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According to the original plan, as soon as the Immortality Trait was in hand, Karl would immediately control the "Ghost Rider Yacht" and make a run for it!
The main thing was to catch them off guard.
Staying here to continue fighting was meaningless, except to die.
"Damn it, don't even think about snatching the dark book from my hands!"
Clea suddenly came back to her senses, a fierce glint flashing in her eyes.
Immediately, her fair hands danced in front of her, and a terrifying surge of Black Magic energy swept out.
Like a giant hand, it tightly gripped the chain that was rapidly retreating in mid-air, coiling around the ancient parchment, and began to contend with Karl from a distance.
But who would have thought that Karl on the other side didn't play fair at all.
He immediately shot two laser beams towards Clea's location.
Boom—
At the critical moment, Clea quickly cast a spell to create a Black Magic energy shield in front of her, barely blocking the attack.
But in just a few seconds of delay, that ancient parchment had already been brought before Karl by the chain.
Seeing this, Clea anxiously shouted to Lilith, who was not far away, contemplating how to slowly torture Dracula to death:
"Useless, forget about Dracula for now! Hurry up and help me get that page of the dark book back?!"
"Ah? Oh!"
Lilith reluctantly handed the head in her hand to a Vampire follower for safekeeping, and then personally commanded the Demon army to surround Karl's direction.
As a Demon Lord, even if her strength was far from reaching the peak level of Shou, she still had considerable resistance to Hellfire.
Therefore, compared to Clea, she was clearly more suitable to deal with Karl in his Ghost Rider form.
"Huh? Is this the true face of the Immortality Trait?"
On the deck, Karl stared at what looked like a parchment recording some kind of magic, no matter how he looked at it, his eyes filled with confusion.
Although he had been closely watching the altar's movements before.
But to prevent alerting the enemy prematurely, he did not choose to invade the thoughts of the Vampire guards, and naturally, he couldn't hear the specific conversations of Lilith and others.
So, for now, Karl didn't know that this was a page from the dark book.
But it didn't matter.
To thoroughly understand the secret of the Immortality Trait, he had just forcibly plundered the soul of the Vampire Ancestor Varna into the Warp.
He could interrogate him slowly later!
As for now, to avoid any complications, it was better to first put the Immortality Trait into the Warp.
Before that, facing the surging Demon army on the island, Karl had already used his mind to control the "Ghost Rider Yacht" to activate "auto-pilot mode" one step ahead.
That's right, all Ghost Rider mounts have the ability to attack autonomously and help their Master escape.
It's just that cool (and advanced)!
Boom boom—
Amidst a huge roar of the engine, the "Ghost Rider Yacht" shot forward like an arrow released from a bow.
Karl, on the deck, extended a finger and gently pressed it on the ancient parchment, which was wrapped in layers of chains and suspended in mid-air.
In an instant.
A system prompt appeared before his eyes.
[Detected a special energy substance of Multiverse level, dark book · fragment, which can be devoured. Host, do you choose to devour it?!!!]
Σ(⊙▽⊙"a???
[Multiverse level]???
Holy cow, the Immortality Trait is actually a page from the legendary dark book?
This… this time, I've really hit the jackpot!!!
Even though Karl had always been calm, at this moment, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
Because this was the first time he had touched the realm of the Multiverse.
Although it was merely a fragment of a page from the dark book.
But for Karl, this undoubtedly successfully broadened his horizons and allowed him to personally confirm the concept that "the Multiverse truly exists"!
"Yes!"
Without any hesitation, Karl directly gave the answer in his mind.
Boom…!!!
It seemed to have sensed a dangerous aura.
An extremely terrifying dark power suddenly erupted from the ancient parchment, attempting to resist Karl's devouring.
An unparalleled torrent of energy, like surging giant waves, even formed visible ripples of magic in the air, sweeping in all directions.
At this moment, all areas within a ten-kilometer radius.
Whether land or sea, they all trembled violently with this pulse-like energy torrent.
But in the next instant.
Everything strangely came to an abrupt halt, and the World returned to peace.
All the terrifying energy emanating from the ancient parchment was completely devoured by the Warp.
Then, like the mind stone, it obediently floated within the Dimension space.
And the text on the light screen in front of Karl also changed at this time.
[Congratulations, Host, for successfully devouring a Multiverse-level special energy substance, dark book · fragment!!!]
