With the ability to transform, I am a judge.

The barrier supported by the three temples failed to function. The intruder himself seemed to be the embodiment of time and space, completely unaffected by the barrier. It's just that the location where he landed might have been a bit unlucky.

Sensing the presence that posed a significant threat to her, the Ancient One took out the Eye of Agamotto, sensed the location of the newcomer, and then drew a simple portal in front of her with her finger amidst a fiery effect.

……

……

Mount Everest, the main peak of the Himalayas, is the world's highest mountain and a place that every mountaineering enthusiast dreams of visiting.

Although the requirements for climbing the mountain are very high—you need to pay money and have a mountaineering qualification certificate for altitudes above 7500 meters—these requirements are extremely demanding and frustrating. However, every year many people still travel to the vicinity of the Himalayas to enjoy the beautiful scenery of nature.

On the edge of the Himalayas, at the very edge of China, space was distorted and broken, and a pitch-black hole appeared there.

Dark pillars surrounded the area, their nauseatingly large eyes darting around, intently watching for any potential threat, guarding a sleeping figure.

Amidst the rolling black mud, a girl in a long black dress lay in the mud, her chest wound slowly healing, but her vital signs remained critical. After all, the damage to the spiritual crystal that was her source had a significant backlash, and the act of someone breaking out of her body had caused her extremely serious injury.

The hastily concocted Holy Grail floated in the air, its abundant magic sustaining its repair. If it were to slumber here for hundreds or thousands of years, awaiting the revival of the Dragon Bone Cross, Yang Li's resurrection would be imminent.

It just took a bit too long...

The Ten Commandments maintain the highest level of barrier magic in the Moon World, with dozens or even hundreds of them overlapping at once. The heavy magical power covers this no-man's-land, isolating all possibilities of exploration. As long as the enemy's strength does not exceed that of the original Solomon, it will be impossible for them to discover this place.

Having exhausted herself, Geitia remained within Yang Li's body to maintain his life force, and was also in a deep slumber.

"Special energy, strange magic, visitors from other universes?"

Unfortunately, Goetia's luck was not good, or rather, Yang Li's luck was not good. The worlds they randomly entered were not lacking in beings stronger than Solomon. In the Kyushu region alone, there were at least two.

A ring of fire appeared outside the barrier. The bald, hooded powerhouse looked into the barrier with a slight look of surprise on his face. The silver-haired girl was perfect; her entire body was just right without a single flaw, as if she were a naturally perfect being.

Through its appearance, she saw its chaotic nature: humans, dragons, the embodiment of evil, special gods, and so on.

"Can you hear me?... It seems not, the injury is quite serious."

After quickly assessing Yang Li's aura, Gu Yi shook her head. If something inside the girl hadn't left, she wouldn't be a match for her, but if she wanted to, she could kill her immediately.

The bloody hole in its chest was a superficial injury, but also its most fatal flaw—damage to its fundamental essence.

With her hands forming a specific gesture, the Eye of Agamotto opened. Ancient One narrowed her eyes, and absolute silence fell once again. The Demon Pillars stared at the quiet Ancient One, who seemed to be asleep, as if facing a formidable enemy.

boom--!!

The beam of light struck, and the Demon Pillars, 100% vigilant against this sudden arrival, immediately decided to eliminate it.

Unfortunately, they underestimated the strength of this bald boss, and also underestimated the significance of his hairstyle—a style unique to the powerful. As one of its representatives, the Ancient One raised her hand…

After catching the pillar of light with his bare hands, Gu Yi looked at the demon god pillars with a slightly strange gaze. Then, he spun his hands, and two wheel-like blades flew out amidst the sparks. More than a dozen demon god pillars were instantly cut down, shattering into pieces on the ground with a crackling sound. The scene was quite disgusting.

"She appeared for only a moment in the long river of time, and then disappeared without a trace. What an amazing little girl."

Gu Yi spoke in the voice of an elder, looking at Yang Li, whose actual experience was not long, but whose physical lifespan was already several decades, and sighed as if she were old.

However, the Demon Pillars paid no heed to her. A man dressed in green quietly appeared behind her, and dozens of Demon Pillars swarmed in from the shadows, facing the formidable enemy together.

Unless it is their combined entity, or the current host Yang Li awakens, they would definitely be instantly killed on a single pillar, so it's better to fight together!

"Human evil, beast, speaking of which, I do have some impressions of you."

Ancient One raised her right hand, and a sword and shield-like mark was branded on the back of her hand, the mark of the Watchers.

She raised her hand and pressed down with a palm, instantly turning the world upside down. Everything was disoriented, as if it were drunk, with no sense of up or down, left or right. The Demon God Pillar, including Yang Li, was all brought into this mirror space. The Ancient One revealed a very kind smile.

PS: 1. This is the second update today.

Section 736 Leave of Absence

Well, actually I didn't want to take a break after starting the second chapter of the new volume, but I really had no choice. I couldn't finish the outline, and I had to reread Lovecraft's original Cthulhu novel, "The Key to Time," which gave me goosebumps.

Nobody was home. I was shivering all afternoon, feeling like something was watching me from behind in this sweltering heat. Anyway, Old Luo is awesome…

From today to tomorrow, I'll try to refine the rough outline. This volume is the Avengers movie, the next volume will be the Dragon Raja trilogy, and then it will officially end.

Thank you all for your support along the way. After nearly a year of struggling and newbie-like progress, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to everyone!!

P.S.: I started preparing for the new book a month in advance, but I ran into a brainstorming crisis and had to throw away what I had already written and start all over again. I just can't handle the ability of [quasi-illusionary materialization]...

Chapter 682, Section 737: A Bizarre and Strange Dream?

