The energy beam, a strangely colored beam of light that was a mixture of three forces, slammed into the weak point of the barrier, which was already riddled with cracks, like a roaring chaotic beast!

Boom—!!!

A deafening roar, far beyond what an ordinary person could produce, made Zhang Shaozhong's ears ring, and he almost thought he was going deaf!

He watched helplessly as the beam of light struck the spot, and it was as if an invisible hand had violently torn a hole in the space!

It wasn't an ordinary hole; its edges were twisted and flickered with chilling black and white lightning, emitting a piercing "sizzle" sound. Violent spatial turbulence poured in from the gap, making their clothes flutter wildly and almost blinding them!

But through that twisted and unstable passage, one could already clearly see outside!

It's a normal, lush green mountain forest!

It's the sky of the real world!

You can even smell the earth and grass!

"The passage is open! Let's go!"

Ling Qingxue was the first to react. Her voice trembled slightly from exhaustion and excitement. She forced herself to grab Zhang Shaozhong's arm, who was still somewhat dazed.

It was purely a contractual act that led to her instinctive and subconscious action. She regretted it as soon as she did it, as if she had touched a hot potato.

He suddenly rushed towards the crack!

"Damn it! Wait for me!"

Ye Meier was both surprised and delighted. She didn't care about the fact that Ling Qingxue pulled the little good-for-nothing but not her. Her survival instinct overwhelmed everything, and she scrambled to follow closely behind!

The crack was extremely unstable, and the turbulent energy at its edges was like a sharp blade, ready to close or explode at any moment!

The three of them used almost all their strength, launching themselves out like cannonballs!

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The very next second after their bodies burst out of the crack—

A more terrifying, seemingly all-consuming roar came from behind!

Boom!!!

The forcibly torn crack suddenly collapsed inward, and countless spatial fragments shattered like a mirror, before being forcibly smoothed out by an invisible force!

Zhang Shaozhong, while in mid-air, subconsciously glanced back.

That one glance sent chills down his spine!

The valley they had just escaped from, along with the terrifying energy rift, vanished without a trace, as if erased from the real world by an invisible eraser!

Where the valley once stood, only normal, rolling hills and dense forests remained, as if everything that had just happened—the eerie valley, the pink mist, the absurd entanglement, the deadly contract—was just a bizarre nightmare!

Thump!

Thump!

Thump!

Three muffled thuds, followed by a series of painful groans.

They fell heavily onto the thick layer of fallen leaves and grass, rolling around in a heap.

Zhang Shaozhong felt as if he had been thrown into a washing machine and spun around a hundred times. Every bone in his body ached, and his internal organs seemed to have shifted. He was so shaken that he saw stars and couldn't catch his breath for a long time.

Ling Qingxue fared no better. She managed to use her skill to deflect some of the force when she landed, but she still fell in a very disheveled state. Her hair was completely disheveled, and her white clothes were covered with mud and grass clippings. She frowned in pain and gasped for breath.

Night Enchantress fared the worst; she practically landed face-first on the ground, hitting it hard and getting a mouthful of mud. She grimaced in pain, cursing as she struggled to her feet.

"Ptooey! Ptooey! You've killed me!"

After a brief period of confusion and pain, the three of them struggled to lift their heads almost simultaneously, looked at each other, and then abruptly turned their heads to look behind them...

In the quiet mountain forest, a gentle breeze rustled through the treetops.

Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, casting dappled patterns of light. The faint sound of birdsong could be heard.

Everything was perfectly normal.

That damned valley, the valley that trapped them and changed their fate, really... disappeared.

Completely, as if it had never existed in this world.

An extremely unreal sense of disorientation overwhelmed the three of them like a tidal wave.

Just minutes before, they were fighting to the death in that eerie, secluded barrier filled with pink ambiguity and death threats, forced to bind together, feeling utterly ashamed and indignant.

A few minutes later, they crashed onto real-world ground, with nothing behind them.

The stark contrast left the three of them somewhat dazed, even giving them an absurd illusion—was everything just a bizarre and absurd dream?

but……

The incredibly clear sense of power within my body, though very faint, was accompanied by the undeniable, subtly aching imprint of the contract deep within my soul.

And beside them, two disheveled women with complex expressions, who wanted to kill each other but were unable to do so because of the contract...

Everything coldly reminded them—that was not a dream.

That was a real, fucked-up reality that happened and would forever change their lives.

The relief of surviving the ordeal lasted only a fleeting moment before being replaced by a much larger and more complex emotion.

Awkwardness, anger, shame, confusion, and a sense of awkwardness and disorientation once again permeated the three of them.

The air was eerily quiet, with only the sound of the wind rustling through the leaves and the three of them breathing heavily and erratically.

Zhang Shaozhong lay on the ground, secretly glancing at Ling Qingxue on his left, whose face was frosty and whose eyes were vacant, and then at Ye Meier on his right, who was spitting mud into her mouth in a fit of rage. He subconsciously swallowed.

So... it's out?

Then what?

Looking at the remote, desolate mountains and forests, and feeling the two inescapable "traction ropes" in his soul, a new kind of despair slowly rose within him.

Damn it, we did manage to escape that hellish valley.

But the days that followed didn't seem to be any better!

This is hellish level bondage play right at the start!

The three people collapsed in a thick pile of fallen leaves, panting heavily. They hadn't even had time to warm up with the relief of surviving the ordeal before they were completely bewildered by the "unfamiliar" environment in front of them.

Ling Qingxue was the first to notice that something was wrong.

She forced herself to sit up, enduring the aches and pains in her body and the damned awkwardness deep in her soul, and looked around warily.

The trees here... seem to be no different from the trees in the Cloud Mist Mountain before, but the spiritual energy is so thin that it is almost imperceptible!

However, the next second, her ears twitched slightly, and her beautiful face was instantly filled with surprise and vigilance!

"What's that sound?!" She suddenly looked in a certain direction, her voice tense.

Almost simultaneously, Ye Meier also straightened up, her alluring eyes sweeping around like lightning, her expression equally grave: "Something's wrong! There's something strange about this place!"