The old man you see with your phone is highly suspicious.

They hurriedly displayed a section that had been barely cleared, while the remaining areas were still being desperately cleaned. They could only silently pray that God would not see these places.

The bigwigs outside obviously didn't care what they thought. When Mephisto saw the dilapidated academy gate, he felt a surge of emotion.

Stepping into the academy, everything seemed to have completely changed. The once tall and magnificent school buildings were now covered with peeling paint, dirt, and filth soaked in unknown liquids, as well as all sorts of strange spots.

He remembered that this was the library, with a very tall spire and a Big Ben that could be seen from anywhere on campus, so that even at night, the time could be clearly seen.

But now, the top of the spire seems to have been destroyed long ago, and Big Ben has also disappeared. Only a shed has been erected on the collapsed top of the tower to barely cover the ground and provide shelter from the rain.

And that building, the large lecture hall for students, its exterior walls should be pure white, but now half of the paint has peeled off, like an old man with age spots, and all sorts of dirt that haven't been cleaned yet have made the whole wall mottled, like a seriously ill patient with a skin disease.

"Has this place become like this?" Mephisto remarked.

“Yes, it’s been like this for a long time. Our teacher once wanted to take it over again and turn it into a new school, but he gave up because the world no longer needs 'schools',” said “Harley.”

Mephisto fell silent, staring blankly at everything around him, before saying, "Let's take a walk."

The group entered the courtyard, and Faust explained the situation and the reasons why it had become like this.

This wasn't the first time he'd been here since the school was destroyed, or rather, he'd been here more than once before, intending to rebuild it, but by then he was no longer in control of his own destiny.

Even if this place were built, no one would be able to attend school. In the world today, nobles have their own family schools, while the children of commoners have long lost the ability to read and write. Even those who have awakened innate magical abilities are immediately controlled by gangsters and nobles.

Even if the school opens, it won't attract any students.

Since the former academy could not be rebuilt, it would be better to destroy it. This was Faust's idea.

And now it's the same. Even though he came here again, he didn't feel any melancholy. Perhaps for him, the academy he once knew was gone forever, and now, this place was just a ruin.

And the next battlefield.

He could also clearly see that Mephisto didn't want to see the old academy, but only the memories of the past.

So he did as instructed.

Do you remember when we first met?

"Hmm..." Mephisto also thought of the past, when he accidentally used a portal but opened it in the wrong place, directly into Miss Alban's dormitory.

Unlike other girls, the eldest daughter of the Alban family did not shout or attack directly, nor was she shy. Instead, she discovered Mephisto's talent: the ability to directly learn teleportation.

This is a painful memory, but it is also one of the few precious memories they have left.

It was around that time that they met, and the Alban family began investing in him, which led to his later success.

These few memories have completely become the past, but they seem to still linger in my mind.

Amidst the puzzled gazes of those following behind, their patriarch took Mephisto's hand and said, "Would you like to experience what it was like before again?"

"Ok?"

“That seems to be my old dormitory. Although it has changed a lot over the centuries, shall we try again?” Faust controlled the body and revealed a meaningful smile.

Mephisto seemed somewhat tempted, and they immediately shook off their pursuers. As they left, "Harley Alban" said, "You stay here and don't come any closer."

At the same time, a barrier was erected.

But as she was leaving, she looked at Xue Dinglu and silently mouthed a shape in an Earth language.

Xue immediately understood, and Faust's lips moved to say "5 minutes" in Chinese.

Such lip movements would be interpreted in a completely different way if compared to the languages ​​of this world, but Xue immediately understood what she meant.

Xue lowered his head, thus no longer revealing the slightest flaw.

They had planned this conspiracy so meticulously, and Faust had even chosen a twisted scheme that was beyond their wildest imagination. They couldn't afford to let the slightest flaw ruin their plan.

In essence, this is just a replica of the Mind Flayer's plan to ambush the angel Rachel.

However, in this plan, they all became mind flayers.

They achieve their goals through mind flayers' possession techniques, which even apostles cannot see through.

Now, we've reached the final step, which will take 5 minutes.

Xue Lude also understood that their attack would take place in 5 minutes. The barrier that Faust had set up was to isolate the internal situation from external detection, and at the same time, it was a reminder to Xue Lude that the internal situation was also unknown to him.

Xue also understood that he could take direct action from the outside world.

However, the target of the attack was not anyone else, but the elders of the Faust family who were also following along!

In an instant, the three elders felt a chill run down their spines. Just as they were about to turn around, a large hand suddenly pierced through their chests, precisely crushing the hearts of the two elders.

When the last person noticed the problem, Xue Dinglu immediately elbowed him in the face. Although they were all mythical figures who had been forcibly brought to this level by resources, the extraordinary power in this world relied entirely on the strength of the spell, and the amplification to the physical body was very small.

Therefore, with a single blow from Xue Dinglu's elbow, the Third Elder's eyeballs bulged out, and he fainted without even being able to make a sound.

"Su Su, hide inside the academy in the consciousness space. This is no longer your place to participate in," Xue Dinglu said immediately.

"Okay!" Su Su didn't ask any more questions and directly entered the consciousness space. At this moment, outside, the body of the original eldest daughter of the branch family also fell to the ground as if it had lost its soul.

However, Xue Dinglu did not leave any flaws and threw this body into the consciousness space as well.

The essence of the consciousness space is a subspace where the soul can survive, and it is also a physical space. Therefore, within this subspace, Xue's law can enter either in its physical form or by projecting only its own soul.

At this moment, Xue's Law began to construct a second barrier around the barrier built around Faust.

