Mystery: Emerging From Knowledge Moor

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As the halo was thrown into Leyton's body, he felt a surge of knowledge related to Beyonder abilities in his mind, and also gained the "Imitation" ability of Sequence 6 Polymath, which allowed him to mimic analyzed abilities to a certain extent.

Leyton instinctively felt that he had become an all-around spellcaster; the only limit to his performance was the upper limit of his own spirituality.

Leyton immediately tried out the temporarily acquired "Imitation" ability, and a pale blue glow covered his eyes, followed by a crimson fireball appearing in his hand.

This was an ability of the Hunter Pathway's Sequence 7 Pyromaniac; when used through the Polymath's Imitation, it would be slightly weaker than the original, but because it was already a Sequence 7 ability, Leyton's Imitation wouldn't be much weaker than the original.

Bugs Bunny, who had been clinging to Leyton's leg, immediately jumped back reflexively when he saw a fireball suddenly appear in his boss's hand.

Leyton glanced at his timid rabbit, feeling a bit speechless, but said nothing.

Mr. Hughes nodded at Leyton, then walked over to Bugs Bunny and gently tapped the hat on Bugs Bunny's head with the cane he held in his hand.

Leyton didn't know when Bugs Bunny had put on that hat; when sleeping, Bugs Bunny would always stuff a book into the hat and put it aside. But after being brought to the spirit world by Mr. Hughes, Leyton noticed that Bugs Bunny had already put the hat on his head.

"What's wrong? Old Grandpa, do you need something?" Bugs Bunny turned his head, touching the hat that Mr. Hughes had lightly tapped, and asked.

Bugs Bunny hadn't realized that this old gentleman was the true form of the crow, nor had he heard Mr. Hughes's initial self-introduction.

"I wonder if Mr. Hughes did that on purpose, or if the fat rabbit really didn't notice it himself. Hmm, most likely Mr. Hughes did it on purpose," Leyton mused to himself.

He immediately reined in his thoughts; this Mr. Hughes could even tell what he was thinking when he was in his crow avatar, let alone now that he was in his true form.

"The test has begun," Mr. Hughes did not answer Bugs Bunny.

After saying "the test has begun," his figure faded and disappeared from where he stood. Then, Leyton saw the void in front of him twist, and a group of very abstract, toy-like poker soldier models emerged.

"Whoa!" Bugs Bunny exclaimed, retreating back to Leyton's side, nervously watching the suddenly appearing poker soldiers.

"Boss, they look like they mean us harm!" Bugs Bunny said timidly.

"You can remove the 'look like,' they do mean harm. You can use the hat on your head however you want, get ready to deal with them." After speaking, Leyton kicked the fat rabbit clinging to his foot away.

Bugs Bunny was kicked by Leyton in front of the group of poker soldiers. Bugs Bunny timidly looked up and down, exchanging glances with the poker soldiers in front of him.

"Whoa!" Bugs Bunny screamed.

He pushed off the ground with his legs and immediately shot away from the group of poker soldiers. A black spear was stuck in the ground where Bugs Bunny had just been.

"Boss, help! This rabbit is going to die!" Bugs Bunny shouted as he ran back to Leyton's side.

The group of poker soldiers also followed, surrounding them, with all their spears pointed at Leyton and Bugs Bunny.

Leyton's mouth twitched. He had originally thought this rabbit would try to test out the poker soldiers, but it actually ran back so timidly.

Shaking his head, he stopped thinking about why his rabbit was so timid. Leyton quickly meditated in his mind, outlining a giant ring. As his own spirituality vibrated, the brass-colored ring composed of many gears reappeared behind Leyton.

Perhaps because he was in the spirit world, Leyton felt that the ring's enhancement to him had improved even further, and at the same time, his own spiritual consumption had decreased significantly.

Leyton's eyes were covered with a pale blue glow, and at the same time, the ring behind him began to rotate, emitting more mist and sparks. A more intense fireball than before rose from Leyton's outstretched palm.

