My wife, who's in a vegetative state, please stop eavesdropping on my thoughts.

Mona, who was kneeling on the ground, was directly swept up by the blast wave. She rolled dozens of meters like a kite with a broken string, and finally crashed heavily into a broken wall with a "bang". Her head was full of dizzy little stars.

As for Vera and the other members of the Night Patrol, no one knows where they were taken.

In the central area, the remaining golden sand and brick fragments in the air were instantly evaporated into wisps of smoke by the terrifyingly high temperature.

The raging lightning lasted for a full ten seconds.

Only when the blazing white lightning bolt slowly receded and dissipated did the entire area fall back into an eerie silence.

Instead, the sky was filled with gray smoke and dust.

It was as if a natural disaster had swept through.

A dozen minutes later.

The lingering smoke and dust still hadn't dissipated.

The entire ruins area was shrouded in a thick layer of gray fog.

Weiss crawled out of the ruins looking disheveled and covered in dust. As soon as he poked his head out, he quickly spat out all the dust and sand from his mouth.

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!!"

"..."

"I almost choked to death. No wonder everyone calls themselves a 'luxury sorcerer,' not a 'nature sorcerer.'"

After unleashing this lightning strike, Weiss gained a deeper understanding of the situation.

Only extravagant sorcerers can create spells out of thin air.

The focus of nature, however, is more on borrowing.

It depends too much on the environment...

If you're not careful, you might even get yourself into trouble.

After a short while, taking advantage of the fact that no one dared to approach, Weiss hurriedly summoned the Wind Robe again and began to search the vicinity furtively.

With the help of the Wind Cloak's camouflage, he almost blended into the surrounding smoke.

"Logically speaking, shouldn't a member of the prestigious Star Bell Organization have something forbidden on their person?"

"After going through so much trouble, it would be a huge loss if we didn't get any spoils..."

Weiss pondered for a moment as he continued searching.

However, to his surprise, after searching through the fog for several minutes, he couldn't find even a trace of a body.

Only a few charred, blackened remnants of flesh remained.

Weiss then realized that the other person must have already turned into ashes.

His eye twitched.

"No, that's it?"

"I haven't even had a chance to finish him off yet..."

"These extravagant sorcerers are really glass cannons."

Weiss couldn't help but make a comment.

No wonder all the female protagonists in those wildly popular novels in the City of Bright Moon are from extravagant systems; they're all delicate, soft-spoken, easily swayed, fragile, and easy to bully.

If it's a conquest-based or kill-based system...

The male lead will probably become skin and bones in less than six months.

"Speaking of which, given Elune's image and temperament, if she becomes a transcendent in the future, she'll probably belong to the extravagant system, right?"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Thinking of this, Weiss quickly shook his head to dispel all those strange images.

Just as he was about to leave, intending to evacuate the crime scene...

A very slight cracking sound suddenly came from the sole of my foot.

"Um?"

Weston was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked down at his feet.

Amidst the rubble filled with charred ash, a golden pocket watch had mysteriously appeared.

The pocket watch is made entirely of a metal with an antique luster, and the dial is engraved with intricate patterns, but it has no hands.

Ding!

In an instant, the World Book's notification sound rang out.

Uncontained prohibited items detected —

Uncontained prohibited item: The person going against the flow (ID 599)

Containment conditions: The host needs to perform three impressive feats in public that others will find extremely admirable.

Current number of attempts: 2/3

Ability Details: When activated, it will freeze the flow of all nearby natural phenomena, including but not limited to raindrops, streams, breezes, clouds, flowers, grass, ice, and snow. The longer it is activated, the greater the mental energy consumption.

Seeing this series of messages appear in front of me.

Weiss froze on the spot.

The explosive scene of his first appearance in the eighth moment immediately flashed into his mind.

Time and space stand still, and all things cease to exist.

Even the gale-force winds and torrential rain in the sky were forcibly frozen in time.

It seemed to last for a full five minutes...