In the endless void, Yang Li saw only one scene: absurdity and horror filled her vision. It was a kind of oppression that could drive an ordinary person crazy, but it had no effect on her.

Is he dead?

She was unaware that she was unable to perceive her own condition; the only thing she could do was observe the scene within her field of vision.

What should have been a pitch-black moonlit night was instead a deep red on the retina, like blood spilled under the night sky, setting an unusual tone for the entire world. And what was most striking below the moonlit night was a gallows.

The gallows used to punish witches in the Middle Ages.

The eerie scene flashed by, leaving Yang Li feeling nothing. After all, this sight was undoubtedly related to that thing; she could sense it…

Yog Sothos.

For some reason, Yang Li could sense that the Silver Key was something that had a great connection with him, as if it existed in the town within his sight.

It was a seemingly ordinary small town, with a church as a landmark, and a well in front of the church.

Salem, the name echoed in Yang Li's mind, and she had a feeling that it looked familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere before, like the former residence of the author of a book she had read years ago, the former residence of the old man who loved crafts.

However, that place isn't called Salem; it's Rhodes, the fourth largest of Greece's four famous islands.

The scene is not static; figures move about, like a quiet and peaceful town. However, the architectural style is not from the 20th century; the whole scene seems to have regressed to the 17th century, hundreds of years ago.

Yang Li had heard of Salem, a cursed name, where three horrific incidents had occurred, the most memorable of which was the 'witch trial'.

While recalling the event descriptions she had seen by chance several years ago, Yang Li continued to stare at the content on the screen.

A light drizzle was falling from the sky, and something incongruous was hidden in the almost grayish-white world. The ground was full of muddy puddles and shapeless mud everywhere. Although there were occasional figures moving by, there was not a single footprint on the ground.

Under the hazy sky, the oppressive air blocked any form of perception, and Yang Li subconsciously closed her eyes.

"Does everyone have ash tree branches? This is a magic wand, used for knocking on doors."

"Knock three times on the earth, knock three times on the unseen door! Knock knock knock!"

"The other end of the door leads to the outside world! In this way..."

The voice is childlike, spoken by a blonde girl, and the perspective is from near a village in Salem.

This was the first person whose face Yang Li could clearly see.

A group of girls surrounded the blonde girl, chattering incessantly, but their voices were rarely clear, mostly conveying a hazy, dreamlike quality, like the untouchable moon reflected in a puddle.

Only the blonde girl's voice, the words she murmured, touched Yang Li deeply, as if it were a summons that evoked a slight resonance...

Is this... summoning something?

In an extremely absurd environment that subconsciously instilled fear, Yang Li's vision was once again plunged into complete darkness.

……

……

"The unfamiliar ceiling."

He instinctively covered his eyes with his hand, his dry throat felt as if it were filled with a piece of iron, a sweet and fishy taste filled his throat, and the feeling of being pierced in his chest was still lingering in his senses.

Looking at the wooden ceiling above, Yang Li felt a sense of returning to her hometown. She had lived in the countryside when she was very young, and the roof of her old house was made of wood.

Supporting herself with her hands, Yang Li struggled to sit up from the bed. She gently touched her chest, where the wound had healed. She felt weak all over, as if she had returned to the days when she first entered the amusement park, and a sense of fragility overwhelmed her.

In reality, even in her worst condition, she still possessed physical strength at the fourth or fifth level; it was just that her senses seemed to have become quite weak.

The room showed no signs of having been lived in; it appeared to have been temporarily converted from a collection room, and there was a bookshelf of moderate size next to it.

Her clothes were a very rustic and old-fashioned training outfit, somewhat like those from ancient China, but not quite. The main problem was that the earthy yellow color was really ugly, far less attractive than her spirit costume or regular clothes.

"...The spirit crystals are gone, and so is the Paradise Mark."

As for Yog Sothoth, the destruction of the Spirit Crystal, the outer layer of this special being's seal, was not unexpected. However, it was also one of her own origins, equal in status to the Dragonbone Cross, and an important component of her power.

Losing the spirit crystal undoubtedly led to a decline in strength, but being able to save one's life was already a blessing.

As for the Paradise Mark on the back of his hand, if even that disappears, then 'Abyss Paradise' may no longer exist...

A scorching gold light appeared in his pupils, and the Dragon Bone Cross began to exert its power, its bloodline strength surpassing that of the first generation, rapidly repairing his tattered body.

"It will take at least several years, but that's already considered short."

Relying solely on the power of one's own bloodline to recover to the strength without the Spirit Crystal in a short time is simply wishful thinking. Even with the [Third Perpetual Motion Machine] constantly providing energy to the Dragon Bone Cross, the qualitative change wouldn't be significant.

The most urgent task is to find out where she is. If she has fallen into a world without any mysteries, it will be troublesome, and there will be no hope of a quick repair.

What? You're asking why Yang Li didn't use his senses to investigate the situation?

Please, the room she was in was so clean that there wasn't a trace of supernatural energy, and her senses were temporarily impaired due to the damage to her soul. Moreover, the room she was in was also very strange.

Completely shields the perception of both inside and outside.

"This is?"

As Yang Li was about to leave the room to take a look outside, she noticed a small, unusual metal object on a table to the side, which seemed strangely familiar.

It was oval-shaped, about the size of a palm, with a circle in the middle, and something inside that looked like it contained something. Yang Li could see a hint of green showing through it.

Yang Li subconsciously reached out to pick it up and examine it closely, but the moment she touched it, a tremendous force flipped her over. Golden firework-like spells unfolded layer upon layer, and a remarkable magical power sent Yang Li flying backward.

Yang Li, who had fallen on her backside and was somewhat dumbfounded, roughly recognized what the object she had just tried to touch was.

She felt the power of time within it...

"Is this the Eye of Agamotto? Then isn't this place..."