Task 6
Furen froze in place, looking at Shi Youchen with a hint of fear in his eyes: "Then...telling him this is for..."
He didn't dare ask, and Shi Youchen didn't intend to answer. Just then, the ground began to shake violently, and from the outside, there were continuous crackling sounds and the sound of heavy objects thumping to the ground. Furen turned his head, then spread his wings and rushed to the left of Shi Youchen and Xunlu, blocking the falling tree trunk for them.
"Is it an earthquake? How about we leave here first?" At this time, Fren was still thinking about taking Xunlu away first. He thought that as long as he could leave here, things would turn around, just like when he waited for the opportunity to leave the Nigra Auction House, and then seized the opportunity to recommend himself and became the last one among that group of people who successfully survived.
"Mr. Sasa is actually very soft-hearted. As long as I prove my worth and beg him well, he will definitely agree." This is what Fren has always thought.
But he didn't know that his survival was largely due to his background and that face, and also because of the slight guilt that Shi Youchen sometimes felt. Unfortunately, Xunlu's situation was completely different from his.
Shi Youchen looked at Xunlu's collapsed appearance indifferently, listening to the sounds of the tree trunks breaking and falling to the ground, as well as the strange crackling sounds coming from the sky, "Sure enough," he thought to himself.
"Mr. Sasa, this isn't an earthquake!" Fren realized something was wrong and panicked for a moment, "What's going on?!"
Shi Youchen stood in the center of the storm, unmoved. "He has become one with this place. He is the tiankeng, and the tiankeng is him."
Xunlu's consciousness had been rapidly collapsing since then, his eyes now empty. The thin wood that had created the miasma in the central ring collapsed in large swathes, also affected by Xunlu's collapse.
"That's why he can't die," Shi Youchen said. "As long as there's something here that absorbs energy, it will provide him with a constant supply."
"This is 'eternal life'."
A flash of thunder flashed across the sky, and Furen clearly saw that Shi Youchen's eyes were filled with determination, not guilt. It was at that moment that he realized, "Mr. Sasa really wants Xunlu dead."
In a place they couldn't see, a small hole appeared in the fog on the top of the tiankeng, and then quickly spread to the surroundings and dissipated.
He Xian and Pei Chanbai landed next to Shi Youchen on mechanical wings.
"Is he the one you were talking about?" He Xian patted the dust off his hands, glanced at Xunlu who was kneeling on the ground, and asked.
"Well, get ready to absorb it," Shi Youchen said, turning to the still dazed Furen. "Wings, can you use them?"
Furen's eyes were still glued to Xunlu with an unbearable look: "Ah?"
"If he's useful, stay. If not, return to Mirage Abyss." Shi Youchen stared at him expressionlessly, his tone icy. Furen closed his eyes, as if making a firm decision: "Yes." Then Shi Youchen pointed into the air and said, "Take him up there. No matter what happens, you are not allowed to come down without my order, and you are not allowed to let go."
Pei Chanbai walked over and opened his palm, which contained the remaining sealing nails he and He Xian had used. "Do you want to use this?" Shi Youchen was about to give up when he heard Fulun take the initiative and said, "Please use it. I can definitely make it."
Shi Youchen glanced at him, took the sealing nails, and motioned him to go behind Xunlu. Furen held Xunlu's arms tightly against his body, and then Shi Youchen hammered the sealing nails into their limbs one by one.
Xunlu did not react to this, but Furen felt a severe pain as if his whole body was torn apart, and his face turned pale in an instant.
"Go up." Shi Youchen said. Because of the torture of the nightmare, there were almost no intact skin left on Furen's wings. He spread his skeleton-like wings tremblingly, with Xunlu nailed in front of him, and rose into the air.
Shi Youchen glanced at the location and said to Pei Chanbai, "It's up to you now. Use his body to project energy across the entire tiankeng, creating a place capable of supporting physical objects, just like the altar in the Mirage Abyss."
Pei Chanbai seemed to understand, "How big do you want it to be?" Shi Youchen was already preparing to turn around and do his part, and without even turning back, he said, "It's up to you. Just make sure it doesn't attract any attention."
......
It was already completely dark, and a light rain was falling. "Thankfully, the thunder wasn't too strong." He Xian held an umbrella over Pei Chanbai, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, while he used a telescope to monitor the situation above.
In mid-air, a piece of land appeared under Furen's feet. The land grew downward in a cone shape, forming a small floating island. Shi Youchen stood on the edge of the small floating island.
In the center, a bronze platform gradually took shape, a concentrated point of light emanating from in front of Furen. Xunlu's body had become nearly transparent, his bones and internal organs obscured.
After nearly ten minutes, his body finally dissipated completely. After Shi Youchen saw the fully materialized stone platform, he turned around and confirmed—all the tangible objects in the tiankeng had finally vanished along with Xunlu's dissipation, leaving only a huge, empty pit at the bottom.
The Wolf Totem Stone Pedestal finally had a physical presence, and Shi Youchen's spatial power was finally unaffected, its restraint lifted. "Keep an eye on Pei Chanbai, and let him rest well," Shi Youchen said, before he began compressing the Wolf Totem's energy on the small floating island.