That level of performance and pretentiousness could easily make a whole episode in a world full of Jiahao.

So that's the effect of this forbidden substance!

"no......"

"So this guy was just showing off, wasting five minutes of his mental energy just for visual effects and animation?!"

"Are you not planning to fight any more battles?"

Weiss's lips twitched slightly.

So, this person going against the grain isn't really that different from the glass slipper in essence, is he?

The eighth moment used it to pause the rain and wind throughout the city for five minutes. I don't know how much mental energy it consumed, or what its actual meaning was.

The more Weiss thought about it, the more outrageous it seemed.

"It startled my dad; he thought he could actually drive a time-stop system."

"So you're just a chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) sufferer?"

At that moment, when the Eighth Quartet looked down at the despairing and shocked faces of the Night Patrol, he probably already let out a beautiful and alluring groan in his heart.

Tucao returns to Tucao.

You should still accept the benefits that are due.

The same principle applies: something is better than nothing.

Without further delay, Weiss put the golden pocket watch into the Book of the World.

Of the two feats already accomplished, one was definitely today, and the other should refer to the night of the test.

In other words, if there's a suitable opportunity in the future, we can just do that awkward thing again...

This thing may not have any real combat power, but it's perfect for intimidating people.

After safely storing the person who had gone against the flow, Weiss did not linger any longer.

He used the Wind Cloak to conceal himself, blending into the lingering gray-white dust around him.

slip away.

Meanwhile, the night patrol members in the outer area of ​​the smoke and dust did not dare to even approach.

after all--

There is also a Tier 5 transcendent being nearby.

Who dared to rush in, pale-faced and flustered, to check the situation? →?

......

......

Half an hour later, it was almost nine o'clock.

Outside the gates of the Selenes family mansion.

Aunt Bai was pacing anxiously back and forth above the courtyard wall.

Those sapphire-blue eyes would occasionally gaze towards the end of the street.

Meanwhile, a maid was also waiting at the bottom of the steps, pushing a wheelchair.

Elune's chest rose and fell steadily, but she was very uneasy. Although her lunar powers could not see the situation in the whole city, she could sense the life aura of high-level superhumans.

Not to mention that earth-shattering lightning strike just now; that level of noise could be heard even without using your senses.

Why hasn't Weiss come back yet at this hour?

What on earth happened...?

Just then.

Finally, the sound of wheels rolling came from the end of the street.

Immediately afterwards, a familiar carriage came into view.

Aunt Bai's pupils suddenly contracted, and then she quickly jumped down from the courtyard wall and darted to where the carriage had stopped in a few moments.

"Weiss, are you alright?"

"What happened? Where is Vera?!"

"Well, it's a long story..."

Weiss quickly organized his thoughts.

Then he recounted the whole story of what happened that night.

of course.

He didn't mention the version where he secretly slipped away halfway through.

After all, he returned too late, and it would be easy for his story to be exposed by Vera.

So Weiss altered a trivial detail, saying that after parting ways with Vera, he did not immediately run away, but continued to stay nearby and observe secretly.

He witnessed firsthand the arrival of the eighth hour of the Star Clock, and the entire scene of the "Bright Moon Thunder Emperor" instantly killing a level 7 transcendent being.

When Aunt Bai heard that the eighth hour had arrived, her expression was only slightly serious.

Then, when Weiss said that the sequence of the Moon Emperor was likely a 5th-order natural flash.

Not only the maid standing nearby covered her mouth in disbelief.

Aunt Bai's expression was completely blank.

So Aunt Bai can also make that "drooling even after it's cured" expression?

Weiss silently complained to himself.

Meanwhile, Elune, who was secretly reading minds, was slightly speechless.

What is this "Diana Thunder Emperor Tier 5 Flash"?

Isn't that you...?

What does this mean? Did the Night Patrol members and Star Clock Ten Quarters who were present at the time not even notice this level of disguise?

Since Elune can only read minds and cannot see the scene at the time, she simply cannot understand how Whis managed to do it.

However, this guy is lying...