The moment the spear of flesh and blood stabbed him, Benjamin still felt very thrilling.
He knew very well in his heart that when it came to saving his life, he still had one more trick to do, System of Nothingness. However, the old man's form was very strange, and those invisible and insubstantial attacks also made him feel a bit nihilistic. Therefore, he will worry about whether he can dodge the blow.
But... If you can't escape, you will die. What else is there to say
Looking at the tip of the gun so close at hand, Benjamin felt that he was so nervous that his breathing almost stopped, but... it was as if his soul was out of his body, and he felt an inexplicable sense of relief.
"Start it." He said silently in his heart.
However, as soon as the words came out of his mouth, everything in front of him suddenly turned upside down.
He had never felt anything when using the void state before. But this time, he felt like someone had suddenly pressed the slow-down button on time, and everything around him became extremely slow.
He could feel his whole body light up, and the power that restrained him disappeared, and he began to fall extremely slowly in mid-air. He could also clearly see the flesh-and-blood spear slowly passing through his chest without leaving a trace of a wound, as if this thing was just his imagination.
hallucination…
At that moment, a strange idea came out of his mind.
The so-called state of nothingness may have turned him into an illusion for a moment, so no one could hurt him. However, if you look at it from another angle, perhaps at this moment, what becomes an illusion is the world other than him.
So... what is real
In this ultra-slow state of nothingness, Benjamin subconsciously raised his head and looked ahead.
However, he saw a completely different scene.
Not far ahead, there are still the old man's bloody and scattered limbs, but looking at them has an illusory feeling. But among those illusory fragments, Benjamin saw another intact old man.
An old man was floating there quietly, holding a green crystal in his hand and surrounded by green light.
Benjamin was a little stunned.
Who is that
Why are there two old people
He didn't know why, but he felt that the "old man" who was chopped into more than a dozen pieces was illusory, as if it was just a projection of another world. But the "old man" he saw now was very real. He even felt that he could reach out and touch the other person in the state of nothingness.
how so
He is nothingness and cannot come into contact with any object.
Unless... the other party is also nothing.
It was like a bolt of lightning lit up in his mind. At that moment, Benjamin felt that he knew where the other party's "immortal body" came from!
However, before he had time to think about it carefully, this super slow state of nothingness ended in the blink of an eye.
"Um?"
This was a puzzled hum coming from the old man.
The flesh-and-blood spear had inexplicably penetrated behind Benjamin, and he himself fell out of the restraints and fell rapidly in mid-air.
But he was already prepared. In the flash of lightning, a pillar of steam was used, and the steam lifted him up and quickly moved away from the position near the old man.
It all happened so quickly that no one else could react.
After several seconds, Mikel opened his eyes, looked at Benjamin's intact chest through the window of the house, and was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped.
Lance wasn't much better. After all, he watched the scene of the flesh and blood spear piercing through the chest without blinking an eye, but he didn't see any blood at all. Therefore, when he looked at Benjamin again, it was as if he had seen a ghost.
"You...what...what's going on with you?" He didn't know whether it was because of injury or shock, but he couldn't speak clearly.
When Benjamin heard this, he smiled and didn't say anything. Instead, he threw him another healing water balloon with his backhand.
Then, he looked at the old man solemnly.
The old man definitely didn't expect Benjamin's narrow escape from death. However, under normal conditions, Benjamin could only see the "old man" in pieces, and his face was cracked. Therefore, he had no way of knowing what the other person's expression was at this moment.
Benjamin judged that the sudden restraint trick should have a relatively small scope of action, otherwise the old man would have used it long ago, and there would be no small balls.
As long as he keeps his distance from the old man, he shouldn't be restrained.
"Who are you?" Finally, the torn old man spoke again while slowly healing, his tone full of shock, "Why... why can you enter the other world?"
Benjamin's heart moved.
Another world
What the hell is that
"Hey, does the state of nothingness you created have anything to do with the other world?" Confused, he spoke in his mind and asked the system.
"I don't know." The system answered very frankly.
"… never mind."
Benjamin didn’t expect the system to say anything. However, combined with his experience just now and what the old man said, some guesses emerged in his mind:
The so-called state of nothingness is actually not nothingness, but something that allows him to enter an "inner world"—probably a plane that overlaps with the world they are in now. Therefore, his entity is no longer in the real world, so attacks in the real world will naturally not threaten him.
But, to be honest, he still doesn't quite understand what this other world is.
What could he do
"What? You... how do you know the other world?" What else could he do? Of course he opened his mouth, pretending to know everything, and borrowed the words from the old man.
By the way, it can also give him some breathing space.
"Hmph! So what if you can enter the other world? Even if the elements tell you everything, you will die here today!" However, the old man didn't seem to want to tell him more. Under his roar, he once again condensed A dozen energy balls.
Suddenly, Benjamin looked impatient.
Here he comes again...
Use small energy balls to force him to move, and if he makes a mistake in his position, he will lose control. Once he loses control, the old man will explode and take him away—Benjamin has already seen this routine.
It's a pity that he probably has no way of understanding the so-called other world. However, based on what he knew now, he felt that he might have cracked the trick.