Below, Pei Chanbai's energy was drained out of his body. He collapsed weakly on He Xian and said, "It's quite similar, right? I also created a rainforest and a pool above it. It's the one where we were swept into the chaotic space together."
He Xian laughed dumbly: "Like, like, like, you are the best." Then he stroked his sleepy brows and said, "Go to sleep peacefully. When you wake up, we will go home."
Pei Chanbai forced himself to keep his eyes open and asked softly, "It's because of me... that you decided to come here with him, right?"
"Because of me, you have to be the bearer of the Wolf Totem."
"You want to accompany me..."
He Xian lowered his head and pressed his lips against Pei Chanbai's. This was the shallowest kiss he had ever initiated, without any tongue lingering, and there was no hint of eroticism.
"We'll be together forever, we promised."
Pei Chanbai closed his eyes in peace: "Yeah."
On the small floating island, Shi Youchen had reached a critical moment where his whole body was unable to move. All his attention and energy were focused on the wolf totem stele in front of him.
This is the totem most prone to accidents among all the totems so far. Shi Youchen has been preparing for it since he regained his memory. Considering everything he did in 07 before, he has already laid all the groundwork.
The energy after the fusion of Pei Chanbai and the scorpion totem was more stable than he had imagined. The small floating island showed no signs of collapse at all, which made him feel more at ease. He closed his eyes and drew the energy of heaven and earth.
Furen wanted to go down, but seeing that Shi Youchen had already entered the room, he had no choice but to move away from the edge, leaving him a completely spacious space. However, just as he was bored and remembered Xunlu's last words about Scylla, he caught a glimpse of a cold and eerie look in his peripheral vision.
"Swoosh--" The sound of breaking through the sky came whistling, and Fren instinctively jumped up, but was knocked to the ground by the seven-pointed arrow with a puff. Half of his wings were broken directly from the root, and the flesh on his back was torn off, revealing the white bones.
"Who?!" He endured the severe pain, turned his head quickly to confirm that the strange-shaped arrow had no effect on Shi Youchen, and then flew towards the direction of the attack with the remaining half of his wings.
When the second cold light appeared, Furen had already used all his strength to reach the edge of the sinkhole and saw the person hiding in the bushes.
"WILL FIELDER!!!"
Seeing that the person he hated the most in his life actually appeared here, Fren's eyes instantly filled with bloodshot: "You die!!!" He completely ignored his serious injuries and rushed into the grass with half of his body shaking.
Will pointed the gun at Fren's eyebrows and said nonchalantly: "Oh, it turns out to be a little waste, really..."
"Long time no see!"
The seven-pointed arrow carrying high-concentration devouring energy was shot out again. Will curled up the corner of his mouth into a sneer. He was sure that this low-level experimental subject would definitely not be able to escape and would definitely die.
The moment the arrow touched Fren's brow, extreme excitement flashed in his eyes, but he was stunned the next second.
The seven-pointed arrow was annihilated from the tip of the arrowhead, leaving not even a speck of dust. "How is this possible?!" he exclaimed in shock.
Just as Will was horrified and stunned for a moment, Fren, who had never been afraid to dodge or stop, had already arrived in front of him, snatched the specially designed gun with one hand, and stabbed it deep into his chest with the other hand.
"Ah... cough." Will came back to his senses and looked down in disbelief. Seeing his arm buried in his chest, he began to spit out blood. "How... is it possible... why did you..." He still couldn't understand why the seven-pointed arrow hadn't killed the ant.
Fren's eyes were completely red. His extreme anger even prevented him from smelling the strong smell of blood. He just glared at Will hatefully: "You will never know why in your life, because you will never be respected by others. No one wants you to live a good life."
"Go to hell!" Fren pulled out his right hand suddenly, and the blood gushing out of Will's body splashed all over his face.
Will's throat was gushing with blood, but he twitched his lips strangely. "The exchange contract is in place. If I die, you must die too." He thought Fren would be wary, afraid, and would back off. But he didn't expect to hear him say, "It's worth it to avenge my family with this worthless life I've saved."
Fren opened his arms and the remaining half of his wings, tightly hugging Will, who fell to the ground covered in blood, and reversed all the remaining energy in his body, rushing it towards his heart.
Will's pupils began to tremble violently, as if he had seen a ghost: "Are you crazy...you actually blew yourself up?"
Self-destruction means that no matter how powerful the healing ability user is, he cannot be saved, because his body and soul will disappear from this world together.
In the last moment before the white light flashed in his mind, Furen shed tears and murmured softly, "Thank you, Mr. Shi." He knew that Will's attack just now, which could have been a fatal blow, was annihilated because it came into contact with the time imprint left by Shi Youchen.
"This time I'll do something for you."
"Boom—" Explosions and thunder rang out simultaneously. He Xian was startled by the sudden noise and looked up into the distance: "This is too loud. Will it attract anyone?"
Shi Youchen finally opened his eyes, looked past the wolf totem power that had condensed into a ball in front of him, and saw the scene of two bodies on the shore being blown into pieces.
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