[Friendly Reminder 1: As the Host currently only possesses a small amount of authority to actively allocate energy, this energy substance will remain in its original state and be directly placed in the Hyperspace Dimension for storage.]
[Friendly Reminder 2: The currently devoured energy is approaching its upper limit. Host, please pay attention to promptly increase your Dimension Strength, otherwise, if the energy exceeds the upper limit, it will not be able to be devoured normally.]
[Host, do you wish to immediately abandon your physical body, return to your exclusive Dimension, and become an omniscient and omnipotent Dimension Master?!!!]
"As expected of a Multiverse-level dark book? Just the energy from a single fragment page has almost pushed me to the limit…"
"It seems that after this mission, it's time to raise my Dimension Strength to Lv5. At that time, the energy upper limit will automatically disappear."
"Huh? Wait a minute, the system's prompt seems to have changed a bit?"
Karl keenly noticed the subtle changes in the text.
This line of prompt was incredibly familiar to him, having appeared as early as when he devoured the mind stone.
But precisely because it was familiar, it was often easier for people to unconsciously overlook it!
If Karl hadn't developed the good habit of "reading carefully and thoroughly reviewing text content" because he had been tricked several times when signing contracts in his "previous life," he probably would have directly ignored it this time.
Looking at the line of text on the light screen, Karl's brain began to spin rapidly.
The reason he could successfully "restore" a small amount of Dimension Master allocation authority without abandoning his physical body… was very likely related to Dimension Strength!!
Especially after Dimension Strength was raised to Lv4.
Even the Dimension barrier blocking the way between the real World and the Warp was successfully torn open, creating a gap.
This, in turn, made the connection between Karl himself and the Warp much closer in an invisible way.
If it was truly as Karl was currently guessing.
Then wouldn't that mean that in the future, when Dimension Strength was raised to a sufficiently high level, he could "achieve sainthood with his physical body"?
(＾＾●)
Very nice!!!
Although this guess had not yet been confirmed.
But for Karl, it was a much bigger surprise than acquiring a page of the dark book.
Because the Warp not only concerned his life and death but was also inextricably linked to his future growth ceiling.
And the appearance of this change undoubtedly proved once again how correct his previous choices were.
Indeed, a good beginning is half the battle!
But at this moment, a huge Black Magic energy shield suddenly descended from the sky, blocking Karl's escape route.
The "Ghost Rider Yacht," in auto-pilot mode, had no time to dodge and crashed heavily into it head-on.
Bang—
The violent impact directly caused the bow section of the ship to be largely dented, which showed how terrifying the strength of this Black Magic energy shield was.
It was comparable to the strongest defensive magic, the Shield of Seraphim, used by Doctor Strange on the abandoned Titan in Avengers 3!
However, the damaged part of the bow quickly returned to its original shape under the repair of Hellfire.
It's just that, in this way, Karl's escape route was completely blocked by the enemy.
In front was the Black Magic energy shield, and behind were the Demon Lord Lilith, leading the Demon army in pursuit, and that mysterious Arcane Master hiding in the dark, who had never shown his face!
It seemed that Karl had fallen into a desperate situation where he was almost certain to die.
"Ghost Rider? So… you're Mephisto's man?"
Two large black bat wings grew from Lilith's back, flapping continuously as she approached, scrutinizing Karl, who was engulfed in flames, from above.
"If you hand over the dark… that parchment now, for the sake of being in the same Hell faction, I can let you leave safely without holding a grudge."
Apparently, Lilith mistakenly took Karl for another Ghost Rider under Mephisto.
After all, her people had personally witnessed the Revenge Spirit within Johnny Blaze being taken by Shou, and then Shou being killed by Spider-Woman.
So, it was normal for her to think this way now.
However, even though Lilith had Clea and that mysterious organization backing her up.
She still didn't want to actively provoke a Hell Lord-level great Demon.
Especially Mephisto, who was known for his cunning and trickery.
Otherwise, one day, she might accidentally be tricked by that old schemer!
But how could something that had been eaten be spat out?
Seeing himself surrounded, Karl's face showed no sign of panic; instead, he said with full momentum:
"I'm taking the Immortality Trait today!!"
With that, before Lilith in mid-air could flare up, he had already pulled out a bell-sized rhomboid pendant, held it in his hand, and roared at the void in front of him:
"Ancient One, hurry up and come get… coughcough, these Demons from Hell have crossed the line, quickly bring the Arcane Master to clean up!"
