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The interior of the wormwood is an unexpectedly large spherical cavity.

A beam of azure light runs vertically like an axis, with a circular road extending outwards around it. The height increases as it gets closer to the center, eventually forming a huge platform in front of the beam. Interlocking gears are embedded in the hollow inner wall, like pupils staring at the visitor.

Bai Ze entered from the outermost starting point of the road.

The two dead, Lin Tingwan and Lu Xingyao, lay on their sides in the same crater. The former had been pierced by dozens of long swords, while the latter had been pinned to the ground by a crimson demonic spear through her chest.

...No matter how you look at it, this must be an illusion, right?

When he came in, the two people were still fighting; it was impossible for them to be separated by life and death and teleported in front of him in the blink of an eye.

But who are you trying to fool with such a crude illusion?

Bai Ze suddenly felt a burning sensation sweeping through his entire body from his right hand.

After removing the arm guards formed from the Blade of Judgment, the source of the heat quickly became clear—it came from the Silver Serpent Ring obtained after defeating [Reincarnation Infectious Disease].

It seems that "increasing mental resistance" refers to the effect it plays at this moment. Perhaps the illusions that Artemisia capillaris originally presented were far more than this, but after being resisted by the ring, they became discernible illusions.

He raised his hand and held the ring forward.

A phantom of a white snake crawled out from it, its mouth open and its tongue flicking out.

The phantom of the two girls' deaths, like a cable TV screen with a distorted signal, was covered with black and white noise, and swallowed into the belly of the white snake like ink painting.

It squinted its eyes in satisfaction, wrapped its arm around Bai Ze's finger, rubbed its head against the fingertip, and then returned to the ring.

The burning sensation seemed to have intensified; could it be growing by devouring illusions?

Unfortunately, there are no conditions to try again now.

After breaking through the illusion using the power of the Silver Serpent Ring, Bai Ze jumped directly onto the path of the second ring.

Without any further obstacles, he reached the highest platform in a few leaps.

Ripples spread across the central aurora pillar, and something is emerging from it, as if mythology has descended into reality.

The first step was taken by the long hooves of the horse, as if it were floating on the ground using the void as a leverage point.

Its snow-white mane shimmered with a sacred light, while the reins were firmly bound to the rider's hands.

The knight riding a white horse wears a crown, holds a longbow made of gold, and has a quiver of arrows placed beside his saddle.

[There was a white horse, and the rider had a bow and a crown. He went out and won and wanted to win again and again.]

It was as if sacred words were resounding throughout the hollow interior, giving people endless pressure on a spiritual level.

You'll have your own background music when you enter the scene; you must be the final boss!

Although he was inwardly complaining, Bai Ze was already feeling unparalleled pressure.

It is far more dangerous than any anomaly, even exceeding the pressure from the witch I briefly clashed with!

The demon star Yin Chen brought trials when the end of the world arrived, a natural disaster that poisoned one-third of the land's water resources.

Combined with the enemy's appearance, even Bai Ze, who didn't know much about mythology, knew what the final guardian summoned by Yin Chen was.

Existing in the same religious system, like Artemisia capillaris, it symbolizes bitterness and plague, bringing the invincible White Knight of domination and conquest!

"But what you are doing is merely reflecting the abnormalities of human culture and cognition, and plagiarizing myths and legends."

The blade of judgment extended, transforming into a two-handed sword, and Bai Ze raised the blade towards it.

Whether it's a witch, a nightmare, or one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in front of me.

The gods and demons that created the world do not actually exist, but rather are abnormal phenomena that originated from human perception and ultimately became errors that harm the world.

Perhaps the witch will one day meet the same fate as Yin Chen, but he will do everything in his power to stop it.

Therefore, until then, no other anomalies should be allowed to threaten the world in their place!

The white horse rider smiled with delight, his handsome, almost inhuman face radiating confidence in victory. He picked up a long-feathered arrow and gently pulled back the bowstring.

