Chapter 847: Changes in Abilities after Promotion
Under the guidance of the spirit, Angel entered the "mirror world" on the streets of the ruined city and left the "city of disaster".
She discovered that in this city formed by the source substance, the "mirror passage" only pointed to the broken sky above, and she could only move forward in this direction.
There is no doubt that by passing through this passage, one can return to the real world, and the next time one wants to come in, perhaps he can just return along the same path.
But when Angel was walking through this lonely passage, she could feel some vague and illusory power in the distance attracting her. She could not see other passages with her naked eyes, but her spirit had some understanding that they might be the power leaked from the "City of Disaster" in different places.
Like Trier, like Bansi, like an abandoned village somewhere in the God-forsaken Land.
But as Angel gradually rose higher and farther away from them, these places, even the "city" below her feet that was gradually getting smaller and most of it was shrouded in gray fog, became less real in her eyes.
Perhaps they are merely projections of the Source Power within the "Mirror World," and the source of that power, the "City of Disaster," is nowhere to be found in the North and South Continents, the Five Seas, or the God-Forsaken Land...
With thousands of thoughts in his mind, Angel quickly left here along the passage in the mirror. As he walked out of the thick fog, he returned to a world full of deep passages and different mirrors flashing with light.
This is the "mirror world" that witches usually use to travel around the world.
She looked down and found that below the spider-web-like passages, deep in the misty fog, a road with alternating red and black colors stretched to an invisible position.
I've traveled through the mirror world countless times before, but never once discovered such a passage. Of course, no witch dared to leave the familiar mirror passage and explore unknown locations... Furthermore, I suspect that without the necessary "authority," even if one delved deep into the fog, one would only reach the underground of the real world, the depths of the spirit world, or even fall into extremely dangerous places like the astral realm. There's no way to reach the mirror world's projection of the "City of Disaster"...
Stopping his thoughts and looking away, Angel quickly found the specially marked full-length mirror in the master bedroom on the third floor of 160 Boklund Street. Like a fish swimming through the passage in the mirror, he crossed the spiritual wall and reappeared next to the mirror on the real side.
Before she could find Klein, her gaze was fixed on the full-length mirror in front of her.
A tall figure appeared in the mirror, with light golden hair that was slightly groomed and draped over the shoulders, like a fabric woven from gold threads. The purple eyes were deep and mysterious, and the ripples caused by the dissipated spirituality had not yet subsided. The facial features and the curve of the cheeks were still the ones Angel was familiar with, but with a brand new temperament. The waist, hips and limbs naturally made sideways movements. Against the backdrop of quite tight clothes, the elegant curves formed by the waist and abdomen, the wrinkles between the thighs and buttocks, and even the hint of white that leaked out from the damaged parts during the battle during the day, all made Angel stare at it in place.
She almost thought that she was bewitched by the "man in the mirror" hiding in the mirror world again.
It turned out to be me... Then it's okay...
After a moment, Angel finally looked away from his reflection in the mirror with difficulty.
Before, I thought that the "person in the mirror" had learned some seductive skills that I didn't know. It turned out that she had taken advantage of the improvement in appearance and temperament after being promoted to "immortal", so she made me her first target... She muttered, and posed in front of the mirror in a few postures that she was usually embarrassed to do, combining feminine softness with neutral handsomeness, feeling the different appearances that changed at will.
No wonder when I first met the "White Saint" Katarina, I felt she possessed a "girlish innocence" that was inconsistent with her age and experience. It turns out it was all an act, and now I also have this ability...
She forced herself to imitate Catalina's innocent smile in front of the mirror, making her expression natural, as if it came from the heart, and then turned around and looked towards the center of the bedroom.
Klein, who had just recovered from the twisted position of crossing his legs and stepping on the ground at right angles, was staring at her in amazement.
"When did you discover me?"
The innocent and clear smile on Angel's face froze, and she degenerated from the "Immortal" witch to the "Pain" witch, and asked tentatively.
