How Am I Still Alive?
Chapter 1168

Trade

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Sea Origin Land's Permit (Gold Low Rank Strange Object).

Sometimes, Lu PingAn's "Courtyard" being too effective was not necessarily a good thing.

This was Sea Origin Land, the place where the "deity" had first unleashed the world-ending flood.

The earth trembled as the exchange between the "deities" took place at close range.

The "mask" that had remained atop Lu PingAn's head had been activated. Illusory phantoms turned tangible, corroding the earth.

Mountains, rock walls, and even those houses became part of a giant face. He—Liu XiYan, Oboro Moon Lord—had descended upon the Other World as well.

Lu PingAn silently watched as that enormous face conversed with the towering Holy Image.

What were they saying? Mortals could not perceive it. Or rather, the moment one tried to investigate, they might be torn apart by either side. For beings like them, deliberately drawing their attention was obviously foolish.

"...Is this a transaction beneath the night? Heh. Even without listening in, I can guess what they're talking about."

Lu PingAn sighed. Others had no way of knowing the contents of their conversation, but Lu PingAn's Eye of Truth could give him the answer. Still, he was not foolish enough to deliberately listen—it was practically suicide.

Perhaps Liu XiYan, Oboro Moon Lord, could tolerate him, but the thing on the other side was clearly no good.

"...Destroy more."

"...Sacrifices rejected."

Lu PingAn did not try to eavesdrop, but the resonance caused by the trembling earth conveyed fragments of "information." His eyes, which could see "vibrations," indirectly deciphered them.

They were fragmented words. Perhaps one of the "gods" had limited ability to express itself, or perhaps the earth's vibrations could only transmit incomplete messages. But it was already enough—

"...Enough for me to sense Its malice."

Merely witnessing it—or rather, "coming into contact" with it—allowed

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