In the eyes of the Black Earl, Dox appears cursed. Moreover, cursed in battle.
With the Black Earl’s experience, it was almost immediately clear that the vile woman’s curse ability was not strong.
Success in casting on Dox was entirely due to favorable timing, location, and conditions. Additionally, the vile woman attacked while cursing, confusing the Wizard’s intuition, making it hard to immediately discern if the danger came from the vile woman’s attack or the curse.
Plus, the vile woman mentioned Yuna, distracting Dox’s mind; even a second’s hesitation gave the vile woman a chance to curse.
Estimated, when the vile woman struck Dox to the floor with her bandage, that hit contained the curse.
And the vile woman’s curse hardly needs speculation; it comes from her transplanted Transcendent organ.
This curse isn’t strong but is quite tenacious.
With the Black Earl’s ability to sense, direct removal isn’t possible. The only way is to act against the vile woman, removing her cursed organ.
Going to rescue Dox already breaks the rules. And to save Dox, directly attacking the opponent’s player breaks the rules further.
Not to mention the reaction of the Wise Sovereign, even the Black Earl is embarrassed to do so.
The conversation between the Black Earl and Vay quickly flowed in their minds. This mental exchange almost had no time limitation, and in a short instant, Vay understood the current situation.
Yet the more he understood, the more desolate Vay felt.
According to what his lord said, was Dox completely beyond saving?
Perhaps sensing Vay’s despondent mood, the Black Earl added, "The self-healing ability on the bloodline side is very strong. Even if only his head remains, he might not die."
Whether the Black Earl’s comfort had an effect remains to be seen. On the dueling platform, the malicious woman had already turned the ten blood-red light spears in front of her into streams of light aiming at Dox.
The Black Earl guessed right; the malicious woman did hold back a bit. Although all the blood-red light spears targeted weak points, the most important head was not aimed at by her.
In such a scenario, Dox might be on the brink of death, but not necessarily dead.
The reason for holding back a bit was actually due to the Black Earl.
Before going on stage, Gray Merchant had reminded her that the opponent might be from that family, and even that lord’s avatar might be present.
To not anger the Black Earl, the malicious woman ultimately held back a bit.
However, whether the malicious woman held back or not, the result would be the same.
The variables in a duel are never something you can predict.
When the ten blood-red light spears lashed out towards Dox, despair flashed in Dox’s eyes...like a horse lamp, snippets of life flashed in Dox’s mind.
When a certain scene flashed through his mind, the horse lamp hesitated slightly.
This scene occurred not long ago.
The backdrop was the illusionary realm of that extravagant banquet hall, with Angel smiling warmly at him...
The image abruptly stopped. Seeing the blood-red light spears almost upon him, Dox gritted his teeth as a sword stabbed through his chest, a parchment-like object pinned on the sword’s tip.
Without hesitation, Dox reached out and directly pulled down the parchment.
The parchment revealed a long and winding true form. As it unfolded, a halo flickered.
The halo was extremely dazzling and carried an extraordinarily strange energy. Being closest, Dox even had to close his eyes.
Upon closing his eyes, he felt like everything around him disappeared, and the world became...so peaceful.
All the clamor was excluded, all worries seemed to disappear, past discomforts, worries, deceptions, and grievances all seemed to turn into mist, dissipating.
All spiritual trauma was soothed in this moment of tranquility. This feeling was even more comforting than using Windsor’s high-level Witch’s Soup, like the Spirit Sea clearing from hazy fog to a bright blue sky under a gentle breeze.
Moreover, not just spiritually; his body felt immensely satisfied as well.
Those places that should have been painful suddenly itched. This itchiness was not unpleasant but rather like a delicate finger lightly brushing the spine, causing an involuntary tingling sensation. His scalp tingled tightly, yet his spirit was extraordinarily pleasant.
Dox resisted that pleasing sensation and opened his eyes.
He still didn’t know what exactly had happened. Also, what was it that Angel gave him? Could this effect really allow him to make a desperate counterattack?
Upon opening his eyes, Dox found the scene in front of him had completely changed.
In front of him appeared a circular light barrier, encasing him tightly. Everything outside, including the noise, chaos, energy, and even those magic monsters roaring in the void, was blocked by the light barrier.
Moreover, the ten blood-red light spears gathered by the malicious woman were also excluded outside the light barrier.
Even more astonishing to Dox, the blood-red light spears on his body had also vanished.
The large hole in his chest had completely healed.
His body, spirit, and magic vortex had all reached their usual maximum!
Furthermore, a fact so unbelievable to Dox: his inspiration talent had been restored! And the effect of his inspiration had reached its clearest point ever.
In the past, inspiration was only a vague direction. But now, his inspiration had reached an unimaginable level, allowing him to discern various weaknesses of the malicious woman through it.
Though this feeling might be an illusion or just temporary, for his inspiration to reach such a level upon restoration was something Dox couldn’t have imagined.
What exactly was the Magic Rune Scroll that Angel gave him?
Wasn’t it the Sunlight Garden?
Dox stared blankly around, finding that after the light barrier flickered, it slowly condensed into a phantom shadow resembling a Holy Temple, with Dox right in the center.
At the topmost point of the Holy Temple phantom, a divine light descended, shining directly on Dox.
The warm feeling returned once more.
Dox felt puzzled—hadn’t his physical and spiritual injuries already healed? Why was it happening again?
While he was still confused, a scream suddenly rang out.
Glancing back, he saw the malicious woman, who had been hovering mid-air outside the light barrier, suddenly hunch over, clutching the only eye exposed.
Blood spilled from between her fingers.
"Why...why..." The malicious woman’s voice was filled with anguish: "Why is my eye retaliating...ahhhhh!"
The malicious woman’s piercing screams, her hair began to grow wildly. Numerous strands of hair aimed at Dox.
However, all were blocked by that outer layer of the light barrier.
No matter what the malicious woman tried, the light barrier remained unmoved.
"Damn it, damn it! What is this? Why did the associated curse break, why, why?!"
The malicious woman raved and questioned, but this answer...even Dox didn’t know.
However, everyone present, aside from the malicious woman, including Dox, had already vaguely guessed some answers once the light barrier appeared.
Because, within that light barrier, there was a rich, mysterious energy.
And this energy...was the Mysterious Power.
That is to say, what Dox had activated was indeed a Mysterious Parchment!