Since this was a multi-line, cross-dimensional simultaneous operation.
To ensure that Selena and others' actions were foolproof, Karl specifically instructed the Four Lackeys and the Emperor to prioritize taking care of their respective God Chosen before the battle.
To prevent accidental casualties!
But this also meant that Karl needed to face the powerful Lilith alone.
Undoubtedly, without the power boost from the Five Little Ones, Karl's current strength alone was not enough to defeat a Demon Lord-level enemy.
Even with the simultaneous buffs from the Symbiote Suit and the Revenge Spirit, it wouldn't work!
The magic resistance of these two pieces of equipment was pitifully low…
But Karl didn't think there was anything shameful about it.
First, he had never positioned himself as a "hero" who needed to charge into battle on the front lines!
Compared to fighting in a bloodbath, he actually preferred to be stationed behind the scenes, strategizing, and defeating enemies invisibly while chatting and laughing—that sense of control and accomplishment!!
At least for now…
Only in situations like the current extreme shortage of manpower would he choose to personally enter the fray.
Secondly, there were many ways to deal with enemies; who said he had to do it himself?
For someone like Karl, who was "outcome-oriented," no matter what method was used, as long as the goal was ultimately achieved, that was victory!
So, from the very beginning, he had already made two preparations.
One, run if you can!
Two, if you can't run… just call for backup!
After all, if a useful tool like Ancient One wasn't used at a time like this, was she supposed to be saved for breeding… ah no, saved for New Year's?
Σ(°△°|||)
Hey, hey, hey, you little brat, are you trying to be funny?
And you even called Ancient One… I think you're like Ancient…
Wait a minute.
Did he just say Ancient One?
Excuse me, is that the Sorcerer Supreme Ancient One from Kamar-Taj, the one with the big bald head?
Lilith immediately looked around nervously.
Fearing that a bald Archdemon would suddenly pop out of somewhere in the next second.
But luckily, after scanning around, she didn't find anything unusual.
"Heh heh, so it's just a bluff…"
Lilith narrowed her eyes slightly, laughing in anger: "It's truly laughable to think about it. You're just a mere agent under Mephisto; how can you possibly summon the Sorcerer Supreme?"
"Since you're unwilling to hand over the Immortality Trait voluntarily, then don't blame me for not… Hmm???"
Lilith hadn't finished her harsh words when she saw sparks suddenly fly on the yacht's deck, and a golden portal appeared out of thin air.
Immediately after, a bald woman wearing a yellow Arcane Master robe and with her hands clasped behind her back, walked out first with elegant steps.
And behind her, several figures appeared one after another.
Without exception, they were all Arcane Masters from Kamar-Taj.
However, what surprised Karl slightly was that he actually saw Wanda among the many Arcane Masters?
Although the little girl's face was solemn and her expression vigilant at the moment, her pair of watery big eyes occasionally glanced at Karl, who was in his "Skeleton Man" form.
Confirmed by the look, it's my little Wanda!
Seeing this, Karl couldn't help but feel a sense of pride.
See how fast my little Wanda has progressed.
She has already reached the point where she can fight alongside Ancient One so quickly!
She's definitely a magic genius.
"Ah, this…"
Lilith was truly a bit dumbfounded this time.
No, are you seriously playing for keeps?!
You actually summoned Ancient One?
You can't play like this!
But what Lilith couldn't understand was.
When did the lofty Sorcerer Supreme become a tool that even a Demon agent could summon at will?
Could it be that Mephisto had some unknown PY deal with her in private?
This was just too unreasonable!
"Clea… Hmm?"
Lilith, whose momentum was clearly weakened, originally wanted to ask whether to fight or flee next, but when she turned her head, she found that the area behind her was already empty.
Clea's figure had already vanished without a trace the moment before Ancient One appeared.
What the heck?
What's going on?
Why is the plot developing completely differently from what was expected?!
Lilith's face was as ugly as if she had eaten a fly at this moment.
Looking at Ancient One, who stood on the deck below with an unruffled expression, she knew in her heart that this operation was likely coming to an end.
However, for her personally, the goal of this trip had clearly been achieved.
It might as well be better to give Ancient One some face now, and then happily retreat to Hell to slowly torture Dracula!
However.
Before she could speak, Clea's voice had already echoed in her mind.