Come on, you just discovered it a second ago!
She screamed in her heart.
"I, I was just doing divination, so I noticed you were back..."
Klein's expression was a little unnatural. He looked away unnaturally, then glanced back secretly, lingering on Angel's face and body.
Angel nodded, half proud, half relieved, and quickly restrained his charm, which he couldn't control accurately after his promotion. Then he asked doubtfully:
"Divination?"
"You just turned into mirror fragments right in front of me. I thought something went wrong with your promotion, so I did a divination."
Klein replied without changing his expression. He was somewhat thankful that he had been observing any movement around him above the gray fog, so he returned to his body and returned to the bedroom the moment Angel came back here. Otherwise, if he had walked back four steps and his whole body was stiff in a strange posture again and again, even if Angel trusted him, he would have doubted him.
Of course, he didn't really "come to his senses at the last second", but was suppressing his smile and quietly admiring Angel as he struck various poses in front of the mirror, until the other person turned around, and the innocent expression that made people want to comfort and care for him froze on his face.
Through these changes in the other party, Klein also confirmed one thing: Angel had successfully advanced to the Sequence 3 "Immortal" Witch.
Putting aside the changes in her Beyonder abilities, the expressions and movements of her various ages and personalities could be perfectly combined within the same body, and could be changed at will, effectively allowing one person to portray countless different styles of women... This completely confirmed the rumors that Dantes was attracted to women of different ages and identities...
He complained inwardly, and waited until Angel's condition stabilized a little, and the spirituality in his charming eyes gradually converged, no longer showing the almost black pupils, before continuing to ask:
"What changes have occurred since the promotion?"
Angel didn't actually have time to summarize and conclude her new "immortality" ability. She sat on the single sofa in her bedroom near the balcony, using divination and actual operations to experience the effects of different abilities while telling Klein this important information.
"First, consistent with my theory, the 'Ageless' witch has deepened her mastery of the mirror world. Utilizing this trait, I possess the ability of 'resurrection.' As long as I retain my spirituality, as long as this ability hasn't been deprived or restricted, I can use the 'person in the mirror' to replace my deceased self, while my true self is resurrected in the mirror world and returns to the living world. In my opinion, a saint should be powerless against this resurrection method, and 'Ageless' witches familiar with the mirror world wouldn't be able to disrupt each other's resurrection methods. Perhaps an angel could...
“My intuition tells me that this resurrection will not be without a price, but what that price is is still unknown.
"Under the influence of the 'City of Disaster', it was also the reason why I stood up again after dying twice before..."
Angel explained that she had not concealed the existence of the "City of Disaster". This was knowledge she had shared with Klein after learning about the concept of "Source Material".
"By the way, my 'person in the mirror' seems to know more than I do, which prevents her from leaving the protection of the 'source substance' and entering the real world. Moreover, she mentioned Mr. Fool's mysterious gray fog world, which seems to be 'Source Castle'."
She told Klein the fragments of Adam and the Goddess of Night's plot that she had seen during her promotion, combined with her own speculation about the ownership of "Source Castle", using "what the person in the mirror said" as a cover.
After all, the fact that Cole Granger failed to advance and his soul resurrected after possessing a corpse was probably too horrifying for Klein... It was just as absurd as saying that he committed suicide like the other two victims in the initial Antigonus family notebook incident, and then resurrected and climbed up again... Angel muttered to herself. Seeing that Klein fell into a state of contemplation after hearing about "The Fool" and "Source Castle", he came back to his senses after a moment and nodded for her to continue, so she continued:
"My mastery of the mirror world has also granted me the ability to 'flip' the surrounding space, objects, and life into the mirror. This is similar to the sealed artifact '1-63' Witch's Mirror. The range can be as small as a single person or as large as encompassing all objects within a 500-meter radius. However, the latter would nearly exhaust my spiritual power, rendering it useless... Other mirror spells have also been improved accordingly. For example, using the magic mirror connected to me, I can project a double hundreds of kilometers away, even retaining a certain amount of power... Another example is that I can maintain multiple mirror doubles at the same time, with a level of sophistication that they are almost unrecognizable except through special methods such as spiritual lines... Using the channel in the mirror, I can also quickly exchange with my double. It's not as convenient and fast as the 'Secret Marionette', but the range is longer and the effect is more deceptive.
