Chapter 264 Breaking Free from the Cage 7

Chapter 264

Lin Xia finally calmed down. The mental power user she controlled was named Li Jixian. After realizing that he had become that servant, he wisely quieted down.

She wasn't the type to repay evil with kindness. She didn't know what the world was like, so Lin Xia ignored him and just told him to stay nearby and be available whenever she called.

Since her strength was fully restored, Lin Xia felt a sudden increase in pressure in the place where she was, but no matter how much pressure she increased, it was not as good as sealing it directly in her spiritual body.

After all, this means that not only you will feel the pressure, but also everyone who comes here.

Lin Xia looked back and had a feeling that as long as the formation here was broken, she would no longer be trapped here.

For example, right now, Lin Xia is almost always able to kill the monsters in the cage instantly. He did encounter some array barriers along the way, but they were all like bubbles in Lin Xia's hands, bursting at the slightest touch.

She walked until she reached the depths of darkness, and only when she saw that her side was the only one with light while the rest of the place was completely dark did she stop.

The light from her side extended all the way to the middle, illuminating one corner of the formation, while the remaining eight corners remained dark.

Lin Xia didn't continue; she had never seen this formation before.

It would probably take a long time for other players to arrive, so Lin Xia simply sat down to observe the formation here.

It must be said that the formation here is extremely ingenious; Lin Xia couldn't find a single clue. He simply retreated and began to unravel the mystery bit by bit.

Since the core formation was still undetectable, Lin Xia began to dismantle the smaller formations. With sufficient strength, she could destroy them quickly. Once she had dealt with all the surrounding smaller formations, the core formation was finally revealed.

But the sudden lighting of the array on the other side startled Lin Xia, realizing that a long time had passed and one branch had been opened.

The opponent was completely obscured by the array, making Lin Xia feel a sense of crisis. An array whose effects were completely unknown was far too dangerous.

She tried to activate her spatial abilities, but it was still unusable; the space was completely imprisoned. She tried to retrace her steps, but found that all the paths had turned into chaos, and she couldn't find her way back at all.

Focusing his attention on the formation, Lin Xia plunged into it, but the formation world was too vast, with each element interlocking perfectly and without a single flaw.

It was as if all the nodes, life gates, and death gates that existed in the formation had disappeared.

When Lin Xia opened her eyes, she found that three more corners had lit up, indicating that there was a time array within this formation.

Although she hadn't found any clues, Lin Xia vaguely sensed that the array was definitely not connected to anything like energy stones or energy mines.

The place where this formation is rooted must be a huge one; she even suspected it was rooted in the void.

Lin Xia no longer entered the formation casually. Although she did not know the specific function of the formation, the time factor alone was enough to keep her away.

Otherwise, next time the formation might not even be activated.

While he couldn't pinpoint the exact nature of the formation, Lin Xia vaguely sensed that it was targeting their spiritual entities.

Thinking of the master-servant formation that connected the two people, Lin Xia narrowed her eyes and decisively severed the connection between them.

With a jolt of her spirit, all foreign matter was completely eliminated, and she no longer needed any servants.

'Buzz!'

The entire array lit up, and Lin Xia, alert to the changes around her, felt a shift in space, and her position had moved from the edge to the center of the array.

There were nine seats, and everyone was there. Lin Xia glanced around and saw that only three seats were occupied by one person, including herself.

The remaining six positions each have at least two people, and judging from their expressions, it's not hard to tell that they are both people who have been contracted.

Everyone was sizing each other up. Lin Xia noticed that the background behind them was constantly changing, alternating between blurring and solidifying, which confused people's mental energy.

Then the scene froze, and everyone was met with a blinding light. When the light faded, they found themselves in a desolate place.

As far as the eye could see, there was no end in sight; it was all brown sand. Broken sword blades lay half-buried in the sand, with a few strands of fiber hanging limply in the wind.

On the brown sand, piles of white powder would occasionally silently outline human figures.

At this moment, the place where they were located was surrounded by a formation emitting white light. Some people tried to get out, but they could not.

Moreover, there was more than one such formation; they stood far away in the sand, their white light resembling a lighthouse, conspicuous and eye-catching.

Just as everyone was on guard, countless figures suddenly appeared outside the formation, including humans, monsters, and beastmen. Their eyes went from blank to wary to fighting each other.