"Under the magnification of the ring behind me, can I already achieve the power of a Pyromaniac using Beyonder abilities themselves?" Leyton estimated in his mind.

After condensing and compressing the fireball in his hand for a period of time, Leyton threw the fireball out. Guided by his spirituality, the fireball directly crashed into the group of poker soldiers in front.

A poker soldier standing at the very front poked the incoming fireball with his spear, and the fireball immediately exploded. The aftermath of the explosion momentarily halted the poker soldiers' advance.

"Use a trick to interfere with them, stall for some time," Leyton immediately ordered Bugs Bunny, who was cowering at his feet.

"What kind of trick can I use to stop them?!" Bugs Bunny said with a hint of panic in his voice.

"You figure it out yourself. If you can't stop them, I'll just have to kick you out and use rabbit meat to buy time," Leyton threatened Bugs Bunny.

"Waaah! No! No!" Hearing this, Bugs Bunny immediately jumped up, firmly objecting.

Bugs Bunny reached out and patted the top hat on his head. The top hat seemed to respond by shaking slightly, and a patch of mist appeared around the poker soldiers in front.

"Deterrence!" A Dragonese word burst from Leyton's mouth.

The Psychiatrist's deterrence ability instantly surged towards the poker soldiers shrouded in mist. The poker soldiers, who had been maintaining their formation, scattered in panic, some even stumbling into each other.

Then, within the mist-shrouded area, shadows distorted and condensed into illusory but solid, pitch-black shackles, confining most of the poker soldiers together. This was "Abyssal Shackles," a dark-element spell ability mastered by Sanguine of the Moon Pathway.

After restraining most of the poker soldiers, Leyton once again reached out and condensed a crimson fireball, continuously condensing and compressing it.

The temperature of the surrounding air rose as Leyton condensed the fireball. Bugs Bunny couldn't help but move away from Leyton; he felt his fur starting to curl from the heat.

After moving away from the high-temperature area around Leyton, Bugs Bunny once again extended his paw, touched the top hat he was wearing, and created more mist in front.

While creating mist, Bugs Bunny also ran quickly around the mist-shrouded area, continuously using freezing to create a layer of ice on the ground within the mist-shrouded area.

The effect of this ice layer was even better than expected. Perhaps because their vision was obscured by the mist, when they felt the immense danger approaching from the front, those poker soldiers not restrained by the Abyssal Shackles began to flee in all directions, only to fall one after another onto the icy surface.

Bugs Bunny constantly moved around the mist, replenishing the consumed ice surface, reducing the poker soldiers' escape speed to a minimum.

After more than ten seconds, the duration of the Abyssal Shackles had passed, but the fastest poker soldiers had only just barely managed to escape the mist-shrouded area.

Seeing this, Leyton no longer continued to condense the giant fireball. Without the Pyromaniac's fire resistance, Leyton felt like he was almost cooked during the time he was condensing the giant fireball. Although this was not the limit of condensing a giant fireball, it was already the limit of Leyton's own endurance.

The giant fireball was thrown by Leyton towards the center of the mist-shrouded area, guided by his spirituality. The already much thinner mist instantly evaporated under the high temperature of the giant fireball.

"Boom!" A huge explosion sounded, and a scorching wave of air swept around. The group of poker soldiers were directly shattered, blown apart, and ignited.

The scorching airflow spread outwards, and Leyton felt his hair getting a bit singed and curled.

Bugs Bunny's fur was blown straight back by the airwave, his rabbit ears flapped up and down, and his wide, red eyes stared at the scene. His incineration trick could only be used to light a fire, but his boss's fireball could actually be used as a bomb!

After the airwave subsided a bit, Bugs Bunny immediately hopped over to Leyton's side: "Boss! Boss! Can I learn this big fireball?!"

"You can try it later. For now, let's take care of these crippled poker people!" Leyton said, not wanting to discourage Bugs Bunny by telling him that a Planter couldn't learn such an operation, in order to keep him motivated.

"I'll help too! I'm very strong!" Bugs Bunny volunteered to help.

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