"After my promotion, I also gained the ability to petrify. It's similar to the mysterious power we encountered on the nameless island. It's slightly inferior to the petrification spell that invoked the power of the City of Disaster, but it has a wider range of applications. It can affect any object within my line of sight, but the effect is related to distance... Once completely petrified, it's equivalent to death. It can almost instantly kill a Mid-Sequence Beyonder within a hundred meters, and High-Sequence Beyonders also have to find ways to avoid it... This power can be transmitted through mirrors, curses, invisible threads, and hair. Hair counts as direct contact with the body, and is most effective."
"hair?"
Klein asked in surprise, subconsciously glancing at Angel's light golden hair, his expression suddenly froze.
He thought of the "Lady of Despair" Panatia in the foggy town, whose hair stretched out and was filled with black flames and paralyzing curses.
Although there are differences in the fighting styles of the two witches, and Angel's close combat and flexible mirror magic are obviously stronger than Panatia's, the latter's posture of using hair to fight is undoubtedly more bizarre and in line with the style of a "witch".
Unexpectedly, Angel also learned this... He thought with half fear and half expectation.
No, what was I expecting… Klein nodded seriously, motioning for Angel to continue.
"Other abilities have also been enhanced. The range of 'disease' has been increased to 20 kilometers, more than enough to cover Backlund and the surrounding areas. The types of diseases are also more diverse. In addition to the toxins provided by Frank, which I chose to use for my demigod advancement, various diseases that cause coma and fatigue can spread throughout the city in an instant. Curses can be activated by looking directly at the target. If combined with a mirror to reflect the target's image, the power can be superimposed and can even penetrate mystical connections. When cursing clones or phantoms, it also causes certain damage to the original body. Invisible threads can spread to a distance of a thousand meters and can cut through most objects. Frost and black flames have also been correspondingly enhanced. For example, in half an hour, I can turn all of Backlund into winter, freeze the Tussock River, and turn the smog into snowflakes that fall to the ground."
Angel explained in a cautious tone, not taking this powerful ability as a reason to show off, but falling into deep worry.
There were thirteen witches as strong as her, or even stronger than her. Any one of them could destroy a city as large as Backlund in a short period of time, infecting everyone with a deadly disease and plunging the entire city into a frost hell.
No wonder major cities either have rotating patron saints or can deploy high-level seals at any time. Otherwise, cults like the Witch Cult could easily kill millions of people if they were willing to bear the consequences... Compared to the various methods of the "Immortal" Witch, the smog created by "Lady Despair" Panatia is like child's play...
After imagining this scene in his mind and feeling terrified, Angel gradually calmed down and continued:
"In addition, the 'Man in the Mirror' gave me a gift, a 'boon'... or perhaps a 'curse'."
She unbuttoned her shirt in front of Klein, revealing a large area of white chest.
In the valley between the two peaks, there is a pattern painted with blood-red strokes, as if embedded in the skin. It carries a raised double-edged sword with burning flames and countless unfolded weapons, like a general commanding his troops facing all directions, intending to challenge every enemy and conquer every target.
"With the blessing of the City of Disaster, I am now also equivalent to a Hunter Path Sequence 4 Iron-Blooded Knight."
Angel spoke slowly, raising his right hand and extending a slender finger. The black curse flame representing the "witch" first emerged from the fingertip. Then, a bright flame surged from the black flame, changing from orange to white in front of Klein, then to blue-green. Finally, the purple color that could burn everything replaced the black color of the cursed spirit.
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