Free Web NovelAll the clamor vanished at this moment.
“Crackle, crackle...”
Only the sound of the stream trickling by remained.
One breath, two breaths...ten breaths, eleven breaths...
The day and night cycle of the dream昙 orchid stopped.
“...”
No one spoke; even their breathing was suppressed to the limit.
Mingxi’s gaze was fixed on the eyeballs in the stream; they blinked, as if lost children, somewhat bewildered and helpless.
“There’s a way!”
Mingxi adjusted her breathing frequency while exclaiming in her heart.
“Crackle, crackle.”
The water made a sound.
After a short period of bewilderment and helplessness, the eyeballs collectively rolled in the water, then transformed back into crystal-clear pearls, sinking down one after another.
“Success!”
At this moment, both people and pet beasts cheered excitedly in their hearts.
The four of them, including Mingxi, did not hesitate, opening their respective mental powers.
They carefully tried to pull those pearls that had sunk to the bottom of the water.
The stream in the Bloodless Despair Abyss cannot be touched, cannot be stepped into, and no physical matter (foreign) is allowed to enter it.
At the same time, all Heavenly-Rank skills are blocked.
It was even more terrifying than the Weak Water Hell they encountered in Tower Killing previously.
Therefore, if they wanted to get the pearls from the stream, they could only rely on their respective mental powers.
They would use their mental power to envelop the pearls and then put them into their spatial items.
They didn't need to test it; they all knew this would definitely not be an easy task.
Mingxi was the first to extend a wisp of mental power into the stream; fortunately, it was not repelled or attacked.
It smoothly merged with the Water Fusion.
The change occurred when her mental power enveloped a pearl.
A strong stinging pain came.
It was as if it wanted to shatter her brain through the mental power threads.
But Mingxi had experienced this level of pain at least tens of thousands of times.
So she didn't even frown, continuing to maintain the mental power threads wrapped around the pearl, slowly but firmly pulling it out of the water.
Mingxi found that this process was very similar to refining leaf radiance; not only would her brain region constantly issue warnings (intense pain), but it would also have a certain impact on her mental sea.
It was not tempering mental power, nor was it strengthening the inner core and outer membrane of the mental sea.
Instead, it was the most direct broadening of the mental sea!
Yes.
Although very subtle, so subtle that it might have only expanded by one millimeter, which was like a drop in the ocean for Mingxi's boundless mental sea.
But after all, it was her own mental sea, and Mingxi still noticed it.
Good heavens!
Could it be that so-called dangerous places are truly treasure grounds for improving strength?
“Ugh—”
Beside Mingxi, Chen Xin, whose mental sea was the weakest and whose spiritualization degree was the lowest, groaned, obviously unable to endure that damage.
The pearl in the stream slowly rolled once and then became still.
Soon after, Lin Chen also failed, while Chu Fengfeng was still persevering.
The two of them did not act again but looked at Mingxi and Chu Fengfeng.
Chu Fengfeng’s face was not good, slightly pale with an unhealthy red tint, his pupils trembling, and his thin lips tightly pressed, showing that he was enduring pain at this moment.
Then, looking at Mingxi.
There was no abnormality on her face; although they couldn't see her expression beneath the black and white ghost mask, they could clearly see her eyes.
Those black pupils were as clear as an ice-bound lake, without a single ripple.
“Pop.”
The sound of the pearl leaving the water was particularly clear in the quiet atmosphere.
Except for Lan Yue, who was maintaining the new version ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ of Riyue Lingkong, the First Battle Squad responsible for supporting Lan Yue at any time, and Chu Fengfeng, who had not given up, the eyes of everyone else and their pet beasts looked over.
A pearl, more transparent than jade and deeper than crystal, was smoothly pulled in front of Mingxi.
“Guangguang, can you detect it?”
“Master, I need to consume reward time for a detailed scan and analysis.”
Mingxi had no objection, “You may.” freewёbnoνel.com
The scanning process was not slow.
After about three seconds, Guangguang said, “Master, this is a special type of super energy crystal, containing rare mental energy.”
“However, they should not be directly absorbed by Beast Tamers and pet beasts, as they have been marked by a certain rule of this place.
They exist as ‘its’ eyes.
To absorb them, the mark must first be destroyed, or that entity must abandon the mark itself.”
Guangguang’s answer was unexpected by Mingxi, yet it was also within reason.
Mental energy crystals, besides time and space energy crystals, are the rarest and most uncommon energy crystals.
Mingxi had never even seen one.
“Then can I touch it with my hand?”
“Yes, holding it should allow you to bypass the dream昙 orchid and Shadow Leech, making the other pearls treat you as one of their own.”
This was exactly what Mingxi wanted.
She reached out and pinched the pearl in front of her, confirming that there was no poisoning or other adverse reactions.
“Pop.”
Chu Fengfeng finally managed to pull out a pearl, but after the pearl wobbled and trembled out of the stream, he couldn't support himself and collapsed from exhaustion, and the pearl fell into the flowerbed.
“Rustle, rustle...”
A group of bloodthirsty ants—oh, sorry, wrong channel—a group of translucent Shadow Leech larvae crawled out of the flower mud and collectively pushed the pearl back into the stream.
Their speed was extremely fast, not even giving any of them time to react.
“Plop.”
Water splashed.
“Damn it!” Chu Fengfeng’s heart ached.
Although they hadn't expected the pearl to fall to the ground and attract Shadow Leech larvae, Mingxi and the others accepted it well.
In this Bloodless Despair Abyss, anything strange happening was quite normal.
“Team Lin, I need to go test the pearl’s effect; I’ll leave this place to you.”
After the pearl that Chu Fengfeng had painstakingly dragged out of the stream was pushed back in, Lan Yue’s Riyue Lingkong ended.
Releasing One Round of Fiery Sun and Crescent Moon simultaneously consumes an immense amount of energy.
Moreover, it was a combination skill, a combination of two Heavenly-Rank skills; the energy consumption was like a reservoir flood, and even though it was now Imperial-Rank, it couldn't last too long.
Furthermore, she couldn't receive assistance, nor could she use potions for recovery (fearing it would affect the constant temperature effect).
Therefore, it was impossible for Lan Yue to maintain Riyue Lingkong for a long time.
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Thus, the dream昙 orchid and Shadow Leech were reactivated, and the First Battle Squad had once again plunged into fierce combat.
Mingxi prepared to take the pearl and conduct the experiment alone.
Whether the pearl could truly bypass the rules of the Bloodless Despair Abyss still needed to be personally tested to confirm.
Guangguang’s analysis could not be taken as truth; it wasn't that she didn't trust Guangguang, but rather that she couldn't explain it to Lin Chen and the others.
“No!”
Lin Chen, who had been almost completely obedient to Mingxi since confirming her identity, refused Mingxi’s suggestion for the first time.
“You can’t be the one to do the experiment, I will!”
Before Mingxi could object, he continued, “We can’t let you do all the dangerous things alone.
Last night, we agreed to let you and Jiuming Bird perform the plant grafting because you are the most observant among us.
But testing the pearl’s effect doesn’t require intelligence, so this time, it must be me!”
