The first step must have started with that black fox. Waking it up was the key, and it must be done before doing anything else.
Bringing the black fox out of the cage would serve as a distraction for that spirit, letting it move as fast as possible to stop it from causing problems. That wouldn't just serve as a distraction, but would also let that spirit show itself, bringing it out of its hiding spot.
It wouldn't imagine the presence of such a predator here. In worst cases, the Black Phantom would scare that spirit away, but William wanted it dead.
Like this, he'd send a clear message over to the ones who caused all this to him. And that would also come with lots of benefits at the end. After all, this was a spirit, one which knew lots of hidden matters in the spirit world.
But first he had to see if the Black Phantom would be able to kill it or not.
The right way to activate that mark was still a gamble for him, yet he hoped it would be like trying to activate his spirit body. When he infused his spirit power inside that mark, it shone brightly, making it hard for that spirit to not notice it.
"What is… This? Why do I feel like… Like… I'm going to meet my end here?" The instincts of stronger masters were always quite high and sharp. So it was expected how this spirit felt such a bad omen about that black mark.
Yet again, it was a bit too late to do anything about it. The moment it was about to move, head towards the source of that fear and get rid of it, something flashed out from William's body, taking the form of something grand and majestic.
This time, William had the chance to see the full body shape of that Black Phantom spirit. It was like an angel, dark and black, filled with feathers, without any eyes at all. His eyes weren't present, and he had two huge wings, ones that could flap once and send his body away like a bullet!
And he was a real giant, one that stretched for more than one hundred metres at least. His body emitted huge amounts of power, enough to make anyone looking at him feel heart trepidations and trembling.
"You… You… The Black… Phantom…" As the Black Phantom appeared, the spirit which was in the middle of moving towards William stopped, muttering in disbelief as if it couldn't believe its eyes.
"Is this where that monster set its trap for you? Why do I sniff the smell of home here?" the Black Phantom turned to William, ignoring the other spirit which couldn't dare to move a finger in front of such a scary predator.
It's only hope that this scary spirit was just passing by here by accident or something, and didn't come here to fight or know William. But what the latter said next literally froze the blood in that spirit's veins.
"See that spirit there? I can't see it but I know it exists somewhere close by… It's the one supporting that nine-tailed fox, alongside many others but they aren't here for now.``
"Oh… Is that true?" The Black Phantom's attitude changed from being surprised and disappointed by William's actions to getting hyped by this, "How can you tell?"
"It told me personally about that," William suddenly flipped a recording crystal out from his rings. After all, this time, he came here with everything he had in the real world.
In the middle of speaking with that spirit, he silently recorded everything. He knew the Black Phantom wouldn't take his words for granted and would ask for proof, and here he presented it to him.
The moment he played the recording crystal, and the image and voice of that spirit appeared, showing off his support to that fox monster, complaining about the choice of the silly black fox.
Yet right now, that spirit felt it was the silly spirit here. "Sh*t! I screwed up!" it realised that by trying to remove the protection of this space towards William, he had to let the latter come here with his real body. That ended up with William having his rings and everything else.
It thought that wasn't a big problem, but now it was the only mistake that'd take its life away.
"Hey, where do you think you are running towards?" Just when that spirit knew it was doomed, it tried to escape, and it was indeed futile to do so.
All William saw was for the Black Phantom to flash, appear a couple of kilometres away from him, and grab something shiny.
It was a star, but it was a dimly lit one, not the golden star that he had inside his spirit. This one was dark green in colour, looking sinister at first sight.
"Esteemed… Esteemed spirit, Esteemed Black Phantom, please don't believe that human…"
"Shut the hell up!" the Black Phantom roared, turning to William before throwing another mark at him, "I'm sure next time you'll give another surprise. I like you, human kid, but make sure to not head against things out of your league."
"Than…" before William could continue his words of gratitude, that Black Phantom vanished alongside that hostile spirit.
He didn't need to ask, that spirit was done for. The Black Phantom would squeeze everything out of it, and learn about others in the Chaos camp, before going on a spree of cleaning the house.
William was sure the Black Phantom was up to the task. But now it wasn't the time to worry about that. He looked up towards the cage, with broken bars, and then returned to resume his fight.
The challenge didn't stop with the disappearance of the mastermind behind it as William feared. The test continued, and he had to use everything in his power to keep his life intact while killing as few monsters as possible.
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