As soon as that bottle of «Miracle Invoker» potion entered Klein’s stomach, it instantly split into countless icy «tiny worms» and swam towards every part of his body.
In an instant, Klein’s mind was torn apart, turning into countless small pieces that combined with different «Spirit
At some point, he entered that gray fog. The body under his half-top hat and long black trench coat rapidly disintegrated, crawling out one transparent twisted worm after another.
These worms quickly flew into the depths of the historical mist, each occupying different «fragments of light,» overlapping with their own images in the historical gaps.
In just two or three seconds, all that was left where Klein had been were his coat, shirt, hat, socks, shoes, and undergarments, now unsupported and half-floating.
«I am…» «Who am I…» «Who is me…» «I am the main body…» …
Each of those Spirit Worms flashed with different but similar thoughts. None was willing to actively return to the «body,» instead harboring strong hostility towards the others. Only because of the residual spiritual influence of Klein did they temporarily refrain from extreme actions.
Right at this moment, one after another, intangible ripples appeared in the gray fog.
These ripples did not just appear; they had long existed in the mist, but they were nearly imperceptible to Klein as a whole. However, to a single Spirit Worm, they were obvious enough.
They came from a piece of history that had reappeared in the current era, symbolizing the twilight of the Second Epoch and the fragments of light of the Third Epoch, symbolizing the two thousand years the
This forgotten history collided with the current era, and when forming the corresponding historical gaps, it sent out one after another indescribable ripples.
These ripples seemed to have a strong attraction for those Spirit Worms, causing them to stick their heads out one after another from their historical fragments.
After a brief pause, one Spirit Worm, half unable to resist and half influenced by Klein’s residual consciousness, crawled out of the light spot it had occupied and «flew» towards the core of the ripples.
Then, one after another, the Spirit Worms returned from different places in the historical mist, coming into the fragment of light formed by the City of Silver’s history in the current era.
When they approached each other to a certain distance, a strong cohesive force finally emerged, pulling countless Spirit Worms together and merging them into one.
This effect could not be produced by just two or three Spirit Worms getting close; a sufficient number was required for it to appear.
And when that part of the Spirit Worms re-formed into a whole, and Klein’s incomplete consciousness completed the assembly of the self, things finally began to change in a simpler direction.
Those Spirit Worms formed a colossal transparent vortex, which emitted a strong cohesive force, drawing in the remaining, hesitant, unwilling-to-return Spirit Worms that were not too far away.
When more than two-thirds of the Spirit Worms had returned, slippery transparent tentacles grew out of the vortex.
They stretched toward the Second Epoch, First Epoch, and even the Old Day cities of prehistoric times, grabbing the last Spirit Worms one by one and stuffing them back into the vortex.
In just over a dozen seconds, the vortex began to stretch, transforming into a terrifying human figure formed by transparent twisted worms embracing each other, and from this figure naturally extended intangible tentacles.
The tentacles pulled the coat, hat, socks, shoes, and other items floating in the historical mist, dressing them on different parts of the terrifying human figure.
The figure composed of countless Spirit Worms then pressed down on its hat, quickly fading its transparency, condensing a layer of flesh-colored skin, growing black short hair, and brown eyes.
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After barely regaining his self-awareness and piecing together his spiritual body, Klein had no time to examine his current state before he simultaneously felt two anomalies: One came from the Beyonder characteristic fused into his body. A powerful, terrifying, lofty, irresistible will seemed to have slightly awakened, conveying scene after scene. Some of these scenes contained the mystical knowledge of the "Miracle Invoker," others were magnificent spectacles of dust igniting into the sun and various celestial bodies generating. They all carried a mental brand of wildness, coldness, cruelty, madness, condescension, and complete lack of emotion, rapidly assimilating Klein's spirit, making him uncontrollably change his state.
The other was a series of deep red stars and numerous bright points that appeared before Klein's eyes. Within those stars came the prayers of