Free Web NovelLu Yibei had originally thought ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) that the armored Lingtai Pure Karma, even if it couldn't completely block the massive shadow's attempt to destroy Xuanying Luofu, could at least minimize the damage from that blow.
However, when the deep black shadow struck her back, she realized her miscalculation.
Her body, encased in thick armor, flew into the air like a lead bullet shot from a flintlock musket, landing clumsily, bouncing a few times, and sinking into the putrid, sticky, muddy flesh covering the ground.
Her spine felt shattered; after a brief period of pain, a sensation of numbness rapidly spread from a point on her back to all her limbs and bones—first her back, then her neck, then her waist and thighs...
She lifted her face mask and opened her mouth, but it was as if her lungs had completely vanished, rendering her unable to breathe.
Her mind buzzed.
She struggled to her feet, but before she could steady herself, she painfully bent over, stumbled a few times, and then fell back to the ground.
She attempted to activate the urban legend' core, stirring up Spiritual Energy to dispel the creeping numbness that was spreading throughout her body. For a moment, two different Power descriptions alternately echoed in her mind.
“On Zhong Mountain, there is a woman dressed in Qingyi, she is beautiful and divine, capable of awakening the gods...”
“It is mist and also stars, it is her child, and also the lips that extinguish the lamps in the darkness...”
But as soon as the Spiritual Energy surged from the urban legend' core, it immediately scattered, as if in a riot, surging wildly within her body.
Soon, as the intense numbness spread to her heart and eyes, as if her throat was being choked by some force, the chanting of the Power descriptions in her ears abruptly ceased, and the urban legend' core stopped, falling silent.
The moment the urban legend' core fell silent, a terrifying explosion erupted from Lu Yibei's body.
Dust permeated the air, and a wave of air swept through, with scorching thick smoke spewing from the gaps in the Lingtai Pure Karma.
Generally speaking, if a urban legend is not born a Calamity like Ju Meng, advancing from a low level to a high level requires a long time, either by accumulating enough faith or by digesting and absorbing the hidden dangers brought by the urban legend' core and Alchemy potions...
From the moment she swallowed the witchs egg and began undergoing urban legend transformation every night, it only took Lu Yibei about a year to advance to A-Level, which is quite astonishing for most Psychic and urban legend.
This astonishing rate of advancement brought with it various hidden dangers, and coupled with her nature of wanting to learn everything she saw, which made her knowledge eclectic, these hidden dangers were further exacerbated.
For example, the “little brother” who occasionally wanted to backstab her was a hidden danger left after she drew the Spirit Mark and did not take the time to digest, absorb, and master it through gradual effort.
Previously, with the suppression of two excellent Powers, Qingyi Tiannv and Lilim, as well as the invisible prevention of errors caused by an astonishing number of karmic red threads, these hidden dangers had not been exposed.
Now, with the urban legend' core falling silent, all the hidden dangers erupted at once.
After a long period of “overeating” accumulation, a sudden outburst was not simply “indigestion” but rather Spiritual Energy out of control, urban legend' core out of control, Power degradation and corruption, and even sudden death on the spot.
From a certain perspective, it was as if countless “little brothers” had united to form a large army, launching a massive uprising against this body.
Vaguely aware of what was happening to her, Lu Yibei briefly pondered, enduring the pain, and with her last bit of strength, put away the Lingtai Pure Karma.
The crisis came from within, so there was no need for the Lingtai Pure Karma. It wouldn't be good if it was accidentally damaged... Lu Yibei thought, and then a violent explosion occurred within her body.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
A continuous series of explosions sounded, and countless dust particles were thrown into the sky.
The muddy flesh surrounding Lu Yibei's body, as if all its moisture had been instantly drawn out, visibly dried and became brittle at a speed visible to the naked eye, then turned into powder.
Immediately after, a strange thought inexplicably appeared in her mind—you are wrong.
She was certain she hadn't heard any sound, seen any text, or received any Spiritual Energy fluctuations through her spiritual sense. That thought was not her own idea.
Yet, that thought appeared out of nowhere, as if someone had forcibly implanted this idea, which wasn't hers, into her mind through some incomprehensible means, causing a strange sense of guilt to rise from the depths of her soul, and she uncontrollably began to repent in her heart.
Attacking the offspring of the Maitian God was wrong...
Preventing the Yagn Nie from awakening was wrong...
Rescuing Wang Yingying from the Eclipse Society was wrong...
Using the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons to disrupt the Plague Tai Sui's expansion of power was wrong...
Letting go of the Night Watch agents who rushed to the Hua Yu Sunshine Resort Hotel when she first swallowed the witchs egg and her Spiritual Energy went out of control was also wrong...
And attempting to forcibly disturb the trajectory of fate through karmic red threads was an even greater sin!
For a moment, she felt as if everything she had experienced from birth until now had been negated.
But if all of that was wrong, what was right? Lu Yibei wondered, as if questioning the entity that was negating everything about her.
