A surge of black aura burst out from within his body.
The aura slowly gathered and condensed in front of Null.
Before long, it assembled into a figure identical to that visualized back view.
Null's Soul of Fear is essentially the act of consuming his own fear value to create an illusion within the enemy's spiritual world.
Inside the illusion, Null can use the power of fear to alter the surrounding environment. Then, he launches an attack on the enemy.
If we take Entity 303 as an example, it's like after Null attacks Entity 303's inner heart, he can transform into a salted fish.
He makes Entity 303 believe the salted fish is right in front of him, thereby defeating him from deep within.
But the prerequisite for the illusion to succeed is that Null's strength must surpass the opponent's. Otherwise, the illusion will have many flaws and be easily seen through.
Though Null's strength is indeed above the blue level, it hasn't surpassed it by much.
At this moment, he couldn't help but feel fortunate that he brought the Dread Lord along.
The Dread Lord, like him, can also use the power of fear. Most likely, the Dread Lord never expected that while he considered Null a comrade, Null treated him like an energy supply box...
After coming up with a strategy, Null also shared it with the Dread Lord, but for now, he didn't mention borrowing his power.
Upon hearing the strategy, the Dread Lord nodded in agreement.
"This is the only way to give it a shot. What do you need me to do?"
Seeing this, Null answered honestly. "I need to borrow your power."
Hearing this, the Dread Lord instinctively took a few steps back, his eyes instantly full of wariness.
"Good grief, so you planned this all along, didn't you?! Fighting the Wither Storm is fake; wanting me to transfer my power to you is real, huh?!"
Previously, in order to help his subordinates grow stronger, Xu Yuan arranged sparring sessions between Null and the Dread Lord.
He even set rewards for the matches. After all, both of them used the power of fear, and Xu Yuan could convert his own fear value into fear power to transmit to the two of them.
Null and the Dread Lord both took the matches seriously.
They each had wins and losses, Null had a slight edge in victories.
Because of this, the Dread Lord always held a grudge. His desire for strength was very obsessive.
So when Null explained his plan, he deliberately didn't mention borrowing the Dread Lord's power. But since the Dread Lord asked, Null had no choice but to speak honestly.
Seeing the Dread Lord's guarded reaction, Null couldn't help but roast him, "With your tiny bit of power, you think I need it that badly? Who's desperate for it?! If you have a better plan, then just pretend I never said anything, alright?"
Though Null's words were harsh, the two of them were basically like roast-buddy friends. They said all kinds of harsh things when hanging out.
The Dread Lord didn't really react much when he heard it.
Seeing he still hadn't replied, Null pointed toward the not-so-distant Wither Storm and the still-growing Symbiote and said, "Keep hesitating, and the Symbiote's gonna split soon!"
Seeing the current situation, the Dread Lord's mind was a mess.
It's not that he didn't want to help, he was just afraid that once Null borrowed his power, he wouldn't return it. Or only return half, then who would he even complain to?
Plus, Xu Yuan still hadn't shown any sign, and by then Null would only get cockier.
After thinking for a while, the Dread Lord looked at Null and said, "You have to promise me, you'll return everything after borrowing!"
Hearing this, Null really wanted to roll his eyes, but he couldn't. He could only let out a deep sigh and say, "Fine! Fine!! I'll return everything!! You're acting like I'm begging you or something."
After hearing that, the Dread Lord finally relaxed. Then he placed his hand on Null's chest.
"What are you doing?!"
Seeing a skeletal hand pressing on his chest, Null shuddered.
Seeing his disgusted expression, the Dread Lord acted all tsundere, "Don't want it? Then forget it!"
"Alright, alright!! I get it!! Hurry up!!"
Null finally gave in, after all, for the sake of the bigger picture. Otherwise, if that hand reached out before, he might've broken it off.
As streams of black aura flowed from the Dread Lord's hand and were absorbed into Null's body, Null activated Soul of Fear again.
Returning once more to the void world inside the Blue Consciousness, just as he was about to create the illusion, the Dread Lord's voice suddenly startled him from behind.
"This is his inner world?..."
Turning around and seeing the Dread Lord had followed him in, Null was a bit stunned.
"Probably because of the power borrowing…"
Null didn't overthink it, just waved at him and said, "Don't bother me, go chill over there!"
"Tch, little brat…"
Although the Dread Lord grumbled, his body honestly moved a good distance away from Null.
After he left, a massive amount of black aura burst from Null's body. The aura quickly spread across the entire void space. With a wave of Null's hand, the black aura instantly dispersed.
At the same time, the entire void space transformed. Now, it looked exactly like the area where the Wither Storm had just been.
The only difference between this place and the outside was that here, the Wither Storm didn't exist.
This was the illusion created by Null.
The illusion had to be identical to the one the Wither Storm was currently in, only then would it not be suspicious.
After completing the illusion, the black aura wrapped around Null.
Moments later, as the aura dissipated, Null disappeared from the spot. In his place stood the back view he had seen earlier.
Seeing the transformation, the Dread Lord was confused.
'What's going on? Why are there two butts? Blue Consciousness is scared of this thing?!'
Gotta admit, the Dread Lord nailed the roast. Since Null had only seen the back view, he could only replicate the back view.
Actually, he could've imagined a front view, but he was afraid of slipping up. So he used the same back image for both sides.
That's why the Dread Lord said there were "two butts"...
Although the Dread Lord muttered it quietly, they were inside a world under Null's control, so no sound could escape his ears. Null heard the roast but chose to ignore it.
He estimated the Wither Storm's location and moved to the center of the area. Once he was ready, he glanced at the Dread Lord below and reminded him, "Don't move, don't speak. I'm starting."
Seeing that, the Dread Lord finally got serious and nodded obediently.
"Begin!"
As soon as Null spoke, a blue Eye of Ender appeared in the center of the area. This blue Eye of Ender represented the Blue Consciousness.
Though it was right in front of him, Null couldn't just take it. It had to be willingly handed over by the Blue Consciousness.
After it appeared and saw the back view, the Blue Consciousness said in surprise, "Ma… Master?..."
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