A white horseman with a drawn bow and arrow and a silver-clad swordsman with a raised blade;

As if by fate, the two sides confronted each other, with the pillars of light in the background serving as the dividing line.

In the next breath, ink-colored characters surged from beneath Bai Ze's feet, etching dense marks onto everything around him!

The temple erected by the [Seal of a Hundred Tales] temporarily assimilated this space, and the curse of petrification and weakness descended upon the knights in front of it in an instant!

Unlike the miraculous effect on the White Serpent who was transformed into a diseased creature, the petrification only resulted in the white horse's mane being tinged with a grayish color, and the weakness curse belonging to the realm of plagues did not even make a ripple.

At the same time, a loud bang swept across the distance between the two.

Arrows imbued with the aura of death stirred up a storm, streaking across the space at incredible speed, causing even the pathways within Yin Chen's body to show signs of decay wherever they passed!

This is a victorious arrow shot from the power to spread plague and poison.

Even Bai Ze, in his fused state with the weapon, found it difficult to keep up with its trajectory and could only follow his intuition to dodge the sword in his hand!

The arrows of plague and the blades of judgment collided with a deafening roar, the vibrations echoing throughout the planet Yin Chen.

The poison, enough to kill millions, had no effect. The spotless silver blade sliced ​​it in two, and the arrow, now split in two, continued its momentum, crashing into the inner wall of the hollow with a gust of wind, causing the surrounding mechanical gears to gradually collapse!

Even this level of abnormality can be nullified—just how peculiar is my soul?

The Blade of Judgment is essentially a manifestation of a part of Bai Ze's soul—he had already realized this, after all, the parchment scroll referred to it as "the echo of the soul."

Could it be because he comes from a world where supernatural beings and strange phenomena don't exist?

Regardless of the reason, the fact that the White Knight's power can be cut through means that there is hope of winning this battle!

Despite failing to achieve his goal with his first strike, the White Knight showed no sign of regret.

He simply took the reins and rode the white horse charging forward!

As the horse's hooves lightly trod, thorns sprouted from the ground wherever it passed, and maggots, centipedes, and other poisonous creatures such as mosquitoes and flies swarmed and crawled. What was clearly an extremely ugly scene was shrouded in a holy radiance and hymns.

[A plague cast in the name of God] - This is precisely the characteristic of the White Knight as an anomaly.

Poisonous creatures and thorny thickets spread, encroaching on the text space of the [Seal of a Hundred Tales], as if trying to crush and shatter Bai Ze's position.

"Want to change locations?"

Bai Ze leaped onto a giant gear that had just been knocked down by the arrow, and used it to land on the side wall of the hollow inside the Yin Chen cave.

"Suit yourself, go outside and take care of it!"

Seeing the white knight charging towards him, he swung his sword, creating a gap that allowed people to pass through.

The unique gale-force winds of the high altitude rushed into the gap, and Bai Ze leaped into the night!

The next moment, the knight arrived on a white horse, soaring and circling above.

Judging from its floating appearance, the White Knight most likely possesses the ability to fly.

Therefore, they would probably think that shifting the battlefield to the airspace outside Yin Chen Star would be advantageous to their side—after all, Bai Ze really can't fly.

However, not being able to fly does not mean that one cannot achieve the effect of flight in other ways.

The "Seal of a Hundred Tales" is an ability that arises from the triple curse encountered in the materialized ghost stories.

Petrification, weakness, and shock power—the first two were unleashed on the enemy at the start of the battle, so what about the last one, a curse that can create physical impact, like telekinesis?

An invisible, enormous force slammed into his back like a pair of propulsion engines, and Bai Ze instantly defied gravity and soared into the sky!

—He used the curse on himself.

The White Knight, believing the enemy had lost their foothold, was now confidently diving down while drawing his bow.

So, before the arrows could be fired, the two rushing towards each other collided like two shooting stars!