Chapter 04: Soul weapon
As the pain sensation increased, the agonizing roars became sharper by the second. It was a hellish pain he had never experienced in his life!
'What exactly is happening to me? I've done nothing wrong to deserve this, damn it!'
Eyes narrowed, consciousness on the verge of collapse; Liu Yang looked at the little white fox. It was walking towards him, its eyes strangely emitting an indescribable emotion, that feeling you get when a person feels deeply concerned for your safety.
Liu Yang wanted to utter words, but his trembling lips let out no sound other than a desperate cry of pain, to the point that one could not help but wonder what kind of pain he was experiencing at that moment. He also tried to lift his arm, but the invisible force kept it bound in place as if it were submerged in quicksand.
He used all his will, his struggle becoming more and more intense. His body, filled with a black substance, was covered with a layer of sweat, almost as if he had emerged from murky, dirty water.
Such torture, his pain was already beyond the threshold of what an average human could endure. No matter how coarse one's will, with an experience that was dozens of times more painful than death, the mind would simply be unable to endure it.
—Kyu!
With a look that did not hide its concern, the white fox climbed onto Liu Yang's shoulder and licked his twisted face. It could do nothing to ease the man's pain, so helplessly, it waited for the process to be completed.
Minutes passed, minutes that seemed like eternities to Liu Yang. In those minutes, the chain was wholly absorbed inside him, leaving no visible wounds on his physical body.
The pain also subsided to a great extent, with only pinpricks compared to the pain before.
"At last... it stopped... it's over...".
However, overcoming the difficulties, Liu Yang's mind felt numb, and his vision of the world became blurred.
At that very moment, Liu Yang's consciousness fell into a deep sleep, where there was nothing but darkness.
His body became blurry, and from time to time, he would disappear and appear as if he were a spirit about to vanish from the world. Soon, the force surrounding his body left him, and his body completely disappeared from that strange place.
—Kyu...
Letting out a slight sound, the white fox went outside and perched on the head of the fox statue. Staring at the sky with its blue eyes, its body was surrounded by a white sphere, which appeared to be a milky cocoon radiating a reaping light. The white sphere swelled at an alarming rate, and as the reaping light disappeared, a silhouette became visible.
However, the white fox was nowhere to be seen; what remained was actually a... girl. Snow-white hair fluttered lightly in the gentle wind, and above it, a pair of equally white fox ears. Her small milky face full of vitality radiated an irrefutable charm that would make a person's bones melt just looking at her.
Was about 150 centimeters tall, and although her breasts were tiny behind her white dress, tight to her slender figure, that did not detract from her charm, quite the contrary, her beauty was such that a person only needed one look to be captivated, leaving any man breathless.
Her thin red lips curved into a beautiful smile, full of satisfaction and happiness. With her immaculate blue eyes fixed on the sky, she murmured:
"With his appearance, times will become unsettled, heaven and earth will once again remember that forgotten name. It is a matter of time before we meet again; until then... I wish you luck."
Even before she finished her words, the girl's figure blurred, and in the next instant, and without the surrounding space being distorted, she disappeared as if she had dissolved into thin air, leaving behind her only murmurs that were carried by the wind.
Once again, solitude accompanied the silent greenish forest, waiting once more to be visited.
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After an indefinite time, Liu Yang was able to regain consciousness. His heavy eyelids, swallowed by fatigue, gradually opened, and in the illumination of his blue eyes, the blue sky tinged with white clouds was reflected. Two colossal silver stars were very close but, at the same time, very far away. They looked like a proud couple that, as much as they wanted to feel each other's warmth, all they could do was to see each other through the vastness of space.
Liu Yang was stunned, lying on the ground with no intention of getting up. However, the coldness of the damp floor transmitted to his back served to awaken his half-asleep mindfully.
"Where am I, again? I've been transported from one place to another in such a short time that everything is confusing."
Liu Yang thought about everything he had experienced in these few hours. Although it was unknown how this ridiculous event had happened, and although it was hard to digest, the only thing that mattered was that he could once again cultivate the energy of heaven and earth.
Perhaps, even the gods could not bear to see his suffering and had mercy, granting him the opportunity to cultivate again!
Liu Yang sighed in wonder as he rested his hand on the ground to lift his upper body.
At that moment, when he was already more focused on the surroundings and himself, he could sense something different.
"What is this?"
Before he could scan the place, Liu Yang felt a slight sensation coming from his forehead. When his hands caressed it, he discovered that there was certainly something that shouldn't be there. Through the touch of his slender fingers, he could discover that it seemed to be some kind of drawing imprinted on his skin.
His fingers followed a particular shape as they traced the surface, and a mental image etched itself into his mind as he imagined a figure identical to the golden gem tattoo on the white fox's head.
He raised his eyebrows.
'Does this somehow link me to the white fox?'
'And if so, what function does the tattoo serve? But with all the favorable things that have happened, it shouldn't be a bad thing. And if I think about it carefully, maybe the
Although he didn't know why it had turned out like this without him cultivating the weapon—since, as far as he knew, these strange armaments could never be cultivated without being refined with their souls— he certainly wouldn't overthink it when it was in his favor.
Liu Yang looked at the surroundings, and his expression darkened.
'Of all places, was I seriously transported here?'
Several trees stretched as far as his eyes could see. It was a forest, but unlike the magical landscape he had experienced moments before, this forest seemed to give off sinister energy.
He knew this forest, not only because he had read about it in many books of his clan but also because it was located behind the courtyard of the
He did not know whether to run away from here or stay.
If he fled through the middle of the lush forest, there was a high chance that he would encounter a demonic beast that would want to bite him in the ass.
He was not willing to waste the new opportunity granted to him!
Then, as he reconsidered his next move, a cold voice sounded from behind.
"Liu Yang?"