Within Lin Feng's deep consciousness.
This was indeed an invisible struggle to the death.
All around lay boundless white nothingness.
Lin Feng's soul, or rather his conscious form, was kneeling in the center of this void, battered and broken.
Before him floated the enormous, indifferent Origin Magic Cube.
"Give up."
That utterly flat, mechanically synthesized voice came from the cube.
"Your mortal shell can no longer bear my power."
"Your emotions are your greatest weakness."
"When facing the Abyss, your anger, your reluctance to let go, your obsessions are nothing but unnecessary burdens."
Beams of chaotic light shot from the cube, winding around Lin Feng's soul like chains.
With every tightening, Lin Feng could feel his memories of Su Li, of Blood Axe, of the past growing hazy.
"Give me everything you are."
"I will reshape your soul and make you the new absolute ruler of the Great Thousand World."
"You will no longer feel pain or fear."
"You will live as long as the universe and exist alongside the laws."
The whispers of origin were filled with deadly temptation.
For someone who had endured unimaginable pain and struggled on the brink of death, abandoning resistance and surrendering himself was undoubtedly the easiest choice.
Lin Feng's soul hung its head, dark golden light flickering over him as though it might go out at any moment.
"It doesn't hurt anymore..."
Lin Feng murmured to himself.
He felt waves of warm numbness flowing from those chains, making the agony he had endured on Mars, like ten thousand arrows piercing his heart, gradually recede.
"Yes, just like that. Sleep."
The cube's voice grew gentle.
But in reality.
Su Li's cries, accompanied by the dull thuds of her palms striking glass, miraculously pierced the boundaries of matter and laws, reaching this deep sea of