'Mission: Seer, Clown, Magician.'
'You seem to have arrived in a dimension that does not belong to the real world. Here, countless people raise their voices and shout for miracles, but what is a miracle? Could it be the comical performances of the actors?'
'Status: Completed.'
'Mission Reward: This mission is a phased mission. Rewards will be accumulated. Note: If mission rewards are withdrawn in advance, the quality of the final mission reward will decrease.'
'New mission updated.'
'Mission: The Theater Never Ends.'
'Marionettes, History, Miracles.'
'Divination, Performance, Bizarreness.'
'Disassembly, Piling, Stitching.'
'Above the dome, the essence of miracles seems to be hidden. Be careful, the power of miracles is not to be underestimated... Ah, of course, the audience is also not to be underestimated.'
'Note, this mission is extremely dangerous, please choose carefully, Host.'
'Current Progress: Final Phase.'
Flames soared into the sky, the scorching temperature even making Tang feel like his skin would melt in the next moment.
The suddenly appearing demigod-level Reality Enchancement decree did indeed deal a heavy blow to the master of this huge theater, but it could not shake its foundation.
Once it reacted, these effects would quickly be repaired by the power of miracles.
But...
"A gap has appeared."
Tang exhaled silently.
The medium it relied on was damaged by a gap caused by the Reality Enchancement decree and the scientifically maximized explosion. The marionettes suffered the first and most violent impact of the explosion. The Reality Enchancement decree bound them, forcing them to watch the flames devour them and the audience flee in panic.
A corner of the theater was completely blasted open. The dazzling sunlight from outside gave many desperate Extraordinary individuals a glimmer of hope.
The ordinary people who had been made into marionettes vanished with the frantically rising heat waves, heading to the kingdom of their believed deities. The remaining marionettes either had missing arms and legs or large areas of burns, and had little fighting power left.
Of course, this referred to those affected by the blast, and... those below demigod level.
Spirit threads frantically converged and intertwined. Tang rolled on the ground, using the momentum, and quickly looked up.
Countless crisscrossing spirit threads converged, shadows rapidly growing, trying to obscure the corner connected to reality again.
Countless marionettes emerged from the corners and shadows. Their faces were as still as ancient wells, exuding a deathly bizarreness.
Some of them spontaneously and quickly chased after the fleeing Extraordinary individuals, while more of them looked towards the instigator of all this.
Among them were many Extraordinary individuals whose bodies had been deformed, and there was even a large devil with horns on its head, emitting the smell of sulfur.
The sudden explosion had killed many of them, but even more marionettes were still hidden in the shadows. Now they appeared, slowly moving forward, towards the instigator, like pilgrims on a holy journey.
Not far from where Tang had rolled, an old woman holding a crystal ball was now looking at him coldly.
She lifted the crystal ball in her hand, but before Tang could make a move, while the Golden Hammer's reinforcement of the iron chains hadn't worn off, he called out to the System.
''Craftsman' module preheated.'
'Loading complete.'
The iron chains that had been缠绕ing Tang, torn open a corner of the theater, and used for the Reality Enchancement decree, instantly disappeared. At the same time, an ancient bronze bell appeared behind him.
Forcibly change the constant Extraordinary power of a mystical item that had already been created.
The constant Extraordinary power he wanted was—
"Death."
The Golden Hammer struck the bronze bell again.
The bronze bell, which had already been enhanced once and possessed the power of a demigod-level death decree, received another demigod-level enhancement!
This time he was going to fight against the spirit threads of the marionettes!
To put all the spirit threads of the marionettes into a state of 'death'!
That is, 'operating marionettes is prohibited here.'
Dong—
Dong—
The melodious bell sound vibrated among the countless marionettes, descending from the dome. The spirit threads controlling the countless marionettes were rapidly disintegrating.
The marionettes closest to him collapsed as if they had suddenly lost control of their bodies.
The melodious bell sound spread with the wind, towards the entire theater.
If the death decree targeting the spirit threads had been used from the beginning, it would most likely only have affected those marionettes sitting in the theater at that time, and many more hidden things would not have been affected.
Facing a Sequence Two, as someone of the same pathway, Tang couldn't possibly not know how powerful a Sealed Artifact of this level would be.
He didn't expect the explosion just now to destroy the entire theater at all.
And if the remaining marionettes were not dealt with together, the worst outcome would be being beaten to death by countless marionettes.
The Golden Hammer in his hand disappeared. Tang flicked a match towards the top of his head while the death decree was still in effect.
The match suddenly burst into flames, and Tang's figure abruptly appeared in mid-air.
He had to take advantage of the fact that the power of miracles had been mostly consumed and that this Sealed Artifact's attention was all on sealing the environment to seal it in one fell swoop.
And he had something on him that had a 100% chance of sealing this Sealed Artifact.
The remaining Reality Enchancement decree and the rapidly strengthening death decree of the spirit threads spread beneath this seemingly endless dome.
One match after another was struck, and Tang's figure constantly approached the dome.
At the deepest point where the spirit threads converged was a crystal-carved dark gemstone, like a heart, magnificent and shimmering with a hazy color.
The heart-like dark gemstone seemed to sense Tang's intention. As he approached the dome, he seemed to be affected by some strange power and was rapidly pulled away.
The distance was infinitely increasing.
This was a miracle.
Another hammer appeared in Tang's hand.
It was a silver hammer shimmering with a dim luster.
'500 knowledge fragments consumed, your current weakening will be raised to the demigod sequence!'
'Remaining knowledge fragments: 6315.'
He slammed it down in front of him.
The power of miracles suddenly weakened.
Space returned to normal. With the help of the rising flames, the distance between Tang and the dark gemstone decreased again.
But at this moment, on his body, beneath the light obscured by his clothes, a strange color was flowing.
Those shadows had come alive.
Countless shadows came alive, they grabbed Tang, bound his neck, and pulled him downwards.
At the same time, an unseen figure appeared beside Tang, a middle-aged man he hadn't noticed, who had also appeared by stepping on matches, using his flames.
"Black Knight, Trick Sorcerer."
The System's appraisal followed. Tang's body turned into a rust-covered paper figure.
"A master of marionettes." The middle-aged man wore a tall top hat and looked refined and gentlemanly.
He chuckled appropriately as he stared at Tang's face, seemingly mocking the fact that everything the other had done had become his wedding dress.
"Although it's a pity, your mystical item really made my marionettes nothing more than decorations."
(End of this chapter)