Lin Xia glanced at Zeng Zhi. While everyone was looking outside, Zeng Zhi's eyes kept sweeping over Lin Xia, her gaze filled with anxiety.

With a mental scan, Lin Xia discovered Zeng Zhi's current situation. Her strength had almost recovered to 80%, and the master-servant formation had been deeply penetrated.

Lin Xia activated her mental power, instantly invading Zeng Zhi's mental body and completely enveloping and isolating her mental core, forming an isolation array in an instant.

This would prevent her from being completely considered a slave. The rest was up to her. It wasn't that she couldn't help her get rid of it, but she didn't want to. This was enough to repay her for keeping it a secret from others. That was all.

Moreover, with so many people enslaved, it would be unwise to expose oneself. In the current situation, Zeng Zhi dared not make any further moves.

Everyone dispersed, keeping their distance and remaining vigilant. After Lin Xia finished her actions, the man seemed oblivious.

Zeng Zhi glanced at him sideways, feeling relieved. She had thought Lin Xia would help her solve the problem completely.

They were able to unite like this, but they never expected that she had only helped them protect their core, and now they were under her control.

Zeng Zhi bit her lip reluctantly, but since things had come to this point, she had no intention of joining forces with others.

Lin Xia glanced at her and knew she wasn't being honest. Regardless of the reason, her current enslavement showed that these people were all lacking in some way.

Whether it's ability or mentality.

As she watched the fighting outside, a restless feeling stirred within her, and a hint of bloodlust crept into her eyes.

At this moment, the fighting outside intensified, and people's eyes turned red.

Humans and beastmen inadvertently united to fight monsters, including mutated beastmen and demons.

But gradually, madness took hold of people's eyes, and the fighting became increasingly chaotic. Lin Xia's eyes flashed, and with a sweep of his spiritual power, he noticed the difference in everyone's eyes.

She became secretly alert, examining herself, and when she noticed the redness in her eyes, the people outside had already gone crazy.

She was alright, but the others were in bad shape, and the blood in their eyes deepened as chaos grew outside.

Ignoring the situation outside, Lin Xia scanned her entire body with her mental energy and finally discovered that what was causing the disturbance was those white light spots.

In this game, every time someone kills, white light spots merge into her mental energy. Lin Xia is wary of any external boosts to her strength.

Whenever she discovered that white light spots could be integrated into her mental energy, she created a special space within her mental energy to store these white light spots.

At this moment, the white light spots had turned pink and were showing signs of dissolving and merging into spiritual energy.

Without bothering to observe, Lin Xia threw out all the pink light orbs just as the array woven from her mental energy was about to melt.

The pink orb was thrown towards the white array, and upon touching it, it hissed and sparked.

The pink orbs, now much smaller, exploded in all directions from the intense heat. Lin Xia, agile as ever, quickly formed an array to catch them and continued to smash them into the array.

Everyone in the formation retreated far away, watching Lin Xia's actions with surprise and suspicion.

Someone's eyes lit up and they immediately noticed something: "What is this thing? Where did it come from? How was it made?"

Lin Xia glanced at him, her eyes sharp, but it was useless. These orbs of light constituted the strength of these people. Let alone that they had long since integrated their spiritual power, even if they hadn't, would they be willing to take them out and become ordinary people?

She kept silent; these words could not be spoken.

When the ball of light dissipated, its color had turned a deeper pink, and it exploded in all directions in the air.

Lin Xia looked outside the formation. The crimson color swirled in the air, like a living thing, rushing towards the white light of the formation, staining the white light with crimson.

Outside, chaos reigned, the red in their eyes deepened, and the fighting became chaotic as well, with humans, beasts, and ghosts all engaging in a chaotic battle.

Seeing the bloodshot look in everyone's eyes intensify, Lin Xia's eyes flashed. She looked outside and saw a group of people gathering together in a panic.

Lin Xia looked closely and saw the spiritual beings of this world. A group of people were gathered around him, and they were now united to resist the crazy people, beasts and ghosts.

She understood, looked at Zeng Zhi, grabbed her, and roughly probed into her spiritual power, seeing the increasingly darker-colored orbs of light rapidly merging into her spiritual body.

Using mental energy to form claws, she roughly pulled out those orbs of light. Zeng Zhi felt a sudden clarity in her mind and realized that Lin Xia had also pulled out her master-servant contract.

Although it was too brutal, causing her to tremble in pain, she remained conscious and instantly tore the man who had treated her like a servant to pieces.

