Is this what death feels like? It's something to miss.
Having experienced countless deaths, I am already numb. Only in this moment when death is truly imminent can I feel a trace of warmth in my cold blood.
Gradually, Fang Xiu's consciousness became somewhat blurred. Under the relentless attacks of tens of thousands of consciousness entities, even he was finding it difficult to withstand.
He suddenly felt so tired; the countless brushes with life and death had been exhausting.
I just want to die like this!
It's not surprising that Fang Xiu had such thoughts, because this is a battle of consciousness, without gunpowder or bloodshed, only the opponent's consciousness defeating one's own, causing one's consciousness to waver and slowly dissipate.
But just as his consciousness was fading, Fang Xiu smiled.
"My wife is still alive, how can I die alone!"
"Besides... how could I possibly die at something this weak?"
"Hehehe..."
A terrifying, sinister laugh echoed from the crowd.
Nightmare was stunned for a moment, then sneered: "You can still laugh when you're about to die."
He couldn't help but increase the intensity.
Sixteen percent, seventeen percent, eighteen percent, nineteen percent, twenty percent... twenty-one percent!
Second order!
Bang!
From the crowd, a pale arm emerged.
Nightmare frowned: "A dying struggle?"
The next moment, another arm stretched out, and with a forceful push from both arms, Fang Xiu's consciousness was pulled out of the crowd.
At this moment, Fang Xiu wore a terrifying and ferocious smile, standing proudly on tens of thousands of people piled up together, his whole body shrouded in a terrifying black mist, like a demon god crawling out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
"This is impossible!!" Nightmare exclaimed in shock. "Tens of thousands of consciousnesses couldn't restrain you!?"
Upon seeing Fang Xiu emerge, countless consciousnesses rushed toward him in a frenzy. However, the moment they came into contact with the black mist surrounding him, the consciousnesses screamed in agony and began to dissipate.
At the same time, it seemed that endless black mist was constantly gathering around Fang Xiu.
The continuous stream of consciousness consumed the black mist on Fang Xiu's body, but a lot of black mist would spontaneously generate in the surrounding void to replenish the consumption.
"What is this thing?!" Nightmare exclaimed.
Protected by the black mist, Fang Xiu withstood the attacks of tens of thousands of people and walked step by step toward the Nightmare, his sinister smile growing ever more ferocious.
"This is the pain you brought to Green Vine City."
"Pain?" Nightmare didn't understand what Fang Xiu meant.
"Don't you understand yet?" Fang Xiu shook his head slightly in disappointment, seemingly very dissatisfied with Nightmare's intelligence.
"When you spread fear throughout Green Vine City, pain will follow you like a shadow. I must thank you for helping me advance to the second tier, which strengthened my abilities and allowed me to absorb pain."
"Absorb pain?" Nightmare's expression changed drastically: "Isn't your ability to foresee the future? Do you have two abilities?"
"That's not important. What's important is that you're going to die."
As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Xiu stretched out a pale palm. The endless black mist in the void seemed to be drawn towards his palm, quickly forming a sphere that resembled a black hole.
boom!
The black ball flew out fiercely, heading straight for the nightmare.
Countless wisps of black smoke immediately surged from Nightmare's body in an attempt to resist, but the black sphere pierced through the layers of black smoke and smashed into him.
"ah!"
A scream rang out, and Nightmare was violently sent flying.
Its face was contorted in pain.
"This is impossible! Even if you can absorb pain, why is your pain so intense?"
Upon seeing the nightmare's screams, Fang Xiu became excited, and his originally handsome face became even more twisted and ferocious.
"Hehehe... You absorbed all the fear of Green Vine City, while I absorbed all the pain of Green Vine City."
"The entire Green Vine City!? How is that possible!? I pulled the entire Green Vine City into the dream to absorb everyone's fear. You, a mere second-tier Spirit Master, could not possibly achieve this."
"Hehehe... So I have to thank you. You not only helped me improve my spirituality, but you also helped me absorb the pain of the entire Green Vine City."
"Me? Help you?"
"Don't forget, whose body are you in right now."
Upon hearing this, Nightmare's expression changed drastically; it instantly understood everything.
Because he had invaded Fang Xiu's body, he was essentially Fang Xiu himself, controlling the Ghost Realm and connecting everyone's dreams, absorbing everyone's fear through those dreams.
Fang Xiu also absorbed everyone's pain through the channel of dreams!
This is like the nightmare having countless threads connecting everyone's dreams, and now that it has entered Fang Xiu's body, it's as if these threads are connected to Fang Xiu through the nightmare.
"Damn it! You actually dared to use me! I never thought you could turn this situation around, but good luck can't always be on your side." Nightmare roared angrily.
Clearly, Nightmare thought Fang Xiu was incredibly lucky. His second-tier ability enhancement coincidentally resulted in the ability to absorb pain, which allowed him to turn the tide of the battle.
But in reality? Was it really just luck?
It really wasn't luck; only Fang Xiu himself knows the key to it.
Don't forget that a Spirit Master's abilities are closely related to their own mind; they are a reflection of their mind.
It is influenced by each person's experiences, thoughts, emotions, personality, and what they truly desire in their heart.
Fang Xiu's ability is pain because he has suffered a great deal of pain, pain so intense it is etched into his very being. What he desires most is for all the strange creatures in the world to feel pain, to empathize with him, and to experience everything he has suffered.
That's why he awakened the power of pain.
The second-order enhancement is also closely related to the portrayal of one's mind.
It is an enhancement based on the ability to endure pain, and the key to choosing the direction of enhancement lies with Fang Xiu himself.
When he was surrounded by tens of thousands of consciousnesses, he keenly noticed the pain on the faces of each one.
Fear and pain are inseparable. When fear pervades Green Vine City and people are terrified, all kinds of life-and-death separations and bloodshed will occur. Behind every event is extreme pain.
Therefore, at that time, Fang Xiu thought of a way to turn the tide.
Since the nightmare is strengthened by the fear of the entire Green Vine City, why can't I be strengthened by the suffering of the entire Green Vine City?
The only way to defeat Nightmare is to have an immense following. How could it possibly be a match for you in a one-on-one fight? Only by having an equally large following can both sides stand on equal footing.
Driven by this desire, Fang Xiu has been trying to absorb pain as a nightmare absorbs fear.
But a first-tier ability simply cannot do that; there is always a barrier blocking it.
After Nightmare helped him break through to the second tier, he finally broke through this barrier and successfully absorbed the pain of the entire Green Vine City.
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