Mystery: Starting with the Night Pope.

Chapter 79 Funeral

The eyeball, which seemed to represent the extinction of all things, smoothly entered the sacrificial portal under the influence of a hidden force.

The final destination of the sacrificial portal is the altar on the "River of Eternal Darkness" where the phoenix resides.

That is a place that only He can reach.

"Salinger!" The phoenix was, after all, an ancient god, and these methods were ineffective against it. Sensing the danger, it stopped absorbing the offerings.

His gaze instantly turned cold, and through the Gate of Sacrifice, he pressed down on Salinger in the guise of an ancient god.

The high sequence of the "Death" pathway absolutely suppresses the low sequence!

This is also the impact that the Phoenix had on the "Death" pathway!

In other words, that one look was enough to drive Salinger to suicide!

Salinger's mental state instantly spiraled out of control, his feathers turning black and white as he was about to turn to ashes.

In that instant, the power that concealed the strange eyeball vanished, and the strange eyeball reappeared on the altar.

Perhaps... Salinger never imagined that he could get the phoenix to accept this strange eyeball through a sacrifice.

His purpose in using the concealment spell to hide this strange eyeball was simply to ensure that it could pass through the sacrificial light gate and not be immediately banished by the Phoenix Ancestor.

Once these two points are accomplished, Salinger's objective will have been achieved.

Before Salinger was "stared" to death by the phoenix, the hidden power of that eyeball disappeared and merged with the outside world.

At the same moment, the tributary of the "River of Eternal Darkness" that was shrouded in gray-white mist suddenly erupted!

Some kind of cohesive force was at work, and the bizarre eyeballs that were almost eroding Salinger seemed to be filled with fear.

Meanwhile, the "River of Eternal Darkness" was swollen with dark waters, almost reaching the altar where the phoenix dwelled!

"Screech!" Something that had not been suppressed within the body of the Phoenix Ancestor surged forth again—the combined force of the "River of Eternal Darkness."

"How is this possible!?" The Phoenix Ancestor didn't even bother to glare at Salinger, and instead focused on maintaining his own condition, otherwise he himself would have been submerged by the "River of Eternal Darkness"!

Salinger never imagined that he, a Sequence Two, could attack the Phoenix Progenitor; he merely shattered the balance that the Phoenix Progenitor had been painstakingly maintaining within its body.

This would be fatal for an ancient god whose mental state was extremely poor and whose characteristics were unstable.

"Damn it!" The Phoenix Ancestor could only hurriedly stabilize its characteristics. When the "River of Eternal Darkness" rioted, the "Death God" pathway characteristics and the "Gate" pathway characteristics within its body even showed signs of disintegration and separation!

laugh!

A soft friction sound rang out, and a figure enveloped in a dreamlike phosphorescent glow appeared behind the Phoenix Ancestor.

It was Amanisis, who had now manifested in the form of a demonic wolf, with two of his wolf paws supporting a hidden ball of light.

There seemed to be a dark force surging within the ball of light—fear, tranquility, and misfortune—but all of this was concealed by the pervasive mist.

This is the manifestation of the authority of "Night".

Amanisis gently pressed the invisible orb of authority in his hand into the body of the Phoenix Progenitor.

The entry of this power completely disrupted the balance of power within the Phoenix Progenitor.

But this is not the end of the story.

Amanisis tossed a phantom, dreamlike symbol onto one of the wolf's paws.

This symbol suddenly changed after it approached the body of the Phoenix Progenitor, transforming into a storm composed of lightning!

A god-level "Lightning Storm"!

That was the "All Things" symbol, directly connected to the Book of Dreams, from which Truman could borrow the abilities he possessed.

This was the purpose of Truman leaving the dream symbol, and he felt somewhat involved here, deserving to claim his share of the spoils.

boom!

The lightning storm covered everything, like a furious blow from the Elf King, becoming the final attack that crushed the Phoenix Ancestor.

"Screech!" The pale white flames on the phoenix's body suddenly exploded, and its body was riddled with holes by the "lightning storm".

But the most fatal thing was that the lightning storm completely cut off the Phoenix Ancestor's only chance to suppress the violent characteristics within its body!

click!

A terrifying spatial rift appeared throughout the entire underworld, and pale flames erupted from the ground, indiscriminately annihilating the dead.

"Ah!" In just an instant, the entire underworld seemed to collapse, and the whole world was shrouded in deathly flames.

A devastating storm of death swept through the spirit world outside the underworld.

Similarly, the real world, which is opposite to the spirit world, is also undergoing some alarming changes. The power of death is infiltrating the real world and is about to unleash a terrifying catastrophe.

The funeral of death will surely leave behind fields of bones and devastation!

"Disperse." The ancient sun god, who had never left the spirit world, looked at the city-states that had connections with the underworld, and the power of the sun dispelled the death.

His gaze pierced through the crack in the underworld, reaching its deepest depths, where he saw the phoenix and Amanises.

"Salinger?" The ancient sun god nodded gently as he watched Salinger enter the altar.

Then he looked at the strange eyeball.

"The uniqueness of the 'Witch' path..." Even the ancient sun god was slightly surprised.

Salinger actually obtained this thing, and even used it to cause turmoil in the "River of Eternal Darkness," disrupting the balance of the Phoenix Ancestor.

"The three pathways of 'night,' 'twilight,' and 'death' seem to have some very subtle connection with the 'Red Priestess' and the 'Witch'..."

"There seems to be a unique kind of cohesive force between them..."

Having already recovered all its attributes, the ancient sun god, who was only one step away from achieving "omniscience and omnipotence," thought of the giant king's greatsword and this strange eyeball.

These are all things that can trigger the "River of Eternal Darkness".

"Only after you have a basic grasp of the authority of 'omniscience and omnipotence' can you truly begin to deduce this knowledge..."

The eyes of the ancient sun god returned to a clear and pure state, watching from the spirit world as all the events that changed the world and altered history unfolded.

"Screech..." The phoenix's final lament echoed in the deepest, darkest part of the underworld as its body collapsed onto the altar of bones.

In the face of true death, even Death seems no different.

Bang!

The non-adjacent properties within the ancient god's body erupted with terrifying power at this moment, directly disintegrating the ancient god's body and unleashing countless properties.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became strange and silent.

Standing on the altar of bones, Salinger had no immediate worries about the pollution of the "River of Eternal Darkness." Holding the strange eyeball and the illusory portal in his hands, he watched as his former colleagues fell silent.

Amanisis and Salinger stared at each other in silence, creating a silent standoff.

After a while, Salinger, who had sensed that the pollution of the "River of Eternal Darkness" was about to seep up, made the first decision.

(End of this chapter)