When Avis was exposed to Marquis Draka and took action, his quasi-invincible state disappeared.
That terrifying Star of Destruction undoubtedly directly swallowed up his mental projection and triggered a big explosion.
However, almost in the next moment, Anvis' consciousness projection regrouped.
The feeling of having the projection of consciousness destroyed is a bit similar to being suddenly pricked by a steel needle, and a bit like a momentary electric shock. It is a sharp, short-lived, directly affecting mental pain, and the mental energy is weakened by a tiny bit.
For Avis, this loss is completely bearable.
And, the good news is that the initial guidance of the Twisted Seed was successful. Even if you only see his consciousness in the illusion, it can also be regarded as seeing him himself.
As a result, Anvis's re-condensed consciousness appeared in front of Marquis Draka again, this time it was really in front of him, almost within half a meter, and then was destroyed by another blow from Marquis Draka.
"Is it you? The leader of the Circle of Truth? The person behind the disaster in the Floating City? Are you finally willing to show up? Instead of continuing to hide in the dark and peek?"
After realizing that it was still just a projection, a sneer appeared on the young man's face.
"Thank you for your 'hospitality', your floating city and golem are indeed very strong, but I'm afraid they're not good enough to hold me back. Where are your ninth-level subordinates, why don't you call them out?"
Or... you actually don't have any ninth-level subordinates at all? The so-called traces left by the ninth level of the Circle of Truth were actually all the work of your Excellency? "
Staring at Anvis' blurry face, Marquis Draka spoke half-probingly and half-threateningly.
"I'm not afraid to tell you that I have already sent an emergency signal. Even though this place is located in a deep dream world, it will take at least half a day for the real ninth-level extreme powerhouse of the imperial royal family to locate my position and come.
If you only have these means, you can consider how to escape now. "
Emergency signal?
Looking at the arrogant Marquis Draka, Anvis was startled for a moment, then consciously asked Bomia, and then learned that the real Marquis Draka fell into the illusion too fast and did not have time to send a signal for help.
"..."
Adhering to the concept of talking too much, Anvis said nothing, and just continued to dangle in front of Marquis Draka, increasing the progress of the planting of the distortion.
No matter how cautious you are when dealing with a ninth-level powerhouse, you can't be too cautious.
"Hmph...cowardless rat."
Seeing that Anvis did not come out to confront him as he secretly expected, Marquis Draka snorted with some disappointment and casually annihilated Anvis's projection clone again.
While talking just now, he actually secretly tried to trace the position of Anvis's body, but the result returned by the spell was nothing.
This showed that the other party was far more accomplished in anti-detection spells than he was, and it also made Marquis Draka temporarily stop pursuing him.
It's right to think about it. If the leader of the Circle of Truth wasn't good at hiding, he would have been caught and beaten to death.
In the following period of time, because it was impossible to trace the identity of Anvis for a while, Marquis Draka always maintained the behavior of destroying Anvis's projection as soon as it appeared.
Although it is not clear what Anvis is going to do, out of caution, Anvis cannot be allowed to watch his battle without any scruples.
No matter what the enemy is trying to do, it's always good to interrupt.
And this has indeed slowed down Anvis's progress in planting the seeds of distortion to a certain extent. After all, it takes a very short time to lose a consciousness and regroup it.
However, the biggest problem Anvis encountered was not the caution of Marquis Draka, but the strong will of the ninth-level powerhouse himself.
Breaking through the ninth level from the eighth level means that professionals are initially exposed to the rules of the world's operation. In this process, the professional will undergo the most complete transformation, which is almost equivalent to transforming from a mortal into a god.
According to the standards of ancient times, ninth-level professionals have initially possessed a hint of divinity.
This caused Avis's act of implanting the twisted seed to encounter unimaginable obstacles.
If the mental toughness of an eighth-level professional is compared to a cement wall, it can be drilled through bit by bit with an electric drill. Then the ninth level of mental toughness has directly evolved into a diamond wall, to the point where an electric drill can hardly leave even a scratch.
This is a passive effect brought about by personal sublimation. Even if this ninth-level person is very weak, the essence of his mental power will not change.
Not to mention that Anvis doesn't have much time at the moment. Even if he is given unlimited time, it is almost impossible to forcefully implant a twisting seed into a ninth-level person.
"The ninth level is the ninth level after all. Even with Bomiya's assistance, even if the target is extremely weak, the probability of directly planting the seeds of distortion is still infinitely close to zero."
Realizing that nothing could be done, Anvis paused his actions of constantly condensing clones to die, stayed in a space that could not be observed by Marquis Draka, and began to analyze.
The effect of the Seed of Distortion is actually more similar to forcing the target to 'believe' in the caster. Like those fanatical believers who will do anything to please their gods.
In other words, what Avis needs to achieve is to make Marquis Draka no longer resist 'faith' in him.
"Perhaps, I can change my thinking... using Bishop Yanile as a reference.
After Bishop Yanile broke through to the ninth level, the influence of the twisted seed on him weakened, and he changed from a fanatical believer who believed in me as the only god to a devout believer who believed in two gods at the same time.
Fortunately, the Holy Light believed in by the Holy See rarely issues oracles.
According to this idea, if the influence is weakened and some special 'gifts' are added as a price, the instinctive resistance of Marquis Draka can be reduced and the success rate of planting the seeds of distortion can be increased. "
After having an idea, Avis reappeared in front of Marquis Draka.
Seed of Distortion is a magic-like spell, and theoretically he should not be able to control its specific effects. But as the controller of the Old Mysteries, he can now adjust the effect of the Seed of Distortion by communicating with the Old Mysteries.
The reconstructed effect of the twisted seed is no longer unconditional obedience to all instructions of Anvis. Instead, he tried his best to complete Anvis's instructions without endangering his own life.
At the same time, in exchange for his faith, he can obtain the power reward from Anvis from the twisted seed.
This time, Marquis Draka's instinctive defense finally weakened.
Before the control of the illusion was about to completely fail, the twisted seed was successfully constructed——
(End of chapter)
