The moment she saw the black shadow, Bernadette had no time to be afraid. She instinctively clenched her right hand and formed an ancient spear.

From the tip to the handle, the spear was stained with patches or dots of blood-red, emitting a strong aura of destruction that seemed to be able to harm real gods.

"The Spear of Longinus"!

This gun once appeared in an ancient era that could not be traced back, and was stained with the blood of a great being. Now it has "mysteriously reappeared" and descended into the tomb of the "Black Emperor".

However, Bernadette's forward thrust had no effect because the tip of the gun was pointing behind her.

She was clearly going to attack the shadow in front of her, but the Spear of Longinus strangely moved backwards.

There seemed to be chaos or distortion in the area's front, back, left, right, up and down directions.

Above the gray fog, inside the palace, Klein had already noticed the black shadow when it appeared in front of Bernadette, and he raised the "Star Staff" in his hand without hesitation.

At this moment, he did not wait, nor did he observe how the "Mysterious Queen" would respond before considering whether to provide protection, because the degree of danger of the black shadow gave him, the angel of the "Fortune Teller" path, a clear premonition.

In addition, more importantly, after Bernadette entered the Black Emperor's mausoleum, she could sense the presence of a dark shadow from time to time, but Klein was unable to find any clues with the real vision provided by Sefirah Castle.

This undoubtedly means terrible and dangerous.

When the various gems inlaid on the top of the black cane lit up one by one, the melodious sound of bells suddenly echoed in the area where Bernadette and the black shadow were.

when!

The sound of the bell from the infinite distance brought with it an indescribable sense of emptiness, causing visible stagnation and solidification inside the "Black Emperor", making Bernadette's figure seem to be frozen, stiff there, unable to make any movement.

However, the black shadow did not fall into the vortex of time. It seemed to be in another world with completely different underlying rules. It swam forward like a shadow between two contradictory rivers of fate, one surging and the other almost still.

This made it appear that it was merely slowing down its movements, and was not affected by the phantom bell sound.

This was the first time Klein encountered a similar situation after he was able to simulate this ability.

——Although the extraordinary effects he simulated through the "Star Staff" were definitely quite different from the original ones, it still demonstrated a certain authority and was not so easily ignored.

However, the slowing down of the black shadow's movements also gave him the opportunity to make a second attempt.

This time, he activated the power of the "Star Staff" itself, intending to transfer the "Mysterious Queen" out of the "Black Emperor's" mausoleum, allowing her to sum up her experience first, and then consider whether to enter.

As the gems on the staff flickered, Bernadette's body, which was almost sticking to the black shadow, disappeared out of thin air.

The next second, she appeared dozens of meters away, near the high platform in the mausoleum.

The transfer of the "Star Rod" was disrupted, the predetermined target location was distorted, and everything seemed extremely chaotic.

Bernadette was experienced and did not feel panic or fear because of being trapped inside the "Black Emperor". She raised her left hand decisively, pressed the "Sage's Forehead Ornament" to the center of her forehead, and stroked the "Pale Death" mask with her fingers.

The mask with a gleaming metallic luster suddenly became soft and began to move rapidly, as if it was about to form a face that did not belong to Bernadette.

The features of that face were soft and had obvious characteristics of the southern continent, but it gave people an extremely strange and terrifying feeling, making every witness believe that once the outline of this face became clear enough, it would come alive from the ancient times, from the eternal dark land where the dead slept.

At that time, Bernadette's body, spirit and consciousness will all belong to this face.

As this face became more prominent, the stone walls and floor tiles inside the "Black Emperor's" mausoleum began to weather at such a fast speed that it seemed as if they had experienced the erosion of thousands or tens of thousands of years in just one or two seconds.

They quickly became mottled, with fragments constantly falling or dust being blown up by the wind, and tiny, pale white hairs growing between the cracks.

In the blink of an eye, these down grew into white feathers, and the surface seemed to be soaked with light yellow oil.

The aura of the black figure was also weakening little by little, as if it was rushing towards death.

Its color faded noticeably, and its movements became increasingly sluggish.

Within the range of that pale mask, even the concept of "death" itself will weather away.

However, the mark "death" is not the end. When the stone walls and floor tiles inside the mausoleum have weathered to a certain extent, and when the black figure has decayed to a certain stage, new stones begin to form, and a vague breath grows rapidly.

During this process, the black figure extended his right hand forward.

This hand made purely of shadows grabbed Bernadette's neck from a distance of dozens of meters!

