.
Odis glanced at the corpse in the flames again. He guessed that the power of the "Emperor of the Underworld" and the power of the "Blood Emperor" had some kind of mutual influence here, which was why this scene had occurred.
Those corpse-like monsters were affected by the aura of the "Netherworld Emperor," while the fact that they were driven by flames but were not burned to ashes by those obviously high-level flames was due to the influence of the "Blood Emperor."
Odis further speculated that the river before them was a "river of the dead" influenced by the "river of eternal darkness".
This leads to the inference that before the "Eternal Dark River" obtained the uniqueness of the "Red Priest" pathway, the "Eternal Dark River" had already established a certain connection with it.
These guesses were made in an instant, and now was not the time to think about them in detail. The monsters around them were already rushing towards Odis and Bernadette.
Bernadette directed the flying carpet to quickly ascend into the air, and then Odis felt a moment of disorientation, only to find herself in the air above the collapsed mountain peaks in the blink of an eye.
Bernadette used the chaotic space here to "flash" here.
Bernadette then directed the flying carpet to fly out of this illusory space and onto the grassy field outside, which was covered in gloom and rain.
The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and everything that had just happened in another space seemed to have no effect here.
Bernadette frowned slightly: "The only loot from this expedition might be that 'Guth Staff'."
She had just noticed that when those monsters were surrounded by blood-red flames, it was difficult for her to attack them.
The flames were at a very high level, so she couldn't enter them.
Odis smiled helplessly: "I can..."
Just as they finished speaking, the two of them looked out at the distance of the meadow.
Those figures that seemed so far away suddenly rushed towards this side.
The two immediately realized that those must be the monsters in the flames, and they seemed about to rush out and attack Odis and his companion.
Bernadette silently put on the "Sage's Forehead Ornament": "This is indeed a good opportunity to attack them."
As long as they're not in those higher-level flames, Bernadette can try to take down a few.
In that case, wouldn't we have spoils of war?
Then she looked at Odis, who immediately understood and used an "invisibility scroll".
As long as he remains invisible, the monsters shouldn't be able to see him.
Bernadette stepped back a little further to create a safe distance, then put Odice down and let him walk to the door leading to the outside world on his own.
The space in this wilderness is somewhat strange; it's impossible to enter the spirit world normally. To leave, one must go through the door they came from.
However, the ability to "flash" can be used here.
Just as Odis was about to jump off the magic carpet, she seemed to remember something and handed one of the "Gus Staffs" tucked into her waistband to Bernadette: "You can borrow it for a bit."
Bernadette hesitated for a moment, but still took it. The instant she infused the "Gus Staff" with her spiritual power, she felt her own spirituality surge, as if it had suddenly become much stronger.
Then she realized with surprise that the "Gus Staff" had created a stronger connection between her and the "Sage's Forehead Ornament," and at that moment she felt like an angel.
Surprised, Bernadette looked at Odis, but Odis was nowhere to be seen.
So she looked at the "Gus Staff" in her hand again, and for a moment she couldn't figure out what kind of magical item it was.
Just then, the monsters in the flames broke through the illusory spatial barrier and arrived on the rain-soaked grass.
Their bodies still bore crimson flames, and in an instant, a large patch of grass centered around them dried up and burst into flames.
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They then looked up at Bernadette, who held a staff shimmering with starlight.
After confirming that there were no angels among these monsters, Bernadette raised her hand, and a huge ice palace rose from the ground. The surrounding temperature plummeted, the grassland was instantly frozen, and everything in sight turned white.
The monsters, their bodies engulfed in flames, froze in their movements as the flames rapidly diminished, nearly extinguishing.
In mid-air, Bernadette donned an illusory crown and an equally illusory cloak.
She was delighted to discover that the "Gus Magic Array" had also enhanced its ability to "reproduce"!
At that moment, she felt like the Snow Queen!
Among the monsters with flames on their bodies, the demigods attacked Bernadette with their extraordinary abilities in coordination, while those below the demigod level used their extraordinary abilities to escape.
They also seemed to possess basic intelligence, knowing that they were no match for Bernadette.
While in stealth mode, Odis glanced back during flight and saw Bernadette in mid-air commanding giant ice pillars and icicles to attack the monsters.
At this moment, Bernadette is the true queen.
At the same time, Odis saw a monster using "teleport" to escape the battlefield.
That was clearly the body of a "traveler," or rather, the corpse of a "traveler."
