Unlike the core area of the Sea of Ruins, this space was like an abstract sketch.
The vast and illusory information torrent, formed by the Angel of the Moses Ascetic Order, instantly froze. As a high-level Clairvoyant, any action targeting him would passively trigger a premonition of certain scenes or fragments.
Yet, despite having already integrated a portion of the Hidden Sage's great will, he had still fallen into the trap without any warning, and the implications of this made him tremble.
Without any further reservation, the illusory and transparent information torrent began to twist and expand. Cold, lashless eyes opened one by one, all looking at Aaron, who was wearing the Star Crown not far away.
The gaze of those cold pupils brought forth a multitude of phantoms, which were various forms of knowledge given physical substance.
These pieces of knowledge even vaguely converged into a scene, the protagonist of which was a dusty, mottled, and ancient stone slab.
Various grotesque phantoms, like Monsters from the depths of a nightmare, were indescribable in words, yet they all surged towards Aaron.
The chaotic and jumbled knowledge spread like a plague, eroding the entire space. Using this moment of respite, the information torrent gradually coalesced into a figure wearing a black hood and a Warlock's robe.
He did not attempt to escape during this opportunity. It wasn't that he didn't want to, but that it was too late.
The moment he was isolated in this space, he had actively peered into his own destiny and interpreted the prophecy to gain enlightenment:
He was too late to escape!
A hint of madness flashed in the depths of his symbol-constructed eyes. A mask, seemingly forged from black gold, appeared in his hand, and he put it on his face without hesitation.
This mask was asymmetrical, one side different from the other, like a toy haphazardly pieced together. It was very chaotic, yet it possessed an indescribable madness and majesty.
This was one of the three Sealed Artifacts of Grade 0 currently possessed by the Moses Ascetic Order. The Moses Ascetic Order obtained it during the chaos of the 'War of the Four Emperors' and named it 'Solomon's Mask'. Its essence was the Beyonder Characteristic of a Black Emperor Pathway Sequence 2: Duke of Entropy.
Amidst a muffled groan, the figure in the Warlock's robe disintegrated and informationalized once more, turning into a vast, illusory, and transparent torrent.
But even so, this information torrent was being torn apart by the black-gold mask, swallowed bit by bit, yet the main structure that balanced his divinity remained intact.
Illusory and chilling chewing sounds emanated from the mask. The enhancement brought by the Duke of Entropy's entropy increase completely activated the imprint bestowed by the Hidden Sage.
An increasingly profound and terrifying aura spread, accompanied by bizarre and twisted numerical symbols, from which tiny specks of crimson seeped out.
These crimson specks rapidly grew, about to converge and bring forth new life.
The Star Crown on his head glimmered slightly. Aaron, with an indifferent gaze, glanced at the Moses Ascetic Order's Angel, who was fighting like a cornered beast. A card suddenly appeared in his hand; the front of the card depicted an old man with a staff, holding a glass lamp, exploring alone.
It was the Hermit card, originating from Bernadette!
This space was constructed by him based on the Angel-level authorities of 'Space Concealment' and the Hand of Order, combined with the nascent Divine Kingdom within the Nation of Disorder.
Although inferior to the 'Foggy Town' created by the Evernight Goddess, who wielded the authority of secrets, it truly achieved complete isolation of the Spirit World and reality.
In this world constructed by his own rules, using the Card of Blasphemy as a medium, he could temporarily interfere with, or even prohibit, certain Beyonder abilities.
The Hermit card in his hand suddenly swelled, countless blank pages flipping, absorbing and sealing all the plague-like spreading knowledge.
Casually segmenting this battlefield, Aaron raised an eyebrow as he watched the black-gold mask and the crimson specks continuously merge within the information torrent. The historical projection of the Sun Chaser Scepter then emerged, followed by an extremely brilliant, scorching white radiance.
The strangely structured special symbols, woven from numerous illusory and complex pieces of information, collapsed inch by inch, and countless pieces of information were annihilated.
However, the trend of convergence did not completely cease. The information belonging to the Hidden Sage surged even more frantically, countless black and white eyeballs rapidly rotating, absorbing everything from this Sage. Specks of crimson then climbed onto the black-gold mask.
Amidst vague calls of "Great Mother," a crimson moon-like aura finally emerged, from which illusory and complex "Doors of Summoning" cracked open. They seemed to connect to different places, behind which an indescribable terror was growing.
As the true controller of this isolated place, Aaron felt it even more clearly: a power was attempting to forcibly descend and open a connection between this place and the outside world.
Mother Goddess of Depravity...
A cold sneer curled at his lips. Seeing that he had already probed out the existence behind the Hidden Sage, Aaron no longer held back and fully displayed the authority of a King of Angels.
Although not a complete Hidden Sage, it was definitely an imprint containing important information. Although he did not have the corresponding authority to analyze it, he presumed that the God of Steam and Machinery would be interested in this.
The space, sketched like an abstract line drawing, was instantly replaced by an boundless dark-gold world. The illusory chewing sounds abruptly ceased, and the crimson staining Solomon's Mask was uncontrollably fading.
With Aaron's current status, he could already use the high-level authority of the Black Emperor Pathway through the Nation of Disorder, and with the additional blessing of the Black Emperor Card, he had reached the threshold of an Angel.
Combined with the shackles of rules, Aaron seized the momentary disorder brought by the nascent Divine Kingdom's descent, directly "twisted" the ability of this "0"-level Sealed Artifact, turning the "entropy increase" enhancement directly into "entropy decrease," and "amplified" the negative effects of Solomon's Mask.
Amidst illusory and fluctuating roars, a blurry but upright terrifying feathered serpent, almost touching the illusory sky, avoided the blood-colored "Doors of Summoning" and charged towards the information torrent composed of bizarre and twisted numerical symbols.
This feathered serpent, a materialized projection of the Pale Emperor's characteristic power, continuously shrank and solidified. Pale flames rose in its eye sockets, and from the gaps in its dark-green, almost black scales, seemingly pure white feathers emerged, transforming into prominent pale lines.
The Hidden Sage, caught by the sudden eruption of Solomon's Mask's negative effects, sensed danger, but all attempts to pass through the feathered serpent's obstruction and merge with that crimson flow of information were annihilated. Even the concept of "death" itself would weather and vanish, naturally including the conceptualized information flow.