However, she received no answer, only hearing the howling wind in her ears, like a dragon's roar.
Immediately after, she seemed to experience a hallucination, falling into a nightmare.
In the depths of that nightmare, countless resentful spirits seemed to be wandering, their twisted limbs reaching out to cling to her body, covering her mouth and nose, whispering in her ear, “Come, come, become like us!”
Then, little by little, they dragged her toward what seemed like endless darkness.
But the unbroken karmic red threads were preventing all of this from happening.
The two forces pulled against each other, as if to tear her, caught in the middle, to shreds...
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When the deep shadow Entanglement enveloped her body, and she felt the surging, decaying, and ominous power within the shadow, Xuanying Luofu initially thought that everything was over.
In a daze, she seemed to see again her previous Master, who, in the face of crisis, unhesitatingly opened her up to block a fatal blow.
In her perception, at a moment of life and death, it was perfectly reasonable for the holder of a Spiritual Energy item to abandon it to save their own life.
Her previous two Masters had done so...
And damage was, after all, the ultimate fate of most Spiritual Energy items, or rather, weapons.
If the umbrella was damaged, the ribs might still be usable, but what if the ribs were also damaged?
Then there would probably be nothing left, right?
Xuanying Luofu had never imagined that Lu Yibei would, at the final moment, retrieve her and hold her close.
With her understanding as a Spiritual Energy item, she completely failed to comprehend Lu Yibei's actions.
This was very unreasonable!
That person clearly said she would entrust her life to me...
Didn't that mean that as long as I wasn't damaged, I had to stand in front of her?
Xuanying Luofu thought in confusion. Just then, a sudden change occurred.
Through the subtle connection between a Spiritual Energy item holder and the Spiritual Energy item, she clearly felt that Lu Yibei's Spiritual Energy was out of control and rapidly deteriorating.
A few breaths later, Lu Yibei's Spiritual Energy supply to her completely ceased, and the subtle connection collapsed as well.
Xuanying Luofu looked at Lu Yibei with shock and uncertainty. Before she could figure out what was happening, Lu Yibei “exploded.”
A fierce wind suddenly appeared, stirring up swirling dust.
The black umbrella ribs, now without a controller, shot out in the violent explosion, piercing diagonally into the ground.
With a “clang!” sound, earth and stone cracked and splattered.
Almost immediately upon landing, Xuanying Luofu soared into the air again, attempting to approach Lu Yibei, but was repeatedly forced back by the violent explosions.
She looked up at the sky, trying to find Ju Meng's figure to ask for help, but only saw a dazzling, chaotic scene of Spiritual Energy collisions and streaking light.
Ju Meng was busy containing the terrifying giant shadow, as if stuck in a quagmire, unable to spare any effort.
Finally, she could only circle around Lu Yibei, watching helplessly as Lu Yibei's skin cracked inch by inch like drought-stricken earth, then crimson blood seeped from the cracks, powerless.
Then, a sound of boiling liquid seemed to come.
Gurgle... gurgle...
Then, the bubbling liquid bubbles burst.
A soft “pop!” sound came from behind Xuanying Luofu.
Following the sound, beside the shattered evil altar, the mushroom-like twisted flesh had somehow re-erected itself.
Complex, net-like extensions writhed violently, greedily sucking up the “offerings” that had turned into mud scattered around the altar, and further away, the Spiritual Energy from the entire city.
At its top, it transformed into a mass of boiling black blood, and a nauseating aura slowly drifted from the black blood. Then, from within that black blood, a figure gradually condensed into shape.
That figure had an alluringly curved upper body, while its lower half was like a mass of smoke, semi-illusory and semi-solid, surging and swirling, constantly forming into uncomfortable shapes like scales, sacs, fluff, cauliflower, thick cords, and so on.
Below that was a dense, net-like structure, continuously absorbing Spiritual Energy to strengthen itself.
A few breaths later, it opened its eyes and looked at the fallen Lu Yibei.
In those eyes, as clear as a newborn's, flickered the purest, beast-like killing intent.
Almost instantly, Xuanying Luofu felt its rage. freēwēbnovel.com
It was furious, furious that Lu Yibei had prevented its birth.
Now, after repeated “tests,” it had finally been born into this world. The first thing it wanted to do was take revenge on this enemy, who was now utterly defenseless, and use the enemy's blood to consecrate its journey of devouring its mother.
Seeing this, Xuanying Luofu trembled violently, as if demonstrating to that figure, emitting low hums.
But it completely ignored Xuanying Luofu, floating unhurriedly toward Lu Yibei.
Just then, a dog's bark echoed.
“Woof woof woof! Woo—woof woof woof!”
Following the sound, a small white-furred dog was seen with its back fur bristling, baring its tender fangs at the figure.
Its fierce yet adorable demeanor seemed to say that when all sources of Spiritual Energy had rebelled to varying degrees, it had not, because...
Dogs are good friends of humans!