He paused for a moment, then looked in Bernadette's direction again. Seeing that the demigod-level monsters there were being held back by the "Mysterious Queen," he used his "Teleport" ability to appear not far from the "Traveler": "Imprison!"
Odis infused the "Hand of Judgment" with spiritual power, using "imprisonment" to trap the monster.
He swiftly infused the "Star Sand" into the "Gus Staff," and amidst the dazzling starlight, a massive "pillar of starlight" descended, rapidly shattering the layer of flames covering the "Traveler's" body.
A layer of "dawn"-like light quickly appeared on the "traveler's" body surface. It was the "dawn light" he had recorded earlier, which caused only some damage to its body and did not defeat it.
Odis then solidified the brilliant starlight on the "Staff of Gus," instantly forming a straight sword with dazzling starlight.
As soon as the "Pillar of Starlight" dissipated, he stabbed at the "Traveler" monster, while simultaneously throwing out an "Ice Scroll".
The "Traveler" monster didn't have time to use any other abilities and immediately "teleported" away, but he was unable to use the "teleport" ability and remained standing in the same spot.
It belatedly looked down and saw that its legs were frozen in thick ice crystals, which were connected to the ice palace summoned by the "Mysterious Queen," trapping the "Traveler" monster.
This is the effect of the "ice scroll" that Odis just threw out. If it were a normal "traveler", he would have felt himself frozen and would have taken some measures to deal with it.
But it was a corpse and didn't feel its legs being frozen.
Odis seized the opportunity and swiftly swung his sword, the "Starlight Straight Sword," cleaving the "Traveler" in two from top to bottom.
But the "traveler" monster is not "dead" yet, because it is already a corpse and cannot die again.
So Odis "simulated" the "divine light" and purified the "traveler," who quickly gained the characteristics of the "traveler."
Then Odis looked at another Sequence 5 monster not far away. These monsters had no unified command and no coordination with each other, making them easy to defeat one by one.
So Odis simply took out the "Scepter of Calamity," and with thunder rumbling, a series of eerie lightning bolts struck down, gaining him another "Reaper" trait.
Just as he was looking for a new target, he found that his vision suddenly became a little blurry. Then his vision changed dramatically, and it seemed that his perspective had become wider.
Odis belatedly touched his forehead, not realizing that an eye had appeared there sometime during the night.
After a moment's thought, he realized that the "numbers" around him had obviously been distorted and confused, with 2 becoming 3, so his two eyes had become three.
Then he discovered that a right hand had grown out of his right wrist, turning his two hands into three.
Odis recalled Bernadette's earlier warning and realized that this was the power of the "Black Emperor" pathway, causing the "collapse of order".
He glanced at Bernadette over there and saw that she was carrying two heads on her shoulders.
It's obvious that "1" was twisted into "2".
Odis carefully examined himself and did not feel any discomfort.
Whoosh~
Just as Odis was about to continue hunting, he suddenly heard the sound of a river.
He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a large, somewhat ethereal black river emerging from the center of the grassland, causing large swathes of wild grass to wither and die.
The entire space trembled noticeably, and then red flames shot out from mid-air.
Odis was slightly taken aback; it seemed that they had broken the fragile balance of this chaotic space.
Bernadette over there also quickly picked up two demigod-level trait items, summoned the flying carpet again, and fled swiftly.
The demigod-level monsters behind her all reached out towards her, as if trying to grab something, but in the end they grabbed nothing.
Bernadette, still with two heads, pulled Odis onto the flying carpet, and the two of them quickly rode the carpet to the doorway.
Odis glanced back and saw the space behind him rapidly collapsing, the black "River of the Dead" gushing from the ground, and blood-red flames falling from mid-air.
The position in mid-air became distorted and chaotic, as if the invisible giant pillar supporting this space had collapsed.
The monsters stopped chasing, their speed slowed down, and eventually their feet were covered by the waters of the "River of the Dead," leaving them standing there motionless.
Odis raised her right hand again, and there were still two hands on her wrist.
At that moment, he heard one of Bernadette's heads say, "Stop struggling, face your true feelings! He may only be Sequence 5, but his future is bright, and..."
Bernadette raised a hand and immediately covered the mouth, then looked coldly at the other head.
The head that had just spoken transformed into streams of illusory information and merged into Bernadette's body.
She looked at Odis with some unease, but breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he only showed a surprised expression.