Lin Xia ignored her and looked outside. Sure enough, more people had regained consciousness, but it wasn't enough; there were too few of them.

Looking at the others, they were clearly agitated, especially since Zeng Zhi had killed her master. The masters looked wary, while the servants' eyes gleamed.

But what they had in common was their deep, bloodshot eyes.

Lin Xia made no further move. Zeng Zhi glanced at Lin Xia, still shaken. She still remembered the feeling from just now. It was as if there were mountains of corpses and seas of blood trying to drag her into the abyss. A large hand grabbed her and pulled her out just as she was about to sink into the abyss.

Although it was brutal, she was extremely grateful. Having had the same experience, she understood that these people were beyond saving, and that the crimson color would completely devour their consciousness.

Zeng Zhi's eyes hardened. She looked at Lin Xia and became fully alert towards those people.

The crimson hue in the air deepened, and it was already visible that these crimson particles were rushing towards the white array, as if trying to dye the white array crimson.

Lin Xia kept moving his hands, hoping to analyze the formations, but these formations were also extremely perfect and impossible to analyze.

She looked at the person with the deepest bloodshot eyes, and before she could make a move, Zeng Zhi rushed over. Her spiritual body was completely unsealed, making it easy for her to deal with someone who had just started cultivating and someone who hadn't yet unsealed their spiritual body.

Moreover, the two people's consciousness was still fighting against the crimson color, and their bodies were completely controlled by instinct.

The two were instantly killed. As their bodies fell to the ground, the formation emitted a dazzling white light, engulfing the two men and the blood on their bodies.

It's unclear what switch was flipped, but at that moment, the blood mist outside suddenly gathered, emitting a beast-like roar, and rushed towards the people in the formation.

As the blood hue washed over them, the struggle in their eyes vanished, replaced by a deep crimson.

Without hesitation, Lin Xia made a move instantly, using a spatial technique to imprison and kill them all before they could even react.

Zeng Zhi, who was about to rush over, froze instantly. The color drained from her face, her whole body trembled, and she clenched her fists in fear.

Outside, due to this change, a fierce wind suddenly arose, the blood-red color almost spiraled out of control, brown sand and gravel flew everywhere, and people could barely stand.

In the areas that were not previously visible, whirlwinds formed at the boundaries, sweeping towards the people.

The roaring crimson creature paused, turned, and flew in another direction. A burst of white light, mixed with crimson, shook off the crimson and turned into a shimmering white light.

The light shot into the sky, magnifying several times in an instant. The pure white light, upon encountering the crimson color, was instantly swallowed up.

Feeling the barrier disappear, Lin Xia's heart stirred, and her voice echoed: "Come in."

At this moment, the whirlwind, mixed with sand and gravel, attacked everyone indiscriminately. Upon hearing the sound, some people struggled, while others turned around and ran towards Lin Xia. Lin Xia watched as they actually rushed into the formation.

The moment they entered, the bloodstains on their bodies faded, and they were blown out of the area by the gale.

Upon seeing this, people rushed over in a frenzy. Those covered in blood were swept away by the gale before they even got close to the formation.

The blood-red storm grew stronger, and people resorted to all sorts of methods, none of them wanting to fall behind.

Lin Xia only glanced at this struggle for survival before letting it pass by. He knew without even thinking what would happen if he watched too much. Those who entered the formation first were all filled with relief.

As the storm subsided, the area returned to its previous state—desolate and lifeless—but now, the presence of blood-red light made it even more eerie.

Lin Xia tried it out; this formation allowed entry but not exit, and all of them were trapped inside.

Looking at the formation in the distance, ahead, the formation flashed red and white for a while before stabilizing into white.

However, the formation to their right had turned blood red.

Lin Xia seemed to be deep in thought. If viewed from above, the area was divided into several zones. When the factions were established in the first phase, white and blood-red formations stood in the sand.

Factions appear, white and blood-red.

So what's next? It can't be a battle between white and blood, can it?

Just as Lin Xia was pondering, someone walked out from the crowd.

Hearing them say that they wanted to rule on their own because they were the boss, Lin Xia frowned.

Zeng Zhi and the mental power user instantly stood beside Lin Xia to show their allegiance, causing the expressions of the people opposite them to change.

Lin Xia was too lazy to pay attention to them, but the situation was unclear. With a wave of her hand, those people were instantly knocked away and landed on the ground, their eyes filled with horror.