This was not achieved by lengthening the arm, but at that moment, the concept of distance was confused, and forty-five meters became equal to forty-five centimeters.

The dark palm did not exert much force, but it made Bernadette feel a chill.

In such coldness, she found that she could not use the two "0" level seals, "Sage's Forehead Ornament" and "Pale Death".

Normally, as long as she infuses spirituality and gives corresponding thoughts, the seals on her body will react correctly and create different effects. But now, the default process and rules have been disrupted and distorted. No matter how Bernadette thinks, she can't make the seals move at all.

It was as if she was talking to the air.

After failing to truly succeed in his attempt to transfer the "Mysterious Queen" above the gray fog, Klein wasted no time and immediately quickly sketched out a series of complex symbolic symbols and magical signs in his mind.

What he wanted to simulate was the "space concealment" of the "secret wizard". He was going to separate the place where Bernadette was from the tomb of the "Black Emperor" and hide it, so as to help the "mysterious queen" get out of her current predicament.

In fact, it might be more appropriate to simulate the fairy tale magic of "the source of peach blossoms" at this time, but considering that Bernadette was once a "mystic", Klein felt that it would be better to use "space hiding", otherwise the secrets of "the Fool" might be exposed.

As for where he learned "space hiding" from, it was of course from the newly promoted "magician" Fors.

Previously, Klein rented "Lemano's Travel Notes" in the name of "World" Gehrman Sparrow, and specifically asked Miss "Magician" to "record" the corresponding abilities in advance.

Then, he released it again and again, recorded it again and again, and recalled the complete "Travel Notes" from the mist of history again and again. It didn't take long for him to master the knowledge and skills and be able to simulate spells such as "space hiding".

As the multiple gems on the "Star Staff" lit up, the area where Bernadette was located became a little darker, as if shrouded in a curtain woven of shadows.

The curtain twisted, hiding the space and isolating the black shadow and its palm from outside.

This helped Bernadette's neck to be free.

The next second, the dark palm that was forcibly separated reached forward again and touched the boundary of the hidden space.

In an instant, a transparent vortex-like "door" appeared in the void that showed no abnormalities. Or, in other words, the "door" that had already existed moved out of a hidden place and opened in front of the dark palm.

——All hidden spaces must have a "door", but the location of the "door" depends on the creator's ideas.

The hand formed by shadows quickly passed through the opened "door" and entered the hidden space, grabbing Bernadette's neck again, once again interfering with the connection between the "mysterious queen" and the seal on her body, and distorting the corresponding order.

At the same time, the black figure raised his head and looked towards the top of the mausoleum.

It seemed to be examining Sefirah Castle and Klein inside it through layers of time and space and fog.

Klein's eyelids twitched instinctively.

He felt that the shadow had a certain understanding of this place and felt that the other party was distorting something.

Klein's expression unconsciously became extremely solemn, and different types of gems on the "Star Staff" in his hand lit up at the same time.

He wanted to try to "steal" the other party's corresponding extraordinary ability. Only in this way would he have a chance to restrict the black shadow.

In order to increase the success rate of "stealing" the target's abilities, Klein turned his left palm over and tapped the edge of the mottled long table.

However, his "stealing" failed and he gained nothing.

Because his target had already escaped the lock.

The black shadow was clearly still there, but it had escaped the lock!

Klein's gaze suddenly froze, and then he saw the black shadow flash and enter the hidden space, closing the distance with Bernadette.

This... it distorted my real vision, causing me to see the situation of the last second or even the last two seconds... Klein had a flash of thought, and made a preliminary assessment of the failure just now. He decided to summon Will Auceptin's historical pore image and let Him "restart" what happened in this area.

At this moment, Bernadette, who was unable to use the seal, grew white, illusory swan feathers on her back.

This is the "ugly duckling" in fairy tale magic, which allows Bernadette to reveal an incomplete mythical creature ecology while staying awake, twice a day, each time for fifteen seconds.

At this moment, her thoughts began to stir again, boiling over and rapidly becoming chaotic.

This caused her "ugly duckling" magic to be interrupted before it could take effect.

Almost at the same time, she saw the black shadow sticking to her body, penetrating into her body like a sticky, highly corrosive liquid.

Bernadette's eyes darkened, and she suddenly sensed something. She seized the last moment of clarity of mind, opened her mouth slightly, and pronounced a Chinese word in a standard accent:

"home……"

The encroachment of the black shadow suddenly stopped, and its upper body slowly raised up and looked towards Bernadette.

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