He seemed to not believe what he was seeing. Even though the back view looked familiar, the aura felt off. Blue Consciousness couldn't be sure who this really was.
Before he could think further, Null spoke coldly, "Do you even know what you're doing?!"
That question left Blue Consciousness stunned.
"Huh?..."
He thought for a moment, then stammered a reply, "T-This… This was those two's idea..."
"Ma… Master, why are you here?... And your power..."
Blue Consciousness gradually started sensing something was wrong. He could feel the "Master's" power in front of him. It was stronger than his own, but not by much.
He remembered the real "Master" being far more powerful.
Though suspicious, he didn't dare act rashly, after all, that back view was exactly the "Master's."
Even though he had begun doubting, Null showed no sign of panic. Instead, he let out a cold sneer.
"Looks like it's those two who gave you the confidence to come and question my power?"
Although Null had borrowed the power of the Dread Lord, at this moment, his strength was definitely above the blue-tier level. But probably at most only increased by one tier.
Blue consciousness bodies are able to sense power, so Null had also guessed that he would definitely become suspicious of him. But at a time like this, he definitely couldn't fall into the trap of self-proof, nor could he panic.
Although Null was feeling a bit guilty, he had to hold his momentum steady. At times like this, if he weakened even a little, the blue tier would immediately see through the illusion.
After following Xu Yuan for so long, Null had become more and more skilled at reading people's minds.
Just as Null finished speaking, he saw the blue light at the center of the blue Ender Eye in front of him tremble slightly.
At this moment, his suspicion seemed to be slowly replaced by fear.
"Please… please forgive me…"
Seeing the reaction of the blue-tier, Null more or less understood some of the power distribution among the Void red consciousness bodies.
Just now, a few of Null's sentences had already coaxed out some key information.
Looks like his previous guess was correct. It seems that the manifested back figure he disguised as was the key to creating these consciousness bodies.
These consciousness bodies that were created, what they fear most should be the one who created them. Because that is the source of their power. This point, Null had personally experienced before.
Back then, when Null was still just Xu Yuan's shadow, he also once had the thought of seizing control over Xu Yuan's body.
Later, when Xu Yuan stopped killing, he felt his power begin to drain away. If Xu Yuan completely gave up killing, then Null might disappear from this world.
So at that time, Null was very afraid of Xu Yuan. After all, his life was essentially controlled by Xu Yuan.
The current blue tier was also the same, his life is controlled by his creator, so in his heart, he naturally fears him the most, and also is the most loyal to him.
Thinking of this, Null pondered for a moment, then didn't say anything further.
Instead, he raised his hand and opened his palm.
The blue consciousness body saw the action of the "master's" back figure and was immediately a little stunned.
"Mas… Master?..."
He seemed to not quite understand what the "master" meant. He looked toward the back figure of the "master," but could not get a reply from the "master." And the "master's" hand remained open.
At this moment, the blue consciousness body suddenly started to panic.
'What does this mean…'
Seeing that the "master" didn't respond, the blue consciousness body immediately began recalling earlier details.
'This gesture… seems to mean that he wants me to hand something over to him… What exactly does the master want to get from me?...'
'Just now, master seemed to be angry… It's because I questioned the master's power… Could it be that the master wants to punish me?!'
Thinking of this, the blue consciousness body's heart trembled.
Just now, he really had questioned the "master's" power, and the "master" indeed got angry because of those few sentences. Since he had made a mistake, he must receive punishment.
A being of the master's level, naturally wouldn't personally take action to punish him. So the meaning behind the master opening his hand, must be that he wants to take back the power he gave.
Thinking of this, the blue consciousness body was immediately at a loss.
If the "master" wanted to reclaim his power, it would undoubtedly mean declaring his death.
He clearly didn't want to just die. But even if he didn't take the initiative to hand over the power, the "master" would still act.
So either way, it was death.
As the blue consciousness body hesitated, he saw the back figure of the "master" let out a long sigh.