Bernadette changed the subject: "What's with that expression?"
"I…I am a little worried," Odis swallowed and said, "was the head that disappeared just now the real Bernadette, or is the head we have now the real Bernadette?"
The "mysterious queen" smiled and said, "Both of these heads are mine."
However, another person suddenly revealed her inner thoughts.
Odis said "Oh," and upon thinking about it, it was indeed true.
Then Bernadette used the power of the "Sage's Forehead Ornament" to remove Odis's extra eyes and hands.
At this moment, the two people arrived at the door. After glancing at the rapidly collapsing space, they quickly left and closed the door.
Immediately, a huge crack appeared in the ground of the wilderness, and more illusory river water surged out.
A crack appeared in the sky, from which streams of blood-red flames shot out.
The surging river water and the falling flames met in mid-air, intertwining to form a phantom figure in his thirties wearing a crown.
He opened his mouth and let out a painful and frantic roar. The monsters in the river had their heads explode instantly upon hearing this roar!
But soon, the illusory figure disappeared, and the space was immediately filled with river water and flames.
This is a remnant soul of the "Blood Emperor," who, after his fall, unexpectedly established a connection with the "River of Eternal Darkness"...
Or perhaps it can't be called an accident, after all, the "Eternal Darkness Emperor" once used the "River of Eternal Darkness" to forcibly accommodate the uniqueness of the "Red Priest" path.
Within that uniqueness, there must be remnants of the "Blood Emperor's" spirit.
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Odis and Bernadette returned to the real world, and Odis quickly removed the "star ring".
At that moment, the entire room suddenly began to shake violently, and the chandelier on the ceiling creaked and groaned.
Odis paused for a moment before exclaiming, "An earthquake!"
"It must be because the collapse of that space just now affected the real world," Bernadette said.
Fortunately, there was only a noticeable tremor, and the earthquake was short-lived.
Bernadette then said, "The epicenter should be in Intis. I'll go there to check on the damage."
If this were in another country, she wouldn't care at all.
But in Intis, she was determined to see if she could be of any help.
However, before entering the spirit world, Bernadette reminded Odis, "That space has become very dangerous; do not continue exploring there."
Odis nodded: "That's what I think too."
Only after Bernadette disappeared from his sight did Odis look out the window.
The earthquake had caused some panic among the residents of Wotai City, who came out into the streets to ask each other questions. Fortunately, there were no signs of the houses collapsing, so the panic quickly subsided.
Odis placed the "Star Ring" into the "Wilderness of Knowledge," then lay down in an armchair and entered it through "meditation."
He first used the "Knowledge Wilderness" to shatter the sealed artifact, obtaining the more valuable "Traveler" trait.
With this feature, he plans to build a "teleportation array" between Cruz Island and Wotai City to enhance communication between the two.
In this way, if there is any need, it can be purchased directly from Bayam.
Then Odis looked at the two items with alternating blood red and pale white traits. The "Traveler" trait was an unexpected bonus, which would be useful in the "Scroll Shop".
He had originally planned to seek an opportunity to hunt down a "traveler," but now he had the advantage of establishing a "scroll shop" magic circle.
However, these two properties are affected by the high-level aura of the "Red Priest" and the "Grim Reaper" and cannot be used directly.
Fortunately, Odis had prior experience extracting the "true creator's ramblings," and quickly extracted the influence within them.
Because this influence was completed over a long period of time and was not directly influenced by the "Blood Emperor" and the "Underworld Emperor," the "aura" extracted by Odis cannot be considered a divine-level spiritual material like the "talks of the true creator." They can only be considered demigod-level spiritual materials.
However, scrolls made from them are definitely more powerful than those made from ordinary demigod-level spiritual materials.
After Odis shattered these two properties, he returned to the real world.
Bernadette didn't return until the afternoon and told Odis, "The earthquake happened in the countryside, but some houses in the villages collapsed. Fortunately, only people were injured and no one died."
Otherwise, both of them would feel guilty, especially Bernadette.
Although she has been away from Intis for a long time, it is still the place where she grew up, and she has a special feeling for it.
Bernadette finished explaining the earthquake before returning the "Staff of Gus" to Odis.
Odis, of course, saw the "mysterious queen's" reluctance, so she said, "If you need it, you can borrow it."
After borrowing it a few times, the "Lord of Mysteries" can directly bestow one upon her.