The giant tearing human legs, with bloodshot vertical eyes, did not actually exist; its essence was a powerful emotion produced by one or more beings.
This emotion, arising from extremely deep impressions, entered the subconscious and spread from one’s own spiritual island into the surrounding illusory «sea», gradually settling down and turning into a brand — not all emotions and consciousness can eventually settle; most are erased by time and scattered by «seawater», only those extremely strong or repeatedly appearing can survive.
Once it becomes a brand, a drop in the collective subconscious ocean, it can reversely affect similar beings of the same kind, becoming an ancient «memory» engraved into their bloodline.
Therefore, the mythical creature form displayed by the illusory giant figure was not only unclear but also contained many errors filled in by subjective consciousness. Normally, it would not cause Leonard and Audrey to be unable to look directly, experience spiritual chaos, mental collapse, but the madness accompanying it, the extreme fear from an unknown source, were both tangible and could infect every creature’s mind body, astral body, and even spirit body!
This is the essence of dangers in the collective subconscious sea; they do not originate from power, level, or status itself, but from the imprinted emotions and feelings resulting from them.
Of course, if encountering a high-level being or a «brand» left by a god, one can truly see one or more mythical creature forms, but the result would certainly not be good: either mental collapse, direct madness, or complete contamination by the emotions and feelings of the god or high-level being, with no one able to predict what becomes.
In short, here, in this collective subconscious sea, the methods of battle differ from the outside world. Sometimes, the more eager you are to destroy the phantom, the more likely you are to be infected because your emotions are stirred.
Therefore, as soon as Klein saw the seven‑to‑eight‑meter‑tall gray‑blue giant charging, he immediately controlled his emotions.
Then, he used an «illusion».
The targets of this «illusion» were Leonard and Audrey.
In the eyes of these two Sequence 5 Beyonders, the giant two or three stories tall no longer had that feeling of madness, brutality, and trembling from the heart; it appeared ordinary and common.
Thus, before the true extreme contamination arrived, Leonard and Audrey were very calm, without any emotional fluctuations.
Then, Leonard, with one hand in his pocket, stretched out his right hand and slightly opened his mouth.
He originally intended to drive the first spirit sealed in his teeth with the help of an archbishop after becoming a «Spirit Medium», the Fearful Female (a powerful Spirit World creature with a beautiful face and a rotting body, large eagle wings, skilled at sucking away consciousness and instilling fear). But he quickly remembered that now he was not only an astral body but had also undergone the baptism of the
Helplessly, he switched to the ability of a «Soul Pacifier», and his green eyes turned profound.
The giant shadow immediately slowed down; its emotions seemed to be somewhat relieved.
At this moment, Audrey also calmly and peacefully slightly opened her arms, using «Comfort».
An invisible wind blew, and the giant shadow froze, its contamination of the surroundings instantly weakened considerably.
During this, Klein took out the copper‑green, spike‑covered cross, opened a bottle containing his own blood, dripped a few drops onto it, and said solemnly: «Light!»
Bright, pure, flawless light burst forth, and as Klein’s black trench coat slightly fluttered, it engulfed the giant shadow.
Almost without resistance, the gray‑blue giant quickly melted away.
One of the main abilities of the «Cross of Light» was to clear or purify residual spiritual imprints!
This was the reason Klein had brought this sealed artifact.
And when using this cross originating from the
Although it lasted less than a second before the giant shadow was engulfed by endless light, Audrey and Leonard still felt dizzy, an uncontrollable terror surged from the depths of their hearts, and their spirits nearly collapsed.
This did not last long; Audrey instinctively used a «Comfort» on herself to calm her emotions, then proceeded to treat the psychological issues of «Mr. Star» and «Mr. World».
«How terrifying… Is this a demigod‑level giant?» After the light dissipated, «Justice» Audrey looked around and sighed emotionally.
At that moment, she understood a phrase more deeply: «Do not gaze directly at gods!»
Even a saint‑level demigod, only a residual image from others’ memories, cannot be directly sensed or «seen», let alone a real god?
Leonard, also experienced, smiled self‑deprecatingly and said: «Sequence 4 is indeed a level of qualitative change in life, but that fear was just so‑so; it wasn’t as strong as the emotions I felt when facing a pregnant woman once.»
Is it in the nature of poets to brag? You could still control yourself then, but just now you were nearly collapsing… However, if Meghos had successfully given birth to that child, we might have collapsed and turned into monsters with just one glance… Klein thought inwardly as he criticized Leonard, also feeling nostalgic from the memories.
«Was that a demigod pregnant woman?» Audrey asked with some curiosity.