This sigh made the blue consciousness body's heart skip a beat, almost jumping out. It was obvious that the "master" was already a bit impatient.
Seeing this, the blue consciousness body gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind.
Null was actually just playing a psychological game with the blue consciousness body.
If Null had directly opened his mouth to ask the blue consciousness body to hand over his core, the blue consciousness body would definitely become suspicious.
So Null didn't play it straight. Instead, he deliberately said nothing, just extended his hand to test the blue consciousness body.
This is just like between a couple, when the girlfriend suddenly reaches out to the boyfriend, but says nothing. Sometimes the girlfriend doesn't even have any specific intention, just wants to see what kind of reaction the boyfriend will have.
Some boyfriends might hand over a comb, a tissue, or a hairclip, everyday items. Some might just take the girlfriend's hand directly. Some go straight to handing over cash.
Obviously, no matter what the girlfriend's intention was, handing over money is always a win for her.
This was the strategy Null was using. If the blue consciousness body could fill in the blanks by himself and hand over his core to Null, then Null would have made a huge profit.
If not, Null would just have to come up with another way.
Null had held out his hand for quite a while, thinking this method wasn't working, and was about to lower it. But then he saw the blue Ender Eye had already fallen into his hand.
'Took the bait!'
The moment the blue consciousness body arrived in Null's palm, he immediately realized something was wrong.
Logically, from this angle, he should've been able to see the "master's" face. But he realized, the "master's" face he thought he would see was still just a back figure.
'This… what's going on?!!'
Just as the blue consciousness body realized something was off, Null grabbed the blue Ender Eye tightly. The moment Null grasped the blue Ender Eye, the entire illusion began rapidly collapsing.
Seeing Null clutching his life core in front of him, the blue consciousness body finally realized he had been tricked. He had been inside the illusion the whole time, and the "master" had never come here at all.
It was all an illusion created by Null. Even though he now knew the truth, it was already too late, because his life core was already in Null's hand.
At this moment, the Wither Storm, having lost its life core, quickly began to disintegrate and collapse.
Null saw this and finally let out a sigh of relief.
"Done."
At this moment, the players in the livestream who saw this scene were all completely confused. They couldn't see what was happening inside Null's illusion. In their view, they just saw the Dread Lord place a hand on Null's chest, and a black aura surged into Null's chest.
Then they saw Null walk up to the Wither Storm and seem to say something.
The Wither Storm didn't attack him. Then Null stretched his hand out toward the Wither Storm. Not long after, a blue Ender Eye flew out of the Wither Storm's body and landed in Null's hand. Then the Wither Storm disintegrated.
This series of actions left all the players watching completely stunned.
[What… what just happened???]
[Was that a magic trick? The plot turned way too fast. Weren't they having a tough fight before? Now it ended in an instant?!]
[This must be the power of love, hahahaha. Didn't the Dread Lord transfer his power to Null earlier?]
[Damn? I just came from the Fire God's side and this side's already over too?!]
[These subordinates of HIM are really freaks… Now only the beauty-sis side hasn't finished yet, right?...]
Although Null and the Dread Lord had struggled quite a bit before figuring out the trick and did a lot of useless work, once they clarified their roles as mages, everything proceeded relatively smoothly.
Actually, with the strength of Null and the Dread Lord, if they were just up against an ordinary blue-tier monster, they should've been able to finish the fight quickly.
But after all, what they were facing was the Wither Storm, a boss with some weight to it, so there were bound to be a few setbacks during the battle.
However, from this fight with the Wither Storm, it was clear that Xu Yuan's reward-based training for Null and the Dread Lord was quite effective. In fact, if Xu Yuan wanted to strengthen them, he could've directly bestowed fear power on them.
But Xu Yuan didn't do that, and instead used a reward system.
The goal was to train their ability to think. The two were about the same in strength, so it would be hard to decide a winner by brute force, winning would require using their brains.
From this battle between Null and the Wither Storm, Xu Yuan's method clearly worked. At least it showed that Null was making progress.
As for the Dread Lord… he also played a very key role as backup support.
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