RPAGF Chapter 170 Nightmare Illusion
Chapter 170 Nightmare Illusion
That's not her face!
It can't be said that it's a completely different face.
The face reflected in the water mirror bore a resemblance to Liu Jun, with five or six points of similarity, and also incorporated one or two features of her face from her previous life.
As for the remaining two parts... she couldn't tell whether they were the result of combining two faces or if something else had been added.
Overall, she looked more divine and more beautiful than Liu Jun's icy beauty face. Her eyes were filled with divine pity and a seemingly affectionate yet indifferent expression, making her seem like a deity that people dared not blaspheme, yet also like a mortal who inexplicably had the seven emotions and six desires.
"Xing'er, what's wrong with you?"
Those around her were even more confused by her actions.
Liu Jun then turned her head to look at him again, opened her mouth as if to ask a question, but the scene in front of her suddenly changed. The warm sunshine, the blue sky, and the lush grass were all turned into ruins and devastation.
The sky seemed to have shattered, turning pitch black and crimson. Countless fiery sparks rained down from the endless horizon, while smoke billowed and corpses littered the ground, with hardly any living people left standing. Yet the sounds of fighting and killing lingered in my ears, refusing to cease. I wondered if it was just my ears ringing or if there was something real going on.
Even though all the fighting had stopped, the intense, oppressive feeling of suffocation continued to afflict people's minds and souls. Liu Jun could even smell the thick, almost solidified smell of gunpowder and blood in the air.
The pervasive aura of death made people extremely anxious and uneasy, and the sticky feeling on their bodies was also very uncomfortable.
Liu Jun wanted to look down at himself to see what was wrong, but this tiny movement caused him immense pain.
It hurts so much! Every bone and every inch of skin in my body aches!
She was standing, yet even the simplest movements, like moving a finger or opening her mouth, were incredibly painful. Despite this, she desperately wanted to run forward, to run without regard for anything else.
Go find someone, or continue killing?
"The sinful god Xingye, who destroyed the pillar of heaven, shattered the boundless hell, released three hundred sinful gods, murdered one thousand four hundred and nine gods, betrayed the divine realm, and committed all other crimes, is sentenced to: Heavenly Punishment! Execution immediately!!!"
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Liu Jun suddenly opened her eyes. The hazy sky and familiar smells made her realize that she was still on a certain empty island in the Cloud Sea Sky. Her heart was still pounding wildly, as if it was about to burst out of her chest. The words in the illusion, which were as majestic and unyielding as those of an ancient god, kept swirling in her mind.
For the first time, she broke out in a cold sweat.
Liu Jun, supporting her head which was throbbing with pain, slowly sat up. It took her a long time to recover a little, and she finally had time to check out her surroundings.
The island was completely bare except for rocks and stones; there wasn't even a single bird or beast in sight.
Liu Jun touched his back and the back of his head again and found nothing wrong. He moved his muscles and bones around and found they were all fine. Apart from the severe headache and rapid heartbeat when he first woke up, he was perfectly healthy. Liu Jun was very puzzled.
"Tsk, I won't do abstract stuff next time..."
"By the way, where's the little snake?"
Liu Jun looked around again, but couldn't see any trace of the little snake. He touched the blue ring on his hand, but it wasn't there either. However, the contractual connection was still there. He just didn't know where it had gone.
Liu Jun stood up, intending to use the contract's power to summon the little snake back, when she saw something flying towards her from the horizon. Judging from its silly appearance, it must be the little snake, but it seemed to be carrying something in its mouth.
The little snake was carrying the fire flower back when it saw that the woman who had been lying there for so long had actually woken up and was standing there perfectly fine. The little snake immediately sped up and flew to her, landing and shrinking back to the size of a person.
He stared at her several times to make sure she was really awake before speaking, "You damn woman, you actually woke up! Am I seeing things?!"
"Hmm, are you seeing things? What's that thing in your mouth that's making all this noise?"
