They all call me Great Master-Chapter 395 - 392: Got it!

The sword Qi was pale, its sharpness unmatched.

The breath of death filled the air, shattering the ground.

Not only was the ground beneath Arthur’s feet sliced apart, but the six layers of defenses arrayed within were shattered upon contact, failing to offer any resistance whatsoever.

Even more so, the sword Qi that Arthur swung with his hand became sharper and more formidable.

Because—

All these six layers of defense were constructed of death Qi.

When Arthur unleashed the "Breath of Death," these defenses essentially ceased to exist.

All were absorbed by Arthur.

And then, surging with the "Death Qi Slash."

Hum!

A unique brilliance flashed and was gone.

Horton was dead.

But he wasn’t completely dead.

From the split corpse, a semi-transparent soul floated up.

Standing over the scene, Arthur looked down.

The young ’Spirit Medium’ gazed with interest through the cut he had made, surveying everything in sight—

A ritual track 10 centimeters wide, drawn on the pitch-black soil with fresh blood mixed with heart and brain tissue, formed two acute triangles, one large and one small, with opposed angles, from which a crimson track ran straight up for about 3 meters. Then it began to fork; the two tracks angled upwards, continuing for roughly 1 meter before connecting to two circles of the same size, each with a radius of about 50 centimeters.

From Arthur’s perspective, within the smaller acute triangle, there was a vertebra with a head attached, quite fresh, and though the blood had been cleaned, brain matter and tissue fluid were slowly oozing. Inside the larger triangle were seven pairs of eyeballs staring back, two by two.

In the two identical circles lay…

Goat horns smeared with bone ashes!

For the experienced Arthur, the bone ashes were fairly recognizable.

And the place where Horton had stood was exactly at the point where the ritual track forked upwards.

But with the fall of the sword Qi, the bisected body and the two upward tracks formed a bizarre shape.

Arthur easily controlled the intensity of the "Death Qi Slash," leaving the ground ritual intact, which was why Horton was not completely dead—Arthur could clearly sense through his spirituality that Horton’s specter had appeared using the power of the ritual on the ground.

The clearer sensation was…

His own feeling of hunger.

The "Serpent of Death. Thin. Cripple" originating from Arthur’s bloodline created a sensation of ’hunger’ within his body.

Like being starved and then suddenly smelling stewed meat.

Delicious!

So tantalizing it made one salivate!

It was for this reason that Arthur had not destroyed the ground ritual.

This ritual was useful to him.

And Horton’s specter state?

Merely an accident.

Therefore, Arthur raised his hand, ready to eradicate the other party.

In his specter state, Horton’s senses were even sharper. As a killing intent flickered in Arthur’s heart, this member of the ’Death Poetry Society’ immediately cried out.

"Wait a moment, Lord Kledos.

Why do you call me little sparrow?"

The other party was once again delaying the time.

Arthur laughed.

Because the ground ritual was becoming more enticing.

It seemed that the presence of Horton’s specter was causing the ground ritual to operate in some unknown state.

’Grudge Rite?

Can specters complete it as well?

Or…

Was it originally prepared for specters?’

Every person has a soul, but after death, the souls of the vast majority of common people will fall into a muddled state, heading for "The Eternal Resting Land."’

Only the souls that have made contact with the ’Mystic Side’ have the chance to become specters, lingering in the human realm.

However, the probability of becoming a ’specter’ is not high.

About one in a thousand.

For Horton to directly encounter such odds, Arthur was absolutely incredulous.

As a result, Arthur began to question the true nature of the Grudge Rite.

Still, the suspicions in his mind did not affect his words.

"Hand over the control of those two human puppets to me—I believe in fairness, so, you give me two human puppets, and I’ll answer one question for you; that’s fair, right?"

Before Horton had completely passed on, the two human puppets still maintained their original state.

And for Arthur, the two human puppets were the original targets.

Even with this unexpected discovery, Arthur did not forget his initial objective.

One must always remember their original intention!

In the face of the resolute Arthur, the specter of Horton caused his ethereal figure to ripple, distorting his form.

Clearly, Horton was exceedingly angry at that moment.

But this member of the Death Poetry Society still kept a smile on his face, and with an almost obsequious manner, he said—

"Of course!

That’s very fair!"

As Horton spoke, he controlled the Exquisite Human Puppet to approach Arthur, reverting directly back into its puppet form.

Then, a prop fell to the ground.

It was a thin mask.

[Name: Mask of Concealment]

[Type: Other Types of Items]

[Quality: Hero]

[Attributes: 1. Disguise; 2. Shielding; 3. Dark Perception]

[Remarks: This is the masterpiece of Carmen, the most dazzling gentleman thief of the Silver Age, who, despite being balding in his middle age, had extraordinary talent and intelligence. When he made significant progress in alchemy, he refused to accept the loss of his lockpicking abilities due to his baldness. Hence, he created this mask, hoping that he could have ever-changing faces and a head of beautiful hair. And... he succeeded halfway—his face could change into thousands of variations, but the top of his head remained bald.]

...

[Disguise: You can record 3 faces you have seen, and when you wear the Mask of Concealment, you will have those faces.]

[Shielding: This mask has the ability to block perception, granting you a +1 modifier to your Hide and Stealth skills.]

[Dark Perception: When you wear the mask at night, you will gain an extraordinary perception within a 30-meter radius. In this range, your field of vision becomes 360 degrees, and you can see through a certain degree of invisibility, Stealth, and supernatural darkness.]

(Note 1: Disguise only changes your face, not your body shape, and you will not have the power of the person you imitate.)

(Note 2: If your face is too big to be covered by the ’Mask of Concealment,’ the mask will lose all effectiveness.)

...

When Arthur picked up the mask with the Hand of Void, he was quite surprised.

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Surprised to encounter a prop made by that ’old friend’ of a gentleman thief and even more surprised by Horton’s cunning.

The Exquisite Human Puppet, after choosing a target to imitate, although it can revert back to its puppet form, cannot change the predetermined human appearance.

With the additional Mask of Concealment, the operational space increased significantly.

Arthur could even imagine that the character imitated by Horton’s Exquisite Human Puppet must be the most, most inconspicuous one.

Only in that way could the Exquisite Human Puppet perform more tasks.

Thinking to himself, Arthur picked up the Exquisite Human Puppet that the Hand of Void handed to him, identical to the one he had obtained earlier.

This brought immense joy to Arthur’s heart.

With an extra Exquisite Human Puppet, there was much more he could accomplish.

And there was also another very special puppet.

Just thinking about the performance of that ’Entrant’ puppet, Arthur was filled with anticipation.

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However, to safely obtain this puppet and to successfully make its entrance later on would require some arrangements.

After all, that puppet was engaged in a confrontation with Marinda.

His partner was not easy to deceive.

With this in mind, Arthur looked at Horton with a smile.

Horton immediately shuddered all over.