Chapter 825: Chapter 261 The Sun (Thanks to the Overlord ‘Lu Mian,’)_2
It’s not that Thieves Emperor Quintu was truly weaker than his opponent, but rather that among equals in combat power, an assassin and a heavy armored knight, the latter inherently has a professional advantage.
Besides, this set of legendary armor nearly counteracts all light weapons.
One could say that even if this armored guard stood still, it would be very difficult for someone to breach his defense.
“There’s something odd about this armor…”
However, Barre Shepherd noticed something and muttered to himself.
Yet, he didn’t seem to care much as he sneered, “Overreliance on external things leads to vulnerabilities, and once they are exposed, that’s that.”
Leonard Churchill certainly understood that, but where was the vulnerability?
Inside Flood Gang’s building, the atmosphere was somewhat eerie.
Kean couldn’t die, and the attitudes that several senators had previously taken to kick him while he was down suddenly felt a bit awkward.
But others didn’t know that there was a vampire inside the armor, and the situation wasn’t so simple.
Just when Leonard thought Mushroomhead was going to take action to break the deadlock,
Master Merlin beside him took out a uniquely shaped mask and slowly put it on his face.
As he put on the mask, the wise man also said to himself, “It’s been a long time since I’ve done anything with these old bones of mine, not sure if I still can handle it…”
Leonard looked over, full of question marks, “????”
Watching this, he always had the absurd impression of a scientist brandishing a weapon in preparation to chop someone down.
And what’s the deal with this mask?
Barre Shepherd wasn’t too surprised, even recognizing the mask, and said, “The ‘Peeker’? Master Merlin, I thought you weren’t interested in the Illuminate Association, when did you join?”
It really was a mask of the Thirteen Knights.
No wonder it looked familiar.
Leonard looked at the mask, his eyes also flashing with a hint of surprise.
Before, he completely didn’t understand, but now he started to get some of it.
The Thirteen Knights’ masks weren’t just a symbol of identity, like clown masks, they themselves were special relics embodying some inheritance and divinity.
Hearing Barre’s question, Merlin responded indifferently, “The Pursuer of Light of this generation gave me some reasons I couldn’t refuse. Moreover, with the Old Continent discovered, it’s time for the dawn’s light to tear through the darkness of civilization…”
Upon donning the mask, his presence suddenly changed, transforming from the previous twilight-aged man into a demon awakening from a deep slumber.
The aura was incredibly strange.
Leonard was curious, staring unwaveringly.
But the more he looked, the more alarmed he became.
He noticed that while Master Merlin’s Curse Power showed no extravagant outflow, his entire person was enshrouded with an invisible yet raging Spiritual Domain.
It felt like gazing into a black hole, with one’s sight being unconsciously sucked in.
Seeing this, Barre Shepherd squinted his eyes and muttered, “Hey old man, your ability has gotten stronger again.”
“With the increase in knowledge over the years, I’ve glimpsed some of the universe’s secrets, naturally deepening my understanding of the Demon God Forbidden Technique…”
Merlin said casually, with no further explanation.
While speaking, he pulled out a black card bearing the pattern of a tentacle monster and exclaimed, “Domain· Unseal… Overlimit cognition!”
His combat power was indeed legendary!
Leonard wasn’t surprised.
But the next moment, his gaze froze.
After the Domain was unsealed, it wasn’t just a change in momentum—Merlin’s physical body also began to transform. Like it was mutating, did tentacles wrapped in Curse Power really extend beneath that loose cloak?
Leonard watched, his eyelid twitching, “This… he’s altered his own body too?”
This wasn’t the shape of a human anymore, more like a stitched-together tentacle monster.
Or was it a transformation from a Profession Card?
Leonard couldn’t quite understand.
Master Merlin’s throat emitted a devilish, hoarse voice, “Ah… It’s been so long since I’ve used this form, it feels rather good.”
The moment he took on the monster form, the dizzying Spiritual Domain around him even more erupted like a geyser.
Leonard, just from looking a little longer, felt his thoughts stiffen.
An overwhelming flood of information rushed in, and his mind couldn’t process it all.
Then, the scene before him “froze.”
It felt like an antique computer that had opened a game which required top-tier specs, and all the memory began to burn.
Unable to look directly!
Leonard felt like he understood the principle behind this “Overlimit cognition.”
It crammed an immense amount of unprocessable knowledge into the target in a short time, directly crashing the CPU, burning up the graphics card!
But Leonard was completely unaware that he already couldn’t think.
Just then, he suddenly heard Barre Shepherd’s lazy voice by his ear, reminding him, “Watch carefully, Leonard boy, it’s rare to see the old man make a move. You’ve just touched upon ‘Intention,’ and it will benefit your understanding.”
With the intervention from the outside, Leonard’s soul jolted, and only then did the feeling of thought stiffness start to ease.
Perceive with Intention?
He immediately grasped something, trying to use the “new awareness” skill that he hadn’t yet mastered to try to understand the massive amount of information around him.
The next second, the frozen scene in front of him finally began to move again.
But it didn’t completely start moving.
Although Master Merlin was simply stepping into Flood Gang’s hall,
Leonard was seeing a lake surface, flickering with figures.
His sluggish brain could no longer process what his eyes saw, and there was a delay and stutter in the visual signal.
“What a strong crowd control ability!”
Leonard, just an observer, was already this affected, so one could imagine what it was like for the person targeted by the Domain inside the armor?