Bologue cautiously stepped forward, with the Secret Energy·Commanding Decree ready at any moment to control Olivia. At this moment, Olivia looked in another direction, where nothing existed, and Bologue suddenly realized it was the direction of the Undying Club.

For reasons unknown, Olivia had been wandering around the Undying Club.

Retracting her gaze, Olivia made up her mind as a brand new plan rose in her mind. Before Bologue’s Ether could capture her, she vanished into the shadows, as if she had never existed.

A strong light burned in Bologue’s eyes as Ether spread out like tidal waves, passing through buildings, crossing streets, and slipping into every crevice, searching for Olivia’s figure. Meanwhile, the connection with the umbilical cord became more intense. The twisted cord danced wildly in Bologue’s abdomen until it locked onto a direction. It was then, under the frenzied expansion of Ethereal Perception, that Bologue detected a sinister figure.

"Olivia!"

Bologue growled, his figure warped and disappeared on the spot. After a delay of a second, the ground cracked, whistling wind kicked up leaves, and windows rattled violently with mournful cries. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Within Bologue’s perception, that sinister figure also noticed Bologue, but did not flee; instead, it rapidly approached him.

Initially puzzled, Bologue quickly became more vigilant. Olivia had just escaped from him, now returning to seek him out again?

No... It’s not Olivia. Bologue sensed it was another person, someone Olivia had been avoiding all along.

Bologue immediately halted his steps, but the other did not slow down, coming closer and closer to Bologue while simultaneously releasing their Etheric reaction.

In an instant, their Ether coverage overlapped invisibly. Bologue detected him, and he wound Ether tendrils around Bologue.

Suddenly, Bologue felt an inexplicable sense of weightlessness, like he was falling into the Abyss. The world in his eyes began to collapse, the city’s outline twisted and deformed, like a maddened oil painting.

The lines of buildings became twisted and irregular, and the color of walls and floors began to mutate. The pitch-black sky turned gray-blue, permeated with a bizarre atmosphere.

The shifting colors rapidly changed before Bologue, with once-red buildings turning green, blue streets turning red, capricious like the reverse effect of a film.

The strange distortion flashed by, and the world returned to normal, to the familiar scene for Bologue. Yet Bologue faintly realized that the world he was in wasn’t the one he knew.

Bologue hadn’t yet comprehended what he had encountered when the approaching figure stopped concealing their power, wantonly unleashing their Ether.

Condenser, Prayer Believers, Negative Power User...

The tier of power rapidly escalated. Bologue’s gaze became increasingly grave until this power crossed the Negative Power User, reaching the Defender.

Deceitful Snake Scale Liquid decisively encircled Bologue’s body, weaving sturdy Iron Armor, while the Defender’s Etheric reaction continued to climb upward, akin to a nascent sun in the night, irresistible in its grandeur.

"Seeker of Glory..."

Bologue murmured, then his gaze sharpened, cursing under his breath, "Damn Olivia!"

Amidst the curses, the opponent slowed down, a tall figure emerging in the darkness. Bologue didn’t know him, but recognized those eyes.

He had a pair of crimson eyes identical to Olivia’s.