Mystery: The New Black Emperor Descends

Chapter 747 The Trial of the "Celestial Venerable"

Hobart stalled Amon for half a minute, successfully creating an opportunity for Klein to accommodate the uniqueness.

Now, there is only one final step before Klein becomes "The Fool": "stealing" one of each of the Sequence 1 to Sequence 9 traits from Antigonus.

Hobert took a deep breath; he needed to stall Amon for a while longer!

Klein raced against time, and the illusory mark on his brow emitted a faint grayish-white mist. Slippery tentacles extending from his back began to "steal" Antigonus's extraordinary characteristics once again.

Amon realized Klein's plan, and he and his clones began to "steal".

Because they have too many "people," they will definitely succeed before Klein.

Hobart immediately "tampered" with the number of Amon's clones, changing it from over a thousand clones to "-1".

That's right, after becoming the "Black Emperor," Hobart can "tamper" with something to make it negative.

The entire area of ​​Amon vanished instantly, and even Amon's original body disappeared along with it. Because it was "-1", Amon still "owed" a clone, so its original body went to "fill" the number.

But soon, Amon opened a door between the mathematical world and the real world, freeing himself from abstract mathematical attacks.

Hobert once again avoided direct confrontation, sending himself, Klein, and Antigonus back into space, leaving Amon alone in the "shadows."

Here, Hobert's main body will try to hold off Amon as much as possible, while his Stand, which is on the same level as Hobert, will continue to protect the advancing Klein in the incomplete "Disordered Kingdom".

From a distance, Amon himself remarked, "I must say, your use of the 'Black Emperor's' abilities is truly eye-opening."

"I don't remember Solomon being as strong as you back then. Hmm... even considering the 'Land of Chaos,' you were still more difficult to deal with."

Hobart chuckled, "Thank you for the compliment. How about we find a place to sit down and have a couple of drinks?"

"Sorry, I don't have time today." As he spoke, countless doors opened around Amon. These doors, which had abstract meanings, could help Him leave the "shadow".

But almost simultaneously, Hobart "distorted" the space behind the door into another "shadow," after all, His power also had abstract authority.

Amon smiled and said, "I have an advantage you don't: the superposition of two uniquenesses!"

Another illusory door opened before Him, a mistake in the "Shadow": the "Black Emperor" can walk in the "Shadow" of the universe, but Amun is not the "Black Emperor," so He cannot be in the "Shadow."

Amon's figure became illusory and quickly disappeared from the illusory door.

Hobert's eyes narrowed. At this moment, with the help of a Stand of the same level, Klein finally "stole" the extraordinary properties of the "Diviner" pathway from Sequence 1 to Sequence 9.

Under the influence of the uniqueness of "The Fool", these characteristics suddenly merged into one, becoming a "Follower" potion.

After emerging from the "shadow," Amon slightly raised his hand, and the ancient first "blasphemous stone tablet" immediately emitted a colorful light, as if a phantom sea was surging in.

The surging "illusory waves" crashed against the kingdom that seemed to contain countless "twists" and "chaos," and Hobart's incomplete "disordered kingdom" was immediately thrown into turmoil, revealing even greater vulnerabilities.

Meanwhile, one after another, black, python-like tentacles extended from somewhere in the astral plane.

Each of these tentacles has an eye at its tip, sometimes closed, sometimes open. Anything they see instantly turns into grayish-white stone. Everything they touch twists and contorts, stretching out limbs and heads, transforming into women of varying sizes, all quite attractive.

Taking advantage of the opportunity created by Amon, the "Primal Witch" Chick infiltrated the "Disordered Kingdom".

For Chick, this is the advancement of an ally of the "Creator," who seems to be helping Medici become a god recently, so he must try to sabotage it if he gets the chance.

Amon realized that Hobert, under the blessing of the "Land of Chaos," although not at the level of the "Half-Old Ones," was still more difficult to deal with than ordinary gods.

So He simply stirred things up, getting the gods waiting outside to get involved as well.

The moment the "Primal Witch" arrived from the Astral Plane, she saw a blurry figure.

The figure wore a layered yet simple black dress, adorned with countless stars. Her face seemed to be veiled by a thin black gauze, obscuring her features. Only her eyes, which seemed to contain a condensed night sky of stars, could be seen, instilling both a sense of peace and an uncontrollable fear.

This is the goddess of the night who has been waiting outside for a long time.

He raised a giant, deep black scythe, which quickly became ethereal, as if transforming into a coffin made of thick black mist.

Those women who were touched by the "Primal Witch's" hair instantly aged, died, and perished. Even the "Primal Witch's" tentacle-like hair was affected by the aura of "withering," becoming listless and no longer flamboyant or "exploring" its surroundings.