Liu Jun stared curiously at the thing in the little snake's mouth that looked like grass but could make human sounds and howl incessantly. She had never seen such a thing before.
"The Fire Flower, I specially found it for you to absorb. I ran a long way to snatch it back from a stupid dog. But now that you're awake, you don't need it anymore. I'll keep it for myself."
After saying that, it opened its big mouth and swallowed the annoying howling thing without the slightest hesitation.
The little snake immediately spat twice more: "Ugh, this tastes awful."
Liu Jun looked at its series of confusing actions with a puzzled expression, but still asked something else first: "How long have I been lying here, and why did you bring this strange thing to me?"
"I don't know how much, all I know is that you fell down like a dead man that day, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't catch up with you. In the end, I don't even know what happened, but when I closed my eyes and opened them again, we both ended up on this island."
"The island was originally covered in fires, and I almost got roasted alive."
"But you're fine, not only are you completely unharmed, but you also absorbed all the fire into yourself, yet you just can't wake up."
"You've absorbed all the fire, but you're still not getting any better. In fact, even my body is starting to feel worse. I have to find you some 'fire' to absorb. This is already the seventeenth... no, the eighteenth fire-infused elixir. Look how busy I am!"
"As for how many times you've been lying dead, I really don't know. I just know that it's probably been dark for over a thousand days now."
"A thousand? That's... Holy crap, three years?!"
Liu Junmu's eyes widened, filled with disbelief.
Even though the hallucination only lasts for a minute or two at most, how come I've been lying here for three years?!
This is no longer a matter of a day in heaven being equivalent to a year on earth!
"This is just too abstract!"
No wonder my head hurt so much and my heart was pounding so hard when I woke up. I've been lying here like this for three years!
First, he developed leprosy for no reason, then he slept for three years. Liu Jun's head, which had just recovered, was about to start hurting again.
"You're saying that this island was previously covered in flames, but I absorbed them all?"
"Ugh, that fire looks ordinary, but even I feel a burning sensation when I touch it, and getting closer makes me even more panicked. I have no idea what it is."
Liu Jun paused for a moment, then asked, "What does the fire look like?"
"Hiss... It looks white, no, it looks like cyan..."
Liu Jun's eye twitched. Why did this description sound so familiar? It was just like that small cluster of Nine Nether Glazed Fire stored in her sea of consciousness.
But isn't the Nine Nether Glazed Fire only formed in the Void Cave? How come it's here too?
Liu Jun frowned, squatted down, and touched the rock under his feet. It had no temperature at all and was no different from an ordinary stone, unlike what the little snake had said about it being scorched by flames for many years.
Liu Jun raised an eyebrow, brushed the dust off his hands, and casually summoned the Nine Nether Glazed Fire that remained in his sea of consciousness.
The flame in his hand was not as weak as when he first summoned it; instead, it was full of "fiery energy." The scorching heat that did not belong to his own flame was also gone from his palm. Liu Jun stared at the cluster of flames for a while before he was truly certain that what the little snake had seen was indeed the Nine Nether Glazed Fire.
He extinguished the fire, lowered his hand, and looked around the empty island again, seemingly wondering whether he was puzzled or thinking about the things in the illusion.
After a long silence, the hand that had been hanging down moved slightly. It had somehow picked up something and tossed it to the little snake, which nimbly caught it with its tail.
"An eighth-grade Transformation Pill, enough for you to jump two grades. Keep it safe and take it when you get back."
The little snake's eyes lit up immediately, and it threw the object into its mouth, but didn't swallow it. There was a place in its mouth where it could temporarily store things without swallowing them. Before it became a contracted pet, it often stored important things there so that other monsters wouldn't find them.
"What does Master want me to do? I'll do it all for you. If you tell me to go east, I'll never go west!"
Liu Jun decided to ignore its sycophantic behavior and simply said two words: "Go home."
"Alright, let's go home now!"
The little snake spread its wings and instantly grew larger.