Mystery: When the Fool Meets the Masked Fool

Chapter 374 A Just Two Against One
As the invisible aura spread, Triss and Edsack both seemed to be momentarily dazed.

Immediately afterwards, William's body became somewhat transparent. His spiritual body, astral body, and ethereal body seemed to be absorbed and assimilated by his mental body. He floated up like a polymer of pure thoughts, sensing the boundless ocean of collective unconsciousness that connected all living beings, and sensing the spiritual sky opposite it. He planned to leap into the ocean of collective unconsciousness to escape.

He's not stupid. He doesn't believe that someone he was chasing just two months ago would suddenly come knocking on his door without some kind of backing.

Why would he risk his life for something that doesn't bring him any benefit?

Feigning an attack, but actually taking control. Feigning a sneak attack, but actually fleeing.

You didn't expect this, did you? This was my escape route.

His body gradually became transparent, about to leap into the sea of ​​the collective unconscious. As a Sequence Five "Dream Walker," he didn't need to confront Edsack and the others head-on.

"captivity!"

A semi-transparent wall suddenly rose up, forming a cube that enveloped the room, cutting off William's communication with the ocean of the collective unconscious. At the same time, a prison composed of several transparent walls trapped him inside.

In the context of a "dream," the "dream traveler" cannot teleport.

Edsack opened his right hand and aimed it at William.

He wore two rings on the middle and ring fingers of his right hand.

This is an extraordinary item he commissioned craftsmen to create using extraordinary properties while hunting at sea. It consists of two extraordinary properties: one for "Corrupted Baron" and one for "Judge".

Edsack called them "Crime and Punishment".

"Anyone who steals another's property is guilty, and guilty persons should be subject to restrictions."

Long before William and Triss entered the room, he had already released invisible spores that covered the doorknob, which in turn covered William's own hand as he opened the door.

This behavior was distorted, resulting in a judgment of "bribery" and "theft".

In an instant, Edsack seemed to grow taller, as imposing as a great man who could control the lives of others.

William suddenly realized that his feet seemed to be shackled, and his movements became quite sluggish. In his pupils, he saw Triss approaching at high speed with a frost spear forming in her eyes.

Who will challenge you to a one-on-one duel?

Accept our righteous two-on-one attack!
His eyes suddenly turned gold. They appeared clear, yet concealed a strange, bottomless vortex that made it difficult for anyone who saw them to look away, easily drawing them in. His hair became lustrous and heavy, as if cast from real gold.

He made his move, breaking free of his restraints in less than a second, raising his clenched right fist and striking Triss in the face.

"Dragon transformation is prohibited here."

William's body, covered in golden dragon scales, swayed slightly. The scales on his body were affected by an invisible force, becoming dull, but not completely disappearing.

With only a few remaining dragon scales on his fist, William's hand, clashed with the spear. Amidst a teeth-grinding crunch, William's hand, which had just changed from a hammer blow to a slap, had a layer of skin scraped off.

He took a deep breath, touched the ground with his toes, and quickly retreated. His body gradually became lighter, and his feet floated a certain distance off the ground.

He transferred some of his weight into the ocean of the collective unconscious. At the same time, he swiftly pulled a pistol from his pocket and fired three shots.

boom! boom! boom!
One bullet missed, and the remaining two bullets hit Triss and Edsack respectively.

Triss's body crumbled like the red moon in the lake, and the full-length mirror next to her cracked, most of it becoming fragments smaller than a thumbnail, with a few still hanging on the frame.

The bullet aimed at Edsack passed right through him, creating a hole. But it only killed a few insects, without drawing a single drop of blood. The hole was quickly filled by the insects that swarmed out from around the "wound," and he was completely healed in the next second.

Invisible spider silk and viruses quickly filled the room. William felt his movements becoming increasingly sluggish, and his blood began to rush to his head involuntarily. This caused his face to flush red, and he couldn't help but cough.

He bent his knees, strained his back, and rolled to the side, tearing off the thin threads binding his body.

At the same time, he took out a lighter and turned it on with a click.

Suddenly, wisps of flame burst into flame in mid-air—those were thin, burning threads. In this scene, William opened his mouth once more, preparing to unleash a silent roar and spread a spiritual plague.

"Interaction with the collective unconscious ocean is prohibited here."

William felt a sudden heaviness and plummeted from mid-air to the ground. Although the dragon's might spread once more, the accompanying mental plague failed to have the desired effect.

"captivity."

"exile."

William was suddenly struck by a powerful, invisible force. His entire body was blown away and crashed into the invisible wall created by the "imprisonment." However, he was unable to penetrate it and was bounced back to his original position, kneeling on the ground.

"Judgement!"

Edsack's body surface suddenly shone with a radiant glow like the morning sun, and even his fists shimmered with a clear luster.

The wooden floor cracked silently as his tall, thin body lunged out swiftly and fiercely, closing in on William in an instant.

He raised his hand, opened his palm, grabbed William's face, and pressed down hard, slamming the back of his head against the ground, shattering the hotel floor and sending his head crashing down to the next floor.

call.

A layer of flames erupted from William's body, quickly burning him into a paper doll.

William appeared behind Edsack and fired a shot at the back of his head.

At the same time, Edsack and Triss both recalled the scene of being chased by William two months ago, and their movements froze for a moment.

This is not an illusion based on the collective unconscious, but a psychological suggestion that William planted during the initial casual conversation!
William wasn't that bored; he would even chat with his enemies!
boom!
P.S.: Hehe, what is Edsack's second extraordinary path? You can all guess.

The answer is in the next chapter.

Time police are prohibited here.

(End of this chapter)