The "Primordial Witch" ignored the dead "witches," gazing at the location where Hobert and Klein stood, bringing about a devastating collapse that caused the entire main peak of the Hornach Mountains to grow into a giant stone sphere.

At that moment, clumps of wheat, flowers, and trees instantly sprouted on the mountain peak. They intertwined and layered upon each other, forming a natural barrier that sealed Antigonus's palace within, preventing it from being corrupted by the "Primal Witch."

The next second, a beam of light fell straight down from above and crashed into the natural barrier that was based on plants.

This light had no physical form; it seemed to be composed of a vast amount of complex information. In its illusory form, it pierced through the gaps between the plants like a torrent, heading straight into the main hall.

It's the "Hidden Sage"!

Both the "Creator" and the "Fool" support Roselle, which puts a lot of pressure on the "Hidden Sage." Therefore, like the "Primordial Witch," he supports Amon becoming the new "Lord of Mysteries."

Just then, a hazy light burst forth from the void, displaying one projected picture after another outside the natural barrier.

Some of them record scenes of humans surviving in the wilderness, some describe the various laws promulgated by the "Black Emperor" that led to the formation of bizarre folk customs, and some are imitations of the current world, consisting of huge machines spewing steam and increasingly tall buildings.

These contents may seem thin, but they give people an extremely profound feeling because they carry civilization.

After the "Hidden Sage" chose to oppose Klein, the God of Steam and Machinery finally chose to support Klein's ascension to godhood.

A terrifying torrent of information was poured into those illusory paintings, and it rapidly expanded, attempting to tear apart the "cage".

However, the civilization spanning thousands or tens of thousands of years is so profound and extensive that it is more than sufficient to carry the information torrent of the "Hidden Sage".

Over there, the Goddess of Night and the Earth Mother are besieging the "Primordial Witch," putting this enormous witch in a very passive situation.

At that very moment, within the natural barrier constructed by the Earth Mother Goddess, black spots appeared on every leaf, every flower, and every fruit.

These black spots expanded rapidly, turning the wheat from golden yellow to black, the flowers from vibrant colors to pure black, and the trees did the same.

From the pitch-black mass, a blurry, viscous figure appeared, seemingly symbolizing all depravity and pollution. Any creature could be instantly affected by it, becoming an anomaly in nature.

This is the "dark side of the universe"!

The "Creator" supports Fabti, so He must be standing among the opposing forces of the "Creator".

The black pollution began to have a reverse effect on Mother Earth, but with a wave of her hand, all the black plants withered instantly and returned to the earth. At the same time, the life and spirituality of the "dark side of the universe" also rapidly disappeared, as if they were returning to the embrace of the earth.

At this moment, a huge, bottomless crack suddenly appeared on the ground of the main peak, and inside the crack were clumps of viscous liquid, which seemed to contain endless evil and depravity.

The "Dark Side of the Universe" summoned a part of the "Abyss"!

Even the Earth Mother Goddess could sense a corrosive force eroding her from the Abyss.

But in the next instant, the dark liquid in the "abyss" suddenly boiled, and a huge demon "swam out" from it. This demon was somewhere between illusion and reality, with an illusory face, eyes flashing with evil light, and a layer of illusory clothing made up of mysterious symbols all around it.

This is the "Demon King" Fabti!

His appearance is tantamount to formally declaring to the "Mother Tree of Desire" that the part of Fabuti's consciousness in the "Dark Side of the Universe" is a tool to deceive the Outer God.

From within that black, liquid-like "dark side of the universe," a strange tree branch suddenly emerged. It had only the shape of a tree branch, but it was covered with pus-filled tumors, and its leaves were adorned with different, eerie patterns.

Some of these patterns can arouse sexual desire, some can lead to vanity, some can fill one's heart with the desire for self-expression, some can make one extremely greedy, and so on. In short, various desires can lead people to make wrong choices.

At this moment, the "Dark Side of the Universe" revealed this branch, allowing the "Mother Tree of Desire" to bestow a small amount of power upon it.

Fabuti's eyes narrowed, and the enormous, illusory demon instantly vanished.

But when He left, He also took the "Abyss" with Him, causing the power of the "Dark Side of the Universe" to weaken once again.

In fact, Fabuti's current situation is not very good either, especially after encountering the power of the "Mother Tree of Desire", it basically has no power to resist.

But His decision to participate in the war was more of a statement, because He desperately needed Hobart's help at that moment!

As the "Demon King," He is cunning and treacherous. Perhaps because of this, He is more clear-headed than the "Primordial Witch" in that he knows that if you ask for help, you should first have a certain attitude.

If you do not possess the true state and power of God, do not assume the posture of God.

With "Fabuti" gone, a three-on-three situation temporarily emerged outside the palace.