—The secret about the old man’s “immortality”.
The small energy ball flew towards him, and Benjamin dodged while thinking.
He guessed that the old man he saw in the state of nothingness was the real old man.
The so-called "summoning the power of the Lord" is actually using the power in the green crystal to hide the true self in the other world. Then, he created something similar to a puppet for others to hit. Even if it is broken, the old man can repair the puppet in the other world.
Because if they want to really hurt the old man, they can only attack his real body in the other world.
So... what to do
"Hey, didn't you say before that as you grew up after absorbing the water element for so long, did the time of nothingness become longer?" He immediately asked in his heart, "Can you still activate the state of nothingness now? Can you maintain it? how long?"
The system was silent for a while, and then reluctantly replied: "My memory can't support it! At most... there are two seconds left at most."
Two seconds?…
While avoiding the pursuit of the energy ball, Benjamin raised his head and looked quietly at the location of the old man's true body in his memory.
"Haven't you had enough fun?" The old man's voice was still replying, "Even if you can enter the other world, what's the point? That is the domain of the Lord, and everything there is beyond your control."
Lance and Mikel were on the side, obviously not understanding what this meant. However, seeing the situation fall into the same cycle again, they couldn't help but feel a cold sweat for Benjamin.
Especially Lance. He had no martial arts skills, but he couldn't do anything to help. He could only squat to the side with a look of reluctance on his face.
However, just when Lance clenched his fists and wanted to rush forward and chop the old man into pieces, Benjamin suddenly turned his head and opened his mouth to him.
"Lord Knight, please lend me your sword."
Lance was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately. Although he didn't know why Benjamin said that, he still threw his sword towards Benjamin in the air.
A trace of determination flashed in Benjamin's eyes, he controlled the water vapor, and immediately rolled up Lance's sword.
"You're dreaming!" At the same time, the old man obviously realized what Benjamin was going to do and let out a sharp roar.
Probably because doing this could really threaten him, he didn't even bother to care about the small energy ball. The invisible energy surged out and rushed towards the long sword, as if to snatch it from the hands of the water vapor.
However, Benjamin finally had an advantage. The water vapor approached the water tower and enveloped the long sword. The invisible energy could only follow closely behind, swooping forward and pulling the sword back along with the water vapor.
For a time, the two parties were in a stalemate.
"Do you really think you can threaten me with a sword?" Perhaps his weakness was touched, and the old man spoke more. "A little mage is just a glimpse into the mysteries of the other world. You Don’t get too proud.”
"Really?" Benjamin responded unceremoniously, "I'm not as afraid of anything as you. Why are you so scared now?"
As he spoke, he flew directly towards the long sword that was being fought over in the air, and stretched out his hand to snatch it off with his own hands.
"You are looking for death!" Suddenly, the old man let out an astonishing roar, and invisible energy surged out as if he wanted no money. "I'm warning you, if you do it again..."
boom!
The old man was halfway through what he said, but he stopped abruptly at this moment.
Everyone was stunned.
silence.
The desolate suburbs seemed particularly quiet at the moment, and the sound of whimpering wind blew past everyone's ears.
"Yes, did I hear it wrong? What was that just now?" Mikel stuck his head out of the window, with strong self-doubt in his tone.
Probably he had experienced too many changes tonight and he couldn't handle it.
"Sir, it seems... there was a gunshot." The soldier next to him said hesitantly.
Yes, that was a gunshot.
Benjamin and the old man were still fighting for the sword, and the old man was still saying angry words, as if everything had just begun. The sound of a gunshot was like a heavy hammer in the court, announcing the outcome of all this.
—The gunfire ended everything.
"Huh... I'm sorry, I thought this gun was out of bullets."
After a moment of silence, Benjamin blew the smoke from his gun, raised his eyebrows, and said innocently.
Opposite him, the "old man" was broken into more than ten pieces, as if he had been petrified, unable to make any sound.
The night wind blew gently, and the broken flesh and blood, together with the green halo and words, turned into flying sand in the wind, flying all over the sky.
There was another moment of dead silence.
"He... is dead?" Lance suddenly came back to his senses and spoke in disbelief.
Benjamin put the gun away and nodded.
In his heart, he couldn't help but sigh - but he was killed!
After he realized the mystery of the opponent's "immortality", a counterattack plan slowly took shape in his mind.
And Lance's sword is the death trap he set for the old man.
Just now, he pretended to grab the sword, but behind his back, he quietly took out his pistol. What's even more perfect is that the old man was a little driven and roared crazily at him, and the sound of the safety being closed was naturally muffled.
To put it bluntly, he didn't need the sword at all, he just needed an opportunity for the other party to relax.
So, find the right moment, turn on the void, raise the gun, and shoot... everything is as smooth as a preset movie shot.
Within two seconds of nothingness, Benjamin shot the old man's "immortal body" with one shot. Then, he returned to reality, rubbed his shoulders, blew on the barrel of the gun, and quietly watched the scene of the "old man" turning into ashes in reality.
He won.
The long sword that had just been snatched back and forth in the air also fell to the ground at this moment, making a crisp sound when it landed in front of Lance, whose face was full of astonishment.