Chapter 356 Breaking the Chains, Regaining Freedom
"Little bird! No!!"
Karin's body trembled violently, as if she had been rescued from drowning.
Before me were the familiar bed curtains and canopy, and beneath me were soft bedding.
The warm air was filled with a faint, calming fragrance, a stark contrast to the cold, bloody stone steps and the bone-chilling wind of her last memory.
She... is back?
The intense palpitations made Karin's breathing rapid, but she ignored it all and abruptly turned her head, her vision blurry as she swept across the bedside.
A quiet figure sat there.
It is lotus root.
The Buddhist disciple twirled prayer beads in his hands, a hint of weariness and worry barely perceptible in his eyes. "Hualin, how are you feeling?"
The familiar sandalwood scent gently touched Huali's forehead, pulling her out of her overwhelming sense of unreality.
Is she dreaming?
Huali grabbed Lianzhuo's sleeve, her voice hoarse: "Lianzhuo, where are the others? Where's Xiaoniao?"
The Buddhist disciple paused slightly.
He looked into the girl's eyes, which were filled with fear and hope, and a deep sense of pity appeared in his eyes.
Lian Zhuo lowered her eyes, avoiding Hua Li's burning gaze. "You were unconscious for seven days."
"The dark energy outside did not dissipate after Huanyu left. Luochuan, Wenjin, and Shenyu are all doing their utmost to stop it, taking turns returning to watch over you..."
The Buddhist monk spoke of the others' movements, but remained silent when he got to Yan Xi.
Karin's heart sank little by little, the suffocating tide making it hard for her to breathe.
She lowered her head, her hands still trembling. "So, the little bird really..."
"Amitabha."
Lian Zhuo leaned over and gently embraced the girl in his arms.
The color drained from Huali's face. She clutched the Buddha's wide sleeves, as if her soul had been ripped away.
It's not a dream.
A pain as sharp as having one's heart ripped out...
The cold touch... the gradually fading blue light—it was all real.
Her little bird really flew away.
Just then, Ao Bai, who had returned to his original form, walked over and gently rubbed his head against Hua Li's hand.
"Host, don't be sad. Actually, I think... there might still be a chance for things to turn around."
Hua Li paused for a moment, then turned to look at Ao Bai, suddenly realizing, "That's right, you are the Heavenly Dao."
If it's the will of Heaven, there must be a way.
The big hat came crashing down on him. Ao Bai paused, about to retort that it was a premature baby of the Heavenly Dao, but when he saw his host's eyes, which resembled those of a rabbit spirit, he finally sighed.
"This has nothing to do with the laws of Heaven, it's just King Meow's reasonable analysis."
"On the gravel steps, before the little bird disappeared, it was actually trying to point in a certain direction."
"You were too emotionally overwhelmed to notice, but I realized that direction was—"
"Boundary Abyss".
Meow Meow King, with a sullen, cat-like face, like a serious old scholar, said, "Besides, don't you think it's too much of a coincidence? The boundary ring on the little bird's wrist connects to the source of the confinement—that's also there."
Huali paused.
Lian Zhuo gently patted her back and sighed silently.
Just as he was about to pull her into his arms, Huali immediately looked up and said, "Shh, don't make a sound."
Lian Zhuo, who had been silent all along: "..."
"Thinking about it now, wasn't the little bird bringing me into the Abyss to break the chains behind the wall? Why?"
Ao Bai quickly added, "And look. I am the Heavenly Dao, and this card was born from my own hand, so I can be absolutely certain that once a card recognizes a card of destiny, there will never be a situation where one card is recognized by two different people."
"But the first time the bird's card lit up, it was the one sealed inside the Abyss that lit it up."
A clear logic gradually unfolded, like a ray of light piercing through the darkness and fog.
Yes, the cards couldn't be integrated into two completely different origins at that time. And the little bird and the Abyss are intricately connected.
Hua Li's mind suddenly lit up, and she looked intently at Ao Bai: "You are the Heavenly Dao, you must be able to sense other different signals. Look at Yan Xi's destiny star."
Ao Bai: "I reiterate, I am a premature child of the Way of Heaven."
"Premature babies are also a natural occurrence!"
Ao Bai: "...Alright."
Ao Bai closed his eyes, and unseen runes of law swirled and deduce around him.
Its gaze pierced through layers of spatial barriers and landed on the countless stars in the sky.
At first, nothing could be seen clearly.
But thinking of the consequences of failing the mission and the little bird's well-being, Ao Bai gritted his teeth and consumed his remaining essence.
After a moment of silence, it paused!
Found it!
The cat's fur stood on end, and it excitedly jumped up and down, shouting, "I saw it! I saw it!"
“There is indeed a star hovering above the Boundary Abyss.”
"It's only half a star, with blurred edges, as if it's been torn apart. But I just saw that around that half of the star, there are pale blue specks of light slowly gathering!"
"It may be slow, but I'm sure I didn't misread it!"
"Host! That heartless little bird is in the Abyss!"
*
Click—
From the depths of the abyss, a crystal-clear, sharp sound, like metal breaking, abruptly shattered the profound silence.
The chains, engraved with runes, move automatically even without wind.
As the main chains on the wrists, neck, and ankles of the young man with the white silk blindfold snapped, it was as if a signal had been given.
Splash—
Countless chains, as thick as a child's arm and shimmering with suppressing runes, snapped and shattered in an instant, as if struck by a tremendous force.
Just as this immense spiritual power was unleashed and began to surge and rage, two lines of blood slowly flowed down the white silk beneath the youth's eyes.
Blood trickled down his pale, thin face, a horrifying sight.
After enduring the long and brutal torment of half-soul fusion, the unforgettable memories that were lost and then regained also came with it.
"Oh......"
A low, hoarse laugh, with an eerie tremor, rang out, sending chills down one's spine.
The young man moved his neck, and after making a very slight cracking sound, he slowly raised his head.
The white silk covering his eyes was already soaked with blood, turning a dark, ominous color.
But beneath the silk—
Yet it was an indescribable, insane, morbid gaze, filled with a bizarre, burning love and an endless possessiveness.
This gaze pierced through endless space precisely, finally locking onto a certain person.
The young man flexed his wrists, and there was no more resistance. A slow smile appeared on his lips.
"...I'm free."
Before he finished speaking, he had already torn through space and sped off towards the direction of Linfeng County.
"My little benefactor..."
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