This double barrier is called "Genesis"!

……

Despite the filth of the place, Faust's magic transformed it as if it had returned to its former state.

Then, the two embraced each other there.

Although Mephisto's body has undergone some twisted changes, it does not prevent the body from instinctively adapting to the current situation.

Mephisto seemed to recall the past, and now, as if that memory were being relived, he seemed to be completely immersed in his recollections.

It was here that he gradually began to take on his current form.

When Mephisto felt the arms tighten and the space constrict instantly, she instinctively opened her eyes. At that very moment, golden blood was flowing from the corner of Harley Alban's mouth, and her gaze became unusually clear.

“You…” Mephisto sensed an indescribable distortion, and the person before him seemed to have dropped his pretense.

“Long time no see, Mephisto.” Another voice came from Harley Alban’s mouth.

That was the voice of the person Mephisto could never forget, the voice of the person he knew best!

"teacher……"

In that instant, Mephisto felt excruciating pain, which appeared almost simultaneously deep within her soul, rendering her completely immobile and unable to move an inch. In fact, in this state of terror, her soul began to tremble.

Because at that moment, everything shattered completely. Within those ruptured cells, countless bacteriophages roared and tore at the wounds like mad dogs unleashed from their cages.

Whether intentionally or due to Xue's instinctive contamination, a large amount of distorted and chaotic junk information appeared in this bacteriophage. This was the mental attack left behind by Xue after he had turned "Harley Alban" into a fool by Xue's large amount of distorted and chaotic information!

The junk information that was originally left in this body and could have self-renewed was also inherited by the bacteriophage, and at the moment of the eruption, it also dealt a heavy blow to Mephisto's soul.

That's the explosion of wirelessly self-replicating spam!

"Teacher, you..."

Faust, however, held Mephistopheles, who was at his most vulnerable at that moment, with an excited expression on his face.

"Come to hell with me, Mephisto!"

"Buzz!"

The towering Colossus immediately destroyed the external barrier, ripped open the ceiling of the building, and slashed down fiercely with the light blade formed from the dimensional sword in its hand.

At this moment, without any hindrance, it sliced ​​through the buildings and the earth as easily as a hot knife cutting through butter.

The spatial distortion accompanying the Dimensional Slash also exploded the instant it cut through, completely twisting the entire building into the consciousness space.

……

This was their real plan. Xue and Faust did not expect to succeed in one strike, because they were not dealing with an ordinary 5th-rank, but an apostle who wielded power through "lies" and "deception"!

Especially since it was on the planet's own soil, even if the apostle were killed, Xue's law had no doubt that he would be resurrected on the spot.

Faust knew Mephistopheles best; he had already discussed his abilities when they were discussing tactics earlier.

"Mephisto's core abilities are based on clones, mind blasts, mind control, thought distortion, and illusions. His core abilities are mind and spirit, so especially here, we only have one chance to attack his main body."

That only chance would require Faust to control his student's body and plant the bomb at point B, during his weakest and most mentally alert period.

"Killing him on this planet is extremely difficult. Even if we kill him, we don't know where he will be resurrected. His most skillful technique has always been to turn illusions into reality."

"Or perhaps, let's destroy the entire planet along with it." In the end, Faust could only come up with the idea of ​​destroying the planet as well.

However, Xue's Law did not think it was necessary to destroy the planet along with it, because he did have a way to fight Mephisto head-on, and even force the away game into a semi-home game.

That is, to forcibly pull him into the consciousness space!

He dragged that apostle into the subspace he was most familiar with. In the space of consciousness, Xue Lude himself was like the world consciousness of this subspace!

All falsehoods will be exposed, and all illusions will crumble on their own. In this way, the strongest power of the 12th Apostle can be sealed.

Next up is the direct battlefield between apostles! The bloodiest and most primal arena, where only souls clash!

Therefore, Xue Lude never considered whether he could directly kill the 12th Apostle with this attack; instead, he was thinking about how to forcibly pull him into the consciousness space.

Therefore, this spatial slash was not for killing or injuring anyone, but rather to give Xue's Law the opportunity to completely separate Mephisto's body and soul into the consciousness space while Faust was holding him under control!

A colossal tree, tens of kilometers high and capable of blocking out the sun, stood in the consciousness space. Dirty ruins and bricks fell down, and in the ruins was the 12th Apostle, who had been cut in half at the waist.

However, that was just a physical body. At this moment, beside that physical body, a soul dressed as a gentleman, but clearly a woman dressed as a man, looked at Faust, who had just appeared in the hut, with shock and anger.

“Mephisto, my student, welcome to the hell I have prepared for you!” Faust bowed, his grin stretching to his ears.

It was like a mockery, yet also like a memory!

Chapter 401 Master and Disciple

Faust's planting of the bomb at point B, the detonation of the bacteriophage, and all the calculations laid out to get close to this apostle were ultimately just to forcibly pull him into the consciousness space and put him on the same level as his own side.

Xue's Law had conducted countless mental simulations, attempting to see if he could achieve his goal in one fell swoop and kill the apostle directly during a single strike.

This is what he excels at: by plotting against the unsuspecting, then arranging a fight, and finally delivering an unimaginable blow through preparation and intrigue. As Zeus once said, he is essentially a cold and venomous serpent.

By hiding, disguising themselves, and secreting large amounts of venom, they can suddenly appear and deliver a fatal blow when the enemy cannot see them and walks through the nearby bushes. This is their most effective attack method.

However, when facing the Apostles, Xue's Law only has one chance to attack.

How can we achieve victory in one fell swoop in this one and only attack, which may also be the last?