Inside the palace, Amun's plan to disrupt the situation failed. He had not expected that the battle outside would not even affect the interior of the palace.

While Hobert continued to hold off Amon, Klein successfully used the law of extraordinary properties to swallow the potion in one gulp.

In the "Land Forsaken by the Gods," beneath the enormous light and shadow of the ancient sun god, a language written in the oldest language rapidly took shape: Antigonus's efforts to ascend to the rank of "Fool" ultimately failed for various reasons.

He did not use the name Klein Moretti because the other party had "stolen" Antigonus's identity and destiny.

If we're talking about Klein Moretti, what does his failure to advance have to do with Antigonus becoming "the Fool"?

If Klein does not relinquish Antigonus's identity and destiny, then He will be bound by this statement.

If he were to abandon his identity and destiny as Antigonus, then the mixed spiritual imprint of Antigonus and "Celestial Venerable" that had just been contained within the uniqueness would surely "awaken" again and begin a new tug-of-war with Klein's consciousness.

Now is the crucial time to take the potion. This tug-of-war is terrifying, and even the "Clock of Order" may not be able to exert much effect.

In that case, Klein will either lose control or be in very poor condition after his promotion.

Klein's situation is different from Hobart's. The mental imprint in the "Black Emperor" potion that Hobart took was not very deep. As long as he guards against the resurrection of the "Celestial Venerable", he will not have too much mental pressure after his advancement.

However, the uniqueness that Klein has just accepted has a very strong spiritual imprint. Even if he is in the best condition, he should take some time after accepting it, like Hobart, to gradually accept the "uniqueness" before trying to advance.

However, Klein didn't have that much time. Amon had clearly become a "dual-path true god" by now, and unless Hobert lived in the "Source Castle," Klein would have to advance immediately.

Although Amon was entangled by Hobart's Stand and Hobart himself, a mottled clock suddenly appeared behind him. The huge clock hands trembled slightly, and in the next two seconds, Amon's true form became the "error" of time, gaining double the time.

In other words, the next two seconds are two seconds for the entire universe, but for Amon, they are four seconds.

Hobart immediately realized this and, risking having his own Stand "stolen," intensified his offensive.

But Amon still gained one second, and Klein's image was reflected in his crystal monocle.

The next second, the monocle emitted a pure light.

This is not "stealing," but "returning."

Amon chose to return what he had "stolen" from Klein! That was Klein's suicidal intention!

When Klein was captured by Amon and taken to the "Forsaken Land," he attempted suicide multiple times but failed. At that time, Amon "stole" his thoughts.

Although the divinity within Klein would not allow him to commit suicide, the thought would certainly make him consider giving up.

Hobart had no choice but to immediately "gift" these thoughts of "suicide" to a huge stone pillar in the hall. The pillar seemed to have its own consciousness, and it twisted left and right, and broke itself in two.

At this moment, Klein's thoughts were in disarray after taking the potion, and the thought of giving up vanished as soon as it appeared.

His ascension process had reached its most critical moment. His thoughts were both chaotic and divergent, as if encompassing the entire planet.

At this moment, Klein felt himself scattered within the different believers, dispersed in the mists of history, scattered in the flow of time.

The experience on a divine level further eroded Klein's thoughts, leaving him seemingly only with a cold indifference that looked down upon all things.

Even this indifference is crumbling little by little.

Adam's "holy words" are taking effect. Before long, Klein will completely lose himself, dominated by the various mental imprints in the "Fool's" potion, and become a monster in the truest sense.

This coincided with Antigonus's out-of-control and mad fate, accelerating that fate.

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Seeing that Klein was at risk of collapse, Hobert immediately appeared in the "Land of Chaos" and rang the "Bell of Order"!

The bell tolled throughout the main peak of the Hornachis Mountains. Upon hearing the bell, the "Primal Witch" shattered into pieces, but in the next instant, she leaped out from a shattered mirror and reappeared before the other gods.

The darkness surrounding the Goddess of Night also began to tremble, as if it would be unable to remain hidden any longer and would completely expose its exact location in the next second.

Other gods were also affected by the "Clock of Order," and the divine war was even paused for a second or two as a result.

Klein, who was inside the palace, suddenly became much clearer-headed. Just then, he sensed something was amiss and abnormal.

In the mists of history, a few projections are distorted and cannot be combined, seemingly containing fundamental contradictions.

That was the mark left by Klein's previous "fooling" of Roselle's fate, history, and reality!

Klein immediately seized upon this incongruity and abnormality, regained a sense of self-awareness, and with this self-awareness as the core, he quickly gathered his scattered spirit.

At the same moment, as the bells stopped ringing, Amon seized the opportunity to steal Hobart's Stand, which was on par with the "Black Emperor," causing the "Book of Laws" to fall to the ground.

