"How did he disappear again?" EeDechi squinted her eyes, scanning all around. Just moments ago, she'd noticed that in the instant Dragon Endbringer vanished, it seemed like some soul had whisked past her like the wind.
But there was no time to think further—Dragon Endbringer's shadow suddenly appeared behind her, trying to launch a sneak attack. EeDechi snorted coldly, her giant sword whipping up a storm of sand and wind that forced Dragon Endbringer back three steps.
EeDechi was about to raise her sword for another slash when Dragon Endbringer's figure vanished once more.
"What the hell is this thing? Wait, he is a ghost to begin with."
EeDechi thought cautiously. Dragon Endbringer was no match for her, no doubt about it, and he had a way to make his figure disappear—so why not run? Judging by his sneaky demeanor, he didn't seem like some proud dragon warrior.
On the deck of the three-masted warship Emerald Sandboat, Franco stumbled over, gasping for breath as he said:
"This young master got ambushed—didn't even have time to react. Then it was death and revival over a dozen times in a row. Is this supposed to make me do sit-ups? It left me no gaps to chant my spells."
"Franco, fly me up into the sky. I need to observe the pattern of Dragon Endbringer disappearing and reappearing," Barrett said to him.
"Got it—grab my foot." Franco knew the situation was dire. He floated up right away, Barrett clutched his ankle, and the two soared into the sky together, looking down below.
EeDechi shouted up at Barrett: "Dragon Endbringer's already on the ropes, and he's got a trick to hide his form, but why isn't he fleeing? He's just flickering in and out around here. Help me figure out why."
Next, Dragon Endbringer appeared several more times beside EeDechi, and she didn't hesitate to smash him over the head with her sword each time. Dragon Endbringer's armor shattered and cracked, his body spewing out blood-like mist, growing weaker and weaker in his counterattacks.
Barrett calmly stared down at the desert below. Dragon Endbringer not fleeing was one red flag, but in Barrett's view, another was how Dragon Endbringer could stay active for so long in the scorching desert under the blazing sun.
After being defeated by the Eight Greed Kings, Dragon Endbringer had his soul ripped from his body and tuned by top-tier necromancy spells. He was in spirit form now. The Eight Greed Kings clearly had a twisted fondness for enslaving the strong, forcing their former enemy Dragon Endbringer to serve them and guard their empire.
A soul was just a soul, after all—in such a brutal desert environment, a pure spirit couldn't last long. Barrett didn't buy that Dragon Endbringer could wander the Eight Greed Kings' desert relying solely on his soul state. He had to be depending on some kind of container to survive.
From Barrett's years of adventuring experience, it was like how a lich needed a phylactery—certain magic items could also house spirits.
A spirit couldn't move the magic item it depended on for survival, but this Dragon Endbringer was roaming the desert, taking the initiative to attack the three-masted warship Emerald Sandboat. How was he pulling that off?
Spotting the dull yellow bones of some skeletal soldiers on the sand, Barrett couldn't help but think of an answer: there was a third party holding Dragon Endbringer's spirit-housing magic item and ordering him to assault the warship.
Barrett looked down from above. In this vast desert, besides EeDechi locked in fierce battle with the constantly flickering Dragon Endbringer, where was that third party?
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