Originally, it was Hobart fighting Amon two against one, but now the situation has changed. Amon has instantly possessed the Stand, so it has become Amon fighting Hobart two against one!

Unfortunately, the "Shadow" ability malfunctioned, and Hobert was unable to end the summoning of the Stand.

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Hobert could only ring the "Clock of Order" again, and the "errors" in the hall were essentially eliminated, causing Hobert's Stand of the same level to disappear instantly.

But Ammon, as a symbol of "error," was not greatly affected.

Or rather, at Hobart's current level, he is not capable of significantly influencing Amon.

Amon waited until the bells had finished ringing before reaching out to "steal" Antigonus's sanity, succeeding in doing so on his first attempt.

At this point, if Antigonus loses his reason, it's the same as if Klein loses his reason.

Hobert quickly used his "Twisting" ability, and the stolen sanity of Antigonus was transformed into the hair on Antigonus's face.

Klein suddenly became bald, without even a single eyebrow left.

The "Brass Book of Rules" that had fallen to the ground began to write on its own: Theft is prohibited here!

At this point, Klein had theoretically passed the most dangerous period of his advancement. However, the "prophecy" of the ancient sun god came into play again, and Antigonus went completely out of control and went mad, causing Klein's body to collapse once more.

Without hesitation, Klein, who had regained most of his sanity, immediately deactivated part of the "stealing" effect, returning Antigonus's identity, fate, and self-awareness to its original owner.

On the enormous stone chair deep within the hall, Antigonus slowly opened his eyes, gazing blankly at everything around him.

He did not immediately lose control, because the main reason for his loss of control and madness was that the will of the "Lord of Mysteries" had been largely restored, and now, the uniqueness and most of the extraordinary characteristics of the "Fool" who carried that will were no longer in His body.

After a brief moment of confusion, Antigonus immediately seized the opportunity to fight against the madness with his own will and try to salvage his out-of-control fate.

However, Antigonus, who had long hair and short, wolf-hair-like hairs on his cheeks, suddenly became bald.

The ancient sun god's "prophecy" has thus come true: Antigonus indeed failed to advance to Sequence 0, "The Fool".

After Klein lost his identity as Antigonus, the mark of "Celestial Venerable" immediately began to erode Klein's consciousness and showed signs of recovery.

A voice suddenly rang in Klein's ears: "Give up..."

Leave everything to me...

"This time, I will not accommodate any other source matter..."

"I will not help the creatures you want to protect, but I will not harm them either..."

"This will be a forbidden area for the Outer Gods..."

The muttering incoherent words plunged Klein into a state of confusion once again!

"Bullshit!" Hobert from "The Land of Chaos" cursed. "Who do you think you are? You're just a thought of the First Creator, and you actually consider yourself a person!"

It turns out that because of the arrangement of "Celestial Venerable" in the pathways of "Black Emperor" and "Judge", Hobert was also able to hear the voice of "Celestial Venerable".

He was already furious with what the "Celestial Venerable" had done, and now he finally had a chance to vent, so he cursed him very harshly.

At the same time, Hobart felt a certain idea in his consciousness awakening, which was the spiritual imprint of the "Celestial Venerable" that he had previously suppressed using the "Genius".

Therefore, at this time, Hobart only dared to hide in the "Land of Chaos" and curse people, while also trying to resist the erosion of the "Celestial Venerable's" spiritual imprint.

Fortunately, Amon, who was on the adjacent path of the "diviner," was not much better off and was also affected to some extent.

Hobert waved his hand, and the "Bronze Book of Laws" returned to His hand, as if He were reading a document: "The 'Lord of Mysteries' of the First Age has seriously deviated from the original Creator's expectations."

"Only by showcasing the splendor and diversity of life can we have the opportunity to 'tame' its cold and extraordinary characteristics."

"The original 'Lord of Mysteries' has been working hard to revive, putting immense mental pressure on those who fight against madness and distortion! They have no choice but to prioritize fighting Him!"

"He is powerful but inhuman, and cannot represent the will of living beings or realize the ideals of the original Creator!"

"The existence of such a deity would be the true end of the world!"

"Here I announce the verdict on the First Age's 'Lord of Mysteries': He can never truly be resurrected!"

Suddenly, the power of the "Disorderly Kingdom" surged like never before. Hobart immediately realized that this was not only about judging the pillars, but also an opportunity to accommodate the "Disorderly Kingdom"!

At this moment, Hobart is challenging a former self, challenging the seemingly cold and unchanging extraordinary laws!

At the same time, an illusory force is surrounding the "Book of Laws," greatly enhancing its compatibility with Hobart!

(End of this chapter)